Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1855-11-19
Superiority of American Iron


Hunts Merchants Magazine, confirming, as he
says, the views and opinions advocated in this
paper long ago as 1880:
mo man, says Mr.. Henderson, of the Buffalo
Democracy, of any experience in the working of
the useful metals. will deny that our iron is bet
ter than the British. On the Reading Road,
where careful examinations have been recorded,
md. with tonnage unsurpassed by any Railroad
on the globe, Zerah Colburn says IL Is found that
American iron wears out but one third To
half as fast as En- ,ish iron. The average of six
years wear of 10 Id, English rail was anove IL
per cent annually. The average Of four years
wear of the Erie (Engfsh) pattern was l6 per
cent annually.
vi the Phoenix and Danrillc rails. The rails of
Reeves, Buck q Co. of Phmnixvle, wore at the
rate of five per cent year for six years The
Montour Danvlle rail, at the rate OF nearly
So per cent for four years.
whatever may be- the quality of rail. the
Sieading road will prove is durability No other
test is needed where fifteen millions Of tons of
freight aud cars are passed over road in the
spnoe of six years. II rail is Illuminated, has
soft spots. or is made inferior in any respect, it
is bound To show Itself, inside and out, in five
wears wear the Reading road
"BAR IRoN.--ln all rolled iron the same gen
pral superiority of American is Observable. Mr..
- "V a a"i 'i''' ~" 49,
Nh. Iowm,or Rnwline Uirk .,,lI md nther rna
glish rons-whilc. also, our general marks Of
Anthracite iron superior to ordinary English
REFINED IRON For the same reasons TINT our
rails are better, our bars are also better.
Pro IRoN. There is not now nny difference
10 speak OF III the general market OF Scotch pig
.'a A'he''cah no cnafe"a' 'on"ory Pug me
&C a. ,a KS . a,';.a ",,i I'm ''o
o,her ihan American. ON nccount of It's superior
hardness, Tor cylenders. driving. wheels, etc For
car wheels' where the best iron Is indispensable,
AM oah i'g r - "'''' we oen''P, 'Ne'usN''y'
,.ve nab, ,J i, -, 1;,. oa,,al - nn,
Enoli.b m.u4t,etute W. ma.t bowevor
thoroughly e rid nf foreign from brfnr, we can
expect to dispense with foreign steel"
NATIONAL DEMocRArle CONVENTION There
is a diversity of opiniop in South Carolina ns to
what course should be ,u,s,.d with ro,.o,a ~ tho
National nouoo.o,;o ra,,o,, ;, ~, a.. -
commando ,.a, ,ho c,a,o .ha,,,1 r..
yent;on,o,b;nn ao,h,;no. 10 Cha,,.,,,,, A..
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thev and the delepates from Virpinia. Geo,oia
&c. shall Christianity leave tho hodv." that is 70
aav.if tbev cnnuot bave tbings their own wav.,hcv
would dissolve the Convention.
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NEW YORK MARKErS.-1he European news
by the Pacific does not seem TO have had a de-
nressin, .ffso, ,,o, u.a No, VII ,,,,.ta. g.
ln.1s,'r. ,r,. -
1.eaus''"s' "e ,-Np',sS '' ''"' c,'y, .'' rf,
adyiccs have had a, .nencohbe efre,t an ,he
breadstuff market. and, notwithstanding the de-
sclining tendency of prces On the other side hal.
ders are unwilling Il, a,o.de "a INV o,,,oos.;o,
,. - '''
IVY "'e '"'ee ""'' "''e nor ""o' ana "heo''
both Tor Great Britain and the Continent but
prices being above ina limits of shipnprs thew
are u,execntobl f,r ,ha nrosa,. IT. al.
far exno,+ vsstora.v ,o,o a,;,o roh, ,ho ala;
e,,,v a,,..,an .,,o .o,;a,; g p.a,.,.
;no tho esy.o, 20 r.s,r;ct ,,or;au,.
Tho rece;nts &c e,,r aud y,oa. o Ia.roh, A.
sr.ot bulk of tho s,n,lv ia i, ,ho h.n1s IS ,ho
uo,onol;s,s ,hosa ;n,ara., 49, 8, .,a;
oes HANOI tho frmross p.o;.L..a. An -.
rates are no lower. A good deal of -four was
eggaged for Great Britain, but tho offerings OF
grain were light.
ALAS PRINCE JoHN.--The Herald sums M
Prince Johns losses in the late New York cleo
tons as follows:
"The Prince, in ourlate election. lost his rep.