Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1847-11-10

lnuention:- Curious Experiments
In Bostonihere has also been sitting a
conventions Of geoogists which is at.
tended byanumber of the most eminent
men in thissscience in the United States
Professor Henry (of Princeton) COM
municatedsome interesting experiments.
showing tHsIanulogy between light and
heat, of which we have an account in
the papers. These experiments were
made withalhermo>electrical apparat us,
an n,instrumept so delicate that it indicates
the five -lluadreth part Of a degree of a
Fahrenheitahemomoter.-From the re-
port we extract the following:
"It has been long. known that two
rays of light1may be so thrown on each
other as ioproduce darkness. Professor
Fl. showedIhat two rays of heat might
be so combined as to produce cold.
Light and heat differ with respect to
the length ofsathe waves-those of the
letter areEonger than those of the
former. Experiments were made
upon flames. Some flames give little
ligh. but intense heat, as for instance
the fame Of: hydrogen gas. If solid
body is plunged into such fame, the
radiant heatwil be increased as well as
the radiant:light.
Experiments made upon the spots Of
the sun showed that they were colder
than the surrounding parts: also that the
surface of that body is variously heat
ed.
The apparatus was applied 10 form a
Thremal. lelescope-when turned to the
heavens, thesceldest part was found to
be directly over head. Thunder clouds.
sending Forth flashes Of tightening, were
found to be cofderthat the surrounding
clouds. Whenturned to the moon there
were someaighf traces Of heat, but those
were provedslo be from the. reflected
heat of the SUM-. lie showed this TO be
the case BY an experiment which he
performedson ice. In this experiment
ice reflected heat. 1t has long been
known that sburning lens could be
made of ice Thc Thermo-Electrical
Telecope IS capable Of an infinite i'm
provement. When ina state fpcflec-
/ ton it may tayeal many new and sinler.
testing facts iif astronomy, which thus far
have only opened TO sight.
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Action ofthe House of Bishops on
tile MemoriaL of Bishop B. r.. Ondsr>
donk.-The final disposition made Of
the application or demand of Bishops,
is most decisive and satisfactory. AS
soon as the canon placing the power to
remit or modify such a sentence as his,
in the House of Bishops, had become a
law, by the acton OF both Houses, a
committee Of FIVE Bishops, elected by
ballot, brought in report recon-
n,cnding, unanimouly, that the Bishop
"has icaue to withdraw his papers, u
The report went largely and ably into
the reasons for rejecting his demand
Among others, il is stated that there was
no reason to believe that he had repent.
cd of that OF which he had been found
guilty, and that until there should be
received from him an ample confession
Of guilt and satisfactory profession o
repentance, restoration was impossible
The report went further, and aimed a
iinpressing on the mind of Bishop On
derdonk, that since the officer Of 4
Bishop was given him, not for his sake
but the good of the Church, there wa:
nothing eftt him, but the bare "Ioga
possibility" of being ever restored, ant
no such possibility as should be the basi:
in his mind Of any expectation. The
report was very strong, and VIC trus
will be considered as terminating thi
unhappy case.
The vote OF. the resolution wa
sixteen 10 sir.-The sir were precisely
the same Bishops who, ION the trial, votet
not guilty. Two Bishops, who wouIt
certainly have voted with the sixteen
were absent, viz: Bishops Smith ant
Potter. All present, the vote woulc
have been Is to 6.-N. York Courier
IN old Ofendcr.-B. Ewal,, one o
the men arrested for robbing the store o
Slower 81 Co., at Hage,stown, has, ac
cording TO the Patriot, served nearly
so years in the penitenlnry. and is nov
about SO years ofage. He WAS soldie
in the last war, and participated in ,h'
defence of Baltimore shortly alte
Which he was sent TO the penitcniiary
and has been there ever since, unit
within year past, with the exception o
the intervals between the expiration o
the term Of one sentence and his con
viclion tors another offence. Whel
last discharged, Iier promised to reform
but it appears he was born theft, and !;
} destined ,osend hislifea ii prison.-Th'
) officers ofiissprison say, he is quiet