Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1854-12-23
CURIOUS DISCOVERY.

NEW MODE OF AssoUsoISG a GREAT BArrtz-
gentleman named uHAaiEs In MAour, residing at
SI breuc IN France, has communicated to the French
Minister of War the discovery that heavy cannonade,
like that Of the battle Of Balakava Of the 25h of Octo
ber produces sensible effect upon the barometer.
even at distance Of fifteen hundred two thousand
miles, to indicate by extraordinary rise Of the
curry, the probable occurrence Of such battle, and in
much shorter space of time than the facts be
municated in any other way than by the electromagnetic
telegraph.
Mr.. lie Maouts communication is dated at st. Brieuc,
the English Channel, October o. days after the
commencement Of the bombardment of Sebastopol and
two days subsequently to the battle Of Baakava, which
took place the 25th The letter contains the follow
ing passage:
cannot be the first convey you information Of
the opening of the bombarment Of Sebastopo as you
have already received il officially; but announce to-
you with certainty which subsequent facts will dis
prove that the day before yesterday 25th instant
such has occurred this present year.
greater than that during the siege Of Silisra
during the bombardment Of Odessa began the
ing Of that day before sebastopo Please cast glance
on the tabular statement send you You win therein
observe that in forteght hours the barometer hr
ty millimetres." y In few days you will
receive from sebasopol news as late as the 25th and
you will then be informed of what took place that
day, which have doubt will prove be one of the
most memorable days of the whole campaign"
The tabular statement above referred to does not ap
pear in the letter as we received it. The rise of 80 mil
imetres is equal to lis inches, English On
referring to the London Times in which record is pub
shed daily Of meteorological observations taken the
Highfeld House Observatory find that the mercury
stood in the barometer at 10 o'clock October 2 the day
Of the battle at 104 inches and at the hour on
the 9th 30106 This last record is accompanied with
the following remark: /" The barometer rose above an
d,,rsy tha acht ID NT
At l0h. 55m overcast and meteor shone through the
clouds, equal to star Of the first magnitude. Had
long tail Of yellowsh color; moved from altitude $50
due west" This is q prima facie confirmation of NJ
Maouts prediction. whether the meteor with yellow
tail is prophetic of any military event unable to
say The range Of the barometer recorded in London
on several days previous and subsequent to the battle
follows: October 21s 29.399 22d, 90 165; 23d
90 1853; 24th 29209; 26h, 10 P. NJ, 29.TS7; 9th,
A. NJ, S0064; 10 p NJ, S0.l06; 2sth, 30.042; 29th,
10000; 30th, 30014
state of the barometer which cannot be accounted for
Mr. LIE Maouts theory and do not undertake say to
what extent the assigned may produced this
raordnary elevation tits easy to imagine however that
the longcontinued and wideyextended vacuum, which
must manfesy have been produced by the explosion Of
such quantities of gunpowder consumed in the
artillery Of the contendng armies at Sebasopo by the
effect of which Of the British officers complain that
their cannon have become shaky' from continued use,
may have caused atmospheric current reaching to
great distance in all directions from this point
such height at London, distance Of thousand six
hundred miles, to increase the atmospher pressure
by more than inch, equaling thireth part Of the
weight of the whole column, without the
tion Of other causes hardy credible without
frmaton from further observations yet to be made
these phenomena
As the reader may be curious to learn the effect pro-
duced By the cannonade during the battle of nkermann
the 9th Of November give the following quotations
from the London record at dates both previous and sub
sequent to that event, viz November 1st, 10 P. NJ
0.233 !; I'd, 29 956; Sd, 30il3; 4tb, 30.045 9th,
29. .95; 9Th, 0.326: 7th A. NJ, 30371; Sh, BOOTS;
9th, 80. 1873; 10th, 30.023.
As the reader may have curiosity to learn what
port the barometer may have made of the recent
cannonadng of which have little information
from any other source, give the following from the
Observatory record above quoted, viz November I4th
10 p. NJ 90 30S; 18th, % 944 10th, A. NJ, % 904.
18th, 29, ,29T; 10Th, 10 p. NJ, 3007T; Goth 90 99g.
I21st 1854; 3D. % S2S; 23d 2S95e; oath 30 295;
25th 26th 90 76l Ii will be recollected that
Prince Msnschkof reported the 10th that the bonn
bardmen which had been gradually slackenug since the
Of the 14th had almost entirely ceased on the 18th
Ii viii be from the above that the barometer during
this period had vibrated between 2SSaS and 3007T
inches, and the I'D had fallen to the lowest point
subsequently the 25h and GOTH which arc the latest
dates which have any baromerical record had
again risen to 29637 and 29.76l indicating If reliance
Is to be placed on this authority that the cannonsdng
had been renewed by the 2Sd or 24th
Boston Daily advertiser.
Coin WEArHER. ednesday morning at s o'clock, the
MOI orcrfrv of Ahoc nlIn~, ...Io.