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- I , ' ' , - -.-.-V r 1 ' " Mill """" 1 , 1 1 1 wnmfflnM.(K?ir(0)ET: add"f . ,' . .- : 1 " r: ; - V :- ' 1 . . . '', TTT. '.. . r- " 11 t ' i : i : I"""""'-" " : ' ' ,.i . , 1 MM. :. . U ' ' i ilk O o JEV c; iiill Editor and Proprietor; JBJE jruST awn FE1U WOT." WllmintonVorth Carolina VOL. II. NO. 31. FRIDAY, AUGUST 18th, 1837. WHOLE NO. 83. PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY MORNING. . " TEHW3. TnREE Dollars, pcbasskm. i advance. ADVERTISEMENTS ' mm "(M.linff inir'lnnru.l At ONE DOLLAR t". flXil "?VVC.3ri'.FIVIS CB.NX3 for eaeh subse- qXsacnWr taken for less than oe year, and all who per.nittheir subscription to run over a year, without giving notice, nre considered bau-id fir the second yeaf, and so on for all suc ceeding years. No papar discontinued until aU arrearages are oaid. unless at the option of the Editor. OFFICE on tlic Couth nide of Market Street, be jwth Couit lion. RmRoAn Ofkicb. Tl'.'niitiffnn.. J id a 1st. 183G. ( A T a meeting of the Board of directors of the A-.Wi!n,i,rf;:i an.J Raleirl Rail-Road Com pany thin iKiy.'tiie fjllowing Resolution was pass ed and ordered to oe puunsinsu, . , r..u.A Thnf Interest be-exacted from sucl St a ho! Jers, as shill fail to pay their instalments witMn the lime prf :r.i.j-.oy puuuciiuuoo. True copy- fiorn the mimifs. ' J M G S S. G R t: , Sec r clary. July 1.11 :V'-'( Rail Roar Offic ICF, 536. V,hiiir!lon. Dec. 1L, IS! AT a late Meeting of the lJo;ud ct Directory of the Wilmirigion and Ralcigl. Rail RoaA Company, the fallowing Resolutions were passed and ordered to b; published. Resolved Tliat a DiscrAint be allowed, at the , . rate f six percent per annum, for all an.ti cipitcd pnymerrt's of subscriptions to the ttock of this Company ; i be cstimaitc! after p11 llie payments of other subscribers, shall have b-eu vnaiu: and the amount then, re funded agrei-ably to the same. Resolved .Thn.t Interest be allowed on all In ' - fjtIpv;pU paid not less than thirty days before tliv.y !. lue. '1 rue (Jopy f- m the INiinutcs. December 'J3ih, It ' . J.i MES S. GREEN, Pr. S O T I C K. - V AS A;?.nt of the Rail Road I fi.id it absolutely nccarv to rnfoic- the law sgainst persoii Jtrad.n w kIi n'froes. 1 ais is tlie'reire to war.i 11 ;jrivns .igan.st trading with any of the haiun c. i.'ilirt Ro'id, without iiu ;( 'ial puss from my -.if or s'uoe one of I tie I 2nii -rs. , , A MsR Superinleiid.int. , ; WiU:nSt6n, i'ebr. 3d, 1837. 4tf FlAil.'RoD ' i'lCK, I V;!nUtm, Miiy 15t4', 1S37. J "T)t:"'.SU.A : ,T t.i an ord;;r f the ll-vyiil of jX. ' "u thcStoc'-.'hold Vjof ihe V ! lining t. mid 1l '..iifiU H id R.wJ Company will, be' ralh i o'i to die fo.' ;vig iii:;a!''netns, via: r 3 5 pr is.uiie to be p.nd on or before 11 July nf xt, 5 5 " ' "1st Oct. V. g 10 , " " 15th lc. " JAMES OWEN, .President" May 19th, 18T7. To Wood Cutters. THE Wilmington and Raleigh Rail Road Company will contract for a quantity of wood to be delivered on Hall's wharf. r Persona who wish to contract, will ploase call at the Enginfrr's pffi.-c on Mr. M. T. Goldsbo i rough or on th. undersigned ' . WALTER GWYNN, Eninecr. . Witmin-i.m, Jnii--'Jth,' 137. 2- t f . Fayettcvillc and Wcstcrn &&i SQ5&i. "; NOTICE is civen that the Books of Subscrip tion to the block of this Company are op'ened at the' Bank of the State. : , ' An instalment of Two Dollars on each share will be required at the tim of subscribing. '. 1 By the Commissioners . JAMES OWEN. -r AARON LAZARUS. ALEXR. ANDERSON, i Wilmington. Feb. -24th, 1837. 7 t-f. Wanted ly the Subscriber, O AK and Bay Bark, for which theibllowing price, in cash, will be paid on delivery ' S 6 00 pr. Cord for Oak, and 8 3 50 do for Bay, delivered in good order. ,M JOHN J. IIEWETT. April 7ih, 1837, 13 t-f. FOR- 8MB. ': Just receivd, and for Sale by the Subscriber; 50 Bales Hay, , v.' 60 ICcgs of first quality Lard. J. U. BREWSTER. February 3d, 1837. , 4. t f STEPHEN D. WALLACE having made K an ajsinnientof all his property, including outst&iiuing iU)H uvie lam, either by nolfrOr ac count, to the sajsenber the latter herebyy gives notice to alt person indebted, to call on U. B. BaHer, and make prompt payment otherwise legal stepsiwiU he ta f ,r their collection, Tha subscriber nerehv offers tor sa't all th oivoo. iiwut, recent v Lt ur,;.n? to the stid Stepben D. Wallace, consisting of dai'uucki ox every description, HARD WARE, &c UURlS TOPllER WALLACE, Assignee. Wilmington, 9th June, 1897. 22 t-f. 10 Reward "TrttTiMl be eiven for mv man who absconded on the 25th of May last. He is about 5 feet hih. yellow complected. U has a wife at Mr. T. J. Arm- .irnnit'f in Witmintrtnn nt whirh plache is likely to be lurking. The above re ward will be given for his apprehension and de livery tome, or confined in jail so that 1 get him Caw.- JAMES B. WILLIAMS. Muddy Creek, Duplin Co., If. C. M June 30th, 1837. 25 t-f. TIMBER L AND. s ; ! i IT WISH to sell at a fair price, 4 Tracts, of GiO JL Acres each, of iwell timbered Land, situated on both sides of Little Cohira, on South River, and Rlflrlf 1iiirn i-hn in PSanirkann oniintv arA ... vumpvu , on Black Mingo and BlatkRiver Run in Cum berland Uounty. Fersons wisnin to purchase, can apply for particulars to me in Fayettville, or to W. C. Lord, in Wilmington. . a v v v ni m 1 U. if, MALLh.l l. . March 17ih, 1837. 10 t-f. NOTICE. Mi 1 THE Subscriber ?Kiving qualified as Executor to the Last Will and Testament of Ann Garvan deceased, at February Term, 1837, of the Court of Pleas-And GLuarter Sessions of Bladen County, hereby gives notice to all persons having claims or demands against the Estate of said de ceased, to present them duly authenticated within the time prescribed by law, or this notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. JOHN LLOYD McKW, Excctr. March 3d, 1837. : H 8t C Montague's Balm, An Indian Remedy for the Toolh-Acht. frpilIE established reputation and constantly JL increasing demand for this effectual remedy of pain, and preservative of the teeth, has indu ced the subscriber to offer it to the American pub lic. Arrangements jhave been made to -supply Agents in all the principal cities iind towns of the United States, so as to place it within the reach of those suffering and likely to suffer, with the most harras'sing of all aches, (tooth-ache.) When, applied according to directions given on the bet tie, it has never failed to afford immediate and permanent relief. It also arrests the decay in de tective teeth, and relieves that soreness which so frequently renders a strong tooth useless. The application and remedy are simple, inno cent, and not unpleasant!; and the large number of persons in various sections of the country, who have already experienced such delightful and sa lutary benefits from the useof .the bairn, are ready to bear (for the public Kood) their testimony to its unrivalled qualities. It is an indian remedy, ob tained singularly and unexpectedly and may be reffardfd by the civilized worid.ns the most remarkable discovery- of the Redj Man of the woods. -j ! ''''"-" Pi ice, 1 dollar per bottle. ; For sale by V. WARE. 9g-n'. J -ne30. 1837. . " 2.S t-f. TTIE npartnership heretofore existing undr tlie'-hrm of PEUEN & RUSSELL, was dissolved by mutual consent on the 20ih inst The busiti-ss of the .'concern will be settled by E C. RUSSELL, who! has purchased the entire STQCK, and will continue at the old stand, where he will be happy at all fims to serve his friends and customers'', -with. a' choice assort ment of ; M ' (jrroccriey. Liquors, AND " Provisions .July 01st, 1837. , ' ! 28 t-f. SHOES, II ATS &c The Subscriber having purchased the StocK in tradp and taken 'the stand of Mr. Asa A. Brown. has recently made large additionsto the Stock, and IH'W U1ICI O H Ilia lliviiww v.. '.u .I1MIIT vnrv o-renf assortment of ffoods in that lineSiicn as BOOTS, SHOES, TIATS, CAPS, &c. also, a laro-e siinnlv of readv made CLOTHING " j-i 1 I J some extra fine,) Saddles & bridles, Blankets Sheetings & Shirtings, Calicoes, and other dry I o c' IT . ! urjous aiso ougai ot vouee. THOMAS SMITH . W-ilmineton; Oct. -28, 183i. t- ' - " Office of ihe Wilmiiipton tf Ralcigh R. R. Comjmnir:Nov. 12A, 183d." 't'nKROT.Vtif) That the hours for the trans action of business i'h this Office shall in future be from 15 minutes after . the turn-out bell in the morning, unt.il the usual dinner hour established by the 1 own. ? P T WF1 nnrlprsicrnpfl wrnul respectfully cll the at teiitiori of all those having business' .with this nflire tothf above, extract from the minutes of the Wilming ton nnd Raleigh Rail Road Company. JAMES 3. GREEN, Treasurer. Wilming.on, July 21 s, 1837: I 28 4-t. Rockingham Mineral ..'..- i ';'..." - - I ( Frequently called Lconax Castle. ) Q ITU ATED in Rockingham County, North Kj7Carolina. directlv on Messrs. Perk: Wellford &Co;s Staire line, from Washington r?itv to Mil. ledge'ville, Geo., a high, handsome; healthy, and neasam suuation; me i -water, fannalyzed bv i-ruicsnor vjimsieao.j impregnated with Sulphur, Carbon of Iron.' and Magnesia, a solntirln nf cellcnt MINERAL water, operating a r. inaruc,.uiureiic,cc., strengthening and Organiz ing me powers ot digestion, Stomach, Bowels, Liver. Kidnevs. &c. rxcelle lit in: T..ivAr atTa- uons, jjyspepsia, iJeoiiity, Eruptions, &c, invi eoratine the whole svsteth. i It is eonfirtntlw . - 4 i i - v v - r " Tk . : - lieved; that medical intelligence, j if consulted, wuuiu ici-qmrnenu mis water. I he bathing es tablishment will be in good order. I The Pronrietor is th tions tO those that have batrnnizerf him anA f. . . - 1 a...... MA.-ia .11- j"""' iu me Kiri ii ss, stage passengers, traveller that ...iv1 n , . ' 1 ' ,u " lurmsn gvKiu accom modations, duiln: the ar nmnrl,! son ; and he flatters himself that he has given tntii 8atiSiauiun io ma ariends anu acquaint niM hrptnfrr if ' t , -u icn- ' JNO. J WRIGHT. July ,th 1837. ; r j 26 4-t Ij- Tke Journal and Observer, Fay eltevile Spectator, Newbern; Advertiser, Wilmington Press, Tarboro'; will insert the above card in their respecuve papers four times,! and forward their accounts to me; at the High Rock Post-Of- ncc, n.ochinnam county, IN'. CM with a paper containing the card, and I will send them the uuiuuru. i . :; J. J. W. To Rent riHE BRICK BUILDING nA whadp . the Aonh tide of Dock atrett, at preseat occu piedby Mr.Blaney.i Possession siven the first flan rf flAVM . , i 'If Hr I'M MMwMn liiif H wvwucu roriennR apply fa .. HENR1ETT AU RdUH ART. WilmiBgtOi, July 28th, 1837. j : 28 5-L PROCLAMATION By the Governor of North Carolina 200 Dollars Reward. WHEREAS it has been made known to me by the verdict of an Inquest held by the Coroner, that A. G. Keys, of the county of Mar tin, was recently murdered in said county, and that George W. Cobu-n, (of the county and State aforesaid,) stands charged with the commission of the said felony ; and whereas it is represented that the said George W. Coburn is a fugitive from justice : . ; i Now, therefore, to the end that the said George W. Coburn may be apprehended and brought to trial, I have thought proper to issue this my Proclamation, offering a reward of two hundred dollars, to any person oj persons who will apprehend at.d confine him in the jail or deliver him to the Sheriff of Martin county; and I'uj moreover hereby require all! officers, whether civil ;or military, within this StateJ to use their best exertions to apprehend, or cause to be apprehended, the said fugitive. I Given under mv hand as Governor, and the Great beal of North Caro- gjtt lina, at the city of Raleigh, this 26th May, A. D. 1837. I EDWARD T? nnnT rv CnntsTOPHER C. Battle, P. SecVy. G. W. Coburn is about 30 years of age, about 5 feet 9 inches high, thick set, of an athletic and muscular constitution, complexion rather florid. run lace, speahs snort ana quicK when spoken to, with eves somewhat riownenst 1 ic Kolmtr.t he' wore on leaving a blue cloth coal with velvet collar. .1 June 9th, 1837. 22 t-f. Valuable Property For Sale, fTU-JAT valuable Plantation in the County of erunswick, known by the name of IV aide a, situated near the sea shore, about forty miles from Wilmington, on the Georgetown (S. C.) mam road, and seven miles from the State line, con taining 1500 acres, or more, 3- to 400 acres of .which is in iiigh swamp, and well adapted to the culture of Coilon, Corn, Oats, Peas, or any thing else. This land is so suvJaieir; thauhe water which falls inon it, runs off in oppositedircctions, emptying itself into Little River on the West, and Shal.otte River On the last, winch prevents ts ever beins; inundated by freshets. About iJ5 or 30 acres is now under' cultivation, and will produce as much, for what 1 know, as any land ;n the State. The ballance is well covered with White and other Oaks, Black and Sweet Gum, Ash, Poplars, Sws.mp Palmetto, &c. &c. The i esidue of tiie tract is of tlammocK ana f ine iana. calculated for Timber, Turpentine,' Tar, &c The range for Cattle is excellent, having the be nefit of a large salt marsh , and the Hog rarige not'to b2 beaten. Fish and Oysters of the best kind, are to be obtained within one and a half miles of the settlement, in great abundance. The ad vatanges of Shallotte and Little Rivers are very great, when vessels of considerable size can ap proach within five to seven miles of the settle ment, and carry produce to any market. The ettlements are new, and in pretty good order ; the water is excellent, and the si-nation not only n!ear.!t.: but very healthy. 1 well sell the place as it now stands, a pari of the crop planted, and the bailance under way. with a good stock of Cattle and Hogs. Oxen, Carts, plantation Tools, and about 200 liushels of Uorn, t oaaer, urease, &c., and hire the Negroes for the ballance of the year. . ' . Alio : 1000 to 1500 acres of Turpentine land, wjth four tasks of new boxes cut, work shops, &c. at tached, situated on Smith's Creek, about five or g'X miles from Town, and about two from the Creek, where fiatts can receive Turpentine j or Tar at any season, and in one tide bring it to l.own. . My Terms shall be made accommodating. HENRY NUTT, Wilmington, Mavch 24th, 1837. 11 t-f. j Persons indebted to me are respectfully in vited to call and settle, as further indulgence can- , not be cranted. H. N. Sugar. 36 Ilhda. Snnerior Porto Rieo. Just received per Schooner Polly, and for sale by tiiVKK I CC littlAlll. June 30th, 1S37. 25 it m 20 Reward. TTB ANA W AY from the Subscriber on Sunday JHB25th lr.st. my Negro Woman Betsey Mer rick, with her three children, Edward, Margaret Artn and Caroline. Said Betsey is of dark coni plection,low stature, speaks very slow,' and has pa downcast look ; her children are Mulattoes, for merlythe propertyof Charles Nixon. Heryoung i est is rin infant. '1 The above reward will be eiven on her delive ry to me, or being lodged in any tail where I can get her and her children. ! i W. A. LANGDON. June 30th, 1837. ' 25 1- Dissolution of COPARTNERSHIP. i rwvn-n . 1 1 .r ..rt.. J- the firm of WEST & MARBLE, was rhu- a ii j: i . i r t? r jy c mYittSL.ii, naving bougnl t&e enure xniereai i o. m. w .0 1, in said nrm, win seme ui 11a bu sin ess. 1 KM. WSET. I -rrrr!i? VI A T7 RT V m . 11 :.lV...l . W..i Jt, MarhU r politely requester! to call and settle, as their delay . 117.. ! I I r. M ft .M A C M V Wilmington, July 14th, 1817. . 27 t-f. j GEORGE MARBLE j Dealer in j STAPLE and FANCY WSLT SD)(D)IS)S Beady xnado Clothing, Hats, mL Shoes, &c, ; JY&.19, JTIarket Slrect, July Mtk, 1837. 87 VC : I From the American Quarterly Review. Extract : Art. VI. Halleck,s Potms. Passing over the elegiac effusion on the death of Joseph R. Drake, which is familiar to. every admirer of eur author, we reach' the ensuing lines entitled " Twilight." There is about them a holy music, W-hich rings at the portals of our spiritual tar, like the breathings of some enchanted lute, As we read thenii all our visions of the tender and the lovely throng up in glittering array before the eye of reminiscence. We see the sun light playing again on the vernal landscapes of our early youth ; a momentary glimpse is given us on the 6heen of waters, that can never flash so blue and bright as in other days ; hallowed hours, epell bound moments, ere lurrying by upon the wings, of remembrance; and, convening again around us, in sweet communion, the dis tant and the dead, we go back with rapture te the times when; to our unpractised eyes, there was a newness of lustre in the grave evening firmament, fretted with dazzling fires; and when the mere boon of existence sufficed us, while we could look upon the folded liiy, as it rested in humblt mo desty on the margin of the water brook, snd, rocked to sleep a world of insect life in its golden cradle." These of course were childish affections; and when we come to be men. wt . put away childish things.; but a strain like " Twilight" re presents them anew. "twilight.. "There is an evening twilight of the heart, When its wild passion-wave are lulled to rest And the eye sees life's ftiry scenes depart, As fades the day-beam in the rosy west. Tis with a nameless feeling of regret W j gaze upon them as they meli away, And fondly would we bid them linger yet, f But hope is round us with her angel lay, Hailing afar some happier moonlight hour ; Dear are her whispers still, though lost their early power. '' In youth the cheek was crimsoned with her glow; Her smile was lovelier then ; her matin song Was heaven' own music, and the note of wo Was all unheard her sunny bowers among. Life's little world of bliss was newly born ; We knew not, cared not, it was born to die ; Flashed with the cool breeze and the daws of mom, With dancing heart we gazed on the pure sky, And mocked the passing clouds that dimmed its blue, -Like our own sorrows then a s fleeting and a few. And manhood felt her sway too on the eye,. Half realized, her early dreams buist bright, 'Herpromised bower of happiness seemed nigh, Its days of joy, its vigils of delight ; And though at times might lower the thunder storm; And tne red lightnings threaten' still the air Was balmy with her breath, and her Icred form, The rainbow of her heart, was hovering there, 'Tis in life's noontide she is nearest seen, Her wreath the summer flower, her robe of ' summer green. But though jUss dazzling in her twilight dress, There s more of heaven s pure beam about tier now ; : That angel-smile of tranquil loveliness, Which the heart worships, glowing on her blow ; That smile shall brighten the dim evening star That points our destined tomb nor e,er depart Till the faint light of life is fled afar, And hushed the last deep beating of the heart; The meteor-bear-r of our parting breath, A moon-beam in the midnight cloud of death." The moral idea of this poem is as charming as its execution. The subject is common enough ; but it is the treatment which gives it unction and acceptance. One naturally loves to contemplate the setting sun, after describing one of his long summer-arches, his red forehead plunges adown the west, and gorgeons companies 01 clouds, contextured in the loom of heaven, uegirt him around, wailing in painted liveries about his royal throne Heaven seems nearer at hai;d ; the creep- in murruur3 of the dark appear preparing to stir from their cavern ; the breeze is lifting its wi:ig8 . s from the white crests or the ocean, ana poising them for aruh over the interminable inland; and the crescent moon, with the largest stars Uurning - . 1 . - I..--. vrir in the dark'demh nf in ner ixaio, ni5 ci heaven, divididg with the farewell lioi of day a . i:t.-.i !. that aerial abyss. At an nour uc uus, we cao- not help exclaiming, with the tranquillizing Gluck- "Methinks it were no pairi to die On such an eve, when such sky O'ercanopies the west; . ! To gaze my fill on yon calnvdeep, And, like an infant, sink to sleep On earth, my mother's breast. 0 There' peace and -welcome in yon sea Of endless, blue tranquility Those cloudy arelinog things X 1 trace thei? reins tt liquid gold I see thrro solemnly untold i TUeir soft and fleecy wina3 V These be the antls, tht convey Us. weary pUgrima of a day, j Life's tedious nothings o'er, ; Wfcer aeither tares can come, aor To T4XAhgsftias of repose, J On death's majestic shors. DlVKNPORT, THE AMERICAN BLACKSMITH THL ELKCTRO-MA jXETIC DtSCOTnaT. Thomas Darenport a native ot Ver mont, where he has resided as a black smith at Brandon, Rutland coanty, un til within a feu months past, in July 1834, after a year's experiments in electro-mag netism, procured for the fin time ever known a rotary motion with that pow er, the machinery of which is now being exhibited gratuitously in this city, and exciting the astonishment of every individ ual who has Sfen it in operation. Oithe origin of this wonderful dis covery, which threatens to make as entire a revolution in the mechanical world as that of Fulton in steam navigation, which it. may possibly entirely supersede, the public are naturally curious to learn some particulars. We communicate them. in a more authentic nnd detached shape than they have hitherto appeared. In the first place it is necessary to pre mise, that neither the works of Farraday and Sturgeon of England, who have madti advances in! electrical srience, nor those of Oersted of Copenhagen, nor Molle of Sweden, nor of Hare and Henry of Amer ica, ivcr of Ampere of France, can convey any notion jf the extraordinary develope ment and application of electro-magnetic power discovered uy our native. American mechanic, Davenport. I lis name probably in a few years will stand out upon the annals of history ' much more promi-ncn- than Watt, Arkwright, or Fulton, ns they do now above the most ordinary inventors. Nor let us add can even the interesting and well written descriptions in Silliman's Journal, and elsewhere in our newspa pers, possibly make intelligible the nature f Mr. Divenport's discovery. In fact, the technical language of science requires an entire new glossary to furnish words to express the thoughts which have sprung up in this new n-orldj whose, door has been burst open by the genius of our citizens. Up to the age of 30. Mr. D. steadily followed his profession of blacksmith. In the summer. 1833, he happened to go, as was his custom, from Brandon to a forge at Crown Point, on Like Champlain, where he was in the habit of purchasing his iron. He there saw n revolting cy linder with magnetised points, for the pur pose of separating the particles of iron from theMilverized ore. " How is this manc.'seu, said Mr. U. to the owner. By Profe5sor Henry's horse shoe magnet, which you see there, was the reply. It was one of very small description, weigh ing about three pounds, and had been purchased of Professor Henry himself at Albany. On sn exhibition of its powers, in connection with the galvanic battery, I la re' Mr. I), was so struck with this, to him, entirely novel agent, that he imme diately demanded the price of the whole apparatus. and purchsed it, coinir homeab- snrbed with the useful purposses to which I he immediately conjectured it misht b- applied, nnd too much engrossed with dominant thought to remember the load of iron he had come in pursuit of. It is proper to say, that previous to this Mr. D. had become acquainted with the na- ture ofthe permauetit mairne. in his rx- cursions with that nnd the rompa?s amon? me iron regions 01 ins nouve state, ui me weahi.ess 01 me crew mace it neces his return, he explained to a friend his Uary to sine! all the other combatants to conviction that. the magnet could be made to procure a rotary motion. This friend engaged with him in a series of experi- ments, which proved abortive. Mr. D. was shortly alter abandoned as a visionary, The same results precisely then followed, with two other persons. He was thus finally and Jortunalely thrown upon his own resources, and himself was the sole discoverer of this great invention, and the architect of hi own reputation. While pro3ecuiing his reser.rches he read'nothing, but wentonwrird boldly, un- der the strong impulses of his own native genius, till he struck out the light which. as we believe, w ill tternize his name and that ofthis country. In allusion to his want of all prelimi- nary education and book knowledge, we are convinced with him. that had his tho'ughts been entangled and entrammelcd with the ideas of other men. his mind never would have t pen . mancipated into the regions ol boundless discovery, where as at the moment when they were de it has now reached. prived of the Admirals whose (lags they The discovery took place in July, 183 J. carried. The wound received by Casa He first went to MidJlebury College, Ver- Bianca redoubled the fury of the sailors mont, and exhibited his production, where of I' Orient : the English vessels cannon- . it met general approbation. Thence he aded by the centre of our line, beg so, not-, , came to Troy and exhibited it to Profes- withstanding their number, to-give way sor Easton, to Princeton and showed it under the rigor of our defence. 'Victory to Prot Henry who had himself, without hung over our flag when tiro new corn Mr. Davenport's knowledge procured a batants disclosed to the centre what the short time before a Vibratory motion up cessation 0 the fire in the ran bad made and down with his horse shoe magnet, us suspect, that the intrepidity displayed Mr. Davenport now made some marked by our ressels in. their desperate defeat . 1 , 1 tj J 1, LI .1 - r it . improvements in tne construction 01 nis 1 machine principally in changing thel poles ofthe magnets. . He then came to exhibit it at Saratoga dr ring the summer of 1836. There he met with Mr. Ran- som Cooke, a native of New Haven county Connecticut, who, taking a dep' interest in the magnitude ofthe discovery, imrne- diately became associated with Mt. Da- venport in advancing it to perfection and obuiniog for u the approbation of the pub- lie Uconcnrrrpscnnanirnoaslr we believe with all who hart witnessed the onera tions of this extraordinary and simple ar paratut, and listened to the lucid and elo quent explanation of Mr. Cooke, tve 1 conf-as our utt-r amazement at the pro- 1 digious changes which it manifestly fore tells in the application of an entire nesr and immeasurable agent ol mechanical power ; and at the same time, while we see and admire, acknowledge ouraelres for want of language to sustain us 'ut terly incompetent to impart any correct conceptiop ot this marvellous invention to our readers. All we can say is, - go nd be convinced. Description. If we were to attempt to give our readers smie faiu! nation of this machine we wo,uld say that itcoosuti of a wheel composed of two iron semicircu lar arcs, cut across so as to interrupt their formation into a complete circle. That within these arc tivo iron bars or shafts, at right angles, bearing smaller segments of circles on their extremities nearly touch ing, as they revolve, the above outer cir cle, which is fixed. The whole of these are horizontal and covered with silk, and then wound round closely and spirally with copper wire, the wire itself covered vith cotton and varnished. On the up right shaft btlow are tivo small corre sponding semicircular arcs, rut as above. Now these are all connected by two fiat wires, leading to Hare's (Jalvanic Battery of concentric copper and zinc plate?, in a solution of sulphate of copper. These: generate the electric stream, like fuel to fire engine, and it is by the two upright wires that touch the circle below, as their ends alttrnately rub in the rotary motion against the inside of the two semicircular ires into which that fixed circular is divv ded, that t!i- extremities of the semicircu lar p:cce above nre alternately made t change their positive nnd negative pole by the ascending. current of galvanism and thus the principle of repulsion anu attraction is made to net in concert on the foursegi.4rutsofthe shafts -above described keepingrpby the migntiztion pro duced a swift rotary motion, which 10 this machine rai.es200 lbs. one foot in a minute. So rapid is the change of poles and the elertric velocity of the stream of galvanism, that it makes 32,000 revolu tions in n minute. It is a sublime but not wild idea of Mr. Ccoke, that a ship's bottom covered with suitable plates and 4 the ocean for its path, may drive herself along with incredible volocity at the tame time generating abundince of hy drogen to light her onward upon the deep. CASA JJIANCA. The last number of the Naval .Ja;arine con tains a very interesting account, translated from a French narrative, of the battle of the or Abokir, where Lord XcluA annihilated the .French fleet that was co-ojratin' with Napoleon in his autmpte J conquest of E?ypl. We extract the following which will cotbe en tirely new to all our readers. Bruevs. on the d ck of his ship, ur rounded by a numerous staff! imons whom were his flag captain. Casa Bi- anca and his police officer, (ordooateor,) Jouberl watched from this elivated noint all the events of the bailie that were not concealed by the smoke. About twenty small-armsaien with' the ofJircrs wrra I the only persons sen on the unprr deck. the lower deck guns; notwithstanding the daiieer was much increased by his comparatively isolated situation, Broevs, although wounded, would not abandon it; there he was struck by a shot which nearly cut him in two; in this desperate situation he resisted ail attempts to carry him to the apartment for the wounded, pronouncing, with a firm voicr, ihesa tvords Leave me here, a French admi- ral should die on his quarter-deck." If this officer was guilty of some (anlts in tactics, were not his errors gloriously re- deemed by the eclat of such a death The superior officer of both fleets had been nearly all struck down. While Bra- eys died gloriously. -Duchr.yla end Ncl- son were carried below wounded, Meanwhile the numerous losses which the French experienced, far from diffour- ging our crews, served only to tlimolile their ralor ; the fire of !e Franklin and of l' Orient had at no time been so terrible naa cicu my 10 viuiooie meir hii. The first reverse was the sure presage to our ueei 01 tneceteat that they were to experience; deprived of 'the, ran, which had yielded after a roost obstinate deferjee, the tear division abandoned to inaction, the centre seemed by the vigor of ha fire to preserve the hope of triumph which ill first success had inspired. The new comers the Tan having ttrncVt copcehtraled their iorcea on the centre; thi coold not however zaore than chanffft the crobabilitv of soccets: the intreniditr - lof oar tailors was the same and th tar
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