Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1819-12-18
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HIGHLY vALu,Bl. MACHINERY

IT'S perhaps not generally known even in this city
aud the knowledge should be co extensive with The
union, that our ingenious fellow citizen MI Samuel
DAVIS. has Invented and put INTO the
operation, two Yer, powerful aud equally simple ma
CHIMES, tue introduction OF which into general use
w0nld he productive OF almost incaiculable public
advantage, and private benehi.
one OF I'll III he calls mud raising machine n
may be worked by H. by horses or by steam DO wer
as yet 1t has betu worked only by the first. II M
te"d'u TO clear out docks and hsrhors TO remove
oO'truenons from, and deepen the channels of rivers
ann 0theT water courses 10 drain and enclose lands
pH di'cheS ana enbansmenis; 70 reclaim marsh lasds
by such embanhm.nts as will keep out the tide 10
make roads, &C &C. and for those various purposes
ana many others, is confidently believed, tins ma
chhe Stands nnriVailed and is greatly superior any
mug ever useu "r nyented. twill work well ttre,
~ leef or more under Udfer, u will on dry ground
THIS statement i, light made: the opinlnn thus
formed and ressed, is the result of careful exann
alton and -nqniiy since TIL utility The machine has
neen tested by actual experiment IN deepening NJ
cures dock IN this city, With OF them, and by
the performance OF another the city of Richmond
(Na.l The latter las is certified Ny gentleman who
purchased The right to m does daily an average
win the labor of eIehI black men, take from nader
water, of considerable depIh aud deposit ia COWS
about tfrO hundred ana ttrenty sand mud sc
i"e hFehioI hds one on smali scale now in use, in
forming harbor Ter the steamboats, at the head OF
Chesapeake bay; II cost only about fire hundred dot
t1'S, sns WORKED ny Jour men we are Informed by
those that have seen II in operation that with this
force. IL can actually take up mud in the same
tune, than tue machine used IN this harbor for ihs
same purpose (and II is believed the same kind are In
nse in most OF our css) which cost about eiehk fhou
S9Ha dOtkagS, and is worked nv foyr ,geu o,a t,rc
horses u the truth Of this statement is admitted wha
saving o"d he the result, of substituting the new
for III. old machine! f.
Was steam power substituted for MAMMAL labor IN
worn the machine, the work II would perform is rs
t'nshiug the Inventor is perfectly willing To guaran
tee that II will take NJ each day 1t IL worked at least
fhree Thousand TONS, or as many cubic yards sand
nud ar gravel lie believes II will even take ~ do,J
lhs Quantity working al this rate, with what facility
ana uespach might all the DISTRACTIONS, by sand
Dars, mud banks, and such like InIpediments be re
moved from lie mouths OF our Numerous harbor and
the channels at our numerous nayIgsble riversf
~ lhose VINO CTcult this representation. will he
pam and EVIDENT, that thousands OF OF the most
valuable Hand might be reclaimed from the dominion
81 tue sea "n the borders buy, and M many
ther paris Of the country, by throEing up strong en
bhnkwents TO keep ort The tide, and expence By
no means pT'p"ruoued 10 he value Of the lana Inns
reclaimed aud by its also, might millions oTfons
o! valuable manure he iahen out of the creeks aud
ln"is ~ which The ha is indented and the pooi lands
duIH''n' eT''zed ana enriched, much more economi.
ely. Than In any p'ier way.
The other machine to NhiCh we have ailusion, is
Gs'!t" nv The inventor st'ne RAISING machine."..
with ihis hr has actually raised and removed
Ms Immersed in water of fourteen or fifteen feet
deep fr IN the fishery Of Robert Smith ESQ of this
cil some oi those rocks compn ed weigh from
TWENTY I, thirty to- lie has already raised arge
schooner SUNK IN haIboT. aud loaded with rood
f"r raising OF hem Uhe e,her his oEn) he re
ceiHtU ont. sixty dollars and mad" by The isb
thIs vith what ease She was taken nm 80. AR
Dhvi as perfect! convinced that he can raise the
largest vessel III the United ates stone or other
heaVy body. weighing i've hundred toms immersed in
water OF more ;han one hHndTed feet deep and as evi.
Jence q" bis conviction that II practicable he would
gladly contract 10 RAISE either, Tor adequate com.
w. "e"'''u rose 'Hc eNptuCe " unsuccessful Are
mere hit many vessels sunk IN or near different
haTr"rs, thai wOaid he valuable If taken upl And
might Mt thIs machine he used with great effect in
clearing the hissssippi Of planters and ers
"ehope this feeble attempt describe this machine
ny VIII attract attention and that the public and the
patentee NAV both he benefited by Its genera, inirp
duetion into The cOuBiTy.
p S. 1t is with the d" stone raising machine" above
spoken Of that Mr.. Davis proposes raise the British
vessels Of snnk near New York. wi he seen nv
his proposals plea ed to learn that such Is his
encouragement from tie public that he funds To enable
him To make The attempt will pTOba y he soon raised
hope u will be so for have RTta' iah II he
the attempt he will succeed, aud hns greatly brrrdt
the Subscribers to the fund, and completely establish
the utility and value OF the machine. T8git Yp{