Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1833-10-11

d, serve the favorable opinion OF all our low
Knowing you to be Incorporating friends to the system
tina, builds canals and good roads, have thought il
would not be unpleasant yoo TO hear that the sbasb
aud Erie Canal is now being constructed with degtce
Il vigor that promises its tiual completion in
lis completion will bring this point nearer the City OF
New York. (neasuiing by cost oil transportauonO than
the County OF Cayuga IN. W in isi6; aud pos
sess advantages here, any part OF Western ~ York
mat more than makes up Tor the difference cost OF trans
por'aion Thus, get land here for 81 20 the
acre. that will bc valuable years the best farms
west OF Utica. am fully persuaded, that this is as
healthy ncighbOood any other United States.
oui OF one thousand canal laborers and settlers there
have been but four deaths aud il is believed that three
OF these, being foreigners, died for proper
have cnqurcd diligently Tor the last week, and cannot
near on single Instance OF sickness the whole canal
me. W. nave grcahopes and, indeed much confidence
IN the belief that the Cholera will not visit us There have
been lew cases Within sixty miles of u.s. but it has le
That neighborood, aud stand more than ouc hun
Gred miles fairly in the rear OF it,
MIR John Ewing, who is entitled to tie appellaon OF
a'her oil the W. aud +. Canal is ele cted in Con-
gress."
On BURNING wArER AS FurI- BY an article taken
from the New York Journal OF Commerce. dated London,
Aug H. 1888, and published in te Globe of the 25 inst
great discovery said to have been made in bv
winch water Is burned as fuel sean Sc This
Is indeed setting the Thames fire" But uuior-
"n"ely, for the lame OF John Bull in this as in the dis
Brother Jonathan.
In the year 1917, Mr.. Samuel Morey, of New Hamp
shre' took out patent from the United States, Tor
ing rdter as luel Tor generating steam .-caed the
American Water Burner" For this purpose he used
an iron vessel having two compartments perfectly de;oc
ed rom each other by dividing PARTITION and each hav-
ing pipe leading TO- aud uniting in, pipe. In
one apartment he water the other tar or ,osin
Tie Then subjected them 10 thc heat OF small furnace
Inc Vapor iom the tar, united with the from the
wafer III the connon pipe aud formed hydrogen gas this
he set lire TO, and applied the flame boil the water TO
generate The steam Tor working the steam Globe
\ .af0Sf Important " hue.-A discovery OF consdera-
BILE importance, connected with the production am
has Just been made by the one OF the
gas establishments in the metrop lie has sscer aimed
I'M 10 in rnl.
and water, applied in particular proportions aud as the
weight oil this fuel is little than third OF that OF
ne quantity OF Goals requisite 10 the same
II Will no longer be difficult establish v
steem with India, other distant of the world rho
graz and hihe nsuperable objection Che weight end
ouik OF The fueD being removed oil. Torrans uhe
member Tor Boon) me time since, unders and took
out patent Tor the discovery OF locomotive pow still
more astonishing than this, for his prine pie was DO
derived from an article requiring little bulk that quart
OF the liquid wou produce sufficient Tor the impulsian of
,hp or carriage over fifty miles. 4. subliy of this
article, however, is said 10 be SUCH that crnnoi be con-
hned within auj known metal, therefore, the discoye
ry IL without beneficial result There 10 obec ion of
us khd 10 The discovery above named.-LOndOn Court
Journal
We observe in the last number OF the "Amercan Far
iner, that Mr.. Gideon b. Smith, has taken leave of tha,
journal as its Editor. MIR. 5. has long aboured with
nSn Zea III promoting The cause OF agriculture, and his
useful and cultivated talents have often graccd many of
Tie publications oil the day besides the Farmer lie de-
serves and we hope will find in whatever new
dertaking he may have in view.-BdA Patriot.
/ ANTHRAcITE CoAL.-V have here tolorc me ed
that MIR. Purcell engineer OF Wiiamsport IN His
State, had long since discovered bed OF ami,
COAL in Berkeley county, Va BY dig cling few feet into
the earih The coal met with in various places-so
TO justify the opinion that 1t is extensive body And
accordingly, we learn that Mr.. Purcell enterains no
doubt from this circumstance, and the general indie
OF the couHty, well as their analogy to the coal region
~ rehnsyvania mat coal exists in great abundance in
berkeley county The Willamspor Banner, in noticing
This discovery OF COAL carries the supposon iarheras
VIII be seen in the following remark OF that er:-The
region i'll whio this discovery been made
Win me Anthracite region nj
line with Licking creek in this county IL is said ba, M
coa has been found south OF that line range of hills in
at Slate, ana the inference is that neither is il 10 be dis,
covered south east OF il in this State or Virginia Is
discovery in one place in this neighborhood leads TO the
belief that ex,enls strata from mines in Penn
savanna throughout that State, Maryland and Virginia
and further south.-I5. g.
me experiment now in progress OF macadamizing ,
part OF Broadway proceeding with activity and will be
Shoruy completed Ii would seem to not particularly
acquainted with this method OF making roads that The
riy authorities doing the thing very well; but this
IKE an o'her hIngs is subject OF criticism, and some of
.ne journals utter structures which may be profitable for
nose having charge OF the improvement to attend
ne following arc from the Railroad Journal-yN. Y Ep
i We have observed with much pleasure for
past, that an experiment being made in Broadw,y
between Barclay and Murray streets test the utility
ana, as IRE believe, the superiority, OF Nh Jc4daus
plan OF forming the covering our streets with ne byo
Hen stone instead OF the ordinary pavement We do not
entertain doubt OF their eventually superce entirely
he oruih"ry pavement. The superior convenience and
comfort as we conceive, OF McAdamized streets when
properly constructed the ,viIJ a.,
'o"hd 10 consist in their smoohness of surface and the
ease with which they may be kept clean as well as in
ther perinancnce. We perceive however tba, tbose
VINO nave The management of this experiment, have
uopeu plan tcldeiy differing from hat we conceive to
ne 'he rue one-so different, indeed as to be dyecffv
contrary to the mode now in extensive use in England
Instead OF raising the centre, a deep trench is duo nm
the bottom OF which is laid covering of fnf sfonss c
from ~ to 90 or 40 lbs weight, and over this is thrown
mass oil broken stone 10 or Is inches in eptb and VA
rying IN size from three TO fifteen ounces in weight
rms cannot certainly he considered giving the plan
WINCH hey propose to follow, fair test No better oca
non IN this city, perhaps. could be to show off the
success o The plan than that selected by the
IN broadway near the Park and therefore fair expert
1 meni should he made. 'f''
Ihe surcess of belle in managing troop of aJmrers
SO as 10 secure the devotion Of ALL by engaging the enemy
only IN attachments, is by uncommon But il
IS oicut 10 Ind an instance in the annals of coquerv
nke 'Iat mere related from Sharp's Peerape s nu
hshed IN London, where three husbands were carried 70
gether-tn open iield--fair fight:
Lazy cage, the wife Of the first baronet Sir John an
cosor OF Vscount Gage when first widow was onlv go
Veneeh heanful and cb she courted by her three
husbands Sir George TreDchard Sir John Gage and Sir
william Hervey at the time and 10 appeSse onar
rel "t had arisen respecting her between them sbo
threatened her everlasting dspeasure 10 the first thai
should DO The aggressowhch, she had declared for
neither by balancing their hopes agains, their fears sed
moredly, that they would keep the peace and have
hence, she would have them all in their turns-,yicb
s'ngnlary enough, did happen.
And who will say she did not deserve theml
III appears that Rohschd, of Paris has piven etoo ~
dhueroroken, the turner, of Belgium, for Iandscape
representing woodlands al the turn of the leaf" Ira, al
capitalist should send his proege merica TO spend
return with picture that would be the admiration If @
y artist in Europe-and that would out shine H. -,