New-York daily tribune., 1858-10-12

Shesi, cd nAcai- y and eas.1gs maxine IN. :
or 81 ;urs % frcish, 20 hcta boat. s., lse %
- the 10Th u.t., and r,sehcl he H,l,,. :. NJ
Troy, SO miles, on Monday evening - a. W
mixing after Z deduction Of deebtis,,s Al "a "a IL
deys running time, OF an average of about ~. We
p,r hour. W. 1s
Fr, N the Captain and engineers We L.
averaged VI b .Il-lcatci boat in ~ az =
miles per hoJr-eyceeding tie avcr1,e M, "
power. A so. that she made az times ,u-,.r IN
'rrCtd canal, u.t-G. same rae 4 steam, 49, =
mics ltI hour. Also that slr ma j.. y;,hae,S -
tow. upon the river under abb even IA I. 'ess
lead wind, with "a ,0UJ bushels of e.rn 80 90,
T. lies per hour, or equal % the ay.r.-' os~ ~ e
Nrw-lcrk and Albany t0wboa,s ~ u q
Upon the canal, with the Crozier in ,o,
sul 60 about two tnns Of coal Der "a n s@ -
time, with h'rt coal, while h. boilers s4sS
Tor soit coal; en- no'w'hs' anling which b.,sS
fcr fu, from Buffalo 70 West Troy as ~ r,. Hs' eS
boats. only equailei the cost og .csiny si,s -
horse, az q slower rate. '''-'' 0oA'
TIE EcRo AND THr PRIZE xoyyr
Tie Washington Stats. d.rfvi,, -, =
nom the most So'h.n'e socree, g,ges the sogo,..
account of the Disposal Of the Echo and lac 49,
lion Of the prze morey aocniss to Der c,D,o-s. ="
The United States Mar,hal IN south c..
Lieut.. Matfit receipt flr 2S Afrcsns e.. ,in
number 50 per head, amdurtus IL an h Z; irs nc,
be awarded as pnzc money b. The asy osns, !
hOre squadron aud the officers and crew q, :, ~ es
pln. This sum VIII be distributed As iollows = :, :
t8g fhcor receives cue-twtL'i,th the eoD, a'e
Ciic,r of the Dolphin iwo.twcnte,ks and ~
l. distributed to the other otiicers and the e,s
Dolphin, according 10 ragk and rate. HI. ~. "s
however, whether The Gag officer Com NeI,,...cti
entitled 10 Cnc-twenteth. as he was Absan, =. :
nom his station at the time Of the captnne ,s,s
question viii doubtless BE- determined bv tis Az -
General. Aner the prescribed legal forms have ~,
gone through WITH aud the Echo has been M. IA "a
viii be sold al public auction Half Of The nna,i -
will b. taken by the G. ,yernmeit 2 accorim, q @
cial provision Of law and devoted D. the nav, p
siou fund Tie other half vii de divided sror, -,
officers and crew of the Dolphin, acconlnr = 10 10
same rule by which the per capita prze morsy !. h.
trbuted. Eighteen of the Alicaus died an, ~.
capture by Lieut.. Maft. Fr these the Der e,n,. J,
as viii rot be PAID but ouly ir those who xsrs "a
liv,red alive into the hands Of the United States Ma,
shal.
HYDRAUbIc LycoNoTrvE FOR lrsrHi,
hydraulic locomotive, for balsnce irv dock IA,
Just been shipped from the Novelty Works ior ,he n,
arsenal at lOtu. ia Austria. IL Is calculated "a k.
a lre-of-battle ship weighing, without arra.n,rs
about 3,o00 tuns from the dry dock on 70 the reS,
ways. The pressure on the pluuger Of the ocoro,y
To- ofJct that purpose is nearly equal to 600 tan
:, ,6O5 pounds, or ~ atmospherrs, to the inch II
body uf the machine consists Of cylinder 10 q.
/ long erd 10 inches bore, with 4 inches in msl
weighing by itself l3 iuns. Tie pl1nger is won,
by system Of hydraulic pumps, set in motion
two steam engines Of ~ horse power each, Place
on tie top O., the cylinder. Steam Is furnished by
: boiler attached to the machine. Ths loc Jmo,iy3
KEYED to the ways, and advances or rsceies 4,
al a time. Two hauling bars Of considerable diner
siors connect the locomotive to the cradle on wAlc
the vessel rests.