The New York herald., 1866-03-30

VMOhBRA-Ao
Doctor Shrimpton,. an eminent English physician
prsctisipg IN PARIS has pubished very interesting
c0ntagi0ua and accounts for It's rapid propagation
other result Of his personal experience
m treating the complaint Doctor Shrmpton says-
scon which acts directly soms~hs IN the sane man
aslightnns, the nervous system Of organic life
wsdo nos require any great stock Of modesty % confess
that 70 this electric action should not be able "a
demonstrate scieutt6caiy but It's existence, neverthe
less appears to certain IN admitting IL wo clearly
progress even its propagation: in rejsctinq Il we see
only inexplicable enigmn which become the moro and
more obscure in proportion ~ thcy are more deeply
eminent physicians Share Il with u.s. The cholera at
tacks the farhest removed from all with
u
lated indviduais at sea and In desers No barrier
Of cholera whatever care may be taken to keep persons
attacked at distance from the spot where are.
When the disease makes its appearance town, either
sporadcally after the arrival Of infected person
far from following REGULAR course and gradually ad-
vancing in any particular quarter, or from quar-
come in contact with those having the malady,
It strikes ON the contrary, suddenly and stimuli
tancously on the most opposite pointsdoes not make
already expired while will carry several in fam
lily whore signs OF the epidemic had appeared, and
that in quite different quarter often the heahest or
impossible In presence Of facts positive repeated
daily and which may be verified by any one not TO ut
trca action still unknown but not the less real aud
the that the direction and violence Of the wind
exercise influence the extension OF this formidable
maady. Lastly we believe that this electrical
which we assign the origin Of the cholera is the result
Of two forces combined, coming at the time from
the atmosphere and the earha fact which renders the
cholera endemical convinced that the electrical
influence affects most seriously those persons whose
vous system Of organic life Is weakened BY moral or
physical such negligence Of the ordinary laws
for preserving health sensual indulgence and In word
all those exccsses which occasion grave depression Of
ELECTRICITY IN DEEP SEA SOUNDING
In deep sounding the greatest difficulty is felt
by experienced persons, In ascertainng the precise
the bottom-a matter which the whole value OF the
sounding depends An apparatus invented in France,
nsni so@pns ps contains vhn ~ along Sn
whole length two insulated conducting wires the upper
ends Of which connected respectively with the poles
parts the lower Of which is partly inserted into tho
upper and II capable OF limited vertical motion within
that o. the other 20 that when isft 70 hang Freely
the spontaneous descent for short distance Of the lower
portion To the upper end Of the lower portion, and
within the upper portion is attached commutator,
which is contained in Insulating and waterproof
sheath and which when the lower portion OF the weight
Is raised by contact with the ground comes in contact
with the ends OF the conducting wires 10 complete
the circuit Instantly by means Of the ordinary electro
magnetic apparatus bell In runs board the ship TO
attract the attention OF the sounder, and ratchet Is
thrown action which the unwindng Of the
line from the drum which II "A cocd 50 that
can run out This apparatus applicable Also when the
lead s kept hanging down certain distance from the
ship OF indicating the presence Of rocks reefs.
that the has become shallow give timely
notice OF approaching danger.
SUBMARINE STEAM NAVIGATION.
Madrid letter states that NJ Monturiol, Spaniard
has solved the problem OF submarine steam navigation
by the Invention OF vessel which for hours
nj considerable depth discharge from be-
low and act for piercing the huls Of ron-oased
ships
DISCOVERIES IN THE CITY OF soLrs.
~ - Q.tf. ut
city of Soius, near Palermo have been recommended
under the direction OF Sienor Cavallar Three streets
have been laid open, and number Of glass vessels
partly ornamented and Inscribed with Greek legends
have been found and placed In the Museum OF Palermo