Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1833-05-30

l NC AacupCf- uC LOultNtuC ElCfalu
OF 18th April says-We learn from the
CINCINNATI Gazette, that the Steam Boai
Reaper was sunk in seventy feet water
that Mr.. j. II. Wood. one OF the owners,
the engineer, pilot. mate. and eight slaves
chained together, lost their lives
Iron trade IN Great Britain In 1877
there was produced from 2S4 furnaces,
$4,000 tons of iron. OF this quantity s.
lO'hs was cast iron, and 7.i0ihs wrought
IRON. The Exports at present are no..
900 tons, valued at $50 the ton, on the
average The United States purchase
half Of the whole amount Of its hardware
and cutlery!
10 old times printers had harder
work, but were probably better paid than
at present the successive improvements in
the construction of the press. have great
ly decreased the lsbour and increased the
facility in printing-and the patent levers,
multiplied screws and steam power, had
already nearly dispensed with the use of
pressmen. when Mr. Boyle, BY the inven
ton described in the following article
gave them the coup de grace We once
heard OF an attempt to set type by una
chinery, and should some one succeed IN
that, another will soon be found TO fur
nish editorial matter by steam Indeed,
wooden editors would be found servicea
Bile during severe contest. when bard
knocks are exchanged, though the pub.
lie no doubt thinks there are sufficient
number Of block heads already engaged in
the business Bait Pat
.Ve,o Printing .uachiene. We have
been much gratItied by seeing small prin
ting machine on an entirely oew principle.
lately invented by MIR. j. Boyle. of Perth
10 rapidity OF action il is equal TO Cooper's
machine, ana so easily worked, that
boy may drive IT with one hand. One
perso n can work IL. but more may be EN-
ployed with equal facility. according to
the hurry Of tn job. The machinery IS
constructed IN such a way as to distribute
the ink on the rollers, ink the types. take
in the sheet, print 1t and deliver it, al one
and the same instant OF time. II is per
fectly al the CON nand Of the workmen,
and keeps record Of the work ii exc.
cutes, SO that workman. is saved even
the trouble Of counting the paper
This machine has not single wheel
bout il; the continuance for taking and
delivering the sheets is very ingenious
the only mystery being that such correct
results are produced by SO simple and ap
parently inadequate means. Ii prints eve
ry variety OF work with the utmost facility,
produces clear and beautiful impression
of a uniform color. and altogether equal
to any thing that can be done by any
press: prints correct register, requires no
slip or blotting sheets, and IN long mum
bers, the impression is as clean in the last
sheet as in the FIRST.
II also possesses the recommendation of
working silently, and occupying less
room than common press, while il is
cleanly In run of similar work the
form can be adjusted on the machine in
one minute. and in every case the types
are easily adjusted and as readily got at,
IN case of alterations, as on the common
press. Although there is a great deal OF
brass and iron woi k IN the construction of
the machine, the inventor who is a joiner.
has executed every part of it himself-a
task the difficulty Of which can ouly be
known to those who are aware of the cor
rect machinery required In printing -
Perth adv.
Melancholy Accident. after Mr..
Wild's performance (summerset over
eight horses) at the Circus on Wednesday
evening one of the clowns, (Hodges)
assembled the inclined plane, and ran a
long the board as ii to throw a summerset
into the ring. Instead Of doing SO how
ever. from some cause or other. he only
pitched forward and came on his head on
the sack of chaf which is laid in the ring
to break the fall on such occasions He
was Immediately taken into an adjoining
room in state Of Insensibllity, and
two Surgeons (Mr. Bagn ell and MIR
arrived in less than five minutes
to bis assistance. He spoke few words
and tasted little brandy and water,
but he gradually sank aud in about TWEEN
ty minutes life was wholly extinct - hes
ter Eng Chron
Sagocity Of Bees The ,nstinctivs saga
city of the Honey Bee every farmer has
had occasion TO notice. A curious In
stance of contrivances of means and sue
cess OF ultimate ends, between two
swarms, was seen in this town, last fall.
n ihIt1cE Wulc CToosihs du opcu Ot bCdf
the centre Of the town, noic d a continued
line Of Bees passing through the air, rom
one farm house to another. tie followed
the advancing line and came to its temlna-
ton, where he found hive which had
been assailed by two foreign swarms.
the one he had followed and another d.
verged off in an opposite direction. b.,
some inslnctive understanding between
the two swarms, they had united Their
strength and simultaneously attacked the
hive; the struggle was then over. and the
dead and dying bees belonging TO 1t lay
seattle red around the hive. The honey
had been taken out by the conquerors. who
were then Carrying it to their own hives,
something like fifty pounds having been
removed IN less than twenty four hours.
IL.