American watchman and Delaware advertiser., 1827-02-20

curate measurement-and 10 a. follows:
A cubic foot OF water weighed
81 pounds Is oz.-or 99l OF.
do. of ice, 56 pounds, s oz.-or 904 OF.
Superior weight Of cubic foot Of water 81 or
From which it seems that ice may Aost 34-87ths
OF its weight above water. This, believe, is materi
ally different from the calculations made for the
vss, masses OF ice ;ha, are found floating on the
coast Of Newfoundland, in the spring 1t, however.
10 appeared by the experiments made a. carefully
as possible, on the water and ice OF the Brandywine,
taken nearly from the same spot and measured and
weighed at about the same time.
II, however, il to be remembered that the New
foundlsnd ice floats in salt water
MENTOR.
For reasons before stated, unable TO comply
with this reques.-Eds
The question alluded to above and solution of which
is requested is-"What poaue tons will field Of ice
one e,gh of square exert floating The tide with
velocity Of three miles per hour and supposing that ice
to twelve inches thick and how much will that pow
be increased for e1e inch that the ice is increased in
thickness by subsequent freezngs"
FOR THE wATeRMAN.
1t is really amusing to see Corporal Harker's at,
tempt TO blind the public on the subject Of the
Woolen Bill suppose it was necessary, for some
cause, to inform the community why some OF the
friends OF the Tariff Of 824 did not vote for the
present duties on imports. It would have been we'll
to have committed the matter to some more skfu
hand than Corporal Harker's. But the Corporal is
f" faithful and fearless"-and no doubt considered
himself equal to the task In The FIRST place, the
Corporal dslikes the bill and. in the next, from
the tenor Of his remarks, would throw the odium
Of it iii there is any thing odous in IT'D upon the
Eastern States.
Now what are the facts? The Woolen Bill
passed the House BY LOG votes, not one third Of
which were given by men from the Eastern States.
Why, them abuse the Eastern States, when more
than tco thirds OF the votes in favor Of this mea
sure, were given by members from other States !?
.New York, having "a votes, gave more than
three fourths OF them for the bill.
Pennsylvania, having 26 votes, gave more than
t,Uo thirds Of them for the bill.
Ohio, having IA votes. gave Is Of them for the
bill.
N'ew Jersey, having votes, gave all Of them for
the bill.
Besides, there were votes in favor Of this bill,
from Virginia, Kentucky, Indiana. Missouri. and
Marylsnd
The article in the Gazette Of last Friday, there
fore. was bungling, il not most base and wiiful
attempt, to mislead the public the subject Of the
Wooden Bill. The Bill to " overwhelm manufac.
turers every where else" excepting in the Eastern
States As if New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, and
New Jersey, all roting Tor this measure, have no
manufactures Of their own, and did not know their
own interests! To /" "overwhem manufacturers cv.
cry where else y Very likely, to be sure, that SO
men could induce 70 others to commit suicide
Very likely, to be sure, that 73 members Of Con
gress never found out that they we're overwhelming
the manufactures of their own States, until the g.
cute, penetrating, and most sagacious MIR. Samuel
Harker had made the discovery for them.
| All this won't do. We must have some other
state Of the case, approaching nearer to truth and
to fact. BRANDYWINE.