Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1857-07-24

MORE ABOUT THE New DoME-Thirlv-six of the
seventy.lwo hollow cast-ron columns intended for
the lower section or the new dome are now on the
ground, with their CornthIan capitals of YClues and
foliage, ready for elevation TO their places 1t is ha
cast-ron foundation plate of these that the workmel
are now engaged in preparing for their reception
These columns twenty seven feet long and about
three feet in diameter at the bottom, and two and
half at the top The thickness OF the iron is about
two inches. They are futed and painted white, and
were cast by Messrs. Poole & Hunt, baltimore. The
mode of casting them ia vertical position, In
dry sand, in pit sunk for the purpose, thirty feet
deep, and lined with castiron curb perfectly water
tight. The castings and other materials for the dome
are hoised by a steam engine placed the top of
the capitol, the base of the dome Large lathes
set up in the machine shop of the capitol for
turning and fitting the castings for the dome, which
procured in rough state from different foqnleG
in different cities OF the Union.
Considerable difficulty has already been experen'
ced in the demolition of the old dome in finding EN-
cient workmen at so great height. Men, strong
and active on the ground, were found crawl about
the work, some OF them unable to stand upHgnI'
and few of them able at first to do ordinary days
labor, such was the effect upon the nerves at suca
extreme height. Cool must be the heads, stout
the hearts and firm the hands that shall, in the end
staby plant the standpoint the angel-faced ana
star-crowned statue of liberty Washtngto" O"0"'
VACc1NAT1oN.- DR. Simon Physician to the Board
OF Health, Birmingham, Eng, in late report 10 Ia
vor of vaccination goes fully into the history OF lIs
adoption in various countries, and, among other IT,
suits, gives the FOLLOW ng summary
in Sweden, the death from smallpox, before vac
cination was introduced, averaged 1850 annually
each million OF the popuatio now the deaths ITO"
the same cause are only 158 per million annually. -
Ia Westphaa the decrease has been from 2,6i' "
ia in Bohemia, Moravia, and Austrian olesla NO.
from 1000 to 200. From such information as exl'I
it probable that the smallpox dea'h,ra'e "
London within the bills of mortality during the e'sH
teenlh century ranged from 1000 to 5000. For VIZ
years 1841 SO the average deaths from small Pr
were only 3o4 in 1854 only 149; and in 1892 OT?
1872. 1t is the same in the army and navy, anu g. g.
Balfour, in an important paper appended TO w. m.I
mons report, shows that the mortality from the 0u"
pox in the navy is not third, and in the army ~"
fourth, Of the London rates. The experience ooTs
the Royal Military Asylum shows that IN 90 oooog
only four deaths from small pox have occure hOvs
STA boys, and these of non,vaccnaee san S59
The answers TO questions upon these points llo The
of the most eminent physicians and surgeons oad by
United Kingdom go to support all that is enl0FO'N
DR.. Simon in his report.
BAD FOR CHRISTIAN CITIEs.--UPwards VI in
thousand females in New York. forty tnousald bv
Paris, and eighty thousand in London' are sa,O I'M.
s,atistcians to regularly earn daily living
moral practices. And yet all these are 0Hi''
cities.