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Many facts testify the action of cutaneeus or exeT- nal absorption. It S proved by direct experiment that the human hand is capable of mbibing, ln quarter of an hour, an ounce and half of warm waler' which

 or ,he whole body the rate of six or seVe" Ibs' ner hOur An interesting narrative iS on record Of shps crew. who were exposed at for several days in an open boat; they had consumed all their water

 hsv had no fluid of any kind which they could drink;

 h.v soon began to suffer from lhirst the feeling al length became intOlerable, and the drinking of sea- water was found to increase it to intensity. When nearly exhausted, they exposed during seve" hours to heavy shower of rain. As soon as '"e'F clothes became thoroughly wet their thirst Oega" 10 abae and before the rain had ceased their thirst was gone. They did not fail to profit by this exper'enee' From this time each maD soon as he oega" 10 'ee Ihrsty dipped his shirt in the sea-water' and wore tt next his skin which had invariably the effect ot remo- vinp his thirst the absorbents taking up the particles of water but rejecting the saline matter dissolved in h

 neO step iu htc ma, ch o Inteiiect.-The Attorney General while discussing his dinner on Wednesday evening, put in possession of the following extra ordinary episte :-" Two strange gentlemen at Mrs. Divers present their compliments to Mr. Attorney General, and desirous to taste his Sherry, of which report speaks SO Aatterngly they bet wager; the one that Mir. Attorney General will send them bot. tle the other that he will not" To this favor" done the Attorney General, the strange" gentleman re- ceiyed this retort." "To the two modest gentle men a, Mrs. Divers: the Attorney General sends bottle ofhs Sherry fearing though that they may be seized in the course of the evening with fit to taste his Madeira, he anticipates such paroxism by send- ing them bottle oflhat also.-York z. c. Cour.

 ey I:s,1.. I,ou od otnnt tINrno years, son of Col. Hogan, was missing on Saturday, for about hours and search was made for him in ev- cry drection but in vain. little child about his own age, who could not speak plain, was continually say ing ,o it's mother, " Boy in hole," and pointed 10 a hole in the end of the arch Eag gestreet at its junction in Beaver-siree His opportunities at length attracted auention and being known that MT. H's child was missing, descended by rope fasten- ed under his arms, to the bottom of the creek, dis tance of i've feet, with antern He there found a boys cap, but he searched farther, and drawn up. The cap identified as that of Mir. IFS boy. Sheriff Gallup went 10 the place and offered a reward to any person who would descend and search for the child. None could be found, but the Sheriff himself pulled of his coat and was making prepara- tons to go down, when colored man was induced to descend with lantern. Alter proceeding about 300 feet in the creek goes down Beaver street, and which is covered by arch about feet high, he found the little fellow sitting in the mud, and resting against the wall of the arch almost exhausted. He brough, him to the hole, and he hoised out and presented to his, till then, afflicted but overjoyed parents After failing in the hole, he had wandered thus far, and had hecome fagued that he could not make his way back. He in this place from 10 in the morning till in the afternoon.-Aib Dai. Adu

 Progress in Cipiiization and Humanity in Alabama From lhe Huntsville Advocate we learn, that all re- sWicons to the introduction of slaves into that State were removed by the last Legislature, who repealed ten sections of the Act to prevent the introduction of slaves into Alabama These sections prevented the Introduction of slaves for sale-defned the crcum- stances under which. and the persons by whom they might be introduced-prescrbed the course to be pursued by the persons bringing them--imposed dsa hilites upon their sale hire within limited ime and penalties for the infracon of the law. Sc that, now, all restrictions are removed-N. Y. DdS. Adv.

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