Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1810-03-13

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..6ase nedsraemfst kiaasH md az s-la-made bein,
noshins ieas than the famous snt-na,iae e..
| MODE. iof DIR. sarshe.l We believe, 4. in.
) proved v MI ful.on. This .ortsdo-a;s-;
chine, being oas.of che most impotent, VIII.
onary schemcs that ever entered Tie brainos
! an Engineer, VIII, aoabusss, os immort,lr.a
!, the, destroyer Of one lille squadron sOuR
OWN! W. understand ir.sto DO apparent,
patroaizsd, .. an ll-suiaeient substitute for,
navy, & under cover Of which stalking horse
this poor s,kmeats ofbetter days,wili be trans.
ferrsd Is othee hands !, Believing descrpda
OF this celebrated machine may be amuuafa
IA anysof our readers, we will here give i, \
concisely as possible ga large quantity 4
powder is .put into chest, o. other depoAi.o-
~, which contains also Q hind O'Clock work,
10 this chest. one end ef aFope Is made fask
and the other end 10 an ilon arrow, which, o.
approaching snip, is fred int her from
blunderbuss STAT the sar:e instant The chest
lis thrown overheard, winch dtaw. from
it plug or stopper, aettiag tie inter.
Iai clock work in motion, ;--this, At
given time, strikes FIRE, and ex2iodes---
Mr.. Fulton proposes the operation be,
ing undertaken, even at noen day m
row boat; trusting to its velocity, and tho
certainty of the arrows taking effect. Now
as this rope, which fastens t.e arrow to the,
torpedo, must not be more than bali tho
length the ship, W. have been suggesting
that sufficient numoer Of Guy faarrs
might rot always be ready in tlese latter
days, to undertake 20 conduct the enterprise,
amids, the rich prolasion of round grape and
csnnistsr shot, together with few musket
balls, by way OF an aneaovyS -
Again ;--thess arrows. on being dischar-
COL from the blundcrbus,, are very uncer-
tain Of going point foremost, but often strike
the object sidawsyh and rebound; a. one
did a. al. disqualification lately at Capitol
Hill, which came near deprivins the service
Of one Of tas tallsss corp,rals tho marine
corps could boast of. So
Again ;-a,lmis for argument sake that sust
enemy would be kind enoughto 10. the iags-
NOUS Mr.. Fulton fas,sn his torpedo TO shsirt
vessel; how long would It take, IN active
fellow. with good ja.k.knifo in bis hand.
and the first hw efnatnre in his mind. 70 ss-
yer its lashiog, and let It pass b., harmless
S, Jcilsrsoeisn gun boat. Here follows ths
chaperofjs - ~: gZssi>, j. -
1.-THE Guy EaHr sacrifices can BE- found;
ythe ship 10 hoRte enough to let them ap.
proach and fastsn, their torpedo.;'
1.-THE arrow goes poin.cforemss. and sticks 5
sufficiently fast; i:.o st.s : :.
1.-THE sailor docs not Gu. il clear; =,
Nthe torpedo swings under tho vessel.
AID, .st53 - 49,
yno pa't of the, saipery misearies
which acting subpari,,ely, itisvey liable to;
than the weasel may be Destroyed. In sher.
thessAse such apsrsel Of these little villain
Gus conjunctiuns, called II, that We are very
apt to sssinli.ate this terrible affair to tho
ehi!disa tradition of catching birds with salt:
The other grand display Of Mr.. Barahel's
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machine is, 70 anchos = number, say Eve oe
six thou.snd, Of them in various parts Of .
harbar, confined together BY a rope, ina
that when struck, eilbef BY atos-
noise or clip, they will lprovided the pow
der be kept dry, and the same disaster does
not befal it, that befel the FIRST trial at New "
York; they wiil'explode to the dirsfu CON-
Of men and fishes g !.
This tor1edo has certainly made consider.