Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1852-02-12


bune says:
at is obtained from Tuscaloosa coal
which, as our readers know: is highly btu
minous, the coal being placed in an iron re-
tort, with condenser attached, and KEEP
coal during the process. Before the oil CON-
mcnces passing over, a large quantity Of pure
gas escapes, Which, if collected, would answer
for Illuminating purposes. Reasoning from
this, Mr.. Humphreville supposcs that in
cases where coal is used rs fuel i'll large
houses, if pipes were arranged from the
CRATES leading to 4 gasometer in any part oi
the building, sufficient gas might be saved
for all the purposes Of the family. Mr.
Humphreville has been making this oil for
for some three yelrs, the first produced lie.
ing obtained from stove with L small pipe.
] his oil is an excellent burning fluid, and
may possess, for all that we and The inventor
know, some valuable medicinal properties.
At all events we feel assured that if some of
the Northern patent medicine folks had it,
they would soon find out that it WAS an anti
dote 10 all the ills that flesh is heir to.
"NIr. IIumphrcville has also made at his
works in the lower part of the city Il matcria!
which we shall call liquid soap Two or
three table spoonfuls in a wash-basin will
render soap unnecessary, and affords most
agreeable wash for the hands. For washing
clothes he claims for it a superiority and
economy. We shall know more of it soon
and acquaint our readers with The result"
GEORGIA S1LK.-Dr. i. T.. de Grafft,ried,
on his return from recent visit to Florida,
exhibited 10 us some specimens of Georgia
Silk, which, considering the circumstances
under which it was raised and manufactured,
cannot be beaten for its fneness Of texture,
or in the general appearance of good sewing
silk. No. |. is u hank of raw silk, as it was
reeled from the COCOON. 1t requires eighty
strands of this number to form one thread
Of the size of ordinary sewing silk. No. 2,
specimens of the cocOons themselves. No.
8, specimens OF silk, variously colorcd. 20.
1, u pocket silk handkcrciIi"f-the raw mate
rial of which was raised, spun and woven by
one person-the weaving having been exc
cuted upon common hand-loom. We
understand that the lady referred to has
lately manufactured sixty of these pocket
llandkerehiels-and has forwarded this one
rs present to the editor Of the Soil of the
South. All this has been accomplished by
the industry and perseverance Of Mrs. Sarah
Neal, of Decatur county, WHO is sixty-two
years Of age, at this time. And notwitl-
standing her years and the disadvantages
learn tat sc an put to snu he feasfT
of many who :lre but one-third as old in age,
and who are surrounded by thousand con-
vcnienccs unknown 10 her-Columbus En-
quircr.
REsrsc1rATloS OF FROZEN FIsIr-Prof.
S. D. Lai!rop, in letter 10 one of the edl-
tors Of Tie American Journal Of Science,
states as I fact well known to those who are
accustomed to take fish, such as the common
perch and the lake mullrt, from Lake Cham
plain in the winter, that these fish nlay be
frozen perfectly solid, and be transported
many miles aud kept several days, when
upou tlrawing them out in tub Of cold
water they will be found to be alive ard
active IIa has taken some pains TO corro-
boratc this fact by inquiry, and has found
to be well sustained by evidence, though he
has never seen it. He has found the same
fact sustained in the case of tie buffalo fish,
taken from the Rock river.
SINGULAR SUIcIDE.-The Concordia In
telligencer Of last Saturday says that an
Indian belonging to Tie remnant Of the
Choctaw tribe, which still fingers near the
ancient hunting-ground, committed suicide
some days since, on Mr.. William Ferriday's
plantation, ill that parish after very novel
and ingenious fashion. Tying one end Of Il
piece Of buckskin to the trigger of his rifle,
and attaching The other end Of the thong to
small tree, he stretched himself deliberate
lay upon the ground, and pulling the muzzlc
towards llim, met death from the faithful
piece, which may often before have been the
instrument Of it in his hands upon the war
path, or amid the businesses Of his native
forests.
The Natrllcz Courier says that the roor
suicidal had, while under the influence OF
strong drink. murdered member of his
tribe, Il friend and brother and that this was
tho deliberate sclCdccrccd expiration Of the
crime.
FROZEN TO DFETn.-A woman and her
two children were found frozen to death in
in 4 snow bank, at ST. Louis, on the night Of
the lth inst At Cincinnati, on the night Of
the 18th inst, woman and boy were fro
zen to DEATH On the following day. near
the city, two men were found nearly frozen.
One of them was so badly frost bitten that
portions Of his arms, legs and face had COM
mcnced pecling oil.
THE people of Macon, Ga, are agitating
the project Of digging canal, some or 7
miles long, by which the water of the river
is to be brought into the city for manufac-
turing purposes. Mr.. Holcombc, the en-
ginccr, has surveyed the works and reports
that it can be done at Il cost of S2l2,5O0.
1t is estimated that this would afford power
sufficient for twelve factories Of five hundred
xpindles each.
The WAGES OF WIcKEDNEss-Louis Ma
poleon seems to fear assassination, and it is
said that his carriage is made bullc!-proof.
The ministers object to his appearing in
public, even with 4 strong escort of dragoons
riding with each mans right hand upon his
pistol-stock. They are all afraid he will be
taken of.
sY A DUEL Was fought on the 2sth ult
near Bladensburg, between Mr.. Daniel, Edi-
tor of the Richmond Examiner, and Mr..
Johnson, Editor of the Whig. After the first
fire, which was Intellectual, the difficulty was
adjusted by the internosition of friends.
rurv,1Irp IIur urcru,xN has IL is said,