The voice of freedom. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1839-1848, 1843-08-03

dict was obtained.
Melancholy Accidcnt.- On Mon
day afternoon, as two young gentle
men, MIR. James D. Coffin and Mr..
George Dana, Jr. (son of Mr.. George
Dana of Long Wharf,) were sailing
in Boston harbor, in a small sailboat
called the Spartan, the boat was cap
sized by squall of wind. and the
two young men wned. Mr.. Cof-
fin becoming entangled in the rigging,
sank with the boat, which went down
at once. Mr.. Dana kept afoat sew
eral minutes, but sank before the
boats, which Immediately put off to
their assistance, could arrive.
Mr.. Coffin kept a fancy goods store
at rs Washington-street, and the sad
event has cast melancholy gloom
over a large circle Of friends and rel
atives.
The bodies of the unfortunate
young men were recovered on
Wednesday morning, by means of
grappling-irons, and restored to their
afflicted friends.
Il Sensible Woman. The London
Court Journal says, "EIer Majesty
the Queen whose health, by the bles-
sing Of Providence, was never better
has had the good sense to break
through the cold forms of court pre-
cedent, and set an example to moth
ers, by nursing the royal infant,
whose safe and happy birth has caus-
ed such general joy. This is only
another proof Of amiableness and
sympathies which pervades the royal
BOSOM"
Important Decision. The Supreme
Court of Errors, at New-Haven, have
decided in effect, that the proprietors
of the lost steamboat Lexington, are
responsible for all the freight on
board at the time of her destruction,
although notices we're posted up in
the boat and inserted in the bills of
lading, that all freight was to be at
the risk of the owners.
Rait,cuy Speed,-The returns given
in the report Of the officers Of the
Railway Department, Board of
Trade, show heaverage speed upon
the various lines in England, exclu-
sive Of stoppagc, as follows. Lon
don and Birmingham, 81 miles per
hour; Great Western, 50; Northern
and Eastern, 36 ; North Midland, 90;
Midland Counties, 20; Manchester
and Birmingham, 25; Newcastle and
North Shields, 80; Chesterand Bilk-
enhead, % ; and Birmingham and
Derby, 20. The average speed on
the Metropolitan lines inclusive Of
stoppagc, is about % miles an hour.
Wales GLOBE AND TRAxsrAnrNr Cg-
LEsTIAL sPHERE.-The New York Abb
on gives the following description of "a
very ingenious contrivance, by Gilbert
Vale, Esq, editor of the New York
Beacon; for teaching astronomy and
trigonometryi-
'This curious and original instrument
is found to have realized the wishes of
many scientific persons, and is highly
worthy the examination of eminent teach
ers and mathematicians and vet, from
its extreme simplicity, invites the aien-
ton OF the most humble lover of sci
ence. The outside is Il transparent
Celestial Globe, used in sections of
one-eighth each. One or more sections
are used at time, and are attached by
clasp 10 frame Of brass, representing
the great circles in the heavens as an
armil!ary sphere. The inside is a ter
res,rial globe with singular yet simp lie
meridian of ingenious mechanical con-
trivance. In the zenith of this meriGi-
an is a small figure representing a trav-
eller, and a! the distance Of 90 degrees
attached TO the meridian is a broad sur.
face of thin brass representing the hori-
zon ofthc figure or traveller. The me-
rdian is so contrived that it admits the
traveller to pass to any part ofthe globe,
and the horizon moves with him as in
nature, and thus represents the exact
aspect of the heavens in every possible
I situation.
ave have seen some interesting prob
lens performed in the most simple man
ner: - For instance, place the traveller
over New York, and you can see at
once the various points at which the sun
will rise and set for the whole year, the
length Of each day, and the meridian al
titudcs remove the traveller within the
frigid zone, and you sec at once that
the sun does not set to such traveller
during a part of the year, or rise 10 him
during another part. Mr.. Vale has cop
led the whole of the problems, on both
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