The pilot and transcript. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1840-1841, 1840-12-08
VOL. G...NO. 9O3.

but the fond sisters heart was hutterng like
new caught bird, and she feared she knew not
what.
All the day she paced the little court, and
stepped and listened, and listened and stopped.
About sunset, with the nice sense of sound
which seemed TO come with her fearful calamity.
and that fine sense quickened by anxiety exnec
tatioa, and love, she heard, she thongbt che
heard, she was sure she heard the sound Of
carriage rapidly advancing on the ether side of
the stream. "It IS only the noise of the rushing
waters" cried Emma. 81 hear carriage. the
horses, the wheelsp' replied Jessy; and darted
of, at once, with the double purpose of meeting
William, and OF warning the postillion against
crossing the stream. Emma and her mother fol-
lowed, last, last! But what speed could vie
with Jessy's, when the object was William
They called, but she neither heard nor answered.
Before they had on to the bend in the lane
she had reached the brock; and long before Ell
Their of her pursuers had gained the bridge her
foot had slipped from the wet and lettering.
plank, and she was borne resIstlessly down the
stream. Assistance was Immediately procured;
men, and ropes, and boats; for the sweet blind
girl was beloved of all, and many a poor man
perilled his life in fruitless endeavor to save
Jessy Lucas, and William, too, was there, for
Jessy's quickened sense had not deceived her
William was there, struggling with all the
strength OF love and agony to rescue that dear
and helpless creature; but every effort-although
e'persevered until he too was taken out sense
less-every effort was vain. The fair corse was
recovered, but life was extinct Poor Jessy's
prediction was verified to the letter; and the
brother and his favorite sister nevermet again.
| Discovery IN VeLTAIc ELEcTRIc1Ty-
We have received the following accoant of
late discovery in electrical science from COR
respondent. One of the greatest discoveries
ofthe present or any former age has been ACHE
we'd by the genius of the Hon. Mr. Mullins.
late NJ. ?. for KeTy-one which hesitate not
to assert, equals in brilliancy the great discov-
cry of the alkaline metals by DaVy, and in the
Importance Of its results, and the utility of its
applications, far exceeds it. Mr. Mullins is all
ready known as the inventor of various scienti
nc instruments, but more particularly of the
Voltaic arrangement which bears his distin-
guished appellalion of the Sustaining battery
the consequence of fair induction, from
certain facts previously ascertained and made
public by PoTott and Bocquerel-and which.
without any disparagement of the constant bat
terry invented by Daniels, is, believe, general
admitted to be superior to it in simplicity of ar
rangement economy and power. Mr. Mullins
discovery may be shortly summed up as a new
arrangement or combination of elements, bY
which an enormous force of electricity is de-
voloped in a surprisingly small space, and at a
cost so tTltiing in comsarson with the power OBJ
tanned, as TO be scarcely worth consideration.
This force is sustained one, and requires ne
stoppage of the machinery to which it may be
applied fer the purpose of keeping it alive for
any period required then, we have an
element of power applicable TO all descriptions
of machinery, producible TO any extent, econo-
mical, and-'tho' last, not least,,-harmless ,
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