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EBENSBURG, PA.
THURSDAY, JANUARY 24. 1850.
ZTTHC-SksTiHSU, has much the largest cir
culation of any paper published in this county
and as an advertising sheet offers superior
inducements to .merchants and. business : men
generally. Those desirous of making us of
this medium for extending their business can
do so by either sending their notices direct, or
through the fvlloicing agents;
John; Grouse, Esq., Johnstown.
E. 17. Carr Evans Buildings, Third st.
Philadelphia.
V. B. Palmer, Esq., yew York, Philadelphia
vnd Baltimore.
Appointment by' the Canal Commissioners.
William S. Campbell, to be Super
intendent of Motive Power and Supervi
sor of Repairs on the Allegheny Portage
Railroad.
It is with no small degree of pleasure
that we are enabled to make the above
announcements our readers. Mr. Camp
bell is a man who fully understands the
duties and responsibilities of the important
office to which he has been appointed, and
he has the tact and business qualifications
o enable him to discharge the duties in
cumbent upon him with singular ability.
Cambria; county which is perhaps most
deeply interested in the appointment o
Superintendenf has at length been honored
by the selection of one of her own citizens
whose interests and sympathies are conso
nent with her own.
P. S. Since the above was in type, we
have receixed the following additional
appointments: -
Collectors.
Stewart Pearce, Columbia; S. S. Big
ler, Harrisburg; George Smith, Beach
Haven; Stephen Wilson, Northumberland
Allison White, Dunnsburg; C. D. Eld red,
Williamsport; C. Thomas, Liverpool; S.
Law, Newport; D. W. McCormick, Lew
istown; A. S. Harrison, Huntingdon; A
A. Douglass, Hollidaysburg; E. Zeigler,
Duncan's Island Bridge; J. Shoemaker;
Juniata.. Aqueduct; A. Stewart, Swatara
Bridge.
Supervisors.
J. M.Soliiday, Delaware Division; B.
8ay!or, North Branch; Thos. Bennett,
West.Branch; D. Rodearmel, Susquehan
na; J. M'Laughlin, Eastern; J. S. Miller,
Lower Juniata; J. P. Anderson, Upper
Juniata. 1
Cargo Inspector.
G. N. Smith, Johnstown.
TFcighmasters.
M. H. Horn, Easton; Robert Williams,
Hollidaysburg; J. G. Chesney, Northum
berland. CsTWe again tender our thanks to A.
Drum, Esq., of the Senate, and Messrs.
Smith and Hastings of the House, for
useful public documents.
,t(7The Harrisburg Union states that a
petition is now in circulation, to be pre
sented to the Legislature, chiming justice
al its hands for the volunteers of the State
who served in the Mexican war. Under
the laws of this State, they claim a cer
tain amount of money as due them, and
ask that a committee of the Legislature be
appointed to examine the claim.
Thomas C. McDowell, Esq.
It affords us much gratification to an
nounce to our readers that this gentleman
has been elected State Librarian at Har.
nsburg. This is a very pretty post, and
we know that he will make a kind and an
obliging officer. The honor could not
have been conferred on a man more wor
thy of it.
Slate Treasurer.
On Monday last, John .2. Michel, Esq.
of Schuylkill county, was elected State
Treasurer to take the place of Gideon J
Ball, the present incumbent. Mr. Mickei
is said to be a democrat of the "right
stripe."
tyCol. M'CIure, of the Juniata Senti
nel, says of the self-elected Speaker of the
State Senate, that "He is not the most ef
ficient Speaker the Senate ever had, nor
is his appearance altogether prepossessing.
He looks pretty much like the slab cut
off a crooked stick tall, slender, stooped,
with a small bald head and a hatchet
face." Just such an appearance as any
one' would suppose him to possess who is
acquainted with - the disreputable part he
JitIv nlavcd.
IOC
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AISENTIEL
Export of
TH02I1S J. POWER, ESQ. -We
look upon the Report of Thoma3 J.
Power, Superintendent of the Allegheny
Portage Railroad as giving a very fairjmd
correct'statemen of. "the actual condition
atth'e present tin, and 'of what: repairs
are necessary to place it in proper order
for transacting the :business of the approach
ing season. As' we cannot find room for
it entire this week we will make such ex
tracts from it as we deem most important
and therefore most acceptable to our read
ers? .
The purchase of two new locomotives
is urged as soon as possible, and a number
of the old ones require considerable repair
ing to place them in running order. The
total motive powerexpenses duringthe past
year were $163,453 93, and the total ex
penses were $140,533 59,leaving a balance
in favor of motive power department
of 821,920 34. The estimated amount re
quired for motive power purposes for the
coming season is $163,700 00. Out of
this amount $15,000 is required previous
to the of first April 1850
Owing to the decayed condition of the
timber in the track, it was found necessa
ry on several divisions to increase the num
ber of workmen, and extensive repairs
were made at Nos. 4, 5, 6, and on the
foundation and roof of Riggers' loft. The
decayed state of the timber, superstructure
of .the track the delapidated condition o
the inclined planes, and the worn out state
of a large amount of the edge rails on the
levels, render a heavy expenditure neces
sary to enable the road to pas3 the in
creased trade and travel which may be
expected upon it by the completion of the
Central road.
The total amount of railroad tolls re
ceived during the season were $54,012 G3
being an increase of 2,390 73 over those
of last year, and tfie expenses of the repair
department amounted to $45,664 70.
Should the Legislature authorize the lay
ingjof the ascending track on the inclined
planes with a heavy rail, the engine hous
es to be repaired, cast iron or leaden water
pipes to be laid, and new rails to substitu
ted on the levels where old ones are de
caved, the sum of $92,085 00 will be re
quiredfor that purpose
The completion of the Western Reser
voir is earnestly requested, and an appro
priation of $45,000 is stated to be neces
sary to complete it.
. Mr. Power also urges upon the Legisla
ture and the Canal Board the propriety of
dispensing altogether with the inclined
planes on the western side of ihe'mountain
by making a new road along the bed ofthe
stream which runs parallel with the pres
ent road, and states that $549,038 00 will
be sufficient to accomplish that object.
He asserts that by the adoption of this plan
there would be annual saving to the Com
monwealth, after paving interest on the
the amount required, of $39,407 25. This
recommendation is of such importance
that it should elicit the earnest and
earliest attention of the Legislature. Its
practicability we regard as being beyond
a doubt, and the entire State should feel
an interest in its adoption, not only on ac
count of the increased facilities it would
afford for transacting business on our pub
lic improvements, but because ofthe large
amount that would thereby bo annually
saved to the Commonwealth. Hut wo.
will conclude ia the language of Mr. Pow
er himself:
But there are other advantages of much
greater importance than that above stated.
I he capacity of the road would be more
than quadrupled. The necessity of an
expenditure of a large sum to put the five
western planes and the machinery m pro
per order, would be avoided. The State
would possess thirteen miles of new road,
which would not require more than one
third of the amount now expended annu
ally to keep it in repair, and the trade and
travel of the Central railroad, for a dis
tance of twenty or twenty-five miles,
would be secured, as they would willingly
adopt the State road for that distance, and
abandon the idea of constructing one of
their own trom Johnstown to the Sum
mit. That part of the road which I propose
to avoid, has five inclined planes upon it,
with two stationary engines at each of
them. The planes were originally laid
with a light plate rail, placed upon string
timber, (a kind of road that is expensive
to keep in repair, extremely dangerous,
and now almost obsolete.) The iron is
so much worn and broken, as to require
renewal. The water for the stationary
engines is brought to the planes in tempo
rary wooden pipes, laid upon the surface
ofthe ground, and require heavy repairs
annually; frequent delays are experienced
from their getting out of order. In place
of these, cast iron or leaden pipes must be
substituted, and laid sufficiently deep to
protect them from the frost. One hundred
and twenty-four tons of the iron, on the
levels that would be avoided, are worn
uu 4iiu icijuur. renews . l ne pnmnA
houses at the head of the planes require
extensive repairs and alterations, to pic -
pare them for tha increasirfg trade. The
capacity of the planes must be increased
oy altering auu sirengTiienuisj..xne m.acii
neVy. New foundations mut.be built for
three ol. the engines; various minor iraH
provements will be necessary, inihecourse
of a year or two.if the old road is to be
ept up. . -
I annex an estimate of the cost pf . ma
king these 'repairs and improvements, on
he west side of the mountain, . ine incurr
ring of which amount would be unneces
sary, if the Legislature should authorize
the proposed -alterations:
For new boilers for the second
: set of engines, - .:- $3,000 00
four miles of water pipe, ,
two hundred and fifteen tons
of rails for inclined planes,
at $60,
four thousand two hundred
'cross-ties, at 28 cents,
laying track on planes,
three new foundations for en
gines and machinery,
alterations and repairs to. en
gine houses, .
altering and strengthening
machinery,
one hundred and eighty-sev-en
tons of iron for the lev
els, at $60,
three tons of castings for the
levels, at $45.
two tons of spikes, at $1 40,
8,500 00
12,900 00
1.176 00
2,000 00
5,000 00
5,000 00
5,000 00
1 1 ,220 00
".135 00
. , 280 00
51,211 00
The value, to the Commonwealth, of
the old materials, from the road that would
be avoided, would be as follows:-
For ninety-eight tons of plate
rails from planes, at $25, $2,450 00
one hundred and twenty-four
defective edge rail from
levels, at $25, 3,100 00
one thousand four hundred
and twenty -four tons of
sound edge rail which will
answer to replace the de- .
fective ones on the other
part of the road intended
to be kept in use, at $60, 85,440 00
six hundred and fifty tons of
cast ironchairs, fit for .use,
at $45, 29,250 00
fifty tons of cast iron chairs,
unfit for use, at $15, 750 00
ten stationary engines and
machinery, at $2,500, 25,000 00
ten houses and lots at the
planes, at $400, 4,000 00
Amount of value of materials, 149,990 00
Add amount necessary to be
expended if the old road is
to be kept up, . 54,21100
204,201 00
This amount, deducted from the total
coat of the new work, five hundred and
forty-nine thousand and thirty -eight dollars
will leave the actual cost of the new work,
only Jthrce hundred and forty-thousand
eight hundred and thirty-seven "dollars.
The interest on this sum, at six per cent.,
is twenty thousand six hundred and ninety
dollars, while the annual saving in the ex
penses, it has been shown, would be thirty-nine
thousand four hundred and seven
dollars and twenty-five cents, thus making
a clear saving of eighteen thousand seven
hundred and seventeen dollars and twenty
five cents annually, over and above the
interest on the cost of making the propos
ed impromvement. This when added to
greatly enlarged capacity of the line, that
would result from the adoption of my sug
gestions, I apprehend, will commend the
alteration to the favorable consideration of
the Board.
OCrThe committee in the Pennsyl
vania Senate, to whom was referred the
the memorial ofthe EditoriarConvenlion
held in Harrisburg a short time since,
praying for the passage of a law authori
zing the publication of the laws in the
newspapers of the State have reported
against it. There have been many laws
adopted by the Legislature which were of
much less public utility than this would
have been.
lThe Central Railroad Company
have reduced the fare to a uniform rate of
three cents per mile for passengers, and
jt is said that the Canal Commissioners
have adopted the same rate on the Harris
burg and Philadelphia Road.
Gen. Jackson's Sonnraent.
We are glad to learn that thc: great
equestrian statue of Gen. Jackson is about
to bi3 put up in sight of the patriotic
Members of Congress who preferred to
wrangle the Eight of January out, rather
than sojourn in honor of the glorious An
niversary of the battle of New Orleans.
The Washington correspondent of the
Journal of Commerce says:
L)uring the present month, the pques
trian statue of Gen. Jackscn in bronze
will be completed, and placed on a granite
pedstal in a La Fayette Square, opposit to
the President's house. The statue will do
great credit to the artist, who is a young
American of great ginius, Mr. Clark
Mills. The monument was ordered by
the democratic association of this city, and
the Government furnished the material,
in several pieces of cannon that were ta
ken from the British at New Orleans.
The proportions of the statue are colos
sal, and the figure will be very "striking.
It is the only statue of bronze ever made
in this county. The horse is self-poised,
which is differet fro.ii the other equestrian
statues In that of Peter the Great, the
horso is supported in . his position, by
' fastening his taii the pedestal
j : " Eigftth of January
CELEBRATION.
"5 j At L.oretto the 8th was ceieoraieu in a
very spirited manner. The Allegheny
Infantry were on parade, subject to the
orOVrsof the brave and veteran Captain
Schnetberg and his gallant Aids: They
presented a very fine appearance, if riot
finer. After performing varions manoeu
vres' in the presence of the assembled
crowd the company adjourned to the store
of Lieut. Little. They organized by ap
pointing Patrick Braniff President, Henry
Schnetberg and Sabastian Fry, Vice Pres-
dents. On motion the assembly was briet
ly addressed by Sergeant II. C. Kaylor,
in a style peculiarly animating, and appro
priate to the occasion- 1 he preliminary
arrangements and speechifying concluded,
the following toasts were read &c.
REGULAR TOASTS.
1st. Our Jirmy and Navy: As efficient
as any in the world.
2d. Our Constitution and Laws: So
perfectly consistent with reason, and com
patible .with human will they must en
dure while time endures.
3d. Education: Without it, man would
be one of the most vile and ferocious, yet
helpless and miserable of sublunary beings.
4th. The American Agricultures: The
main support both to the laws and people.
5th. The American Eagle: Ever wil
ling to extend the wing of protection over
the oppressed.
6th. A hearty welcome to all emigrants
and success to emmigration.
VOLUNTEER TOASTS.
By Francis A. Storm: The 8th of Jan.:
May it ever be a source of gratification to
Americans.
By Peter Sweeny:
Our Home and our Country: Oh may it
stand,
When commanded by 6uch Generals as
we have at hand.
By Augustin Kaylor: The Allegeny In
fantry: May they never sutler defeat.
By Joseph A. Buck: General Jackson:
A man who never shrunk from responsi
bilities when he saw that his country re
quired that he should do so.
By John T. Leavy: Our Country and
our Country's cause forever.
By James Miller: The Ladies of our
Country: All Hail!
By II. Scanlan: Long corns and tight
boots to theememies of our county.
By Francic Flick: Gen. Andrew Jack
son: The hero of Iew Orleans.
By Henry Schnetberg: The Allegheny
Infantry: May ihey do as well, as I wish
them well.
By Daniel Gallagher: May the Eagle
of America spread its wings and crush the
tyrannical oppressors of England.
By II. Scanlan: Cambria county: Nev
er in the rear in her number of soldiers.
By F. Pfoff: Long may the memory of
Gen. Jackson be held in esteem.
By P. Braniff:" My Country right or
wrong.
By Henry Schnetberg: Success to all
our fellow soldiers of the Cambria Legion.
By James A. Todd: Here's to the day
we celebrate, in honor of the victory gain
ed at New Orleans by the heroic Andrew
Jackson.
By Jerome J. Melhorn: Gen. Andrew
Jackson: The Hero, the Sage, and the
Patriot.
By P. Braniff: That the Allegheny In
fantry may standby their country's cause.
By II. C. Kaylor:
Captain Schnetberg a soldier brave,
Ever ready his Country's honor to save,
From the grasping hands of tyrant's slaves,
A good commander he will make,
When called forth Canada to take,
Or some nation the present peace to break,
So here's health to you Captain if' Bran
dt J take.
By A. Little: Our country: Whether
attacked at home or abioad may the Alle
gheny Infantry never shrink from the
preservation of it.
By Henry Schnetberg: Camp Jackson:
Where many American soldiers were in
spired with courage to fight their country's
foe, some were also animated to leave for
dear home.
By J. T. Leavy: May the ladies who
grace our company with their presence
never have corns on their toes.
By Thomas Hogue: May the Alleghe
ny Infantry answer the expectations of
their country as the Heroes of New Or
leans did on the 10th of January, 1815.
By Wm. J. Coons: The 8th of Janua
ry: May it ever be an example to the
American Soldier and may it strike terror
and dismay among the British tyrants.
By Henry Schnetberg: Here is pros
perity to all American Generals and Sol
diers. By Joseph A. Todd: Andrew Jackson:
As brave a soldier as ever drew a sword
in liberty's defence.
By Jerome J. Melhorn: This is the
ever memorabl 8th of January on which
General Andrew Jackson "gained the bril
liant victory o'er the proud Brittons at
at New Orleans; may the Allegheny In
fantry always be ready to persue the same
course against any invadors on the Amer
ican soil.
By a Guest: Our Host and Hostess:
The avidity with which the present crowd
appear to swallow the doses prepared by
them, proves them no quacks at getting up
an 8th of January entertainment. Their
preparations taken according to the direc
tions of Father Mathew have anything but
an enervating effect upon the human sys
tem. May the Doctor never have need of
other medicine, nor his lady of another
Doctor.
The Carnival in Paris was kept with
more than usual revelry. It approached
to the frantic.
FortheSent'.nel.
Tariff Dutirt and Protection- .
No. 7.
It has been estimated that the Agricul
tural products of the United States, for the
year 1843 were sufficient to" 'maintain one
half the population of the " world for the
space of one year. And it ismanifest that
these products may be doubled ard trebled
in a lew years, thus enabling us to leeu
the whole world provided we 'encourage
agriculture at home, and cherish 'commerce i
with the "rest of mankind." In fact it
would seem that Providence had reserved
this country as a wheatfield and a "potato
patch" for the old world after the popula
tion has outgrown its territoryr until it can
no longer raise bread sufficient for itself.
What then must our farmers think of
the protectionists who would deprive them
of the market of the world, and confine
them to narrow limits of a home consump
tion. This must be the consequence of
restrictions" on foreign trade by tariff duties
and besides these high duties are retaliated
by corn laws and other restrictions which
prevent the exportation of breadstuffs at
any resonable price. The protectionists
are not ignorant of the consequences. If
they can prevent exportation of agricultuial
products, farmers will then be obliged to
sell to them at an under value or let their
produce remain unsold. For Instance tho
value of the exports of breadstuffs for the
last year was 8111,000,000. Now a res -
tnction of that trade would have prevented
this exportation would have thrown this a-
mountoi farminrr Droduce more in the mar -
ketand of course reduced the
0 r -
price
of it
at the manufactories.
Thus it appears that it is not enough to
tax the farmers on the consumption of . ! specii.1 appropriations of the funds which
merchandise for the benefit of manufac-j have hitherto produced difficulty between
turers but the price of their produce must; them and the Council. A ocd dca! orx
be reduced for the benefit of the latter jCitement has been caused by the proposed
also. change in the route of the Royal Mail
But there is another consideration which
ought to give farmers a better insight into
the protective policy than all the sophistry
of the tariff school. And that is where
manufacturing establishments are founded
they, in a few years, monopolize all the
lands in their neighborhoods and stock
their own market by the labor of an en
slaved tenantry where formerly, there were
wealthy and independent farmers. Where
is the man venerable in years and of sane
memory, who has observed the progress
of the manufacturing establishments in
Pennsylvania who cannot point ort lordly
estates covering whole neighborhoods and
owned by corporate companies or perhaps
individuals where some years a:o he saw
communities of independent farmers.
And he can also point out the sons of these
now "rooted out" farmers toiling at day
labor, or greasing cars on the public
works.
Can this be true, says the protectionist,
or how can men be swindled out of their
farms unless they consent to it? Let him
who would make such inquiries own a
farm in the vicinity of a manufacturing es
tablishment, and let him engage in social
dealings with its owners. Let him pur
chase merchandise in their store. Let
him send his team or his laboring hand to
work at the establishment at leisure times
thinking as most men do in such cases,
that he can thereby earn what trade he
has need of without paying money for it.
Let him, I say, do these things, and if he
never learns the cause of what is above
stated, he will at least learn to feel its
consequences in a manner that will send
him tottering down the declivity of old age
in poverty and destitution, or he will be
more fortunate than most men who engage
in similar enterprises.
The tariff question has generally been
considered as a purely national one, as re
gards taxation, and in no way connected
with state revenue, but the policy of latter
times proves that it may be applied to
state purposes and strong efforts have been
made to apply it to that use, that thereby
state taxes may be extorted from labor,
and property relieved from that responsi
bility. This will be the subject of the
next number, w hich will be the "ultima
tum" at least until I undergo an "analy
salion'', in the-crucible called the "Johns
town News."
JUSTICE.
Insurreclioa in Sema.
All reports in regard to this seem to be
carefully suppressed by the Austrian pa
pers; but according to the Breslau Ga
zette, most grave and omnious intelligence
has been received at Vienna, intelligence
showing the insufficiency of the Russian
recipe for pacifying a country, though fet
tered by Austrian woman-floggers. It is
stated that at Salbaugh, in the Tyrol, an
attempt to disarm the National Guard
was resisted, and the regular troops were
repulsed. In the country of the Slovacks
the greatest animosity exists against the
newly constituted gendarmerie. In Servia
military insurrection has broken out, in
consequence of an attempt to reduce the
pay of the troops, and several lives were
lost. It is said that the Servians and
Croats having discovered how they have
been deceived by the Austrian Govern
i
ment, are endeavoring to enter into some
arrangement with the Magyars whom they
had assisted Austria to crush; and a mili
tary outbreak in Servia will, it is said, be
the signal for the rising of the Czecha in
Bohemia. It is said that 60,000 Honveds
are to be sent to reinforce the Austrian
army in Italy, and the policy of the move
ment is more than doubted, as the men
are likely to seize the first opportunity of
turning their arms against the Govern
ment. Marshal Radetzsky is represented
as dissatisfied with the comparative ne
glect with which he has been treated.
whilst honors have been showered m pro
fu?ion on the "army of
Hunirary
which,
but for Russian intervention, wc'uM,5 ere
this, have been annihilated. Radetzsky
feels that he saved the empire, whilst the
army of Hungary and its Russian allies
only saved the Emperor. : -.
The Vienna correspondent of the 'Lon.
aon express, says. in regard .tq.UHsV
t Do not alldw your cbnfiaeBee- Wba
shaken iti the 'impbrtantH news wJicn;
sent you y es terSavof Jh'e" bulb f ealAsf . r
rebellion in ' the Isfervfin ricF Slavbhrdn'
military boundaries and'bT the' abliii60-:
of the double cordon -on the Turklslifroai
tier, by the silence ofthe Vienna press on 1
the subject. That silence is due toths.
orders of Gen. Welden, who has sent
round to the editors ofthe several journals
to give them a hint to abstain for the pres
ent from making any reflections until the
government should be ennabled to presem
the public with fuller explanations."
From Kingston, Jamaica.
Kingston papers to the 7th inst., inclu
sive, contain the following intelligence:
Jamaica is on the high road to a tctal
bereavement, sunk in credit deprived cf
the produce of her agriculture crippled
in her public financial affairs plunged
into lislk'ssness by an almost general ap
athy deserted by her r'cher residents and
the backs of her few industriout children
turned towards her she offers, for CCC-
I templation, a most gloomy picture. The
.clouds are gathering clcsely around fcer
rum is upen the threshold ana misery
will soon occupy cur huts our hoastj
; ana our mansions.
The Assembly have passed the rre
cnue bills, includingjthat lay'nga dutyca
rum, without at'aching to them any cf the
j Company's steamers, by which they will
run directly from St. Thomas toChagtes,
without touching at Kingston. Tois, it
is thought, will inflict a severe blow cn
the trade of Kingston. The Despatch
publishes the American Dccbra'.jcn ef
Independence, with t.'ie fbJtowmg'sigaliU
cant comment:
"It is not by any mens that this dccar
ation is the greatest effurtof human ge
nius that it is the most elo iuentanJ sub
lime of mental productions nor is ita.lona
for its bold and manly assertion of humaa
rights, and its defiant proclamation ofthe
wrongs of a tyrannical Government, that
it is so illustrious and memorable. It :i
connected with the violent stru'e of a
gallant people in a desperate fratricidal
warfare for freedom and independence
because it is a truthful recital cf the cau
ses and wrongs which led to and jusified
the most remarkable and eventful revo!u
lion which the wcrld has ever witnessed.
Success sanctified rebellion, and immor
talized its authors and their deeds. Had
Britain triumphed in the war ofthe rero
luii,n, the names of Washington, Adam.
Franklin, Jefferson, and their compeers,
would have been scarcely more distin
guished on the page of history, than
those of Wallace, Monmouth, Argy'e,
Sidney, Russell or Kosciusco. Miny of
the causes which impelled the separation
ot American from the mother country ara
so similar to our own, that we could n:t
refrain from publishing this able document
at the present time."
Dickcrson's Process of Sakin
Iron-
The Jerseyman gives the following de
scription of the new process of making
iron recently invented by Mr. Alexander
Dickerson, of Newark, to which we re
ferred some days ago. Mr. D's. experi
ments have been conducted during a year
past at a forge near Dover:
"The fire is placed at the end, and un
der a horizontal bed of fire brick some 12
or 15 feet in length the fire passing
through to the other extremity. In the
centre, and over the bed, is erected a dou
ble cylinder, which is filled with crushed
ore and pulverized anthracite coal. The
intense flame surrounds the cylinder, as
also passes through the centre by the ianer
cylinder, which eradicates the oxygen and
all other impurities, "without the presence
1
of atmospheric air. Being thus prepared,
the ore gradually melts ana descends to
the hearth where it first comes in contact
with the fire, which destroys the remain
der ofthe pulverized coal by frequent stir
ring, and the iron is thus partially formeff,
From this hearth it is thrown to another
about 8 inches lower than the first, where
it is worked into balls of about 100 pounds
amid the same sheet of fire, and in a few
minutes the ball is withdrawn and put
under the hammer to put it in shape, which
concludes the process.
This process seems simple and unsatis
factory, but it has been so long tested ia
the presence of experienced iron manufac
turers, that every doubt of its success has
vanished, and we understand that as soon
as Mr. Dickerson obtains his papers, sev
eral forges w ill be so remodelled as to
abandon the old method of iron manufac
turing and adopt Mr. Dickerson's.
The saving of fuel is but a small item
in the value of this invention; it is the su
perior quality of the iroti and its cheap
ness, in wlncn tne greatest value consist.
We have in our office four specimens of
his manufacture three of which are rolled
and one hammered. The former are of
one-twentieth of an inch in thickness to
an eighth, and the latter upwards of aa
inch. Our blacksmiths pronounce it th
toughest article they ever saw or workeui
and is perfectly divested of cracks
splinteri., when bent."
tWThe people of Georgetown, D. C..
arc advocating the question of rctrcccsstcr.
'to Maryland.