The weekly Butte record., 1867-07-06

COPPER SMELLING FAfLCRE--Accorllg to the
Coiusa Sun, the Lyon Copper Sleiting Company
have made failure IN their works-their furnace
..gould sneit the copper, but thev could rot SIC
ceed in ruuuinE it out Failures from the cost of
producing the metal being IN excess Of its vsGe.
might sometimes be allowable. especially in I: Ut
tuating market: but failure from the cause above
limited al ought not 10 be incurred. The ore Is said
10 be rich enough to pay and IN sufficient quantity.
If such IS the case the skill 10 obtain the metal
within the reach Of every comp ny, and where
judgment is used in securing II, no mere neehall-
cal failure ought 10 Occur
Since writing the above, We learn the company
are going ahead and are engaged IN starting new
furnace after Investigating matters thoroughly.
The energy displayed by their agent Mr.. Weyand,
does not Indicate faiure.-hinins PTsss.
ANOTHER singular duel recently took place in
Berlin between journeyman syeIsnith and an
other artisan. The arms selected we're q bottle of
sulpGurie acid. The arrangement was. that which
ever of the two adverse ries threw the lowest with
dice should swallow the contents OF the fatal vial.
Chance favored the silyersmlih who Immediately
poured out glass Of the liquid and handed it TO
his adversary who unhe>talingly drank it of, bu,
to the astonshmeut OF his antagonist, instead OF
falling senseess. smacked his lips and asked for
another glass. The seconds had acted on the sen
sible idea of substituting arrach Tor the corrosive
fluid. II is ha rdlY necessary to say that the affair
terminated in reconciliation.
IT turns out that many of the foreign heathens
Turks Tunisians. japanese, chinese, etc. who form
one OF the chief attractions OF the Paris Exposition
are nothing but frenehmen in disguise, after all
speaking no language but that of the Faubourgs
and having nothing exotic about them but their
clothes. The fact came out the other day IN an &C
ton brought by the manager OF 'Chlnese dra
matte company against builder who had failed to
have theatre ready for them TO play in by the
dav agreed upon. Nay. it is even said that the
Dutch, Russians and other people who figure IN ma
tional restaurants in the most fantastic of national
dresses speak French marvelously well. but break
down lamentably when they try 10 use the tongues
to which they profess TO have been born.
PNEUMATIC DIsPaTcH-The Legislature of New
JERSEY chartered a company to construct tube be-
tween Newark and New York, through which 10
force parcels by the pneumatic process. The Mas
sachuSetts Legislature is about charterlng Pneu-
matte Dispatch Company, 10 operate between Bos-
ton and Roxburv. A company applied 70 the Leg
isiature of New York for similar charter, but the
nemsrs wanted to charge so 900 10 pass the bill
and because the gentlemen interested did not feel
willing to stand rhs amount OF black mail, the bill
failed TO go through. As an exchange remarks
lit may not be many years, however before our
mail and express packages will be sent over the
country like wads from pop-gun.
SURVEYS AT PANANA-Ihe Government at Wash
ineton will soon issue typographical work, con-
anna and Lower Mexico, made for the purpose OF To-
eating a ship canal across that country, by which
the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans will be connected.
1t will also embrace A map OF survey made by the
Government Of SPAIN when it had dominion over
that section with view to establish inter oceanic
connection. This survey was made years ago, and
the map has but recently come into the possession
of our Government. It includes charts OF all tn
coasts and harbOrs of prominence on the Mexican
coast of the Gulf and Pacific Ocean and is OF great
value to the commercial world, as it is more cor
rect than any that have been made siuce.
WHEN the Polish Count Czapska was sometime
ago sentenced TO Imprisonment and hard labor for
political offences, his wife went to St. Petersburgh
to beg for his pardon but being unsuccessful IN
her apple ation she fell into state of detection,
and at last resolved to put end TO her lite She
seated herself in arm chair. which she had pre-
viouSly surrounded with a quantity of paper, and
setting fire to the combuStible material, was 10 und
soon after by her servants dreadtullv burned. but
smiling in the midst OF her agony and firmly re-
solved to ole. She expired two days atterward.
leaving five children.