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FOR RATTLE-SNAKE BITES, 
The following, says the New-York Sun, 
is an Indian recipe for rattle-snake bites, and 
said to be the same remedy used a few 
years ago by a certain tamer and exhibitor 
of these reptiles in this and other cities, who, 
it may be remembered, allowed them to bite 
him frequently during the exhibition 
Pulverized Indigo.4 drachms. 
Pulverized Camphor_8 drachms. 
Alcohol . 8 ounces. 
Mix, and keep it in closely corked bottles. 
The directions for using are simply as follows: 
After shaking the bottle, soak the bitten part 
in the mixture for five minutes, and the cure 
is complete. 
The difficulties that surround the above 
are too great for our feeble faith. Indigo 
will not dissolve in alcohol at any common 
temperature. The mixture consists, then, 
of nothing but every-day spirits of camphor 
—simple enough and convenient enough in 
case of accident; but we should be very loth 
to depend upon it, to the exclusion of more 
efficient means. The wound should be im¬ 
mediately sucked with the tongue, (these 
poisons produce no effect even if swallowed,) 
after which its surface may be burned with 
a hot iron. Fortunately the means of this 
treatment are always at hand, and it may be 
resorted to before the physician arrives, af¬ 
ter which, if he directs an application of 
spirits of camphor, we have nothing to say. 
Because the famous snake-tamer alluded 
to above was not poisoned by bites, it does 
not follow that this nostrum saved him. 
Rattle-snake bites are not generally fatal 
when no treatment is resorted to. A friend 
of ours, a physician, who has spent thirty 
years in a region of this State infested by 
them, informs us that he has known a num¬ 
ber of instances of bites, but never knew a 
death to occur. The reptile further south is 
generally supposed to be more venomous. 
It is but a few years since a physician of this 
city lost his life by carelessly handling one 
of these southern serpents, that had been 
sent to him as a zoological specimen, and 
appeared to be torpid. The condition of a 
person’s system is supposed to make a dif¬ 
ference, too. Dissecting wounds are some¬ 
times of no account, and at other times give 
rise to dangerous or fatal erysipelas. 
But why call this mixture “ Indian ” 1 
The Indians were not acquainted with a sin¬ 
gle one of its ingredients—Indigo, alcohol, 
or camphor. They were ignorant of the 
virtues of most of the simples that grew 
around them, their method of cure consist¬ 
ing in a system of incantation, as senseless 
as the ravings of a ftianiac or those whispers 
that drive away the botts. Why is it that 
nostrums pretend to be Indian to secure a 
sale 1 or that an Indian doctor always has a 
certain amount of a certain kind of business'? 
This disposition to believe in the marvelous 
seems to be most rife in the affairs of medi¬ 
cine. People never think of consulting an 
Indian lawyer or an Indian divine. They 
put too high an estimate on their property 
and their souls. Why will they risk their 
lives on any such recipes? 
Not long since a worthy old Methodist 
preacher was complained of before the Con¬ 
ference for dabbling in medicine. “ How is 
this, brother H-?” said the Bishop, “ do 
you presume to meddle with such matters ?” 
“ Never,” was the reply, “ except to give 
advice in difficult cases.” “ But such cases,” 
continued the Bishop, “are the very ones 
you have no business with.” “Ah,” re¬ 
turned the old gentleman, “ I advise them to 
send for a doctor.” We need not add the 
complaint was dismissed. 
So, in the case of a rattle-snake bite, or 
any other serious accident, our recipe is only 
for immediate use, and ends with “ Send for 
the doctor.” 
DETESTABLE VANDALISM- 
We see it reported in the Rural New- 
Yorker, that ten fine Durham cattle, from 
the imported stock of Col. L. G. Morris of 
Fordham, have been stolen and slaughtered, 
and sold in the New-York market. This is 
an error. The animals stolen were grades, 
belonging to W. H. Morris, a cousin of L. 
G. Morris. The act itself is no less repre¬ 
hensible, and we hope the miscreants who 
perpetrated it will all be arrested, and put 
upon 5aZ^-beef rations at Sing Sing to the 
longest limit permitted by law. Farmers, 
and stock raisers, however, will be glad to 
learn, that the missing animals are not from 
Col. Morris’s imported herd, so highly prized 
and so valuable. 
BREADSTUFFS, &C., FROM CALIFORNIA. 
We stated two weeks since that several 
ships were loading at San Francisco., with 
flour and grain, for this country and Austra¬ 
lia. By the last California arrival we learn 
that extensive shipments of these commodi¬ 
ties are still going on. The clipper ship 
Charmer, sailed for New-York the last of 
May, with the following products of Califor¬ 
nia soil: 5,025 bags barley, 6,900 quarter 
bags flour, 15,030 bags wheat, 192 bales wool, 
333 do. sheep skins, 410 sheep skins, 275 
calf skins, 1,442 hides, 37 casks mint sweep¬ 
ings, 700 flasks quicksilver, 108 bales rags. 
And of returned goods of which there was a 
surplus there : 1,300 doz. shovels, 13 pairs 
smiths’ bellows, GO cases tobacco, 6 do. dry 
goods, 68 cases and casks hardware, 197 
casks, cases and bbls. merchandise. 
The clipper ship S. S. Bishop, for this 
port, had on board one million two hundred 
thousand (1,200,000) pounds of flour and 
wheat, and one hundred bales of wool. The 
clipper ship Telegraph, had on board, June 
1st, 800,000 lbs. of wheat and barley, and 
would sail for New-York with a full cargo 
soon. The ship Adelaide, was also loading 
for the same destination, with over two mil¬ 
lions lbs. of breadstuff's (1,000 tuns). In ad¬ 
dition to these we have reports of similar 
shipments to Liverpool Australia, &c. If 
these exports take place now, what are we 
to look for but a few years hence ? 
Bee-sting and Tooth-ache —The pain of 
a bee-sting may be at once relieved, and the 
subsequent swelling prevented, by wetting 
the part with spirits of hartshorn (water of 
ammonia). The sting is hollow, and there 
is a little drop of poison at its root that is 
driven through it by the pressure of its in¬ 
sertion, and deposited in the wound. The 
poison is said to be of an acid nature, and to 
be destroyed by this volatile alkali. 
The pain of tooth-ache, also, is relieved 
oftener by a few drops of hartshorn on a bit 
of lint inserted into the cavity of the tooth, 
than by any other application. Keep a vial 
of it, well corked, in the house, and if you 
are fortunate enough to need it for nothing 
else, use it to restore the color destroyed by 
fruit stains. 
Succession of Delicious Fruits. —Straw¬ 
berries, which have been abundant, are slow¬ 
ly diminishing in quantity, but raspberries 
will soon be ready to take their place ; and 
from all accounts, there will be a large yield 
the present year. These will be followed 
by blackberries, which also promise to be in 
abundance. Following these, we shall this 
year have peaches in quantities and at prices 
to suit every taste and every purse. What 
is lacking in the above will be made up by 
whortleberries, cherries, early plums, &c. 
Laborers Wanted. —The Nebraska City 
Newsmentions thatthe farmers and mechan¬ 
ics of that territory complain loudly of their 
inability to procure workmen. They offer, 
it says, extravagant wages, but work hands 
are not to be had. The difficulty does not 
seem to be that laborers are lazy or even 
scarce ; but every one who goes there im¬ 
mediately sets up for himself—becomes an 
employer instead of a seeker for employ¬ 
ment. 
The Grape Crop in the vicinity of Cincin¬ 
nati has been much damaged by recent 
heavy rains, and the Commercial says that 
from present prospects but little more than 
half a crop may be expected. 
About 2,600 immigrants were landed in 
the City of New-York from Europe on Sat¬ 
urday last. 
The markets of San Francisco were filled 
with delicious fruits and garden vegetables 
on the first of June. 
