The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1856-08-21

anu 1oahooneu July ID one hunored miles from Cape ba
Bile The crew taken on BY the schooner Thorn and
transferred 10 the schooner Ocean.
HORSE RAHRoAD-A Boston paper says:
The work on the Dorchester horse railroad has been
:" Federal street. and il Is probable that con.
siderable delay win - experienced in the running Of the
account of the AlteranoI are 70 Dc made In
the bridge. The work upon il has oeen commenced,
and three months least viii be occupied in widening the
bridge ard altering the draw
LARGE RAUL or FsH-A Philadelphia correspondent says
LAST week. Mr. Christian Faunce fisherman Of the old
district Of Kensngton made Of the largest hauB Of
rock fish, in the PaApsco known 10 have been made
one time The number caught not asoerained but
they weighed thirteen thousand pounds II took him and
his party from sunrise to sunset TO clear the net He es
mates that at least two boat loads Of fish escaped during
the operation Of relieving the net"
RAnaoAB DEPOT AT PARKERsBuRG.-From private letter
from Parkersburg the Cumberland Civilian learns that the
freight station that place. for the Northwestern Virginia
Railroad Is being built 1t is large building being
7sO feet in length and rs feet in width There viii be three
tracks running through its entire centre 1t is expected TO
be completed by the middle of October.
NEW KIND OF FUEL-A and effective kind Of fuel
has been invented the form of balls composed of fire
clay which, when put in the fire. soon become hot and
continue heated for long time while of course they
cupy considerable space which would otherwise be occu-
pied by coal These Hre-cay balls last indefinite time
and are said effect saving Of 80 per cent in the
sumption Of coal.
SK-The imports OF sik have risen in value since the
year ls47 from less than $2 to $24oooooo
and the customs from $50 to So In these
nine years the total amount Of duties received into the
treasury from manufactures OF silk is $5l,ss3s7 while
the total from iron, manufactures oil iron, and
iron and steel, amounted to only $5o,lss,e42.
TELESCOPE GAS HoLDERs.-A Birmingham artisan has
patented improved mode of constructing telescope gas
holders consisting Of sefacng machinery for locking
together the several sliding parts SO that acting in man
fill the gas holder the part last raised shall be liked
to the raised just before it. and sinking the several
parts shall be attached in order the Of tn by
which they fastened locked together. This is e
eced by bolts and wedges acting together around the cir
conference of the sliding parts
CHINESE SUGAR cASE-The New Orleans Delta SAYS:
ave have been favored by Dr. J. s. McFarane, of this
city with stalk Of Chinese sugar raised by him from
seed obtained from the Patent Office at Washington This
cane very slender and delicate being half the size Of
the ordinary Louisiana but we believe is rich in
charine Juice The stalk before has tuf of seed and
al top somewhat resembling the asse of Indian DR..
McFarane informs that rich of this species natures
in ninety days He also states that he has few seed which
be would be glad TO distribute such may wish to
make the experiment of growing this species of cane
DrsxFKc7AST PROPERTIES OF cHARcoAL--The New York
Commercial Advertiser says:
HDr Stenhouse an English chemist and physician OF
much celebrity has recently devoted attention 10 the deod
orZing and disncant properties OF charcoal and has in
vented instrument by which these properties may be
made practically available An atmosphere rendered
highly offensive by putrefactye decomposition going
within the chamber in which it is confined is drawn
through charcoal filters by Of rotating fan ma
chine and is poured into apartment adjoining. Al
eli
perfectly free from smell. The remarkable property
which charcoal has Of condensing within its pores large
quantities of the etd gases is greatly increased by pro-
cess Of platnhing the charcoal"
TIE EMPIRE STATE DIsAsTER.-Ths Baltimore Com
mercial Advertiser says:
The steamboat inspectors have rendered report upon
Of the disaster TO the Empire State Of the
Fall River line The report reviews the circumstances which
attended the explosion and arrives these conclusions
That there excessive pressure Of steam that the
water in the boilers at the proper height and thai
there evidence that the engineers failed exercise
skill and judgment but Of judgment is shown
Of which the Law does not take cogniZance This
based upon the theory that steam chimney cannot b.
dangerously heated while the engine is in notion
theory in the adoption Of which many engineers con
cur and the officers of the Empire State simply followed
the fashion But although the is noted the Empire
States license Is not revoked The errors brought prom
neny before the eye Of the public by this document
the accident will give new importance to the fact"
IRoS cARs-The Newark Advertiser says:
Since the recent terrible slaughter on the North Penn
syvana railroad public attention has been turned TO tn
necessity Of having built of q totally different matera
than wood more particularly for passenger transportation
DR.. La Mohe has recently patented iron which il
building at Paterson IL will be Of the ordinary shap
and Dimensions being designed to sixty passengers
and resting two fourwheeed trucks The body OF tn
will consist Of strong iron bands twelve fheeI
inches apart running engthwse and crosswise and
cured by rivets at their intersections This will constitute
the frame work. which will be covered by sheet iron
the flooring and iron panels with glass windows tn
side. yentAtors will be literally supplied the TOP
There is to be no wood work whatever about the
but counerAct the radiation Of heat and obviae dan
ger from accidents the inside will be lined Throughout
with several layers Of thick PasebOard and heavy cush
iona
EyGIIsH AND FRENCH RHLEs-A shooting-match recent
came of Paris between Captain Wellington Guern
sey late returned from Turkey, and Lieut. Arnaud for
purse Of Eve hundred francs TO be decided by the shooting
Of IS pigeons with single bullets at distance Of
hundred and fifty yards Lieut. Arnaud used Of Mimic
improved rifles and killed eighteen birds out ofthe twenty
Eve; Capt Guernsey used Of the English militar
rihes which used in the British army and ke
twenyfour out Of the twenty-five only missing the las
shot
SAVAGE Doe.-The St Louis papers give account 9
the dongs Of large and rocous dog which ran throug
Orange street. pursued by crowd Of boys The side an
arm Of young girl aged IL years named Rosa Gibbons
bit one young mans hand, but soon killed The do
in question has been known unclaimed stray and
nuisance in that neghborhood for time but IL AT
had done . certain amount Of mischief Accordingly
had nhs