The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1853-06-25
THE DAILY DiSPAIGn
, 1eroN1.rIvE AND CAR ESTABLISH
MENT.

The sabioined description OF the Loco'hon''
-. Or establishment OF Smith & Perkins,
Alexandria. is taken from one OF the papers y
that city; ,,n
The establishment is one of,b MOST most. e. o.,
.;va in The eountry. The Locomotive az" e.o,,
woyks cover 81. 500 square feet OF g'. .'h h.s nm
III feet on the Potomac river, lies above
average depth OF Is feet tor sever, nsc,ed by a
and be low the works, ana s'e .,o,andria Rail.
rurn.out with the Orange ah'
road. ,b,se story building,
- ue - AZ feet in width. On the ntSt
lou 'se. ,o"s " ,nree racks for setting up Lo'
noo' .'e' ns.,;,es and on these tracks nj the
cou'o'.' r,s;,. we saw 3 po~eriui freight en-
.' ;n.. dssrined for the Pennsylvan,a Central
p.;,sosd one Of which, the most hnished spe'
n,,,sn ofwofkmanship we ever saw was snip
Ma nm that day for its destination. on tue
ssu,e fioor is the Tool shop, in which we OBJ
sa,red two facing lathes, one OF which is capa-
HE of turning III and the other feet in diam,
e,er. Besides these two, there are ten other
powerful la,hes and seven large machines, one
Tor planning, one Tor sioting, four tor drilling
and boring and one Bolt Cutter.
The second floor ia occupied, in part tor Of
fee and drafting room but we also observed,
in we'll appointed apartments, fourteen power
lsthes, four planning machines, three drill
presses and very large bolt cutters. The
thru story is exclusively occupied as Pat'
tern Shop, and is fitted up with suitable apa't-
ments Tor depositing patterns, models &c.
The Foundry building covers 81 by o0 u. ana
turns out from 81 TO tons casting ner day ;
the Blacksmith Shop, 100 feet by 80, has IL
fires and powerful steam hammer Tor heasy
wosk-,he Boiler Shop, liz feetby 4O, and the
h.,
sDr setting up aud removing cars. In addhion
10 The above, this splendid establishment Is
supplied with circular and upright saws, Inc
nect ssary tools for punching and shearlng IRON
sud all The REQUISITE machinery tor planing
mortising. &c.
smith g. PERKINS are building, at his time,
in addition TO those mentioned before, engine s
for The Manassas Gap Railroad, Baltimore and
Ohio Railroad anu HUDSON River Railroad,
together with considerable number OF house
cars for the Orange and Alexandria Railroad
Indeed, we learn that all the cars used on The
Manassas Gap aud Orange aud Alexandria
Railroads have been built at this esablish'
ment.
In CHANGING over the books of the Treas
prer's uffice we fud the following statistical
information showing the force expenditure OF
the establishment. Number of hands employ
cd from 100 10 600; coal used per annum 800
ions Cumberland, and $50 tons Anthracite, and
during the same period, FROM 100 TO 500 tons
Pig iron, aud 400 tons Bar and Boiler from
Expenditures from $4,000 to $4,000 per
month.
The whole Of this establishment is under
the general supernt' ndence OF MIR. Thomas
Dunmeud, q gentleman represented 10 have
great experience and skill in every branch OF
Rail Road machinery. DIR. ID. was formerly
-K,ix, cd Hxt e.
crai superintendent oi their extensive Shop in
NJ artiushurg
In conversation with the intelligent and
en,erprisiug proprieiors were amazed at
one TACT which they communicated 10 US, 10
vii; that their patronage from the South has,
SO tai, been very limited. Their extensive ar.
engagements, The heavy capital invested, and
the durability and finish of whatever woik
Ieaves their establishment, enable them to
compete successfully with any similar estab.
lishuent az the North; indeed this fact is AREA
dy so well known that Messrs. s & p, have
had on more than one occasion offers made to
them and inducements held out, by influential
parties, to locate in New York.
They are determined, however, to test the
qnestion fully whether the South will support
ln.s or similar establishments, and thus en-
courage, on their own soil, the enterprise, cap
iial anj skill which prefers, for their develop
msni, a location South Of Mason and Dixon's
line.
Why do not our Southern companies, before
they send their orders 10 the North, iGQuire
as 10 the capacity and means of Messrs. .. g.
i. to supply their wants. Can il be that with
all our Southern fire and much veunted pairri
orism we would blindly neglect the very means
which such enlerprising capitalists as S. &
p. uffar Of testing our sincerity. We trust the
South will ponder we'll these suggestions. We
submit them Without any consultation with
or even the knowledge of Messrs. 5. g. P
and We do so merely because we believe tina
~ more ways than by fighting, "Who would
be free themselves must strike The blow"
: TERRIBLE AFFRAY.-An ARRAY Of terri
able nature occurred at GAINESVILLE, Ark, no.
Seng since. Oue VIM Ru2ottom rode up in.
t6a crowd OF twenty five or thirty men, in the
pGhiic sqaare, and made an attack upon Rnfus
;Sad'er. by getting down off The mule he wa.
riding, drawing and cooking his pistol at lhs
saine tine Sajler drew his pistol oso Rubot
TOMS pistol exploded The cap, but Sadler's
pistol fred, striking r. in the breast. Tn,
hhllcnme out out under the arm, and struck
Mr. Baison, who was sitting near, on the thigh
then threw his pistol at Sader, and missed
drew his katie and rushed on him and Gu
him severely on the thigh. The sheriff parIe,
All old gentleman bv the name of Murphy
through the breast, killing him in a few min
uies. tie Then made an attack on Sader, an,
af,er having fired his revolver a, him two O
three times, he made his escape He was asss
ted IN mukiug his escape by two or three friends
Murphy had loaned X. several hundred dol
lars. aud as X. was about leaving for Califor
mia, was about to attach his property. Mur
ply, IL is said, was an excellent and inofiensiv
cii'zen. Mr. G. Sadler Offers reward q
$1,000 for the apprehension OF the murderer.
APPLICATION FOR A NEW TRIAL.-Lewi
Montague, lh' .ugh his counsel, motioned for
new Trial before Judge Nash yesterday atiel
noon. The application was based upon III
ground, that Alexander Scrog eins, one OF Il,
jury that convicted the prisoner, had expresse
Opinions decidedly adverse TO the innocence
the prisoner, on divers occasions previous
his iriai. Some four or FIVE witnesses were /
uoduced, all OF whom testified that s :roggir
had expressed himself in an unfavorable ma
ner towards the pr'souer previous 10 the tr,
=, which he was convicted of the murder.
ne motion was argued with sig nal ability
Ntssrs: Joynes aud Wallace Tor, and Jam
Alfred jones, agsiust.
Al late hour Yesterday evening. the CO,
adjourned until III o'clock this morning. VIII
the argument will be continued.- Petersbu
ExDrsss Erid1D.