Washington sentinel. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1853-1856, 1856-07-03

OF NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. OF lne Dan rIaHclSco
Evening Bulletin, who was murderously assassi
mated by James z. Casey, May IA, 1856.
| Underneath the latter:
Portrait of Mr.. King after death, showing the
entrance and exit of the fatal ball.
| Key West, Florida.
The correspondent of the New York Herald
writes as follows:
KEY WEST, June 81, 1856.
The naval vessels reported at anchor in the
harbor, in my despatch Of the 10th, are still in
port.
The Commodore, who sailed on the 29th in
the steam frigate Susquebanna for San Juan,
returned on the 18th and hoisted his broad
pennant the same day on the Potomac.
The Susqueshanna has hauled into the naval
wharf and commenced coaling. She has
steamed full twenty FIVE days since leaving
Philadelphia and has consumed eight hundred
tons of COAL Her machinery is in. the most
perfect order, and the discipline of her crew
and the general effectiveness of the vessel and
her armament is found to be most complete.
/ She will receive full supply of coal, water,
and stores, and no doubt be off for the Mediter-
ranean, via Madeira, by the 26th inst.
The Merrimac will now be able to proceed
upon her trial trip. She sails hence for South
ampton. The machinery proper of this ship
has worked most beautifully. No break has
occurred, nor alterations needed, or even sug-
gested. The accident, if it may be called
such, was one that all new steamships are liza.
BILE to, particularly large proPellers. Either
the composition of the metal journals was de-
fective, or the grounding of the ship at Norfolk
displaced the boxes, admitting sand, and thus
| grinding them out. There was a high freshet
in the River Susquehanna while she lay off
| Annapolis, and the water was thick with mud
This may have forced in sufficient quantity
of earth with enough grit to cut out the metal
Such is the opinion of most of the engineers.
Davis with his submarine armor, has exam.
ined the stern Of the ship and that part of the
shaft exposed, and found everything in order.
| The officers and crew are in most excellent
health.
No fever exists at this port, but in Havana
it is raging most fearfully.
The frigate Potomac contemplates visiting
the harbor Of Tortugas. tits said she will leave
| this place for the North on the 10th of July
The sloop-of-war Cyane, Commodore Robb,
is expected soon from San Juan. She sailed
from this place on the LIST inst.
The sloop.of-war Saratoga, Tilton, is at
Pensacola, and may arrive from that port any
time during the next week.
The steamer Fulton, Lieut.. Tilghman will
sail for Washington soon. She will transfer
100 tons Of coal to the Susquehanna, having
that amount on board more than she would
consume on her trip home.
The United States steamer, Walker, Lieut..
Sands, Of the Coast Survey, arrived on the 18th
inst, from New Orleans, and coaling, sailed on
the 18th for Norfolk, Va.
The United States steamer Jasper, Capt
Smith arrived from Charlotte Harbor, the 18th,
-ral~
command Of Capt. Dawson, and sailed iuime-
diatey for Fort Dallas.
The United States schooner Varina, Lieut.
Bergman commanding, arrived on the 10th,
from the West Coast Of Florida.
THE CAMELs.-It has become quite com.
mon sight to see camels and dromedaries
marching through our streets. The camels
are now employed in carrying government
freight from Powder Horn to the depot They
carry the enormous weight of l,600 pounds,
and with the greatest ease The sight of them
stampedes all the horses and mules that come
within sight Of them. They are certainly not
handsome creatures.
A horse, in a brisk trot, can scarcely keep
) mp with the camels when in walk. They
apparently 90 slow with their long measured
tread, but in reality they are moving rapidly.
lhSS'o P'Po''
DIsISFEcTrSG AeEYTs-The best and most
, simple disinfecting agent known is the chloride
of zinc 1t is made by dissolving zinc in mu-
ratio acid, and is applied in diluted state to
foul and offensive drains, cesspools, &c. The
} sulphate of zinc, however, is nearly as good,
is cheaper, and is more easily managed. IL
, can be purchased at any druggists in the form
Of salt. A pound of il dissolved in two pals
of warm water and thrown into an offensive
cesspool will soon deodorize 1t. During hot
weather this disinfectng agent should be APP
! Piled pretty freely in thousands of places in
New York and other cities. Copperas (sul-
phate Of irony may be applied in the same
manner and for the same purpose. 1t is not
such n good disinfeetant as the chloride of zinc,
, but it is much cheaper.-Scientfc american.
Mrs. Joe Pentland has been fined thirty
dollars in Brooklyn for the assault on Benja-
min Baldwin, whom she cowhided. Her friend,
I Mrs. Child, arrested as assistant in the en-
terprise, was discharged.
} A man in Wisconsin, who recently inserted
, long advertisement in the papers offering his
farm for sale, closed in the following style:
: "The surrounding country is the most beauti-
!. full the God Of nature ever made. The scenery
: is celestial, divine; also two wagons TO sell,
: and yoke of steers"
! NorrcE.--The following notice is posted
o up in printing Office out west;
| "Shut this door, and, as soon as you have
Il done talking business, serve your mouth in the
d same manner"