76 Mount Fesiiviits. — Sialistics, 



SENECA OIL. 



Mr. George Gibson, near George town, on the Conemough 

 river, Westmoreland county, Pennsylvania, in boring for salt water, 

 at the depth of 270 feet, obtained seneca oil, which is said to be 

 very pure. According to appearances, one barrel per day may 

 easily be procured. 



ERUPTION OF MOUNT VBSUVIUS. 



Naples, 4th Jan. 

 " On the 1st of January snow fell here, accompanied by much 

 thunder. About the middle of the night the inhabitants were 

 awakened by a violent subterraneous noise, and soon afterwards 

 one of the most dreadful eruptions of Vesuvius commenced that 

 has been witnessed for 20 years. The inhabitants of Torre del 

 Greco, of I'Aumenziata, and even of Portici, experienced the 

 greatest disquietude, apprehending the fate of Herculaneum and 

 Pompeii. The lava, however, fortunately divided itself into five 

 torrents, and flowed to the foot of the mountain for tiie space of 

 a league. The crater is much enlarged, a part of its brink having 

 fallen in. On the 7th the lava still continued to flow," 



APOPLEXY. 



The following facts, says The Journal da Dehats, cannot fail 

 to be interesting to humanity : — A lady about 40 years of age, 

 who lived at the corner of one of the streets in Paris, was struck 

 early in the month with apoplexy. Mr. Lavalette, the physician, 

 ■was' called in, and he restored her instantly to life by bleeding in 

 a jugular vein, and stimulating the blood to flow abundantly, by 

 the application of a common needle to the exterior part of the 

 vein and the adjoining nerves. It is thus shown, that the me- 

 chanical stimulant is able to revive nervous sensibility, and by 

 creating a kind of peristaltic motion, to deduce from the arteries 

 a great quantity of blood. — There is also another instance of the 

 efficacy of this application in the case of a Mr. Chatelin, a linen 

 merchant, who has also been restored to existence under similar 

 circumstances. It is trusted that this discovery will be generally 

 beneficial. — — ^— 



STATISTICS. 



During the year 1818, there have been in Paris 6,616 mar- 

 riages, 22,421 deatns, and 23,067 births. Of the number of 

 births 8089 children were illegitimate : of these 2004 have been 

 acknowledged, and 6094 abandoned: of the deaths, 993 have 

 been occasioned by the small-pox. 



LECTURES. 



We have every wish to notice among our miscellanies, intended 

 Courses of lectures relating to any of the departments of philo- 

 sophy. 



