South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1837-05-13

hesofrea, mat copy OF these pro-
ceedings be forwarded to the President
of the United States, the Governors of
the several States and the members of
the Senate and House of Representa-
tlves OF the United States.
WONDERFUL DISCOVERY OF MEcHAN1-
CAL PowER.-Sevcral of the papers have re-
terred to an immensely important application
OF magnetic Il electromagnetic poWer,which
can be applied with great safety to the propell-
ms OF steamboats,, locomotives, or to anv
branch OF manufactures, requiring power Of
an inexhaustible character. MIR. Thomas
Davenport, blacksmith of Vermont. ia the
inventor, and Professors Slliman and Henry
both speak in high terms of the improvement
and Its application. Mr. Davenport has as
soclated with him Mr.. Ransom Cook, of Sar-
atoga Springs, who has suggested many i'm
provcments in this surprising invention; and
we believe all that is required is MEANS to
carry out this novel application. And where
would steamboats,, and steam batteries, and
engines have been in this country if Fulton
and Chancellor Livingston had not expended
their own money to carry out the bold pro-
Ject! This new power is safer; 10 danger.
no explosion, no fuel, very little expense. and
immense expedition. Tie editor ofthe Rev
Era, scientific man in these matters, has the
following practical Illustrations in his paper
this morning.-N. Y. STAR.
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bout n;nc ;nches u; t ,na th pattely a
iarnata, nod =. ~, me- OF iou[ IN
aoC nonnIs and ,rh;nh ill., Pomei % apouI
NOT move tb onr ,t,,,ost stra we coula
We saw small ,rhasI G"o a'd H. i,.,c isoi :.
in d;amater i,ae an nan n inches
olntons in n,;nnia "a 1I I;3t ''iul oJV leVo
Of battery of still smaller dimensions. 3.
we saw the model Of locomotive engine,
msIeilln on acaiGular railroad with immense
plane Of far areater seyaon Han anv h;tban
to assembled by steam power. And these and
various other experiments which we saw,
Us 81 e rS!n o. rne opon ex
others, that the power of machinery nav be be
increased from this source beyond an assig-
nable limit. 1t is computed by these learned
men, men t et clGculat galvanmc battery, about
portionable surface, would prodnce at least Sta a
hnndred horse power, and therefore that two
s sp! batteries tS would be sufficient to propel
Ips ,, riSS acioss tne Atlantc
continue this power for such y3yage would IrIG
be few thin sheets of copper and zinc, and a
lew W,gs gallons as OF m.ne re a. water.
m erelu nominal II II il nsrfoci,u osc pJeans
ageable. There is not the possibility of any
shock or explosion, and the whole machinery
mgnt De c tpa oy cnid. we hastily
ealculably important invention prepa al.at III,
to more scientific and practical eIucidationl.
FANATIclsM AND OUTRAGE.-Sel-
dom have we heard a more heart-sick-
ening detail of tanaticism than that
which was communicated to us day
or two since, by friend who was cog
infant ofthe subloined facts. 1t APP
pears that in the vicinity of Auburn,
Cayuga county, a knave by the name
ofSweet, has gathered around him half
a score Of silly women, who believe
him to be divine being, whose COM
mands they are implicitly and unhesi-
tatingly bound to obey under the pen
atty ofthe displeasure Of heaven.-His
household consists of himself and six
white and one black woman. These
deluded beings, although some fthem
are well educated and respectfully con-