The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1828-08-07

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! We are pleased 10 ind (says the MiIedge.
vile Staiesman aud PairioD ihai our State is
disposed 10 avail herself OF her own rrsour-
nes and in future 10 husband her money
Two manufactures for bngging, negro cloths
hnd sbeeung, IN the neighborhood of Alil
ledgeville, are In contemplation and we have
been given to understand that nj the late sale
Of lots al the Indian Springs, gentleman of
Macon, as agent of Of a house in Savannah,
bought lot for similar purpose. The
example will be followed with ardor, and in
a few years Georgia will be what she ought.
Gov Williams Of South Carolina, living
| Al Society Hill, on the Pee DE River, spins
annually nearly two hundred bales 81 Cot
ton (hls entire crop into yarn. and ships il to
/ Fitch, Goodwin & Co, New York, Agents
+ Tor tue Northern Factories, who say that Mr.
/ Williams yarn is reported 10 he The best in
the Hn'led State. aud thai il is fabricated NJ
an Immense profit 10 the grower and spinner.
l.naiedgeviHe Statesman.
! Oar readers may bee interested 10 know that
Colleton District, 5 G.. where the late in1aIna.
tory resolutions were voted, according TO the
last censns, contained population of 431I
whites, q 40, aud 269 flee blacks so that the
numerical force of this pTasmatical little colnmu-
nliy IS not much To be feared.
Llghlnhg.-1n consequence of the Tontine
Coffee House az New-EIayen, beng struck hy
Lightning, Notwithstanding il had ;hi &c Enn,nc.
ta.s, the Editor of the Aew-Havcn Chronicle
latter inquiry and examining the budmg) has
come 10 the following conclusions
l. Thda lightning rod is competent To pro.
tect distance no greater than twice the length
of the stem, or the part That rises above the
roof
.. The steam, smoke and roof are all good |
conductors of electricity, and consequently that
a chimney in which ire IS burning presents
3. That when, of several chimnies than rise |
10 an equal elevation one (the kitchen chim- |
ney for lnstancc) has fire burning, while the
others have not, that one requires To be especial |
" protected.
4. That When there are severa shimnes lis !
ing from the roofofa building, such as are at |
any considerable distance from the liz .naing
rod, ought to he connected With Il by some me
taIllc communication. 1t may sometimes be con-
venIent 10 employ stems similar Ia that of the |
rod itself IN other c,,ses it will be sufficient
TO form communication by some metal between
the top OF n chimney and the metallic coverings
or pipes Of building, and 10 connect these with
the rod that dcscends into the ground.
o. That the kitchen fire place, during a thun-
der storm, on the snppositinn that no other fires |
are burning, rs place ofpecalar danger.
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Electric Phcnomenn The remark in a New |
Haven paper, that the electric fluid, in its re.
cent discharge on the 'Ioutne Hotel IN that place
might have been attracted by volume OF hea'
aud steam from the kitchen chimney. notwith-
standing the immediate vicinity OF non conduc.
tors. appears 10 tobc not altogether inproba-
ble, from suggestion made Yesterday after.
noon by plain unscentiic citizen He is the !
proprietor OF a lime,ku in stanton street which |
was burning on Tuesday last, and struck by the |
lightning in n thunder storm, and the kiln with |
100 htapr'S ~ limo destroy AS thu top of the
kiln was rather below the surface of the street
and number OF two story houses within or
3nO feet OF il, some surprise was Expressed at |
their escape while the humble vault received |
the discharge The proprietor remarked, That il
asianished MIN very much and he could account
for the fact only by suppos re thai the stream Of
heat and vap0ur, winch probably rose some dis
taare higher than the houses, had attracted the
lightning and that il hn ever repaired his works.
81 Carried on the business again, he would ne.
VI have a lme.kiln without lightning rod for
its p election. We have heard of Numerous IN.
stances where the heat Of new mown hav has
5pen supposed Ia attract the lightning tn barns
coutain ng It, which have been struck and bu,ut
Bat we pretend not to be sufficiently vrrsed 10
this interesting branch of natural philosophy.
10 decide on che correctness Of this theory or
principle. although we cannot but deem # nj
consequence enough to nrfit the consideration
OF such ne NAV he interested IA the case.
Another remarkable fact. which may he ac-
counted cor on the foregoing theory, is that
steamboats, while in motion have never bepn
known 10 be struck with lightning, notwilhstan-
ding the quantity II non about its machinery
The hot vapour, ascending 10 the higher regions
Of the atmosphere, forms a conductor at some
distance behind he boat which has advanced
without the sphere of attraction, betole the cleo
trio ilud descends II is remarkable, that the
mind of Chancellor Livingston anticipated such
a result before tho fact had been ascertainedb by
an experience Of many years.
w Statesman.
From the Providence (R. l. , Journal
.9nOihor nudge Of isrdt We we'll remem-
Der the man mentioned below called Moses !
su1ris lie visited the lown and ttwed many
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