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[NUMBER 5Lt.

A- LIST OF PATENTS ISSUED FROM TdE 20 MAY TO 16TH MAY, 1846. (Continued from No. 49.)

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Journal of JIIIechanical and other Sci· ' i entijic lmpro-rements, : I! To John Street, of Philadelphia, for impro\-e­

ment in lamps: patented 2J May, l!H6. PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY, AT 128 FULTON ST. i I f

(SUN BUILDING,) NEW YORK, :,'1 To Elisha S. Snyder, of Charlestown, Va., lro improvement in boltin.\t flour: llatented 2d M:1-:;"

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To Allen Judd, ofCabots\'ille, Mat'S., for impw'Ve­ment in wind. mills : patented 2d May.

I To Luther Gifford, of .Syr�cuse, N. Y.,. Jo:r �if."'. I pruvement m weather stripS, lor doors, &c .• : paleD­

ted 2d May.

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To John M. May, of Philadelph!a, for in.pnw.(-:­ment in plows: patented 2d May.

To Joel H. Morse, of Lowell, Mass., for imp-.-cnre­ment in mach inesy for dressing tortoise-sheL� � patented 2d May. more use u . , f 1 It contains as much mterestmg Intelh- I! gence as six ordinary daily parers, w�ile for real benefit :' I

• To William S. McLean, of Alleghany, Pa., ;ful'

improvement in window-sash faE!enerE: pa!-enurd 2d May. it is unequalled by any thing yet published. Each num· ·111

ber regularly contains from THREE to SIX ORIGINAL I I I ENGRAVINGS, illustrative of NEW INVENTIONS,. J . A · nd Forei<>n _SCIENTIFIC PRINCIPLES / 1

To Daniel Asbury, of Colburn's Post-offiCI?, 1X.C'"� for improvement in machinery for washing gl.>.\da.ru1 silver ores: patented 2d May. mencan a i-I , ! d CURIOSITIES -Netiees of the progress of Me- . : an ' S' ffi .,

To Andrew Vetter, of Philadelphia, for impNn� ment in over-shoes: patented 2d May. . 1 d other Scientific Improvements,- C1en I c I

ooaUlca an . . th Principle,; 01 the SClCnces of Jlechamcs,

Essays on eA '

To Joseph Hayward, of Cleveland, Ohio, for In,·

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The Wind in a Frolic. The wind one morning sprung np from sleep, Saying, " Now for a frolic! now fol' a leap! Now for a mad-cap galloping chase! I'll make a commotion in every place !" So it swept, with a bustle right through a great town, Creaking the signs, and scattering down Shutters; and whisking, with merciless squalls, Old women's bonnets, and gingerbread stalls; Tnere never was hear d a milch lustier shout, As the apples and oranges trundled about ; And the urchins, that stood with their thievish eyes Forever 011 watch ran off each with a prize. Then amay to the field, it went blustering and humming, And the cattle all wonder'd whatever was coming: It pluck d by their tails, the grave matronly cows, And toss'd the colt'a manes all ab 0 Till. offended at such a familiar salut '1 They all turn'd their backs, and stood I., � So on It went, capenng and play10g Its pranks, Whistling with reeds on the broad river's bankg, Puffing the birds, as they s.t on their spray, Or the traveller grave, on the king-'s highway. It was not too nict' tn hustle the bags Of the be�gar, and nutter his dirty rags; 'fwas so bold, that it feare() not to play its joke With the doctor's wig, or the gentleman's cloak. Through the forest it roar'd, and cried gaily," Now, You sturdy old oaks, I'll make you bow!" And it made them bow without more ado, And crack'd their greatInanehes through and through.

Then it rush'd like a monster on cottage and farm; Striking their dwellers with sudden alalm ; And they run out like bees, in a midsuillmer swarm; There were dames with their 'kerchiefs tied over their To see if their poultry were free from mishaps; [caps, The turkies they gobbled, the geese screamed aloud, And the hens crept to roost in a terrified crowd; There was rearing of ladders, and logs laying on, Where the thatch' from the roof threatened soon to be

gone.

But the wind had press'�. and had met in a lane, With a school-boy, w�ted and struggled in vain; For it to,s'd him and twl'PJ'd him,then pass'd and he stood Wi�h his hat in a pool, and shoe 10 the mud.

-"####\,? The booksellers are advertising a book 01

"Fairy Leg-ends." It must have some curious feet-ures about it.

r provement in compositions for blacking katl1el-:: patented 9th May.

To J. Shaler, of New York City, for imlITU\'t)­ment in tuning metallic reeds: patente,1 Dth Ma:!i'�

To Moses D. Wells, of Morgantown, Va.) f::>T .im-provement in shovel ploughs: patented 9th May .. _

To William R. Kelsey, of Big Steam Point.,· .N� Y., for improvement in bee-hives: patenll:'-l 5fU: May.

To Daniel Arndt, of We"t :\1:d.ll<-town Pa tor impro\'ement in bee-Ilives: patented 9th M�F ' To Josep� Echols, .of Columbus, Ga .. loOT 1m­provement In propelllllg vessels: patentilr1 ��. l\Iay. 'I'o ,Rohert Frede�ick? and Granville A. TJ""!..ll7lP;r of Ba.'tlmore, Md., lor Improvement in Reb'izera,... tors for corpses: patented 9th May. .�

To �alter W. Hart, 01 Plllladelphia, for impro'r-e­ment 10 the manufacture of spoons: patented 9th May. To .Hiram :l'u�I'I, of Columbus, Ohio, for irr.;PTG"Vf>­ment m D.entl�ts turn keys: patented Dth May. To Ablshal Clark, of Doe Run Post-office:., 'P.a� lor Improvement In meat-cutters' paten'ed 91t: May. . r. . .. , '&; �

EXPLANATION.-Fig. 1 is a vertical view or ground plan of the apparatus; and fig 2 is a sectional side view, or longitudinal elevation. A _To John Haslet, and .Goxne1-ius-Dev-itt, ::rf In'l� strong platform, A A-.B B, �. 1-, at'- A B, fu!. 2-, is -calcnlateo. to he suhmer1'Feli deep el10ugn to al1O\\" a vessel to fluat o\"(�r and rest upon the OhIO, lor Improvement In bedstead fasteninas' pa:. platform, as represented in fig. 1. Two ro:s of iron cylinders, C D E F, ar� arranged in a vertical position on each side of .the dock: and in tented 9th May. '" . each cylinder is a piston, from which a piston rod descends through a cylinder head and stuffing-box at the butto� of the cylinder to the plat. . To Samuel. Wilson,. of Danville, New York, jiB· form, or to the ends uf the cross·timbers on which the platform rests. It will be observed that each row of cylinders stand upon a stout cap- Improveme.nt In machlOes for the manufacture o!

d harne�s bridles, &c.: patented May 9th. -timber which rests upon a row of posts at each side of the dock. The cylinders of each row arc cOllnecte to each other hy a steam-pipe be. . To John H .. Lester,. of New London, Conn.,:fQ[' low t.he pistons; and the two steampipes become united in one at the head of the dock, and this one is connected to the boiler H. It will be Improvement In machmery for dressinO' stuve'" seen that by the admission of steam into the cylinders, the piston, are all uniformly forced upward, and the platform i� thereby elevated; and tented 9th May. '" -. pa-­when it has attained a proper height, a row of hooks or catches, arranged on each side of the platform, taKe to a correspsnding row of reversed To P�ilos B. 'I) Ie 1',. of New Orleans, for 3m­hook-levers, which are secured by pivots to t he cap above, and the platform is thereby held firmly without the continuation of the steam pres. �oved Safety SWItch lor railroads: patentc-i.i£lj£. sure: but when it is required to return the platform to tho bottom, steam is applied to elevate the pistons, and the hooks are relieved from the ay. .

h b f I . h' h d h h d f h h k l d b' d f, d h I k lb ' ToJ.W.Howlet .t,andF.M.Walker,ofG.reem-eatc es y means 0 a ine or WIre, w IC is connecte to t e ea 0 eac 00 - ever, an elOg rawn orwaf t e 100 at t 10 ottom IS car- borough, N. C., for Improvement in smut maclrine�. ried beyond the catch; and by Jetting off the steam by a valve or steam-cock, the platform is allowed to settle gently into the water. The repre- patented 9th May. .... sentations in this engraving are intended to illustrate the general principle rather than the proportions of the several parts. With regard to the To .J. K. Mill.ard, of T?wn .HilI, Pa., for impl"{)Yl!_ lifting power of this plan it may be remarked th'lt if twenty cylinders are arranged in each fow, and each piston presents 100 square inches of ment 10 regulatmg and dIrecting up,>n water-w.hee� surface, and the density of the steam is 100 lb to the square inch, the entire liftiDg force on the whole would be 400,000 lbs. This plan was in. patented 9th May. • .

vented some time since by Mr. VO[ m. J. Spence of this city, though he has not hitherto found it convenient t o introduce it to use. He intends to '1:0 Benjamin �. H?lb�ook, of Providence, R.'..,_ apply fur a patent as soon as the utility of the plan has been tested. For further particulars apply at this office. f��:�p��;����t m rlvetmg weaver's pickers: pa: .-----.--- ------------------ .- --------.- -.------ . To Andrew'EIli�ott, and John M. Crone, of llal-. A CURIOUS SHAWL.-A scarf has been submit- A RUM PAPER.-A new paper, commenced at HUMBuG.-Everybody, perhaps, is not acqnaint- tJmore, Md ., for Improvement in Reverberatu ted to the editor of the London Times. Four co- Concord, Mass., edited by ]Joctor Carlos Tewks- ed with the etymology of the word humbug. It is Furnaces: pat�nted 16th May. Iy lors are so constructed as to lold into twenty differ- bury, goes in for liqnor-drinking, with a perrect a corruption of Hamburg, and originated in the fol- To H. H. StImpson, of Boston, for improlo'ement ent effects; either color ran be worn alone, and two looseness. He proposes political action, and says: lowing manner :-During a period when war pre- m hacks or cookmg ranges: patented 16th May. together, three, or all four, according to the caprices "We mean to have onr conventions made up of vailed on the continent, so many false reports and . T? Christopher �and, of Port Elizabeth, N. j_.� of the wearer. Mr. Robert Kerr, of Paisely, is the tavern-keepers, liquor dealers, and liquor drinkers, lying bulletins were labricated at Hamburgh, that, Mlor Improvement In water-wheels: patented 16th enterprising manufacturer who has accomplished and all others who will go against that old mother at length, when any one would signify his disbelief ay. the weaving in one piece of this extraordinary of harlots, the Massachusett s Temperance Union, of a statement, he would say, "you had that from To John �. Sull.ivan, of New York city, for :im-shawl, which is announced to be a scientific produc- alias compulsionists. 'Ve have no respect of per- Hamburgh," and thus, "that is Hamburgh," or provement In spmal liupporters: patented 115th.. tion of far greater merit than any thing which has sons." "Humbug," became a common expreosion of in- May. appeared in the French exposition of manufacture. \Ve never before fully realized the meaning of credulity. To AUre.d Stillman, of New York city, for im-. � the term, "Steam Doctor." It is an old saying, �#,.. provement m 8ugar pans: J.latente� 161h May. READING NEWSPAPEftS.-A western paper says that" doctors won't take their own prescriptions;" GALVANISM EXPELLING DEVILS.--A man in To. John �ee, of WellsvIlle, OhIO, for imp:l"lw6-that young ladies who are accustomed to reading but we presume this one will prove an exception.- France, believing himself bewitched, and possessed ment In cookmg.stoves: patented 16th May. newspapers, are always observed to possess win- Oasis. of seven devils, applied to a physir.ian who irave . To Thomas. Cul�ertson, of Cincinnati, Ohio, rot ning ways, most amiable dispositions, and in varia· �- a galvanic shock daily for seven days in succession, Improvement In brIck presses: patented 16th May. bly make good wives: while on the other hand, CUT FLOV,ERS.-As you are fond of having flow- driving out a devil every morning, at twenty francs To Laban Mo�se, and Whitman T. Lew:is, ai· those who read nothing, or what is far worse, no- ers in your room, you will perhaps be glad to know a-piece for six, and forty lor the seventh. When Athol, Mass., for Improvement in stoves for burnino­vels, are generally unllt for either society, or do- how to preserve cut flowers as long as possible. the seventh day came, the patient was warned to fine fuel: patented 16th May. = mestic cares, and their company is but little sought The most simple rules are not to put too many in a summon all his courage for a contest with the chief T? John R. R�nnington, of Lowndes Go., iUa, by either sex, farther than the rules of common ci- glass, to change the water every morning, and to orthe band, who"e resistance would be tremendous. for Improvement III the constructiun of "'ndirom-vihty actually require. remove every decayed leaf as soon as it appears, The doctor then proceeded to give him a shock patented 16th May. -- •.

� cutting off the stems occasionally, as soon as they wbich laid him sprawling on the floor. Gaily re- To Hem.y Staub, of Martinsburgh, Va., for lm-ECONOMIZING.-An Irishman once enquired of show any symptoms of decay. A more p,fficacious covering himseli; "I am cured!" he exclaimed, provement m smut machines.: patented 16th May. the toll-gatherer of one of the London bridges, way, however, is to put nitrate of soda in the wa- �aid the price agreed upon, and went his way.- To Alber� W. Gray, of MIddletown, Vt., fOl':iID­how much a man was allowed to carry over, and ter ;-about as much as can be easily taken up be- I Ualvinism is probably one 01 the best remedies in provement 10 wrought-nail machjnery: patented was told in reply, to carry as much and whatever tween the forefinger and the thumb, put into the ' the world for such diseases. There is nothing equal 16th May .. he chose: whereupon a company of Irishmen im- glass every time the water is changed. will preserve to a good electric shock for nervous complaints. . To John F: Winslow, of Troy, New Ym-]'J fm-mediately appeared, each with a companion, or his cut flowers in all their beauty for above a fortnight. �� Improveme�t 10 the mode of manufacturing malle-wife and children on his har.k, and paying a single Nitrate of potash (that is common saltpetre) in pow- KEEP D01NG.�I know of nothin!! better for poor l\a

1ble Iron dIrectly from the ores: patented 16th toll marched over, much to the ehagrin of the col- d h I I ff b' . - 1\ J h er, as near y t 1e same e ect, ut IS not qUite so miserable, do nothing, fear-all sort of beings-such .

S . " . ector, w ose eXl,osition 01 the law had proved so efficaciouE.-Mrs. Loudon. as not unfrequently attempt tu act their part in life's 0 qmr.e M. �ales, 01 BaltJmore, Md., for jm--unprofitable. �".. dramll-than to set about doin.,. with all their soul provement m fee�mg furnaces: patented 16th May·

A NEW DIA�� rich stores of DOGS IN THE BATTLEs.-Very many of the of- and strength,whatever proper"'�ork. eitherforbody To Jam�s WIIs.on, of New York city, fl)rim B I fi h d h or mind, comes first to hand. When one is in the proveme�t!n cooklOg stoves: patented 16th Ma}-razi seem not yet to have been exhausted, and lcers attac e to t e army of occupation; own re- Slou!!h of Despond, a good leap at almost any To �Ilham P. M.cConneJl, of. Washington_. D", new discuveries are being made, developing the markably fine dogs, principally of the pointer and - C for Improve t 11 richness oj' her diamond mines. One of these has setler �pecies. AJ'!er the hattie of the 8th hegan thina will get him out "Do and keep doing" is " men III prope ers m vessels: pllkn-been recently opened, exr.eedingly valuable. A and the firing became very intense, two d£lgs, re- natu":-e's great directio�. Our work can neve� be te;'16t� ��.

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French paper published at Rio de Janeiru gives markable f,)J' their intelligence, appeared to listen done up. There is no rest; if we sit down we are . 0 a t I�S W. Baldwm,?f PhIladelphia, rOT the following account ul it: "This mine, which to the confusion for a while with great astonishment, gone. Like criminals in a treadmill, we must go on I ��'proverr

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lent 10 locomotive carriages: patented lGth has already produced 400,000 carats of diamonds, and then evidently holding a consultation, they I nolens volen.s,. if willingly and constantly, very I ay. was discovered in October, 1844, by a negro shep. started off at great speed for Point Isabel, being well;. if reluctantly and unwillingly, then we must EFFECT OF S ...."..�,,-.... herd. The man, :;truc.k with the resemblallcc of the finst arrivals at thai place from the battle field. J e:xpect raps to keep us geting.-'l'ttrner. I Th J, l d�HcLPHA:rE OF IRON ?N VEGE7A

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.lDN. - e ourn,a ortu;ulture Pratzque, assertsili:a� the ground to that of the mine of Tijuco, where he There was a brave dog, however, to r.edeem the ----",-� I a tree,. of WhICh the wood is tender, poor and skit ... had wurked, began to dig, and found some dia- character of the specie(l. He posted hirns-elf in front . FLORIDA PINE ApPLEs.-The Charleston Even- to whICh a strong solution of I h t f'. . ',n

monds, which he carried to Bahia for sale. He was of one 01 the batteries, and watching with the in- mg News of the 29th ult. , says :-We have been peras) should be applied revi��t a

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arrested and thrown into prison on suspicion of tensest gravity the appearance of the discharged presented with specimens of this fruit raised at St. extraordinary veO'etation' Th' fnr pu f or h an having stolen them, �ut made his escape. He �as ball, woulel. start a�ter it at

. f�ll ,.sp�ed? ?xpressin� Lucia, East Florida. They have been produced of. which M. Paq�et has 'mad�

s��� lOs��c:�sful�te� pursued by some Indl3ns who were sent after Ium, I great f:urpr:se that it was uU, 0. Jil� �lgHl so sua- \ With scarcely any trouble, and are the product of a pllcations this summer should b .y . " . '�'. and found digginlJ' acrain lor diamonds, and thus the dedly. He would then wheel round, and watch the second crop, and the only fruit of the kind which the water when the I'ants t e gIven m

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. d S O ' " , p or rees are wa ereu, � eXistence 0 the mlOe became known to the overn-j appearance 0 anot ler a , an t en agam com- as een raIse m t e Olte tates. ur m.orm- that the roottl may more read'l b b th h .. ment. It is said that the produce already realized mence the chase. He thus employad himself ant states t.hat all the tropical fruits are easy of cul- cal aaencies which reanimate\h a .�ol c; e c f� amounts to eighteen millions of francs." through the action, and escaped unhurt. lure in the Eastern portion of Florida. tree. '" e VI a orces 0

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New Inventions.

IMPROVEMENT IN CLOC Ks.-Thomas A. Davis has applied for a patent for an improve ment, some of the peculiarities of which may be u nderstood by the form of his claim, as ful!o\Vs ;-" What I claim as new and original," and desired to be secured by letters patent, is applying to the hour socket of a clocl., a register for the purpose of counting oft, as the hours IIO round, to stops upon the strike wheel, or to stops arranged upon the strike wheel shaft. I also claim the appl ication of two arms rrom a central shaft, the end of one of which strikes upon a register ' as above described, guiding the end of the other to stops upon the strike wheel, or to stops arranged upon the strike wheel shaft. I also claim the new mode of stopping the strik ing parts of a clock, by means of pins or stops, arranged upon the strike-wheel, or upon stops arranged upon the strike wheel shatt. 1 also claim the combination in

&lienee of Mechanics. ' From. the Arm.y, Mexico &. callfornia_ , The steamer McKim arrived at New Orleans on

the 23d ult., with dates from Point Isabel to the I 17th, and from Camargo to the 13th. China, 60 miles above Camargo, was taken by McCulloch and his 75 Rangers, on the 5th of August. Seguin, with 100 mounted Mexicans, took flight trom the

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�##���#�#�;��---METEOROLOGICAL AFFAIRS.- We have received

no intelligence on t.he subject of artificial produc· tion of rain , in answer to a correspondent's letter of enquiry, published two weeks sim:e. Our friend a clock, of the lifting plNlt.-the stops arranged as

Starr, of the " Farmer and Mechanic," has made above described . The two arms forming a centre for a rather violen t effort at wit on the subject, and the objects above descri bed-and the register made .doses with an interro O'ation concerning aerial na . and appl ied as above described-al l together or any

'vigation. By the 'Iv:y, we would recommend to two together." The application was entered 12lh o u r neighbor to confine his attention to " things of August , 1 846. _____ 'earth, ' and not thin k of aerial flights ;-we have IMPROVED HOT-ArK FURNAC Es.-Joseph C. Mor· Sr.ar8 enough in the heavens already. ris, has applied for a patent (August 12,) for all illl-

� ExPLOS IVE COTTON- Gunpowder superseded.--'- provement in which he claims " the manner of ar-

An article or the humbugguous ciass, bas com. ranging and combin ing the flues , or a ir.heating :flenced its ne wspaper rounds, purporting to have pipes ; namely, the ends of the pipes being connec· been copied from a Swiss paper. The statement is te? with an end pipe or conductor; communicating that a quantity of cotton has been preilented to the WIth �h e space between the douale walls? so that Sasle Society of Natural History, by Professor I the �Ir shall be heated, and the heat equalIzed be­Sehonbien, so prepared as to be more explosive and I fore It enters the :urnace c�am her, �he ther mch more powerful in its effects than gunpowder. A I con��ctors b� :erttcal or hOl'lzontal, or :� :my other small quantity equal to the sixteenth of an ounce I position retammg the same purpose, Ile also being placed in a gun-barrel, a bal l was thereb; claim s " arranging the flues and radia tors, with thro wn with such force as to perforate two planks respect to the fire chamber of tile furnace, so I hat at the distance of 150 feet. In another experiment the air shall impinge upon the fil'e ehamber, i l l t l ;c a " drachm of cotton sent a ball to a distance of manner described . '" -

600 teet, where it penetrated a deal plank to the depth of three inches." A thread spun from this THAYER'S S ELF-A C T I N G B I� A K E.-Ailot l ter sciI'·

acting contrivance for stopping trains of carl', hab wonderrul cotton, would probably split the largest ' been en tered at tpe Patent Offiee by E d \\ i l l T hay ..

roc.ks by being merely passed round or over it, and •

struck with a small hammer. er. We have not seen a description of �he i l lvell · �__ tion, but J udge from the features of the elai l l l , that

S I LI C O N, OR MALLEABLE GLAss.-Nearly a year it must be somewhat eumpl icat.ed. The ", ! lowing ilgo we noticed an article on this subject, represent- is the inventor's claim ;-" 'VLat I cl[l i l l l a� Illy i l l ' tng that a tough, transparent, malleable., and u n - vention, a n d desire t.o secure by letters p:ltcnL i s 1 ! 1I: breakable glass had been discovered, produced and combination of the croas-b<J l', s l i aeklct l to tile el­exhibited in Paris. ""Ve intim ated at the time, that I bows of the toggles, the 8wivei, the ('. I IrWlj i l l rl i l l l'd the statement was probably a hoax ; but i t hus been planes, the ring with its leve r , alld tl", !"l id pr l l.l " e l , running the rounds e ver since ; even within a week ing in front of the car, the wl l l , lc IJ l: i l l � i 1 r "i 1 I ! , .� , ' , 1 we have seen i l in several of our exchanges with and operating in the mant,,)!' !:e rcil l ,ks('. r i l , , ' d , a l l l i 0." houest a countenance as i t presented at t h e first ; {orming a self-acting b rak ' < J1 g : : l ' i"U" " I " . I : l i ", although the " malleable g lass " hs.s never b eer: claim the forked lev(' l', : h: ·;: o u n ! r · r· lev, · !· . : \ I : d I .he seen since the author of the story : w;akeu {rom his stud, together >,,· i t i . : ; : c "" d b c :m'y i l l g' I he il lclined llil icon dream. It would be well for American edi· plane,,; or we.lge-shapt'd l ' i t! ('(�i , a,' :d . ..;o Lhe spring to1''' :o be economicui of their credence wi ll, r :�gard acting ui" lll l.he ring, and scrv i l ! !r I " �i l ' P I ' the c !nl<'.h '.0' t i le extravagant ac:ounts of new and w0:11i erfu] tee th ellga ged ; the s::weral pa i ' l s i . . . . . ! .� c. l I ; : h i lw , 1 ·,i i�('overies: rc.poneJ in fureign journals. aL''; opera ting i ii t lw m a n n e r : lI l d 1 ; , 1' : 1 , , ' i " l l ' I " ''';'�

--._,.,.,..,,.,,..,,.,.,..,..,..,.- ! � � ��c.i.n Bet fi) l'th :luti dCM(� r i ht:( l , ! i ) !' Iu i l i : � , l � : , I ' i i ! �a -A MATCH FOR S .>.TAN.-It is relawll ti ,ut a i : " iy g i. ;,) g apparil P I� . ' � AU i.!�u;-;t l8 l.h . in Hungary. who w a s annually accustoll.erl tv Vibit I' �,,_ Pestil 011 the Fete de Dieu, bringing with her un hl i':" ' · l . m; N ·!· 1 '1 B lt m c' E!'; .--Hnrncc Ch i !d� has only daughter, a lovely child of seven or e ight entered an improve ment in which he cl aims the em­,years, missed her in the crowd, aDd after a fruitless p! oYllIent of additional nut.s upon the 8USpt;, ; ,<>.lH1

THE UNLIMITE D F O R C E, B o 'r LIMITED " POWER OF TH E S IMPLE L EvER.-\Ve are led to advert to this 'Subject again, in consequence of having seen several people endeavoring to gain an advantage of power, by some peculiar modification of the lever, ' or tile' combination of several different mod ifications of the same principle. This pursuit may properly be compared to that of endeavoring to produce a numerical Hu m, by adding, arranging, and combin­ing several quantities of cyphers. The fact is, and should be fixed in the mind of every meehanic, that no pOlDer can possibly be gained by any modification of the lever ; and consequently no advantage can be gamed by any combination thereof: but with re­gara to force or pressure that may be produced by a rever, it is unlimited, even when applied in the most simple form ; and no combination can . extend the lorce beyond infinity. The most perfect and simple lever, is a straight bar, resting on a fulcrum, and with one end applied to the bod v to be raised, moved, or effecied by it, while the . operating force is applied to the other end. In this, as in all other cases of what are termed the me.chanical powers, and in a:n ma<:hines in which force and motion are em ployed, there . are to be considered three essen­tia l poi n ts, which may be termed the " receiver," the " supporter," and the " communicator." These th rec points are illustrated in the cut ; A, being the receiver, or point at which force is originally ap­plied ; B, the supporter or fulcrum , which is a fixed filIIndation to the moving part ; and G, the commu­n i rator, from which point the force of the moving m aehinery is communicated to some other object. N ow be i t remembered that in all levers and moving machinery, the force applied by the communicator will be in ti,e sam e proportion to that applied to the rccel\'cr, as the mo.tion of the communicator is to that Il l' the receiver. S uppose the supporter be so ",lju6ted that the d istance from A to B shall be one hund red illehes ; and that from B, to C, only one ten th of an i nch : then if one pound weight be ap­pli ,:<i at A , the lorce appl ied at C will be 1000 Ibs. ; bu t the block C, will be elevated only the one-hun­ll red t l : part or an inch, while the point A descends I.<! H i lwhc.>. I I' an increase of motion is reqUIred, :et I ; i " "ril e !' be reversed ; let C be the receiver, and 1\ the Ct l lllllllm icato r ; in this case A will be eleva­I lO o i 1 " 1 1 : l I ches, whi le C descends one-hundreth ' of : I ! ! : 1 I 1 · h . ye t. i: w i l ! f( �q\ l i re a (orce something more I i . . , , , t 1 10 , 1 I h ,; . a t C ttl e levate one pound at A. In : t l : ' ' ' ' ' ' ' '. "I ' l 'Ulel i i l lcry, the relat ive torce may be ascertained by tal, iug into consideration the relative motion, and vice versa : wherefore, as both foree and n:otion are requ ired to constitute power, ( to say : !Ol! : illl! of li ',1w, \" i l l l-l :l i wl t idl ;!O de finite power , ' . 1 1 1 I , , ' " " i ; : i d , .; l : pd , ) It must be l'l : l i n to all, that no 1 " ' 1 " " :' , ' a l l b" ga i l l ed b :; "u rilJUs combinations or . modifications of the lever, or of machinery.

other year had elapeed when, on another visit to the em, whereby the :ll1spenbion rods all�wer the addi. :place she discClvered the child. blind and in rags, tronal purpose of counter braces. He also claims � I bitterly crying and holding out a wooden bowl iOl' tb� c m p! oyment of " "; '·,!".v bO i !.:l ":Jmhinl'd with the Patented iT"

town, which contains 700 inhab itants. T here were Lama Chaney lately ran away from Baltimore 300 regulars at Camargo, on the \Jlh, ready to start · with a considerable s u m of money, &e., but forgot for Monterey. to cut the telegraph wires, and was ' consequently

The volunteers were pouring in. General Tay- heade d and arrested . The Yankee rogues under .. lor arrived ' on the 9th, with his staff. A grand re- stand these things better.

---....r ..r .�w�w ........ � ................ _ __ _ view of t�e troops took place, and it is said Taylor The aquaduct for supplying Bost on with water expressed himself in terms of admiration of their from Long Pond,-recently cognom inated with the discipline. Duncan's battery and McCulloch with poetic name of Lake Quickchickchick,-has been a / portion of his men left Camargo on the 12th, in formally commenced. the direction of Monterey. �-���,�

The steamer Arab arrived off Vera C ruz on the The editor of the Germantown (Ohio) Gazette 1 5th Aug., with Santa Anna on b o ard. He imme- has surveyed a peach raised in that town, and

which measured ten inches and a quarter. He does diately placed himself at the l\ead of the movement not expect to hear of a larger one. in that d epartment . Before Santa Anna left Hava'- �_����

na, he took letters from General Campbell to Cllm- A donation of five thousand dollars has been m09,>r,e Conner, and avoweJ himself, in reply to made for the purpose of establishing an observato­some enquiries as to his intentions, as follows ;-" If ry at Amherst (M

ass.) College. Of course the stu­the people of my country are for war, then I am dents will see comels, with them, but I would prefer peace." An old ir���-;;�t'�i�i�g' $33,000 in gold was

News had been received in Mexico that Monterey fou nd in a room which had been occupied by an and California had been taken by one of the vessels old miser, who lately d ied at Milville, Ohio. He of the United S tates squadron. Another account probably forgot it when he died_ says that " aU Cal itornia has yiel ded to the Ameri- ���� .... /�,- .'--.'-�-'---

cans ! " Another splendid steamshjp, to be called the _��a_ " Southerner," is nearly finished at the Dry Dock.

Expensive Ignorance. She is rigged wi th three masts, and iii a thorough-It would nO't be difficult to find a thousand in- built sea-boat for the southern Trade.

stances in whicb people lose three-fourths of their __ · . ____ v_· . . · � ·. · _ · . · ·, �. · �v_· _' .. · __ _ The Albany Evening Jou rnal complains that. labor, and sometimes three-fourths of their stock or Mr. Polk vetoed the much·neede,I River and Har-materials, for want of a knowledge of the most ju- bor Bill, and at the s�me time appropriated $60,OO� dicious method of ap�IYing them ; yet the only an- to send a useless reil.ment to California. swer that can be obtamed from such people. by one , -- · ·,:;l· · ·, · · ·· ·· " '�v.�-.... . . . . ---

who would introduce to them labor.saving facilities I The dairy of M ;' . lIarrioon Bacon, or Barre, Mass. , i s that they like the old way best, and have no opi� I is expected

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ese during the pre­enlightened state of Massachusetts, the farmers sent season. He has ; H COW:iI of the D u rham breed. throw their sheaves of grain upon the ground, and A shawl, ;i;i�h-c�st ��iy -ti;��'-�I�l Iars, was late­make their callie walk over it, to detach the grain Iy sent from Philad dl'hia to Pottsv i i le, by mail, at from the straw, instead of threshing. A threshing an expense of six dollars alln thirty cents. Whe­machine is not known among them ; although it is ther the postilge wa'i paid, report su i tll not. a tact that one horse will thresh and winno w more - ---... . . .---" ---

grain in a day with a good machine, than ten horses I It is stated tbt 5, ! SO,OOO gal lons of �!coholic li-

t d t I . Ih I . t b d b quors have beell E'en l to he " lht' l I lands frvm the port can rea au , eavmg e c eansmg 0 e one y , • • the hand-shovel at a future d ay_ In many places, I

of Boston al<)n� _ 1 he.] l l l ,-;ton peolJle arc ever zeal-I . t . l ' . h ous of conv"rl l l l " tf.e l,catl:en. Peop e persIs m emp oymg elg t or ten men to pro-

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pel Ii loaded boat up a rapid river, although there 1 The l':ushv ; : I " Orthopolitan states tl:at there is a is abundance of power jn the curren t to propel the church in LO\l l 'v i lk I\y ., " OIll P')S< ! l i or tl te colored boat with much greater velocity, with the· attend- population, wlio ]lay t l : < � ; r l' ; · , :a;: } . " �, :u;,! pay him ance of one man : yet these people want no new promptly, $600 per �lI l 1 lm : . inventions. A farmer will labor a week at harrow-

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better done in one day with the new " Field En­gine." Another will expend tVl-O hours' labor per d ay, for six monihs in drawing water f-rom a deep well for watering cattle, when by means of a Wind Power Fountain, which would cost him bu t tlfr}" doll a rs, his c attle would be better supplied, and ai l the labor saved . Thousands grind their corn and grllin by hand, although a wind mill complete, that will 110 their grinding, without reqlli ring any atten­tion, can be furnished for fifty dollars. Many more similar cases might be named, but we shaH close this article with a slight allusion to the many tbous. and fire-places, still retained in use in this country, Ii'om the fires in which three-fourths of the C l:mna-

l\-!lJlberry � ! I · " � l., !\i " W ', ' " ,. 1 . , ; ; " . , : : ;" bave a regu� lar rireulat i ' ) ; ' "I ' i �II ' :If; ' " :h I JI18, 1I.'r.l e,1pies : pro� bab!y the [;\{·.,,· i · , ; , · · <" · " j ; i l. i " , , ; I i t i H: U ni ter! S tates.

An p le l' l m , , ;. : . 1. 1 . > 1 " ' 1 ' ' ' :- ; ' I I ! . . I \ \' , , � :; l 'nraged by findiug a pif � I : ' � I}( · " i l i l , ' U : I I h i ..; : . ' 1 ' , ; . : ! t : (1,cked and IJearly kil leo. t wO Lur �e9, ami li ,�moli�hed a wagon to which they were attached.

Trials have been made to nRturalize the tea plant �Il F;allce , and with ,,0 much auccess that it is ex· pected to become an important branch of French commerce.

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search was compelied to return without her. An- rodd, UlHl e r the u p)l'� r, :tn,l " Iw';e the lower string- '

� alms. It appeared she was in charge of an old wo° thrnst braces, ant! projc,' l iug b'�Y ()lId them sufli- JULY 28lh, 1 84 1>. I : " h h b h· d i d 1 I ' d' \J ! ' ' ting heat uniformly passes into the chimney, instead man, or ag, w 0 sat e 1Il ler, an w 10 lao e- cienlk to Ilass throu!!ll tbe :; ix : : !:.!el·» wh�; 'u they are d d ' J � " of being ra iate mto the room. Yet the o wners

progress of being sunk at Luxembour�. The depth already attained is said to be upwards (rather down­wards) or 2330 feet,-near the bo iling poin t.

eoyed the child from her mother and pu t out her united with the posts ; the stri l lg-er,!, 1'<ls(s, Hnd bl'a- want no new inventions_ Six hundred and 't\��i�e" ;;����h-;;'ve been eyes for the purpose of employing her the more ces, being thereby bound together. N'#�' built in Pittsburg, Pa. ! within the last sixteen yeare. sUccessfully at beg!l;ing. The old woman was ar- Frederick Harbash has alco entered an improve- REFLECTORs.-Concave reflectors have been in We should like to [earn the regular prices of the ar-rested, but the broken-hearted mother was incoo- ment i n bridges, in which he claims " a combina- use many years, but never yet applied to any really ticle per quantity at the fa�tory. salable. tiot: of devices, by which the d iagonal braces ope . useful purpose. They are usually suspended on --- . · " v_ � �,, · . . . . · · ' V' . ' / . v_ v ___ _

� Mr. S . A. Wa�. of E n.!!:!and, .. "rofesses to tave rate eith.cr by t.h rn� l. I)!' tensio. n at pleasure.', while , the wall of a room, and a lamp is so odjusted in Peaches are selling in our markets at twenty-five

.. 1 1 I d l ' fi 0 t th t 't fl ted th ft· h ' cents per basket of three pecks :-retail at three invented an apparatus by which he " can easily de- j

t Ie v."ertlCa ro ,s ..

at t Ie same time operate mther by r n , a I s re ec rays are rown 0 orlzon-I t II t h· h Ii th f th I . th cents per quart, or five for one cent. The abuil'

. stray any fleet " which his eountry " can send out tensIOn or t l r u s , . I a y, 00 Ig or e use 0 e peop e m e room, I ��- and serve only to illumine a single spot, ,,,;hich has dance of thp- artie-Ie exceeds all precedent.

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. • • • " • -.<".11 a}1p Ica lOll or a paLen , o r .le myention was If a plain mirror were substituted for the concave, week, at Long Wha�r, in Ne" .. Haven harbor. The nsh Island Impassable. He has applied to the I c te d " - { lO t i b J \ D t Th h l ' h . th . . . I n re .t:1.ugus. v 1, y o.ln u ton. e water t e Ig t In e room would be considerably Ill' , boys who have been bathing in the vicinity mau govel'nment lor a speCIfied sum c.f money therefor, ' t b i d ' " d' . I ' d A NEWLY INVENTED AND PATENTED FISH- d O 'j 1 ;[

. I 0 e coo e IS COILa;ne W i t lll!, or ma e to pass crease . r I a sma 1 concave mirror be so ad- think themsel ves l uckv. and threatens that m case of refusal, he must make I t1 0 1 n t il" . . , , ' f l ' h . HOOK.-This hook is a perfect fish killer in itself. . d ' h . fl' 1 --�. � � ��-" ', ' . . . . . . . '-the invention ubUe " whatever ma ' be the COi;'- !

ar ,uil 1 a. I e a IC .pl�e, �� ,i.e ctln tre o. W_llC 19 The old sa�'in.!! that " a nibble is as good as a bite :'

Juste to Ii .amp t at an extra quantity 0 Ig It may A flock of Peruvian ;ip��a"5' i���e been imported " pP h- ' h �":1 1 _ ' . ) I ano .he1' pipe, suppheu w!tn [! eurrent of atmosphe- J - be occasionally thrown on a book or pape r, or on b sequences. er. "ps �e "u !;;et l.. , . . "b d r d h is tru ly exemplified in this invention. No sooner does y a gentleman el this ci�y, ancl a�e pastured on

... u__ I riC air 11 erate rom un et' a .eavy pressul'e or I' f' b . I h the work at which a . person may be emploved , it the nlountal'nous land�._ o.r Ash�.!el' (j· , "'fass. They' .�� I d " . 'I'I " n I' . sma . ry or ig fish attempt a mbb e at t e bait, J_ u •

.E �RTHQUAKE IN NEW ENGLAND.-A rather se- I con er.SatIOn. Ie <ill' hlUst .ave remamed under . will be found exceedingly useful and convenient, are healthy' and appear contented. • , I . , ", 1 __ t " " 1 ' , ' than down comes a tflp-hammer hook, by the power

vere shock of an earthquake was experienced on I coru pre�,;,on ong enol'g 1 .0 al OIV l eS ord mary ca- . . . . and will effect a considerable saving of oil. ""Ve __ ��r/ ' . . - • o r r - � r -r . ' I ' r · ' ·· I fi . " , r .; , • of sprlllg and lever, glVmg the unlucky mbbler a h fl It is reported in ' ti;e . Eur�p- e�n -J'ourna'is tha" a the morDlng of the 25th mst at Boston Worcesier 10. 1" ,0 escape t lere rom , al t.,. \hlICh, bv bem '" . . ave procured a re ector of this description for our • " ' , '1 ' tt ,1 . d ' " I ' ' . :"', ', " sockdoiorrer " between the eyes, and securmQ: It on steamboat con t a ' 'n " no tr op a k b t and Sprin afield Masi!. It was n ot accompanied perml eu to expan to .'S 01 ( mary volume, It wloI , � . . . - own convenience, and deriving a decided advan- ml g .J. 0 s, W 6 sun e ween '" , I· b ' I Id d " 1 d ' l the barD as nrmlv as II lt had e ssayed to swallow the h - Almerl'a and Barcel'ol'u � nd " P e x " g ' o af with m uch noise but the houses were shaken so as e mtense y co , an Wll rea I y absorb the calo- I, . . � . . . . . tage t erelrom, we can confidently recommend its . ' . , .. u.L • cep _m ,w , ' . I ; , .. , h . " ..... - . whole mventlOn, mstead of takmg a fastldlOua mb- 1 . the company were d�owned to disturb the furmture and rin O' the belli!. Its con- 1'_" . ro.n t e contiguous water. .,' e are no t l[J- . • - genera mtroduction and adoption by those who �_�:_._ . .' .. . -.. :_._ .. . _. _

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' ''' . fi d 1 1 th ; I . ble to maKe sure of " fresh bait." We recommend S tinuance was three or four seconds. I orme w let ler e .nventor las any peculiar r .... e- I 1 1 h " , ' . � , ' have occasion to read or write by artificial light. ix casks of cobalt, in addition to several hun· ___ I hod of compressing the air ; "ll' the invention is \ n ... Le Ql�clples of Izaak � alto� .0 prov��� them- '#�� I dred casks of copper ore, were a few days ago ship -

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Anderson, a competent engineer, has com menced a . �- the 6 1 e a .e�. lll�entlOn of the age, and IS destlllen from an Indiana v�lunteers to hiS father, says :- Landing, and d irected io London. '

survey of tile route for a pro. posed canal from \Vir:d- I' T. �,AVELL. I,NG

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. Sk ,. I b d h Id h d d t 1 d d Mr.Clement Irvi�� ���ently� :�.a. lked across the har •. . sor Locks to Hartford_ It IS thought that a water- , BINEIJ .-Th,s IIlven .. on consists of two water-tight I _ ,Itt, as ce e , ate I� t .e plscatory wor , as good un re men- we ve poun s su.rar-one poun ' power, superior to tl�at oi Lowell, may be secured tfll

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.en ts, connected by hinges and 010 Izaak 'Valton himself. pilot bread, or eighteen ounces flour to each mall- bor, at Guernsey, on an :ron rod 700 feet in length,

f h d I I h mess pork ' more than we can eat one q a t f s tretched at the height of 70 feet above the water 'by carrying out this project, and an immense ma- siraps 0 sue a size an s Jape ( [at t .ey will fit [6 �.�."""" .

- u r 0 -nufacturing business be estabiished. If the work tile chest of a man and leave lair pl ay for 1: :s arm8, GREAT DISMAL

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.ext�nslve elevated beans per day for six men-one pint of rice per five It was a perilous ���_�.�

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is carried through it will greatiy add to the activity and that may be secured to him by straps when- marsh 0: s wamp, III North Carolma, IS spoken of by days for six men-and vinegar and salt as much as A table·spoonrul of common salt an d a 'spoonful of the ever bu�y and lively city of Hartford. ever a buoyant life.pre"erver may be requ i red ; the I an EnglIsh traveller as one of the wonders of Ame- we want-beef about once a week, sometimes more of vinegar, in half a pint of water: taken warm, iii

� water-tight apartments serving for receptacles of rica . He remarks that " the swamp is fifty miles in and sometimes less-and molasses occasionally.- recommended as an i:J.fallible cure for dysentery, N. Y. STATE FA lB.-Extensive preparations are the money and valuable articles of a traveller's length and twenty-five in breadth, is something, in We sleep on our blankets, and if the wind blows or cholera morbus.

being made at A uburn, for the great 8 tate Fair at wardrobe, and the central sections formed bu the comparison, like a peat·bog, and is forming gradual- much, pull one side over us, and when mosquitos --��v , · .' .. · , · , - .·_·_-_�v ,·.v_� __

h i h ' h b J 1 1 . h i d . b ' I " . . are bad cover our heads." Several British bullets were recently found em· t at p ace t IS month. A site as een chosen on union of the water-tight apal·tments by straps and y .a rIc coa eposlt, ut Its pecu Iar�ty consIsts III �_ _ bedded in the walls of the old house i n whIch Sam-Capitol hill, overlooking the village and a large ex_ �linges, with a tempo�ary bottom and cover, serv- I thIS ! that the surface of the morass, Illste�d of be- A MAH OGANY SHlI'.-The Bangor 'Whig says a uel Adams had been residing, in West Cambridge, tent tJf country.-Floral hall is to be .:50 by 50 feet ; mg as a receptacle of a carpet-bag, over.coat, &c. , mg lower than the level of the surroundmg coun- Chilian ship is hading lumber in that harbor for Mass., at the time of the battle of Lexington. Dairy hall 70 by 28 ; that for farming implements Entered at the Patent Office August 18th, by I try, is higher. Mr. Lyell calls this an anomaly, and Valparaiso. Her timbers are mostly mahogany, __ " �V�'_·_·_V_V_�� ___ _

lOG by 55, and one of ' equal size for manufactures . Ed ward G. Fitch. I is apparently at a loss to account for it. 1Vhat is, her spar� of t e ak wood, an� her cap,tand of satin Ladies who have occasion to prepare peaches an(1 �N'#"''' _N#�' , peri!aps, still more remarkable, is, that the centre wood. Ten .)f her crew are native Chilians, speak- plumbs for preserving, will !l::d an advantage in

N.WlGATION OF THE T IBER.-A society of rich NEW NAUTlCAL INSTRUMENT.-Repor(says that a of the swamp itself is much higher than the sur- ing only the Spanish language, an.l are said to be procuring boili n g wa�er over them, which will -(<ll)italists has presented to the Roman Government gentleman of Delaware has invented an instrument rounding parts. The formation, whieh is a good good sailors. cause :he skins to cOl!l.e oj-[ more readily. a proposal, the object of which is to make the Tiber which accurately determines the longitude of any peat, is moreover found in a climate in which no- �- Thi! authoriti�� -�Fpl/.��;��th, Mass., have made navigable, from Rome to the sea, lor vessels of the 1 I d t ' I h I h ' j' h d h b '" b d ' A B R ILLIANT E llUCATION.-A car.diJate for Con.-p ace on sea or an ! as cer am y as t. e compass t mg o, t is kin as e.ore een lscovered." arran.!£eillents t o ;;uild an iron fence around the PH-largest size. S hould the attempt prove successful, determines the cardinal points at all timeB.-Exch. __ gress, out V.' \!st, S Cl m s up his edication as follows ;

b ' I h I b ·h I ii grims' Rock, and erect a mor.ument over it. Bet-a "team Qat from Marseilles would be enabled to We have on hand a plan of an I'notrument r�r the S O;:;NDS IN CCI,D WEATHER.- We are told in ' ne\"er wen t :'0 l>C. oo ut t ree times in my i e, c .'" ter late than ne\· er. iand its passengers directly in f.:ont of S t. Peter's same purpose invented by a gentleman in this city . C aptain Parry's Jour�al of a. voyage for the dis- and that wa;,; co a night school. T wo nights the ---- . , _ �v· · · . · _ , · . x .. · , . ·� __

Church in Rome. but as neithe: of therr, have probably been proved; covery of � North-west Passage, that the distance teacher did';:t l�vme, anl ' lother n :ght I had no can- A concert in the oper. air was recently given in --- I we are not authorized to place much confid ence in at which EiOlJIlds were heard in the open air, during dle." Pans: at which there were eighteen hundred muai-

� NEW TIT' E The honorary degree of L r Ii I 'h t' f . t 'J t -",.,.,.,.,---- cians ail playinz at once. T heV' must have made a •

- " .- , � , the ul success thereof. ' e co n muance 0 10 ense CO! , was so grea as T H E N E W (� [jSTOM HOUSE AT BOSTON.-This . - , J D.) having been recently conferred on Gov. Toucey,

I � constautly to afford matter of surprise to him, not- edifico is now nearh' completed. l'i ot a sulinter of great nOl�e, tf n-,'ltlilIl� I���� �1� Connectic�t,

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. Fountain u�der- ' It appe�rs lrom an officiai document just pr�sen�- ! wit?sta!lding the freq�enc� wil!� which he had �c� wood is 10 be found i; the whole edifice , all i: Quincy I Senl'll! of the pri3 ':JUer! eQllfined in the Massa­stan�s these mltlals to slgmfy ,- Learned Ltquor ed to Parilfl Ol1'.nt, th9.t there were last year 45'j, COI- ! cas Ion to remark 1t. l'eop:e mIght be heard dis- I granite and Iron , with marble floors &c. The roof Cb.lS3tt; S tate P!'ison, have associated with the IJe�ter. The Governor had better quit the rum I liBions of vesselli at sea, and ill the present year, to tinctly conversing in a eommon tone of voice: at the and dome al e ;�:·med. of soid gra�";e blocks oYer- 'lVanit!u and other Qfhcers of the prison, in forming

bl.mness. • the 12th of May la� t the number was 15u. distance of a mile ! lapping one another. a society fo� MoraE Improvement and Mutual Aid.

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The Editor. That editor who wills to please,

Must humbly crawl upon his knees,

A nd kiss the hand that beats him ; Or if he dare attempt to walk,

Must toe the mark that others ehalk,

And cringe to all that meet him.

Says one, your subjects are too graTe­'Foo much morality you have-

Too much about I'eligion ;

Give me some witch or wizzard tales,

With slip.shod ghosts, with fins and scales

Or feathers like a pigeon.

I love to, read, another criell,

Those monstrous fashionable lies,

In other words, those novels ;

Composed of kings and queens and lords, or border wars and gothic hordes,

That used to live in hovels;

No, no, cries one, we've 1!ad enougk

Of such confounded love· sick stuB';

To craze tne fair creation ; Give us some recent foreign news, '

Of Russians, Turks-the Greeks and Jews,

Dr any other nation.

rhe man of drilled scholastic lore, Would like to see a little more

In scraps of Greek and Latin :

The merchants rather bave the price

Of southern indi&o and rice,

Of India silks and satin.

Another cries I want more fun,

A witty anecdote or pun, A rebus or a riddle ;

Some long for IWssionary news,

And some for worldly carnal vieWS,

Would rather hear a fiddle. The critic, too, of classic skill, Must dip in gall his �ander quill,

And scrawl against the paper ;

.of all the literary fools

"Bred in our colleges and schools,

He cuts the silliest caper.

Another cries, I want to �ee

A j umbled up variety­Variety in all things ;

A miscellaneous hodge-podge print, Composed-I only give the hint,

Of multifarious small things.

I want some marriage news, says miss,

It constitutes my highest bliss

To hear of weddings plenty ; For in a time of general rain, None suffer from a drought, 'tis plain­

At least not one in twenty.

1 want to hear of deatbe, says one­

Of people totally undone, Of. losses, fire, or fever ;

Another answers, full as wise,

l�d rather have the tall and rise

Of raccoon skin and beaver. SQme signify a secrtt wish

For now and then a savory dish

Of politics to suit them ;

But ht!re we rest at perfect ease,

For should they swear the moon was cheese,

We never should dispute them. .or grave or humorous, wild or tame,

,Lofty or low, 'tis all the same, Too haughty OT too humble 1

A nd every editorial wight, Has naught to do but what is right,

Aud let the grumblers grumble . ...",#V'

Music.

All things are music. Every soul that swells

Alollg the earth is but a mingled note

In Nature's glorious anthem. O·er the fields,

And from the snowy tops of loftiest Alps, Thro' dark green woodlands, in perennial fields

And o'er old Ocean's waters, heaves and rolls

The eternal tide of sung. How various, wild,

And magical its notes ! Earth·s first-born hymn

And holiest harmony I A melody

That, like the dews of Heaven, soft distils Upon the weary, overburdened world, and gives Eternal freshness to its drooping tlowers.

All things are music. I have felt the sigh Of balmy zephyrs creeping to my heart, And nestling there. In the deep night I've stood And listened when the stars were blight and clear Ia yon blue concave, to the bird of night, That poured in nlltive straini her tearful plaint, Breathed for the ear of night alone, which seemed

To catch thtl charm upon its pinions wide, And bear it to its home beyond the stars !

All things are mlisic. And a soul it hath, Twin.sour with man·s, responsive in each chord, It speaks his feelings, mourning in his woes, And smiling ill his joy. It fills his heart With an exulting bli�s, stirs up the blood, Prompts him to battle, melts him inlo love, And litts his heart in thoughts desire to heaven ! E'l'n as the rose-tint paints the lily pale, Height'ning his best emotions it is found. In fountain-fall, in whispers in the wood, In choral symphonies among the stars, But most in woman's voice, melting and low, Like the wind among the reeds, or like . the gush Of cool, clear waters from a spting it comes, His weary spirit soothing into rest !

----�.�y�#a�.� PERPETUAL MOTI ON.-A machine is on exhibi-

tion at Chicago, 111., which purports to be the long­sought inventio�d so cunningly deceptive is the �chine arran�t the editor of the " Prairie Gem " is con .... that he can see the moving principle therem very clearly. The inventor's name is A. B. Vancott. The Dutchman is ahead of the Yankee, for once.

The Dogs and' the Beggars.

" Hark ! hark ! the dogs bark, The beggars are coming to town :

Some in rags, and some with bags, A nd some in velvet gowns ."

We have end eavored, but in vain, to ascertain who has the honor of authorship of the sublime and c9mprehensive poetry which we have quoted above, and which, as we imagine, contains more meaning, signification: and common sense, than has . been usually put to its credit. Our limits will not admit of our going into full details of its merits ; but we would merely, and in as brief a manner as possible, notice some of the peculiarly valuable trea­�ures of wisdom with which its lines appear to be freighted.

First, then, we will consider its first word, " hark." This word can never be properly used but in the imperative mode. It is a command, not merely to listen,-to attend,-but, requires a temporary sus­pension of every other attentionJ-of every othllr consideration : and we know no word in the Eng­lish language, which commands so much attention, and produces so much effect, when uttered solitary an d alone, as this simple monosyllable " hark." We w ould now say to iur readers :c hark !" let no­thing conspire to withdraw your attention, while we bestow a passing notice on the next subject, to which our attention is naturally d rawn ; namely, " the dogs." And who, or what, are the dogs he� spoken 01 1 Dogs, even strictly and literally con­sidered' occupy an immense variety of grad es, sta­tions, and qualities, almost all of which ·may be con­sidered as symbolical of certam definite characters among the more ideal and inconsistent animals, called men. The dogs: . as we are by the poet in­formed, bark ! The barking of dogs often proceeds from motives very diverse ; sometimes they bark for joy ; sometimes for the purpose of giving notice of certain events ; more frequently by way of indica­ting hostility and menace ; but still more frequently for the purpose of amusing themselves by their own clamor. But in this latter case the dogs usually have some ostensible occasion, so that when we hear the dogs bark, we are apt to suppose that there is some real occasion for it, as in the case above quo­ted. And what is this grand occasion which thus sets all the dogs barking '1 O ! the beggars are coming to town. The word beggars is understood to indicate those who, instead of earning an honor­able independence by their own iDlilustry, are de­pendent on the labor 01" others for their support j­a support not always consisting of a mere subsis­tance i-it is but an inferior class of beggars who require no more than this i-but a support in afflu­ence, honor and authoflty over the very people who contribute liberally to their support. And they " are coming to town." They are coming forward on the great public stage-they are coming to place them­selves before us in a manner that will claim, and even command our charity. We will then enquire

'who are the beggars, whose approach occasions so much noise and disturbance by setting all the dogs -grea t dogs, litle dogs, pugs, curs, and poodles,­to barking at such a rate 1 The . first class men­tioned, are represented to be clothed in rags ; and hence we are ready to conclude that they are a poor worthless pack 01 beings,-too poor to d raw from our purses ; and too unlortunate to share our sym­pathies. The next class are more interestmg ; they, as we ar.e informed, have bags-bags of gold it may be. These are beggars worth noticing ; and what­ever ·they beg-whether honor, office, or more gold , they are sure of our sympathies, and we let the world know, that such illustrious beggars as these, shall never beg in vain. But lo ! yet another class 01 be�gars, to whom even the last-mentioned, with their golden bags, pay homage. We know who they are by their costumes-rich velvet gowns.­Behold the dignified s,olemnity oftheir carriage aud demeanor-"-the grave confidence with which they solicit-nay; even command our charities-the free use of our purses. Ah, these are the most adroit and successful beggars ; they evince a practical knowle'l,ge of the business-they have reduced beg· ging to a science ; and in this business not the least influential instrument by which they succeed, is the lawn or velvet gown.

----���#�i�.�_��w·----A S IMPLE BAROMETER S IMPLIFIED,-is the title

given by a correspondent-(Mr. J. D., 175 Sixth Avenue)-to an invention which he describes as follows : -:-" Take a common vial and fill it about two-thirds full of water, turn it up suddenly to -pre­vent the air passing out, and suspend it in that way. You will notice, on the approac:h of a storm, that the water will descend to the mouth of the vial, and in d ry weather will set back in the neck." It must be understood that the neck of the vial must be very small to prevent the ingress of air bubbles.

MARRIED A N D ROBBED.-A distinguished widow lady of Virgiflia came to Baltimore last week, in company with a loving younll husband, to whom she had recently un ited herself, but after a few days' sojourn the graceless scamp left for parts unknown, taking with htm some $400 in money, a note of hand for $500 more, and all the valuabl es the lady pos· sessed. The Baltimore papers are greatly at fault in neglecting to give the name of the fellow, that he might be published throughout the country.

WOMEN WANT.ED W E ST.-The "Visconsin Her­aid ''Of a late date says : " There is certainly a great scarCIty of women in the lead mines. Any indus­triolla girl here can earn $100 per annum, besides her board. either as a uomcstic Olssistant, or at sew­ing. It is strange that the girls have not enterprise enough to go where they can earn a comfortable living. Thousands of amiable, intelligent and handsome girls are living in penury in the Atlantic cities, who, it here, would be provided with com. fortable homes."

.. �. MORE IMPROVEMENT.-One of our exchanges has

been greatly improved by striking out the quack advertisements. The example is worthy of exten­sive imitation. Some small country papers are about one-third filled wi�h these disgusting lies.­New York Organ.

'Ems our sentiments 'xactly.

o S T R A N D E R ' S M I L L .

This:is called the " Patent, Oblique, Gyrating, Spherical Mill," for grinding all kinds of grain, coffee, spices, paints and drugs : and the Patentee assures us that it is not surpassed in either utility or economy. It can be easily turned by hand, or run by power at the usual speed, without heating or cohesion of the metals. It will grind the same quantity of materials, if not more, than any other mill ; is not liable to Bet out of order, and is so con­structed that it can be al tered at 1,Ieasure to suit the grinding of various substances : and whenever any part becomes worn, it can be easily replaced at a trifling expense. Its motion is like that of a globe revolving on its own axis, on an angle of about sixty degrees, more or less, within another

Locomotive Endne Factory.

The Newcastle Guardian contains the annexed account of a visit to the factory of Messrs. Stephen­son, of Newcastle, Eng. :

" The works are divided into two factories, on either side of South street, and thus called ' east ' and ' west.' Th� 'latter, though the newe r i6 the more extensive of the two, occupying several acres of ground. On enteril!g it the stranger is a t oll<:e struck with the novelty, as well as the extent and variety of the operations disclosed. The ear is sa­luted with the noise of some hundreds of hammers

I hollow globe, or vice versa ; and in its revolutions on its axis it performs a vast number of gyrations, and in each gyration a vast number of curvilineal lines on the cutting surfaces, different from any oth­er mill, whereby the points of contact are continual­ly changing, and the plates preserved from heat, co­hesion, or irregular wear. It is driven by a bevel­wheel and pinion, and from the horizon tal position of the driving shaft it can be propelled with great ease by hand, or with power also if required . One of these mills is now being exhibited in operation at No. 12 1 Fulton street, where the public are res· pectfully invited to call and examine its properties, and judge for themselves. The price of a mill of the kind here represented is only $20 !

Practical Religion.

" Yea, rather blessed," said. our Lord Jesus Christ on a certain occasion, " are they that hear the -word of God and keep it." In these two emphatic words-hear and keep-the whole experience and practice of religion are summed up. In order to hear the word of God aright, the two conditions are requisite : attention, in order to understand , and simplicity, that is, hum ility a n d reverence, in order to receive it. How surprising is it that the truth and authority of God's word should be admit­ted by any who n evertheless listen to it with care. less indifference. But human nature is, as it ever has been, hostile to that truth which taxes much. either of i ts atten tion, ti me, or endeavors. One of th e most beautiful and atTecting of our Lord's pa­rables is taken up in teaching, that of the four great classes into which the hearers of the word of God may be divided, one alone received ul timate and abiding profit from that truth which was de­signed to save all. And the case of that genera­tion stand out to all succeeding time, a monitory example, showing how possible it is that a state of indolent inattention, of sensual indulgence, of pride and prej udice, might render n u gatory the plainest instructions, delivered on the most important of all subjects, by a teacher sent from heaven too, and at­testing his mission by acknowledging m iracles. The state of the mind and heart, then, is of the higheBt consequence, inasmuch as it is decisive of the re­sults, whenever the word of God is either read or heard. Attention and reflection are both necessary. Divine truth is not equalled upon .the ear in tones of thunder ; nor are tlle great maxims of duty typed upon the under8tandin� with the l ightning's flash. Nothing is easier, if so we will it, than by careless inditTerence to prevent every valuable and perma­nent impression.

But then all this is preparatory to an ultimate end. We hear the word of God in order to keep it.

Politeness and Good Manners. What can be more certain than that the theory of It is a fact that mechanics, as a class, are in the religion is always in the Scriptures connected with

habitual practice of as much rational politeness as its practice. " If ye know these things, happy are those who are pleased to consider themselves mem- ye if ye do t hem." " Whosoever," salth Ghrist, bers of the higher classes. In the higher circles, " heareth these sayings of mine and doeth them, so called, there is an abundance of etiquette and shall be likened unto a wise man." Away, then, affectat ion, grinning smiles, and ceremonies. The fro m the earth with the war of vain polemics. Let well-bred mechanic, on the other hand, is more us ha·,e don e with the speculations which have honest in his demeanor, and acts with civil ity fro m I drawn men's minds from the weightier matters of good wi l l and friendly sentiments. T ru e pol i teness the law ; and the controversies which have idly is easy to learn and easy to practice, without m uch spent the encrgies meant for the conquest of the constraint or exertion ; and when a man once ac · world. The true standard by which to ju dge of

reverberatinll: on boilers and anvi ls, and the eye is , quires a habitual good feeling toward his associ- ch rist ian pretens ions, is the world of practical obe­startled by the !ight ot so many blazing fires and ates, and has at heart a disposition to please them, dience. Art thou a ch ristian ? . "Vhat 6elf. denials sundry work men, with the greatest sang froid, car- he cnn hardly fail of a good share of trutl polite- dost thou daily practice 'I What conflicts with and rying a bout huge bars and plates of red hot i ron ! ness. The most conspicuous awkwardness usually conquests ever the sin that doth so easily beset On examining the various departments, however, proceeds from attempting to ape the manners of the thee 'I What diligence in making thy callin g and the visiior soon finds enough in each to engage his rich and fashionable. The two main pillars of true election sure 1 A christian ! what beds of sickness closest attention. He is at first introduced into a politeness are good will and good sense. With these dost thou visited ? what diAtresses hast thou allevia­workshop of unusual dimensions, level with the a man cannot fail ofa good sh are 01 politeness ; yet, ted, what necessi ties supplied '1 Where the talents sround, where IIp.war.c:!s of farty hands are busily 0..: thi .. art, like all othp-r�, i .. fucilitated by instruc- that have been consecrated to God '1-the friends occupied in fitting up different parts of the machine- tion, we shall add a few hints on the sllbject which that have been made of the mammon of unrighteous­ry. Over this shop is an equally capacious room, may be occasionally useful to the young mechanic. ness '1 Behold the world !-Over five eighths of it accommodating about seveJlt" men and boys, who When you rise in the morning, be careful to leave hangs the rayless gloom 01 spiritual night. Its polish and otherwi�e prepare the inside ge!'lring and the pillows and bed clothes in their proper places. millions perish for lacic of the bread of life. 1'he fine parts of the engine!!. Each stands in front of a When you wash, be cautious to avoid spilling or danger is imminent, the relief must be prompt.­vice, at which the usual filing and chiselling are drippmg the water on the floor. Whflre then are your activi ties, your exertionli performed ; but ingeniously constructed machinery, When you first meet with any of the family, or your prayers and your sacrifices 'I Where the driven by steam power, is placed along the entire fellow lodgers in the morning, be particular to ex- sympathy which goes along with that moet sublime space of the room, and facilitates the more ditlicult hibit some token of regard to each ; either a gentle of all enterprises-the moral conquest of the world ; task of cutting a�d m�delIing cranks, shafts and salutation, or a bow, or other suitable gesture of the zeal which shouts for its progress, and the faita wheels. Proceedmg to another part of the works, recognition, with a cheerful smile of satisfaction at which doubts not its final issue 1 W hell will the several locomotives are seen in the course oftrial I seeing them. . I fortunate day come that shall see the chur h f on rails .Iaid for the purpose, and othe�g .t� cour�e � . \ ' In going to your meals, do not burry as if afraid Ch.rist, from individual to individual, from ra�k �o completl?n under. a large sh�d . . , AdJommg thiS IS of faifing to secure the · best chance ; neither wait rank, and society to socillty, all animated with the the pa.ckm�, framm�, and . pamtmg shop; whe�e 10- to be the last of all, as "jf afraid there would not be spirit oi loyal, practical obedience to the divine comotlve� mtended for a. dlstance .are taken to pleces seats enough for all. At the table help yourself Head ; when all internal feuds shall be hushed, after havmg been preVIOusly trIed, and carefully with freedom and be attentive to help others to and the resources which belon '" to christianity ful­packed in woode

.n ' .boxes of unus�al size and whate ver rna; appear to be beyond their reach and Iy developed, shall carry the reign of peace, "p�rity strength. The pamtmg of the exterIOr of the car- which you may suppose would be acceptable to and truth around the globe.-S. c- Adv.

ri�ges is also done in this dep�rtment, and the fr�. them. Do not l:,e careful to leave a remnant of any _�e_ mmg

. put together. T

,he b?Iler yard, , �r what IS article on the table, as if you thought there was no T H E T EMPERANC E R EFoRM.-We h ave before

facetlOus.ly termed the

. muslc.al sal?on, IS the next more of it in the house. Do not help another per- alluded to the fact that the progress of the temper ­

place of m�e.les�. MUSical: thiS portI�n of the works son to an article that stands directly before him, as ance reform in and through the country, has the ef­most certamly IS, and musIc of the right sort, too- if you thought he did not know enough to help fect to increase intemperance 'and rowdyism in tbe the music -of industry- and- -enterprize; Fancy an himself. - principal cities. In I"urther ill ustration of this fact angular shed in which are some sixty or seventy Either eat or affect to eat as long as others do at we give below the number of arrests for drunken­huge fires glowing before the roar of the blast ; the table, or leave the table and company : d o not ness in this city for one week ending the 25th ult.: about two hundred stalwart men and boys, all ham- sit, wailing for others to finish their meal. On Tuesday, the 18th, the number of d runkards, mering, riveting, or otherwise making a deafening Do not talk much while eating ; the tongue has of both sexes, reported to the police from the seve­noise, some with immense bars and plates of red then other employment, and cannot welt perform ral station-houses, was fifty-six. hot iron, others inside of boilers or fire boxes-fancy two kinds of b usiness at the same time. On Wednesday, 19th, there were forty-six. such a sight, and you have an imperfect idea of this B8 forward to proceed to your employment, but On Thursday, the number was fifty-two. , musical saloon.' Many ingenious and beautiful spe- not in advance of your companions : it looks osten- On Friday, the 21st, there, were twenty-five. cimens of mechanical art are, besides, seen at work tatious. On Saturday morning, thirty-six. in this department, such as a machine by which ri- If a friend casually calis on you whiI� at work, On Sunday, no less than sixty-six. veting bolts are moulded and fitted, and another by do not leave your b usiness and wait for him to re- ' On Monday, the number was forty-seven. which the perforations in the !copper fire boxes of tire. In all 328 in one week ; and this n u mber exclusive the engines are executed �ith much skill and ex- When walking, if you see a pebble or broken o f the many cases which occurred in the day time actness. Leaving this, the visitor is conducted to hoop, which may discommode others, remove it from on those days. RumseUers of the city are in their the shop where the tenders a..re completed, and the path ; whether in company or alone. glory or shame at present, and will so continue un­where a number of joiners are at work making Take no notice of insult from others ; for no man til men are elected to fill the 'offices of Govern� boxes used for packing the engines sent to a d is- who would insult you, can be worthy or your notice ; ment who have a sufficient 8hare of moral honesty tance. A. fine saw-mill for cutting the heavy pieces do not tell him this, however. and common sense to break up the murderous trade. of timber required, is here at work, and in an upper Be not forward to oppose the opinions or senti-

',H-#""" t t d tt (' h · RATIONAL.-" W e have a t last ascertained the apar men , woo en pa erns ,or mac mery are pre- ments of another, unless you sincerely desire to en-d b k·lfi I ti· 'I'h t r. t d'ffi cause why it is that the crimes of the poor are vis-pare y s I u ar zans. e eas ,ac ory I ers lighten him.

b t I ·ttl I th t ' I th k· d f i ted with more rigor and severity than those of the u 1 e rom e wes , near y ,e same m s 0 Exercise a fee. ling of friendship toward those k b . (' d · b th It · I . t' rich and opulent. The poor fellow who steals but wor emg per,orme III o . IS ess 10 ex ent, with whom you converse, and endeavor to advance b t 11 · t t· d . t t t th · ·t a pair of boots or a loaf of bread, must be taken u equa y m eres mg an Impor an 0 e VISI or. their felicity by making yourself agreeable.

Some branches are done here which we did not ob- When you are in company, do not say " it is time care of for two or three years, otherwise he might serve elsewhere, Engravers, for example, are bother the Court on similar charges ; but the man to be going " until you really intend to withdraw ; wh,o steals by thousands, steals enough to last him constantly employed preparing the plates bearing d d th d t · 1 h i d an o not open e oor 0 go, untl you ave c ose through life, and will, therefore, never bother J·ustice the engine maker's name, and also the letters for conversation. the name ofthe locomotive. All the brass castings "H-#.�.#>N" -consequently he is let off leniently on account of are likewise done in the east factory. Every part A NOVELTY AT NEWPORT, R. I.-The ctlstom his tact."

._#>N. of the locomoth-e, except the metal castings, are has been introduced, and is becoming quite popular, THREE WONDERS IN HEAVEN.-" If I ever reach prepared aod completed in both factories. The for ladies and gentlemen to bathe in company.- Heaven," said Dr. Watts, " I expect to find three draw ings and plans of the engines, are executed in They are furnished with bathing dresses of red flan- wonders there : 1st. The presence of some th at I a separate part of the works by a number of artists, who, judging Irom the specimens shown us, seemed nel, those of both sexes being alike. It is thought had not thought to see there ; 2d. The absence of to reflect no ordinary credit on their worthy em- t.hat if the sea serpent· should once catch a view of Borne whom I had expected to meet there ; 3d. The ploye!"S. the scene, he would quit our coasts forever. greatest wonder of all will be to find myself there."

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Black Eyes. There's mischief in the bright black eye,

And danger lurking round, A nd ye must shun its witchery,

Who have a heart to wound ; Ye may not stand unscathed and free,

The lightning of its glance ; Thou'd'st meet the whole artillery

Of blue, with better chance. �

S I LVER I N LEAP.-A verv coneiderable item of the mineral weal th of the West consists in the sil­ver which is found to exist in lead. The mines of Du buque and vicinity are understood to be particu­larly rich in this respect, some specimens furnishing as much as one hundred ounces of si l ver to the ton of lead, though it is estimated that five ounces to the ton will pay for the process of �epara ling it.

The process of separation, as followed at the up­per mines, we Jearn, is as fol lo ws. A number of cast iron vessels, capable of holding five or six tons lead.each, are prepared. In these the metal is melt­ed and sufiered to cool slowly, being stirred con· stantly with an iron rod . As the liquid coo le, n partial crys tal ization takes place ; tb is contains a large proport ion of silver, and falls (0 the bottom ; i t is removed by means of a perforated ladle, and sub­jected again to a similar process in other vessels, while the residue in the first .et of vessels continues to, be �eated �nd slirred l i i l it ceases to cryslal ize. Fmal ly, the riches t parts �epara ted by this proceSB are placed in what is called a c u pel. This is a shal­low vessel, .mad� of bone asl�es and very porous. The metal IS subjected to a hIgh degree of temper­ature, and then a stream of cold air from a bellows passed o ver i t. Oxidation of t i le rem alnin " portion of learl takes place, in the form of Iitharge� and the pure silve lalls to the bottom. The litharge is va­luable in commerce, and the lfmil which failed to crystal ize by the first process, l � run into pi O's, and is just as useful for ordinary pUl p'lses as tho�gh the sparation had not been made.

--.".,.,.,..;-"',"'.,,,.,----. EXQU ISlTELy N l c E .-The waiters dt the Delavan

House serve in white gloves. What next. N EWSPAPERs.-In New York, Philadelphia, and

Boston, there are thirty-nine daily papers.

SMITH'S NE WL Y INVENTED

T O R P E D 0 , OR ELECTRO MAGNETIC M A C HINE .

T H I S MACHINE is undoubtedly t h e most powerful and efficacious of any in u se. As an agent for medical PUI poses is truly wonderful, while as a curious Electri­cal Machine it should be in the possession of every one, To be hnd wholesale and retail at this office, 1 28 Ful­ton street, where they may be seen every day and even­ing in operation. The public are invited to call and ex-amine. aug27

E n g r a v i n g s . A LARGE LOT O F VALUABLE ENGRAV , NGS

(illustrative of new mechanical inventions,)-for sale cheap, at this offi�e.

The publishers of country newspapers particularly in­vited to the above.

Mechanics' Merchants' and Farmers' A g e n c y .

34 Ann s treet, New York. WITH a view of increasing facili1 ies between

employers and employed, spacious rooms have been taken at the above place, as a

GENERAL A GENC Y OFFICE. For Manufactnrers, Merchants, Farmers, Mechanics, and Professional men, to procure situations for Clerks, M echanics, A pprentices, Teachers, Falmers and Gard­ners. Also, to purchase and sell Machinery, Personal Property, and Real Elltate, particularly for manufactur­ing purposes

Persons well acquainted with the business, wante, and customs of the city and country will be connected with the Office The utmost pains will be taken to ob­tain and furnish all required information, and to con. duct the business on strictly correct rrinciples

This undertaking has received the approbation of our most benevolent and intelligent citizens, as well worthy the patronage of all c;lasses of business men

RE fi'ERENCES : H MErGe and others, of the A mer­ican I nstitute. P rof MAo PES I resident, and C L BA R � IUTT, Actuary, o f the M echanics' Institute. II

Communications, post paid, to S. FLEE T. August 1 2- 1m

THE TORPEDO ELECRO-MAGNE TIC MACHINE.

The subscriber takes this opportunity of apprising the public that, at the last Fair held by the American Insti­tute; he obtained the premium and medal for the best Electro-galvanic machine on exhibition. Since then he bas made a new and very important discovery in these by which he can give out the pure magnetic fluid, or the primary current. Its efficacy is truly wonderful .

SAMUEL B. SMITH, Inventor and manufacturer, 297 1-2 Broadway, left

side going up. 43t052*

STATE! OF N E W YORK, S E CRETARY'S OFFICE, l ALBANY, July 24, 1846. 5

To the Sheriff of the C ity and County of New York : Sir-N(' tice is hereby given; that at tae

n ext General Election, to be held on the Tuesday suc­ceeding the first Monday of Novemher next, the follow· ing officers are to he elected, to wit ,-A Governor and Lieutenant Governor of this State. Two Canal Com­missioners, to supply the places of Jonas Earll, junior, and Stephen Clark, whose terms of service will expire on the last day of December next. A S enator for the First Senatorial District, to supply the vacancy which will accrue by the expiration of the term of service of John A. Lott on the last day of December next. A Re­presentative in the 30th Congress of the United States, for the Third Congressional District, consisting of the 1st, 2d, 3d, 4th and 5th Wards of the City of New York. Also, a Representative in the said Congr ess for the Fourth Congressional District, consiqting of the 6th, 7th, 1 0th and 13th Wards of said City. A lso a Representa­ti' e in the said Congress for the Fifth Congressional District, consisting of the 8th, 9th and 14th Wards of said City . And also a Representative in the said Con­gress for the Sixth Congressional District, consisting of the 1 1th, 1 2th, 1 5th, 1 6th, 1 7th and 1 8th Wards of said City.

Also the following officers for the said County, to wit : 16 Members of Assembly, a Sheriff in the place of Wil­liam Jones, whose term of service will expire on the last day of Decem};)er next. A County Clerk in the place of James CQJlner, whose term 0 i service will expire on the last day of December next, and a Coroner in the place of Edmund G. Raw!on whose term of service will eX­pire on the last day of D ecember next.

Yours, respectfully, N. S. BENTON, Secretary of State.

SherijJ 8 Office, Nt w York; August 3d, 1846. The above is published pursuant to the notice of the

Secretary of State and the requirements of the statute in such case ma,le and provided for. WM. JONES,

Sheriff of the City and County of New York. II? All the public newspapers in the County will pub­

lish the above once in each week until election, and then hand in their bills fur advertising the same, so that they may be laid before the Board of Supervisors, and passed for payment. ,

See Revised Statutes, vol. 1, chap. vi. title 3d, article 3d-part 1 st, page 140. aug, 1 8 tEo

Water'power for Sale. A Rare Chancefor a Manufacturer.

The Water-mills at the head ot tide-water, in the plea­sant village of East Haven, Ct.; and within two miles of New Have. harbor, on an unfailing stream of ten or twelve horse· powers, are for sale at a very moderate price, and on liberal terms of payment. This site is sus­ceptible ofa considerable additioDf>l power, by increasing the head of water, j( required : and its location is s11ch that the cost of transportation of goods to the steamboat landing i" merely trilling. A part of the price may reo main on mortgage two or three years, if required. For further particulars enquire of Edwin Street, East Haven, or Robert Atwater. I ClO Pearl st. N. Y. 34tf

S C H 0 L F I E L D 'S C E L E B R A T E D ImpI'oved Par,ent Regulator,

N. CHOLFIELD, Norwi ch, C onn., continues to manufacture, and keeps constantly on hand, his I mproved Patent Regulators, for water-wheels and stt-am engines ; he makes five different sizes, indi­cated by numbers comencing at the largest size, which is called No. 1, &c . . They urc built i n <1 ne"t l11J(1 compact form,and prin ted directions accompany each machine, which will enable any mechanic to put them in operatio. ; as a general rule the different numbers are adapted to different sized wheels, as follows ;

For over·shot or breast wheels, 3 feet b uckets, No. 5 ; 5 or 6 feet buckets, No . 4 ; 6 to 10 feet bNck­ets, No. 3 ; 8 to 15 feet buckets, No. 2 ; 12 to 20 n. buckets, No. 1 ; greater than 20 feet, No. 1 extra.

The following agencies have been established for the sale of these machines :-Jone9, Denney & Ward, Boston ; V. J. Bates & Co . , Providence, R. S ; Charles Schenck, New York city ; D. Wight & Lon, T roy, N. Y. ; R.M. Vansickler, Albany, N.Y. S.C. Bemis,Springfield, Mass. ; Denslow & Beach,; Hartford, Conn.; Joseph B. Hughes, Philadelphia ; Wells Chase, and Towner Dun lap & Co.; Balti­more.

N. Scholfield also builds to Ol der Bacon's Improved Pickers, a lSuvel'ior article lor cotton or wool. {)!J- N . S. has removed to the large new and commo­dious brick shop (with steam power) a short d istance be· low his old stand ; and is now prepared to furnish (' ot. ton and Woollen Machinery of every description ; Steam Engines, Turning Engines, Lathes, Shop Tools, or any other article in his line of business, of as good quality, and on as fair terms as any other well appointed estab­lishment in the country.

:S-orwich Conn., Aug. 18. 19 eowtf.

M E R R I C K & F A Y ,

Manufacturers and Dealers in Florence A ND STRAW BONNETS.

MONSON, Mass.

N O R C R O S S &. C O N V E R S E, MANUFACTURERS OF

il lW ill> il .&\. m. 'iN m m � :ru. m m. .&\. @ � f3 iI BOOT WEBBING, &c.,

MON SON) MASS.

Cotton and W ool·Pickers. 'THE subscriber will furnish to order Cotton Willows

and W ool Pickers, warranted to be the best machine in:use, it is now in use in most of the best mills in New England ; it will do more work al d muck beUc, ud is entirely exempt from risk of fire, with itss outlay of power to drive; it. For particulars, address,

EDMUND BACON, Sup't. Otis Petees' Mills,

Aug I 8 5t*. Newtan Upper Falls, Mass.

DANIEL DAVIS, Jr. No, 42$ Washington street, (l ate 11 CornhiJI) Bos­

ton, \:lass. , Manufactures ELECRO-MAGNETIC AND GALVANIC

APPARATUS . Improved Magneto-Electric Machine, and the in­struments for Medical E lectricity.

Gilding an d S ilvering Apparatus, with Instruc­tions.

� Davis's Manual of Magnetism, 228 pages, price 75 cts. 32tf.

The .Best Ink Known, Two Silver Medals Premium !

At the Annual Fair of the American and Mechanics' In­stitute for 1 846, a SILVER MEDAL was awarded by each to Thaddeus Davids for " the Best writing Ink known." 500 gross 2, 4 6, 8, 16, and 32 oz. steel pen ink ; 100 gross, ditto blue, red, j apan, and copying ditto ; 200 gross, Indelible Ink, warranted, with and without a preparatiofl in elegant cases ; 5000 Ibs. wafers, all sizes and qualities from 10 to 50 lbs.; 1 0,000 Ibs., sealing wax from 6cts. to $ 1 , per lbs. For sale, wholesale and retail, on accommodating terms, by THADDEUS DAVIDS, Importer and manufacturer of sealing wax, wafers, inks, indelible inks, &c., No. 1 12 John street, New York, and by all stationers, booksellers, druggists, &'c., in the United States. 20tf

Rolling Mills, blast Furnaces & Forges. Iron works of all descriptious, erected upon the most ,

improved plans ; steam or water powers. Drawing!, plans and estimates made for building ..

furnaces and machinery, and contracts for the whole or any part thereof taken and executed with promptness and despatch ; and will also give his personal superintendence in the erection of iron work � !lf all kinds, such as Rolling mills, blast furnaces-of hot and cold blasts-anthricite, bituminous, and charcoal or wood furnaces, forges, trip' hammers ; iron, brass, and bell foundry, pudling and heat­ing fnrnaees, air clllpolo chaffery and refinery, or let out furnaces.

N.B.-All letters directed, post-paid, to 5. B. MER­KEL, Founder-machinist, millwright, drltughtsman and Engineer, Philadelphia. Pa. 22tf

C o p p e r S m i t h . THE subscriber takes this method of inform­

ing the public that he is manufacturing Copper work of every description. Particular attention is giving to making and repairing LOCOMOTIVE tubes. T hose at a distance can have any kind of work made to drawings, and may ascertain costs, &c., by add 'e_ 1 L. R. BAILEY.

�Corn '

N. B. Work shipped to any part of the country 45t02dv 18*

MARSHALL' S T R OY SHIRT DEPOT.

AT thi� Establishment may be seen the largest as­sortment of Shirts, Bosoms, Collars, &c., to be

fonnd in the city-all of our own manufacture, in Troy, which we offer to dealers and citizens in general, 25 per !ent. below city prices. The above goods have won too high praise to need any pnffing from us. It is sufficient to say that we are now patronized by all the principal deal­ers in the city, and the above goods have been generally approved of throughout the country, for being well made and for cheapness.

Jnst received-Linen bosom shirts with linen collars and wristbands-warranted-at G2 cents, 75 cents, 87 cents, $ 1 , $1,25, $ 1,50, $1,75, $2. Also linen collars at 4 cents, i cents, 12 1-2 cents, 18 3-4 cents, and 25 cents. MARSHALL'S, 90 Chlltham st., N,Y.

N.B.-Northern, Southern, Western and Easter!l Her. chants, who are ma�ing their pur�has�s at the wh9i�; dry goods houses, WIll do well to mqUlre for goods ot oU'f manufacture, as it is sometimes the case, that other ltinds are kept bv them. 42tf

Book for eehanics. THE ENGINEER 'S AND MECHANIC'S

@®W1lP'&\'lWil®�a Comprising Weights, Measures, lHensuration of superfi­ces and solids, tables of squares and cubes,-square and cube roots, circumference, and areas of circles, the me­chanical powers, centres of gravity, gravitation of bo­dies ; strength, weight, and crush of materials ; water­wheels; hydrostatics, hydraulics, statics, centres of per­cussion and giration ; friction, heat, tables of weight and metals ; pIpes, scantling, and interest ; !team and the steam engine.

By J. M. SCRIBNER, A. M. Recently published, and for sale by

HUN TINGTON &. SAVAGE, 216 Pearl st., price $1,12 to $ 1,50.

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A. G. Bagley's Celebrated Improved EVER POINTED GOLD PEN.

THIS Pen received the highe�t premium at the last Fair of the American In!titute, and has been pronounced by the first teacher! of Penmanship in the country to be i!tfinitely superior to any Gold Pen ever before introdu­ced to the American public. The lasting properties of this Pen are undoubted owing to the total absence of corrosibility from any of the inks in use, and the pecu­liar shade of the nibs, (which was first introduced by Bagley, (makes it more pleasant to use, renders it less liable .to damage, more easy to repair, and prevents the necessity of the great care that other articles of the kind require.

MANUFACTOry, 189 Broadway, N. Y. 7tf

W. N. SEYMOUR & CO. IMPORTE RS AND DEALERS,

AT THE Old Established Hardware and Tool Store,

No. 4 Chatham Square, -(at the Foot of the Bowery, N.Y.)

UA VE the greatest assortment of Hardware for build ers ; Mechanics' tools of all descriptions.

Wm. Graves & Sons' warranted cast steel filell & tools. Worrall's warranted cast steel saws. Hoe & C • .'s do. do. do. Cabinet Trimmings. Tin and wooden ware. House-keeping articles of great variety. Agricultural teols . Patent Safety Fuse for blasting . Sole Agents, for this city, for J. A. Fay's patent Mor-

tising Machine. 42tf

CHEAP HARDWARE, AND MECHANICS'

T O O L S T O R E J No. 174 "West S treet, North River side of the City,

between Murray and Warren streets. THE Subscriber having increased his stock and as­

sortment of HARDWARE by recent arrivals from l:u­'ope, and other sources, respectfully solicits a call from Mechanics, Tanners, and others, in want, to examine nis variety, prices, &.c., which he presumes will be found as low, it not lower, than are charged by many other dealers here. The lowest one-price rate will be strictly adhered to, and all goeds not proving as repre$ented, will be either exchanged or the money refunded. Among his variety will be found the following :

Viv.: Butcher's celebrated edge tools, saws, files, chi-sels, &c.

Albertson's coopers' house and ship carpenters' tools. American circular, croBb·cut, and mill saws. Plaaes of all kinds ; braces and bits, vices, anvils. American screws, butts, locks, latclies, and bell furni-

ture. , .� Patent safety fuse for blasting. A fine assortment of grindstones. " Agent for the sale of Swift's patent coffee andspiee lIs, suitable for coffee roasters and grocers. Together

with a full assortment too numerous to mention. ' ,< Call and see, and go away supplied lIatisfied. m3,4tf. G. W. GUION.

T E E T H .

THE cheapest office in this ci ty for Dental opera­tions is Dr. Brown's, 280 1 -2 Broadway, be­

tween Reade and C hambers st. Natural and mineral teeth inserted from $1 to 3 50 Decayed teeth filled with white cem!mt,

and warranted useful for mastication, 50 Toothache cured effectually without pain, 50 Teeth extracted with less than half the usual pain 50

Dr. BROWN, 280 1-2 Broadway, 3 doora above Chambers, next to

Stewart' & Co.'s new store. References can be had from several hundred families,

also to the medical faculty of the city. 10tf

tienel'al fatent Agency. THE subscriber has established an agency at his

Warehouse, 12 Platt street, New York, for the protec­tion and general advancement of the rights ana interests of Inventors and Patentees.

. The obje�ts of this agency are more particularly to ald and aSSIst Inventors and Patentees in effecting sales of their inventions and of good! and wares made there­with-and also for the sale and transfer of Patent Rights. - Arrangements have been made with a lawyer familiar with the Patent Laws, who will attend to the legal branch of the business upon reasonable terms. S atisfactory references will be given. Ap­plications may be made to the undersigned person­ally, or by letter, post-paid.

SAMUEL C. HILLS, 45 2d6-x General Pate:n.t Agent.

Patent Agency at Wasbington. ZENAS C. ROBBINS.

Mechanical. Engineer and Agent for procuring PA TEN TS,

Will prepare the necessary Drawings and papers for applicants for patents, a nd transact all other business in the line of his profession at the Patent Office. He can be consulted on all questions relating to the patent laws and decisions in the United States or Europe. Persoas at a distance desirous .of having examinations made at the Patent Office, prior to makir,g applicatior. for- a - pa­tent, may forward (post paid, enclosing a fee of five dollars,) a clear statement of their case, when immediate attention will he given to it, and all the information that could be obtained by a visit of the applicant in person, will be promptly communicated.

All letters on business must be post paid, and contain a suitable fee, where a written opinion is required.

Office on F street, between 7th and 8th sIs., opposite the east wing of the Patent Office.

He has the honor of referring, by permission, to Hon. Edmund Burke, Commissioner of Patents ; Hon. H. L. Ellsworth, late ditto : Judge Craitch, Washington, D.C.; Hon. R. Choate, M assachusetts, U. S. Senator ; Capt. H. M. Shreve, Miesouri ; H. Knowles, Machinist, Patent Office. april 2.3m"

J O li N B R O W N . CARPENTER AND PRIN TER'S JOINER.

Nos. 29 cf 6 1 Ann-street, N. Y. MANUF ACTURER of Cases, S tands, Furni­

ture, &c. Stereotype Blocks, of various sizes. Box-wood and mahogany. for Engravers, always on

hand. Stereotype plates blocked at short notice. Pr.ess, paper, and letter boards, of every description. Book-binders' cutting and pattern boards. Stereotype box�s, made to order. Printers', stereotypers, type-foundert'�, and book­

binders' j obbing work done at the shortest notice. N. B. Orders from various sections of the country

!olicited, and promptly executed. 8t052*

Plnmbe National Daguerrian Galleri,­AND PHOTOGRAPHIC DEPOT,

251 Broadway, corner of Murray street, New York, (over Tenney's Jewelry store,)

Awarded the Medal, four first premiums and twe " high­est honors," at th� exhibition at Boston, New York, and Philadelphia, respe�tively, the best IJictures and apparatus ever exhibited.

Price of these superb photographs reduced to that of ordinary ones at o ther places, so that no one need now sit for an ordinary l ikeness on the score of economy,­taken in any weather.

Plum be's premium and German Cameras, Instruc­tions, plates, cases, &c. &.c., forwarded to any desired point at lower rates than by ony other manufacturer.

Wanted-two or three sldlful operators. Apply as above. 20tf

F. J . A U S T I N PRE S S MAKER AND MACHINIST,

(Removed from 93 Gol'l st., to) No. 3 Ann street, New York,

Where he continues to carry on the above business in all its various branches, and is prepared to receive orders for all the various kinds of presses, and other articlell in his line, used in a Printing Office and Bindery, namely,

Improved patent-machine Printing Press ; ditto Washington ditto ; improved patent Self-inking Ma­chine ; improved Screw S tanding-press ; Lithogra­phic press ; Copperplate press ; Card press ; Copy­ing and Seal press ; E m bossing press ; improved Patent Book-binders' Cutting press ; Cast and Wrought Iron C hases, Stereotype Blocks, etc. etc.

Jobbing of all kinds, done at the shortest notice. From long practical experience in Ihe business, and

personal attention thereto, he is confident of being able to give general satisfaction to all who may f.wor him with their custom, and to execute all orders with promptness.

Charges moderate. A reasonable discount made 1\)1;' cash. 22tf

Luvi Chapman. No. 102 Wllliam Street, New York.

Manufacturer f!f the CELEBRATED OO£®il@ RAZOR f3�m.@�

of four sides. Also, Pocket Books, Wallets, cfc.

On the most extensive scale. L. C.'s facilities for manufacturing Pocket Books, Ol'

Wallets, fur the supply of those wholesale dealers who­buy to sell again by the gross or dazen, are unequalled. he having employed for the last ten years from 50 to 270-w.rkmen. His present well regulated system of ditli'WD' of labor, enables him to supply these articles at a very great reduction, at least one third less thall former priees.

Strops retailed at from 50 cents to $ 1,00 each, TIlry­in� only in outward finish and size-warranted to please· or the money returned. 19tf

B L A C K LEAD rOTS. THE Subscriber ofl'ers for sall'!� in lots to sui.

purchasers, a super ior article of Black Lead Pots, that can be used without annealing. The price is­low, and found ers are requested to make a trial.

S AMUE L C. HILLS, 45t02dv6 Patent A2'ent, 12 Platt Street.

Patent Agency

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