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g plant. It never flowers in our country. 

 ry hardy ; is capable ff bearing ir.oie frost 

 e oomnion potrlo, but in wet seasons it is] 

 anil less sweet. It nmy prove my gre;it 

 d somewhat theoretical turn, to recoinmcn"! 

 he culture of this vegcti ble in Mnssac'iu- 

 ut (bnr years' experience gives nie .some 



o speak of it practicaUy. 



■commenil its culture on the following 



itiiFflt. It will grow an.l succeed here under or- 

 culture. 

 S indly. It is very prolific, malting as good 



s as the common potato. 

 I rdly. It is preferred by man, bearing inuiil- 

 rirc three times as great with us as the 

 ou potato. 



,: !• rthly. It is prefered by n'l animals of what- 

 : a lescription. Cows and pigs eat it greedily, 

 i( ven dimghill fowls will attack and consume 

 i 1 raw state. 



I .ill produce about 300 bushels to the acre. I 



1 never failed to raise it with success. The 



n impediment to its culture is the difficulty of 



r( rving the small tubes or roots ; but as soon 



is known th.nt there will be a demand for 



, our market will be regularly supplied from 



Jersey, where it has been long naturnlized. 



n be as easily raised as cabbages. This I un- 



ko to affirm. J. LOWELL. 



/onld not be supposed to recommend this ar- 



cxcept for the culture of the southern and 



rn parts of the Sl.nte, nor even there, except 



cheap luxury. 



From the A)hany Daily Mve.rliscr. 



ad noticed for several years past, with great 



rest, tlie successful applicntions of Charcoal 



le workmen in our northern iron works for 



cwel complaints, and yet under occular de- 



stration, I did not dare to ha7ard the promul- 



on of a simple remedy to a formidable disease, 



aiise it was administered by unskilful men, 



'n no other remedy was within their reach ; 



imes men are severely attacked in the night at 



istance from any physician. I also noticed at 



same time the successful application of steam, 



•oduced in beds, to such as were attacked with 



ers. The following essay on the efficacious 



cts of Charcoal, from the London Medical 



nository, No. llfi, fully confirms the practice I 



1 previously witnessed. It m;iy be instrumen- 



to relieve the sufferings of our fellow mortals, 



d in this view, I think it deserves a column in 



ur piipcr. ' 



ON THE USE OF CHARCOAL, 



a Cathartic — in cases of obstinate Coslivoiess. 



Dr. Daniell has lately published some cases 



Hsfrative of the effects of Charcoal in cases of 



stinate constipation. In the first case which 



•curred to him, after having employed the usual 



eatmcnt of blcedinsr, warm bath and mercurial 



urges, aided by jalap, castor oil, with other .nc- 



Ive medicines of this kind, without success, he 



onceived that a favourable opportunity had oc- 



urred for tryinsr the efficacy of Charcoal. 



" I gave," he has informed us, " a table spoon- 



ull of it every half hour, and at the expiration of 



;bout 17 hours, my patient's bowels were freely 



ivacuated. The discharges, which consisted 



hiefiV of a thick mucus, were coloured by the 



;harcoa]. This medicine was then discontinued. 



and castor oil substituted ; the latter hon-evtr 

 evacuating but partially, I had recourse again to 

 the charcoal, which w-as continued until the pn- 

 tiont recovered. My observations since have 

 convinced me of the necessity of continuing the 

 charcoal until the discharges are no longer mark- 

 ed by the presence of slime or mucus, which I 

 have foimd to abound in very considerable quan- 

 tities, in all the cases of constipation which have 

 fallen under my care. And I think the cxistonco 

 of this matter in the intestines, may explain the 

 cause of failure, not only of powerful enemata, 

 but of cathartics, to evacuate them. Lining as it 

 most probably does, the chief or wliole of the 

 bowels, it protects their surface from the influencu 

 of the medicines. 



" The charcoal probably exercises a ciicmical 

 influence upon this matter. The evacuations pro- 

 duced by the charcoal appear to be composed 

 chiefly of this article, and the mucus or slime ii- 

 tiniately blended. 



" Since this case, I iiave used the charcoal in 

 14 or 15 other instances, and always with com- 

 plete success. In this disease the sufferings of the 

 patient are usually extremely great, and I have 

 occasionnDy, since adopting the charcoal, attempt- 

 ed to relieve them by other cathartics which op- 

 erate more speedily, but 1 have invariably failed, 

 and was afterwards compelled to have recourse 

 to tliat remedy ; sometimes however not until the 

 third and fourth days of the disease, and always 

 with decided advantage. Further experience 

 has convinced mc that the most speedy, as well 

 as the most certain relief is to be obtained from 

 the free use of charcoal. If it does not wholly 

 relieve it always very much mitigates the pain in 

 six or eight hours from the period of its first ad- 

 ministration ; and within my observation the pa- 

 tient has always been entirely composed before 

 thfe operation of the medicine upon the bowels. 



" To many, the tardy operation of this medicine 

 may appear as a serious objection to its use. It 

 was formerly so to me, but since I have been con- 

 vinced of its certain efficacy, and that although it 

 may not act upon the bowels in 24 hours, even 

 after its first exhibition, yet that it will in one- 

 third of the time very much relieve, if not wholly 

 remove the pains, &c. This objection appears 

 comparatively unimportant ; for what avail a few- 

 hours in. the cure of a disease, if we can control 

 the sufferings of our patient, and afterwards cer- 

 tainly relieve him .' 



"In regard to the dose of this medicine, the 

 rule which I have pursued is to give it as freely 



and as frequently as the stomach will allow. 



The quantity required is considerable. It has a 

 happy influence in lulling the irritability of the 

 stomach, when nothincr else which I have used 

 would control the nausea and vomiting of the 

 patient ; thus fulfilling the double intentron of al- 

 leviatinff a very distressing symptom, and then 

 removing the disease itself. I usually give from 

 one to three table spoonsful of the chare 

 half hour or hour : whenever the stomach becom 

 overcharfred with the medicine, the excess is 

 thrown off. and the stomach is again quiet. I o-ivp 

 in lime water, milk, or water alone, the vehiclp 

 having appeared to me'unimportant." 



Sleadii Hnhits. — All the Representatives of N. 

 Hampshire in the 19th Congress, e.vcept one, have 

 been chosen to the 20th, 



NEW SKMINARY. 

 Mr Carter has chosen the village of Lancaster 

 in the county of Worcester, for hi^ Seiuiiiury fo; 

 the instruction of teachers for common schools.— 

 The citizens of Shrewsbury had offered $5000 for 

 the location of it in that town. Rut in Luncaste; 

 a suitable building, wliich hud been recently erec- 

 ted for an academy, was oflerod to him free ol 

 rent, and some other inducements. Mr Carter has- 

 purchise<l a farm of seventy acres, having upon it 

 three houses in which his pupils may be accom 

 modated with board. In this school lads will, wt 

 understand, he taught all branches of mercantile, 

 liberal, or farmers' and mechatiics' education. Tin 

 farm is to bo carried on in connexion with tlu 

 school for the purpose of healthy exercise, and in- 

 struction in horticulture and husbandry. Mr Car- 

 ter's qualifications for liis undertakings are spoken 

 of with much confidence, and his entire succes.- 

 confidently predicted. — Columbian Reporter. 



A CURE FOR COCKROACHES. 



A respectable professional gentleman informed 

 us yesterday, that he has recently discovered thai 

 the spirits of turpentine is an etTcctual remedy a- 

 gainst the depredations of Cockroaches. He re 

 commended to put a little of it upon the shelves or 

 sidei of your book-cases, bureaus, armoirs, or other 

 furniture, in which they take shelter, wliich ma; 

 be readily done with a feather, and these trouble- 

 some insects will soon quit, not only tlie furniture, 

 but the room. The remedy is simple and easily 

 ohtaiued by every person who wishes it. It is not 

 unpleasant to the smell — soon evaporate?, jud docs 

 no injury to furniture or cloathing. Tiiis is a va! 

 uable discovery, if it proves, in all cases, as effect 

 ual as our informant assured us it did in his house 

 [Louisiana Advertiser. 



very 



Directions for rmsinf!; large Yankee Onions fro'" 

 tlie Seed, the first season. 



1. Let the ground be rich. 



2. Plant the seed early — as early as the last oi 

 March or fore part of April. If worms should not 

 be troublesome, the 20th of April will do very 

 well. 



3. The seed should be planted in rows, as much 

 as 16 inches apart. And for the ease and con- 

 venience of tilling, drop the seed in hills about Ti 

 inches apart — 4 or 5 seeds to a hill. Even eigh' 

 onions will grow well together. 



4. Keep the gro^ind free from weeds, especiall) 

 while the onions are small. 



05^ By observing the above directions, onions 

 are rendered as sure a crop as potatoes. 



[Oliiojournal.j 



Extract of a letter from a farmer in the interior oi 

 Ohio, to his friend in JVorthampton. 

 "The prices current which the Hampshire Ga- 

 zette occasionally contains, make me wish that the 

 canals were done, that I might visit you annually, 

 and furnish you with bacon, eggs, flour, corn, &c. 

 But I ain not sure this would do, as I should so 

 much undersell your farmers, that I should be an 

 intruder among them. However, I think I must 

 come, if I live, and bring you one cargo. When 

 transportation becomes cheap,easy and expeditious, 

 our single state will ruin New England. 



English Revenue. By a statement which has 

 been made to Parliament, it appears that the ex- 

 cess of Expenditure over the Income of last year, 

 amounts to £9.120,000. 



