The Litchfield County post., 1827-11-29


de Rheims has since freed Il from the rust,
with which Il was covered, and on drawing il
was surprised TO End IL still loaded. Speci-
mems of the powder drawn from il have been
examined; the saltpetre was Of course de-
composed after an immersion Of about three
centuries. The ball was of lead and was
not Oxidised more than the hundredth part
of an inch.-JOWrn0t du Pas de Calais.
DionysittS' cara midshipman of u. s.
Navy, in giving account of what he saw at Sy
racuse, says, under date July 1, 1897, 1.-THE
cave,Or DiOnysius' ear, is great work ofart,
hcwn out of solid rock, to the extent of
or 800 feet.and about 80 feet in highth, resem-
bling in its construction, the organs Of
hearing in the human head. There were con-
fined the prisoners of that tyrant, and this
cave the medium, thrO' which he became &C
quainted with every word they lisped. The
noise from the experiment we made with
pocket pistol, was almost deafning: in fact,
a. leaf plucked from small branch we took
in,was perfectly audible at the mouth or ear of
the cave.
Christmas EUergreenS. -Tradition says that
the first Christian church in Britain was built
of boughs; and that the deciples adopted the
plan as more likely to attract the notice Of
the people, because the monks built their
temples in that manner. probably to initiate
the temples of Saturn, which were always
under the oak. The great feast of Saturn
was held in December, and as the oaks were
then without leaves, the monks obliged the
people to bring in boughs and sprigs Of ever
greens; and : Christians, ION the 25th of the
same month. did the like, from whence orr
D%aA ,Inocf
Poacer of. frost.-It is-a we'll known fact,
that water, though it contracts by cold, and
expands by heat, will, notwithstanding, while
it is in the very act of freezing, suddenly ex-
pand, and that with such an enormous force
as to burst the strongest metal shell, and rend
rocks assunder. In fact, no resistance can
withstand the expansive power of water in
the act of freezing. By the computation Of
the expansive powers of freezing water, made
by the Florentine Academicians, from the
bursting of a strong brass globe, in which
they froze the enclosed water, it was proved
that the expansive power of spherue Of
water. only an inch in dametar, was sufficient
to overcome resistance of more than twet,-
ty-seven thousand pounds, or thirteen and
half tons. The same is proved by Major Ed
ward Williams, of the Royal Artillery, from
the experiments he made in bursting thick
bomb shells, by freezing water in them, as
may he seen in the Edin. Philos. Trans. vol.
9. Huygens to try the force with which il
expands, filed a cannon with cold water and
then exposed it to the cold, after closing the
mouth and veut SO that no water could escape:
and IN twelve hours the water froZe and burst
the cannon Major Williams filed thick iron
bomb shells of all sizes with water, and plug
ged the fuse hole close up, and exposed them
to the strong freezing air of winter. and tho
he drove the plugs as hard as sledge could
force them, they were all thrown out by the
expansion of the frozen water like ball shot
by gun-pOwder, to the distance of FIVE humid
red feet, though they were s pound weight.
He then screwed the plugs in, and furnished
them with hooks or bards to lay hold of the
inside of the shell, and in all these instances
the bomb hurst, though the iron shell was
nearly two inches in thlckness.-- London pa
peTs.
Domestic Manufactures at the South-The
good people of Virginia appear to be in earn
est on the subject of domestic manufactures,
and it we do not greatly mistake, the next
five years will witness considerable proper
ton of the capital and enterprise of that state
lucratively employed in this department of
industry. In Richmond, particularly, an ac-
tive interest seems to be taken in the subject.
and we find their papers containing estimates
of the resources which that neighborhood
might bring to bear in the prosecution of cot
ton manufactures. We find. says the Rich
mond Compiler, more persons turning their
attention to them; more specializing upon
their advantages; and more willing to carry
them into execution, than formerly. We see
cotton mandatory rising in Petersburg
we hear Of another building in the county of
Louisa, under the auspices Of very prudent
and enterprising company; we see meeting
called of the citizens of Fredericksburg and
Falmouth, to take into consideration the es-
tabIishment of either cotton or woollcn fac
tory. or both. To say nothing of the practi-
cabity of employing slaves in the manufac-
tories with profit, there are. says the Rich
mond paper, an abundance of idle white boys,
girls, and women, lettering and begging a
round the streets; water power IS abundant
and the raw materials. with bread stuffs, are
at their own doOrs.-N. Y. States.
Died, in Twinsburg, Portage Co. Ohio, on
the 2lst of September, Moses and AARON
W1Lcox,aged about SO. They, as we are in
formed. were twin Brothers. born in COunecti-
cut they were married on the same day,
their wives being sisters; they hoped to have
experienced religion on the same day, and at
taChed themselves to the same church. and