The sun., 1862-02-18

dus dsHbsrsten. they rsnAsred the sslIowiue v.,
dic
"Ths, Ps,p,ck Mssthevu came 10 h,s ds.,h 49,,
dfufies inAic.ed w-,h knla IN Ihs hsndS N .I,h
vgncids, and ,hat Wm. whistoa and JAnss !, a y
vtve acoersoriss W the 40"
The uhres prisonsrs were locked up 70 avAh N
sceicn 81 the d-.nd jury.
kH.GoVKRNoR PKSNuGroN POISONED =
MORPHINE TAKEN ny hIsTAKn-The Hon
william Peasnstos, Of Newark, lA,e speaker Of III,
House Of Representatives, died a, his resSenc,
Sunday morning Al O'Clock, a. announced In yes
terdAJs paper.
me ]overnor's last appearance In public WIS OF
Enuradsy evening lsst, when he attended a leCsur,
al Libr'ry Hall, when he complained q being un.
well. aud unfit 70 be out Of the house. The follow.
ing morning he sppeared n be iu falling health, and
DAParker, of New York, and Dr.. Pennington, Of
.Ak. N. j., were summoned and remained in
khce upon him, employing every effort for his
His complaint was typhoid fever
lines affected him severely As v cause
liberation Of mind
.N0kfporning he appeared 10 be no better
lB{1A3aon was written for auinine, and
~y srug store Of DR.. Q. w. badger, on
B AEswark. The prescription, directing
pow SAs dispensed, aud labelled ,tluinine.r-
shorlpSher the powder wss administered 70 the
Governor In the course Of a few minutes ID was
discovered that there WAS some.hing wrong, and on
examination tie powders were discovered 10 be NOR.
rhine, eight grains Of which had been taken. This
fad sfsir wi be fully investigated, when particulars
will be made public.
MECHANICS AND TRADEsNES's UNoN.-
The Rev. =. q. Enecr delivered lecture before
L. 1ns1g ff...t4 II
War ia Measng in the Worlds History, aud its
Probable Results"
EXHIBITION FOR LADIES Tomorrow after
noon at o'cl,cl, DR.. Cotton proposes W give an
exhibition Of the Laughing Gas 'or ladies only, ~
She Cooper Institute, changing dime admission 10
ever expenses.
GEN. SCorT ARouND rrE Crrr.-About
eleven O'Clock yesterday, the wei. known coupe OF
Gen. Scott drew up In front Of Leary's hat store,
under the Astpr House, and Gen. Scott entered
tle store. The fact speedily noised around:
and large crowd quickly assembled, anxious t1
convey u the General the Fort Donelson news
which had just been received. The General re-.
treated 10 the inside Of the building and emergei
nj another door, but was speedily recognized and |
greeted by tumutuous cheers
The Gmerd anorwarts went In his carriage "
the Leather MsnuiAc turers' Bank, in William street
near Wall, FOR the Transaction OF business. and |
was a. speedily recrgnizsl there "a At the Astor
House As the car,isge stopped and the venerable |
form OF Me General appeared At the door, the
crowd, which by this time was very large re-
mov'd h'ir hats and broke into a loud eheer
Gen IT raised his bat and bowed his acLpovI.
edgemcnts, his white hair waving in the wind and
his face expressive of emotion at the unexpeo,ed
Vnd Informal greeting.
Gen EOlt tho n .nk ,ha .,s, - ...-f. |
ing his return. While In the Bank the disna,,b !
was sent n him from the CoNvgRct,L" ne..p,. |
per once, announcing the surrender ot Fort Don. |
olson. The General read IL aud rona kei IA WAS
a pity that great rascal Floyd has c,pei" The
heaLth ~ Gen Scot. has much improved duiing the
last two or three weeks. He nov walks e,sIv
without assistance.
CALoMc ENGINEs-INcRENsEp rsp OF THE
NJ" MOTOR The eNcitemsni which aitsndeI tbe
uis'"Very OF the power Of hot air having in a n,ea.
sure oiei away but the merits e tho c.1ric en- lima
tAWily introducing il tp the fsyorabls notice % |
business men, Il May not be uninter sting % our
eadtrs l. give some few facts Illustrative OF its pr,
girss ani the new and valuable applications being
made ~ it.
Inc ealortc engines arc mNiuiy manufa,tur ! by
the h'ms ct Cloot, Bros s sihensctady, and J. p
motifs d Cos Philadelphia for the company holding
~ t.uc,trnt and d,i-- 49,. i,.-,, o. | a..
IIudaon sireets all the engines male by these aud
ether RrmS, are taken apart, tes,ed aud prepared
for sale There are now about 700 ~ these engines ,
n use In drrent parts Of tue world, aud all ara re-
reported ~ working we'll Several bntf' manly pea
sure yachts, the calorc engines and II Is e'nel
that they are safer, more ecunumca' AM occupy |
lee. space than steam engines Of eInl p'we'' The
Grace Irving, one Of there boats now At Newport
has been ouI in the roughest weather, aud her ca
rines have always been all that wNs desired. Two
others Of THESE caorc propelled b'ats' are IN ihe
Savannah River, and iu four years' ser'.ce have
LwAys given satisfaction. A fourth belongs b. Mr..
: H. Deameter, of this city. The sales OF the ca
o,ic engines in tho year ls6) were about StO2oOl
' m In ,Gi in Consequence Of the disturbances Of
the country, were something less how much, the
,bliging agent Is unable 10 say. About 81 900 we're
rue the Company at the Snuih, At the time the se-
,ression fever broke out, all Of which has been set
down as lost One of these ca1ric engines,
loube 2i.inch cylinder, has just been placed on
= Randalls Island, 70 work shoe pesSng machine.
Another engine Of the same size, about four horse
power is also about n be sent t. Busnos Ayres, s.
d., where a number Of cAloric engines have pre- |
yiously been put in use.
K new application ot these engines, for which a
patent has been secured, is making use OF them Tor
fog signals. By means Of oompressng mir in tank
Il
II length, a diaboca howl Is produced, either mo-
N mentarily or continued " any required length,
which can lie heard a, a distance OF ten miles. Taeae
.trg signals are now in in the Lighthouses On
tChs,cher's Islani,and at New Hsyen,a and are prefer
lred by the q G1verRment 10 any application OF steam
to the same purp se, there is no danger OF An ex-
posion NJ engineer Is required - work the engine
and their coat is but small.
Still auo,her use has been found FOR the
vAOrio power-running sewing machines. Gold air
i forced by the engine Ihrough tubes into little cyl
tnders connected with each machine, and IS made
10 do the required work with a great regularity,
speed and saving of human power and expense
The SAINT principle Is applied to hosting machines
In warehouses and number %! arms who have em-
poyei It speak in the highest terms OF its success
TIE uses 10 which the motor Is now applied are
perhaps mere varied than those Vi steam, no other
kuoVledgs oi engines being necessary, 70 run It,
= than n kn5w how T. make hre
III GEy. ISAAC s. KILLocIt, of B),ton reputa.