The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1861-06-11
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SUPEGHEATlNG STEAM.-The London Times gives
an account OF very interesting trial trip of the
steamship Mooltan, built for the Peninsnlar and
oriental Company, which is introducing new ap-
paratus designed to diminish the consumption of
uei, and thus far with remarkable success In one
instance, the consumption has been rednced thirty
Wtee ue per cent, l. e., from 60 to 40 tons per day-
I'm ltn Tue Mooitan a vessel of 1900 tons( the com
p%"y are trying to achieve still greater results and
r laih 'noaihcaons in the plan of the machine
t66 hh"pN' with only four small boilers engines of
Goals n power and a consumption of one ton of
oFIG1p p't hour, to make this vessel average a speed
the London Times saws. As tNe '''"i 'llP'
In spite of at first having a strorx hoo. -, /.
DoVer ana strong tide against her aIr tbaw
except during three hours, the Mooltsn ayerorad .
little over nine knots, and in a run nf ., E
ohly consumed 20 tons 10 cwt. of Goals Tbis ,~a
an almost astonishing success. The fuel used yoS
patent, so that count tally of every bIock nut a
c"uid De Kept. For nearly hours only AZ
TONS were used, and while the screw was goino ar
% revolutions and the engines Indicating between
l,lOO and 200 horsepower, the vessel going
through the water at nearly ten knots not COM
plete ton, 1t Is stated, used in any single
hnur. VI course, the engines are superheating
heing htted with Lambs apparatus in the bottom
VI VI the tunnel, aud from this the steam passed at
from $50 degrees to 800 into the cylinder-the
pressure IN the boilers being 2Ob in the engines
rom rom l'l2 To- to lSb. But from the time of pass
ing the South Foreand till the vessel anchorad off
Ne''ey 'he weather was mild and the sea as
cain as mill pond. How far crossing tho Roy
". nisu"t IN winter IN the teeth of heavy head
WIND and sea would influence the consumption of
uel necessary to keep the Moultan going 10 knots
IL is noc~difhcult to conjecture. In our humble
Judgment, one ton per hour is not only unlikely to
90 this, but even in ordinary passages to maintain
the rate the Government demands of mail steamers
tne average OF consumption, it is probable, will
h"' "heh urlVlng De much under ton and a half
per hour; and when we remember that even tbis
outside estimate is a ton an hour less than what
other ships are driven fer at the same snaad Ivs
tnihE we give Messrs. Humphreys the credit for
making machines which, it successful, will be of
almost lncalculabe value to this country A saving
OF 80, or even 25 per cent. on the consumption If
.uel IN seagong steamers, means on equal SAVING
IN IN lhe number OF men required for stokiug and in
the stowage space for cargo. To economic sucb
an amount of fuel would give the PeninsuIar ond
Orlentsl Company a clear gain of more than
tZoO,OOO year on the expenditure for coal alone
sG'hg aSlue tue gam In reduced labor and increas-
ed stowage.
EFFECTS OF w AR ON wsPAPgRs.-It ia ar.
roneously supposed by many that, however disas-
trous the war may be to other branches of busi-
ness, IL mas proved wndfall to the newspapers
ana that editors are rapidly accumulating fortunes
lt IS not seldom that the remark is heard s.It ia
only the newspapers and those who furnish army
supphes that make money nOw.' This opinion is
oasea upon the fact that the universal desire for
news creates an increased demand for papers II
Is doubtless true that the circulation of ali newSna
perS mas received considerable increase from the
cause named; but this is trihing offsett to the
teIepranS, cOrTpsDDndanpe
&C, which are made necessary by the continual
movements OF the forces in the field and the con
Stantly occurring events and incidents of the war
NO daliy paper depends upon its circulation or
SUBSCRIPTION list for its profits. Its chief source of
income especially in the cities, is from advertis-
ing When business is utterly prostrated as now
anu disaster has compelled many leading houses to-
close their DOORS and others to curtai advertising
patronage Is to great extent withdrawn and the
newspapers suffer prOportiOnately. There is no bat
ter index of the state of trade and the market
than the advertising columns OF a commercial iDur-
nal J
Instead Of reapng a harvest through the presart
war; the indications everywhere palpabe that
me press feels its effects injuriously if not to the
disastrous extent suffered by most other branches
OF business.
Few who read the daily news have any concen-
ton OF the immense expense incident to the pub-
catl0n OF daily paper at the present time. The
single item of telegraphc dispatches as furnished
10 tue Associated Press, is in itself modest for
time The receipt of newspaper must indeed be
large to place great profits in the pockets of its
publishers. We Opine that contracts for army
supplies are in many cases far more remunerative
ana that editors are not to be enTied above otbe
men,
THoors IN VmcINrA.-The following estimate is
found IN the Baltimore correspondence of the New
York Herdid:
Richmond and its Notifications s.......... Ii 0oo
Norfolk Portsmouth, Gosport and Nansemond river $1,000
l'yucburg tcamp of instruction. ........... GOO
ana near harpers Ferry, under Gen Johnston.
SAnassds zap Junction: $1,000
Strasburg, Salem and along the road 0 Manassas
junction. Is coo
rreaerlcksours II 600
rI' '''''' ''''...'''.'. 5000
5000
| Ths batteries and dcfences along York river. 1000
Palees ana detehctS along RarpahannOck river. 1000
Bnrkesvile, Charlottesville and Gordousville.. Q 900
| The batteries at and near Aqua creek .... , 600
'ueras torganizedl Observation-Disclosures. 5000
Total in the field aud under "r'-- IA chat 10, 600
In ad1 ba MI tO
."y rrtgrura, wnere they might be needed,
In short time.
Mr.. RUSSELL, CORRESPONDENT OF THE LONDON
TIMEs.-Mr NJ. c. Russell, kinsman of DR.. W. II.
Russell, the correspondent of the London Times,
writes from jackson, Miss, in reference to a pub
lished letter dated New York, 10th April and pur-
porting to be addressed to the London Times He
says:
In this letter DR.. r. is made to express senti-
ments OF hostility to, and disapprobatiou of the
course OF the Confederate States and laudatorv in
the highest degree of 90 one of the freest and
best Governments on earth!' This production in
Its entirety DR.. Russell prunouncrs forperv and
| am pleased to be made the medium Of so calling
It In ms name. He has bad occasion more than
once to contradict misrepresentation of the press
but rarely las in the present instance) to brand
whole pseudo letter a forgery of language if
not Of sentiment
| STARVING THE SoUrH.-In the parishes of Iber-
willie and West Baton Rouge, La, the rice crop
promises an abundant return for the labors of the
| planter Corn never looked in more aourishing
state; indeed, we have been several plantations
where that necessary article of food now stands
| above eight feet high, and is looking remarkably
healthy. The prospects are that there will be the
most prolific yield hitherto gathered, to say moth
ing OF the enormous breadth allotted this year to
that staple article of food.
And as to sugar, the most intelligent planters
of opinion that Louisiana this will produce
four hundred thousand h0gsheads!
MONEY WANrED.-Several States are now in the
| markei for large amounts of money.
| Indiana asks for 81 200 0O0
| Michigan puts in proposals for S.. 600, ,OOO
! Illinois asks for S., 900 O00
, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Vermont, and New
| York city swell the aggregate to S2l 800 0OO
The above is exclusive of the forthcoming new
| loans of New York and Massachusetts, NJ
| The Federal Government wants one hundred
millions of dollars; and another hundred millions
| at the back OF that. The expense of the war on
the last basis Of operations is less than one mil
lion OF dollars a dav ALBANY argus.
THE VoTE IN WESTERN YGRGTNIA.-In the Trans
Allegheny region OF the State, where all the oppo-
sition to the secession ordnance made, 23,0l5
votes were given in its favor, to 10 sos against it
| showing that secession triumphed there by
34l0. Out of the sixty-one counties in Trans-Alle.
ghany, thirty nine voted in favor, and TWENTY-FIVE
against the ordinance. The maiorities given by
Northwestern counties lin the Valleyl for seces-
sion being $500, it thus appears that Western Nr-
ginia did vote for the ordinance bv at least 600
majority. This will do very we'll for the land of
Carlile, of Brown, of Jackson, ct Ill ontne genus-
] Richmond E.caminer.
Provisions AT MANASSAS GAP.-A gentleman
who came from Manassas Gap-not junction on
| Saturday last, gives decisive information.
He visited the camp at that point, and says in point
of supply of provisions, it is filled like Cincinnati
pork house. Barrels of first class provisions are
stored there by thousands, while eighteen hundred
live cattle, driven over from Kentucky, arrived
, there when he left. Our informant saws that the
Confederates have perfected ample arrangements
in Kentucky for uninterrupted supply of food
and forage. Manassas Gap, h= says is fortified
. into immense strength and ctn b. taken only by
great bOodshed.
The appearance in England OF the Gorilla and
Mr.. DuChaillu. its expaiter has much excited the
populace. The Gorilla is to be the lion OF the
season Yet the prudent British cannot but own
that there is a touch of eXtTavagHnce about It,
and also about the whole OF DuGhaillu's narrative.
: Meanwhile Professors Hurley and Owen en-
paoed in A controversy to the conformation OF
The GorilIa's brain. Owen is supposed to have
: blundered about the overlapping OF cerebrum
;, and cerebeum, which excites surprise in scenthc
> circles.
Capt. Davis, of bark Manhattan, arrived at BOs-
ton from Bermuda, states that on the LIST inst, Il
=, Nantucket South ShoaI. N.N.W W. 200 miles, saw a
: clipper bark steering South, showing secession
flag.
HONE MANuFAcrUREs.-A foundry in this city i