New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-05-14

resistance, however slight, the striker not being f.
feeted by il stl moves on with It's original velocty
and carries a decorating material 10 the explosive
compo sition, which occasions the bursting Of We
slen. But as q minute portion Of time must elspss
after the resistance encountered by the ball and Ne
acc, npl;shment Of lis mission by the striker the c-
;ecte moves forward perceptble distance beforsis
e1ploJcs So prvjectile aimed at ship would pss
u ouoh its sides as a ball and then burst in the in.
as she'll thus doing double service. Or II brousks
to bear on an advancing army, II would do dutya
the front rank as bullet, and then distribute itSs
amoue the grape or canister.
Tlisiuyeution seems 10 have given rise 20 the nos
cheerful and animated artcipatons of the fnture NJ
yincbity Of England. II is Thought that it viii en-
trely reyolutionzc the system Of warfare, and ensh
a much smaller body Of men to give much bigger
one their cruel in more satisfactory manner thaaa
ncssible by the present cumbrous system. Bat "a
are coupelled 10 recoTect that his Majesty Emperr
Rorennrte has been amusing himself lately at vh.
c.,p,s with trials If r1ed cannon which are 10 Do
deadly work in the war which seems so coquetish a
its WAYS. And rs the French are not "a demonstrs-
tive as the English 20 their public matters We css-
not affirm that the French invention does not kill bs-
ter than the English And ii the brother and s.
ter Of France and England should come to fall Cs /.
some day. and change their brothery and sisery en-
bracires for the tug Of war, tltiug no more with hh
but giving bloody noses and cracked crowns b.
stead we may find the pocket-piece of Napoleons
match for the pocket-pece Of Victoria But we WI
hope for better things. There is undoubtedly phh
SONNY in what General Codrington said in THE Wy
debate that this invention might do much 10 save
life though net precisely in the sense ne meant q
saving English lives at the cost ct those oil them e-
mics who could be shot AT leisure from safe disan.
But no such inYention can he monopohzed IL D.
comes the pro- erty of the world, and such an IN
provement as this may have the effect on public was
that the substitution Of the pistol tor the rapleI had
ON the dueo. II will put long arms and short ~ss,
tall men and short men, bg nations and little ones, "a
aleveL And when death becomes reduced by SEE
ence 10 a mathematical certainty there will be mush
loss eooerness 10 encounter IT, II is all very web 70
seek the bubble reputation at the cannon's mouf,
lint when the carnon's mouth reach the seeker
to dead certainty five miles and quarter of, he
bubble will seem less worth seeking.
SAVING CLorH.-The immense expenditure IN ~
British army accoutrements has, among other be~.
fits. developed machinery for making reg'menssg
by wholesale process; slender flexible saw IL ma6s
To do the duty of the talors scissor. Pile up hep
Of coth containing 100 layers squeeze the mass, a1
the saw which il worked by steam-power, can be z.
rected by skilfu hand so as to cut all the picse
simultaneously as required for complete suit.
To the Editor Of The y. y TrbuHe
SIR: In your paper of this morning, under the csts
ton Of Proposed Revolution in Car Building@
among the notes on q" Science, Industry and Invea'
ticn." find an account Of the La Mothe Patent lsa
Gar. WI ich in particular at least does less tan
Justice TO the invention, and beg that you viii alv
II e tpace for a correct on. The body OF an ordny
sized sxty-passenger car, buit on this princph,
weighs but 5000 80 10000 pounds Cindependentya
trucks and ,eats), while the corresponding part q
wooden cars, with much inferior strength, wei4s
l4dGO to 10000 pounds. The saving of weight 10 -
hauled is therefore from two to five tuns in the L.
Mothe Passenger Care In Freight Cars IT Is nom 10
10 three tuns II patented, not in 1850 but in IVA
and reissue obtained in 1856 T.. w. SARGENr
Ner- YO,k, April H. 1859
NEw TrPr-CoMPosISc MAoHISE.-On the -
several gentlemen invited TO private view -
new type con posing machine, IN practical operatAo
the pru ting establishment Of Messra. Bradbury y
Evans Whiteffiars, London. The machine il the b.
yention Of Mr. Robert atersley, of Manchester, ~
seems 10 be sin pile in construction aud eficaciousM
its purpose. The letters arranged in rows on al
BILE and by pressure key the desired letter Is MY
pas down groove into the composing stick"
onpos tor at work npOn it, and though he stad
cared To thoroughly understand it, and to use il wa
he greatest ease He stated that he could comp1e
and Justify" " stick of matter in seventeen m
tee, the time ordinarily en- poyed 70 perform "a
operation being thirty minutes. Tie further stated 0e
he could set up $40 letters hour, but that WI
a little more practice he thought he could do 900
ordinary rate Of composition by hand being about
ALI hour. One advantage Of the machine which ~
pointer out that mistakes are less liable 10 ocW
In setting up the type than by manual composition, -
consequent less time is spent 10 correcting. The
chine is rtainly very ingenious, and II on extfH
trial should prove IA eficacious as 1t appeared ~
brief inspection, 1t Is not UNLIKELY 10 nave 81
effect the printing trade tLiyerpooi lime
CHEAP PAPER-Dr. Collyer, whose reputata l
among paper-I al is assured from hs successiuf
pcaion Of beet root refuse in their manufacture,
rec. niy aghted upon an important discovery, whes
by full fifty per cent will be saved in the manufac
of paper, made either from wheat or oat straw, ~
waste, or other similar refuse material. -
The iusuperable difficulty which has attended ~
use Of raw ftrous substances lies in the exstendee
the silicous cOrex which envelopes the fiber tdc3
rid Il this slick; has been the object long desired -
sought after; for this desideratum being accOmplh6
the remainii G fb Of common straw is equal foroD
paper- akers purposes, 10 the best linen rags; in ~
il honestly produces stronger paper Separates q
silciOus matter may be effected, readers ~
aware by the of strong alkaline solutions, accom-
panied by great heat but this process involves sa
tain waste Of concentrated caustic alkab, which bs
costly eterial.
DIR. Collyer, has, however happily discoveries .
sin pie aud inexpensive method, which entirely ~
moves the sl-x after the Of weak alkaline soln-
ton and process Of boiling under moderate prss'
cure.
Tie straw OF fax refuse, before being boiled is sub
tilted the action Of machine, especially iDyente<
for the purpose by this gentleman. This machisf
OPENS cut the fiber, dsinegrates the scious cOre1
ard prepares it for the production Of pulp from which
can BE- made the best class writing and printing papers,
at one-hsf the present cost.
The whole expense of preparing one tun Of strs