Alexandria gazette & advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1822-1824, 1824-07-29


| hitherto had any doubts on The subiet,
must be convinced oil the proprietY ibsrsa
was OF opposing the attempt to alter 6s
charter.
In an account OF recent trials before 4.
Court Of Sessions in the city OF New YorE
published in the Commercial Advertise,
we find the following description, wbi6
the sprightly writer seems to have given
con anore Nat. hi.
There was an ac9uitlaI on FRIDAY.
which may almost be considered ,esl1
the power OF beauty. A Miss having
been detected 10 attempting 10 pass
counterfeit bill was very barbarousy in,
dicted therefor, and put upon her trial.
But when brought into court her beautiful
figure and person, and graceful demeancr
caused every heart the court eIcepedof
course) to relent it, It turned out That
the proof was not quite strong enough 10
convince certain old bachelors on The pa.
mel of her guilt, and she was acquitted
without much trouble. II was well for
her, that instead OF being an ugly old bag,
she wore fine Legborn bat, had elegant
glossy locks, forehead like alabaster.
eyes soft and captivating, cheeks riys,
ling the damssk rose, nose after Grecbl
model, tech Ike ivory, and lips like cher
res, with neck and waist like the gracH
Of Csnoya, a beautifully turned ankle. and
sylph like s,ep-who-wbo, we denaDi,
could have convicted such prisoner upon
any thing short Of the strongest testimony
ever given -
DEFERRED
The Norfolk Herald notices an i'm.
portaDt invention which has been brOt
into use by Mr.. CHARLES D. BRoDIE,
foreman Of the carpenters department
at the Norfolk Navy Yard. The cir.
cumstance which led TO the discovery
and employment Of this simple and va.
luable contriysDce is thus described"
"In launching the Delaware "a,
number of casks of large sise were
moored in line parallel with the cbso'
mel, to buoy up the cables that ws's
intended to check the chip after leaving
the stocks. The velocity of the chip
was SO great as 10 part two very large
cables made fast in the after ports 10
bring her up in a gradual manner
Their parting was so sudden and un'
that The consequence wsI
many Of the water casks were prsclpI'
tailed to the bottom. and rising one Of
them struck with it's chine against ths
copper on the ships bottom with "
much force as to rip up the copper 10
the length of three or four feet, yer!
low down and contiguous to her lore
foot. Two summers had passed ava!
before the casualty was discovered, bO'
during the third the worm bad SO iH
perforated the exposed part as to eau"
The ship to leak considerably. and thu'
the discovery was made. AL the sknI
in caulkiDg, thrummiDg, &c, from Wv
interior Of the ship that could be ca
erted, availed nothing:,he leak cOn'IOO,
ipg to increase. Finally it was t0uo0
impra cticable TO overcome it in aHyo'
lher way than by heavipg her down 10 10
which operation an expense OF p 20 Wv
to to 80, coo must necessarily be incur
red.
1T was in this dilemms that MI
Brodie sug gested the plan 81 a maehlO'
capable of being fitted close to the S6lP'I
side by ropes, calculated to admit OCs"
air and light, and having room sum-
,ient for the operations OF the worK'n'
who could descend with perfect e ssSI
md safety to the keel. No'oo0ef!s'5Y
han done The machine was 'orI
With constructed under the dIrec',0D'
If Mr.. Brodis and applied 10 Its oe'
ined purpose with compile 9 sucse%
I'be workmea descended with '"''
ools, &c, and commenced tbeIF oPe''
ions, the injured plank bias Doe" ~
moved, and a. the moment tbs' .
writing they are boiling the ne" P''S
'early Is feet under water to her '''
n complets security"
This ingenious and ecoDomIca' 'o
riyanre is described TO be no"'Ts
more than boz, shaped to the "%O
f the ship. reaching from the sure
f the water TO the keel, and 'uth'!or
Y wide 10 covertbe part to be reps'%,,,I
is sunk alongside and broughs """jI
D the side of the chip by rope"
be water is then pumped out by n ?" I'll
an engine. The workmen tnsp
sended in it and executed their ,,s,<E
nth as much ease and sscusity as IVA"