The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1856-08-30
THE DAILY UNION

again in the evening This i certainly an unusual thing
and has never before taken place at least In this vicinity
THE ExpRRoR NAPoLxoS AND SEwspArKRs-The Emperor
Napoleon has established in the Tueres regular board
Of officials whose duty Il Is receive and prepare for him
the newspapers which he reads The Akgensns Zetuag
Universal Gazette of Augsburg is the only paper which
the Emperor reads through every day and receives in all Its
integrity The officials mark out In other newspapers such
items they imagine will be interesting to him. and these
glanced at after the favorite Agemeine is finished.
Louis Napoeons consumption of newspaper intelligence
speak, must be enormous since in addition to the
newspapers In the hadozsn languages which he reads he
receives them from every country in Europe and In almost
every onguehe selected articles being rendered into
French by the translators
STEAM cHAaCOAL-M viostts has applied highly
steam charcoal for the purpose Of making superior
charcoal adapted to the manufacture of gunpow
der The wood being enclosed in cylinder, concentric
within another which is heated, the steam from low
pressure boiler is highly heated in tube COIL in the
Ere which heats the cylinder and enters the outer cylinder
end from which 1t enters the wood and expes the
more aqueous and less combustble volatile portions
black red coal produced according to the heat and
length of exposure TO the steam.
SrrAMKsalSr pIsroSa--Ar. ]. w. Petts, Of Hillsdae
Michigan has effected improvement in packing pistons
for steam engines-intonded to enable the engineer
tighten the packing OF the piston without gong 10 the
trouble of removing the cylinder head and various other
appurtenances. This is done by making the pston-rod
hollow and passing solid rod down its centre to the p
ton head. The packing is metallic Within the head
four arms connected by joints at end with the packing
and at the other with central rod BY raising lower
ing the rod the packing will be lowered frightened
IMPROVEMENTS IN METAL NASUFAoTUREs.-An improve
in the manufacture of metal pipes and tubes consists
in the employment of machinery for rammng the mouds
and cores and measured quantity of sand being pressed
into each portion of the plank and between the convegng
sides of the divided corebox and for forming by
veloping metal rod in a coil of wire upon which the
metal is compressed. M. Parkes has given q new method
for coating iron and steel with lead The metal is to be
secured and dipped into bath of nine parts of lead one
part TIM and part anthony the surface of either of
which be covered with fused chloride of barum and
chloride ofsodium, or BOTH
Horse RAILROAD TO cHEIsEA.-A Boston paper says:
"The Chelsea Telegraph states that the horse railroad
from Boston to Its smart town is not abandoned The
of its delay the opposition of Charlestown-a
the abuters the line through which it should pass OPP
posed it. This before any horse railroad had been
established but the practical working of the idea in
Boston and elsewhere has done much objections
The last Legislature extended the charter for one year.
The stock is all taken up There hardly any doubt that
before long the desired object will be attained The Win
nisimmet Company have offered any opposition to
this road"