Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1846-01-02

trimonia blessings and is worthy oil all 'iie "'f
n;ness which NAV be found in that slate
"Chances and Changes, or Lille as u IS m1s
lusra,ed in the history OF Straw Tia" W o""s
g,rdeu author Of "Neyer Too Late" ~c'-d
pfe,,y lille story, full Of moral instruction
Messrs Dripker g. Morris have sent US one
ofl The most agreeable and extraordinary DOOM
which we have ever read II is "fIoVcipa
philosophy book OF thoughts and arguments
originally treated by Martin Farqul'a' Pr,
Of whom N. P. Willis has drawn SO me sne'.u
/ On opening this book, it seems 10 DC ~ yam"
verse. Every line is a gem OF truth anu 49,"
| The study ola page al lIme u more
~ moral tbonohts than volume OF most a'i'no's
Fortcr.cncss. condensation and beauty OF Imagery
this boo! is almost unrivalled-As sIeo'"'ra -
the whole, We extract a shoi! desci'l''o" = ''c
words Of Wisdom:
oThey he chance pearls, flung among me roc6s'
bv tbc sullcn waters OF Oblivion,
Which Diligence luvelh 10 gather anu h'hs
round the neck of Memory;
They be whitc-winsed seeds OF Happiness, "aNcu
from the islands OF the blessed, ,..,,..
Which Thought carefully eiiac'''' =" -
garden on INT hedit 80, f,r a,arn;,y
They be Sproulinss OF an harvcs. iof e'e'"''t'
hnrstine through the tilrh OF time,
Green nrorniscs olthe golden wheat, that yieiae'n
angels food; A.. ,he w;ncs
They be drops OF the crystal dew, which 'ne "i"e'
OF seraphs scatter, ,o
When on some brighter Sabbath their pumes
culver most with delight
Such' and so precious arc the words whicn 'he
lips Of Wisdom utter.
we have received from Mr. J. Toy the Gene
raj Agent, the first number Of The y Dung eo
nl.'s Magazine" edited by Mrs. Scba smith
and a number Of The Literary Emporium; Do'h
published in New York, and containing plea
SAINT essays and sketches, with handsome Illus
trations
The uncertainty that now exists IN REGARD 10
war tends 10 add interest to any thing thai could
be made available as an offensive or defensive
engine. The following description OF a Icmaf-
kablc invention, taken from the New YORK lle-
raid will, al the present ime be read WIN inter-
est. IL all thai is stalled respecting il be nue. II
will indeed be formidable engine:
During The last few months series OF expert
ments have been made with new invention,
neced with The Navy Yard al Brooklyn. These
experiments were ordered by The Government,
and witnessed by distinguished persons, ana were
considered by them 10 be most novel, mosl OIL
ginal and most startling, in naval and military
point of view. Commodore Stewart, II VIII DC
remembered, spoke OF projectby which u would
be possible 10 defend the whole harbor oil New
York against The combined fleets OF all the pow
efs ui the world. This may appear 10 be gas
conade, but from information which has Deen
communicated 10 US, We are fully assured mat
Commodore Stewards assertion is perfectly correct
and literal.
The scientific gentleman alluded 10, MIR. Nc
Carly, who is now connected with the Navy ard,
has invented a new species OF artillery, which
will discharge thirty balls in minute, or one
every two seconds, for hours together, IN success
sion, and Ibis BY mechanical power alone, with
out gunpowder, chemical substance, or any other
preparation. II is effected by merely putting The
balls into hopper, and letting the ordnance throw
them out with immense momentum, at the rate oil
one every TWO seconds. On one occasion, Mr..
McCartey exhibited the operation Of this invcn-
ton in the Navy Yard, before number Of naval
officers, who were all as,onished by the force and
power exhibited, as we'll as BY The great simplici
Is OF the machine. About twelve 10 twenty pie
ces Of solid timber were united together forming
one compact body. Against this piece Of wooden
breastwork, Mr.. McCarley opened the battery OF
his piece OF ordnance and, in less Than Ten mi
nulcs, the whole solid breastwork was utterly de.
molished and sbivcred 10 splineis, by The powell
full and rapid succession OF discharges upon 1t.
The simplicity Of this invention is one ol It's
most singular features; IN which respect II nuch
resembles the anecdole told OF Columbus and the
egg. "Can you make this egg siand on one ends
~ ~. Ii, ~
tricl ana failed Columbus Instantly took ihe
c.g, indcned one end, and then casii;' ,n;iac !.
stand erect on The table. They regarded ms 'e''
as a farce. from is simplicity whercufoh ~ on
served "You think il now - easy aisei y
done" Ii is exactly so with ibis wondeiiui inVen-
lion. The secret of il is known and recorded IN
history from The time when David went lofin
with sling ard stone 10 combat The proud poilah
The principle of this new Invention y s"hr'y +"
modification of the principle 81 me SiinS apP'ied
10 machinery, in connection WIN sl,oe "T @u"i
throwing oul discharge ol oaiS. 1 iie machine
Is 50 constructed, that, on putting in nj one end
Inc halls 10 be discharged, rotary motion j pro-
duced By means Of crank, and, by 'ew rapid
revolutions, each ball receives force anu mo
mcnlum equal 10 that communicated ny any guam
,itv ofounnowder. When ih, has been done, a
slide starts and allows each ball 10 escape IN sue
cessiun from the chamber into q tube, when ihev
are thrown 10 almos, any distance, and with
uncrriDg aim.
This ingenious invention, Tor which patent
has been taken ont al Washington and when
ought 10 he purchased. is worth 85oo, oOO-nay
even millions, 10 the American Government N
The present crisis Of its affairs By means OF
such machines, placed in The forts at The Mar
rows; capable Of discharinc any number OF balls
OF any calihre, the whole combined fleets oi Eu-
rope could be Torn in pieces and annihilh'ed be-
fore they could reach The Battery al New York.
When We reflect upon the astonishing Tcvou'l"n
in the Art Of war, which such species o ord
nance is calculated 10 produce and The means OF
defence which it is capable OF supplying, il is 10
be expected that The President and Congress will
take up this matter, and have an armament pre-
pared on Ibis principle, which, hy lis chcapness,
lis efficiency and power az means OF defence,
is BEYOND all that has ever been conceived or seen
in the world hitherto. Ii is a revolution al once
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