New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1858-11-16

ONE or THE New NAVAL yEssELs.--The machi
merry for the new soopoE-war OF feetd building
at Philadelphia will consist Of pair Of horizontal
direct acting engines having cylinders fifty inches
in diameter thirty inches stroke the pstona Of these
cylinders connected by rods directly to the cranks
which forged in the crank shaft at right angles
to each other. This crank shaft alone will weigh
about five inns 1t will be connected by line Of
shaftng with the propeller shafts The propeller will
be II feet in diameter and feet pitch of compost
ton metal It will have four blades Or FANS and will
bea true screw which has been found superior to all
other forms Of propeller known, Steam will be fur.
nished to the engines by three Martins patent boil
ers, having vertical brass tubes which contain the
water, while the flame passes between them. These
boors will be placed facing each other, and viii have
the dringroom between them. They will occupy a
space twenty-five feet in length Of the ship by be en-
tire width. They will have nearly eight thousand
feet Of fire surface. The entire weight of all the ma
chinery and appurtenances and of coal for five days
full steaming, is guaranteed not to exceed 406 tuns
The above amount Of coal may also be slowed in the
space allotted to the machinery, which is fifty feet in
length Of the ship. The engines are to he provided
with a tubular surface condenser, in which all the
steam, after being used in the cylinders will be con
densed into fresh water, and returned into the boilers
The contractors guarantee that this machinery will
be capable of developing observation-disclosures power
when driven to its full capacity and that the engines
will make eighty revolutions per minute.
HEAVY BANK R0BBERY Delaware county
(Va.) Gazette gives the following account Of a bank
robbery in Delhi, on the night of the 7th inst
On opening tile Delaware Bank Of this village on
Monday morning, twas found that the lock to the
inner door Of the vault could not be unlocked ana
smith sent for, who had to cut the head Of the
bolts before it could be opened. When access was
obtained, the vault was found empty. The robbers
had by false keys entered the bankingroOm from the
rear, moved the wood box and sawed n hole through
the floor and then crawled under the floor some ten
feet to the side of aud under the door OF the vault
then undermined the stone work so as TO gain an en-
trance. Taking all they wanted they returned the
same way, after slipping nail in the lock in such a
manner as to prevent the bolts from moving. On
coming out they carefully replaced the boards sawed
out, and put the wood box in its proper place Not
the least suspicion was excited until the vault door
was opened. About S3S 600 il missing $2S 900 Of
which is in The bills OF the bank $4,000 in gold and
silver and the balance in other money Fifteen
thousand dollars Of the bills Of the bank are mutt
lated and were laid by for the purpose Of returning
to the Bank Department. II was one of the boldest
and most successful rObberes ever perDetrated
The Bank offers a reward of $1,000 for the recov-
cry OF the money and the detection of the thief Or
thieves The business oil the Bank will not be inter
rupted in consequence of this robbery.