Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Wayne County, Ind.) 1831-1837, 1836-08-06

| The learned and venerable DIR.
Mott. President of Union College.
/ n. Y, has. after the labor of more
than ten years and the expenditure
of MANY thousands of dollars, sue
ceeded in an invention of rendering
anthracite coal a substitute for wood
IN propelling steamboats,. The ex-
pertinent has been fully tried on the
Hudson river, where it was attended
with success the most perfect. In
| the Eastern States, where wood is
scarce, the discovery is Of vast i'm
portance, and it is no doubt destined.
at no very distant period. to be one
of equal Importance in all the other
parts Of the country. The n. Y
Courier and Enquirer says. that a
boat on the Hudson, by using an
thracite instead Of wood, saves about
nineteen thousand dollars in single
season. Not the least important
feature in DIR. Ms invention is, that
it affords perfect security against fire
and the effects of the explosion of
boilers.-Lou. Jour.
New JERSEY IRON oRE.-A lecture on
the Geology of this State, in the last New
Brunswick paper, mentions that the ore IN
the Schooley's Mountain mine is SO highly
magnetic that the tools by continued use,
become SO strongly magnetizcd, that in
Dor ing The rock the workman is often I'M
able, after striking the augur with his
hammer, to separate them in the usual
mode of welding the hammer; bu, is com
PEELED TO twist it with considerable force
and the crOwb1r has been known to hold {
in suspension all the other tools in the
mine, weighing one hundred pounds. Gen.
Dickinson, (Secretary Of the Navy,) says
that the magnetic attraction Of the tools
ADDS much TO the fatigue Of workmen, and
that It often happens that the hammer
lifts the augur from the hole during the
process Of boring. i
One Of the Dover stages, on its way
to London. was stopped by single
who informed by the
coachman there were no inside pass
sengers, and only one in the basket,
and he sailor, the robber instantly
proceeded TO exercise his functions up |,
on the honest tar; when waking HIM
out of his sleep, Jack demanded to
know what he wanted; to which the
son of plumber replied. your money.
You shant have it, says Jack-No! $
replied the robber, Ill blow your,
brains out; blow away says Jack,
Il
without money; drive on coachee.
FAMILY PRrDE.-The Richmond Com :
piler, speaking of family pride. says it u
would be a curious task to the gen. n
,aIogist to trace back famil v histories Il
and ascertain how many are descen-I
led from the ''gentle young women c
who were sent out by the London :,
Company to Virginia on matrimonial :,
'pecuIatlon. In the year 1906, SAYS
he Compiler, ninety far ones EN- ;,
parked for the new world, on errands ;.
If love and mercy. and the next year d
sixty more adventured, and became
wives to the young planters, who 1t 6
seems purchased them for hundred
pounds of tobacco each. 2
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The CREEKs.-A part of Gen. Jes- .
;up's command vas met July 9Th at
ruscogee, having under escort about :,
1000 Indians, and the number hourly !,
by others coming in TO
Others were making their II
way to Florida. The new or upper q
.oad was TO be lined with the u. S.
Troops, and the bridge put in repair T.
or the re-establishment of the mail. n
A serious cause of complaint ex- b
SITS among the English manufactu-''
.ers against the wine merchants, a
whom they charge with carrying off ;.
he best logwood, which is Of course /.
or the production of -the pure ex- :
pressed juice of the grape" To
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10 DESTROY BED BCGs.-Iake a L
quarter of pound Of red pepper.
me ounce of assafetida. this is to be N
in a pint of water, then to n
,e bottled, and used as circumstances "
would dictate. The method of APP ~