Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1842-08-06
Specie. Circulation.
April, /. S713,607, 08 81. l63,3ll.0 90
May. -. 577,6sa,Ae l.1s5, 800, so
June, -. s25,o1G,G0 i,3i4,533,oO

/ SsAoGgr.--Th Steambrat Eliza, which left
here on SATURDAY for st. Louis, struck a snag
and sunk Oh Sunday evening last at the head
Of Morgan's Bend, above Bayou Sara. The
freight was gotout and and she was raised. As
the steamboat T.. g. Mail passed she was pre-
pairing again 10 start On her trip.
LaursraxA SrarE BssE.~Counterfeii notes
upon this Institution oftie denomination of
sloO are said to he in circulation. One was
presented a. the counter A day or two since
= aieh bears letter 4. and dates September &,
1880. with the name Y. @. Cucuiin, President.
A slight acquaintance with the signatures OF
the gcauine notes will detect the counterfeit
Bulletin
Judge Upshur, Secretary Ct the Navy, in
ME letter TO the Dinner Committee n Phila-
delpl,ia, says, among other things =
$50 far as your proposed meeting has re-
ference to the existing administration, ] am
grateful for the confidence which it displays
LIN those who are now entrusted with the ex-
e~cnttve dnties. ] claim q right TO say, that
this confidence is fully deserved, so far at
least, az their intentions are concerned
That's more than the ID himself can say.
so far as their acts are concerned.
Arr ASD A1R-auxs.-Air is now generally
supposed to be SO perfectly elastic, that one
cubic inch Of il would, if relieved from re.
~straipt, expand TO a cubic mile, or perhaps to
a thousand times that space. Common at
mospheric air is constantly kept under a pres
sure Of about IS lbs per square inch, by the
weight Of the atmosphere, Or body of air which
surrounds the surface Of the earth. ia Gu
bic inch Of air be allowed TO expand to two
cubic inches. or double its ordinary space, it
still requires a pressure of u lbs. per square
ZACH, 10 retain it in those limits. Il a CUBIC
inch Of air be subjected TO an additional pres
sure Of Is lbs. per square inch, Ii becomes re-
duced to one half Of It's original volume, b
another additional pressure Of 80 lbs. per
square inch, it becomes reduced 70 one forr!h
Of its original volume: and in proportion I'M
der any greater pressure. The limits to which
air is capable of being condensed BY compress
sion, have not yet been discovered. When
liberated from compression: it instantly ex-
I pandsto an almost unlimited volume, with the
same force that was required to compress II.
with the exception Of a difference oecasioned
by a loss of a part of the heat which it origi-
nally contained, hut which carbohydrates
from compressed air, to surrounding objects
By this may be understood the principle of sir
guns. If the barrel of an air gun be Is inches
long, an its calibre equal to a square inch.
then q force or pressure Of 2t0 lbs. would be
required to compress the air ordinarily con-
tanned in The barrel, into the space OF one Gu
bic inch. The average expansive force OF this
inch Of air, and which would be applied tosa
ball when being discharged. would be about
SO lbs; and if the weight of the ball were four
ounces, this force wouidxbe sufficient 70 pro-
ject it upward 10 the height Of $50 feet. But
air guns are generally constructed with caaf1-
Piers capable of containing a quantttyof COM
pressed ar, sufficient to expel the ball with.
out any material diminutlon Of force While
passing through the barrel; and as ii Is moi
difficult To condense air under q pressure OF
1900 lbs. per s4uareinch, il is not surprising
that balls are projected by this power, more
tsrcibly than by the explosion Of gunpowdef,
or by any other force that has ever been ap-
piled to that purpose.-Am. MecAaase.
JOE SMITH General Bennett is going m
with volunsinous letters exposing the lmpu-
dent mammoth impostor, Joe Smith. Al pre-
sent We have only room for the following I'M
p~ortant declaration made by the seeding
General.
Joe Smith stands indicted for murder, trea.
son, burglary and arson, in Missouri and he
defes the law and the legally constituted All.
~tEloriiies to deliver him over for trial. What
a horrible state OF society. when ne1 fear C
; execute the lawiaws. especially ii relation e
the uost foul innrester that ever dsgraced the
earth Ii Gov. Reynolds. of Missouri, vii
make another demand for Joe Smith. and il
Gov. Carlin viii place the writ in my HANDS.
Viii deliver him up to justice or die in the
| the attempt; unless restrained By the constI-
tuted civil authority.
Now, Governor, do Jour datg- Aud. till
gems OF Illinois, be in readiness 10 sustain your
iaws.
We don't heijere much in Bennett, either,
but if he succeeds IN dethraning joe he viii
do this generation and the next an invaluable
.eervice-pic.
I'm compelled 'o back our as the petit
emit sid 10 tho J. 3rYfr