ADVOCATE INDUSTRY AND ENTERPRiSE, AND THE OF OF MECHANICAL OTHER IMPROVEMENTS. ------"-"_.. JOURNAL - AND ------:.:;--=:.=-=-:;�= - .... ----. ------<--.--.--..------'--..;:-�====:::;- YOLUME I.1 THURSDAY, NEW-YORK, JULY 9, 1846. [NUMBER 42. ) �-���-��=��.�� '-1l'jl(;JJ .�New York, 13 CAnE, PHILADELPHIA. 1'10.29 AR­ F Pierpont Seymour, Bloomfield, (The being at New East NY. Principal Office York.) Geo Shaw, Thompson. W COllO. Samuel Prairie, Ohio. PORTER,-Editor. Shearer, Bi� I Shecut, H New RUFUS I We H & H D'lY. Y rk. I �'r derkk E S ickels, New York, o thi. paper i_turnished w th two I Thomas Simpson, Norwich, Each number of i from D Conn. to five ORIGINAL ENGRAVINGS,many of them elegant, and l,Vm Y S inglet'_lIl, Springfield, Ill. SCIIU'TIFIC PRINer- illustrative of p F �Ianc East Masi. NEW INVENTIONS, and .I Golding, Camhridge, PLES, and contaiD� as much Interest­ BenJ �Illger!and. PatersolJ; NJ. C';RlOSlTU;�; and Slocum, ing telligence as ordinary daily papers, consisting of Joseph Syracu�e, NY. In six Va: noti eli of ha i al he Jabez Smith, Petersburg, the Me n c and ot r Smith, Chelsea, c progress of c Scienti­ John Cutts Ma8s. Improvements,-American and Foreign I ventions Theophilu6 Sinith, Galway, NY, fic n Smith, Cataloguei of Patcnts,-Bcientilic Essays, BellJ 1\1 Mas8ilion, Ohio, American of jJ­ Falls, ustrat ve of the the of Ira SrDith, Chagrin o. i principles Science� MECHA­ SnolV, Sadler, Spencer Ma8F. CHEMISTRV, in Cheney, & TN ' IUCS, alld AacHITEcTURE ;-Instruction Simeon Snydcr, Dayton, Ohio. various r a · ur ous s a A ts and Tr de!!, C i Philo ophi l Expe­ Thomas SpeakmaIJ, and R ch rd A c S i a Stratton ments ;-:\{iseellaneous ntelligence, Poetry and, occa­ Philadelphia. I H O . siona lly, Music, n. Springateed, Wooster, hio .Tohn NY. The be furnieh�d J Springsteen, Oswego, n TER�IS,-" Scientific American"- is a iel S Stafford, Ill. to subs rihers at $2, per annu , one dollar in ad­ D Rochester, c m Henry Stnnley, Po ltney, Tance. N u Vt. copi�1 willbe sent to one address onths, for ehemiah P Stanton, Syracuse, NY. f<)urFive dollars in advance. six m Benj Starbuck, assignee of Anson Atwoud, delJign, Any person pro�uring four or more subscribers, will Troy. entitled to a co mission of twenty-five cents euh. be Thomas W Starr, Philadelphia. m TERM' Of' ADVEllTISING.-For 1 lines, or less, S lv nu Stilwell, Brooklyn. , y a s B cents for firat, cent! for0 every 5ubsequent50 EXPLANA'l'lON, ETc.-This machine, which has been recently invented, and now in successful oper ti n is calculated for cleansing wheat or the is a o Milton W Stilwell, Plainfield, insertion. Ilnd 121·2 oth r grains, from all extraneous a N Y. smut, earth, aud other tter that may adhere the kernels of grain. Fig. a perspective view of the Ston War�arsing, NY, ====-- . ==:.:=.:..::::=;= ..:..:.::--�-=.=---.= ===-=.:.====-======e m to the D c, exterior the machin fig. is a sectional n 1 is C and "iew, Showing co struction and arrangement the interior. The body the ma- I deSIgn, Poul!n�y, of Rain. of e, 2 side the of of �heenrtery Sto.ne, :Vt. Signs chine consists of a cast iron cylinder, B) thirty i c e long (including the fan and one foot diameter. - shaft passes � ! S one, ,�co. Ravenna, O. l f ll i A n h s box) cast through � � a(�f S CO�yil, The o ow ng is laid to have been composed by : ill A iron lU O the centre of the cyl nder, having bearillgs cy i e e Lds, an' a 011 o:le t hereof, whereby ill motion. From . as excu�e ­ i its in the l nd r h I bdnd j� e k ienner, an for not accepting the invi shaft s r es wheel, C, en:1 it is put I s:����lll�w���s, � � y� this � of or D D, &c., projec different directioll�, <�ntl nenr the Dr. e i arms bWlers, � in "p,l'()'iit(' arms with Morri a f iend an with h m :1 E, . !'nd the band wheel, four fallS, E Benjamit� S\Ve�t, Mt. �Y. r to makc excuriion i also project from centre and w en m motlQn have effect tlJ drlvll off from �r" 111 \\ hatever �mll been detache :' tation or the shaft, h or has d Beriah Swil't, Washington, winds begin to blow, the the t dust NY. The hollow from the grain by the operation t e beaters. This c linder supported nt two Ill' three from ground, by pairs of iron � S u da 1. of h y is fed e!"va the y m, NJ. The clouds look black, the grass is low, le�s, each (',ylinder, tillll cast Christop er and Lalllbert8ville, 2. attached to end of the shown in and one end support s a hopper, which receives the grain and conducts to the Wm 1'81Otor �arlow Sorton, Porter Co., 3. The soot falls dow , the spaniels sleep, as fig. 1; H, it beaters, and the grain progresses gradually to the discharging vent, p Samuel Talbott, RIchmond, Ind. i rs n p F; the hop er end being a little eleva ed the purpose Va. sp de from their cobwebs eep_ of the machine t for of 4. And facilitating the progress the grain, and are �ame r e R Last night the sun went pale to bed, the ma e l!lightly oblique purpo[.c. Both the nduct on and edu c on the ,TaJl ' feS roo N 6. of beaters d for the i i ti of rr � kR d 6. moon hid her head; gra n. a ·e regulated by mal� rep�eseAteJ i� engraving; the I�"t ion the beat rs su h as to cleanse ?T � c t � I E � � � horizontal � S l 1 and I •• TheTh(l bodingin haloR a .. . It.. sliding gates" not the and of e is the a kll�f\ �paltment I,S a sect on of (:ylu d.,l', cast �cpar: t{'ly, alld I:; sel�arated from the bea mg a � �:��;�� A �� D��is, ����rfdge:ifaB 7. For, see, a rainbowshepherd spaas heaves the SIgh, I gra,lD WIthout bra rhp,f�":w�eel � ! � t aPlI:rtment by H Taylor, {'Norton, 8. head IS a , . , Rochester, sky. cyltnder or parlltlOn vertical fluE', and IrUIII to , , W and A N Y. The walls are damp, the III which G, eight i.nches tly 10m, exte dlll the discharging ditcheq smell, shaft: so that tans are In mollon od uc a n g veilt, Ill' the Vl(:l[lIty of tJw Oliver, Dorche8tcr, MUH!;, 9. Clos'd is the pink.eyed pimpernell. r e upward Tcrry, Plymouth, when the they p strollg drau;\"ht of air thwllgh the fllle, whieh thoroughly scparates the dlli;t I Eli COllll, to. how the chairs and tables crack, from the and dust thrown ont by t e through a Yen, that pnrposb, 011 or real' i Hark! grain, thc is h cylinder, (not Geor�c �pr ngfi�ld, 11. Betty's o s are 011 the rack; wheel, large for the hdek side of the re,. r Old j in presented,) while the cleansed conducted fo the hox or prepared tv was \V Thayeon P , lade h Mas!!. . it. This excellent Mr, ! �1�uIIJPs , hl lp Ja. 12. Loud quac!! tdu s, the pea o 's grain is ve8sel rcccin; ck c k 0 N 0 III ell( S 0 . machine in\'entc�1 y Ow- GouldA W lhorp, York. the c cry; en D orsey, f Miaryand, h'ti t procure a patent t ere or. e a mac me IS a $<)- New 13. The dist nt hills are looking nigh. h C Th c�,t 01 h" 1 oo '"" .=____ ._x _ _ -� )Out �o. 1'roclmlOrtoll, Br klyn, 15.\4. How restlaess are the snorting 22) I H, R swine, Charles Thurber, Norwich Conn. The bU8y flies disturb the k ine ; OLD B ACHELoR8,- We RUBBER BltIDGES,-The n oun have oflen thought a n cement' t f pretty a. Levi Thyng, Lowell, Mass. 16. the swallowwing�; of INDIA ANIMAL FLOWER.-R ad r i is no o l Low o'er the glass w chapt \l b chelor�, s etting f h that Government were o lt th we e e ,are t B 4 1 . riting er pon old a o h ab \ i wi l They animal flowers, Theodore R Timby, a o Corners, 7 The cricket, too, how sharp he sings; a the individuals contract ng ee '· dies that speak! C t NY. their inhumanity, their unnaturalneEs, countl�ss tain supply India Rubber Bridges and pretty tbey are to be sure. They beau· J Towne, Philadelphia. IS. Puss on the hear h w th ve v paws, s f fur of as poseys H et miseries they bring upon themselve poin �ng 'er the excited considerable curiosity to the endure NY. 19. n o'er ther whiskeredi l jaws. and army tilY earth, it pleasant to lite. Edward Townsend, Palmyra, Sits, wi i g t the mode constrncting so singular an article,- and make S out the only true method by which thcy can re· On Ihe Island St. Luc!' therc a avern in Townsend, Rochester. 20. Throughp the clear stream the fishes ri�c selfishness, of h is c which t msfi: ves from the charge It appears t at a uridge m ri a invent· a Wm 21. And catch the incllutious tlies; deem he l ate al w s large bas in twelve or fifteen deep, in the William Trapp, jr" Dryden, NY. nimblY ecome of of tl!is is fe t and b useful members of' soeiety, \le· ed sOln e ten years si e a u during the ttom are e , 22. The glow-wor s, numerous and bright, We nc nd sed bo which rocks. From tbese rock� pro- Daniel Treadwell, Cambridge a rallier war in Al b . The a descriptiollCroek of of Ma,a. 23, the dewym dell l st night. lieve the m jority of them merit our pity a ama following ceed certain �ub�tances wh ch pres t fi s ght oseph Trump, Con nelsvtlle, Pa. Illum'd 8- consiste is i ent a r t si J If hey are, as we c d of large b ag;; or pontons �ol hi beauti iJI our 24. t dusk the squalid to'll\. and than our hatred. t fear. more �n- it :-It Uel ng f flowers, resembling marigolds, Tyler, Philadelphia. ceited, cross, c ust . i b Rubber only Phi/os B 25. AHopping and rawling o-er {heseen, green ; crabbed, and r than rest of l lle cotton agil in of India their tint more livel . These seeming Isaac Tysoll, Baltimore. y the �hape, m:.de I te. 26. c i u t obeys, their species, is very eculiarity cloth, which bci,ng filled with and at,tac�ed that i� a handy retflow-il' e Jr" ThE' whirling w nd the d it because the p of air � ers the approach or instrument, e orge U pIIlIlIl, Hebron, O. 27. in the plays;s if r l ther, formed It br e ona of close G And rapid eddy their condition make'" the Dl so; a nJ. t.hey ding a ly toge Idge tc t like snail, On examination Jesse WIlmmg,ton, Del. of _ w i 28. l ow ve�t,_ with is of any length, to th�14 In Idth, out 01 s ght! I Urney, The frog has changed his ye l pitable tenacity to their Ibnely lot, because accordmg num,ber I there appears, middle n filaments Ulley, Chapel Htl!, NC. drest. it ., and of 29. And in a russet coat ia they have not a real z ing sense of its wre cheo es were laid ll�ht re;;embling in the of disk, Grey i n ,bags used; \1p"n these tImbers I move briskly round SJ.llluuel Utter, New York. 31.30. Though J nne, thn air cold and still : t to a spider's eggs, which , and have never dreamed oCthe joy� or connubial support bo�rJs l:a ed l�te�alIy, WlllCh I�rmlng" of hese filam ts r legs 'I B n l � � T en o pin' Vardc , Ba tlmor�. blackbird'sis voice shrill. , a suo as�ag _kind .petals. have Ube mellow life, Let us, thell,luok on level . aonlltted p' e seJze , HO Robert Eng. 32. i� them with compassion- I 811100th face, the 01 when the petal6 close, Arthur London, 33. dog, 30 altered taste, s :--" men cers to their prey, Varnham, a an eloquent writer touchingly wagons, 1i00:ses, detachment. that cannot escape, uder t his flower the Waite, Leicester, Mass. 34. My utton bonesin on his to f ast ; for, HaY6 In &c, A e e s01 ,60 0 it Jol.n e flower of human affeclioll, the th.6lr arms and ac(:outr m nt , a and U he livesis on Quits m grass the vast field old With all body n animal, it IJrobable E L "Valker, and W Cherry, Carlisle, Pa. And see, yon rooks, how odd their flight, e scarecrow of upo� mrllldmg 01 is G ac lor the very happiness, who omcers mounted �or8es, marched, up· ma - �ea \Valley, :l5. imitate lidin thefield rine insects Ihrown by S Charlestown, Pa. They tbe g g kite, b h is f to It at �nce, of a an Ihe into this basin,- Samuel drives away the old birds o love that come on and en remallllr.g Quarter - Frederick Walkcr, Wlllchester, Va. 36. sef:m precipitate to fall- 01 118 Cin, st, seeds loneliness despair,- II l' gomg through the evolutlon6 to test Po -�N-;-""'-. A l 37. Andif they felt the pier ing ball. steal hemlock of and ho I l en 'Yard Camden II. h y ' NJ. c Where is there more pitiable obiectJ world strength, t e counter·marched with as much facili· - a o 38. 'TwillAs sarely rain, I see with sorrow; in the NVENTION OF PECTACI.J;S,- e ulscovery 0 Thom s Warrell }r y. th a woman interested v as 011 with I f' E u t · an man who has no amiable tJ terra pieces, their S l'h " " • ' 39. Our ja t must be put off o orrow. if firma. Field one the first onc the !nost Samuel 'Vurren,: l\lontreal, Can. m in w fa e dism t of matrosses, their ('ais8011s ll fi ed spectacles, of and 01 I' 40. n 1'0##""'" his el r l does desola e complement useful optical instruments b ug t i ge e - John \"farren and E arren New '1 How a his a , ami also dr - ever ro h nto n r ' Yo k. when he goes home at and , with mmuDitio and loaded wagons were i T W r Reality; or, the Poet room appear night, wet n use, seems to have been made abotlt t he Thos \Vashburn, Lowell. ROInaDce aud HIS SERVANT. and cold 01' barrell : ven over it with th� Sllme ease. was �aid that al eud of C hungry; finds a hearth table, a he thir fr m wri- Benj Webb, Warren, NY. AND ur and arnvmg, at Itat teenth century. It is obvious o a pIllow, and lookil likc the white n of tr?op?f horse .1IIght !i nver where t a the Poet.-How soft the genile zephyr breathes lonely lings of Roger Bacon, published little before Jos"1'll 'Varren, the · thIS as nd e It t e , that H \Vcbster, NY. every earthly enjoyroent! See b ch bndge w , n se, mg 8 r tc�lIlg ac�oss tl,le er d p ct les w unknown hia timc e St oui , o Among the single trees- �ick old a the p io th t s c ere in \V bster, L � M . elor in the afternoon of life, his heart is �tre'lm, crossed upo,n It u der ImpressIon that a e a j Joseph H when � . and loon after the begiOlting or the ourte nth cen. Herman New York. Serv.-Confound that plaguy north·eut wind, a I>tar ,WliS ,Ii on br,ldge. g�eat. advantage f e "Vendt, sinking to sundown. Not solitary of memory co�n� .fhe 1 tury th have use. Erastus West, �radlord, how it ma s me wheeze. It IS he 0 y appear to been in general VI. k It(leams over the dusk of his opening grave-no Ihl� brIdge Its entlr� portable!le�s, all � e The C LIttle Oh! e �ootolls commoll most probable opini on they :Valley. nd bend ike a b e si g over o e f?r a, brIdge of teet belllg capable and i�, that Clarl, WllCeler, NY. Poet.-The thrush frOID yonder w ving birch t e wite to l l s n his d ying c rdag discovered Italy, ms U6 t at Whelan, PhiladelphIa. e r and a 350 were Manni inf or h Pou.s out his mellow notae bed-no fond daughter to uraw his chill hand ioto �n smgle wagon; whereas the ill and E of transpor rtatlOlI_ they were invented by Florentine, called Salvino S olomon WI�ippl�, Albany. - his icy formc ponton equlpagell cons,�sted of cumbrous and a the soft pressure ofher8, and,warm blood with 011 I _ h Galw�y) Serv.-I wi�h I had a rifle here �heet , deg!'Armat.i. He even quotes an i nscription a Cosman \V, lte, the fires unfailing affectio - m l blilky pontons wood, Iron and copper. NY. To stop that fellow's vivifying of n no an y 01 tomh at Florence which seems to leave no doubt Cullen WhIpple, Provld')nce. golden chain hon- _"""'##01�-- throat. boy link his' name with th of i s i n ws: Wm "Vh�te, assignee o New Orleans. to e of PRODUCEO a e the fact. Thi� n c tio as follo "Qui f,G Poet.-The robin carols forth his lay an d IIId h-is I vast FROM GAs,-lnto glass g ob r p is Merrick, orabl e posterity h' to 'h l z \Vh t 1V"-I( aI's I Ia , "'I,,1C h • b' s ry 111 t e MUSIC or diace Salvino d' Armato de"!' Armati iren e ill- J h n I e, I From eve y shady nook- v of l ving larever. He some small chips of iron and sulphu- F 0 olume the world he it!! a put pieces vent.or di egl' Occhiall, anno"i317." ere Andrew �Vicl\art, Grcen Village, O. r e haB diluled willi five or times its we gh of H lies Sal. b ll f ogs eaten and drunken and died, and earth is glad to Hugh Wl!!h�man, P tts�urg., Serv.-Lord- what a noise those u make, ric acid, be six i t vino d' Armato dp.gl' l r rid him, he h s done little but amp water. The pom-cd upon the iron by Armati, a Florentine the in. l,Vllder, A s ua Nking in the brook. be of far a else cr acid \lIay ventoI' spectacles died in , Aretu8 DetrOIt, his a s x en an o a f nel. Fitted the cock is a 1 wh.) 1317. A Mich. q soul into the circumference i p ce, and me s f Ull into glas!! 0 �,.,.,� Ja e Wilder, Peterborough, sweet 'mid ature's works to rove of ube " H Poet.--How N no one ub lIS h 'II b Ie t a quarter of an inch diameter, and having m s M I I , nan • N . h uman was er-woman WI reat in THE 54 W'ld Har-I'ord In the hours of o ening spri g- t 1- t upper a ca il a bulb, capital thing 1 h'18 I.-.rac v u!/'j,8 mn. extremity drawn out to l ry R-usse II 5, ,. p n a BIg at unera it; p COL. BENTON ANDB , a 40_�.-A a lomas WI'le Sonlc sct Ohl'o 'I fi --_N"#" t ory £�-.n Alb dro en eiOcapes was said by Col. enton few days ago, to dis- r Serv.-I cannot think what in the world ..,.",.,.,--- By setting fire to the hy g - '1'1 J' !!as which Whig ames W'llouO'hbc-I.,.Gettysbu rg, Pa. my from this extremity, a continued current or J'et of tin"uished... Senator, which should not be al- J D Could here master bri g. DOG STOIIY.-One hght fingered R b ert W'II son' I . al o lowed perish. T hey w ere discuss ng the effect � n A or the gentry produced, which be l wed i 0 NW'II-anlsport, � k Pa lately succeeded I'n abstracting a val ahle g ld ma then to to Jamee W i I son ew or , Poet,-How green the turf enea h my feet, u o flame is a y or Oregon comproml'se upon the fil·ty.fiour , a into J'ar, ei_ther of glass, earthem.ware or ,fo . h' And oist with eveningb t dew- watch Irom gentleman who was the owner a 1)1\�S 01' tile l c which r Wi on, Ph-lI a e of the tube be not too lar.\!e, the tiame be. and the i division of th J I s d I m sagacious dog. The animal. h ving observed ties, po y that e demo. ohn "V inslow Troy pIa. II.etai.mes Ifsmaller as is ,and wh u h tube cratic party had pursued. said Col. Benton, John F "V ! · Serv.-This swamp is filled with cranberry vines most a co it depressed e t e CincJ[J nati, the theft, at once renounced his old mailter, whose he a 'Sir,' Chas Wolf, O And some skunk a bage too. covers a considerable very clear 'w n yon boy, mother made YOIl read companion he been and in sp the flame to were your k ! , ee mg a. c b had for years, te thedepth, the rus ha not paid that Buncroft W oodcoc v i sounds are produced,' but un contrary, if the good b ook. icar o ve {iy '1' V Poet.-How rich the perfume of the flowers all coaxing and entreaties, followed pickpocket. I both noch o d , B el T . the of tube the flame be extingui�hed, atlentiGln we ou�ht, since we have been left to our E W o s U be to narrow, d Oltd' • That float upon the air- llew master was delighted, retiting for will a erdin nd oo wa pper reeh 0,Id all?, 0 in the tube the own guidance. will remember paseage F a W r, F N J Hiil to s 11 lIe and proportion as enlarged, sound ' o the- , took puppy hi sleeplllg .,room T t3 01 a Butdell'vere-' y u u ' Q Q Wm Woodworth, Park, stept upon a leal, '" dimini.hes, a er ai.1 IIlall bel'[lg certaln devl'I�-�even Hyde NY. III' ollt he watch so that there i c t limit which r 01' J 'I an, . Serv.-ThereThe smellnow I cannot bear. rogue, having put aside his dress, placed t s at elie e, cast into s wi e he Woolsoo, d it totally ceases. b v They were n and t C C eve I 0 I snllgly in his pantaloons pockei, and rolled himsell I an Bwine m right, Pitt burg. ,,""""H_-- ran down a steep plaee into the sea d w re W M ,w � Poet.-The stream leaps merrily along the s he d than e . in blankets. But oon r was be , SlDES.-A t er : t Roche�tel. a young child at play- 110 e ill bit scandal drowned. There no account hat the devils w e Wm WrIgh , the dog which had watched his operations ith CHEAT ON BOTH funny of d, t is : J ohn Young, We3t Galway, Lhe w a turned a few days sin e at the' west end' thc drow e and he last time they a ppeared was in NY. ' d,eal?f xie o n _ Serv.-My master ll get into the great an ty, seized the. pants, and with up c not f he gh -- mud, the city. teamster up in them dIggins, long t h Now, thou .�-� , If he goe8 far that way. one sprlDg Jumped through the WlO�oW,. and made A wife. s ape ofbeen tllCf'e killed fifty-Cour off, fortifl�.devils s vive . ma ho IS .rurOls�etl a:£'tlmenta , since took to himselt a Soon it leaked out they have the still ur , GOLD,-� n, w with ---.,..,..,.,..��..,.,..,.,-- l IoQlllUS ; convlllce antagolllst for hll!l o d home, Ip8vmg the ttuef t so e future period deve pe thcm- from the mlllt, hiS much Duth watch that (htl man h ad alJotller somewhere.- a nl lhey lo Will EDITOR'S ADVICE to his youthful readers is, and pants. wife livin� andselves a new will ! who draws t em from reason and Ihe new wife was b ecomingl in- party.' sooner than one h THE c � Lhis y in . -Read books ontain real, solid information, , At discovery ---� . hi oso h Gold is wonderfu clearer ofthe un- which dignant, and was making ]lreparations fo� a p l p y a l t UPPRE thou h they may ap ear dry at first, Don't spend HE O_F SEING VICE.-A Ill pro. COULD - ' derstandingj dissipates doubt and scruple T, , 110- I longed fiuss-when lo! sh k n elate- sterfl.. WE Do rom an official report it every p DIFFICULTY S, oc i g to r l,VI-IAT , F s your time poring over the miserable cheap novels t�nous gam bl e� was III dI cte d III a • estern CO�Ht, I ong h to 5 0 in an instant; accommodate itself to the meanest \'v a l absent sailor and t e woman as submitted Congress in 154 , th e number llIen 10 plenty at the present time. The 1II0re you read keepmg a fa not lJe pcd w claimed r loud, andI ,c am<;,roulI, an,d for ro table; but could wile! hic turned out to be the fact. The in the United States, from ye rs of age, capacities; silences the convlct- his fit, _ bigger fool you will be. They are ed b�cause the judge and most the jury ha� b�en h 18 to 45 a e i over the most obstlllate and \Ofle lb�e. them the un· of teamster Finally some friends came to do military duty, and fully armed and u ped Lrings � Phl­ worthy the attention an intelligent a o q p a f , of being, nd playlllg at he same table. On lhe same prlDclple /'etr gaded.t' the sail and se tled x l v f m an fi e! lip of Macedon was man o most t forward ' bo't ou or matters was e c usi e uni orm co p ies, r \Ov\Oclble rea­ are great drawback upon the intellectual found the difficulty, and enfar- t 1,778,333, z 01' - He refu ed all the wisdom of ad­ n,lIty of procurinll_ wi her �ow the loving pair companies, and citi ens and enrolled, (about 1,500, son this way. the n btl , th th� ot woman, and t Atherur, vancement the young. O e old musty history c\o� w eeo�e aws agB:lIlst � h e ne arlOus ab oml are s a 0 coufounded their statesmen, struck their of , h0 I I f; - together again, This partakes omewh t 000,) making an available fiorc e of which orator. can \Ie found almost any house, is worth nat Ons I'r;\cuced openly ID Gothttm-the 3,2 0,000, dumb, and length argued them out 01 their which in I thlB offi· the r omantic but it is nevertheless t rue - could be called into service, in case an emergen- at all _ w l I of ' . o 01 "''''re ho e of of Police are too interested in gAme. "oweli, [.vwell. V x CYl thirty days. than the them. cers much the in liberties.

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86 The Royal Mail steamer Britannia arrived at PENNSYLVANIA RULRoAD.-The books of Au invention somewhat quaint as well novel THE Liver· has been patented, fo r the protection of bees against Boston on Saturday last, fifteen days from subscription to this road, which is of such immense - the ravages of the moth. The invention pllrtakes pool. The news by this arrival is not very impor interest to the Philadelphians, were lately opened, $309,000 of operating. mechanism, and is to be operated by tant, though not ullinteresting. and stock to the amount of was taken up to The hives are arranged in a tightly joined The news of the success of the Americans in the the first day, and there appears a determination hens. 'houl!es, provided with ventilated doors of w ire late engagements with the Mexicans, had created press the enterprise through. In the Olean time the ��=====-===_ ====x======Mr. C. Gr,een, of Roxbury, regularly shut at night an people of Pittsburg, are pushing the Connelsville Mass., has eltab THURSDAY, JULY gause, which are to be d much surprise and admiration, some regret but W. NEW-YORK, Iished an improved 9. e route with every prospect of succes. The requi­ egg fa ctory, which produced - opened in the morning. The patent was granted more exultation. There ill in Englishmen a f eling 500 site amount of Slack has been subscribed at Pitts­ eggs per mOl.th during the coldest weather.­ Drawings machinery, engraving on wood, and fo r combining, with the door of the bee house a of connexiOD with Americans , and alth ough the of burg, and letters patent have been issued by the He keeps his hens in a warmed house. lithographic drawings, neatly executed, low­ in such a manner that the weight of the first news of the war had produced considerable at the henTOO$t the door a night, nd Governor. These two roads are rivals, the fo rmer prices, at this office. fo wls going to roost doses t a sympathy for the Mexicans. that sympathy became An exchange paper sayll it is as ellt hard to tell when ---.,..,..,..,.�.- on their leaving, openil in the ssipated when the report of the brilliant victories completing a line from Philadelphia to Pittsburg, by reversed action di moderate drinking ends and drunkennel!!8 be�ins, as liT MASTER8-Who receive this paper, will g! was received. and the latter, an extension of the Baltimore and Po mornin to te ll when a pig ceases to be a pig and becomes a confera 'pecial fa vor by mentioning the subject oc­ -____.,N# � Ohio road, and calculated to divert the Pittsburg �enerally, speak in high hog. A fair compari n d The London papers, son. lICientific mee-hanic!!. The a\80, IMPROVEMENT FOR B LAGKSMITHS.-A·Imp rove trade to Baltimore. This road is the favorite with to aid, a cuionalJy v terms of praise of the gallantry of Gen. Taylor nd and influence of all our kind patl ons, in extending article called a has been in ented and the citizens of Pittsburg. Close and continual application of mind produ­ Tew Iron the American army, while the Mexicans are looked the notice and circulation of this paper, is most re­ introduced by a Mr. Brown, of Louisville, l{y.- ces a kind of distance and abstraction LITTLE MIAMI RAILROAD.-There it! a rapid in· of manners pon as boisterous and cowardly. llpectfully solicited. This tew iron conveys to the blast an unbroken co- u which is often mistaken it fo r haughtiness. Some � crease of businesl!I on this Road, and eventually lumn to the centre and under the fire, which thence 'f he heat of the weather fo r a lew days had been wise man said that. NORWICHSUBlleRIBE Rs.-Those of our subscri- must become the main route of Eastern travel fr om escaping fr om every point in a continuous current, intense, almost beyond plecedent, both in England ber. at Norwich Ct., who have delayed payment the West and South-west. In a fe w weeks it will· The way to prevent getting crossed in love, is to preduces 8. steady, vi vid Ilnd intense heat upon the and in France : many had fa llen under what is their lubllcription lo r the second half year, are be open to Springfield, the termination of this road love very moderately till you have made lure of of iron wrought, without any liability to burn or melt, termed or sun· stricken. rellpectfully requested to pay the same to our agentl coup-l,e-801eil, where it intersects with the Mad River and Lake your ohjec� and then let on all you know. So say. in one part more than another. There is also said There appears to exist in general much good Meslrs. Safford and Parks, without fu rther delay ; Erie Road. The Summer arrangement is now the Sunday Atlall- to be a great saving of' fu el ; but as no particular de- fe eling towards this country, and no apprehension they havini fo r some time past, fu rni8hed the pa­ completed, connecting at Sandusky City with a dai­ scription is given, we can not judge its merits on- of any interference or otber occurrence to interrupt cX been re­ pera to subscribers their own responsibility. of ly line of steamboats to Buffalo, so that travellers All � cently erected in Richmond, Va. It _on ... Iy throul/:h the opinion of others. the present fa ir underlltanding. is said that lome ..",... tion. ----�·�'��H� ____ lIleet with no deten T. M. H . . �. '�'.�e��N_�--- of the women earn ei�hty cents per day : but To CORRESPONDENT8.-The favor of C whe­ STONE HAMMERING MA NE.-A machine hall Mechanical Movement. PORTLAND AND MONTREAL RAILRoAD.-1'hecon­ of Wilmington, will receive due attention. Perhaps HI ther they receive it, report does not say. recently been invented by Jacob Jenks, of Illinoi8, struction of thjs road is now lairly under way at we shall wind him up a fe w. saving of labor and The vill h in which promiaes to be a great both ends "f the line. The route fo r abo ut thirty a�f� 1827 have the a steam-en­ 330 We duly examined expense in the building line. The machine, when cOlltained only inhabitants, now numbers plall of miles fr om Montreal has been definitely located, 3,400. gine fu rnished by B. But being very simi­ 1'h;6ex tensive increase is attributable B. L. it propelled by the power of three men, dreesel in su­ aad is ready for contracts. At the south end ground to the WeI­ to many which have been tried and abandoned, 35 (0 land Callal. lar perior style a foot surface in from to seconds, has been broken, and preparations are made lor lor­ tbere appearing therein a difficultyunprovid ed 30 60 P and which in the old way would require fr om to warding the work with energy. A pap�r in ed men, fo r, we must dec.line an engraving it ..we .... ��r minutes hard labor, and then the work would not fu rnishing of , HUDSON RIVER RAILRoAD.-We hear but little says that "if a white girl is lober, careful and in­ at present. be near as well performed. It can be attaghed to The Rack and Wheel ;-a eimple method of con­ said on this subject, but are informed that dUstriouB, she should as much respocted and ta­ recently be The Syphonic Engine by H. appear. to be horse, water, or steam power, and can be construct­ T. D., verting a rotary to a rectilinear motion, or ver­ the Director!! and Commissioners have delayed ken care of as a colored woman." not sufficiently matured. The principle is evident­ ed so as to dress stone of any required Ilize, as ra­ vice -�� la. The principle of Lhis movement is applied to opening books of subscription in order to present to Iron castings m,By be bronzed by thorou�h clean- a good one, but will require more invention pidly, least with the attendance of one man, as moving the ofilaw-mills ; il is also used in the publi� such statements, bailed on critical sur­ ly it at. ing, and subsequent immersion in a solution of lul­ than we can afford, arrange and proportion in­ twelve good stone cutters could perform the same carriage, to it engine-lathes and various other machinery. But as veys, and other data, as will induce a very general phate of copper, when they acquire a coat of the a practical fo rm. labor. The machines coat one to two hun­ from a rack cannot be supposed to be endless, the motion subscription to the IItock, when the books are open­ to latter metal. They must be then waahed in water. of Providence, ii, we pre­ dred dollars. Our friend " Yankee," of die wheel or pinion must necessarily be occa· ed fo r that purpose : and tllat they express perfect � lume, in no particular hurry. The weather too lionally reversed. The conversion the rectili­ A car red at Chicago, Ill., ill REAPING MA!;RINE.-A 'new reaping machine 01 confidence in the entire success of this important io���u warm flying at present. \vas lately shipped Irom that port fo r near motion to the rotary, by this method, is less work. Wisconsin for -_.",...,..,.�##>H__ _ and rake combined, is spoken of in the Chicago fr equently practilled, but hal sometimes been ap­ Territory. The circum.tance attracted much GEOLOGICAL GLEANINGS IN Journal, as beini' superior to anything hitherto in­ NoaTHERN RAILRoAB.-The first allnual report at­ MISSIBSIPPI.-We plied to working drills, which require a recipruca­ tention and drew BOlDe quaint remark.. have on hand a valuable and original treatise un­ troduced. It cuts the grain and deposites it in bun­ of the Direetors of' the Northern Railroad-the ting rotary motion. The rack and pinion hae been der this head, the publication of wh ich we shall dles with �peed and accuracy, Rnd with one mlln to railroad from Concord, N. H., to the western bank Alarg;� through lately introduced on railroads enable the engine the walls of a commence next week. To our western patrons it attend it, will cut all ae-re grain fo r every mile (0 of Connecticut river, near the mouth of White rio dwelling hous:! in Greenfield, MalS., 01 to aSC8ud hills w ith its load. In this case, the .hut Or! will be peculiarly interefilting. trave iled by the horse to which it attached. It ver-has been published. The route is miles in by a blast tho new railroad. It reported as ____ is of the constitute the pinions, and the rack­ 68 is -----N·���e�"N_ �� was invented by Mr. Foster, of Laporte, Ind. grade is fifty teetto the VERMONT AND MASSACHUBETTS RAILltoAD.-We A 1\1Ichculty dered her not to return without a certain amount of ignited spirits wine, and iiuspending tl piece of (Continutd No. 4!.) procuring the of improved agricultural machines, par­ money, which poor child had not been able to magnesia in the flame. The lantern ill which learn that a contract has been made by the Direct­ ticularly the horse-rake. Some Yankee plow rna­ the orll of this corporation fo r iron sufficient lay fo ur­ obtain. The old woman wanted money to buy these are placed has Ii reflector, and the whfJla B E to kerl!! might do well in that State. iii D C H C D of rum. Why do not the city authorities protect teen miles their track between Fitchburg and secured againilt external injury. This light ' ' ' the i� al - Athol, at the low rate of $76 50 per ton. A rich equal ehildren of intemperate parents 110 recommended 10c.olI\otive�. 100I iI� E��I�� 'I $115,000 ;j�;-;;um ..� ,..,..,. --.,.,..,.,.,lur rail.�road. .,.,.,,- .. -- -- �� fo r the purpode eltablillhing two. new LIilXINGTON (MAs8.) RAILRoAD.-The grading of to of PaOVINg AN AQUADucT.-We have seldom heard PARDONING POWF.R.-It appear_ by Il recent one at the Cape Good Hope and THE OF 'l' IMBER.-The strength and e-apa· this rQad is completed, and everything is ready fo r Bi,hopriel ; ef a finer American bull than was ree-endy reported report Secretary of State, thnt R STf:lINGTII the ether at Australia. of of the large por­ city of timber under certain circumstances, wtue laying the rails. The rails have been made at the __�� ��,�____ _ by the Pittsburg Gazette, on subject of proving tion of the convict. whieh havc been scntcnced the briefly shown and explained in our last nurnber.­ Montour works in Penullylvania, and has probably A gentleman in Charleston, S.C., has invented a Itrength of the BUilpension aquaduct. It seems to the State Prisons withiu the last five years, the we .hall now proreed to illustrate ccrtain combina­ arrIved ere this, at Charlestown, and will be laid Phoneti" 'l'eIAitraph conveys intelligence by the natives Wilre bath gratified and astonished at have been pardoned by the different governors of' which tions of timber on the principle bracel, and show with all possible dispatch. lounds. It requires several wires, and is not. es- the enormous strength aquaduct sustain­ the State. What bargains were made or how much of ��e""'- of the in the capacity thereof a8 ordinarily applied to the teemed a very valuable improvement. the weil/:htof six at one it cost each lor his liberty not reported ; but Jumbl e. Ing heavil?,' laden line boats is construction of' bridieil, &c. Suppose the horizon­ time. Some Ollr readers will understand that no some people take the liberty to suspect that those One the greatest crimes of thc clergy is said The wires or the Magnetic Telegraph have in of tal beam to be of' ash or oak ten inches square and Df more strength required to sustain an aquaduct burglars robbers and 8\\indlers who have been the to consist in neglecting to denounce in the most some iustances, indicated the approach a thunder 6 20 is tifty fe et and perfactly united to the beam and 01 with or loaded boat� upon it to �u9tailJ most successtiJ I at. their trades, staud the hesl chance; 10Ilg, pointed terms the sin of cheating the printers.-- storm, by a s pasmodic action, two hours before the than to each other all points of contact. Suppose al­ the water which would rest upon it if the boat.s were and it is quite certain that thc expen.;eto the state at In 1787 there were 32,000 fe males confined for life appeared. so that the points which the braces B, come in clouds not there. wonderful aquaduct truly. ofconvictinl! the whole at numbcr-477-must have in the variou� convents of Spain.--T wo hundred Lril.d�sma;i� A contact with the abutments, are tcn feet below the A mself to been (;oniliderable, and might as well have been clocks per da are rnlin fa ctllred the sever l ;�� VOLCANOE8.-There are more than hundred beam, and that the elevation of the posts E, is also ! � a be a seven-shilling piece, advertised himself thus , at I : two thrown away Rs to have been used in thuB mocking manufac�ofIes 10 ConIlectlcut.--The Nashua, burning mountains, 01'volca noes, 011 the earth.­ ten fe et : then the braces B, will sustain a weight N. 'If my wife ever presents me in payment don't Justitce. '1' 1,e number pardoned in 1840 55; was 60,000 manufacturiug Corporations make semi-annual changc me.' These volcanoes are believed be chimneys, 1841,-59 of about Ibs each ; and the braces C C, with H., to the in ; in 1843,-88. 18'14,- dividends of ten per cent.--Th� planet Venus �� or vents, by which the gaseous matter escapes that 1842,-95. thc aid of the braces D D, will sustain a weight of 1844,-95; Trle appropriations in E glaDd for Ac· all 4-77. may now be seen by the naked eye, between and � the army and is generated by the intornal fires of the earth. abou 120,000 each : making in all a support 85. -�-in t Ib6. 8 navy, lind the o'clock in the morning, fifty or sixty degrees in p�y-1llent of IOterest on the National cording to some geologists, fires raging in the BY of 360 000 Ibll. or about tons for a parallel pair AI.PHABET, W.-We 11 eb , fo r the rent yea , of o u ­ the THE U NIVF.RSAl. J. V. 350 advance the sun.--The highest tax paid by D L r.Ul' r is up wards tw h n earth are intense, that, a depth of ten miles, of setts beams and braces. This bridge being owe our readers an apology fo r allowing this subject of dred and twenty·five millions 80 at vI' the one individual in Boston is $6,507 ; �be higheiltin of dollars. the earth is at a red heat at a depth oftwenty miles so large a space ill our laBt nu mber , but thus supported, F. eentre section would -�� j consider­ 34,000; F New-York is about the highest in Cincin- A steamer is being built at Wilmin it is a white heat and at the depth fifty miles, ing the subject important, and one which is hardly need any connection with the end sections gton, Del., to j 01 enga­ nati not far fr om $8,000.--Pat '1'001 has been be propelled by McConnell's propellers, the hardest rocks would become liqu i d ! ging considerable attention at prescu(, we were the bridge, but way merely rest on them as it and is ex­ or -� held to bail iII Cincinnati, lor menacing his wife. pee ted to accomplish miles per hour. There may RECESS persuaded to allow the author to tell the whole sto­ it would on two piers ; yet it is better to have the. 2S I'lXTRA.-An engine on the Connecticut He must be a poor tool.--The establiijhment be di A beams continuous and well spliced. The centre sappointments. ry in one number. Thllt the EnglislJ orthography of '--_V��V��__ V_Vy ���__ River railroad, became detached fr om the passen­ telegraphic lines has the effect to start up several section may have the simple support fo ur short is very imperfect, aud reqtIires improvement, is ad­ lurniture Gen. Arista, which was captured ger train last week, and ran four miles before the oj' daily papers, in places wherc such things were not The of braceil meeting at the post It will he �eeIl at mitted by all ; and it is well to have the attention of by the Americans, consisted.of a silk bed and engineer discovered the absence of the train. On H. thouiht until recently.--The N. Y. Evangel- cur­ a glance that much additional strength may be ad· the public called to the Bubjec.t ; but we are not pre­ of tains, and a variety of silver plate, strongly con­ returning fo r the train, the passengers were fo und ist admits that the world ahead of the church in pared that the im}l rOVements proposed by ded �y additional braces in different positions ; and is trasting with Taylor's fu rniture. distributed about the neighborhood of the cars, en­ to decldc moral relorm, and admonishes the church to Gen. J. arc so perfect and ullCxceptionable as it to be the policy of some bridge makers to joying the scenery and picking berries, by the road to seems V. "V. come up to the standard of the world.--A fellow The expen8 country be readily adopted, or general approba· combine ae many braces in as many different posi­ e� side. lIIect with in Albany hus been sent to the house of correction ill estimated at $200,000,000 per tions as po!sible ; but our object is show that annum : quite tion. We shall present our own views the to 60 NEW STEAMBOAT8.-Three 011 sub­ fo r days, because bad a good trade but was enough to balance all the benefits derived fr om the steambvats are now ject, with illustrations, in a fu ture lIumber. tbese le w braces, arraDged, as here represented, he too lazy to work.--The number of emigrants credit system. lying at the St. Louis, Ky., city wharl, all in pro­ P.S. Since the above was in type, we have re­ Will support more weight in proportion to the quan­ �-- fr om Europe to the United States, is estimated, for cels of completion, bearing names of ' Gen. ceived the which will be fo und in tity of timber, than any ather combination, the Fruit monstrous size, Bueh liB gooseberries the communication, the present year at about 200,000.--. Three horses of Taylor,' , Major Ringgold,' and ' Rio One another column, Hesperus,' and which height of the posts and 1enllth of span blling three inches in �ircumference, Grande.' the and strawberrieil a signed have lateley been killed, by the enginea on the to be launched in will be called the takes up the subj ect so underlOtandingly, that we considered. "Ve would not be understood to pre­ about the size of eggs, CQr\tinue to be rellOrted in lew days Eastern railroad near Boston.--Gen Vega has , Rough and Ready.' could not refuse it a place. sent this arrangement ail the most judicious model our western exchanges. �-- "#I.� asked permission visit different parts of the U. .--� WASHINGTON.-A for a bridge, but merely to illustrate principles.­ to GOUGH AT THE ARMY AND THE -Letters from Ma- thought the request will granted. There arc now living in Hadley, Malil., and with­ VV' ashil o he only rational arguments that can be brouiht lgt ll paper WAR T S. It is �� be says :-' John Gough is here giving lectures to tamoras represent a rather pleasant state of affairs in thirty rods of each other, five persons whose B. up in fa vor or a seriea short braces, crossing and BENEVOLENGE.-Under this absurd head, we find crowded audiences,-the people listen attentively- in that city. The Yankee merchants who have reo 01 united ages amonnt to four hundred and t hirty-five intersecting each other, is that they support each in several of our exchanges, an account of several and at the conclusion of onc his discourses, they cently established bUsiness, are selling various sta­ years. of other against trembling and crippling, and that large bequests of money, madc in the will of a de­ generally retire to grog:·"hopR for juleps, and i ar icles at �s than half the price6 fo the p e t le rmerly short braces are not easily crushed as tho�e of Timothy Pills burg was fo rmerly a representa­ other fashionable beverages. 190 ceased rich man in Newark. Now in the name of charged the Mexican merchants, and the inhabi· tive lI'om Eastport, Me.; he is now a - --.,.,.,..,.,.,,-�... --.- greater length. this account there mllybe some representative by On all common sense, we should like to know what tants are flocking to buy goodll as if they thought in CongreEs from Texas, the 0ppoilite extreme of FIGHTING ON THEIR OWN HooK.-Capt. Lums- advantage d�rived from a combination of long and benevolence there can be in the donations hoard. it was their last opportunity. The Mexieam; ap­ of the Uilion. den's company of mounted men havo procceded to short braces, or at least of a few vertical and late. ed wealth to missionary societies and Presbyterian y r f pear to be well pleased with their new neighbors, the Rio Grande without authorit o acceptance o ral supports to the long braces which contribute churches, by a dying old bachelor who had hugged Two on d esire to have the rmv remain there or to join t���t-;peed, the government. Some of the 'Talladejo boys ' �� � � support by the crush resistance. But the upper the Troy and Schenectady railroad last week, met . hiB riches as long as he could possibly control and It Its march to MeXICO city. Many the sol- of Alabama have gone off the same manner to ID 01 braces which support by tlle strength of draught, keep it from doing any good : all cases in this and smashed each other to pieces. No person was in diers are determined to settle in that country. or the camp. have no oce-asion fo r any cros� braces or lateral hypocritical world, we know ofnoue more:decidedly killed. �"""",._- city of It is said that Gen. Paredes has left the supports. 'r he strength of iron braces fo r bridges I contemptible, under the pretention of Jiberality . Five judges were recently imprisoned at Frank­ SLAVE RETORNED.-A New Orleans paper states i w a a 15,000, dest Mex co ith n rmy ined to operate or floor" are to be calculated on the principle above of' fo rt, Ky., fo r refusing to appear berore the Court that a black lellow who had bee,i iberated from g i t our es ill M tamoras. Gen. � I a a ns fo rc a Taylor will illustrated, as will be shown in our next. POWERFUL DElI-IONSTRATION.-·" Mr. . A of Appeals, and show cause why a jailor whom they slavel'Y some years ago, and has sOjourned III se- I 10,000 mell Yes, have at least , ar:u.lwill be able to meet a (fo be continued.) Chairman," said modern political orator, re­ had discharg be vera! northern · ed, should not restored. States, recently returned to for- I any fo rce that Paredes can muster. report iij -�8"""'."""""""-- "I his A peat the declaration-I do not believe there is a mer owner, requesting to be receivefj a� a Flave ; he c r a G Ot' SIN.-Mr. Grund, writing from During a th ur ent th t en. Taylor had rec eived despatches TilE FRllI'l'R man, woman, or child in this house, who has arri­ under storm last week a house was having got tired of his liberty. Europe give� a sickening picture of the state or struck by lightning by express, fr om the Mexicans, suing for ved at the age ofliny years, and upwards, but what ill Portsmouth, and cat -� peace ; society and mora].. in Berlin, Germany. He !:>tates N. H., a but this report wants confirmi ng. was killed in the arms of one of its inmates without VERY LIBERAL.-A Vermont editor advertiJ!lell 12,000 10,000 has fe lt this truth thuudering throullh theil' brains �..,.,.,.,--- that the city contains criminals ; sick Injuring the person who held it. that there are lots of beautiful girl;; prome for centuries-I don't !" nading 10,0('0 ---��� IN AUREARi:!.-Through some little oversight of with diseases produced vice ; prostitutes : �##,.,.,,.,.,--- principal street of his village, and that any per­ by Patrick O'Brien, who was recently pardoned by the our derk, one of our subscribers hall received sevc­ 2000 illegitimate children (annually ;) 1000 living PAVEMENTs.-A part State street, son who will subscribe fo r his paper and pay in ad­ WOODEN of the Connecticut Legislature, made his escape fr om ral numbers of the " Scientific," beyond the term in almy houses ; 6000 paupers ; 200 prisoners or the Boston, is beiu;.f paved with chesDut blocks. The vance, may have-the privilege of looking at their 1500 6000 2000 the State Prison before the notice of his pardon had fo r which he had paid in advance. I� that you rea- police ; orphans ; sick in hospitals ; blocks are improved shape, a nd are said to be pretty fa ces. of reached the prison. der 'l If so, just please to square up the balance, eonvicti of houses of correction, and 4000 beggars kiallized with a solutien • _",.,..,..__ . of corrosive sublimate.­ .--- -����-.- GEN RAL .-Gen. Gaines, it said and add another But, really, is probable that three-fo urths of this wretchedness We are not yet.fu lly prepared believe that the An expert bottle maker at the English manufac­ AGES OF THE E B is advance payment. It to ill about sixty-nine years of age ; Gen. Scott about we did not think it was you, or we would not have might be prevented by the prohibition intoxicating sublimate is any more effectual as a preservative tories, will begin and finish fifteen hundred bottles • ixty-four ; and Gen. Taylor fifty-six. said anything about it. liquors. than various other cheaper saline preparations . n ten hours, with aid of Ii blower andiather er. the I

© 1846 SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, INC. Selected Articles. Pitman's PhonOlrapbY. �'A.Natural Un1l'ersal Alpbabet." ( Communicated.) QUACKERY. We introduced this lubject several weeks since, charlatan of Paris, wall article under title V. in the Sci­ Malltaccini the famous and promiled to examine different systemll in An thill by J. W., th� . fe w a young man , of good family; and having 10 a ew use to see which was entitled to the preference. enlific American ot' July 2d ]846 merits a reo . r.. d hlm­ marks. Like many of his predecesors in the same years squandered a large estate, and r�duc� Th s we have done, and have no hesitation in de­ . i field,the author seemed not to have devoted suffi­ self to beggary, he fe lt must exercIse hIS IOg�­ ciding that Pitman's system, the purpose of re­ he fo r or he cast hIS cient attention to the subject. would certainly nuity, s.tarve. In this state of mi�ld porting speeches, or facilitating business correspon· It eyes around the various devices whIch save fr om dence, is preferable to auy otber system that conduce to the advancement of mankind, were has the The MiUerites. He articulate sounds, which are made tltesame indigence and are most favored by fo rtune. been introdueed ; but or. Rccount of' an excessive by or­ Continued from No. to a 41. perc ived it was Charlatanism, on w ich this variety sub ects "all spelled according natural, fixed, soon � � press and of business, and of other � gans and e shall not all the various branches and benefactress lavished her fa vors WIth most invariable principle." But the system proposed is V\' tallow blind that required attention, we have neglected.the Illus­ sects of those who are called Millerites, into all a o deficient in several important particulars. pleasure, and in the greatest abundance. An d � it tration this system, till several our readers their wild, extravagant, There is God ! � of of and irrational theories, and Deny it not ! there a cious domestic was the only relllallll g For last twenty years an alphabet combining and loqua � have expressed some impatience sundry commu­ the discordant systems,-at lea .. t not at present,-but is Go!l in Roman Who watches o'er the earth, of all his fo rmer grandeur; he dressed hIm on subject. We IlOW tbese qualities as fa r as the ordinary alpha­ article nications the are prepared, briefly illustrate the views, theory, and principal ar­ part By whose Almighty power 'twas fo rme!1 a livery, mounted a spleudid chario , bet ad mit�, has been in extensive use irt every of in gold lace � however to present the subject in a fo rm give auments of the who adhere to the original fa ith And ushered o bir . I!p to int t on a under the name, style, and tI­ a va· the world, having heen introduced the good few h and started tour our read rs chance to learn and practice by nd principles Mr. Miller, but have fixed on ano­ His power is fe lt in � this rated Mantaccil1i, who cures all seu@e of American missionaries and others. = of every clime, tle the celeb luable art, tbemselves. The ther d fini e and limited period within man has t od, 01 Dr. by Wherever r touch or simple look. Not chief recommendation of this alphabet is that it is e t of time, diseases witb a simple In Mr. Pitman's system, of using the periods wi'l terminate, And work proclaim and chim instead charac­ which and that obtained as much practice as his da­ se "natural," the prophetic aU his s e finding he ters r pre nt the letters of the common alpha­ in giving uni'versally acknQ1vledgcrl will appear his though it is perfect· there a God !" to e he determined to resort. to the vowel characters. Christ in glory j " There is- is ring genius anticipatod, bet, he employs various figures or sIgns to e.xpress powers of even by themse\veEl, that The system of ly evident, and admitted Go to e solemn solitudes still higher flights. He left Paris, and modestly an­ the elementarv consonant sounds, with occaBsional Mr. could 11ot, any possi· th ' W. by or however clear­ Where Nature holds her r ign, bility, be advertised in Europe-among the however 8anguine they lIIay he, nounced himself Lyons, as "the celebrated Dr. dots or dashes to designate the vowel sounds in ly they demonstrate ('o1Tcctne8S i e at Iudians o thei: In all her grandeur w ld and rude, re­ of America, or ill the Sandwich, or other Pacific may the � Mantaccini, who revives the dead will." T,p combination therewith . The several figures se­ present impossible them to O'er valley, hill, lain; at isles. Common move doubt he declared that in fifteen days he lected to express the consonant sound�, are fo und eenEe rebels against taking the Ro· view�, it is for galIl suf­ and p all ficient credence as produce another excitement Or to the mount in' tow'ring peblu; two all man alphabet and peverting almost every vowel to a s would go to the common churchyard. and restore to combined in quadripartite circles thuB : the hat pierce h passing cloud, minds the public. With regard to the ge­ t e fo r and the whom so umny wish to keep in of T life its inhabitants, though buried ten years.­ lIound, people neral of their fa ith, they believe that ( all And all, tho' silent, plainly in ignorance, principleF speak­ This declaration excited a general rumor and mur­ would also rebel if they were honestly a God scripture was given by inspiration God e8 e­ in ossession of the The people are virtual. of j' � " There is-there is !" mur against the doctor, who, not in the least dis­ p fa cts. cially prophetic part that the propheCIes The whispering 1:ephyr, lindthe winds told-" have to able to the j and cOllcerted, applied to the magistrated, and requested Iy You lIO right be wer� ealculated be tJoeful and in­ o read The ling tempests send, a German, italian, Latiu, or inteudeu fw d to h w that he might be put under guard to prevent his EB® Hawaiian, Delaware, even comllJOn people, who The flowers that bloom and birds that sing, Mandingo properly ; we will therefore make you structive to mankind, till; escape, 1.1ntil he should perform his undertaking. dilligently Ii) I

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P A y Galvanic Experiments, of 81)9 power of Galvanism applied without any of the ob· hammers ; iron, brass, and bell fo undry, pucilingand heat­ references. riOUI THE subscriber has established an a�ency 111. his lor sale-price the office the .everaletatee. Jections which are inseparable from the general mode W the ing fu rnaees, air cupolo chaffery and refinery, or let out 7. synopsis of the Con"titutions of Ilrehouse, 12 Platt street, cw orl" for the protcc· 75 rcnts,-at of Sci· s A now ill Uge. The strong doses, and at irregular inter· N Y entific American. furnace . 8. Chronological Table. of Hi8torical tion and general rights !Ina intercsU event. ill the vals, in which Qalvanism is applied hy the machine�, has advancement of the Electro'l'latiu g all branches, brilliantly exe· N.B.-All letters directed, post-paid, to B. MER· Uuited States. of [nventors and Patentees. in its S. beeR pronounced, after a fa ir and impartial trial, to be as above. KEL, Founder-machinist, millwright, dr&llghtsman and Tables of Members of the Cabinets of the variout The objects of this agency are more particularly to 9. tUcilUdlll iKjIWiou.,and it was to remedy this radical de· cuted Engineer, Philadelphill. Pa. administl'!1tions, Ministen to ForeiKn tries, and otb­ aid and assist Inventors and Patentee� effecting sllles COlin fe ct thllt thia newapplication was projected, which, after Co.'S febl l. er principal public officers. of their inventions and good� and WAresin made OAMt:! & unceasing toil and perseverllnce, has been hrought to its of there· A Slatistical tablcs of Commerce and population with-and also fo r the Patent Right". ';tt �:"T EASOrlJRl"\, 80UTH EllN. AND WESTERN 10. i preseat state of perfection. Galvanic Rings answer sale and tmMfer of J 0 H N SON'8 Index, or analytical table of contents The i Arrangementil havc been made with a lalVyer II JiN illW(Q)lW a II. A Complete all the purposes of the most expensive machines, and in pac age Express. lID to the whole work. Price fa miliar with Patent Law�, will attend to Daiy k No. 144 UL O STREET. S!i. many other rellpects are more SAFE CERT,UN in ac· the Rnd legal branch the bU8ineB�who reasonahle res" ectfully gIVe nollce tbat their F T N complishing the desired object. the AD1\ MS SO co. (Near Broadway) : ew York. COMP ANION TO JOHN BUNYAN. Slltisfactory01 willUpO beIl arrangement!. fo r various Expresses have been per­ N The Galvanic Rings have been with entire IUC · their fo urth edition of' Dr. Cheever's Lectures on Pi!­ used term8. referencc" givcn. A p. with the greatest care, and enable to for­ eels all cllses of Rheumatism, acute or chronic, apply­ plications made to them BILL 01<' J<' A.RE. grim'5The Progress, lind life and times of John Bunyan, in x :>my be the ullllcn;;iltllcd \,rr�"n· fewllrcted,d with utmost security and rapidity, and ·at mo­ Roast Turkey, Boiled Ham, lid ing to the head, fa ce or limbs; gout, tic-dolore tooth­ aily, or hy letter, illustrated with bellutifnlthe steel , post-7lUid. derate I'Ilt��,the Mercha ndize of every description.1l 181 !!

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