Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1828-11-13

his own hand, and desire tue pfoouSHo" W
denee to prove lis works!
Those letters Of Mr.. Cries have been receiv
ed from Massachusetts. in the brief intefva,
which has allowed them to be sent for, and VIII
be found in the preceding columns They are
permitted to be published, only because 'he
Governor Of Virginia has demanded. as an SCI
of Justice 10 himself iha, they should be-
In their naked truth they reprovc with a ire
menduous severity the series OF efforts, OF "hich
Mr.. GILES stands convicted, 10 undermine inc
weIl-founded claims OF Mr.. ADAMS 70 the e",
tire respect Of his countrymen. Every line Of
them ,ighteus the screw in the rack of remorse
on which MIR. GILES and his obsequious ins'ru-
men,, the Richmond Enquirer, will be s'retcn-
cd BY public opinion. Nothing can save !nem
from humiliation, politically, but the h"mo'es
con,rition, penitence, and atonemeht, LOT "e
"unmerited reproaches" Ito use the Language
Of Mr.. GILEsl which they have cast upon MI,
Ap.Ms,i in which Go use MICS language agai
"truth and justice seem 10 have been 'o'a''y us
regarded"
Mr.. CUES seems to have courted, from the
recoil of his own assaults unoHendlng
though injured individual the most comple'e
p,ostra,ion. He marvels that Mr.. ADAMS
should suppose that his Letters were "soiicileo
advice from friend 10 friend!" whilst we ind
tina, in two Of his letters to Mr.ADAMs he begs
tha, he will be kind enough "to give him his
views of the subject" Of the then stale OF the
country, SC. He had forgotten that he ever
wrote to Mr. ADAMS, or that MIR ADAMS ever
wrote to him! He particularly repels The idea
| Of having asked of MIR. ADAMS his adr'ce On the
State Of public affairs!
TIL Truth is, Mr.. GILES has forgotten ms
orn ideniiiy; and, on reading these recovered
Letters ofhis, may rub his eyes,with the non
est wight his namesake, whose lu1icrous mis-
fortune some Of our readers may remember
to have seen done into rhyme, and in all seri'
business ask himself
| "AmI Giles, or am notP
We are under great obligations to a cores
popdent for the annexed valuable communica-
ton. II will be read with interest aud De pro
duc,ive of benefit The sione coal'' spokrn OF
we presume to be the common biiuminous
mineral coal, not anthracite The "stone coal
of he Schuyikill, the Lehigh and Of Pennsyl-
yania generally is not liable 10 spontaneous
combustion.
Spontaneous Combustion Of Stone Coal and Of
| CharcoaL--Th late fire in the store ct the
Messrs Stanton's is supposed to have origin
ated in the spontaneous combu stion OF a heap
Of Liverpool Coal, deposited under the s'air-
way tina, leads 10 the upper counting room.-
1t is worthy ofinquiring whether this coal OF
ITSELF will ignite if laid IN wet or by being expo
se,l 10 the addition Of Other materials occasion
ally thrown among it, such as spirits, Oil, &c.
We would thank any person capable OF giving
correct Information on this subject, to favour us
with any communication enumerating the cir
cumstances under which spontaneous combus-
lion may be produced in Liverpool or any 9TH
e Goals; ~. kasssas
Archives OF UsefuI knowledge" VOL Sd page
10Y.
"About the 10th Of July, 1872, 1900 bushels
OF Virginia coal, were put into close cellar
IN Philadelphia, and about the middle Of Sep
TENDER, the owners wishing 10 remove ,hem
from the establishment, sold great quantity
| OF it. The Goals were then found 10 be so hot,
aud 10 emit so much smoke, as TO excite, a.
larm, and required several hogsheads OF water
10 cool ihem. This coal contained consid-
cradle quantity OF sulphur. The same quan,i;y
OF coal had been put in lhs same cellar, sew
eral times during the last FIVE years without
showing any disposition 10 heat.
About the time that the occurrence Just men
toned took place, the coal in the great vault
OF the water works, at the Centre square, con,
tanning between 5000, and $4,000 bushels of
Virginia coal, was observed 10 be very hot,
and upon removing The surface Of it, under one
OF the vault trap-doors, which were even with
the ground, dense smoke Immediately Issued.
BY throwing GU, several hundred bushels Of
the coal, and pouring an immense quantity Of
water INTO The vault, IN progress OF the COM
bustion was checked Such was The degree |
OF heat extricated, that man could not
stay in the vault 10 shovel Out the COAL more
than few minutes at time; some Jumps OF
coal were completely reduced 10 coke The
vault had been filed TO the top, and was Of |
course deprived Of air.
In the memoirs Of the Royal Academy Of
faris, u l. stated thai two mag szines, contain.
ing each abou, 200 cha d-ons OF s,one coal.
'osk hire shortly alter they were flied. The
magazines were built close and compact, they
were also covered in, and filled close to the
top. Alter the Ere was extinsuisneG, rafter
OF deal which Was within the building near the
door. was found near The door half burnt. and
beam which the coal touched, was in the
same CONDITION. They had not ignited, but
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