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"A sharp 90 errespOnaemce.
A few days ago the New York Sun
gave an account Of very successful
test Of new process for smelling iron
and glass at the brooklyn Navy Yard,
gentleman by the name Of 8. A. Sal
isbury being the inventor. The inven-
tion combined several practical revo.
lutions including the condemnation Of
steam, the utilizing Of smoke. the rapid
smelling Of iron, and the expulsion Of
sulphur and other foreign matter from
iron. SEE
In this invention the residuum Of
petroleum and coal tar is used for fuel,
and, by the aid Of Oxygen and hydrogen
gassss merging 10 one point the ordinary
heat of about 2, 700 degrees Is suddenly
increased to 5000 degrees. melting pig
iron In ten minutes instead oftwo hours
and making liquid glass in two hours
instead Of sixteen.
II would take too much space TO tell
Of all the advantages Of this great in
vention which is bound to revolutionize
manufactures. Some Of ths favorable
points in the invention referred to are
as follows: l. 1t has always been i'm
possible to fire the iron from carbon
and sulphur with the old methods. 2.
Ten charges are run of in day and a
night with the present process; the
same number will be run off in ten
hours with the new. One puddler will
turn out In ten hours the amount that
four puddlers and helpers now turn
out in twenty-four hours. 3. The
furnaces will be KEEP! hot for three
months continuously as the fire brick
becoming invitrifled by the intense
heat, will last that long. 4. Not only
is til. quality of the iron improved by
tn. new process. bnt the quantity Is
increased 100 pounds to the ton OF ma
terial. 5. One half the labor in finish
ing ID saved. 8. Tn. heavy labor Of
handling coal and removing ashes is
dispensed with. T. The cost Of fuel is
reduced one half, reckoning coal at on
ly % per ton. .ass.ars
The test Of this invention was made iu
tn. presence Of committee Of govern
ment officers, iron manufacturers, glass
blowers, and others interested. none OF
whom had any doubt ofits success, and
the inventor, Mr.. Salisbury, began to
spe mines Of wealth in his new dis
covery. He Immediately began to enter
tain the project Of going to Plttsburg to
revolutioniza the iron manufactures in
that city and put its 800 furnaces under
tribute to his new invention. All the
time that Mr.. Salisbury was in!ulging
in these dreams Of wealth from his new
invention which had burst upon the
public under such favorable circum.
stances, he was entirely unaware that
he was almost l3 years behind the
times, and that on February II, 1866,
DR.. VIM. Fields of this city filed a cav
eat at the patent otice at Washington,
for Just the same kind of an invention
for doing the same work, and with just
as great success
The invention related principally to
the purging and purifying OF molten
iron from the pig. Subsequently the
Doctor filed caveat for the utilizing
of smoke and genera lizing heat from Pc
troleum, Itbe residuum Of petroleum
and coal tar, the latter making a more
intense heat aud at a less expense than
The invention OF Mr.. Salisbury. The
caveat for the latter invention was re-
n-wed at Washington in August last.
He claims for his inventions all that Is
claimed for the Salisbury invention, and
says he can with his invention gener
ate and keep up steam at one half the
price OF coal, can melt iron at less than
half price, that his inventions are all
secured with patents and he says he
has the documents to show for them.
DR.. Fields seeing the account of Mr.
Salisbury's invention of course felt
deeply Interested and wrote to him
stating that he had patents covering
all of them, and that he might go ahead
by paying a ROYALTY.
The letter was answered by gentle
b,nan whom the Doctor understood to be
a United States Officer, fatly charging
him with end.avoriug to levy black
mail npon Mr.. Salisbury.
DR.. Fields then replied in sharp
letter, stating his surprise that gov
ernment officer should denounce any
body as a blackmailer, simply because
he stood up for his rights, and intima-
ted that he wouId acquaint the govern
pent with his conduct. This had the
effect 10 bring more digniied answer,
when apologies ensued, Mr.. Salisbury
inviting him, the Doctor, to come Ia
New York, and see his inventions, and
expressing his qualification that he had
invented so many good things. Thus
the matter stands at present, Dr.
Fields feeling c. nfid-nt that he has the
patent rights that covers all that Is
, claimed by the Brooklyn inventor. The
: Doctor informs us that in few days
he will have an Is inch boiler, 4 or
feet long, constructed to make a test o
his invention for generating heat and
steam.
Attempted Murder ny A Former
Ma yiander.
Jelou lily was the motive for another
probably successful attempt at murder
in New York Wednesday morning
On" George Howard, burly Maryland
negro, deliberately walked to the hous,
in Third avenue and Eightieth street
where his wife had been living for som,
months with another man, and shot he
twice, one ball entering her skull H,
then fed in 'othe park, pursed by poles
officers, whom he eluded, however, ant
escaped in the thickets. This is hi
second attempt to murder his wife, th'
former one taking place last summer
when he was prevented from accom-
plishing his purpose by the police. III
was tried for that attemptin September
when he was liberated on ~, 600 bail.