Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1864-10-03
EUROPEAN ITEMS.
New York, Sept. 81 1884.

Recently ie,rfs accident occurred 10 a French
river steam boat on TIE Seine Tbs boat which ives 90
construction and very higS and narroE, WAS cam
msd Rth pNsengnTs rsnlnn itoa sspaah! eteufsiph'
resCbrE oue Of The rapid curves OF the river the
most y lea Val ex1smelJ crank luteAed violently And
threw The passengers all o. one side, slight haD6s
rail, which Was the ooly protection gsYo way snd more
than CITY persons WCrs literally emPued mo deep WAter'
The sosne Wss dreadful for al went DIVA tog ether In
mass, locked together and oingng 10 ana srnggnng
vth each o.her Nos over seven eight are thought
70 have extr ca ed themselves from The conu ion, ana
eec,ped by swimming. More than thirty dead oodae
bsys bV the lat ACCOUNT been already taken from the
river TIE distress occasioEed throughout the neigh-
Dor! God, IL 10 ssid, was heartrendnS'
The last Ink in the railway which connects PARIS
and Madrid, is now conveying Plsseog.r To- ana Ihe time
between the two CAPITALS ia only ihiIt 1--WE hours
stance $40 miles re for frat class l65 Ira os, OF
Abou SS2 The ROAD hss been con;tructei mostly with
Fr.rch money, aud by Fetoh engineers ana trehch
ENTERPRISE. No road Was more needed than TINS o1e'
When the road from R:ms to Milan, and the one from
Ps,th to Oon.tnuope flashed, all the great CAPT
tails Europe ON Peter burg TO NIpe', and from
Madrid to Ooastantnope, vii b, placed in railroad
Communication. TIE tims bstWeen s. Peter blrg and
Madrid, By way o! BeAn. COLOGNE, Paris and B!rdeAu1
Is los hours
A writing machine has at length been discovered.-
THE Il novel and curious instrument which has been
Invented By French artisan named Bryois. l. Is for
the Purpose OF ticking shorthand notes with more thsR
ugual rap dity consists of series (f levers worked
BIZ keys Ike piano, and ecrg on set Of types which
impress them Flves slip OF paper which ID gradually
uofolled. Working only wi oae finger, an ordirary
reporter can work quickly as the best 10
porter but by ming the tWo Lands the rApidity is in
creased immensely!
The idea Of utlzrg coal dust, by puti5g It In such
form as to serve for 1ue is practically carried out in
lpum, The end il IF c.ed by comb ling eight parts
of coal tar with ninety -four parts OF coal dns. This
mixture sui sct,d TO great heat becomes pas'e,
which is into cakes. These cakes warranted
to produce net ore than six per cent OF ashes and are
in great demand for generating tteAm on railway 10
conceive.
Duntirk journalist, in sep'ember last, aUxouI to
prove that Faroe possessed animals of merit
gave 10 his psp)r the following example, in proof Of
tho truth OF mis- aascr.ion M Jolly" fad he, "a
II VI of A9bayille. ia in possession o! bsau
bird organ, he hiss taught TO sing several # ,reni
air'. HIS success in this instance has determined him
to try the cams experiment. with turkey and he e1-
poets to eucc ed.
Tle AoatrOSs RevoD SEQ oh papar, says It has in
tellgenoo from larter lite reliable that the Earl
Of Airlie who has gone to the United Safes, carries
with him the vie o the Government on the present
aspect of Affair." and will Offer himself to the Cjufeds
raCy a medium of communication with tho British
Government"