Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1835-06-11
VOL. -.
REMARKABLE pRopHEcY.

hkMAkkABLE PROPHECY
a strong suspicion naturally -
Justly attends the announcement ofsn0
prophetic declaration, qfaer il hss ~
fulfilled; and in all such cases W.
convincing evidence is required 70 -
tisiy the reader or nearer, that the foss-
telling was actually prior To the -.
torrance. In the Gaze TO which Tho -
tcntion Of our readers is now inyite1.
tins evidence is abundant and coucln-
sive. We have the best possible rc,eun,
to know that the following prophecy.
was made long before its falflmene,
ina'much As il was published in this
paper more than twenty years ago; aad
We remember il was made the subject
OF much sneenng comment Al the time.
Mr. Evans, the man who made Il, was
accounted sasaae. not only by the pub.
nc generally but also by the icx;slafuses
oil Pennsylvania and MARYLAND, to
which ne applied for aid in CARVING into
elect the projects set forth in the pro-
phecy, Of which he not only perceived
and maintained the practicability, but
had actually devised the means. He
hnally obtained patent for fourteen
years: but he had no money-no capi-
taii'i had confidence enough in his pro-
Jects TO make advances-and the patent
slumbered on his hands. without bene-
tit to himself or the world.
he died poor, neglected, and proba-
oily heart.broken. like many an ingeni-
Gus man before him. In using the term
prophecy" we do not mean 10 con-
vey the idea that Evans possessed any
supernatural gift or power Of divinaiion:
what he ioretold was merely the result
oil ms sagacity. mechanical ingenuity,
and knowledge OF the properties of
steam. TO the investigation Of which a
large portion of bis life was Devoted
As IN the case Of Arkwright, who ac-
CURED fame and fortune, by carrying
INTO operation the inventions Of others.
while the inventors themselves remain.
ed unknown and unrewarded, later and
more fortunate men have reaped the
advantages to which Evans and others.
his contemporaries, pointed out the
way.-t.E Y. Com. .4dr.
The time will col.e when people
VIII uasei In stages moved by steam
engines, from one city to another, al
most as fast as birds ay. fifteen or TWEEN
~ miles an hour.
a carnage viii set out from WASH.
'ngton IN the morning the passengers
VIII breakfast at Baltimore, dine AZ PHI
iadelphia, and sup at New York, the
same day.
To accomplish this, two sets of rail-
ways will be laid. 30 nearly level a.
not IN any place 10 deyiate more than
two degrees from q horizontal line.
made OF wood or iron, or smooth paths
oil broken stone or gravel, with road
guide the carriages, 50 that they nav,
pass each other in different directicns.
I'D travel by night and by day; and
The passengers will sleep in these sta
ges as comfortably a they now do in
steam boats.
a steam engine that consumes from
quarter TO half a cord Of wood, win
DIVE carriage one hundred and eigh-
~ miles ia twelve hours. with twenty
OF thirty passengers, and viii not con-
sumo sax gallons Of water. The cad
mage Will not DO overloaded with fsasl
or water.
These engines will drive boats ten or
twelve miles per hour, and there win
be many hundred steamboats, running
on the Mississippi and other western
waters, as prophesied thirty years aeo.
by one who could predict them better
than the poet can now. But the vclo-
city OF boats through the water can
neyerbe made 10 equal the velocity az
Carriages through the air. because the
resistance Of water Is eight hundrsa
hmes'the rcsitance OF air.
Poyterlty viii not be able 10 discoyse
why the Legislature, Oscongress, did uoa
grant the Inventor such protection -
might have enabled him 10 pat u. ope-
ration these great improvements sooasr.
he having asked neither money o. :
ImOnopoiY of anv exisfiuo thine