New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1853-08-10

gagged in running the routes for the railroad
from Gettysburg to Hanover Pa commenced the
surveys on Friday last As mentioned last week.
the central route is about fifteen miles in length,
the Northern route, via New Oxford, nearly sev-
enteen miles, The Southern route was found i'm
Pracucaole, and the survey was not completed
locomotive without rails Is described BY the
CoHrier dss Etais Enis az having been invent
cd and exhibited in operation in Paris by Alex
andeT Levor, IL was attached to two cars
which 1t drew along the streets, around ABRUPT
corners. advancing and retiring with ease. r.
has four wheels with broad felloes,
TIE CHYsTAL PALAcE-From the Courier
and Enquirer New York; Sc the q inst We se
leot the following
The greatest activity continues to prevail in
all departments Of the Exhibition Among the
interesting recent additions, we notice, in the
United States Department, several splendid
hose Carriages, including one Of extreme rich
ness from Philadelphia; a rich display Of mill
tary goods, further additions to the fine collec-
tion Of furniture, upholstery, pianofortes, and
light carriages, and several heavy pieces Of
machinery The British section is also in
ereasing in machinery A very interesting col
lection Of ancient armor has just been opened
The progress Of fire. arms from the time of Henry
VIZ. rs illustrated in q striking manner by
these specimens. 1t is curious, likewise, to OBJ
serve the degree Of ingenuity often displayed by
the early gunsmiths. Five barreled revolving
hFe-afms OF the time Of James l. (if we remem-
Der right are comprised in the collection
Ihe continental departments continue, as be-
fore, to I'LL up mainly with textiles, pottery,
professional apparatus, and fancy articles
Works Of art still come in, several valuable ad
dtions being observable within a few davs
The sable Emperor of Hsyt, Faustin l.. con
tributes huge block Of polished mahogany.
rf.r,ta 1frl .f.A G.
of the solid wood 1t is surmounted by bust.
Of the darkest hue, which we take to represent
his Majesty.
Seats have been provided sparsely, on the
ground floor, enough, indeed, for the present
demand, but likely to need an increase when
the Exhibition shall have become complete We
observe that the gas fixtures are going up. but
these probably will not be used earlier than
September. The fire apparatus is worthy of
notice, In addition to the notle engines on ex-
hibition, the towers are to support capacious
reservoirs supplied from the Croton pipes, and
communicating by hose with all parts of the
building, and large number of buckets are
kept filed with water in convenient places.
Complaints are made on both sides, in regard
to making change at the ticket offices. Visitors
ought to remember that the immense number
presenting Gas most persons naturally do) bills
and gold in payment Of the half-dollar fee must
create serious embarrassment, in the present
scarcity Of silver. Considerate persons will,
therefore, take pains to provide themselves with
the proper change. At the same time we be-
lieve the managers will do themselves and the
public a wrong, if they permit tenders of bills
and gold to be refused at their ticket Offices,
through unwillingness to purchase silver for
change
Yesterday 2S24 persons were admitted on sim
gle tickets; on season tickets $50. Cash re-
ceipts SLIT. Contributions to the Washington
M .-.I -
S13l,l3.
CULTURE OF THE CRAZE IN THE wEsr.--The
culture Of the grape in the West, especially
near the shores of the Ohio river, has lately
become of considerable Importance The Gin
cinnati Gazette says:
Mr. Longworth will this year have on hand
| and for sale about 100000 bottles sparkling
| Catawba; Messrs. Longworth s. Zimmerman,
some $4,000 bottles dry Catawba, exclusive of
| a quantity of wine, sufficient for 10000 bot
ties; Messrs, Bogen, Corneau & Son, Werk and
others, from $4,000 to 100000 bottles sparkling
Catawba.
The djacent country of Cincinnati has about
1890 acres Of land in cultivation and bearing
vines; other places in the States Of Ohio, Indi-
ana and Kentucky, about 500; Missouri and
Illinois 200 together ZOO acres The ave-
rage crop Of an acre is 200 gallons of wine
amounting, therefore, in the aggregate to 440,-
900 gallons annually, which sells readily at 81
per gallon.
A new motive power, it is said, has been dis
covered by some one at Providence, r. /. The
force applied is magnetic attraction, and the
power is applicable to driving machinery, loco
motion, navigation, and all other purposes for
which steam is employed. 1t is also capable of
lighting and warming. The great advantage
of this power, it is alleged, is its cheapuess
| not tpfrh hafy NAL aud, ho,,
cessary in generating it. The Providence Jour
nal says:
The machine has been applied to the mag
Detic telegraph with entire success An engine
is nearly completed to test the invention as a
motive power on a large scale The stock is in
the hands of some Of the shrewdest business
men in Providence, and SO much confidence is
/ felt in the success of the experiment, that
shares, the original cost of which was $50, have
changed hands at $3.50 If it answers the ex-
pectations of its friends, limits can hardly be
put to its value, if it fails it will be in the cat
egory of many other good things
IMPROVEMENT or STEAMSHIPS. An English
paper announces that, by new and improved
| construction of steamships, the voyage between
the United States and Great Britain will be
accomplished in four days the points of con-
nection between Galway and Halifax. This, =
it says, . is no speculative statement but
grounded on experiments which have already
been made to test the sailing capabilities of
vessels constructed on the new principle. With
the submarine telegraph which is about to be
laid down between Halifax and Galway. and
the passage of vessels in three days and a half
across the Atlantic, America and Great Brit
ain will virtually become one colossal country,
inhabited and governed by the Saxon race.
THE New SPANISH PoLIcr.-A new ministe-
rial paper, which has just been started III Mad
rid, gives the following as the policy by which
it will be guided in relation to Cuba 1t says ::
In fne it is necessary that the Spanish peo-
pie strong in the records of their powerful and
ancient monarchy, make their flag float impreg
nabe in Cuba, as friend aud protector in
Mexico, and as an active co-operator of Catho-
licsm in the holy places The title of King of
Jerusalem, which belongs still and always to
the Queen of both CASTLES, cannot and ought
not to be an empty title.
RAPD GROWTH OF OREGoN.-From the first
week in 1858 to the intelligence by last dates,
il appears that the amount OF immigration to
the Territory Of Oregon is over ten thousand /;
which, added to the thirty thousand already
settled on her sell, and the natural increase
since the taking of the last census, uust bring
her present population up to forty -four or forty
/ five thousand So that we may safely calculate
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