Litchfield enquirer., 1853-02-10


The Louisville Courier has published
a list OF disasters on the Western waters.
during the year 1852. II is a formulas
Die one. embracing 70 steamboats,, 4
burgess. Is coal boats. 80 salt boats, and
4 other Hat boats. 1t appears that 4s
boats were lost by being snagged, lG
by explosions, 4 were burnt, and the
others lost by collision and other mis-
hnps. The greatest number of lives los,
by one disaster was the explosion of the
Saluda, 100. The total loss of life ex-
ceeds 400 persons. ..-.-
A LUCKY FELLow.-We met a friend
Of ours the other morning in the streets
just from the mountains, whee he was
born and raised, who obsel we'd 10 US tina,
he was City years old lheSaturday prece.
ding, and had never taken dose Of med
icinc in his life! This induced as to ask
him il he had escaped the lawyers as
well as the doctors. whereupon he rep'i-
ed that he had never had u lawsuit OF
any kind, sued or been sued in court, or
before magistrate We assured him
he was a most lucky fellow to have es.
capped for 6fiy years two such evils in
society as doctors and lawyers, for they
had during that time skiAned and killed
many a'poor fellow, and rich ones, too.-
[Grcenville Patriot.
CALoRIc ENoINEs.-The New York
Evening Post estimates that the saving OF
Caloric or Ericsson Engine as compar. d
with that Of steamer, in a first class
steamship. will be equal 10 $4,000 a
trip across the Atlantic ocean. In the
winter. season, the Collins steamers take
in 1900 tons Of coal each trip across
Caloric engines Of tho same power,
would require only 200 tens. Here
would be-a saving Of 1000 tons of coal.
which in the cost Of coal and freight
would amount TO S25 a ton, thus ma
king saving Of $4,000 each tip for
the Ericscn ship.
Three hundred Mormons from Nor.
way and Denmark have passed through
Liverpool. en- route for New Orleans and
the Salt Lake. Two Missionaries from
America have, it is said converted 2,OOC
persons in these countries. and the re.
manning 1900 are TO follow in the spring
FARE REDUcEp.-Thc fle 10 ALBANY
over the Harlem noad has been reduced
10 one dollar, only two-thids Of a cen
pes mile. The depot for ,hrouE BIB pas.
seRgeisE has also been channed ,uthe
new building ccrner Of Centre aud White
streets. '-.t
o. Murdoch fret used gas to lish, hi,
Offices Ut Redrath in 1892. 1T would,
says Liebig, ''be ons Of the greatest dia.
coverles OF the age, If any enc could sue,
ceed IN 'condensing coal gas int,.sa white
dry. solid. odorless subs,ance portable. And
capable Of beieg; placed na Cd ndlestick s
burnt In lamp. Already 10. the desire d
Asseesg Abeiags accomplished A. mineral
oil flowed casNf coal in Derbyshire, ob:
viousiy produced BY slow -dlssilAlion from
the cea'. On examination it has been as
err'ained that p"fsfiue, . sold. waxy cub
stance, hitherto never produced from coal,
could be formed in commercial qualities by
a slow. and regular dsliiatjon. This is
condensed coal gas-a s0Iii form of ole>
fiant gas desired, by Liebig in forming
cakes; this product, dissolved in an oil Of
a similar composition may be- readily oh
tanned instead VI The water gasses now
thrown away. Should this invention be
as successful MS it promises, great change
will be wrought in fuel as well as iIIumiDS.
ting gas.