Washington telegraph., 1848-08-30
TINE NEW DIVING BELL

nov aud entirely uiginal diving he'll. in
vented by Mr. !, 4 Richards OF this rirv
AniUlerrstng account al The contnrauca
an the experiments male with IT, has
sIuee uppearad in The Transcript, from
Winch wr gather the following mets.-
L ls Il close instrument ul enst ron. and
welHh- Gu0u pounds, with spucr ruaugh
iu lhr we'll llfoom tar Thousand pounds
pl lepd ballast II required It, lafm Is
an elongated gInhn e.yeu ltrl IN heirhl
by me IN damelrf with glass windows
on inur sides, aud Two auHs ot peculiar
construction passing through il- sides, ul
the control of lhl OPERATOR With ihcse
aums a6I.rles na ha hooked mp ur ernn.
Piled, aHd rlalu cubic attached lo "A
sunkeu Wr#fh fhsc are tubes Iaf tha
ADMISSION ai fresh and 10 carry uH tin
.nui uifs aud laf conversation. The mte=
nor !. spueipus enough To contain lbrea
persons. aud two cm wor, IN II cnutcn.
irutlE remaining NJ It ANY uecas-aH
irusth ul fme. viii perfect 9a-e aud
safety
"Wednesday the bell was ls,hruau hparl
Ihe lighter sloup Naljle Capt Gummru.
sky, who, with the inventor und his as-
si.inniz. proceeded down Ia laehi iIousa
Channel, Who're lhe instrument wa ris.
z,d aud hoIstad overheard aud SUM IA
The depth oi a8s ha@i,aiaal afoag.siz
ffrf. whHreil rem0iued one buut Mhrn
hoiziud and opened II wns louua IA ha
perfectly Tight, Notwithstanding lhs m.
meu-r pressure Ia which il hod been rz.
posed At tbs great depth Eter, IIuz
buul satisfactory L. M klch8m- aua
hi- party alf. samuai kuWeu. N la has
had zomg ekpaaeuee with submarine mp.
fa@fu-. 80 eamrmgNuh Nj Cald.
entered Ihe atil. aud fhg Read wis -e4cW.
cd ou. aud lnl down H14ff8.bra r.. af
Whieh depth theE remained &c HsHEamH
Ten 0tutes i iago conversation Ma
hrpl up viii them all Ihi. umc Though
tubu lj3 iect DO Ienelh Thy Uc@
tcE anxious Ia ba Iet down to the uag.
IQuls - ieHl, bul tWus fhaaaht puduH
not 10 Jet them any lower, The rigging
uul brug uiUhlr, mcasp oiauy ueciacui.
and mol working quick ruaugh from 81
great depth. #lhsA maheqmfeniaof=
able report pi lhris doing down below.
The air wa perfectly pure and easily
lgcaihcd They were a. comfortable O.
they could have brgu lu a small close
room They could see objects, by calcu.
lulIou, from hitcyU TO twenty feet, la all
directions. The arm, worked perfectly
easy, The light WAS sufficient iur them
10 read a i.wspopcr. and see the small
hgurs on theuuomctcr The ihcrmom-
cier ou deck stood at - in the bell
when lowest, at the depth of 92 feet, 1t
indicated 6o', difference OF ! 8 degrees
The operation OF the compass was not
ol hut there Was doubt about 10. uav.
eru- p,gioc'ly Further experiment,
Mil Dr made wien the bell is so rugged
liai % VIII have rotary motiuu N hen
| ury Wyfg 81 their Iuwc-, dppih- the bell
Wu- struck with "a hummer aud the bl1w-
were distinctly heard by those iu the
I .lonp ht the sound seemed iocomo roa
|uyvg great distance, When about sry-
wiy tees down lhay passed into slw-
Wu of lrup gwm water, which sigh,N
diumed ihy l,glE n the bell, 10 WAS u.r
lho e'grt u'a cloud passing over tho -uu,
The only annoyance they encountered
was IUW a large sehUIwu who was de-
tricG 'yrmI umus rather auciy look.
iuig 900 %, one o.. the Window.
The operation of the instrument ON
lua whole, was entirely satisfactory 49,
/ hlr Richards i- quite confident hr can
obtain depth o. 200 icet with perfect
safety and that biz bell will bear pres.
sur oi 2uO pounds olhcsquufe lnch, but
at tins depth tho auus cannot be worked
80 caslly In consequence % tho great dcu.
-Iiy ui lHc water 1t /, believed shat the
du-rcut here made wa, from twenty to-
thirty leut lower than has ever been ac.
cOmpIi-hrd 10y man. Sixty or seventy
iugt is ihc lowest depth before attained,
tAat We have accounts OF. The lowest
depth ever gone iu England was abom
seventy iucl Persons went down to the
dach oi the Royal George, sunk in the
british chauncl, tor The purpose ol blow.
ing her up, which wa. partially accom-
l'l"ll'Nt- DyNffW ~ tntHhffs
TuBlLLSg ADVENTURE AT NIAGARA
The Philadelphia Le,ksct gives the fol-
lowing cNlruc, from letter to friend in
PhiIuaclphia, from c. Ellet, Jun, the
bold architect OF the Wheeling and Nagu.
ra suspension bridges, which for a feat OF
calm, cool daring, we think it would be
difficult to excel
NIAGARA FALLS, July ~, ISIS.
This moaning ] laid the last plank oi
my ioot.bndgc on the Canada side and
then drove over aud back again in a bug
gy. Five hundred feet of the bridge was
without Iaihngou either sides. My horse,
though spirited went along quietly, touch.
ed up occasionally with the whip, just to
show him that he was in command, and
give him eoggge.
On returning, ! directed one Of the
l-;y.re h, I,rtutg ,ft I,t. .f,,r,- Ia t,v, horse