The Arkansas advocate., 1833-03-06
fsan. tl.c Hoston Gassvte

From Htc Ros!on Gasvtt.
 .sfa.eja Carriages -Appear 10 nave be- brought to perfectioi, n Essg gland. Il $ nnw more than tzcsnty fre seaia since the first one was bull there, by laevlteiek; and from tnat tlne 10 tllc p9eee8t, the eagis4eers, sneet;nsics 9sila ctptsll9is of Nsreat Britain, have beet indefaiigablc, il their efforts ta com piete tiie invention. Al length tllesf exertsetss st.se been cse .iifsEEis sae
 eas.: sfld now, vehicles aot dtayra v horses, huf proeeiled by isanlplGts pos
 er. are asing introduced upon tls prltl- cipa! ttlatoughfaras of tue Inited King dom. l'i9is cx faordinary result lF4s beea brought about. manly bY Asf. Gnrney, tAe eminent lecturer ai tlle u ss4uiion in London. He has dcvot0d some icn years to the subject. A man Of real sieaee himself, aud sustained bs four opulcnt nohlemen, he has enaf
 InaAied the services of the best prseil= cai vorkincp in the metropolis; aud with these circgns.aaeas u his favor, it is no! perhaps, on the whole very surs prsiag, that he should have 6ually ae- cosnplisael the desired otjeet. Be this as If may, certain il is, that ssi.ocom- ma;ives" are now introduced upaB tae common roads; and although 1t is not propaaiathey wilsupersede Rail Roads, yet from lae cheaoness of the first cost, ths ease 4 aa safety with which they eaa be nanagad, together win their woIe desisil speed aad the tFrlling cxpensca ate ding ,hesa. when compared wita stages, they will be employed on many flutes sIlere rail roads would never he eesetei; and tlus do they. II fact, con slie. IS declared by the Committee oi the House of Commons, onc of the
 most important means of internal com municatlon ever made knowa to, the world. But while we give full credit to the people of the mother country, far having brought to perfection this new mode of eonve vance, let us not forget that the. first rchiele ever propelled upon at ordinary road, by Steam, vas built m -7fserica, and by one of our o5cia cit!- xeas. This was done some ihist, ycs,is since, hy Oliver Evans ia Philadelphia. This single experiment., which was wit messed hy many persons. now living. ttkes from 2 gland the honor of having snreated steam Carriages, and gives it 10 Anetlca. It ia true, since this re- mark able experiment, little or nothinq h Is been done olt this side oi the 4 saYtic. wit'lr"spect 10 steam carriages. for the common roads-aithauel all those acquainted with the nature Of stea.n, have entertained a belief tba. they could i,e constructed. But if al. homo onr engineers have nin;.stsu- slye this sn bject, yet they bays not been uamindfnl of 1t abroad. 1t is re nar&abic fact. that the iargest. aud oa'. ot tises best, ifnoi the ue,.y best Steam @Goach, which has been made in Eng aaad, is the production of oa .ioericaa Many of our readers will remember salia,, viz. Dr. Church. who resided ;n this city, several years ago. His Steam Coses is said to be capable of convey ing fiy passengers, besides the con. sduetor and engineer. 1t belongs fo inc London and Girringham Steam Coae,, Company, and is one of the carriaoes So highly spoken of in the last number Of the Ediaburgh Review. Their car. sriages attract the greatest attention in England. The roads where they ply are crowded .gitli spectators. The stege coachtncn stop their horses. and aseogle % hefseback and in private sar-