From all appearances this country is
better adapted to the production of
the .article above spoken of than lite
Loft Angeles, and of the continued
demand and profitable market for
those products, there can be no doubt.
It is singular that in the face of facts
showing the advantages of judicious
experiments in different branches of
safe pursuits in this vicinity, so little
attention is paid to any thing except
reckless speculations.
A special from Washington the 7th
says: A gas main in the Capitol, un
der the centre of the dome, in what
is known as the Washington C-ypt,
exploded this afternoon with very
great force, blowing out all the heavy
frame work surrounding, and tearing
all the doors, and frames, and win
dows to splinters, and scattering them
through the basement passages in all
directions. The effect of the explo
sion was such as to create alarm for a
time for the safety of the building.
Part of the funeral paraphernalia of
the late President Lincoln,which had
been placed for safe keeping in the
crypt, ignited by the fiames and were
partially destroyed. The broken glass
from the basement windows was
blown through the passages as far as
the west entrance of the building,
and portions of the woodwork were
scattered through a large portion of
the eastern and southern wings of the
old building. Notwithstanding the
apprehension and dread, attendant
upon an immediate investigation of
the affair, all the employees were
promptly on hand and measures at
once taken to prevent further dam
age, as well as to repair that already
occasioned. Fortunately there was
no one in the vicinity of the accident
and consequently no person was in
jured.
