Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1819-03-09


current, and \ compressed 10 The with OF
about 40 feet. This width WAS crosse 4 b,
commencing flame OH each side near the
margin aed causing the weight behind TO
sustain The benls progressively bending over
Tie alter, which meeting al the top formed :,
6othic arch over The stream, the Ver,eA of
Which was abOH ~ feet below the present
AoSr OF the b'idS". Though now i.urposely
disconnected fr"1i the bridge, the GOiaic 5rch
still slthds UNDERNEATH the Ronum, and is
esteemed by ArCLttoctS, Ga point OF mrchani
,a'inSsnuuy Jas srr al curiO>ity as the bridge
its II.
The bridge contains G95l3 feet of timber
rdn' iIis measure, besidcs q 90 feet OF board
hieasute la addition % - Sui i,et % timber
continued IN tuttdice biiu.r Or supporter
All ihis has been tGrtt,d 10y the labor of
somewhat less upon an aveihSc) than ~ euly-
iw0 NCrknen, Wt,iiu the sliuti Spar,- of nine
months. Were tas fact told iu Iutope il
would only excite the smtr al nVTr,iaiitN..
TIE bridge al Schauliau>eu in y, ..ltriaud
~tlc!i lUi almost halt centuiN WIS regarded
a tine pude or the eA>ttra hemisphere. was
nniif, "" are iniurDtG in :" i;itte less H,aH
ihT,e gears, abd wa' The longest arch in Eu-
rope. Ii WIS but - feet longer Span il;,u the
bridge Il! Cartilage, Ia,lmittng tia, il derived
u" support from pier III the centre l--was
OnIS 10 iect vide aud OF ordinary aud cOuvc
nieut height. 81 was DESTROYED dnriny the
french rev oiniion. AMI lao entire arch il known
al present ~ the old World 10 exceed 10 feet
span ihe in0Ai l0tty ai.d single arch IN Eu
- "a
Sunderland which falls short OF the bridge nj
Cirthagc liHt IN The length oi,ihC S,An, Il SIS
teet III III" height of the ARCH. The bridge "a,
Carthage midN therefore he pIoneunrvd nmriv
allied IN lis cOnibiaed Dimensions, strength and
Beauty, by an! stlncture OF the kind in Europe
or America.
The scene;y around il is picturesque aud
sublime, w,iliin view ircia il are ihee water
idiis OF tue GcneSee, one OF which has los feet
pefpendlcniar descent. The stupenduuN hanks
TIE mills and machinery, the forest Welding 30
the industry off, risiu. viiiage-and the n.ivi-
Sapie waters not lao rods below it, are calciI.
ia!eu 10 MI The ntd OF generous bciinlder
win surprise ana satisfaction. Particular, is
i'i's 'he case w,icn tue utility of the bridge is
regarded ia cOnneXiOn with its eAtrtt. 1t
pr sents the nearest route from CananCaigua
10 Lewiston :-it connects the eouis of the
IiFat Rdse Road itoprnS To The Counties of
urntS"e ANA Niagara a direct communication
WIN ire water privileges a. the lower falls
ana Tie head of Navigation % the river, and
renders The village CT Carthage accessible and
c"nEeniSnt. as thUrOu.htare iruu the eaSi
the west. au, the uorIh
Mf. L. IL. WeattrOrfh, u distinguished iali
scare painter has lately taken three views uC
the bridge, one Of which hc intends to publish
III d large and elegant engraving. Til. repre-
sehiatlohs he has made, are elegant " correct
-aHa IL IS hoped that generous public viii
to>ler lac efforts OF an Ingenious, SrIf-tanyht
artist, lay lihersl support. The tine aftS NOW
promise 10 Guidance the pleasures Of taste, by
u"""Na,i' U! Tue most St!lklng contrast De.
tween me nagmihcence of Art, and the gran
dehr ot Nature, that the scenery ofthe western
"orid can present. Telegraph.
PERPETUAL MOTION.
OwEGo, ~. Y February GA very curi-
o"s maci'ne, apparently possessing. within
isett, power 10 move aud 10 continue its
motion, has been exhibited IN This village for
SOME time past The machine consists of eight
wheels, sin OF which appear to be of no other
% he .it.bI ba
urst or principal whpe gives nlo,ion to all The
rest 1t coniaIiiS about 20 bHck cts; eight OF
THESE buckets, which are contiguous To each
other and upon one side OF The wheel contain
eSch small ball the upper one being placed
d tie out of the line OF direction. forces that
SIDE OF the wheei which Contains The weights to
='aVitate. Al tiirlOwest point of descent, these
balls are Snccessiveiy discharged Que 1T a
time, Into the eighth wheel, which carries them
up aud deposits them again in the original
wheel One of these balls, in ascending
(owiiis 10 the increased velocity ofthe eighth
wheel,l occupies hut one iourtI purt of tho
tl'he mat IS occupied by the ti,.t wheel in des.
censing through the space Intervening bet wcen
Two OF It's buckets so that three fourths ufthe
time, the eighth wheels without any wei. Int in
u. The accelerated motion that this machine
acquires by all the weights being in the uri,I-
clphl wheel so great Il portion OF the time
appears 10 be sufficient TO ~onntcract the
'e acton oil the ascending ball so that the
nachlhe IN making this revolutions, loses none
ui Us nrirlnalforce. The cOnstrUctiOuls simple
hHd The whole movement is obvious at single
glance. The Inventor is a Hlr YIN Foster. of
ms Town, an Ingenious and self tangiit mocha.
me, who, we understand, intends taking the
machine TO Ire city OF Albany, durimg the
present session ofthe Legislature 10 exhibit for
the qualification OF The curious and tlie learned.
- Cdz.
SERPENrS.
We understand "a very interesting N,a,oir on
Sfrpents, was presented to The New York
Historical ~ nj
tan SChuitz. i'm Esq now ia thu Ohio country
d member OF said Suciety
ihe wrifer atdHces number OF facts TO
prove thai that the generally received opinion
OF nerpents ascending trees, by means of
spiral motto: around the body Of the tree, is
erroneous; aud thai they effect that object
by ascending up one SIDE only doing il by
means OF laying themselves in zig gag folds,
cue aDoSe tie other, at from to inches
IN length. Their mstiom upwards is exceeding
sliw.
He next shows that The bite Of The Rat.ir
Snake and Copper hGdd is far less dangst0us
than generally Imagined, aud that tie hi.ss
OF these dreaded reptiles ave easily and safely
cured. The bite Of the Copper head he proves
lobe more dangerous, and vel so easily cured
rs that OF HE Rattle. snakc.-ue lIkewige
proves By racts, that dogs, bitten eigh or ten
times are 10 more itfecte t,,an when
bitIen bnt once; from which lie draws "a con
c!nsion, that serpentS of that description
discourage all theIf poison at one or two bites,
aad require time TO rePIenish their baDo ful
tore.
lie also produces some instances If the
pretended fascination of birds, sc BY ser.
penis, which he explains in very uaintnl aud
satisfactory manner. He has likewise noticed
The pretended e6iar,on. said 10 proceed
from SereHis ana hds traced il TO creeping
viie growing III most places.
Aud, lastly, The writer examines az opinion.
generally prevalent, hat swine are great
vourcrs OfSerpeutS He has tried = number
VI experiments on This question, with lean
and idlteUiug hogs. in the pen, ia the heids.
aud on Them hnlf Wild iu Tic woods the result
81 which 10 that ia no Instance could re