The daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1848-1851, 1850-01-10
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sEids&AsrA. s15t C6sAL.--Ths; New York Tiii.s
buae is assured that tlfe Ocean Slip Canal Com
pany have not decided 70 terminate their csissi at
The Gulf Of Fonseca, But at hesIejo ia Nieatsena
one hundred miles south of the Gulf Of FoasecaS
which is in Honduras. fhey5eonsidef their route
better andscheaperas wen as much sliostef tlian
that BY Fsnseca This; if trde,swjiI yvery, much
lessen the importance Of Figre Isladd, andsrspder
Mr.. Ghstfelds addacious proceedings unlikely to.
be approved BY the British Ministry a9he e viii be
slow to end6tsea violent act which Will have turned
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4 THEssTE8MsH1R gREscEsT ca Yesterday,
we visited vessel, and we neveE before had such
practical egidence Of the powered steam iTo SEQ
Che speudid floating palaces propelled through the
.lvater, guided with atout as Inpch easeSto all ap
peaIaiee asa bird wih its way throng the air,
theInachnefy being complete and peHert. .s off such
cofnmonr. occurrence, that the motive pewec thai
gives them velocity is not brOughs to mind Il is
only necessary, howeyCf, 10 look at tie snassiye
rods and cross pieces that broken and bFnfson
lbeafd q the Crescent City .as hey were conn
posed 81 glass and lead, appreciate 4hekpmense
force this snbte agent whether for good, or for
Through the. pOljteIles;s Of Capt stOddatd, we
had an oPPoFtunity Of examinihg thesengihe in its
present injured STATE. -Itappears thai fhesteanner
was aspsoeeeding at9he rate ef some eiexeninots an
l-hour when the accident took place. Theengineer
was al his posi- in sthe engine roon, and saw the
piston and massive oonheclhg rods bend, when.lhe
cross tai gave 4Says The engine was stopped be-
fore the wheels made more than ashal re hition,
and therefore, all dang 10 the boat was preyente
as well as much injdfy TO otia parts Of tte ma.
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II gives US pleasure TO Learn, that such ,p6ftions
Of tire engine as require renewal and repair will be
at once placed on board The SoutheEier and taken
Ito New York, there to be promptly executed and
lion Of the cross TAIL and Of the bent rods, is Is pal
paby evident, were defeetivethe former probabiy
4 cracked some time, sinee. : :. z r. -, 2 &
In referring to- this accident, itis only Justice 10
I compliment Messrs. Morgan and Vandefblb who
A were owners, and on board at fhe time for their
pfomptness and decision in forwarding then pas
sengers, by eharterng vessels sea, regardless Of
expense, thus giving tangible proof Of their deter
nination, at any hazard, to fulfil their Obligations,
A as far as in their power, This conduct viii give
confidence to the iLs.-C Charleston Coaalef,S M.
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T. Sex OF EGss.4-A correspondent sof an Agrai,
cultdral Gazette says 81 am induced to tell YOU
ltbas without pretending 10 any knowledge of abs
sfuse mysteries, Ihayes learned to discover which
| eggs will produce pallets, and sisve parsued the
practice through this season will uniform success
ii net with tfe hinf eiiKer IN your own periodical
some other. consists simply iii ihis To avoid
tsethng Che. long shaped eggs, (which always pro-
lsduee ooeks1 Choosing the ,rounder and pfaupei
ones. Generallgtpo, have found that tlfeavery
largest eggs produce male birds dt Is certainly an
imPeFtaat matter 70 succeed in this dePar!lpsnt
having myself often had the modification to have
whole brood of cocks, or nsarlytso the avoidance
Of this Inconvenience rs truly a desderatuni' : $
Teo BesY TO BE MARslEp-zA New York cor,
i respondsnt1of the sin teils the following funny
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On Eriday last, a Young and lprstiy Dutch jaif
q entered the Marine Court and requested one Of Ii,
officials m attendance to infofr her >. II DAT va
we're dey married despeopleE ~ Being told that
= was, She LOCKED snilingly upon the officer an
r.. holding up her head as il inpresse viih The ss
spohsibili!y other position; addressed him with
r. vi YOU marry me, den <MatFY yop II sal
tle officer, .soh, canst7do thar, have asyife a
4 ready" 1 don't want 10 be married u yon, hut
vent you to marrY me, replied she. 9 Ohl al
> married tor 's'Eos Fritz, bnt he vas so busy
]; couldn't come, and said dat 4 rnigtt gefirdane
Wien Informed that this marrying by .proxysvnn
not answer the poor girl left and the nekfd4yp
turned with Fritz, who had managed to quit
. work TO get married, and the happy pair We're mac
one by his.henor, the Mayor y >; z. ~. - =
sHEEf IN TExAs.-The Houston Telegraph.
the 3D. has,the following sNNe learn from &c
.Sniyely; who arrived in town son Monday, that.
large number Of Mexican sheep have recently bee
brought into the settlements along the Nueees an
tefngIo rivers These. sheep are purchased i
s MeHieo Tor about ffty cents head and are deli,
cred IN the settlements onsthe N1eces at sevepti
hive cents TO a dollar head, Many Of The settle
IN that region before the war, owned sirimens
Hooks OF sheep and il the frontier were we'll PR
tected, there is little doubt that ID would soou B,
come one Of the finest woek growing regions Of tn
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? + Il AN. ExrA ORDINARY 4NvENP1oS.+ MR. Porte
la gentleman of scientific character and aeq uire
mentss lately edtof.of the Scientific Amer can, la
publiAhedin thes Washington pa pers an account I
nswiayention, in. which he has absolute fajtl
q and which It proye~to as Fspressnisd, is on
: of the amoT important ever made, and which vi
change DIE whole character, of.the. ildustrfL pur
suits effihe world. Il is tie. discovery u, an iui
Z mediate. process Tor 'decomPosng water into it
eonpoand gases AZ no &peitse. The. Obvious con
I sequenee is the substitution Of The eheapestniste
rial fOr steam coal gas and fuet Mr.. Pettef say
that, by the simple operation Of avery small ma
chine, without gaivaae batteries of The copsupsr
= ton Of metals or acids, and only the application
s. less, than one tlree,hundredth part OF one hors
r power, the inventor, Mr.. Henry M: Paine, produce
200 cubic feet Of hydrogen gas, and 100 feet OF
/. tygen gas per hour. This quaaity Of. these case
II (he actual cost ofsVhieh onsf feat) Wi
= furnish as much heat by nbusiiou as 2009feetS
the ordinary coal gas, and sufficient to.spply Bgf
{ loqaal 10 800 common lamps for 10 hoarso; OF
:, warm an ordinary dwelng-house 10 hqprs,' il
eluding the requisite heat for the kitchen or
: supply the requisite heat for one horse power
steam, This invention has been, tested by 81
2 months operation, applied to the lighting of houses
and recently thesppiieabiGIy ofthese gases to IN
warming of houses has also been tested with pei
4 ieetly satisfactory results a steam epgne lurnae
: and parlor stove, both sdSpted tolhe ,bufhingf
i these gases have been Invented yana neaspresiake
Tor securing patents therefor. Sone-of these ma
Z chimes are IN opefatlonJ and about to be exhibte
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