New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1854-06-08
Louisiana, Interior.


The North Louisianian, published at Bastrop.
parish Of Morehonse, has changed hands, its
former editor and proprietor, Mr. Prather hav-
ing disposed of the Office to J. w. Mason, Esu.,
formerly Of the PiHey Woodsman.
The Thibodaux Minerva Of che Sd inst says:
Our people aSe beginning to move for the water
ing places on our Gulf coast During the pre-
sent week Hon e. NJ Thibodaux and family,
Mrs. L. Cherot and family, of Terrebonne; Miss
pompaneau, and Miss Simoneau, Of Assumption;
b. Campbell, Joachim BeTgeron, and ]. Collins
and family, Of Lafourche, have left to spend the
summer months in fishing, bathing, etc, in old
Neptune's domains.
Pointe Coupee was visited on the 3lst ult. by
TWO violent showers, accompanied by wind and
nali Trees were blown down in different parts
p the parish, and the hail was quite as large as
p1gs9hs eggs, The corn, which, in consequence
| q @ sne 1apIdity OF its growth, was very tender,
| su1fered good deal
Ihe river rose st Pointe Coupee considerably
during the week ending the Sd inst 1t is still,
however, within its banks at the lowest points
The bayou Sara Ledger Of the 3D. inst. says:
4 most horrible murder was Committed a few
miles above our town some three ar four davs
ago. There is o mystery hanging over the mat
ter which has not yet been solved, but as far as
we can learn, the circumstances are about as
follows; Two men started from Vieksbure on q.
small trading boat and were seen at Mr Bar
rows plantation on Monday last, and on Wednes
/ day, the 31st ult., the boat was seen floating
| N the river short distance above town, and tha
| Captain Of the ferry boat was told that some
negroes reported that they saw blood upon the
| Dow OF the fatboat. The Captain Immediately
| overhauled the boat and found one man living
down very much injured, who, upon being ques-
toned, said that the mast had fallen upon him
and his brother, wounding him and causing his
! brothers. death. His brother was found dead in
his bed in a horrible and mutilated condition,
having no less than eight dangerous wounds
| upon his head, the wounds looking very much
| as If they were made with the beam of pair of
| stilly ards, and as that article was found in a
/ very bloody condition, there is no doubt of its
| having been used; Colts revolver was also
| foundin the same state.
There was found on board little over FIVE
| hundred dollars in cash-the silver in a trunk.
and the paper and gold in one of the pockets Of
the dead man. This evidently goes to show that
robbery was not intended. -
| We learn this morning that the live man tells
| different story-he now charges some negroes
| with the commission Of the deed-stating that
they were attacked by them near Morganza
The only conclusion we can come to is that
the two men got to fighting under the influence
Of liquor, as some was found on the boat with
| them.
/ As a faithful chronicler of events. saws the
Baton Rouge Comet, we have to say that q lady
Of this parish gave birth to three Native Ameri-
can Republicans few days ago--all boys, all
living and breathing breathing and getting
fat, to figure at some future day in the worlds
affairs
The IRON BUSINESS OF BALTIMoRE-We have
| spoken of the process of producing pig iron
from the ore, but far more interesting pro-
cess is that of reducing the pig into malleable
iron. The establishment of Messrs J. Fl. & B.
! II. Ellicott, on Block street, is one of the most
extensive in this city. The whole factory covers
an area of 1900 square feet, occupying q
whole square and having two water fronts
| The factory was established in 1874, and has
been in constant operation ever since The
process Of refining the cast iron into wrought
bars requires the heaviest and most powerful
machinery. The first operation is to prepare
| the pudding furnaces, each of which will con-
tain about $50 pounds of pig iron at a charge
There are four of these furnaces, and they Will
each refine four changes per day. The furnace
is perfectly heated before the iron is thrown in
| and only about half hour is requisite to have
| the whole reduced to a mass of LIQUID iron. 1t
| is necessary for o man to stand constantly at
the vent and keep the melted metal constantly
| in motion by stirring it with long iron bar.
| These bars become so much heated that they
have to be changed every few minutes to keep
1 them frora melting. During all this time Goals
are constantly thrown into the furnace, and oc-
J casionally pail of cold water Is thrown on the
melted iron to produce kind of chill. After
this work has gone on for about two hours it
assumes an adhesive form, which is caused by
the destruction of all the carbon which was in
| the iron. 1t is then rolled into balls of about
eight pounds each, and placed around the ST es
Of the furnace. When it has agaia attained a.
thorough heat it is drawn to the mouth of the
furnace, when q man catches it with pair of
| tongs worked on suspended railway, and runs
| it to the trip-hammsr, where it is beat downs
| This hammer weighs about 2500 pounds When
lno ttaEI I,1,,,Y L
/ then taken to the rolling mill, through which it
passes until it is brought to the required thick
ness, when it ia dragged out of the way to cool
/ off
| When in this state it is called rough bar.
At this stage of the process the work is only
about half done. When the iron is perfectly
cold it is put under the shears and cut into
lengths of about two feet. These short bars are
strapped together in bundles ranging from
twenty five to six hundred pounds weight, and
/ put into what is termed the heating furnace
Here they attain a Welding heat, when they are
| again brought out and again put under heavier
rollers than at first. This is the concluding re-
hning process. and it comes out pure iron. In
passing through this series of rollers it is all
gagged and made ready for use. To be enabled
to make all the bars of the same size, it becomes
necessary to keep a sheet of water running on
the rollers all the time, to prevent their expan-
sion, in the first place, and in the second place
| TO keep them from becoming TOO hot Tor the
workmen to stand near them. In going through
the rolling process the bars are returned over
the top of the upper roller by means of hoist
ing machine. In the preparation of plate, or
boiler iron, the process is very similar, except
that the blooms are thrown into the heating
furnace, and then thrown into the plate rollers.
These rollers, as are the Others are gagged by q
man who controls them by turning wheel, so
that iron of half inch or six inches in thick
ness may be made with the same rollers. This
plate iron is not cut into plates for boilers until
it is perfectly cold The bar iron is cut into the
required lengths while in heated state by a
circular saw, one half of which plays through q
basin filled with water to preserve the temper
of the steel.
!, Beside the pudding and heating furnaces,
, there are about twenty rolling mills, and three
shears. The whole of this machinery is driven
by steam engine of one hundred and twenty
horse power, the fy-wheel of which is twenty
, eight feet in diameter. The work is constant
the pudding furnaces being kept going night
and day. Ninety men are required to attend to
the work, who are divided into puddlers, heaters,
rollers and assistants What adds very much
to the character of the iron made at this estab-
lshment, is the large amount of old malleabls
material which is mixed with the crude material.
1t stands high in the North, and there is now q
contract to supply the Naval Department with
a quantity Of plate iron for water tanks for the