Du Buque visitor. [volume] (Dubuque, Lead Mines, Wisconsin Territory) 1836-1837, 1836-09-21


OF the Grand Seignor, at the British
and French Courts, having witnessed
1.-THE tremendous effects Of these arms,
induced the inventor to visit Constan-
tinoyle, and gave him letters of intro
fductiop and commentator to the c!.:ei
Officers of the Ottoman Empire. He
Immediately proceeded on the voyage,
was kindly received, and introduced to
the Sultan: and so much interested was
the great Turkish rsformer with the
model of cannon which he saw fired,
that he ordered twelve FOUNDER to be
] CONSTRUCTED. and gave directions for
enabling him to complete the work, I'M
der his own superintendent. at the
public laboratories. The cannon was
finished in a fewsmonths, and discfiar-
iged many tines the presence of the
Sultan and the 6lnTers ofhis court, Who
were SO much, gratified with the result.
that the Sultan made the ingenious art
ist must Inuuihcent present ID purse
of gold coin.
| After residence Of six months at
Constantinople, where Mr.. Cochran
was treated with great distinction by
the Grand Seignor, and all the civil,
military, and naval officers his court,
and by Commodore Porter, our Charge
de Affairs, he returned to this country,
and recently visited Boston, where Sc
) veral gentlemen had the pleasure of
seeing one of his rifles, which was man
iufacturcd at the celebrated private es-
Enlistment in Springfield
Mr.. Cochran does not appear to be
more than twenty-eight years of age;
is intelligeut, jealous, and enterprisIng.
He is now engagedin supplying sports
men with small arms, and in making
cannon, of various calibres. for expert
ment, in presence ofthe Ordnance Off
GERS Of the United States.
/ This succinct account is sufficient to
show that Mr.. Cochran is an extraor-
binary young man, and may be con-
isidered as brilliant sample of those
ise!f-taught, active, and intelligent in
'e;yiduals, who, ever and anon, arise
up in this country, end shed a lustre
over the republic. Such siyinss out
Iof mechanical ingenuity and talent,-i
energy oftemperamentand jealous con-
fidence of purpose were the dawnings
OF mind which announced the glorious
destinies of a Watt, an Arkwright. and
a Fulton, we may therefore anticipate
that the name Of Cochran will one dav
become equally distinguished for his
discoveries and Improvements in the
useful arts.-Boston titus. ~
MARTIN LUTHER extraordi |
nary man has left a beautiful thought /
upon the married state. We will con
fera favor upon our rsR ders by select
ingi for our columns. cit is almost
as impossible" he said, ssto dispense
with female society, as it is to live with
out eating and drinking. The image
Of marriage is found in all creatures;
not only in the animals of the earth,
the air and the water, but also In trees
and stones. Every one knows that
there are trees, such as the apple and
pear tree, which are like husband and
vile, and which prosper better when
planted together. Among stones the
same thing may be remarked, especial
ly in precious stones-the coral, the
emerald and others. The heauen is
to the earth. He WHITES
her by the heat Of the sun, by the rain
and the wind, and causes her to bear
all sorts of plants and FRUITS
How truly simple and chaste the idea
ne has thrown out-and we humbly
to engraft upon it the language
Of feeling. 1t is meet that we should. (;
at times, turn aside from our warning
path--that we should gaze upon the
lowers and watch the golden clouds as
they stretch themselves in majesty a
round the summit Of these hills, which
bound the horizon of life. Such thot's
as those we have above quoted, are the
very brcathings of a sublime mind; and
coming from one, too, who took his
eagle flight amid the ancient temples Of
mighty church, to effect REFORM
we say not here, for good or for evil
hey approach our hearts in shape that
makes US go back to our old dreams Of I
owe, OF concord, and happiness. How !
is the analogy, drawn by his !
intellect, between things ami !
nate and inanimate. How he blends +
p complete whole, the various SYM 4
oathies which link every thing in Gre c
'tlon, as it were ina bond. Could there q
,e but throb as holy and as strong IN Q
he great multifarious interests Of Fife. G
hen wisdom would be the child's NAV
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