The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1850-08-14

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welfare Of the province, will, II may be hoped, be
miugsted and its progress, in all that constitutes
substantial prosperity, with Gods blessing, be in
sared.
The Hoo Speaker Of the Legislative Council
then declssed that IL was the pleasure Of his Ex-
cellency tho Governor. General, that tho Parliament
should stand prorogued to Thursday, the 10Th of
September, 1850
Mr.. PAINK's DISCOVERY coRRoBoRATEp 1T Ex-
PERIMENT.-Under this caption, we Ind in the
yom o. JSn
9Th. BE il promised, that the Sciewtike 1nsoIoas
is highly respectable and well established weekly
publication, which has hitherto exhibited great
forms us that Mr. Mathiot Is electro metallurgist,
attached TO the United States Coast Survey; that
he possesses vast amount Of practical scientific
knowiedge;" and that The light, which he claims
tlemen attached to the survey To test the de-
composition or absorption Of the turpentine used in
impartng highly illuminating properties TO hydro
gen, Mr.. Mathiot led the hydrogen from the gene
urpentne, in a separate bottle. The light was
very brilliant; in intens ty, between the Drummond
light and the solar lamp. spirit gas light looked
ss diDRy alongside Of II as ordinary lights appear
10y The lime light. The taking Of DR. guerreotype
by il would have been very easy. Mr.. Mathiot
ssyf;-
quantity Of turpentnc used along with a known
quantity Of hydrogen. first accurately measured
portion Of turp~ntine, and then passed the gas
from SO ounces Of zinc through II, burning the gas
at the jet all the time: j then again measured the
turpeAtine, and found II not perceptbly less than
before. Now, in this case, the hydrogen could not
have been changed into carburetted hydrogen, for
coal gas contains from four TO hive times as much
carbon as hydrogen, and pure carburetted by dro-
gen has six times as much carbon as hydrogen;
and, as S ounces Of zinc, by solution, hberatc
ounce or twelve cubic feet Of Hydrogen, therefore,
from four to six ounces Of turpentinc should have
hse M in nefnn In he all xts.n. hftf
turpentine is composed of twenty atoms OF carbon
to fifteen atoms Of hydrogen, and, consequently,
only one seventh Of Its carbon can be taken up by
the hydrogen; or, in other words, fory-two ounces
OF turpenne will be required 10 carburet ounce
Of hydrogen.
:" Yet still thinking that some portion Of the iur-
pentine might be eysPorated, i cooled the bottle
with the turpentine, and placed the whole apparatus
in cold BATH and tried the experiment over again,
but the light was the same. Then heated the tur-
pentne TO 10 degrees, and then passed the hy dro-
took half gallon tncfure bottle, and put in nearly
three-quarters Of pint Of turpentine and let the
pipe from the hydrogen generator run quite to the
bottom OF the wateI-the light appearing the same,
or little better. have used the same lot Of tur-
pentne in all these experiments, having had bril-
liant light for about three hours and the turpen-
tine, though frequently poured from one bottle TO
another. is not teaspoonful less than before be-
gan the hrst experiment.
81 nee now announced to you the simple facts Of
the matter; the rationale leave To the scientific
world. The next step, after ascertnining that n.y.
dfopen can be ustd for illumination, n, whether
the liPht IN according TO its weight or Its bulk,
comrtTed with coal gas--that IL, whether AJfcubic
feet Of this csalyzed hydrogen will 20 as far for
light 200 feet OF coal gas whether IL will re-
qulre 200 feet-1 pound Of hydrogen TO do the work
OF - feet-l pound Of coal gas"
lyon the above statemen mt, the ScisNifc 1meri-
can remafks;-"Al the certificates and letters
published by Mr.. Paine's friends have no value at
all in compsIison with this of Mr. Matbiot" A
Coffesppudenf Mr. u I. hat n.
has made the above experiment., and succeeded
perfectly in carbureiting Tor rather, he thinks, in
caialyzing) The hydrogen with cold spirits OF tur-
pentine. He showed us a sketch Of the apparatus
NJ ed bN Vim. which IL simple that any pei
having -lchi knowledge Of chemistry can make
the exPeriment.-Bosfo~ TarsrPf, Aug. H.
OUR soEous MrRpER-We regret 10 record. as
the natural sequel Of the fire riots Sunday night
in Washington, that a horrid murder was perpe-
usted Ia one of the streets of our city yesterday
morning, NJ about o'clock. A man named Martha
RsRan, about Y years Of age, native OF Limerick
county, Ireland, and who had worked a laborer
in and about this city during the pact twelve
months, was stabbed IN the breast so as 10 cause
his death IN few minutes. IL was sscertained, IN
q poet moriem examination, made by DR. Morgan,
that the knife thrust into the night side Ut the
breast, and passed through the lungs and into the
heart, cutting the sternum or breast bone nearly
in Two in its passage. Thus affair occurred in front
Of Schadd's tavern, on r.. between Eleventh aud
Twelfth ttreets; and although many persons
were drinking in the tavern, and passing TO and
fro, IL could not be atcersined by the inquest,
reid Yesterday, by Coroner Woodward, that
sny person had witnessed the occurrence, or
cay quarrel that might have led 10 II. The only
te.tnony TO this point was, that the subsidence
Of the fire, which wss ia the next square upon the
SEINE street, many persons C. Ine 70 Schsad's tsv-
"a drink, entering by the alley gate, as Scksdd
would not have his irt az doof ogened. This must
have cosiinued from halt p~st twelve till informa
ton WIS brought ~ Of the fact that murder had
besn comuItied near the house lyon exam
nsuon, ~ APPEARED that the man had been stabbed
near the CLOSED sire ~ DOOR, and that he had stag
gtred sctne twenty ards off bs lore he fell Tb,
blood spiinkled upon the pavement ind, cated this
WINES, Who was up stairs in Mr. Schadd'
houf', testified that he heard a man below, whom
he could not see, on account ~ the shed over tn
dUor. say TO ZONE one, Take that, damn you ~
'hst wa n'sn depsrted together, and that q
them pretfnily rstufned, and, by the sound, h
thought he kicked some one. The deceased hs
msiss con his head and face, such ~ kicks woul
probably have OCCASION a. May witnesses wer
ehsmsed fespecting the occu<ences within III
tsvt,n, hut these dad not appear ~ have any cot
nec non with the tragedy outside. What turtle
" selci emsnts may reveal We cannot CONJECTURE
at. - vet, o. receive no clue To the detection
che murderer H'SRingtOn R,ypbiie, dsg. -.