New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1848-08-11

w. ,,ilssys, devised by by Mr.. RoBERr fouNo, OF
srAsewsier Terrace Barbacan, and preaces II win
- h,s remarks the frequency OF accdents on the
m xtth no responsibility attached 70 anybody .
1Ar acme terrible accident has caused the loss OF
~ w.,b suaerings mutlaiion. and shattered consttu
rs To numbers who are called the fortunate suIviV
- ,be cry Is raised Can nothing be done The
H. ar pssees over for while all goes smoothly merely
l. asixay servant killed every now and again. and
|, hing Is done The responsibility Is so shifted and
sdleo about that it seems 10 expire In he process
|, soss 4 responsible
e. Marr. 20 you. We % answered,
/ And you-to themi and they-to o."
IL. Government gives the responsibility to the Railway
Il, Ard: the Board TO the Directors Of the respective
III apanes the Directors 10 their subordinstes and
a.subordnafesio any body they can-perhaps to the
rrernr,ent Inspector. Laely-we shrvel as we write
"a Bishop yea the Bishop of Exeter had almost been
.de holocaust and all for the want OF what seems
simple thing as a signal, means OF communication
& tween the passengers the guard, and the engine
fser" Mr. Young proposes by his plan TO carry
s,s6 Horizontal uire or wire.rope either under the
"a Of the carriages (which would be the best) or I'm
nedisely over the roOfs-the horizontal wire 70 DC
4 .orked through tube having powerful spiral spring
s,veen each carriage 10 order 70 give play Tor the
sokiBs OF the buffers particular attention OF course
ng paid 10 the action Of the tube, so as NOT 10 aect
~ scion of the spiral spring AtarHm bells connected
9Th this wire TO be placed contiguous 10 where the
ards sit and 10 the stand Of the engine driver pull
Eve acting upon the horizontal line OF wire, should be
,Axed 10 every carriage, each puey having suMcieht
"a, when tightly pulled it would give instantaneous
o,ce 20 the guards and engine driver by sounding me
lawn bell BY this means il is though, much terrible
nxety would frequently be sppeased. and loss OF lie
,ot unfreQuenty prevented. The pulley acting from
rihn the carriage giving power 10 signal apprising
the guards of the immediate seat OF danger the source
81 any false alarm, would thus be at once detected
.hould such be ioOlishly gwen.
D,scorerz of an AncicHt British Refic.-As
,ome door men were at work lately at Nottingham
sur miles from Brighton in digging nnts for building
IMPOSES at six feet from the surface, they dug up Al
pcent Brtsh 6baa for fastening the toga or cloak on
ne shoulder II is made Of brass, IS in fine preserya
top and has female head in bold relief; the hair is
represented in bossed curls is OF rude workmanship
nd very curious This early specimen OF ancient Br
i.h skill was purchased by Mr. C. X. Thatcher OF King
Road Brighton, for the celebrated collection OF Fred
eriek Dixon Esq Worthing, who will read paper on
h discovery at the general annual meeting OF the sus
.sx Archaeological Society, 10 be held at Lewes IN
August.
Tro Nec Minerals (Sulphate OF
Uranium and Lime is Of these, called in honor
Of the reigning Sultan OF Turkey, ABDUL MEDUD who
exhibits most decided patronage OF both the Arts and
eaences-ceTtainy much more than any OF his prede
cessors The other mineral is termed LrEBIGITE
Both were found associated with specimen OF pitch
bende from the neighborhO0d Of AdranOple, Turkey
was quite impure and portion OF 1t contained crys
ns OF copper pyrtes. On the surface OF TINS pitch
bende beside the two minerals In question there eX
red crystals OF suphate Of lime and little oxide OF
iron. .MEDUDITE, before stated, is composed Of
uphate of uranium and lime and is OF a dark amber
or transparent Of imperfect crystalline structure and
fracture vitreous, although the surfaces exposed are
.ometnes of dull yellow color arising from the loss
Il water Ii is found the surface of the ptchbende
associated in places with crystals OF suphate OF
1 hme lts hardness 10 about 25-spechc gravity not
4 ,st known-Prof SMITH Of South Carolina, Geoogist
the Sultan Of Turkey, describes 1t IN recent com
nunication to SulindRs Journal and observes that
1. Is the small quantity then at his disposal enabled
m 10 make out its composition, it would appear 10 be
otfn liar ~ llan igifp
,hurc instead of carbonic acid the acid being derived
rom the decomposition OF the pyriies associated win
lie pitchblende. .LIEBGITE Is carbonate OF ura
r1m and lime and not found cTysalzed, out appears
me form of concretion, having apparent clean
,,e IN one direction IL il of beautiful apple green
e5or and transparent with vitreous fracture. The
mineral admits of ready separation from tue pitch
tnde and. owing to its color and transparency Is ca
Gy freed from the smallest portion OF foreign matter
Cnemca analyses show the presence oiwaer carbonic
ssd lime and uranium.
4 A New Depository Of COlumbte.-From near
LIMOGES France have specimens OF this metal. IL
ssliogether a locality, and the specimens fur
rhed have blush black color and density of 1851
h combination is columbia acid oxide of tin, oxide ei
rO1 oxide OF manganese "a trace and silica toccurs
u ayellowish.white feldspar, in quarry near Chau
tloub. III will be remembered by many that Colum-
bum Of which Columbite is the was FIRST DIscoV-
EArp in an oxide found in Connecticut near the house
Of Governor John Winthrop, at New London, ana by
him transmitted TO Sir Hans Sloane, by whom II was
deposited in the British Museum. The same metal was
steward discovered in Sueden and called tantatHm'
nd its tantalite France also, 1t seems, has now
become another depository oft
Ne,r Volcano-A volcano is stated to have
broken out at Awargura island in the Pachc in the
Friendly group and about twenty miles east OF NaVau
Violent shocks OF earthquake have been ie at va
ru al intervals of fifteen or twenty minutes, ana othe
rhenomena of a volcanic eruption have been observed
gentleman named Williams visiting the spot few
months since observed, little above the sea-eve
vast crater from which boiling lava issued IN torrents
md spread the neighboring plains OUT such "a7
he violence of the action that he was obged 10 return
whou, having asceraned the fate OF the unfortunate
Inhabitants.
improvement an the Iron Manutacture.--AnE Eng.
h paper says The attention OF men OF science mas OF
late been much devoted TO improvements In the mode
manufacturing irOn both as regards economy IN lne
melting department and also in producing the hnshed
Material at The least possible and proceeds to no
tee very fsvorsbly plane by Mr. Low character
ling 1t of the first In importance whether con
sered as simplifying the varied processes oil the IRON
Manufacture or what Is of still more Importance pro
dscing superior commodity at greatly reduced price
BY Mr.. Lows process, pig IRON can De P"1 ieu anu
nsde into very superior finished iron without the pro
cess of refining with equal facility and the loss IN
making ton OF finished bars from pig iron Will be less
han one-hah that made in the ordinary msnner ms
Vocess Is simple one and consists IN 9ir,HR me rae
areriaI In its process of manufacture mnok Hss de
M OF earboni.atioa or OrydafOn the two grand objects
requisite for sody of structure and hardness tor tnis
purpose black oxide of manganese plumoago OF gra'
Rhte, charcoal ana nitrate OF pOtdoH' VI
line are used, well as sapetre. These ingredients
are mixed together in the proportions specihed by the
patent and every charge of ore IN the blast furnace
likely 10 produce $50 lbs weight OF metal, Mr. Low uses
&C lbs Of this mixture In the pudding furnace he ap-
plies il to the metal in fused state by throwing upon
the surface three pounds at time, and gradu'
ally incorporating the requisite quantity His patent
extends TO the application of this mixture 10 the manu-
cture of cast steel from mseabe iron adding two
three pounds every 30 lbs of steel when in the melt
ing pots.
A Patent Pen-kolder fer Eafeebled Hands
Douglas Jerrod says There physical defect gres,
or little that the inventive arts have not attempted IN
some WY or another to remedy. Time was when the
blind the deaf the MANNED suffered their misiortunes
without the slightest alienation from science or art
but now we We changed all that" and in way which
Monere himself skeptc he 20 all medical power,
must have admitted 10 De marvellous as satisfactory
One OF the latest inventions of this nature is Hozap
ies Pen holder for enfeebled hands, made for the use
Of those persons who from rheumatism, or other
nhrmty, deprived of the free use of the myers so
that they hold pen in the customary position
The shaft Of this pen holder is made of strong silver or
gold metal at the bottom Is The socket that
receives the pen joined TO the holder at about the
gle of fortyhye degrees The purpose OF the at
the bottom OF the holder Is adapt the length of the
vertical shaft to the projection OF the pen. The lower
extremity of the shaft is allowed to rest firmly upon the
paper and thereby support the hand The pen nss as
essed on the paper from rs socket by feeble spring
90 as To assmatc in the closest manner to the action
Of the ordinary quill pen The invention Is kind Of
pepholder constructed to give support and guidance &c
he hand while writing The article IS adapted 10 re