The voice of freedom. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1839-1848, 1844-01-25
1873

THE ATMOSPHERIC RAILwAY.-The
London Mechanics Magazine of October,
l643, says:
Another. trial of the Atmospheric
Railway, which is now nearly completed
between Dublin and Oakley, on the plan
of Messrs. CIogg and Samunda,took place
last week, when the results obtained were
even more surprising and satisfactory than
before. We have seen a letter from
gentleman who was present, who states
that the speed attained was fully sixty
miles an hour, and that all parts of the
machinery worked with great exactness.
1t would seem as it we might now almost
venture to pronounce the days of the
steam railway as numbered. A speed ola
mile minute is great stride beyond the
present railway speed as that was beyond
the stage coach rate of twenty years ago."
A TERRIBLE PICTuRE.-Some of our
readers have seen, no doubt, ,aspiclure in
a late number of Punce, or "London
Charivar," one of the pictorial papers;
but in the subject Of this engraving, there
is more food for tears than laughter 1t
is called "Cdpital and Labor" In the
upper portion is Capital, represented by
one of the aristocracy, sitting in his easy
chair, surrounded with the most costly
luxuries and taking a glass of sparkling
wine from silver salver, held by sleek,
fat footman, in livery while at the front
door of the mansion is seen his coach and
four with its iveried attendants. In the
ladies' drawing room fat lapdogs are
yawning, and luxurious dainties lavished
on a monkey. Now, look beneath
Men, women, and child en-, are seen at
work, in nakedness and hunger, in deep,
dark coal-mines miserable wretc hes,
crippled by labor, are starving TO death
mothers Iariog upon their emacia,ed
infants, which they ipress with skeleton
finger, while their sk.masters is, seated
on his bags OF gold. There is a thick
door shut agans, the wr etched, with pom
derous patent locks, at which Love knocks
in vain, and Hope weeps, but cannot en-
ter. 1t is, indeed, terrible picture of
English life " Y. Com. Ado.
The Brazilian Slave Traders, on Inc
coast of Africa, buy their slaves of the me-
gro princes on the coast-,hey are most
ly prisoners Of war, who we're formerly
slain after being captured, but are now re.
served to be sold to the slave Dealers
Many of the native princes, for the sake
of the gain which this trafick affords, are
in the habit of entrapping sand Selling me-
groes ofall other tribes, to swell the number
of their victims. The price paid to these
black princes for an adult slave is usually
about five dollars, in blue cloth or uink.
cts, and the average price at which they
sell in Brazil is about $3.50 The i'm
mense profit renders the slave traders re-
gardless of human lives; one in every ten
If brought to Cuba or Brazil yields an
ample return; and the number of slaves
taken from the west coast of Africa, by
the Brazilian aud Spanish fast sailing
schooners, Notwithstanding the vigilance
OF The English cruisers, now reaches $50,
600 year.
FIRE IN NEw-YoRK.-A destructive
fire broke out between nine and ten o.
clock OH Tuesday night, in the Messrs.
Hoe & Co.'S large Press Mandatory, in
Gold street, New York, supposed to have
originated from the friction of the wheels
connected with the steam engine. The
wing of the mandatory, a four story
building, twenty feet by fifty, ia which
the fire commenced, was entirely destroyed,
together with much valuable machinery,
and numerous presses in course of con-
struction. Loss about seventy thousand
dollars, fully insured
WHAT NExr2-The New York Sun
says there is now in the American Mus.
cum exhibition room a little machine,
worked by dog, making stockings at
the rate OF six dozen per day The ex-
celence of the hose made by this machine.
and the economy by which it may be
managed, defes a!lcompetiton. Eliher-
to the Europeans have been able to man
ulacture hosiery far cheaper than we
could, but now we can compete with
them successfully. The invention of this
rotary knitting machine was perfected
last winter by young man named
French, of CabotvilIe, Mass. Ii is a re-
markable contrivance.