New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1854-06-08
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stoh. a NUMBER 81 mech ancs are now employed
in prosecuting the work.
The North Louisianian, published al Bastrop
parish Of Morehouse, has changed hands. In
former editor and proprietor, Mr.. Prather, hay-
ing disposed of the Office to j. w. Mason, ESQ.
formerly Of the Piney Woodsman
The Thibo1aux Minerva DC the 81 inst says
3nr people are beginning to move FOR the wafer
ing places on our Gulf coast During the pre-
sent week Hon. H. NJ Thibodaux and family,
MIS-. u. Cherot and family, of Terrebonue; Miss
gdmpaneau, and Miss Simoneau of Assumption;
B. Campbell, Joachim Bergeron, and j. Collins
ana 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
I've violent showers, accompanied by wind and
hai,. Trees were blown down in different parts
:. ms parish, and the hail was quite as large as
psssShs eggs The corn, which, in consequence
% she sapidity Of its growth, vas very tender,
suffered good deal
Inc river rose at Pointe Coupee considerably
during the week ending the 3D. inst. II is still.
however, within its banks at the lowest points.
Inc bayou sara Ledger Of the Sd inst says.
a J. most horrible murder was committed & few
miles above our town some three or four davs
ago. There is q mystery hanging over the mat
ter which has not yet been solved, but as far al
we can learn, the circumstances are abous as
follows: Two men started from Ticksburo an i
small trading boat and were seen at MI Bar
row plantation on Monday last, and on Wednes-
day, the 31st ult., the boat was seen floating
IN ene river short distance above town, and the
captain OF the ferry boat was told that some
negroes reported that they saw blood upon The
Dow OF the hatboat. The Captain Immediately
everhauied the boat and found one man living
aoWn very much injured, who, upon being anes.
toned, said that the mast had fallen upon him
and his brother, Wounding him and causing his
orother,s death. His brother was found dead in
his PED in . horrible and mutilated condition,
haslhg no less than eight dangerous wounds
upon ms head, the wounds looking very much
as Il they were made with the beam of pair of
stIlfyards, and as that article was fonnd in .
very bloody condition, there is NO doubt Of its
having been used; q Colts revolver was aiso
found in the same state. 5ss
There was found on board a little over FIVE
hundred dollars in cash-the silver in 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
inherent story-he now charges come negroes
with the commission Of the deed-statipe that
they were attacked by them near Morganza.
Inc only conclusion we can come to is that
the two men got to fighting under the influence
q q liquor, as some was found ON the boat with
them. -
As faithful efronicler Of events saws tbe
Baton Rouge Comet we have to say that lady
OF this parish gave birth to three Native Ameri
can Republicans few days ago--all boys. all
living and MISUNDERSTANDING and getting
tat. to figure at some future day in the worlds
affairs.
LIE 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 maIleable
IRON. The establishment of Messrs J. H, & b.
ii. Ellicott, on Block street, Is one of the most
extensive in this city. The whole factory covers
an area of Al 900 square feet occupyinr a
whole square and having two water fronts,
The factory was established in 1914, 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-
tam about $50 pounds Of pig iron at 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 a half hour is requisite to have
the whole reduced to a mass Of liquid iron It
ID necessary for 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 ia keen
are constantly thrown into the furnace, and ae-
easionally 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 10 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 81 Les
Of the furnace. When it has again attained a
thorough heat it is drawn to the mouth of the
furnace, when man catches il with pair of
tongs worked on suspended railway, and runs
1t to the trip-hammer, where it is beat downs
This hammer weighs about $500 pounds When
it leaves the hammer it is still red hot. 1t is
then taken to the rolling mill, through which it
passes until it is brought to the required thick
ness, when it is 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-
filming process, and it comes out pure iron. In
passing through this series of rollers il is all
gagged and made ready for use. TO be enabled
To make all the bars oil the same size, 1T becomes
necessary to keep 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 for 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
man who controls them by turning wheel, SO
that iron of a 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 a heated state by
circular saw, one half of which plays through q
basin filed 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-
lishment, is the large amount Of old malleable
material which is mixed with the crude material.
1t stands high in the North, and there is now