New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-12-08
Netp91ork Daily Gribn,se
FROM CALIFORNIA.

from Our Own Correspondent.
san FRANCISCO, Nov. IL, 1879.
The Address Committee, APPOINTED by the late
Pacific RairoadsC convention, have published An ad-
dress to the peOs Of the Statr urging then TO bor-
row SIS, 200 600 with which TO make a railroad
from this city 10 he eastern boundary lno of the
State. via San Jose and Stockton. The project
meets with much opposition, and it is pretty clear
that the majority of the Legislature elect will not
be willing to contract such debt. j must confess
that the proposed measure appears unwiso to me as
q Pacific Raroad" scscme, when We do not
know whether any PacfcsRarOad viii Dc built, or
whether il vii Dc built on the Central route. 1t
would certainly be very upprOhtabe for this State
to raise SO 00l, coo in ca-h-by giving bonds for
from 500 eco 600. to $4,000, 900 at y gh interest
- and bald Foad TO theeastern line a. the State,
about latitude $50, before the Federal Government
announces its intention to contract road across the
continent in about the same latitude.
1t has been suggested here that t1eE esult OF the
modern improvements IL the instrnn ents Of war
fare such as Rhine rites, ried cannon, balloons,
and military telee raphsl must be sofive immense
advantage in var TO thai side acting in sef-deense,
and that an enlightened people may be accustomed
10 the use ef these arms that large Orts and for
tifcaiOns Win lose muct of their dpU Ortance, aDd
standing armies will te of mueh less value and
strength thar in times past. 1t II proposed, there
fore that the Federal Government should supply
The State authorities % California with number
of rhed cannon, some longrange rifles, and GER
tain amount of ammur ltion annually to be distrib-
uted auOng the counties under proper security that
the arms should be well cared for by volunteer
military companies and be used with sufficient
frequency to give skill in their management, and
should In case of invasion al be SUBJECT with
their respective companies, to the orders of the
State authOrites-this supply OF arms and ammunl-
ton to be in lieu of ert citing further Publications.
The EnTqueta Quicksilver me three miles
south Of the New-Atnaden mine II Santa Clara
County. though discovered only abon. eight months
ago. and opened in June last, is already producing
800 pounds of quicksilver daily, at the rate of
$50 Geo pounds yearly, yield nearly equal to that
of the Almaden mine. This great and unexpected
prOductiyepess has caught Mr.. Laureoce, the chef
owner, without sufficient supply Of quicksilver
TASKS and all the iron "founderiss' where iron u
wrought as,yell as east, are busy now in making
TASKS at cost of about 81 apiece though they
can be Imported for 81. A quicksilver flask Is an
iron cylinder foot high and five inches in diameter,
and closed at both ends. 1t is made of sheet iron
an eighth of an inch thick, and ali the joints are
welded The mouth of the flask is al inch hole in
the middle of 0ne OF the end piece closed by
screw -stopple. The Ahd describes the process OF
making these TASKS thus:
1.-THE sheet iron is first cut by machinery into eon.
gated squares Ixl5 inches in size. ~ A. then rolled
INTO the required tubular form by berg heated and
placed between immense iron rollers carried by
steam and which seizing the sheet bend I into per-
fec,ly round form, as neatly as one wouit roll up
strip of uasteb0ard This operation Il but the work OF
2 few momeIts and a similar process seezrely Yields
the edges together lt is then grsped with PAIR OF
huge long-hatplad piDcers or tOngs, made 70 clasp
around the fask and placed inside Of roaring fur
uace It's fires fanned By a blower carried by steam
power. When thought to the proper degfee white
beaI, il is taken cat, and the bottom, which Is made
alx- fhac ur1fqr
en.e OF one end is placed, gently hammered while
siiE hot into its peoe and again submitted &c the fur
mace after which it is q second time hammered aud
welded. The ton - placed in the same manner. This,
Of course has a sinai hole for the topyle, and
this hole as well as the peculiar bend which forms
neck 70 the flask, il made by single blow OF the
great iEip-hammer. The process is not only interest
ing for It's novelty here bn for the remarkable eeler
" with which the TASKS made"
A hr. John :. Harbisen of Sacramento City,
claims 70 have made some important discoveries IN
regard te the habits OF bees, and inventions "a 10
the best kind of hives for keeping them. He pa
tented q hive in January last and il has taken the
premium al all the Californian fairs, when exhibited
The hive rs made that the honey and wax can te
taken out II packages Of two pounds each, witkost
breaking ths cells in the least. or disturbing the
bees: and the whole hive can be transported from
one place Ia aaOther with much less inconvenience
or INJURY than any other hive. A friend of niue
who knows Nr. HARRISON, says, that although an
ureducated man, be has made many interesting 0O-
seryatons upon bees. some of them as valuable as
sny of Hubers. 1t is well known that il is the
custom of the old queen bee to fy of with a swarm
when Young queen is about 10 Issue from her cell;
ard the Young queen is sooner out than she tears
open the other queen bees cell and kis the grubs,
thus saaking herself sole mistress of thai eommuni
ty. fit happen that TWO young queens Issue from
their cells at the same moment, they have deadly
fight, ard the survivor kills the grubs. Tins il 4
that all the young queens are killed save oRe and
the hive can be divided only into two parts after
the Matching Of brood of young queens. But Mr.
HARRISON has Warned to save all the queen grubs,
and he can divide q hive into "a many swarms as ne
has queens. Thus it is that he will have made
dozen hives from one IN q single season; whereas,
by the old method, not more than two or three can
be made. He can slso transfer bees ut VIII nom