Nebraska advertiser., 1862-10-25

SuOu'u plCIcIs III any IupOIldut euIeT
prise, to those young gentlemen who fea
and tremble at approaching shadows, ant
turn pale, as alta lion in their path, at I
harsh word or frown. ..,
A New VoLcANo,-A Roman journa
states that something like an iacipien
volcano has made is appearance near the
Civna Vecehi Railway, about two leagne'
from Rome. A committee Of enqineert
aud geologists have been sent. to examine
The eruptions of smoke and sulDbureou
exhaIations which have been Observed
In their report they state that the seat o.
the FIRE is on the right-hand side of the
railway, at a place called Montedelle
! Piche. For the space of 200 square
metres the ground is so hot that no one
can stand on it long without feeling in.
copvenienced. There are numerous large
assures through which jets of hot btu.
m'nous vapor issue. The soil around l:
covered with light crystals of sulphur. and
on digging to the depth of five feet the
rock is found to be incandeseent. Thi.
rock is clayey schist, full of Ignite and
vegetable fossils transformed into btu.
men. 1t is supposed to have been set on
fire by sparks from a locomotive. Il is
not attended with the least danger, but
the neighboring population is nevertheless
much. alarmed. ,a d ri .a5es
More Big GUNS. = The Pittsburgh
Chronical states that the Fort Pitt Works
in Pittsburgh, are turning out the i'm
mense fifteen inch guns now at the rate
of three a week. These guns weigh
each7ln the rough about 10000 pounds,
and apart from the difficulty of casting,
the labor Of handling, turning and finish
ing such mass of metal must be iIn-
mense. There are four of these guns
nyw 10 the lathes, and by the time these
are out others will be ready to take their
place. II Is the intention to turn out
three week, we believe, for the balance
of the year, These guns are intended
for the new Monitors, and are the most
formidable of their character in the world,
Arrangements are now in progress for
casting a twenty inch gun. The latter
gun Will throw ball Of one thousand
pounds, and is expected to have range
of four miles. STA $50 tlt
a VICE. THAT PAYs.-The following
is attributed TO an eminent parsonage,
perhaps the most eminent Of the French
empire: A lady was declaiming IN his
presence against the of tobacco, and
prayed that he would arrest the encroach-
ments of habit which bad grown to be
a vice. "a vice it may be, madam" /" was
the reply, 'but find me virtue which
yields the Treasury one hundred aud
twenty millions of francs yearN
ILL1NoIs Corrosive. have seen a
sample of cotton grown in Illinois, about
fifteen miles north of the Terre Haute
and Alton Railroad. from seed procured
in Tennessee, and planted last May. /,
is of fine quality, equal to the best Ten
nessee, aud we are told that the yield of
patch of five acres will amount to fifteen
hundred pounds. At the present price
this will be very profitable crop, much
more so than wheat or corn. There are
in Illinois more than two million acres of
Supefior cotton lands, situated south of
the place where tee sample was grown
aud from the experiments in Its culture
made this year, 10 almost every instance
satisfactory, We are led to believe that
cotton is to become a staple article of tie
produce of Illinois. One planter alone i.
preparing his ground with the view to
! planning twelve hundred acres, and many
others will engage in the business more
or less extensively. y.-EU. PPst.