Morning herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1837-1840, 1837-06-15
Foreign Extracts.


The ENDLESS LAppER-A patent has recently been
obtained for most ingenious and useful machine,
adapted to mining and many other purposes where
the main object raise or lower weights and pack
ages in constant succession. This simple, but very
cfecua continuance of an endless ladder made either
of chain or rope which passes over and under two
revolving drums cylinders, mounted upon horizon
tai axes; one placed at the bottom and the other
the top of shaft or plain, TO or from which the lad
der is intended TO reach. continuous motion being
given to either of the cylinders by the power of seam
animal force, the endless ropes chains furnish
ed with horizontal slaves, like those of common
ladder, made 10 circulate over the revolving cy-
finders by winch they extended 80 that one part
of this endless ladder is continually ascending with
slow but uniform motion from the !owermost of the
cylinders 10 the uppermost, whilst. vice versa the
other part the ladder is descending 10 the lowermost
IN an uninterrupted circulation. vast deal of labor
Is thus unremlttlngy performed with the important
result OF great economy In time and power The IN
venion also provides safe and easy conveyance for
men, the accomplishment Of which, in phlanthro-
pc as well as any other point of view, has long been
o'sldera tum IN mining operations. For this purpose
small movable step or footboard, furnished with
handrall, IS applied which, If desired, can be made
wide enough 10 admit of several persons standing
abreast who are by this means, passed up and down
without fatigue and in perfect security. independent
y OF the certain advantages that would result from the
application OF such machinery TO the purposes for
which appears 10 admirably adapted, ii is consi-
dered that DIR. Spurgin, of London, the inventor of
this apparatus, has thus planned most admirable
eohtrivance for poor miners, who, from the peculiar
nature OF their occupaon exposed to fearful risks
OF life and limb, and whose casualties would be ma
terlaly diminished by the adoption of this machise
CHOOSING AwIFE AT BoTANY BAy.-In the facto-
ry too there is a good chance of getting married;
for the csnvict swans scattered amongst the settlers
when they obtain the consent of their masters, or
choose when they become free, enter into the
nubia state usually apply for permission go the
factory in quest of fair hcpmatc, with the full know
ledge that it is more likely to be for than for
better, that they make their election. On the arrival
of one of these at the abode of the refuses, the
married fral ones drawn up in line for the inspec
ton of the amorous and adventurous voary, who,
fixing his eye on vesta to his taste with his finger,
beckons her to step forth from the rank II, after
short conference, they mutually agreeable, the
two are married in due time and form. Ii, on the
contrary either the Nacheah the Polly prove dis
tasteful the other, the resoue amateur continues
his lnspection along the line, till he hits upon Lucy
more complying, or more suitable TO his mind =
-. young fellow who had just be-
come free, and had got himself established on thirty
acres of land, with few pigs, &c set oil for the
factory IN search of wife, On his way, he had
10 pass the estate of the writer of this work In
conversation with the wife OF the porter at the gate
he mentioned the object of his journey. The por
ters wife advised him TO pay his addresses TO one
of her masters convict female servants, whom she
recommended as being both sober and INDUSTRIOUS
whereby he would al once gain good wife and spare
himself an additional journey of an hundred and forty
miles At the request of this Ceiebs OF Australia the
ddnSel was sent anu Dlfgdln stTuCk Oh
stan provided the necessary consent of the iady's
assignee master could be obtained. After the inter-
view of the lady with her master, the proposed hus-
band is introduced. His honor-Wel. young man,
am told you wish tnmarry Marianne, one of my con-
yict servants. Ce!ebs (grinning)-Thats you
please your honor. His honor-As Iplease why,
have you observed the situation the young woman is
an? (NlarIanne being "n the way that ladies wish to
be who love their lords.') CGlebs (grinnng broad
ly)-Why your honor, as to that you know, in coun-
try like this, where women are scarce man should mt
be TOO "grcedy." Pm told the young woman very
sober, and that's the main chance with me- If go
20 the factory, why, your honor knows | might get
one in the same way without knowing III and that
you know, might be the of words hereafter and
she might be drunken vagabond besides As to the
pickanlnny, ifit should happen to be boy you know
your honor, il will soon be useful and do to look after
~ pigs The author having afterwards satisfied
himself TO the mans condition, and as TO his beng
free gave his consent 10 the match; and the enamor
ed par OF coarse united in the holy bond of
matrimony.-lMadis's Feionry Of Ner South Wales.
REMARKABLE INSTANCE OF INTELLI6EScR A DOG.
M. Alph de Candoe has communicated the follow
ing observations on tho instinct of animals. Beng
last October in the neighborhood Of Alguesmortes,
had occasion to observe remarkable instance OF IN
telllgence in dog. The day was hot and the sea-
son unfavorable by reason of the trade winds so
troublesome on the shores If the Mediterranean Az
ter walking several hours in the desert which sepa-
rates the town of Aiguesmortes from Carmagne, we
arrived at plain where found, in the midst OF
Wlirl0wln0, some remains Oh sAlpWICCh oui VI
three dogs which had followed our guide, two only
accompanied US TO this spot. Their black hair at
tracted the rays of the sum- and the poor creatures
like ourselves seemed TO find the sand somewhat too
warm 10 be pleasant. sat down a mat half bu-
ried in the sand. One of the dogs quickly conceived
the idea of establishing itself near me. IL nestled
close 10 Horizontal plank, by way OF procuring lit
tie shade but finding this insufficient Il followed the
sand until II the part moistened by the sea-
II then stretched itself with delight in this fresh and
shady bed. There, said !, is undoubted instance
OF reason Had 1t been instinct every animal OF the
same species, placed in similar circumstances, would
have acted alike. But the other dog though Of the
race, and also weary, knew not what to do; IL
,criihod ON the hot sand
One OF these dogs evidently remembered that by
hollowng the sand hllocks cool and moist part is
arrived at and applied the Renaissance to this par
ticular case. Ii may, perhape be said that the dog
which made no burrow had never been on the plain,
and had therefore no opportunity Of ascertainnq the
GOODNESS of the sand underneath But this is not pro-
bable, since both dogs had been accustomed to the
sea shore. This again, is another difference between
instinct and reason; instinct acts without previous
experience. The dog of Peccai the less saqacous
of the two, might, perhaps one day have learnt to
burrow to the cool part of the sand hlls-[From our
own observations we are convinced that NJ de Can
dole is right, and that many animals, as the horse,
dog &c &c, possess reason some individuals even
in considerable degree.-EDs THE Analyst
BorArv BAY SwELLs.-A London thief of any
notoriety. after having been short time in Sydney