Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1817-09-05
HALLS PATENT RIELF.

if' "'Stf"Hte"S Sftdt tCtU Atftthg sea 4IOaStel-
In consequence of suggestions that
The sea-serpeni nov on our coast is i'm
penetrabie b, Il ieaden ball, experiments
have been made with one Of Capt Halls
patent rifles to ascertain What degree Of
resistance would he sufficient "a stop a
ball tired from one of them. The rife
carried a bail weighing half an ounce.
and Was charged each time with one
sixth OF an ounce of powder-in the
course Of the experiments, a carpenters
ad2e, OF common Thickness, was shot
through, first az distance of twenty
yards and then nj distance of forty
Yards. a thick narrow axe was deeply
ndented and broken through between
the eye and the : eel, from distance of
ID yards; and plate of cast iron ass
oi an inch in thickness, was perforated
from . distance 81 20 yards, and from
distance o; - yards. The holes were
round and even on tho size which the
bali entered, and were in diameter abous
one halt larger than the diameter Of The
balls with which they were made.
The concluaion Is irresistible that u
ball from one Cfthose rifles ,0o0R pcnp-
irale the serpe:t and that as they Shoot
WIN extreme accuracy, good martsman
could siike hlm III any part winch he
could direct the gan. POt'and argus
Hiss r .otqci 3 .'ssr. - Onr readers wi! Doubt
essrecoilect the yonng lads who was in the il.-
bit of praying aud prcichGll. in her Sleep. Dnr-
ing her visit 90 This city, 10 tie year 1915, she
was the subject Of general conversations and
speculation. Hundreds OF tie mDst respecta-
Die % oHT ciultllS we're Witnesses Of her noe
iufna devotional exercises, and philosapix in
ysin attempted TO account ini hr phenOD aoa.
Her involuntary cEertous in tbtsg periodical
4t a
health, that her life was dcspairei Of, * when
size lett the city 30 return 70 her friends il was
scarcely expected that she cOnld Survive Tie
Journey. FROM that period we have never
heard oi tie y0nng lady, until the - lilly Ad-
'eriIser OF Yesterday morning furnished us
WIN theintOrniatiOn coniaiucai,n the following
article. ~ =. Chronicle.
s1trsTt Of a iettD to Dr. SgalihB Of this eiiy.
DEAH SER
1t viii, no donbt, gi,e you inach
pleasure TO learn, that bliss tachaei liakcrias
been cared other Devotional Sonlnium. Tie
cure Of ihts eXtraOrdu1ry 2scascWas perform
ca last autumn, by DOctersSeITsaud Baker OF
Norway, (EefhimcT county, New Yorh0 by
dashing cold waicrrpom lcr, aeproros hs yon
in your lectures IN CuI college, 1licv aW-
ever, improved on sour suggestions. by dcsr.
lig her TO change iile h0ur OF her devotion:
ihcn giving her large dose oil opipniiu the sE
te'noon; and in iiie evening, the moment Gee
COMMISSIONS began tq appear. tncv da she'd cold
par0Nysn 70 - Ct0rncd 80 was carried oil by
second dash Of cold water
't!f- plau was pursued ior about week or
ten days, wllrn tie disease manifested no far
Tier disposition tOtctuu She has nOw reCOy-
cred hcr usual hca.,h and vigor, after having
labCtcd .uudcr tlis disease Tor ave years.
We Learn liy Captain Dunn, ofthe siiD
Isabella, Henderson, 10 days from ST.
Ubcs, il was reported when lac sailed
that three Portuguese indlamcn, belong
ing 70 Lisbon, had recently been cap
tGed by BusDos Ayfcs priyaieers, one at
which, 10 was said, was f'ticd oat IL Bal
timorc about three m0nins previous.
Captain Dunn reports, that he was
boarded, on the 9th Junc, at - o'clock
al night. about II miles West Of lhe
Rock of Lisbon, by man Of war brig,
supposed 90 be a Turk, rIlc man being
dressed ~ the Turkish style.
Ihe Frigate Congress By the arrival
yeterday morning Of the brig Juliana
Capt. Fisher, ii 10 days from Cape Hen.