Southport telegraph. [volume] (Southport, W.T. [i.e. Kenosha, Wis.]) 1840-1850, 1841-05-18
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LONDON. April 3. ISL.

Captain Taylor, OF New York has just
had awarded to him the sum Of GeUG0
sterling, by the Germanic Dict, for his
discoveries in electro magnetism, whereby
! he purposes 10 supcrscde Steam on rail
roads, and for propeIing machinery.
| This gentleman, some months ba> K, eX-
hibiteda very bcaufi u, model of his electro
magnetic engine at tho Colosseum here,
which drew fo:5h th. appreciation and as,
| constituent Of men Of the highest praiical
knowledge and scientific attainments. On
tEa! Occu5IOn, the engine was devoted 10 the
turning Of lathe, aud most admirably did
it perform It's functions. The inventor
has now constructing machine Of con-
siderable power, which he expects 20 be
enabled 10 get ready for service within the
the present year. So sanguDe is the Cap
! tain that he alphabetically declares he does
not intend to return to America until he can
go bacI, by lighlning But this is not the
only wonder which Captain Taylor has
been exhibiting 10 The asloundcd gazo Of the
natives of COckncyshlre, for he has a pa
tent for steaming wood, and then, when in
il soft state, slicIng it like soap, and form
ing the same forthwith into shingles, slaves
garden paIng, &c. &c. He has fitted up
some extensive premises for this purpose,
and also for making casks by machinery;
and to such perfection has he brought the
Latter, that his lady visiters can manurac-
ture a cask in five minutes, without soiling
their gloves. AT the present moment the
worthy Captain is all the rage in town,
and he is also as might be imagined, play
ing the very deuce among the coopcrs il
England. Mr. Wells an American gentle
man, who is the patentcc of the Fctcd
cloth, has formed a company in London,
who have commenced the manufacture of
this very peculiar fabric. The works arc
at Iced, and great success has attended
the experiment. Orders have been given
to the company which will take two years
to execute. have visited the depot in
town, and been highly gratiGed with some
very splendid specimens Of this admiral le
discovery. TIE cloth, you arc awale, is
made without spinning or weaving.
Several Mormonites, from your far west
are zealously laboring in the Provinces
here for the purpose Of making proselytes
to their strange faith. In some parts they
tons have been induced to dispose Of their
property here and set sail for the United
States to join the general body. In some
towns the missionaries have been roughly
handled.
Scarcity OF HAY.-The 'Hingcring Of
winter on the lap Of spring" has created
scarcity Of hay throughout New England
almost without Il parallel. Had the means
of intercommuncat;on been no better than
they were thirty years ago, thousands of
cattle must have starved. In the first settle
ment ofthc country, farmers short Of hay
used 10 go into the woods and cut down
beach, oak, maple and other trees, and
from the buds and sprouts Of the tops Of
these, the cattle were subsistcd. We learn
that IN consequence Of The general scarcity
the price of hay in Caledonia county, Vt
has risen from five and six dollars(th usual
price, to twenty dollars the ton; and in
many places hay is not TO be procured for