The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1857-09-10

A correspondent of the London BiRti,r
thinks the following instances come as near
perpetual motion Us any one can desire. In
the Rotumlo of Woolwich Barracks there
is, he says. II clock moving by machinery,
which has been going for more than forty
years. lie further states that he knows n
gentleman who has had watch in his pos.
session for more than thirty YEARS. hcrmeti-
/ caly sealed. which there is no means of
whiting, which tells the day Of the week
/ the hours. minutes. seconds, months. and he
/ believed. Years. aud how far Soa walk in II
/ day. II cost about GOO und was made hy
'rcnchman in Paris.
/ Messrs. Mouricr aud Nallicnt. Of Paris.
have succeeded In forming an alloy viii h
very closely resembles gold, The materials
/ and proportions used 10y them arv---purc
copper 100 parts, (hy weight; zine, II ;
magnesa. q sal ammonia, 800 quick lime.
/ l.sO: tartar, O. The copper Is melted ia u
cruciblc, in u suitable furnace the imagine.
/ sia. AL ammonia. lime and tartar arc then
added, separately and by degrees, in the
/ form of powder; the whole is stirred tor
abou, thirty minutes, to thoroughly mix the
ingredients, and the zinc il then thrown on
the surface having iirs, been ground into
very fine grains the stirring is continued
until the fusion is complete. The crucihlc
ia now covered and the fusion continued for
I about thir,y.iSc minutes, when II IN unco, .
! cred and skinned with care aud the con.
tents are run into mould Of moist sand or
metal. The material which results may he
cast At such u temperature that my ornn
sne,,,al ias.ss -raly be- glycu to it. ..-..~...--
The Paris Uatc,s. of August D contains
an article on the chronic disturbances in
New York. in which il describes the tend
cncy Of the United States Ia succumb 10
the German influence, which daily gains in
extension. The writer says: The Germans
! have introduced sentiments OF human equal.
i,y which are far more dangerous They
are for the absolute superiority ofthc State,
but they mean thereby that the State shall
/ be their instrument. IN the meanwhile,
they refuse to admit u strong, well organ
ICED power, aud cndow il witha proper bud
yet. army or police force. They represent
the mplacnbc and turbulent mob only too
well known In France, under the names of
Commune du Paris an4 revolutionary
sections
( II appears from a recent London Circular
that the export oi British iron Of all sorts.
and steel during the D years ending ls2s,
amounted 10 esO,3 025 whilst in the
a., years following, I'VE times tina, value
/ was exported. or 10 the amount OF Gag. CD.
/ 500, making total for the ca, years Of
nearly Cls0 100000. The hardware and
cutlery trades fully maintain their position,
not wiilstanding the largely increased make
/ in France. Germany. anil other countries
Ia the q years ending ls29 the export was
C2G ,2Gi $50, against $50, 30,Jli for the
following 27i, Iycars. IN the machin
cry and steam engine tradc the increase
has been immense, the exports amounting to
but Al ,bis Ci3 for the eight years ending
7 1929, whilst in the succeeding 2T', years
they amounted TO c23.5sA1l2 The total
make Of pig iron from | .ss 10 lHJG. inclu.
siye, was ca, 02J ,JJt tons ard il may he NJ
simcI thu, 30 100000 tons OF rolled iron,
allowing for waste, was made from this
I qua ilty of pigiron.
/ We read the following paragraph In The
Poi,os Gd:dte Of the 10th oi April The
Chinese Foreign Office have addressed he
Imperial Majesty 10 the eiIrc, tina, officer.
specially appointed by them have carefully
conducted certain Kussiais back to their
I country. In a private letter. received on
,be2l instant from the North Of China, il,
ia mentioned casually, tina, II Russian Impc
rial Commissioner had lately been at 'ekn,
I that he and his suite had short time before
gone home; but that he would return To
/ Pekin in few months About Gftsn
months back il was rumorcd amongst the
/ Chinese that the Russian government bad
lately concluded a treaty with tie Emperor
4 oi China, by which the Russian merchants
/ were permitted 10 carry on trade AT Other
inaris on the frontiers besides X iahtka.
! namely, the ci,ics Of I,arkoul, Uliasuta.
Holm. and X ufun; also ,ha, the Emperor
/ Of China had granted Russian merchants
permission 10 trade at the Five Ports; and
later i, wW rumorcd that agents for Rus
sian merchants had purchased land on which
10 build warehouses auI o'lices nj thusnn
aud Shanghai