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INTERESTING DECovKRY.-A most extraordinary
and interesting discovery has been communicated
the public through the Philadelphia Journal of Bess
Lettres Judge McKennon OF Indiana county Pa visited
Uxma at the time Mr. Stephens there preparing hi.
last book, He brought from thence two specimens Of
the supposed stones composing the front Of the building
csl.d the Gov ernor's House The whole veneered
th these appareny carved stones Elk eight inches
square the 'front.' and fifteen inches deep The walls
faced h these specmens five Elk ieet thick and
were Of stones cf the country The surface OF these
veueeri1g stones appeared to be elegantly carved in
different figures, such represented in stephens
and Catherwoods drawings One brought by the Judge
confined figure in the form of the angles very
sharp the other, flower with petals, and small rosette
in the centre These were shown to stonecutter in
the part Pennsy lvsnia who, suspecpg they
OF composition and not stcne analy zed the sub
stance, and found that they consisted Of composition
hitherto unknown TO us, and Of the most remarkable
tenacity and durability. having stood The humid climate
of Yucatan for unknown centuries This individual Mr.
Hull initiated the artificial stone successfully, ascerain
ed its great value to the arts commenced manufactory
and is now engaged in securing patents Mr. Hull makes
aso from similar materials wash for external walls,
&c. which impervious TO water and protection from
fire and for this alone offered very large
Thus the civilized world only TO be made scquant
ed with lost art, but is to be Immensely benefit by
invention Of importance to society Of which can
yet form only a conjecture. Mr. Hull asserts, that he
manufacture pillars and columns Of this material,
any reasonable Dimensions Galvanism is employed in
the process Of manufacture.