New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1848-01-03
INTERESTING ITEMS;
Scientific and eou..

don pspor by the las. arrival has these translated
particulars The smaller fragment tel upon house
pierced the root. struck beam. which caused u -
deviate slightly from its course, passed through a
ceiling composed OF white clay and straw. and en-
tered a room where several persons were assem-
bed bat fortunately, no one was hurt. cireum-
stance worthy OF remark was, that the straw Of the
ceiling trsversed BY the meteor was not 10 the least
cai BOMBED 10 only appeared OF brighter yellow
with semi etaiic lustre. pieces Of straw even adj.
herring to the stone presented no trace Of carborzs.
ton. fragment hes been aDayzed by ~. scher,
OF Breslau, who found 10 II, beside So phUretted
iron, carbon, phosphorus, and jrOmine Ia saving
the mass. gobules were inAamed b. the friction OF
the teeth OF the saw, and brgM light produced.
Apropos TO aeroli,ic recitsls, we cut the following
from an extended account Of Nr. GREEN'S AeroHaptic
Asee1a m Paris q month or so since Mr. Green
made an ascension 10 his balloon from the Hippo
drome on Sunday, accompanied by French gen
tleman, one ofthe female riders OF the Hppodrome,
and interpreter. There was an immense con
course OF persons TO witness the ascension, among
whom were Her Royal highness the D1chess d Or
leans and her chilsren, and his Royal Highness the
Duke de MontpeDser Soon after five o clock Mr.
Green and his three companions descended IN safety
at viliers lie Bel, distance from Paris in north
erly direction Of about j. miles.
PAPER from the Forea.-Doctor Suemme, Pro-
fcssDr OF Architecture IN the Imperial tEKtIbty
Of Dorpat Russia. has recently invented Hefhod
Of druring from the ie0res Of me Pine cotton Ike
substance 10 which he has given the name OF forest
ir0Ol II is extremely well fitted for the fabrication
OF coarse stufs, as well as for pasteboards and
wrapping paper. The cloth made OF the forest
wool retains II is true, odor OF rosin but as TINS
OdOr drives of troublesome insects, the cloth may
be used with advantage ia bedding. such as ma
tress covers, blankets, &c especially for barracks
hospitals and other establishments, where many
are crowded together.
The Cq0utctOuc Trqde.-In consequence OF the
great and constantly increasing demand for Caout-
chOUc 10y the-by, the name is corruption OF the
c)gnomen given il by the aboriglncs OF Brazil
Cahuchu in England aud other parts OF Europe
as well as IN the United States. from the almost
daily uses 10 which II is found applicable, the atten
ton Of the Brazilian Government has been called
IN the necessity Of pyOmotiH0 the propagation ~ me
free- serlnga eiqstica-from which it is extracted
4 late London Sun mentions that on this inter
esting aud important subject, memoir has been
published by the Brazilian Institution Tor encOur
aging agricultural and manufacturing improve
ments. from which II appears that the extraction 81
the gum is become great that IS n0foHger pro
cugabie in the vicinity Of towns or villages 10 the
province of Para in which only the trees are TO be
'ound which yield it, and those principally on the
island at the mouth Of the river Amazon, and on
It's banks in the interior 50 that at the present
moment great many neh1s OF ldfnliltb pOCrrp III
the proper season into the woods and forests
Astounding there, without habitation or means OF
subssting but from hunting and fishing. and lead
wandering and solitary life until enabled TO return
TO their homes, with a sufficient quantity oil the
gum. Such, however has been the demand, mat
il has led 10 the commission OF many frauds, such
as filling the paens (oeves or balls into which 1t
was generally formed with mud aud dirt so that
the purchasers were put to the trouble OF opening
them in order to acertan whether they were I'M
posed upon or not and have been led TO prefer 1t IN
plain and trans parent state, that they may see u
is pure and clean.-ln 1925 the quantity exported
did not exceed 900 milres in value and 20 900 lbs
in weight; whereas in the last financial year
1856 1t amounted to upward OF 100000 los. De
side Al 3 ,959 pairs of shoes, the whole valued al
800 600 mires 1t becomes, therefore, matter
of great consideration for Brszll not only to pre-
serve this branch Of her trade ia its present Hour
ishing state but likewise to be able to augment It's
production in proportion to its increased consump-
ton No other branch oil its export trade IS SO
profitable, since nothing but manual labor is re-
CURED, and man employed in its collection can
obtain extract sufficient az one ddyt MAKE Ten Poffs
Of shoes the current price of which being 300 reis
each gives three milreis per diem, equal at the cur
rent exchange to "a. Cd day, which IN that cheap
country may he considered equivalent TO lOs cd. IN
the nited Kingdom nearly equivalent to - a
day 4
No Snosr IN Portion Of Siberia M Arago
states that there is in Siberia an entire district
where. during the Winter, the sky IS constantly
clear and where single particle OF snow never
falls.
Gold and SIrcr Infermired "A gold mine has
iu,t been discovered in the Government OF lrkoutsk
IN which this metal is found IN state oil complete
ALLOW with silver, a meteorological tact which Is eA
tremely rare.
Another Ner Pdring-Among the multiplied
and everincreasing modes OF manufacture OF
comfortable streets, we may have before nouceo
the following: la Manchester England new
mode of street paving has been substituted Tor the
old mode of planting the broad Welsh hard sets
The sets are now placed two or three inches asun-
der. and the intervals checked with small gravel
through which asphalte is poured so as 10 render
the whole impermeable TO wet from above ana u
afford firm footing for horses
A Nerly.iapented Raa.-The whole OF the
ine Of railway between Darlington and ! ORR IN
England is being reald with new rails, chains ana
sleepers The rail is of new Invention. ana OF
very superior make, and IS considered as great
improvement upon the old description az the sur
tace of the rail being coHrer, II presents much less
surface to the wheel, and thereby the friction Is
much reduced-a great desideratum
Anyiguif;es of Paris-W thin three days past
Saws E0itgHdHt, the NOrkmen engaged ia lV"e'-
ing the Place du Parvis. Nore Dame have disco''
cred several curious objects. Among others they
found two shafts of marble column hne medal
in yellow copper of the reign OF Louis MIL some
human bones part of a spout, artisticaiiy WORKED !
and an enormous mass OF masonry appearing 70 III
dicate the place OF a monument OF the Roman In.
nire and the foundation OF little chapel dedicated
m the Middle Ages TO ST. Christopher. The crowd
was so great around the workmen that the Pfeiect
Of Police was obliged to place strong iorce OF
sergsnS lie rille and municipal guards TO preserve
order.
The Diamond Coprer.e5 10 C0se The AD'eT'
can fSillimansl journal Of ScieHce gives an inter
esting experiment by Prof Faraday, recorded Ia
the proceedings of the British Association. ~
in which he exhibited some diamonds, which rs
had received from NJ. Dumas. that had BY the seton
of intense heat been converted into coke. 10 one
case the heat OF the flame OF oxide OF carbon ana
oxygen had been used-in another, the oxyhydro
gen fame-and in the third, the galvanie arc Of
lame from b unsen battery OF 100 pairs. In the
lsst case the diamond was perfectly converted into
q niece of coke-and in the others, the fusion and
csrbonaceous formation were evident. Specimens
in which the character OF graphite was taken by
the diamond were also shown The electrical
ch chs OF the diamonds were stated also TO