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The Letiibon in the Armv. - The Vera Cruz Eaglp, of a la'o date, thus dis-courses aboul the wonderful operations of this wonderful agent: Wc had llie picasure of enjovingan invitation to be present on the occasion of the amputationof Mvo legs aboye the knee, on Saturday lst, whpre tliat great assistant in surgical cases (the Letheon) was used. The subjects were two men who liad bren conveyed lo the Hospita] of San Francisco and the success was a triumpli over physkal pain. J)r. Portee and a young physician ftvhose name we are sorry we do not recollecl) were the operators. In ose case the Jirab wns removed in five ir.iuutfls ani a lia] f from the commenceirrnt of the inhalation to the -Io.-e of the amputaiion. In the other n few seconds over th'it liinp. Both rieclared they liad feit uothing during the ciperati'in. One of tlicm rather playfully observed (on recove ring consciotisness and peroeiving thnt t was done) " lial is the way you do il, if it " This is surety a wonderful ngent, and may be regarded ns the most invnluable discovery in rfelivering suffering luunanity, that has ye! boen revealed. Tuk Lusgs. - To prove the soundne-is of the lungs, lel ths patiënt draw 11 a full breatli, and then begin to count as íar as he cati, slowly and audibly, without ngain inflating the lungs. The nuinber of seconds lie c.i n 'joritinue is then carefully noted. In confinned consumption ihe time d"cs not exceed e:ghi, and is oftpr Trás t'ian si.x secunds. In pleurisj" nnd inèutno it ranges lrom nine to four seconds. Uut when the lungs nre sound, the time will range as high as from twenty to thirty seconds. Brutal. - In Afalamoras, an aged Frenchman, named Stip. was brutally asfaulted by a memlier of the lst Indiana regiment, because he would not delivcr up without order a walking stick which had beenlefl vvith liim by a Ihjrd party. He was notexpected tosurvive the injuries he received, and the adair had such an effect U)on the mindofhis daugliter, that she is now a raving maniac. The new Pope, Iieiring that a grano display in his lionor wns to come otf on 5th of May, expressed his desiro that ihe waste of fire-works should be superseded by a di.stribution of bread to ihe poor. - His wish was executed ; 7000 were contributed ; 00,000 poor folks were fed, ad ihe remainder of ihe money kept to establish an infants school. A good hint for tliose who get up fjurth of July cclebrations. Rapid i'jiiNTiXG. - The New York Sun is erecting two inaminuutli CyUnder l'resses, constructed by Hoe & Co., of (hst city, which will print from 24,000 to 30,000 newspapers per hour! Thenumo[ impressions would be increased if human hands could feed the press faster. - The inking npparatus of this press is new, as the old rcciprocaüng inovement gives place to rotary action. There is but linie friction in the new opeiation, and the wear and tear is consequenily greatly diminished. The furtn of type j on the new plan, is placed uponn large cylinder, four feet or more in diamater, in contact with which smaller "impression cylinders" in any desired nuinber are placed. This j)ress the Sun says "is destined to produce an entire revolution in newspaper printing." Sixteen out of twenty -eight whig papers in Virginia, have come out for Gen. Taylor lor the l'rcsidency.