Daily National Intelligencer

CHEMICAL DISCOVERY.

The following account of an IMPORTANT DISCOVERY is copied from the Phoenix, published at Binghampton, in the county of Broome, N. Y.

A number of years ago, a bed of marle was discovered, about seven miles from this village, and one mile from the Chenango River, in the bottom of a pond. The properties of the substance were for some time unknown ; but from its whiteness, it was, by the people in the neighborhood, supposed to be chalk, and the pond known by the name of the "chalk pond." An experiment upon this marle, has recently been made by A. Doubleday and Thomas G. Waterman, esquires, the result of which is, that LIME, of a very superior quality, can be manufactured from it with very little expence. -The clay is raised, moulded and burnt, in the same manner as bricks are manufactured, which completes the process. The lime thus prepared, slacks with astonishing ease and rapidity, forming an impalpable powder, of nearly three times its original bulk, as white as snow. It has been used by competent judges, and pronounced equal, if not superior, to Providence stone lime. This discovery is of the more importance to the growing population of this village and its vicinity, as all the lime hitherto used for building, has been brought from fifty to a hundred miles by land at an enormous expence. The gentlemen above named, have secured the exclusive privilege to the pond for seven years, and are making preparations to carry on the business upon an extensive scale. It is presumed that the quantity of marle, if not inexhaustible, is at least sufficient to supply the country with lime, for many miles round, for a century to come. We congratulate the public, on this certain prospect of an important article, and the gentlemen, who have perfected the experiment, on the certainty of a handsome remuneration for the spirit of enterprize which has prompted them to the undertaking