Litchfield enquirer., 1835-09-17

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 The group next above the sand stone is the Oalte, from two Greek words signifying egg stone. 1t is not known in this cOuntFy.sg It is of an egg structure. very soft, and extensively used for bnildingin England. The eastern and southern parts of England have DO frmer materials for architecture thaD this. TheIsl and of Portland, near the Isle of Wight, a. bounds with Oalite formation. Westminster Abbey, St. PauI's Cathedral, and the Palace of St. James, in London, are of this material. In the Portland quarry are found petrified trees, very nearly resembling the palm which is a tropical production. From this fact, Mir. SIiman concluded that part of England must have once been under water; and the appear ances were such as to induce the belief that the surface must have gone up and down many times.
 He then adverted to the proofs of the rising and falling of land the most remarkable of which are the pillars of POzzuOli. anciently called PUteol. These are remnants OC the temple of Jupiter Serapis. and are known tO have once been partly under water from the perforaions made in them by shell fish, These pillars must have fallen and risen again. In 1929, there were tremendous earthquakes at Lima in consequence of which the land to the extent of one hundred miles along the coast of Chili rose from five to seven leet.-s On the coast of Sweden, an ancient sea level has been discovered between two and three hundred feet above the present surface of the water. Greenland is known to he sinking yet such movements are very gradual, unless occasioneG by earthquakes.
 Another Adreniure.-The Lexington, Ky. Intelligencer of the 25th alt. gives an account ofan erial voyage made by MT. Clayton, from that city on the 2lst. He left about 5 o'clock, and ascended beautifully. But the scene soon changed. At 28 minutes after 5. (says MT. C.) when at an altitude of 2 miles, discov- cred that the gas had completely filed the balloon, and that the neck had become en- tangled between the cords by which I was suspended. preventing the surplus gas from es- caplng, and c0nRning the valve cord SO that could not open the valve.oI immediately busted myself in liberating the valve cord, and while in the act 0s doing this, tho neck and cord were snatched with violence from me. the upper portion of the balloon burst with tremendous noise. and ! and the whole fabric fell 800 feet with the velocity of stone. The rapid descent was then a little checked :; and now the most critical moment of nay life was at hand-a moment that required calm ness, presence of mind and activity, for an awful scene presented itself. The lower part of the balloon, by the violent resistence of atmosphere, in descending, had been pressed against the surface of the network, and form ed iutO as parachute of about 25 feet dame fer; but through the centre of this imperfect parachute could behold the naked valve, the small nneshes Of the net, and great portion of the silk on each side. which formed the re. ssting surface, hung in yibbands, dashing from side to side. aud producing a noise like the shattered sails of a ship in a tempest This hurricane noise was not produced by the rap
 i'd descent alone, but by the violent osciatO- ry and rotary motion of the parachute. At one moment was almost in horizontal line with the parachute, and then ! was dashed through the air to a level of the opposite side 1; thus describing an arc of nearly a semicircle, the radius of which was about 50 feet; and at the same time I and my car were whirlipg with sickening velocity. While in this situ- alton l succeeded in flashing overheard all my bags of ballast, which weighed about 30 pounds. In four minutes I descended near mile. and reached the region of dense clouds. At this time united the upper end of my ca b'e and held it in my hands, threw over my anchor and allowing it to swing ut the full length of the rope (l5O feet) it was thrown at every vibration, far above the level of my car. On passing beneath inc cloud, saw the town of Athens little to the southwest Of me- In five minutes more reached the ground with pretty severe shock, sustaining no injury worth mentioning. The whole balloon, or parachute, was instantly flat Oh the ground, a mass Of ribbons. A few dark faces, (DegrOes) appeared at a short distance from me, with outstretched hands, screaming, frightened to death at the huge machine that came whirl- ing over their heads. and still more frighten- ed when they saw me spring out of it. The spot on which fell. was on the farm of Thomas A. Jones, Esq. in Clarke county. l5 miles, in southeast direction from Lexington.
 Murder aud attempted Suicide.-On Friday night, hOrrid murder was committed at the house No. Monroe street, kept as boarding house by Mrs. Harriet Shouts. The circum- stances attending this bloody deed are sub stantiaIly as follows. A Portuguese, named Richard C. Jackson, formerly a sailor, but more recently rigger, bearded with Mrs. ShOutts. and having contracted an attachment for her person. had repeatedly impOrtuned her t0 marry him. This she had uniformly declined to do. inasmuch as she had hus- band living in the city, from whom sine had been for some time separated. and therefore could not lawfully re enter the marriage bonds. It appears also that sailor named Roberts, a Prussian by birth, had for some time been In the habit of visiting Mrs. Shouts, when in port. had eaten and drunken and lodged there occasionally. and had his washing done in her house. Fron, the friendship extended to