The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1857-04-04
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rescue the crew OF the wrecked barque Tasao 1t will be
by the following paragraph that the private subscrp
tons raised in New York by Mr. Merriam "clerk of the
weather" amounted to 1859 zs,
Dir Merriam received the subscriptions and rsmed
500 to Mrs. Jones through Colonel s. @. Durham, United
States superintendent OF the Life Saving Station the
coast the residue sixteen hundred and three dollars and
cents has been safely invested by William
Macy eq president Of the Leather Manufacturer Bank
treasurer OF the fund.- and Is drawing interest and
subject TO the order of the governor of New Jersey
and Joseph Walker president Of the New York Saving
Benevolent Association ia of the purchase money
for house for Mrs. Jones and her children The house
and lot in Barnegat village that Colonel Dunhsm Of
fered for fourteen hundred dollars of Mrs Jones
friends think is dear at that price, and other places
ing looked ut before the purchase b 1t il
also suggested that the building when purchased be n-
sured for the term OF and the insurance paid In
| advance"
MARINE MARcH--The New York Courier con
tans list OF the vessels reported to be totally lost during
the month of March, showing aggregate of sxy-three
vessels CT which eight ships fourteen bsrques eleven
briggs twenty schooners, and sOop. The total
value of the property lost million two hundred
and ninetythee thousand i've hundred dollars Two OF
the lost vesselshe barque Emily and the schooner Mary
Isabeawere owned in Baltimore The total marine losses
since the LIST of January amount to six million FIVE hundred
and fourteen thousand eight hundred dolars
QUEEN HxHIBrIoN-A letter from Vienna in the Lloyd
OF Pesh says "Grand fees being prepared in Hunga
| O
other exhibitions, Baron de Podmancky will bring to
Pesh 100 wild horses and 900 wild oxen 10 order to
show how these animals caught with the lasso."
Dr.. KASxs pRArH in ESGLASD--The English papers re-
ceved by the Europa have beautiful tributes the
Of Dr. Kane The in the London Atheuaum closes
with the following worda ellis death win be severely
by his countrymen, by whom he greatly loved. Eng
land too will the loss of gallant and enter
prising man, who, although young in years had gained
high reputation" -.sass. .s..+a... 4. .aas. Il.
A STEAM wAsos.-A stock company has been formed of
residing in Cincinnati and Dayton Ohio who
| constructed steam wagon to be common roads.
It tested few nights SINCE and travelled the en-
| tire satisfaction Of those who got up
TnE ApaIArIcThere has been much speculation as to
the why the steamer AdriAtc OF the Collins
line" has not left her Dock and glad find def
mite explanation Of the difficulty in the following clear
statement made by the New York Scientific American
efforts were made-snd, as it would now appear, very
unfortunatelyto Introduce novelties with tbs design to
both in the cs Of construction and in working
expenses The ship fitted with condenser and valves
Of form. and imbodying principes The con-
denser Leufere condenser style in which the cold
salt water is kept from mngng directly with the steam
but in all such csndensers the heat Of the absorb
ed by the water through necessarily thin metal and the
strongest form of such metal is that of small tubes Tu
bular surface condensers have been long ia use but d
cu'es almost always experienced from the great
traction and expansion. MIR. H. Aen chief engineer of
the Novelty Works. designed to this expansion
by introducing rubber at the ends but 1t proved total
failure The condenser with various notifications and
important revsons occupied the time Of the workmea
months In about the month Of December the
condenser pronounced satisfactory, and The valves be-
the next subject of difficulty. They prnci-
pie analogous to shpcords and by their expansion and
contraction determined to leak stick and al
though very ingenious and admirable device release
them by moving Thorn endwise the moment the valve ia
started in s seat was the original inducement TO their
adoption has far proved unsuccessful In practice
Ordinary valves adapted to The mammoth size of he
engines in progress to be furnished in the
present should be finally Intellectual Meanwhile steam ia
raised in the boilers every few dsys and efforts actively
pushed test the present devices fully sud thoroughly
but the ship has not yet been sufficiently finished to
tempt trial trip The engines have been worked at the
dock for short periods and this is the that be
said, as yet Of her actual performance"
The MASSACHUSETTS rRApB.-The Nowburyport Her
aid says that the failure Of Messrs Baker extensive shoe
manufacturers Of Lynn, is announced The liabilities arc
reported at from 100000 to $4,000 and Is the first
heavy failure among the manufacturers Of Lynn for
years as indeed the heaviest pressure upon the
trade for ten years They employed FIVE hundred
hands, who will find suspension of work, but loss
otherwise their debts in Boston and other cities
the heavies being In Baltimore Very many Of the shoe
manufacturers curaing their workall who can but
that have expended their credit to the
able to seek safety in thaare making money nor yet
able to stop without swapping
The OKKrEsoKKK swAMp--A Savannah paper has the
following additional in regard the discoveries in this
terra incoynid
"Amonthc passengers by the St. Johns her trip
gneer who has been engaged with corps Of assistants
for the last four months in the exploration OF the okeeno
kee swamp. His prime object previously stated haa
been to determine the praccabty OF draining II
sonabe cost though the collateral question of Its value
when drained has not been overlooked To facilitate the
decision OF the latter Mr. Hunter selected specimens OF
found In different portions OF the swamp which be
submitted to chemical analysis.
He has no doubt of the possibility Of draining the
whole or very large portion of the swamp, by canal
three four miles in length connecting it with the ST
Marys river And aside from the value Of the SOIL be
little or much the worth of cypress with which so large
aoounds constitutes strong argument in favor OF the
undertaking And then the aesthetic consideration of Qy
ing form and beauty to chaotic and hdeous wilderness
pleads loudly in behalf OF the enterprise for though
covering some ninety per cent less of the map Of Georgia
than has been reckessy said II does nevertheless hugely
dsBgure It, Thty6ye miles in its greatest length and
about twothrds as broad it's dimensions quite equal
to those OF an average szs county Mr. Hunters report
will enable the next legislature decide what action should
be taken In reference to the matter" y
TIE usIrsp STATES STEAM ynIaATE MERRuAo-We find
In the Boston Post the following notice Of visit Of the
mayor and city councils OF Bcson to this fine specimhn
Of our naval architecture her return 10 the port where
she was launched tl" -.
The mayor aud both branches Of the city coun visited
this magnificent ship at quarantine station yesterday AZ
ss9n Were they were Eec'ved by Captain Pendsrgrsst