New-York daily tribune., 1844-04-02

thest. II is species OF sea-roroad. Judging from
the description. Here Is the statement:
This boat, named ia he patent from 1t. inventor Monde
from 10 TO 30 feet in leaeh; constructed sheet with
@ ] qd % M q'nsf Bo6 he nd Of 6 d1m
cylinder closed AZ the centre where crca! opss
purpose aiapd M the ofihe drum
The constructed OF dimensions so IS to
BIZ above The suriacs of The water.
Inside cylindrical boat and extending all around
the o- Of ng' at squa distances from the two ends is dis
posed endless railroad consisting of two rails. on N;
fourwheeed locomotive ensn- The m9Yemen oi TINS en-
CINE ~hen motion siuil 10 squirrels 10 1t, carge
eebr making TIE boat Svove and atvoace along the
fac OF e water the eug'ne itself however always remain
| lag in horizontal position
nised WIKI about hrty easy chairs and several iaos and
other corvsniences io The passengers The fuel and other
materials that required for the Contained
ceptaces arranged under The flooring The chnnry or ne
rL m r fb coSsae - I njt re pn TO-
geiher. their diameter extends little beyond the onsr
edge OF tr floor boards which thus placed 10
mill course The between TWO consecutive float,
boards thereby enclosed the ends, Thus forming
box that the vessel ryov The boxes retain the AR and
cary il with them under ih aud thereby tend TO
po vessel and by being us held also prevsnt the
c, Ih or resting on the surface water bsinS sup-
por upon bed Of air II rests above the water bur the oas
paddles pnnge sufficiently III The water that lis resistance
may permit movement of rotation without a the
tIrn- being accompanied slth a movement OF place.
BythlS means the resistance oil ctoA on me sf oi asI'
which the orday steamers Obliged 70 overcome by throw
yancs is entirely destroyed.
The plaQt rfiooTlns ssed b9ys The l9eomoi!ys may
each Of their exenltles the zeah and hail the horzon
are seen The vessel 'red by o! an oar which pro-
jscts one other the portfolios When IN use this
oar must h. plunged less INTO The aie nnd by -ar
against the eGse Of ihe poIthoie OF epH VIII an
The weigh, OF the cargo being placed ballast the lowest
part OF cylinder, tie length Of which Is equal 20 and
half the diameter apparatus sIural great
by; and there never any danger that the violent
rausersa wind can make upset or even gvs au lneln
ton which dquet; II only make 1t go 10 leeward
aud here can be no ptchsg there ought TO be no
In case OF tempest aud the mpossby Of navigating, all
we'll as all iatIns IopI ny ru'ns M ne. hsad 70 the Wind
security. the port holes may he partly closed
In order to prevent the possibility getting off ih rails the
rms Of the wheels followed their middle the form Of
uy tina depth Of hree inches These wheels have the
form applied base 10 base 10 ,hevetcl ccum
ference forming The Iing aud the measured between The
summts the cones length equal 10 the diameter OF the
wheels that say, from 10 eight feet that the
rolling there never BE- any tendency 10 oveurh
The apparatus furnished with TWO boilers that during
the may b. always al least in Junction. and
that wien necessary double propemg may be used
Each corresponds 10 two cylinders aud mprnts emen
mounted upon lour equal wheels.
At moment of departure, the quantity Of AR engaged
under the minlmum the speed Is Slow bur at
Zach ,urn the volume engaged the boat
mer=es celebrity rapidly A"smens and II soon takes lis
On making function only of the locomotives the sean
arrives at pressure Of 81 atmosph.rr: Il mpnis on the
and the wind calm At this and even at much less speed
emerged o water; rolls
m sariice az would the land The 20 OF coal suf
icsnt 10 make voyage Of l3ii mile, in % honrs
only tension Of ohees and each locomotive fur
nishes only force of % horses. The united only
canabr of giving boat speed Of 80 miles an hon
Ter without and with the wind calm The fuel wls
in that ony permit making 'opse $40 miles; but 1t
lhs speed Of 81 and somles hour viii necessarily be
,stSeG @ favorable or the
| SINGULAR ACCIDENT AND PRovIDENTIAL Es-
| CAPE.-As n porter in the employ OF Mr.. A. Com
| stock No l62 Water street. was al work Il day or
two since, in the fourth story of that building, he
! .identallv made ms-step and fell through the
| hatchwav the doors OF which were open the entire
distance 70 the lower floor He descended with
great velocity until within about ten feet of the bot
tom, when singular 10 relate The hook attached to
the end of the rope caught him by the leg and arrest
ed his further progress. 1t entered his leg directly
behind the knee making dreadful cash OF three or
four inches from which the blood flowed profusey
| Medical aid was Immediately obtained and he is
now we understand, doing we'll The hook was OF
the ordinary size and shape, with large knot d.
rectv above il. and almost miraculous that
anv portion ofthe body should have been caught by
it, Had not this been the case. the poor fellow must
have been killed the next instant. Sun.
A NOVEL NoTIoY.-One of the new steamers IL
Great Britain, constructed upon the screw principle
has gone step further than usual, and her smoke
funnel is used as her mlzen-nast.
~. A colored man was seized one day last week
while chopping wood in Buckingham, Bucks Co.
Pa hy three men, who came III a carriage and took
him away after severe fight, in which the captors
were severely wounded One OF the men SAID the negro
was his slave, and that If the people trho had begun
10 gather round and were much exciedl would come
10 Dovlestown next morning, he would sausiy rhem
The negro was then driven away CRYING out plteous
" for help and, on repairing next morning 10 Doyes-
town, the people asceralned that the abductors mad
not been there but had made hasy retreat in another
direction. The colored man owned house and lot
which he had earned BY his industry.
OurRAGE.-We learn, says the Buffalo Gazette
OF last Thursday, that on Monday night a mos; bru-
tai outrage was committed upon two horses belong
inc 10 Orange Scryer, deputy collector al aterloo
During the night some persons led one horse from
the stable and stabbed HIM so severely, that he was
so nearly dead III the morning, that ne was shot 10
terminate his suferings. The other was stabbed .
several times in the stable, and il was supposed
that he would not survive. The villains were seen
hv Mrs Scrver-there beng man about the
house-and one stood by a root house near by armed
with muSket rifle, so that she dare mol give me
ALARM No arrest had been made al two O'Clock on
Tuesday afternoon, when informant left. bur The
Outrage was supposed TO have been perpetraied by
some smugglers from whom some pork and whisky
had been seized at the Stone Bridge short time
previous.
~ The New Haven Herald SAYS that the ques
ton whether injunction shall he ISSUED aga!Is.
the NorWlch una worcester ie'tl1i'au' uP ~ IL
filed bv the Trustees, Is 10 be argued before the
Superior Court at Norwich on Tuesday next
ABscoSpEp TREASURER WANTEp.-Geo. Brown,
OF Mississippi. offers reward OF S2ooO Tor the ap
prehenson OF Richard 5. Graves late State lfea-
sIrer. aud a fugitive from astice.
AccIpEST.-On the lith ult. young man named
Levi Jackson, whilst engaged with others IN hew-
ing timber near Canandaigua accidentally received
stroke from the axe OF one of his companions wnlch
entered near the spine and passed through the mp
4 NIr Nathan MerSin attempted suicide IN
New Haven last FRIDAY night, with case-kniis.-
u .ronnd nss dressed snd be IS likelv 10 recover