Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1866-09-29
HinHnrial and Cemm~rcial.

The New York Posi- OF yts,sr dsy sfsraoou
Gays; The loan MARKET ~ extremely rass' ma
the raies tend 10 favCr The oJrro~er- f0ar per
cent. is the current rate. with rxrrptfOns ~ ,
and al The stock market m y.ry active ana
onoyant, sno The general sp~cniapsr m5ye-
me MT which has been evidently prsp prIax tor
some time past. uppears to b~ com M cing.
GovtInmsnis are strong The sixes OF fS6s
have ps-n TO $50 ON su founded r-pprt tsat
tie gov, rhmebtI Is buy uAg Ihem Hp. leh-i.r-
tvs arr active. and hav. sold up q s9y For
-'hiriies ihsrs is less inqamy. STATE stocks
aye nrm
fIon the baltimore Amsrican's review Of
markets in that city tor the past week we
qnc'. - .-
fiour- Hieh grace. were advanced Sc per
bbl. at the optboing OF the present week. Aad
other brands have sinceruIed fully csc. h,gher,
the mai ket closing strong in view of the re-
ducsd stock. Howard Street ann western
pal hu.ins 81 ha. been IN CITY MI. Fioar. the
manuisctnre Of which ~ restricied nv The
scarcity of good " HEAT Sal-s reports q CON-
pire 3,stO bbls. CITY Mile Shipping Extra,
inciading Cedorps and Mount Vernon brands
taken for the South American markei, At Sl4;
3.Cto bhls. City Mills Super at sIUaslu25; 500
ools; Howsrd ; rect DO mostly IN small lots,
ai SIC s5aSll; 600 bbls. North western do. AZ
50 5Oas 10; go bbis. Howard Street 90. n si2a
sl2-3I, and SEQ btls. Standard City Mills do.
at Sll.s5aSl2 per bbl.
Grain-Rsceipts of all varieties during the
past week have been very moderate, owing in
part 10 the stormy weather whsch has pre-
has been ..,asushsc os.r,nr. :, 10 ~. pTsSee Uotn
Exchange footed mp 25.0Oo bushels Wheat,
l5,u0 do. Corn, 22,oto do. Oats, and 1870 do.
Rye.
Provisions-The stock Of Bacon Is much re-
duced, the demand for near Southern markets
and home consumption having been active and
prices close a shade nrmer. No transactions in
Bulk Meats have been msde public BarreIied
Pork has brought FUN previous rates Stock
light. Lard has declined and closed inactive
and unsettled.
Suears-Prices have been maintained for all
grades under very fair inquiry. Sales in
cluded 90 hhde. Demerara. SIS hhds Porto
Rico. llo hhds and i05 boxes Cuba all on
private terms, 226 hhds. and ~ boxes refining
Cuba At lOh cents months, 100 hid. grocery
do at kal14 cents, and 100 hhds. Porto Rico
90. at 13ai4 cents.
whisky-Since our last weekly review sales
embrace 100 bbls Country, principally second
hand packages, at 81 39aS2 40. 600 bbls CITY at
s2ti, 200 bols Western at g 42ss2 40, ana 100
bbls. do. in small lots At 81 &4aS2f5. Market
lightly Supplied, but duh AZ the close.
ECONOMY OF HEAT AND CoNsuNPrIoS OF
SsoKE.-Amsng recent and valuable inven-
tons is the furnace Of Mr. Liemens Of England.
which has excited great interest in Great
Britain, where the presumed dearth OF mineral
fuel has been regarded with apprehension.
This IN vention, however, lays all such appre-
tensions at rect, for 10 literally economies all
the fuel and all the heat, and gives no smoke
IL has gas-producer, standing apart, in w hieh
the coal approaches the fireplace by an inc lined
plane, where IL is heated grad uafiy and parts
with all its volatile products, which pass
The fuel itself is slowly consumed; the car
bcnic acid-an incom bustIble gas-is coR vert
ed into combustble carbonic oxide BY passing
through the thick layer OF red-hot coal. Then
below the crate q cietern Of water e1vee on
steam, and each cubic foot of this steam.
as IL rises and passes through the fire, is de-
composed into double that quantity of hy-
drogen and carbouic oxide, which being in
nammable. increases the temperature. The
whole Of the heat productA travel through
the furnace and enter one OF four chambers,
or regeneratorr, as Mr.. Liemens calls them,
which are built In the lower part OF the struc-
ture. These four are used alternately while
one heats another cools, and the reverse.
They intercept The heat, which otherwise
would ny from the chimney in waste: and after
passing through the gas and air reach the heat
ing chamber, at nearly the heat OF that ch am
Der itself; a heat so intense that, unless modi-
ned, IL would fuse the furnace and every thing
exposed 10 Its action. No smoke esca pes: the
heat in the chimney is seldom suficient 20
slnge wool; and the saving Of fuel compared
with an ordinary furnace is from forty TO my
per cent.
For glass houses, steel smelters manufactu-
rers Of iron, and any trade or process In which
intense heat is eQuired, the liemens furnace
rs essentially suitable. As IL economies all
the heat deriyable from the combustio OF the
fuel-hfty or sixty per cent. OF which is now
loet-it is not likely TO be superseded IN our
day. The yearly saving by meaas OF tins fur
mace is far more than Its cost.