New-York daily tribune., 1856-08-06
Netu2Qork daily Gribn,re
INDUSIRIAL JNTELLIGENCE.

NEW COATING FOR SHIPs' BoTTONs.-IrOn vessels
are stlouger rgh.r and Gdrlble than wood, out
IT,. ir lotions aIc go mucl more gnlql a. hab'A
tn for shell fish, that thcy soon become ry thlcky
crusted with several of the sm .ler Varieties, espc'
cally ia varIu luItude One L,nd clipper runs 10
New Or-6ns at sped of twelve kbOts, but ret lrLa
only ut of ,.bput eight knots, owing To tn; ac-
cunplated roughness Il her bottom. But Ihe Lon
don Post aLnpunces ,uscOvery @hich it canls will
remove the oitf ;uly entirely, aud place British iron.
ships way a head" Of YaLkee wooden ONE. Mr.
John MIpu,s, oil merchant, of Liverpool, appears,
ID experimenting upon Blown sop, his produced
meta lie rap, nnccous compound, with which twelve
moIths ago n,w iron shiJ, the Sarah Palmer, was
tosted and after makicg very rapid voyage - Cal
,utta and back she has just been placed on the gray
ing cock and found not to yield barnacles enough 10
FL ge IL, mans hat. The effect il described as Won
ceriul magical On the strength OF this discovery
an ORDER for two wooden ships has been countemanded
ard iron ones ordered instead.
GRAIN IN CHICAGO An inventory of the gr Nm
in the principal soreh0uses IN Chicago was r.
emily made 10 decide a bet TIE amount actually in
store was foui d 10 be 542 Oi7 bushels The two
largest warehouses contained between 290ooo ana
$50 900.
LOCOMOTIVES Our ex .hqnges are indu.t,iousy
,o omo,yes are covered with glass u proect the en-
pine,r from the wea her American locomotives nave
hen covered in the same way by sashes ia the front
aid sides for many years
Uoy,ToS LAcr-Tbe fact that fashion M ikes and
breaks is well illustrated by the history OF this sof :
Hopon lace ACCORDING 10 q recent author, came into
feson in ls42, and owes its present position 10 queen
Victoria. Conmisera,ing the miserable CONDITION Of
n.x sh. of -,
hem by bringing their manufacture into fashion, aud
in ,u,,herarce of this laudabc purpose, had her wed
dpe d,,ss made of it. Honit N at once became the
rage, and has continued popular ard expansive ever
sircc slrhough previously purchasers could hardly DO
| found Tor it,
| Mri1rp SroSr-Nenr birmingham, in England,
works been ,ncenty started for the manutac ufe
of ar hrectura decorations in bas2t by melnng ana
casting in bot molds. The products are very firm and
be,u,ilul and are assuu ed 10 be very durable When
ca,t in cold niolds, CLASSY lava termed ob'id1an Is
ploouctd. The material generally employed is the
ras,tope of The beghbohoJd but furnaces have been
| erected for the reduction Of quartz by direct iu'on
according TO a new process, in which the pdlVerzru
ona,tz s mixed with iuor spar, lime aud oNyd OF iron'
wl,,h spens combine with the silica and render the
whole peli, city fluid ,
| L
| Mn bg JouYhai contains the results o. soihc eAP'
mem. b, which il would appear that the con'ei'on
iron ipto st is III oh iaclit b. the usage o.
| . uuent OF ,l,ctrcity through Tne application VI
| tie curr,ut FOR certain time VIII, II Is am ieu'
,ure the absorption Of certain amount " '1'
ind by controlling the flow in this fespec, a a'o ~
nuessirg or diminishing the intensity oi Us a0'''''
differ ut qualities of steel will be produced WIN III
rtainiy and regularity than by the ordinary Pio
As we ulderstaud the description, tn IRON Is
in charcoal in the usual way, and the cemen'aN'"
conducted in all respects according TO tne oid
li.h-d way, except that the flow Of elecsriciy u
lowed TO aid both in hastonpg and tquhhzins 'ne
| tent of the cementation. -, =
| FrrL-In the Island os Trinidad there : 'aHe -,
MITCH or Of water covered with pitch which : '"'"'
| ami . and a half ID circumference. ~ the s'''' "
mich Is cold and baid but at the nddIe II - s''" -
ri.e in a boiling state. The material i n's"' I'm
| bu.tible but flows through the grate'bhfs anu e
when ustd i'll any oldirOry ma'Ier Tor iuei -.
has recently been taken out for mixing w''u ST. :,
WI h the pitch, and thus rendering 1t nanas'a'',;
such lske existed among any OF INC ni''' E,-d - =
England, We fancy some way woaii DC
] making it available. IN. ,,n.r cp
! Cr1IEn,.-Mr James Wils'n, 10 rem I.a s.
s..l ,.,d l,ei,-e tic B-i.sb Socie'y oi AF'S' a'A