Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1826-02-10

stand word he said. He began-"My Chris
ten frinds, I've bin twenty-four years taching
the poor bog.trotting crathurs my own dear
Ireland. and sure enough I've bin all that time
itinerating amongst them. There's two milli-
ons of those crathurs that can't rade at all at all,
and there's two millions more that can rade a
little. and this makes four millions OF swate era
thurs. but then there all Roman Cathullicks.-
The divil Protestant among them. We got
so scarce of Dukes at one time, that was OBJ
LEGGED 10 write Dukes myself, and, sure enough,
very good Dukes they were, but the pur era
thurs wouldn't rade them, none but our own
selves would be after looking at them at all at
also we were eight years taching one another
from these little Dukes Of our own and faith they
wern't Dukes at all at all, for they were only
manuscripts, till some Of the guide Christens TUX
peety on us and got some of my manuscripts
printed, and then sure enough they became
Dukes Ever since I've bin in England, I've bin
obleeged to be after taching ould papie; many's
the one I've taught at &c. 70, 60, 40, 80 years OF
age Pur crathurs what was to become Of
them? MY frinds say, there's great opposition
from Popery-troth, and that there is; and he
did not tell half Of it BY my conscience, could
be lust artur saying bit upon that subject, if
member, ladies and jontlemen Of Pakum, it
was your fathers who brought Popery into my
own swate Ireland; and the laist you can do is
to drive it out again. hope, ladies, you'll be
hiIpng us 10 drive out the - OF Babylon,
that sttith IN Ireland in scarlet. There is no
want so crate amongst an ignorant pape that
can't rade at all at all, as the want gud Dukes.
The Peckham ladies did not seem 10 admire
~ of
naught oratory, and he accordingly discontinue
ed his harangue.
The Rev. Mr.. Goblin asked, "How could
we build houses without Irish laborers, and
how could we live in them when built if the l.
rish laborers did not dig sewers to carry off the
filth? So ought the Peckham ladies, by their
tracts, to carry off all the moral filth Of Ireland.
III tell you a remarkable story-a whole fami-
y in the north Of England was bringing up to
the stage, when the son was converted by read
ing tract He never rested, day or night, till
he converted his whole family: his family said
he was bit by a religious tarantula; but he
worked away-and away he worked, till they
were all converted; and now, what do you think,
instead Of being stroling players, the whole ia
milv have become itinerant preachers, and in
stead of acting ApOAo and King Lear, fora pound
week, they get twice as much by acting as
Preachers Of the Gospel.
From the London Times
PERKINS STEAM GUN
The neighborhood Of Mr. Perkins safety
steam engine mandatory near the Regents
Park, was on Tuesday thrown into great con-
sternaton by some tremendous reports, arising
from the discharge of his steam gun. Since
fatal accident which occurred several months
ago, where lady threw herself from gig, iu
consequence, as it was at the time incorrectly
supposed, Of her horse having taken fright at
the prodigious noise made by the steam gun,
that terrific engine Of destruction had not been
permitted to be discharged by the individuals |
belonging to Mr.. Perkins concern. On Tues
day morning, however, soon after eight O'Clock,
patrols were observed stationed on all the roads
leading towards the mandatory, accompanied
by men with pacards on boards, warning all
passengers on horseback or in carriages to, go
through the Regents Park, instead Of proceed
ing by the high road leading in front of the
mandatory Soon after nine, numbers of
military officers, in carriages and onhorseback.
alighted at the mandatory. They were soon
followed by the Duke of Wellington, and im-
mediately afterwards the discharge of steam,
which had been previously occasional, and Of
comparatively slight force, commenced with a
continued roar, resembling the loudest thunder
we ever heard. The group Of eminent persons
Their assembled consisted Of his Grace the Mas
ter General Of the Ordnance, and his Staff, the
Marquis Of Salisbury, Mr. Pell, Sir H. Har-
dinge, Lord Firzroy Somerset, the Judge Ad-
vocate General, and many military officers of
the highest rank together with Committee
of Artillery and Engineer Officers, whJ, it APP
peared, had been officially appointed by the
Duke Of Wellington to examine into the me-
rits Of this wonderful specimen Of human in
genuity and destructive power. The discharge
Of steam now became almost incessant for two
hours, during which, its incalculable force and
astonishing rapidity in discharging balls ex-
cited amazement and admiration in all pre- sent.
At first the balls were discharged at short in
tervals, in imitation of artillery firing, against
an iron target, at the distance Of IS yards -
Such was the force with which they were driv-
en-, that they were completely shattered to
atoms. In the next experiment the balls were
discharged at frame of wood, and they actu-
ally passed through eleven one inch panks of
the hardest deal, placed at distance Of an inch
from each other. Afterwards they were pro-
PEELED against an iron plate one fourth Of an
inch thick, and at the very first trial the ball
passed through it. On all hands this was de-
clared to be the utmost effort of force that |
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