Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1848-11-07
TIE sUFFTRrvGs. PERSEVERANCE
AND TRIUMPH OF GENIUS.

AND TRIUMPH OF GENIUS.
There l. Of re-eut iu England sn American
who went To that country tn cndeaver i,iI-
ie'rst the capitalists 10 sn-N bridge which De
hss Constructed. His name i. Remington.
sud he is naiivr Of Virginia. An account
u his progress is given by himself. in a let
ter to Dixon "a. lewis. and is published in
Hunt, M,oalnl's Magazine. When he a-
rivel iu England IN Jsu8ry. lSl7, be- vts
without money, and spent the frs. five
months M voinIy looking Tor somebody with
enterprise enough Ia encourage his plan. liv-
ins all The time on less than three pracs pr
day. lac slept upon straw, Tor which h. paid
d halt peun, per night. His limbs bscine
distorted with rheumatism. AM be was liter
ais covered with rags aud ,yrmin, c1n>or.-
ing, as be had 90 do. with he lowest b-g-ars
in London. Sill BE- dill not dispnir. TIE
incidents ct the succeeding three month, be
does not %reiste. His suTrrings were 30 geo;
lhat bis head turned gray. tie bad to ply 20
usutets EiOto oh'ain d shilling Tor aduittauce
to tue Royal L ,oiogiral Il MEMS, where he
succeeded, after mu,h moCids alton, io gstiu5
iar ehos, OF model made OF the bride Tie
m5del, altha ugh b3d one. asst nishrl e~ery
hoty. Eyery engineer Of celebrity Ia lon.
dou 80. called iu to decilr whether it was
pfacficahlr to throw 1t ar IS thr lake. Four
or five OF them, at tn fual decision, declared
thstth model before ,hrm vas ras-ius strange
bat that il could act o. Carried 10 d ouyn
greater length than the length Of the mold.
Tins was the point OF life or death wt,h lhe
inventor. lie says:-
| was standing amids, men of the suppos.
ed greatest talent as civil engineers thai tie
wur d could produce, aud the point decided
against me. THIS one tltn- alone were my
p Whole energies ever arous-d. ! never lslkei
btlore-l was hsggarI add lei 1t tor want Of
tood--my spirits sank N sorr'v in Ne" OF
D mt f%nourniul rospecs-InihsS had no1c--
tel, standing over this tuadrl. did | bJttir
$ oth those men. Every word uttered came
10 from my Utmost soul, 3nd wa, big with truth
D EVER, arsam~ut carriei conviction. The e.
jeet on ihesr men Nas like lnagic-ipieri,
1 they must have b.en devils not TO have be-
5 lived under the circumstances. | succeeded.
My sgrcsmeut with tn proprietor vas, thttl
= should saperin'eud The construction OF The
bridge without any pay wh4ter"r, but duriug
the lime OF the building might sleep
III he Gardens, and il the hrilg- should -uc-
. ceed. ii should b. called 'Reinin1t0l's Bdl gr.'
| lodged in al old iiol's csg-, not ston- e
nou9h Tor lion, bat By pdttIng some straw
\ on HE fl ,or, he'll M very we'll, aud ialeed
Was a greater luxury than | hat Tor msny
E mouths. The carpenters that worked on the
bride somrtines give IN part OF their dinner.
Ga his lived and wa3 90 upardtivsIy happy.
= In pya-n lttfta "tYaH4l bApxeXrr Ia saa = tut1
d inrags directing genilemsnly looking heil car
q pentrr-. The bridge trlunptrd. aud the cost
was Is, and was the greatest bit ever made
: IN Lttiot .. The money made by II WAS as
toai,hlngly great, thousands and tens o. thou
e sand, crossing II, pd4liS toll. b'sItes being
the great etiroctioh 10 the Gardens. Mt a
publication in Ia Idou but what has Written
lafsely upon it, alt oagh | havr never rre,iv-
: ed d prpny, nor ever Will for buiidln. tie
bridge.
The success Of bis Invention gave him,
however, celebrity, AMI he slys it also gave
: him credit with a tailor.
got a suit Of clothes and some sairt,--a
cleon shit. Any shirt was great, but d clean
shirt-O God, what a luxury. Thousands Of
cards were left Tor me al the Gardens. ani
men anne - ser the bridge lr5m all pirts Of
: the Kingdom. frs bllit the mill wAici rs
the most popular patent ever taken ii En5-
land The coffee potanl many other suail
\ patents lake exceedingly wei The dtdi age
Of lixali Meadows i, the greatest triumph |
have vet had IN ku. The cbrri3ge bridge fui
Earl Talbot Is Il wonderfully beautiful aud
most m,jeslie lning Dikrs, marq ts, 5. ears
loris. &c, ami Their laiiirs. arr coming - sc
itiupn all parts. have uow more aniers for
bridges from the aristueracy thau could exc
cute IN ten sear-. Il | would 10 lhem. Indeed
have been 80 much among a ar.at era $ OF
late, that what with high living. b-iug such d
sl den transition from starving, | have been
co npvilrd TO 60 through d course OF medicine
and an Just NOW couValrscent. OF course,
anything once built preclu les the plssibi iy
OF taking a patent IN ltnSland. but l. merits
aud value ar beyond oil calculation. \ per-
manent beauli ul and stead bridge my be
thrown across d uver bait d mile wife oul OF
the reach OF Foods, AMI without anything tnu
CHING the vaterat all larun>lderab,r tN, nse
The Ameriton patent IS We'd secured al home
know. shall continue 10 huild few more
bridges OF larger and lars~r spia>, AID onr OF
! them d railroad bi g, H. order that may
! perfect nys, II ia them 50 Us 10 "a
tair when | reach Am 'rlcA.
HE Ar HIM = Ih3na4S Il G4rub,fl &c Il.