New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-10-06

Crude Niuo- Benzine. 40 S. powder ........alO 90
The last is equal to the price Of gold And So says
NJ. PaIisel frcm coal carrsd to its tenth power we
have gold; the diamond isto come.
M Escsyrac de Lauture, the director of the scien
tc mission to China announces bas the Chiaese know
nothing of the distractions of algebra bu that they cal
culae with extreme rapidiy when aided by material
re representatives of numbers They have instruments
for celebration similar to the oJacus of the Romans,
but with which they are able TO calculate nearly tSi,s
as fast as We with our Arabic system of notation.
AT the national Ag'icultu'sl Exhibition at Paris
in June last, NJ Poignant, of ChalOussur-Saoue ex-
bbited ninety varieties of Indian corn. The culure of
Inoisn corn is ling much attention in France
DIR. George Bennett has recently published a book
entitled Gatherings of Naturalist IN australia lie
says that the power usually ascribed the Porto
puese Man-ofWar," the Physalia Pelagica of ri.iog
and sinking in the ocean at will, by the contract
and expansion of It's air-sladder doss not exist The
pesry nautilus possesss this 20 Eer which renders it
90 difficult 70 capture that it had never been seen by
any naturalist unit, 1892 Mr.. Bennett deyoes % pa
ges to tie most curious q1adroped of Australia the
Ducf billed Platypus, or Water-moe Ornthorhya-
chs P0rddorUs. The idea that the spurs Of the male
s'e poisonous is Incorrect TIE crea ure is perfectly
harmless, but its very questionable shape gest bad
name. Dogs utls,s trained stare at il in angry alarm
and csts run from it immediately. burrog is SONS
twenty feet long slipping upward from near tie wa
,eTs edge. DIR. Bennett was the brst European 10
explore Of theee burrows. He believes thai the
animal lie vo-,vipsrous and that it breeds only every
other year. Three young ones which he kept alive
for while very playful and amusing. When
Mug they were exceedingly animated their little
eyes eIs'ened and the oces Of their ears daed aud
contracted with rapidty They often climbed like
chimney sweeps to the top of bookcase by pla ing
their backs against the wall and their feet against the
bookcase. Some ines they would form single group
lying it's back With ou.stretohed paws another
Oh it's side, and the third rolled or ooed up like a
hedgehog the fore paws being placed under the besk
with tie bead and mapdibles bent do wn towards the
tail and the bind paws crossed the msndblas and
the tail turned up" Dr. Bennett unable to keep
any of them alive more than Eve weeks.
AT the meeting of the chronological Society last
week, Captain Dow, of the steamer Guatemala pre-
senttd q collection of curioses from Central America
One object was stone Fix inches high by eight 10 d.
ameter, and well carved in the form OF tigers head
1t bad hollow on the top, and was probably used as
or bowl. Among them was hideous human
figure, about foot high with a handle on It's back.
circular sacice-dish about ten inches In diameter
had rim supported by five human figures, standing
on narrow circular foot all carved in stone. gold
image from Of the graves of Chiriqui was in the
form of man holding bird in each hand, and with
one on bis forehead.
One thousand men are employed in the United
States in the manufacture of sewing machine needles
and the profits them amount to nearly $500 900 a
year. Since the introduction of the wing machine
the sale spoolcottop has increased to the extent OF
moro than million and half annually
Much interest is now felt among engineers as to
the economy Of using steam expanSively. Mr. Isher-
wood Chief Engineer Of the United States Navy af or
IA long series of experiments ia the Brooklyn Navy
Yard came to the conclusion that there was no appre
ciable advantage derived from working il expsntiysy
Recent experiments at the Metropolitan Flourog
Mills in this city, where there are two pairs Of very
fine engines indicate aso that there is no ad In
it, in spite Of the very evident theoretical advantages.
M. Faye hss, with M. RuhmkorT, made electric
experiments which confirm him in his theory that hest