The Washington union. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1857-1859, 1857-09-05


Tur srnAMsIlr ADnIArrc This steamer yesterday
taken upon the balance dock after being obliged u wall
two DAYS in order to obtain sufficient depth of water or
the purpose She draws lG feet inches forward and ~
feet inches aft without her coal board, and her
weight IL estimated at about 5000 toms This Is the Sc
yeest test owhich the balance dock has been sub
ccted and there strong doubts entertained whether
it could lift the Adriac out Of water One day wl sur
fee to clean her copper when she viii be taken on ana
her coal &C. be put board preparatory to her nrst
trip the Atlantic In consequence of these delays
get her into dock the Atlantic has been appointed 10
take her place for Liverpool the 18th inst The ma
chinery OF the Adratic is now about complete.
With the exception Of the bedplate, cylinders, boilers
wheels and shafts, her whole engine has been rebuilt
During the past sixty days it is sid that there has been
work performed the Adristc than was ever done
upon any three steamers before in the OF time
When il became apparent that her massive machinery
would have be almost wholly reconstructed the pro
pretors OF the Novelty Works found it necessary to call
TO their aid the following other establishments to accom-
psh the whole work in the shortest possible space OF
time Mr. Collins personally supervised the work. and
he expresses himself very much pleased Mt the alacrity
with which they all took hold. Novelty Iron Works
Allaire Works. Fulton Iron Works, Taugnot, Daley &
ter sloss, Joseph Banks, Thurston, Gardener Co.,
Providence r. IT, Bendix Pastin, Phoenix Iron Works,
Providence r. J.; J. s Sloan, Empire Works; Delana-
ter Co., 18th street North river Each Of these houses
in the city and out Of it, has been employed day and night
fol two months in the completion Of the particular por
ton of the work assigned kind Of national pride,
says Mr. Collins animated them all to assist him in re-
teying the ground which had been lost The engine of
the Adratc he believes will not give out in any part
for ten years at least-N. y. TINES.
There are now Says the New York Mercury ladies
stopping at Barett Cape Island New jersey who are
equal to the best of bowling and shooting One OF
them made trlue ten strikes in succession, and two hun
dred and eghtyseyen points on her next game, lately
The other one in the meanwhile, shooting pistol
match with two gentlemen from this city. She hit the
button six times in eight shots at ten PAGES and the
other two shots came within seven-eighths OF an inch
She then fired twenty six shots Mt swinging block, two
and half inches in diameter, and struck it fourteen
times There would be necessity for any gentleman
going into the field to settle this last ladys quarrel
The Boston Advertiser has received information from
the Observatory ut Cambridge Mass to the effect that
the new comet discovered the Esd of August by Mr.
Tuttle the Observatory will doubtless be visible to
the naked eye the ceases to rise until a
late hour in the evening On the evening OF the LIST in
slant it in the vicinity Of the stars Acor and
Mzar rapidly traversing the constellation of Usa Major
and is Ing the constellation of Canes Vcnatici
moving in the direction Of Arcturus
1t is said the people of Yorktown, and Its vicinity pro-
pose celebrate the coming anniversary of these impor
tant revolutionary events, the battle of Yorktown and
surrender of Corvallis which took place the 10th OF
October ISL These great and decisive events in our
early history should be yearly commeorated the spot
where they took place. and in the neghborhood OF which
live the descendants OF many who participated IN
| them.
to French halfpay and pensoned officers to enlist for
! the Indian army They to servo not less than
more than five years. and are to be sent out and
back at government expense The of captains is to
be 90 900 francs of first licutenants H. 900 francs and
| Of sub-lieutenants IL, 900 francs
The Rev j. S. Hays pastor of the Second Presbyterian
Church in Nashville, Tennessee lately ageeaby
prised by visit from committee of his congregation
bearing in their hands earnest of the good will and
aectionate regard of his people, in the form Of freew
Offering amounting to the of six hundred dollars in
hard cash.
THE MTINY IN INDIA correspondent, writing of the
various fortunes inflicted ladies and gentlemen by the
mutineers and the low Mohammedans says Tliey slit
the skin round the Threats Of their victims and pull of
mask, scalp, and all. The Lord recompensc them"
[Londm Sun.
The Maine Farmer says that COW belonging to Capt.
Brown in the north parish of Augusta, has become soe-
what recently from hect being scertaned and
made public that there made from her, during the
| year last past, AIS pounds of butter.
To carry Collins steamer from New York to Liverpool
requires eight hundred tons Of COAL enough to keep
ordinary family forty years