The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1854-04-04
GENERAL NEWS.

hEksIsG TorsAms.--ILe Charleston Mercury men
hons new invention for reeng topsais a. ha wing been
completed and states thai provisional protection has
already been secured tor the patent Ia hs county IN
ng4nd. France. Belgium. Holland. Denmark. The Hans
cities. Sc and thar The papers necessary
. full patent in the Pacific on Saturday The
Mercury presents the following notice Of The Invention
MAKsHALLs xxGyrkS ArrAxArus.--We have had an
opportunity OF examining hastily The eehng gear and Ap
parSius lately perfected and patented By Capt Marshall
Tor which the following advantages c med and have
been admitted By many practical and experienced
mea. both of the navy and the merchant service;
Il The iopsall may be reeied from the deck 10 any
desired exient--from foot To full fun
II 10 calculated that three minutes from The order
gwen win be sufficient time for Inc complsis urag OF
the 4inopsS Of vessel OF any class. the reengs, OF
course. being done IN less time propornonaley.
- The sail may be reeed without brscing OF The
yard back, or without change Of angle
watch deck.
The weight and amount of apparatus re ndered ne
cessary by the system now used are much reduced
s. very small expense Will be incurred IN adapting
the invention 10 ships already rugged the old plan lie
application to new ship viii also cost no more than the
present system
erlerng 10 degree with the arrangements board,
and rather improving the appearance Of q vessel:
For obvious reasons we refrain from indicating or
suggesting particularly the mode and details oil this
invention, the advantages OF which, if fully established
and have 10 believe they will be--must COM
mend themselves all seamen. and especially to All
and who consult the safety of and
vessels"
In Cons,anfnople mandatory has been established
Tor those fatal explosive balls OF which large guam
tty has been Of late imported into the East They
discovered by spobecary and are said to be filled
with species OF gas. chloroorm, and explode
falling upon or striking against any object An expert
meni is said 10 have been made al Cherbourg with an
old vessel the hold Of which thirty dogs
shut up, all OF which Were found dead within few
minutes afler the ball had entered
The amount oil gold and gold dust arriv ed at New York
from California, per manifest, during the month of
March, was S3,s3 ,544.
MoBlLK BAR.-We have abundant proof thai the water
on Mobile bar is in the constant process Of deepening
On Saturday last the SwAn Capt Eakesy lowed
the shp Csrous Magnus, for Havre with cargo
OF 1850 bales OF cotton and drawing twentyone feet
three inches The ship passed the bar dead low
wafer, and although she touched one point she was
stopped for This fact clearly shows that
the bar Is IN rapid process OF deepening, former
casions Capt Blakesy informs Us. vessels drawing the
same water the Carolus Magnus have experienced
stoppages Of hour EnoreMobie Trsbu1e, 26ia XII
The steamship line between Baltimore and Boston
which has been Tor time projected il bow COM
pieted. and is &c 90 Immediately into operation.
The editors OF the New York Journal OF Commerce
have received from San Francisco small Tin box con-
laiBng few pounds OF -four The 1oar has been baked
biscuit and both in color and favor proves equal to
the bes, extra Gsnesee The party tho transmitted The
-four sanguine IN regard 10 the great producing
capabilities OF California
An interesting account gwen 10 The Danville Repub-
hcaa OF the mineral riches OF tbe counties of Henry
Patrick Carroll, and Floyd, in Virginia list OF the
minerals found comprises Tie valuable known-coa
- p.
Gazette, where you 20 Virginia Nature has
Dot been bounlful placing everything thai an needs
and everything 10 make il great and powerful State
A gentleman named Scarborough. Of Prince Geogs
county Virginia while in temporary f. Of passion on
Sunday last accidentally shot himself sy ,hrastng TO
The ground with volsnee The bun Of gan cansias it
% explode and sending the load Ms body producing
wounds from which Il = thought be cannot recover
David W. Holmes nsehiais,, employed in oas Of The
manufacturing establishments IN Lowell, Massachusetts,
ear 10 on Tuesday las, Mrs.. Stamford also hung
herself in hat place on The same day
TRAnr WITH RUsaA-ws learn iron bs Ioreign %
pers brought By The Canada ina, the London Board Of
Trade had applied TO he government 10 be informed
xhetber in the event Of Russian good. imported
from neural ports would be considered eourasznd or
would be admissible INTO England To this he reply
was mace ''tbs ia the eyehi OF every indirect at
tempt to carry trade Nth the eDemys country will be
Illegal bu the other hand bona aa< trade not sub
ec 10 The objections above staied wi not become ls
ga merely because the articles which the SUBJECT
matter Of that trade originally produced in an enc
my's eouhiry."
The Albany papers state hai iht IoHness Of TIE water
IN the rver and the 81 have insrposss
such Obstacles 10 lbe running Of the rver passenger
boats, that the owners have concluded 10 keep tsen
quietly IN heir beribs nhti he nver = clear
RosBsET TIVE NrEcHssTs' EsCrAreK BaNr nv
cELIBRATrD rIcroeEsT Mo- far IRON O'clock yes.
tsrday afternoon, merchant namfd Garfield, shh, en-
tering the MeTetAats Exchange Bank Wall street Sith
slsge amount 81 money place deposls celebrated
and notorious Eaeish pckPocssi named lack HsshsId
shPpes up behn him, and stole package Of notes con-
tanning 81 500 county banks vhieh vas deposited IL
the sits pocset 81 Bis such manner that any
might H. Fouunaely. The package was % large
that, extracting Il IRON tie Pocke Nj C.nheld lelt.
The osestiou snc tarhing Bs,aay neon be heel cszxh,
The Ih'si Ia he act. who dropped he money upon The
floor. An alarm was once given, rbsn oa5csrs Vel
dram and Vas Giesou, Of the chiefs Office, sho were
near Tie sFoi, up and arrested HsiseA whom they
took 70 The chiefs ofsos-Nsv Yo~k Eryrss, syrri
The funIdatan HswspaPs I'D ret red from " Rff.
airy hsd the pfsss aad ma'srs haFrr been sod % bs
Propnsio7s q ihe Royal Gazeut Of ~ Vincent The
ast hunser % he loornsi says Il eHvss ropula-
bon Of 70 900 people tWoihrds Of wbum cannot speak
taEash- seFsn-sghths Of whom can neither read nor
wrie. sad zine enths ~ whor are barr foot from ror
srfV thaf the cnarE cannn npaut.tr $500 -nuru