Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1847-02-17

ithe heart and subdue i, to a softer fee.
ling for the human race, and enlarge its
powers, these writings are perused by
comparatively small portion of the
community. A Blair, Sherlocke. OF
a Taylor, may write on the beauty Of
religion and morality, with the "tongue
of men or fangeIs," but still few pur,
sue them with that attention to render
service to the mass Of mankind. But
cullivator Of the practical manual arts,
the moment he has invented piece OF
mechanism of great utility to man,
renders to every person, be his situation
what it may, work which sets every
intellect more or less enquiring into its
properties and effects /; it is silent muni.
tor of the vast stretch Of which the pow
er of thought is capable of attaining it
speaks with ''slill small voice" to the
idle, the thougb1less, and the dissipa'ed
See what my fellow man is capable
Of doing, and why should spend my
days in slo,h and obscuri,y my powers
of mind are as capable Of comprehen-
sion as the inventors, and yet l am
going 10 the grave unknown" Among
all the nations Of antiquity. civilization
and urbanily of manners kept pace in q
community with the improvements Of
the citizens in mechanical and scientific
atlainmen,s.-The invention of the
screw, the lever, tho telescope, the art
ofprin,ing, in fact every useful disco, e.
ry, tended in its practical effect 10 sof.
ten the manners, to enlarge the heart,
and 10 render man in the aggregate more
happy elevated and kind to his species.
This subject has never, perhaps, been
considered so thoroughly as i, should be,
1t strikes US that this is matter for
Enquiry, which would amply repay the
trouble Of investigation (; that it would
be productive Of immense utility 10 man
kind, and tend TO elevate the inventors
Of useful mechanical arts to lhat rank in
the world they SO richly deseryc.-Me>
chanical Journal.
a Wonderful Machine.-A convict
in tho Stale prison Of New dorsey has
invented a machine Tor taking the yeas
and nays inLegisla,ive Assemblies. 1t
is described inthe Trenton News and
|if it realizes the statement, il may truly
be called wonderful machine.
yesterday we saw, for the first timr
most wonderful machine, made fol tile
purpose of saving time in taking the
yeas and nays n our houses of legisla-
lion. The model of this machine has
only been completed a day or Two, and
is not even yet quite ready to be exhib
tied.
"The machine, when put into use, is
to stand at the clerks table, and from ii
two wires are to extend to the desk Of
each member, terminating in two knobs,
one of which should be marked yea and
the other nay. When the question is
to be taken, and it is announced by ,he
chair, the clerk unlocks the machine by
touching spring, and every member
pulls on, of the knobs attached to his
desk. 1.-The wishes 10 vote yea, he pulls
the yea knob, if he wishes to vote nay
he pulls the nay knob-the whole being
done simultaneously and in a moment.
"The clerk then turns small brass
crank, part way round, and from figures
appear before him, in the machine one
of which gives the number of yeas, the
other tho number Of nays which have
been voted, and the third the aggregate
Of all the votes taken. Al the same time,
and withou, any additional movement,
the yeas and nays are all distinctly reg.
istered on the clerks catalogue of mem
bers, which is printed pretty much in
the usual form; the persons voting being
marked by small round hole pricked
through the paper.
"All these operations are done with
unerring certainty, and the whole should
not require more IMAM single minute.
The size Of the house or the number of
members will make no difference in the
lime required. AS soon as all the mem.
bers who wish to vote have pulled their
wires, the work is complete. The clerk
then has onI y to turn his crank, and in
instant the number of yeas and nays and
the aggregate vote stands before him in
large figures, and all that he has to do is
10 declare the result. His marked reg
lister will at the same time, show how
every member has voted"
Il SEower of Ncedles,-A Canadian
voyageur from Lake Superior relates
remarkable instance of the power of
magnetism. 1t is know that ia the
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