Mobile daily commercial register and patriot., 1841-05-18
InIN0S IN a:ENERAI-


 Engapd. From ttre-1AeN York Commercial we now earn that conractsfpr building i've 1Asatha.e ready been entered into--the models completed' and the timber procured. Tho builders are Messrs. Smith, Demon and Comstoek, well known aseScel- lent naval architects. The ships to be 25Oo eaeh and three la,ndred feet in length. Each IS to have two engines of 40O.horse Power-cqdyaient 'o iolo horse power according to English compilation. The l~sare to be finished id eighteen mouths, and as soon they completed the keels of the other two are to be lail They arc to make the passage from New York to Engaud in ten days ayerage-ihat is' the time allowed r the passage, under ordinary cir cumstanees. is to be ten days, while, if Favored hy wind and s~eati,er, the ships expected to make the run in nss, perhaps less of course when the crcun,siaaces ale unpropitious the FqP may be pro- tracted to twelve thiEIeen days. dls.s -a
 Negotiations now pending with our gose'hmlent for carrying the mails by this line. and it is thoughf favorahls arrangement will be made. Ii, ,..l
 IL is statedby the French correspondent of one of the eas.ern papers t.l modesOf navigating balloqges by giving them any direction in the air, even against the wind, has been applied by "a Frenchman. aAn ex; pertinent was recently inte near Saint pepisa to i- lustratc this important fact. The balloon at the height of 250 yards was worked in every direction by the persons in it, even in the teeth of an adverse wind. It also ascended without the throwing out of ballast and again descended. These revolutions lasted three hours, after which the intrepid aeronaut re- turned to earth and alighted as comfortably as he would have done from ordinary carriage. if this be 1iya in in the distant parts of the world carried through the agency of balloons. Of to perfect the in Senton, great deal of life must be sacrificed, but from the ''nette danger'' mankind has always been doomed "to pluck the flower safety"
 TEMPERAScE.--The progress of the temperance revival the north and of this country and in Canada is astonishing In Maine numbers of the la borers the rail roads and other public works have signed pledges of total abstinence. In Augusta, of that State, nearly every of the oldest and most confirmed topers have followed the example.
 ''Men, whose boated eeuntenances, says the Ken ebeck Journal and bood-shot eyes, and fetid hreat ten days ago betrayed the working of the poison through their veins, ond who were daily loafug about grog-shops with averted eyes, if they felt their degradation may be met about their bnsi- ness looking as if conscious of restored respecabi ty, and fresh and bright dollar. No doubt there is quite new orders of things at their firesdes, which it would do good to sec"
 In New York few days ago. the anniversary of the temperance society was held, at which some ve- ry important statements were made, showing the great decrease in the of ardent spirits. During the last year the number of licences granted in that city was 250O. This was 257 less than the previous lose in Inc 19OS al though the population of the city was very much in- creased. The number of affixed to the ab- stinence during the past year was over 26,0O0 of whom 10 900 were Irishmen. The number of names obtained during the past three years was about l6i 800. The prospects of the Society were stated to be more aattering than at any previous period.
 Several Mormonitcs, from the far west, are zcal- ously laborns in London for the purpose of making proselytes their strange faith. In parts they have been successful, and several simpletons have been induced dispose of their property and set sal for the United States, to join the general body. In some towns the missionaries very roughly han dled. ie saas
 According to the foreign correspondent of the Ma tional Inellgeucer, tight acng is fast going out of fashion in Paris. Now we shall have chance of seeing the most beautiful work of the Almighty just as she comes froa his hand, unmprovedby the art of the mantua maker. We only hope the ladies may not carry the new fashion to an extreme.
 It was stated recently in London papers, that Faun- teroy, the great foger, who was hanged some years ago, had been brought to life by galyanism The N. York Sun of the sth inst. says, that answer in every respect, to his description, arrived in New York short time subsequent to his execution, and has been living in retired in Hudson street, ever since, by the of Jones. It is equally tain that immediately on the publication ofthe above facts in the New York papers he decamped, lwthout any notice of his intention. He could bear any alluson public execution, and it observ- ed that he had round his neck lvd circle, any allu- sion to which offended him, Neither would he afford any explanation of his previous career, saying briefly that he was an unfortunate man and great sinner. Much of hls time he spent in prayer, and he was in the habit of muttering to himself, and wiring ing his bands. His identity with Fapntleroy was always suspected by the family with whom he re- sided, and allusion being made to that lebrated character he earnestly desired his hearers to pray for bis forgiveness.
 The steamboat Ganges was burned on Thursday last on the Mississippi River, near Palmyra Island: She was tstaly consumed. AMERICAN ISGENUITY.-The, London corres- pondent of the Journal of Commerce, contains the following interesting account of the success of couple of Americans in Europe.
 "Captain Taylor, of New York, has just had awartl- ed to him the slm of sS000 sterling, by the German ic Diet, for his discoveries in electro!nagnets
 whereby he proposes to supersede steam on rail roads and for propeling machinery. This gentleman, some months back. exhibited very beautiful modelof his eeetro-magnetic engine, al the Colosseum here, which drew forth the appreciation and astonishment of men of the highest practical knowledge and scientific at tainments. On that occasion the engine was devoted to turning lathe. and most admirably did it perform iis functions. The inventor has now constructed a machine of considerable power, which be expects to be enabled to get ready for service within the present year, . z5 8 ,eelG f'ts.
 "sso sanguine is the captain, that he emphatcally declares he does not intend return to American til he can 20 back by lightning. But this s not the only wonder which Captain Taylor has been exhibit ing to the aseunded gaze of the natives of Cockney shre for he has patent for steamng wood and then, when in soft state slicing il like soap and forming the same forthwith into shingles, staves garden pal ing, &e, Sc. He has fitted up some extensive pre- misses for this purpose and also for making casks by machinery, and to such perfection has he brought the latter, that his lady visitors can manufacture cask iu less than five minutes, without soing their gloves. At the present moment the worthy captain is all the rage in town, and he is also, might be imagined, playing the very deuce among the coopers iu England.
 ''Mr. Wells, an American. gentleman, who is the patentee of the elted cloth, has formed company in London, who have commenced fla manufacture of this very peculiar fabric. The works arc at Leeds and great success has attended the experiment. Or ders have been given to the company which wilt take two ycsrs to execute. 1 have visited the depot in town and been highly grstifed with some very spen- did specimens oft this admirable discovery, The cloth, you are aware, is made without either spinning or weaving" aud s