Daily evening star. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1852-1854, 1854-09-22
EVENING STAR.
LOCAL INTELLIGENCE.

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to-day, stood Ut "a degrees shove zero. r.5 -,
cosrRIBUrIoss prom TIE DEpARrxssrs
Ia the exhfoi,icn Of the Maryland Institu. {
the following contributions are to be found
presented by the different departments of the
Government. and are all f,Om Washington
city. The Baltimore Sum says: -
lie Navy Yard sends . boat howitzer,
with held carriage and bost carriage. These
are designed by Lieut. John A Dabrgren and
made and dtted under his direction in the me-
easn.esl and pyrotech mic department Of the
ordnance department of the navy yard Wash
ingtonz The present samples have no other
nnish than that equired for efficiency in ser
vice. The field carriage was actually in ser
vice on cruising ship for two and half year,
Also, two boarding pixies, taken from q lot
made for service. Also, one eleven inch shell.
new calibre; Q thirty two pound shot and an
eight-inch shell, which are of the caIibre s
which now arm our heaviest ships There il.
too, q model howitEer. -tso
Those engaged in the line of ship bui
ing will be grati6ed with view of the models
OF vessels also sent from the Navy Yard. They
sfs placed around the gallery openfto the OBJ
servation OF all. There they will fud perfec,
models of first class Steam propeller Of so
gums = second class steam propeller of "a
guns u 8 sioep-of- war Plymouth, of % guns;
u >. tigate Congress, 80 guns sloop of-war
Saratoga, Y guns; U. frigste Constitution
30 guns; sloep-of war Germantown, 90 guns :;
U. g. line-of battle ship North Carolina. "a
guns; S. Hne-of battle ship Delaware, "a
guns, U. 5. frigste, so guns; o. s. sloop Of
war st. Mary, % guns; U. S. brig Trnxton,
10 guns; and U. S. sloop-Of war Portsmouth,
u guns. These models present . fac smile
in mail way, Of those wooden walls to which
we look as outposts in time of Danger
The Arsenal sends the following: A per-
cu.sion cap machine and a vanishing ma
chint-a l2-pounder mountain howitzer with
csrriage-this weapon Of destruction ia rugged
precisely as it is carried over mountainous
he'll hts on the back of mule-two mules will
carry alt its parts, guns, carriage and all; two
pack saddles. with portable forge and tools
this forge is regular blacksmith shop, com
pressed into the smallest amount of room, and
one would be sur Tised to see how much tn al
is really valuable of that character can be
placed in so small q space; a model of 80
pounder gun and barbetts carriage; amode
Of "a FOUNDER gun and casemate Carriage: a
model of g. peunder gun and csrriaee,. Eng
lish y q model Of q caison and timber. CBpe
iish y an artillery and cavalry sabre a field
ofncers sword; a brass wall piece a oar bine
and sabre, Mexican , IL musket barrels and
musket stocks. The simple announcement
OF barrels and stocks would convex no idea
what they are. The twelve barrels, tmay be
said, are the metal of which they are made
from the Land in its toughest state, through all
the gradations, until it becomes the perfsct bar
rel. The stocks are in the same Category.
from the rough until it becomes finished SO "a
to receive the finished barrel Canister erape.
&c, nxed for howitzers and guns; one OF
Sharps and one Of jerks carbines; q musket
= with MaynaTd's lock; double barrel gun
with esyonet, (Frsnch y q musketo0n with
sword, French y a needle gun; a q. S. muskst;
aU. 5. ride. and q U. S. pistol. All of the
above are worthy Of attention. 20 s. =
The Coast Survey Office has contributed a
number Of articles which are Of interest to
the. curious We enumerate q zenith telssco pe
made in London a theodollte, ten inch circle,
made in Paris; theodOliIe, six inch horizon.
tai and vertical circles, made in Paris; plane
table and ailidsde complete, made In the coast
survey office; sef-registering deep sea Their
m9meter, made In the coast survey Office two
se1tants, made in Paris; steelwagen's paten,
lead, for bringing up specimens of sea bottom;
seii-re gisferlDg tide gague, made in the coast
survey oftlce, with portfolio of coast SURVEY
charts, rs far as Published. "a
al There Is also sent lot of United States
balance and standard weights and measures
comprising two balances, set Of weights, q
halt onshei. gallon, set of small measures,
. set OF ounces Troy and set AyOirdu pojs
and yard. The above all possess interest," TO
all who desire TO see what is worth seeing
I'm connection with the contributions of the
Government Departments, the visitor will see
an odd sort of looking boat, with this inscr o.
: tion upon il: 'Francis' Metallic Life Car. This
ear, the first made and stationed by Govern
ment on the coast, rescued POL persons, men
women and children, from the wreck of the
i'm A.
IL. 1850, IN terrific snow storm and through
. heavy surf The visitor would vopie,
how 90 small a craft could be managed to de
30 much work Let US explain Whereye,
there are one Of these life-cars there is also q
cannon ball is fired over the wrecked shir
TO which q line is attached. The line fall,
upon the ship, is caught, and communities
lion Is made With the shore Hawsers are
passed, and the car attached, and il passes
backwards and forwards, from wreck to shore
bringing its living freight cd within, and
all who choose to run the risk Of catching hold
of the ropes outside. The battered car is ;
curiosity.
s. here are also two life boats made of me al
which will De seen swung from the ceiling O.
the hall They are only worthy of specia
not1irom the fact that they are the boats take,
out by Lieut.. Lynch, of the United State,
Navy, in his explorations liz the Holy Land
terranean and carried over land to the head
waters OF the river Jordan, and, traversed thu
whole course of that river 20 Its entrance te
the Dead Sea, and tn oughout the exploration,
In the Dead Sea furnished the only means q
transportation of Lieut.. Lynch and the party
engaged With him. -
FREE PASSES ON RAILROADS. The liberty
OF Tree passes on railroads has no doubt been
carried 70 excess, and consequently led to &C.
uon on me part OF some OF the companies to
regulate the evil and among them is the Bal
timore and Ohio Railroad and it's brsnebes
including the Washington and Baltimore con.
nection:
Al a convention of representatives of the
following Railroads viz: New York Cen,r.I
New York and Erie, Hudson iRiver. Lake
Shore, Pennsyivania Central. sPhiIadSphia
Wilmington and Baltimore, and Baltimore and
Ohio, held in New York. in August 1884
amongst other proceedings, the following resc.
iuuons we're unanimously adopted:
hesoIusd, That no free pass will he.eafte ar
% Issueo OF renewed to any shipper or for
warder Of freight, a. such. =
Rssofvta, That from and after the Lot A
November next, no return pass will be issued
20 any owner or driver of stock. nor will any
such owner or driver be passed free on anv
other train than chat which carries his stoc
RssoIUed. That no letter of Introduction OF
certificate shall be given to any employee O,
other person recommending him to the cour.
tesy Of free pass.
-RssofU,d, That it is the sense of this CON.
sentisn that all FREQ passes should be abolish.
ed, and that The Presidents of the Companie,
o. he a.