Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1818-08-21


souring, BY means OF milk, lsing lass, scading,
&c scuinm,mg, iilteriug through sand, &c. &c.
and tunno all useful, bnt is satisfied that ire.
quent racaiug or drawing is tar preferable to
any other method he has attempted.
Itdieigh Star.
Springfield 1rmory.-From a statement We.
spectiny this Institution, lately published in
10 dSi'iactOR, the following interesting particu.
lars are extracted -
This extensive manuiae tory is under the
direction of a principal who is STYLED superiu.
teDdant who has the Chief management OF the
business oi the gimory, provides, contracts for
aud purchases all stock, tools and materials,
necessary tor manufacturing arms, engages
the worhmen, determines their wages, and
prescribes tho necessary regulations for the
local government Of the esta biiSlIment. TO aid
HIN III the ihportant duties of tie armory,
there Is allowed Il master aImorer, who mana
geS The mecha!,lc.ii operations, and is held ac-
countab'e tor all stock, tools and materials
pat under his charge, for The use of the armo-
ry, aud for the correct workmanship of tire
mnsketS. Anda paymaster and store keeper,
whose duty u l. to llquidate and pay all debts
contracted by The superintendent for the ar.
mory, and receive tie finished arms for which
lie l. held accountable, well as tor ali other
public property delivered him. Each OF the
abnNe officers are dlloweda CLERK To aid in keen.
ing their accounts. There is also Il foreman. or
assistant master armo,er. 10 each principal
brauch of the work, viz. one of forged work.
one Inspector ut welded, bored aud ground
barrels. mounting, bavoneis and r5rnrods
one OF The lock tiierS one Oft stockers, anu
one OF the fEShers. They are severailv held
accountable for all stock. tools, aud parts of
work delivered TO them, tor their respective
departments, who severay hold lie individu.
nj work men responsible for all stock, tools, or
parts of WORK delivered To tl.en Each assis.
taDt master aTmorer, or foreman are inspec-
tors in their several branches and are respon-
sibie for the faithful and correct performance
of no 1rCrk Eapl ind
work he executes, his own private mark as do
the inspectors, when they examine aud an.
prove OF the various parts of the musket.-
Thus, in case of any defect, the delinquent
may readily be found. Monthly returns of
work are made TO the superintendent, fsom
which the monthly pay roll is made
The establishment of this armory was BY
an act OF Congress, passed in 1884, aud IN 1913
the work commenced with about forty hands
AT the end ofDecemher, 1917, there had been
completed in this mandatory, I2S.559 new
muskets, and 1892 new carbiues, and Is IgD
repaired mnsketS, equal to ~ 90 new mas.
kets. Calculating the cGrbnes TO he equal
to the same number ofnew muskets, (thev
cost much more on account of The small num-
Der made,) makes the aggregate eulral i'm
labor aud expense TO l4i,76l new muSkets-
The amount of purchase money, for land
mill seats. and for erecting water shons
machinery, work shops, stores, aud buildings
of every description, and repairs, is estimated
at I55 900 dollars. The other exne:,sss for the
above period. exclusive ~ Eek and paris of
work OH hand, amount., % .5J3 100 dollars -
Amount of stock, paris of the musket & pis.
toll on hand, December 81, 1917, All ,545 dollars
Iotai amount OF expenditures, from the COM
mencement of the works to December 81,
1917, is ,S20, 100 dollars is cents
" The situation OF this establishment is re-
markably pleasant and healthy being sixty
miles from the nearest seaport, in a thickly in.
hablted country, is perfectly safe from an in.
radiag foe, and still has water communication
I'm frarsr L., 'sl.
for the manufacturing of arms may be obtained
IN great abundance, and OH reasonable terms
The number OF arms completed III the year
1917, exceeded 1900, with am increase of the
several parts of the musket-and The works
are so arranged, that in the year 1915 $1,000
stand may be made by the same number of
hands, ESQ, including officers, } and for about
tile same expense. Good professional armo-
rers, ~ considerable numbers, can at any time
be added 10 the works, If necessary, for rea-
sonable wages The neceSsaries of life are
| abundant, aud can at all times be procured at
a moderate price"
The Editors of the n. Y. Gazette are indebt-
Ell TO Dr. Mitch!li, for the original of the fol-
lowing interesting, curious and uncommon
death eli fishes and whales, driven ashore ON
the coast OF S. Carolina, during the drought of
July, 1918:
g Georgetown, g. c.; July so, 1878.
" DEARSiR-I trouble you with this commu.
nlcatIon relat We to Il most extraordinary and
to MS, most unaccountabe circumstance that
mas attracted the attention and excited the
curiosity or those residing in its vicinity. The
summerretreat of the generality of inhabitants
OF HE adjacent country, is situated upon the
small Islands which are extended along the
sea coast, and which at present exhibit "A spec-
tacle totally unprecedented in the recollection
OF their oldest sOIOurneTs The entire sea.
board, together with the waters that bound
or iptersect 1t, are stTewed with an immense
quantity OF the carcases OF fish, consisting not
ohly OF the various species OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
but Of many that have bsen but seldom ure
ViouSly witnessed IN these ATTITUDES There
are, Likewise, vast quantity floating near the
surface OF lie water in state nearly approach
ing torPidity, some of which have been caught
and when from motives of curiosity again cast
INTO their natural element, ha we made an exer
ton OF their remaining powers of action. mere.
iy to propel themselves either upon or to the
shore. Six Of the whale species. have bepn
discovered upon the beach, few miles dis.
tant from the entrance te the IarbOr the
largest about twenty feet in length II is more
than probable that the extinction of their
vital action, has originated from the same
source.
. alany hypothesis have been circulated
w.th reference to the cause, set none have
been either supported or cOrrOborated by rea-
sons IN any way satisfactory. The existing
conJeCtureS are not even probable. The suT.
race OF the sea is coated with an eXtraneOus
substance OF an uDCtuous appearance which
at times emitS an extremely disagreeable tor
bat entirely distinct from the odor exhaIed
from The putrescence OF animal matter, which
Il an evidence OF its not being the effect. but
IS ~ some degree connected with the cause of
the mortality of the fish. The agitation of
the waves or surf does not create tile usual
toamy appearance, but the bubbles are large
ann Isolated III some proportion gluiinous
The heat has been for Tor some weeks ev-
| cessively Intense, the thermometer being sci.
4 dom below 30 degrees OF Fahrenheit. The
winds have been for the greater portion of the
tme, from Tie southwark and westward, at.
tended with very little rain but after eysrv
slower the offensive exliaiatiOn is considerable
diminished, which indicates, in the opinion Of
many, that the drought has an affinity to the
cause. i will not pretend TO Obtrude the va
rous suggestions, aud merely relate tile sim
pie fact, trusting that yonr ssgaciiy aud sci