The North-Carolinian. [volume] (Fayetteville [N.C.]) 1839-1861, 1855-09-29
The Shipping Of the World.

n iatc EHSllSH paper puDliSncS q lengthy
article upon the shipping of the world; por-
ton of the facts are very full of interest which
induces us to collate a part for the paper. 1t
is worthy of notice to what large extent Great
Britain and the United States have monopoli-
zed the carrying trade, and how nearly our
own country has approached Great Britain in
the commercial supremacy of the seas, and how
very certain the fact that in few wears we
shall have completely outstripped her The
total floating tonnage of the whole civilized
world, exclusive of China and the East,
ssts of about 10000 vessels of II, $500, 900
tons. Of this tonnage, some 8, 1853, l72 belongs
to Great Britain and the United States, SO
that, excluding these two great maritime na-
tons, the total commercial tonnage of the re-
maindcr of the civilized world is but 4, 500, 900,
or less than that which either Great Britain or
the United States individually possess France
comes next in the scale, and is insignificant in
comparison, its total tonnage being ITO, 600
tons against 5,O43,2 270 for great Britain and
4, 124 9O2 for the United States Italy aud
Sardinia next to France, next stands
Holland Prussia, Span Norway, and Sweden.
The entrances and cIearanccs of Great Bri-
tain for the year 1854, amounted to A, 513,-
362 tons, and the United States for the same
period 40, 100000 tons.
Thouyl the mercantile marine Of Great Bri-
tain the largest in the world, the same
paper admits that it will be surpassed by that
of the United States, which has augmented
fully one-third since 1850. The accurate tom
mage OF the entrances and clearances of Ameri-
can vessels cannot be given authortativeiy
as III the case with regard to British vessels
because the returns are not kept with the same
official eXactness. Hence the above total set
down on the American side is to some extent
supposition, but there is good reason to believe
it is not oversta ted, and rather that the atl-
ditoual dispatch with which American vessels
are frcIghted, and the accelerated speed with
which they perform their voyages, has not been
fully allowed for in the estimate. The tonnage
of the ships is officially stated, and shows the
aggregate Of \ Amcrcan to be but onc-siXteenth
less than the British This fact. when taken
i'll connection with the Infancy of our marine,
and its present rapid increase, shows how short
will be the time required to overhalunce the
advantages which Great Britain possesses.
and to place the United States foremost i'll the
rank of Commercial nations.
HoEsE-SHoE WIrHour NAus.-Mr Scwali
Short of London, CT, is about Introducing On
the feet of considerable number of stage
horses in this city new style of horse shoe
lately invented by him, and which has
been some three months in experiment, both in
city and country, with the best results. The
object is to avoid the necessity of driving nails
in the hoofs of the animals practice always
more or less objectionable, and only submitted
to from imperious necessity and which frequent
ly, from mispacing nail, or splitting hoof,
renders morse useless, at least for time.
The invention meets with the highest favor
from the jockeying profession--one experienced
stage-driver enthusiastically affirming that it
would Immediately increase the value of horses
onc-third BY the census of 1850 there We're
five millions of horses in the United States,
and assuming them to be worth on an average
about $50 apiece, the credit to which the in
ventor is entitled becomes measurable in Co
1..,s fx,f f,,na of mill farn
generation Of horses.
Mr. Short is not the first who has attempted
to clamp the shoe to the foot without nails. but
is the first to do it in this simple effective man
ncr. lie makes the whole III two pieces, en-
plovine. in addition, two small! screws to aid III
screwing the parts together. Both are made
of mallcable iron; the lower portion, sole
being very similar to the horseshoe ordinarily
employed, but with groove around its
terror and without nail-holes The upper por-
ton, or 'vamp," is thin, and has hange pro-
iecting inward from its lower edge, to match
the groove in the sole. These parts AZ so ar
ranged to secure tight and firm conuec-
tion and the whole made additionally secure by
the aid of the set-screws before mentioned at
the heel \ shoe of this kind once fitted, the
vamp may he made to wear ont great number
of soles. The exterior may DC highly finished
and plated with silver, which 81 ives very hashy
appearance to a team of lively horses or the
SlOeS HIsN bc eHdIllcicU JCC bitCh HHcH
ed for white or gray animals. One practical a,-
vantage to be derived from this style of shoes
is the facility with which they may be removed
or exchanged so that a skliul hostl,r may cx
change the shoes, rather the solcS, on every
occasion when the presence of ice the like
renders it desirable, and it may even be expc-
dent in extreme cases of exhaustion, as with
race-horses to remove the shoes altogether for
time, and allow of more refreshing rest
Ncsc York Tribune
AMUSING DuEL-B Baten-Baden. which has
been so long of the temples of folly, would
seen,-if the chronicle of the place which the
newspapers supply may be trusted-to have ta-
ken tone and temper at once moral and prac-
teal The code of the gaming table, is, APP
parentlv falling from its authority, with the
threatened disposition of the gaming table it.
self. Two strangers, Englshna;l and
Prussan quarrelcd. according TO very COM
mon incident. over their play. and agreed in
the usual course to fire at one another, as the
recognized means Of settling dispute. The
Englishman SO lucky as to win the first fire,
and so unlucky as to miss his adversary. The
latter had only now TO shoot his at his
case, and prepared to take his aim accordingly,
when the Englishman cried out, ''Stop stop;
I'll buy your shot" The first impression made
was that of the novelty of the proposal--th the
second, that it contained the prelinlinaries OF Il
mutually profitable transaction. The cond-
tions Of the Arrangement were accordingly en-
tered upon; and the two leading clements were,
that the Englishman rich, aud the Prus-