New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1851-06-13


panv with a fair and fairly fun audience. The TIA
gcdy was no more trasical than was set down IN the
bills. and the loneliness OF the LUCIA was more salts
factory than any we have ever seen.
SUCCESSFUL APPLICATION or STEAM Pow
FIR ov OR CANALS.-For many years scientific men
have devoted much attention 10 the application Of
steam power 20 the towing Of boats on our Canals.
Towing BY horses has been found not only exceed
ingy expensive, but too slow and uncertain for the
wants OF the present age, and hence many plans have
been suggested and many experiments tined in the
hope Of finding some means whereby the great mo-
tive power might be safely applied to The prOpel-
Ing Of boats heavily loaded through the mar
rows channels Of canal wIthou. producing such
= connection in the water as 20 seriously IN
lure the banks. or endanger the safety Of the
works The object SO long sought has al length been
found, and rs applicability practically demonstrated.
AT the foot of Hu5crst. there Is now mOorcd aSmall
steamboat which, though not very inviting IN is ap
pearanct combines all the requirements for canal
motive power, and the evidence OF her ability 20 DO
the necessary labor is furnished by the three heavy
laden bargaS which are beside her. and which she has
towed from Norfolk, Va up the Potomac river TO
the Cumberland mines. and thence through the
Alexandria Canal. the Chesapeake and Delaware
Canal. up the Delaware River and through the
Delaware and Rar,tan Canal to New-Iork,
distance Of nearly i've hundred miles, and IN
= few days she will continue her voyage to
Albany She Is a small boat of about one hundred
tuns burden and has two engines rated at fifteen
horsepower each and the only things that differ
from ordinary steamboats,, is the peculiar shape OF
her buckets and the addition of a float back of the
wheel, which Is in the center Of the boat The
wheels are bent TO form the segment OF
circle, and they enter and leave the water without
creating the great motion caused by the ordinary
paddles should. however, the power required cause
any swell the raging waters are Smoothed down and
pacifed by the float that follows the wheel. This
float can be raised or lowered As circumstances may
require. The owners Of this boat assert that they
can take train Of freight boats, loaded with eight
hundred tuns Of coal from the Cumberland Mines
TO tidewater at a speed of four miles per hour, at
onethird to onehalfthe price at which the work can
be done by horsepower and tho boats can
be passed through the locks without detachlng them,
and IN less time than required by the same number
of boats propelled separately. The boat IS called the
"VrRG1N1A" and we invite these interested (and who
is there engaged in business that is not to call and
examine her. She was built after the plan patented
by G. PARKER. ESQ of Massachusetts, and Ia owned
by Mossrs. r. S Denny & Co, of Boston, who, We
understand are constructing another boat at Albany
to be used on the Erie Canal
THE OPERA AT CASTLE GARDEN.-We
learn with pleasure that on Monday next Maretzsk
will transfer his Opera Company from Astor Place TO
Castle Garden The price of admission will then be
reduced to the uniform rate Of fifty cents, and the ex-
tent of the Garden Is such that at least four thousand
persons can see and hear with the most entire con-
fort The success of Mar.is experiment last sum
mer proves that this spacious and breezy location,
with democratic rate Of admission, Is IN the end far
more profitable for Summer Opera than any OF the
more elegant uptown buildings. Maretzek has been
fortunate in securing the Garden, and his present
company-including Bosio, Trufi, Bettini, Marni
and Lorini to say nothing of the vaorous BeneVen-
tano and the piano For-cannOt fail to draw crowds,
The moonlight view Of the Bay, seen from the
outer balcony between the acts, is alone worth the
trouble of walking the Battery and the expense of
an entrance ticket.
~ Two of the war schooners recently
built by VIM. H. Webb for the Mexican Government
are now at anchor of the Battery, where they will
remain for few days preparatory to sailing on their
destination One is the Mary {. Allen, under COM
mand of Capt Forsyth, and the other IS called thc
Clifton, and Is commanded by Capt. Daggett Ihey
are bound to the West CoaSt-to Acapulco ana Ma
zatlan respectively The other three, whose names
arc the Bonita Ontario and Ceytano are about realy
for sea- and viii sail in the course OF ten days Tor the
Gulf of Mexico. They all beautiful and suOotan-
ual vessels, and will reflect credit on the one who
built them
A GREAT ABUNDANCE. - Strawberries
Ncrg- Xorkr lot
they are at present They are coming from all quar-
ter, and are selling at from one to five cents per
basket Probably half a million Of baskets were
sold in this city yesterday.
MILITARY The City Guard, Capt Nc
Ar,ne, make their anniversary parade tomorrow
They have selected that delightful spot the Neptune
House, at Nev-Rochelle, where they intend passing
the day, and where they will dine. Dodworth's Band
head them
~ Mr. PARsHALL, of RavenswoOd, for
merly Of the firm Of Beebe & Parshall, of Wall-sl
died at Saratoga on Wednesday last
IL 4 " Young Mems Temperance Fes-
t.ya0 Will be held at Tnper Hall this evening The
proceeds TO be appropriated to the building Of
new Hall for the Sons Of Temperance
Ig The Statue of Shakspere, belonging
to the estate Of James scrymgour, deceased, and
sold by the Public Administrator on Thursday, the
18th inst, bought by William E. Burton, Esq,
for t5O5.
The HAPPY FAMILY AT BARNuM's MU-
sEUN.-The Lion and the Lamb, we are promised,
shall lie down together, and at Barnums Museum we
are &c have the opportunity Of realizing something
very like illustration OF the saying In one apart
ment or cage We may see a cat and rat at play to-
gether, owls on the best possible terms with nice
and small birds, hawks decidedly sweet upon tender
young pigeons, and hunting dogs friendly com
munion with squirrels. This is d most astonishing