Baltimore commercial journal, and Lyford's price-current. [volume] (Baltimore, Md) 1840-1849, 1849-06-16
NEWS ITEMS.

NEWS ITEMS.
Exporting CHy.-fhe city of San Francisco
is likely to be built in Trenton, New Jersey FIJI
teen houses form a street i'll the city on the
Pacific shipped last week for their destination.
A number more are to be constructed
CaIfornia.-There are several vessels now loading
for San Francisco at this port among which the
ships OXnard, Constantine, Ann, and Nistula; barks
John Parker, Sacramento, and briggs Emily Fanham
and Globe. Quite number of ships and barks
have cleared from several ports in this vicinity dur
ing week or two past for Bangor, to load with
lumber for California We have now a record OF
some two hundred and ninety nine vessels, embrace
ing ninety-five ships, one hundred and four barks,
ffty-eight briggs, and fortysiN schooners already ON
the passage to California; and this number, as stated
above, is being daily augmented. The withdrawal
of so large fleet from the various trades in which
they have been heretofore engaged cannot but give
a new impetus to ship bulding-and the large and
increasing demand for building materials Will iur-
nish for some time to come ready market Tor the
product of the forests of sister state OF Maine,
and tend to impart energy to her hardy and en-
terprsing Instrumentation jour.
I'm Ota,age.-A merchant of this city has been
shipping produce to house in Boston, occasionally
for three years, having all his shipments insured
under the open policy of the consgnees, and on each
bill of ladng written this fact before being placed
in the Post Office here, and i'll every instance the bos-
ton consignees have charged the insurance IN their
account of sales. A shipment of about $1,000 worth
of lard and flour was made to this house in Boston
board the Highlander, having on the bill OF ladng
insured under the policy of consgnecs III Boston,
which bill of ading sent by mail a week beioie
the boat burnt, and arrived in Boston the very
dav that the telegraph account OF the loss oil the
boat received. The Boston Office refuses to pay
this loss because the bill of ladng did not come to
hand one day earlier, because the shipper did not
take it in hand, and walk over to Boston on the
telegraph wires, and say gentlemen mere Is
lightning notice of shipment insured IN Your Office
The Boston office has been receiving the money ol
this st. Louis merchant without any scruples, but,
forsooth, as soon loss occurs it repudates-St.
Louis Rep.
The Great Ttestern Route ria Lake Erie
The Post Office Department have given instructions
that hereafter the mail matter, sent to Cncln-
natl via Phladelph ia. shall be sent from New ork
to Buffalo, thence by to Sandusky city; 1t
will be sent BY the from that place to Cincn-
natl
Domestic SIX Goods-Mr. John w. Gill of
Wheeling (Ya.) has been for a number of years en-
gagged in the manufacture of silk from the cocoons.
A Wheeling paper of a recent date says, that Mr.
Gill is producing silk goods of beautiful texture
and color.
Drought in the U'est Indies.-From gentleman
recently arrived from st. Thomas we learn that the
drought which has been experienced on that
Island this season Is, IN point OF uuratluh almost
without parallel He informs us that for the last
five months with the exception of a single shower
Just before he leD there had not been particle OF
rain. The vegetation all dried up, and the
earth was covered with a coating of dust. A SINH
lar state of things had existed many Of the neigh
boring islands
Royal Cuisine.-Queen Nictorias kitchen is Off
cered by two larderers, chief cook, and three
master cooks, with four apprentices storekeePer,
two green Office men, three kitchen maids, two steam
engineers and chief clerk, salary OF $500
year The apprentices pay high as $1,000 pre-
MUM to be admitted into the chief cooks employ
ment
Setcing .0TachineS.-The New York Tribune has
the following description of this invention.
We yesterday witnessed the operation OF new
Sewing Machne-Ncwell's Improvement of NTaury
S Johnson's Patent-whch has Just been put in
operation at the Sewing Factory in Plat st. On
turning a crank with one hand, the machine sews
seams of anv length and any desired curve. The
Stitches are perfectly even and tight, and may be
taken OF any length. The work to be sewed is fast
ened in a sliding frame and gagged that the
needle shall strike the point OF commencing the seam.
The eye of the needle Is near the point and 1t
perces the material the thread is carried through
and caught by hook, which holds it till the second
h is made. 1t then drops the first, taking up the
second and bringing it through it, that each stitch
is looped upon the behind it, the whole forming
an interlinked chain.
At the Factory there are several machines, most
of them employed in making salt bags. About
$1,000 are manufactured daily for the Salt Works in
this State.-One machine will make from 500 to
1000 bags per day.