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 Like our friend of the Tuscaloosa Monitor, we have some curiosity 10 see the rules referred to in the following Ie;- ter. We therefore comply with the vii, ter's rsquest, and doubt not; bh, he will pl ove to US that he is sane man:

 NEw YORK CITy, Aug. IS, I847. To Me Editor oftAe Monitor:

 Dear Sir: Perhaps you may have iio- liced, in some of the New York papers, statement concerning the remarkable powers of mathematician in that city, who adds, substracis, multples, divides, and performs all other arithmeiical cal. culations wuh rapid ty that seems al> most miraculous. As l am that person, l will endeavor to give you correct statement of the facts. First, let a col> ema of figures, say 5000 in length and 10 or 20 in breadth. be placed before me, and ln less than seconds of lime will give the sum total, always com. mencing on the left hand side to place the answer dowm Second, let sum ba written in multiplication, with GOO tignfrs the mulliplier and ss many in tiit ou tho left hand and write the product under- meath, all in one ne. as fast as the fig uies can be written down. Third, let d sum be written in division, with any large amount for dvisor, and com; mence writing the remainder first, then the quoiient. Interest at any per cent. can be performed in the same manner; without using any extra figures. Frac- tions of every denomination can be sum- med up instantly, without reducing them 10 common denominator These rules can be learned by any person hay. Ing the printed rules, in one half hour: Please insert this in your paper, also stating that any person wishing these rules will address me through the New York post ottice Please forward me one copy of your paper, which will contain the above, and on receipt there. of will fo, ward you full SC, of these rules lfree gratis) by which you can be: come as expert al figures as ani.

 Your humble and ob'i serv't,

 PIE FER M DESHONG.

 The Mathematician.

 P S.-Other Editors, copying the above, and forwarding Mr. Deshong ihe paper which contains 1t, will be fui nish- ed n ilh SC, of these rules.