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seems to be verified. For example, he enters the la¬ 
boratory, where he is surrounded by gentlemen 
engaged in a great variety of investigations. There 
is one upon benzoic acid—there is one upon allan- 
toine—there is one with new compounds of cyano¬ 
gen—another with quinine—another with cheese— 
another with a new gum—another with some plants, 
&c., &c.; and all of them engaged in courses of ori¬ 
ginal investigation—all of them treading untrodden 
paths; he is ready to tell each one the results for 
which he may look. Such is his familiarity with 
every fact in known chemistry, that its analogies are 
perpetually present, and enable him to promise with 
great certainty upon almost every investigation. He 
comes to a gentleman who has a problem in the 
shape of an unascertained substance. He directs 
him to bring a dozen or twenty test tubes, and per¬ 
haps as many re-agents. The unknown compound 
is in a few moments distributed among the test tubes 
and awaiting the re-actions. The professor goes on 
through the laboratory, repeating similar experiments 
with other products of investigation ; and the next, 
when he comes round again, if a test tube has been 
removed from its place, he knows which one, and 
demands its return. Moreover, the gentlemen who 
leave unascertained substances of interest when going 
away for the night, not unfrequently on their return, 
find that the head of the laboratory has been around, 
and removed them for safe keeping to his private 
shelves. This vigilant surveillance—this powerful 
local memory—this readiness in affording explanation 
in all difficult matters, have induced the opinion 
already expressed, that the man is something in 
chemistry of what Zerah Colman was in calculation. 
However, Liebig, for the encouragement of all his 
pupils, has said: “ that it is not all so.” Every fact 
in the science has cost him labor to acquire, and labor 
to retain ; and though now he is ready to pronounce 
upon the nature, properties, and history of every 
known organic and inorganic body in chemistry, he 
has acquired this prodigious mass of scientific infor¬ 
mation only with prodigious labor. Subsequent 
interviews have apprised me that Professor Liebig is 
equally capable of making his circle of friends 
happy, in the exchange of love, in the various depart¬ 
ments of science and literature .—Medical Times. 
Importation of Cheviot Sheep, Shepherd Dogs, 
and a Chinese Sow. —T. J. Carmichael, Esq., of 
Sing Sing, N. Y., returned a few weeks since from a 
tour in England and Scotland, with six ewes and 
three tups of the white-faced Cheviot breed; four 
beautiful and well-trained Colly dogs; and a Chinese 
sow, which he procured in Liverpool, recently im¬ 
ported from China. This stock, accompanied by a 
Scotch shepherd, is now on the way to Mr. C.’s farm 
at Lake Mills, Jefferson county, Wiskonsin. The 
sheep are large and fine, the fleeces quite as heavy, 
and the wool nearly as long as the Leicester; and 
having been bred on the bleak mountains of Scotland, 
they are a hardier race. It was for this reason they 
were chosen for the Territory of Wiskonsin. The 
tups w r ere chosen from the flock of Mr. Jas. Oliver, 
of Both wick Bray; the ewes from that of Mr. Chas. 
Scott, of Milsington, Roxborough shire. The dogs 
are smooth-haired, very handsome, and sagacious. 
They are of medium size, and well broke. The 
bitch had a fine litter of pups by her side, two of 
which Mr. C. has kindly left for breeding with Dr. 
Field, of this city. The Chinese sow is far superior 
to any lately imported here. She is of a black and 
white color, and about as fine in her points as the 
improved Chinas we formerly kept on our farm. She 
has a litter of pretty white pigs, got by a fine white 
Irish boar, in Liverpool. We shall have more to say 
of this stock hereafter; in the meanwhile we heartily 
commend it to the notice of the farmers of the west, 
Mr. Carmichael deserves great credit for the impor¬ 
tation, and it will doubtless have an important and 
beneficial result on the interests of the country. 
Imported Swine for the South. —We neglect¬ 
ed to notice at the time, that a lot of very large and 
fine white hogs passed through this city last October,, 
from the piggery of R. L. Allen, of Buffalo, destined 
for David Bryan, Esq., of Bellevue, Talbot county, 
Georgia. They were principally of the stock im¬ 
ported by us in 1841, called Kenilworth, and the 
largest and finest white breed to be found in England. 
Two sows of this lot were judged to weigh over 500 
lbs., in good breeding condition, and may be fatted to 
weigh 700 lbs. The yearling boar was large and 
fine, and would weigh about 400 lbs. There were 
some younger ones in the lot quite as promising. 
These animals were ordered by Mr. Bryan for the 
purpose of meeting the taste of those planters who 
wish more size than is generally found in the other 
good breeds. We are confident they will be satisfied 
in this respect, and get their pork with a reasonable 
amount of feed, which is seldom the case with over¬ 
grown animals. We are glad to notice these improve¬ 
ments going forward at the south. We can confi¬ 
dently recommend the importation of Mr. Bryan to 
his neighbors in Georgia. There is a , very large 
white boar of a similar breed, recently imported from 
England, and now in this vicinity. He can be had 
for $50. He would be a treasure to any one in want 
of such an animal. 
Cotton Seed Oil Mill. —We are anxious to 
know something of the machinery necessary to con¬ 
stitute a cotton seed oil mill, the cost of it, the 
amount of labor required to produce a given quantity 
of oil; also the quantity of oil which may be expect¬ 
ed, on an average, per 1,000 lbs. of seed. Will any 
I of our southern friends oblige us by a reply, and send 
us a drawing of said machine for engraving, together 
with a complete description of the same? 
Mr. Taintor in Europe. —John A. Taintor, Esq., 
of Hartford, Conn., sailed for Europe in the Queen 
of the West on the 21st ult., expecting to be absent 
two years. During this time he will make a pretty 
general tour. One especial object with him will be 
to visit Spain, to examine the Merino flocks, and per¬ 
sonally study the sheep husbandry of that country. 
We know of no one better qualified for this object 
than Mr. T. ; and we shall look to him for more 
reliable information on this subject, as well as the 
Saxony sheep of Germany, and the Rambouillets of 
France, than from any other gentleman of our ac¬ 
quaintance. We wish Mr. Taintor and his family a 
pleasant time of it abroad. 
Mr. Prentice’s Extensive Sale of Short- 
Horn Cattle.— This will positively take place on 
the 25th of this month, at Albany. 
