The New York herald., 1865-01-05

found many elegant specnsns ~ the quarts peessfae
son ore, barely quarter q inch thick sam further
besow was found sx11nm Of blue clay, the depth Of
ssana sns ssnS1 spssmsss 4 Es Or WOOD usSsrsoins
ahe process Of coal fcsnoA which, brought into con-
- vi.h ore, snes $1,000 in come .sspscts rspuL
arising nom bsTni1g ss coal In this stratum also
sound many ehsscs Of iron pyrss sulpaurse
Ludlow caused : 8 assaa.sae1 70 LaAsw Jones, Esq,
OF the 6elior css - Harvard Univesssy, In Ansachu
issscr Louis o. isasss. mo Negroes inpisssy Sslisvs
shs iron pyrte er suAurst Of iron TO be sold ana "a
ess IT.. the ss s.s sn q - % a..
logical Deparaeut of ne United States Military AcaAo
my IVES. rosa y nalor aicne unssd "a esssss s:s. Ay
sursd Il may bore very properly remarked that ~
ahsss several szasa stsdly give evdence q asassiss
On che sth day Of Dsosnber ls6A the middle dam
parsioa holdps ssok ths water from ths portion s!eA
waited by the Il picks carts and shovels the dam
dividing che sxcssans made ydFodge and those made
upon ave pssnss Of T powder pscsd IN two mines
and complete success Uhe water duly rlshed into
ss ss'Sna ,. was e s
end cOmpIiang nfty fsst vhloh = be blown out
towards thsclose a he work. which put In trim
again. removed the dsos Of the dam well q the ds
to-day has heretofore constituted the bulkhesd and
SERVED = . bombprosf for the working party
soon a il became known bosh North and South has
.0eneral Butler had commenced the censtruction Of
under ss heavy q :sss %;
shorten magnificent water oouTss between eight and
nfsen miles the liveliest interest mani
Butler has assounded the the bodnsss Of his
the work Their journals have ), alternately evincsd
symptoms Of fear u the result ana dspo..
s. scientific underssEins while. a. she North ths pcDl
lic feeling and interest In the undertaking ses
been equal. eonst;n. and sositous Among :ns ,n:i:
years ago, some say nf,y,e certain :.olid Dutch.
q sH; outing he canal One thing { assn: .G.:
shout that number Of yean ago the State authorities Of
which duly down from Richmond to investigate
and decide upon Ahp praccabiy Of making the canal
sy as c ga saS r
peeed that the work would require an expcndi
lure Of money and energy The latter element Of
va the end Of the business The ea Of the 6utchmen
commencing the work s disposed Of BY scientific rea-
footand half Of The surface Of the L0und Had the
strata been disturbed such disturbance would have
sxAxrLrs OF nxnossx AMONG TEE woaxmo rAATua
The progress Of the work has not been wholly on.
marked by instances Of rare bravery In this respect
Twenty second United States colorsd troops chief direc
tor Of cars and wsgons has constantly stood In the
sitions He has done his duty manfuly. The same may
be said Of all the coored troops Who by reason OF theiy
Sunce usGsr CALLING re las been hitherto IL
an experiment. are deserving OF especial
tmention.
in common with their colored brethren, . liberal
most complimentary meed Of praise from General
Butler.
THE REBELS PUT 10 WORK ON THR GAP
The following orders will vyidy recall 70 the public
soon be forgotten by either he country Or the mis-
| guided men tchSvalryf who were compelled By The
q xu e. the so sn.
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Sos1s cAaoIEh 4 AnsE 1.a E,s,1 2, 1no e. SA1ss, = ,
n being tssaed soah. commandns dcners BY =, number
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General Buffers order having the desired effect me
rebel prisoners were Withdrawn The following the
Generals order on the subject
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sy ssnsd ,ss, ,s y .,.sn.l, 9:nss % e S1.
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81 s:.s Asi,an. General
From October up Friday last the work the canal
was conducted with the utmost vigor The working
parties aborng cheerful despite the continually dying
projectiles
THE vrrrauro orouCnKs-pRnpARATiov on The nvNn.
On the night OF the 3Oh OF December force OF mon
directly under the supervision OF Major Niche Chief
Engineer OF the department, commenced = load and
lamp the mines-tampng consisting in the Grafton Of
fiIlng the galleries leading 70 the mines WI. bags Of
sand To some OF the mines the powder contained
p.tin cans each holding one hundred and thiry-nvs
pounds These cans had small neck, which was In
serted IN q water tight wooden box, several OF them
being placed side by side In the same chamber.
this the powder In the necks OF all the
cana 1s well as the themselves. In other mines
the powder contained In large rubber bags each
taina about eight hundred pounds All the mines were
simultaneously exploded by means OF the Gomez fuse
This fuse composed OF composition which burns with
the amazing velocity Of mile In four seconds The diff
ferent mnes being at different distances from the point
OF Ignition this instantaneous Gomez fuse was necessary
IN order u ignite the different mines at the instant
The Gomez fuse gnited by time fuse burning at
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