The daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1848-1851, 1849-11-24

4.AA9AAeA AROAA AANe Foreign JOURNALS
The Panorama Of the Nile, from the sketches Of
etr. Bonomi, which was recently exhibited at the
Egyptian Hall, has, we understand been taken by
Mr. Giiddon, the popular lecturer on Egyptian
Archaeology, 70 the United States-where it will
be employed to illustrate his DISCUSSES.
The journal dss DgBats mentions the discovery
IN the Sainte Chapee Of a curious paintingyon
gold ground Of the dateuf the thirteenth century.
Executed on the bare and unprepared wall this
painting, in which have been used the most sensi-
tive and fleeing coloFs-suoh as the lakes-has
nevertheless retained all its freshness, and what
makes this more remarkable is that its place is in
the lower chapel, on wall covered with continual
moisture--and further, that it was covered with
three layers Of plaster which had to be removed
by the aid Of water The subject is, the Annuncia-
ton the Angel presents lly-stem to the Virgin,
who holds a book in her hand. In medallion
over it the Virgin is seen having the infant Jesus
on her knees-two angels scattering incense.
/ Tue NBw Coal ExcH1NeE.--The desiccated
/ floor Of the London Coal Exchange consists Of
upwards Of 1000 pieces oil wood Of various kinds
and qualities. The great feature Of the affair is
that the whole Of these pieces were only few
months SINCE either in the tree in the growing
state or cut from wet logs, and were prepared for
4 use in the course Of few days by this method Of
seasoning. The names Of the woods thus intro
/ duced are black ebony black oak, common and red
1 n VI
American elm, red and white walnut, French and
English )and mulberry. 1t is mentioned as proof
Of the rapdity Of this mode Of seasoning that the
black oak is part Of an old tree which was disoov-
L cred and removed from the bed Of the Tyne river
/ about the latter end of last year. The mulberry
wood introduced as the blade of the dagger in the
city shield, is no less than piece ola tree which
was planted by Peter the Great when working in
| this country as shipwfight. The patentees state
| that no one piece of the 1000 occupied more than
10 or IL days in seasoning The Builder.
i EIECTRIc TELEeRAPHsrYou are aware that
with regard to the application Of the electric tele-
graph there have been disputes to priority Of M
vention on the part Of the discoveries Under these
circumstances, | conceive that the following in
teresting statement, taken from Arthur Young
1 = Travels IN France, pub1ishedin 1892 will be read
| BY those to whom it is new with some surprise
/ This author records that he spent the evening o.
| the 10th September, 1877, in the company Of a nj
| .Lomond, whom he describes as being very in,
| genieus, and inventive mechanic who had made
| improvements in machinery FOR spinning cotton
| He then proceeds: In electricity he has made
! remarkable discovery. You write two orsthret
! words on la paper he takes it with him into 3
! room, and turns machine nclosed in cyhndri
cal case at the top of which is an eectronneter
| a small hne plth ball wire. connects with SINH
lar cylinder and electFometer in distant apartment
and his yvites by refnaFking the corresponding mo
tons OF the ball writes down the words thew indi
eate-irom which 1t appears he has formed an al
phabet Of motions. As the length Of the ugfr
makes go difference ia tie e6ect correspondence
might be carried on at any distance-within anC
without a besieged town, for instance or. for =
purpose much more worthy and thousand times
more harmless, between two lovers prohibited Of
prevented from any better connection. Whatever
ne nse may be, the invention is beautiful Young
adds that ~ Lomend g has made many other ou-
nous machines, all the entire work Of his own
hands Mechanical invention seems to be n him
natural propensity Lam, &c @. r. WFIjD
Somerset House. oct. IL