Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1818-07-24

..Ni-Ge 40 ljS iiitee ~ eNteMt, us .siS 20 thci
westward Of the Mississippi river.
We cinnoi forbear expressing surprise, when
we see the proposed western ltnuiS,of t.ouisi.
ana, by the president of the United States TO
Den Onls, minister OF Spain, near the govern.
meat OF The United Stafes, BIZ which the pre-.
ritory claiuied under the purchase OF Louisnipa,
and our mud has been the more particularly
nnitC ,sed "tih This extraordinary proposition,
Hheu Ne recOilect that under every Admins ira
ton since that purchase, II has bevn maintained
that oar claim extended to the Rto del Norie.
Now II that clam be founded IN Justice. ia We
haVe ! r,sht To heiieve il was. the American
people viii cheertully defend it,
The territory propOSed TO he Ielingnisheh by
the President, contains about OJT =. i6 ynO acres
of band, which embraces more than one half o {
all the great rivers which water the plains be-
tween the Mississippi river and the fOCay
Mountains; together with all the TERRITORY "
Ing between the 10Th and 18th parallel o 1 uorih
latitude and the said inOuni ains and the Paci.
fc Ocean-and which, at the average price uf'
the public lands, would produce Il re, enue. of
S2sS SS6. THIS territory is greater Than that
OF HE United states previousto the acquisition
OF uu>iana.
The total difference of the claims between
The United STATES aud Spain, 10 the same terri
tory, amoaat TO LOS, DIS COO.
4 recently ;arcatea astronomical apparatus. by
se.f-tdug.t msrLcal =, riHS.-it is u machine
whose uniinim revolution rs derived from am
ar;erdaSe 10 revolutionary auxiliary wheels
which put III motion a 10 inch globe that turns
or us axis III II hours and in a sofa, year will
depict the san Ill the ec!Wiic, and describe the
unequal otht OF the earth, moving round one
common ccntre. The revolutionary appenda"e
moves round an invisible stationary circle de
notninatcu The Arctic Pole, III one Year. ihis
machine Is So constructed IN principle, that The
diIietence between solar and sideriali lime may
be easily discovered by transition OF the eve
from tue solar index TO ise siderial. The ma
a. II
dian, by turning 10 the day OF the month with
The moon set to atr bearing for The time being
which, occasionally, is varied to correspond
Az" coiucide with The sarIi ing meridians, deli.
heated ona globe. There il likewise a goinci.
dcnce between a selected meridian, TO which
Drag brazen meridian, on which designate 4
parallel of north and south, TO those on the
northern hemisphere, and the sun in the sum
mer .olstiCe wiilapproXimate tow ards the arc.
TIC pole, and wee versa in the winter
Inc globe moves III an angle of -. % con-
! 9rentiS u moves two small balls or an mcln.
ed axis, ''hici. indicates the day of the month,
me .e'tirai rays OF the sun, north aad south
| dec!inalion, elevation and depression of the
| poles 81 the globe, the moons mean motion,
! -, 10, her period II dayS,7 hours 10 minutes.
uer sYnouicai revolution 70 days, IL hours
| - the monthly variation of the moon
| VIII ne III proportion 10 her inclined axis on
me plane of her eciiptic in period Of about
| lS2 days, She will alternately return to her in
ciIHed axis as above specified
.ht machine Also presents many Other views
aho advantages, too prolx to insert i'm a seized
uie of this display OF the phenomena of nature
by mechanism.
The inventor is Theodore Newell an aged
and decrepit citizen, who is in INDECENT cir
cnmsthnces, and destitute of pecuuiary and t.
accomplish his long cherished and ardunrs
task: lie has mnde AN apparatus, which after
the friends OF science have viewed with an i'm
partial and unprecedented eye, it is trusted will
be pronouSced on great utility in demons,rat.
ing astronomical calculations
The abave piece of mechanism will be exhi-
blied at the Exchange Coffee Honse every day
IN The week, SUNDAYS excepted. between I'M.
hours OF 0 \. NJ. to 9P. NJ. Boston Pan