Elizabeth-Town gazette. [volume] (Elizabeth-Town, N.J.) 1818-1821, 1821-02-20

the grave--slie body Of the old man wal.
lying extended upon it and the sun q
that day threw his departed beams upon
the graves of the FATHER AND THE son.
Steamboat Wofer-wheel. Ever since
the use Of steamboat navigation, water
wheel Of which the paddles, whiIe moving
through the water should always be at
right angles TO its surface, has been con-
sidered as desiderainm; for, 10 this case
alone, the force applied would act with
the greatest possible advantage. Accord
ingly, many attempts have been made 10
accomplish this object; but, SO far as we
know, all have hitherto proved abortiye,
or so complicated as 10 prevent their use.
1t gives us, therefore, peculiar pleasure
10 announce, that VIC nave lately seen
model Of such water wheel, the conA
slruction of which is extremely simple
being no more than the common wheel, Of
which The paddles are constantly kept in
q vertical position. This is effected by
counter cranks passing through, and firmly
fixed 10 the centres Of the paddles, and
through an external wheel Of the same d.
ameter with the water wheel bnt moved
byeit round different centre the verti-
cal distance Of the two centres being equal
to the radius of the connecting cracks.
The inventor Of this ingenious device
Is Tr. James Prince, Of Connecticut, who
has, we understand, obtained patent.
National Gazette.
Wiater In The .Arctic Regions. - The
darkness of a prolonged winter pow broods
impenetrably over the frozen continent,
unless the moon change at times TO obtrude
her faint rays, which only discover the
horrors and wide desoiation Of the scene.
The wretched settlers, covered with
load OF bear-skins remain crowded aud
immured in their hut, every chink Of
which they earthly stop against the pier
cling eternal cold and covering about the
stove or lamp, they seek to doze away
.he tedious night. Their slender stock OF
provisions, though kept ia the same apart
meni, is often frozen SO hard, as to require
10 be cut with Ratchet. The whole Of
the inside Of their hut becomes lined with
a thick crust of ice and il they happen
for an instant to open window, the mois-
lure Of the confined air is Immediately
precipitated in the form OF shower OF
SNOW. As the frost continues to penetrate
deeper, the rocks are heard at d distance
to split with loud explosions. The sleep
Of death seems TO wrap up the scene in Ut
Ter and oblivious ruin.
AT length the sun returns above The
horizon-but his languid beams rather be-
tray the wide waste, than brighten the
prospect. By degrees, however, the fur.
Their progress Of The frost is checked. In
the month Of May, the famished inmates
venture to leave their hut, in quest Of
fish on the margin of the sea. As the
sun acquires elevation, his power is great
~ increased The snow gradually wastes
away-the ice dissolves apace-aud frag-
ments of it detached from the cliffs, aud
undermined beneath, precipitate them
selves on the shores with the noise and
crasi. of thunder. The ocean is unbound.
aud its icy dome broken up with tremen-
dous rupture. The enormous fields Of ice,
thus set afloat, are by the violence Of
Winds and currents, again discovered and
dispersed. Sometimes, impelled in oppo-
site directions, they approach, and strike
with mutual shock, like crash Of worlds,
sufficient, if opposed to reduce to atoms
in moment, the proudest monuments Of
human power. 1t is impossible to picture
situation more awful than that Of the
poor crew of whaler, who see their frais
bark thus fatally enclosed, expecting im-
mediate and inevitable destruction.
Ediaburg Revie,r.
A Ponderous Eel.-A few days ago, an
eel Of the common species, but Of extra