New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1849-11-13
GEORGE STEPHENSON.

Prom Enss Cooks sc"H-
TEE life of George 6ssphensoD ~ii 'orm - m,
interesting chapter In soms future s.n,,sss" No
Papois Of Knowledge under - man whose
one Of the nansross ssn 81 that fascinating
49, 90, ssfucalries % encounter, OF o,e''
$50 800 di6casiss more TRAM pnen''y 'nsn nc
a.. a.e.hsasop had no sdvsnssees" ofsn VI
s~.oss,os and be never easeo " coooeei LUZ
49, Zoo ne addressed, that be wks only the
800 essr pisman and vas sent into the coal. pit
- III k,r his bread before be had received q
vessiss of school education.
Hs was born at Wylsm, . coliery village on
fynsside, near Newcastle on. Tyne, 10 the year
lfel, snd ne was only six or seven years o' age
wnsn he vss cent down ,hs pit % "trapper. -
n .roloymen, can be imagined less congenisi
with q boys tastes than TINS. His duty 10, 70 sit
behind .rsp-door, in the dark, for ten or twelve
hours together, and hold open the door a. the
trains pass through. They pass, aud he sits there
solitary til the next wagons come up. DE must
bs In the pit 40 soon the work commences. IN
Winter before daylight, and according n the old
system. he could not leave the pit until the work
Il the dsy vas ut al end Hence, the "napper
rs,sIv s.x the light OF day, except on . Sunday
r, his ,olit.ry confinement, In the dark, were
the early yssrs Of George Stephenson spent.
Hs vas sf,sr~srd picker at Wyiam, en-
ploysd ia picking oat the states rom 'ne cos.' ~
Z wage OF 10. or So. week. He then went 70
Csilertoa pit, where he got promoted 10 the post
of driver OF giu." While here, an engine wU
pus On 70 pump the water cot oil the pit ana
George, Who mad the character OF being - steahy
lsd," aud vas nov about sew a.sen wears old, " az
appointed foreman, st q " age q los week
Hs behaved himself we'll and. in due course. was
advanced 70 the situation Of enginemsn. . was
still oaite illitsrste, bat sober and ~ellcondocted
He was getting strong and sble-bodied, too, AND
proved this by soundly p0mDeling. one day on
the pitheap, quarrelsome fellow, considereo
The terrur OF tho neig boorbood'
While at CsliertoD. he went accounting he
vss nov aboct 20 or Il, and resolved TO marry
Hs set his affections q, irst rather high, upon
Niss Hindmarsh, the daughter OF q respectable
farmer Of the peighborhood. Bot a. George was
A. vat oaly poor working mau, he was not con-
s,dersd q suitable match and bis proposals were
declined. He was, however, resolved to Dc mar
red, and - the mistress would not have him, be
offered himsslf 10 the servant, and vas accepted
he married nsr; she proved Q good wife AND
Robert Stephenson, nov NJ. p. was the issue o.
the union. Shortly after Roberts birth, she died,
and, in few years after, George again offered
himself 10 Miss Hindmsrsh, and this time he was
accepted. This second marriage was prosper
oas one. and the pair lived long and happily TO-
gsthsr NJ,
George Stephenson left Csllerton to go TO Wal
bottle pit, as brakeman. attending the engine
while dra wing up the Goals from the PIT. WINE
here. his wages were advanced to l2s. week, on
which event he declared, on his coming out OF tne
pay o6Rce that he was "a made man for iiie
Thence he went TO Wellington bailsstcrane' IN
the same capacity, and remained there tor sewers
years. When about "a or 20. he began 70 Learn
70 read, for he bad sresty felt the disadvantage
Of HE early want Of elementary Instruction, Snd'
In bis after years, he never omitted an opPortu-
nifty Of utging upon young men to avail them
selves Of the increasing facilities for such instruc-
tioa ofered by the mechanics and other sduca-
tonal Institutes throus bout the country.
He left Wilmington tor killing worth, whore he
again acted ~ btskesman. At al advanced wage
Here be made the greatest progress. de had aiwsys
been steady aud advancing workman but now
he islt aspirations for higher things rising up
within him. He was attentive, assiduous, and &C
tive minded. Watching the cngins - he did, he
10 time came 10 understand II thoroughly. H.
occasionally made several new adaptations OF ma
ohinery Ia the working OF the engine, In the pumps
palleys, &c. a. 10 cause Considerable saving L.
his employers. and 10 win for him their respect
and esteem. The steam. engine grew familiar To-
him; he studied Il. and his misd became awaken.
Cd to the contem plation OF ita powers, 10 weak
nsssss, and its capabilities. 1t 10 we'll observed
by an able writer In the )" Civil Engineer and Ar
ehitect's Journal that there 10 something Ia the
steam engine which 10 spell aud q charm 70 The
hsholder something more and something else
thar the love OF q sailor for bis ship such a. the
weaver feels not at ms loon the smith before hs
hsmmsr Ct the shuttle works a. bic haad hsts
but the steam engine stands 40 with life and
breath In It. working OF tt.su, earnestly. steadily
and manfully, by day and BY night, In its youth
aud In its elder years, when scores OF men ~h'
wrought with IL have sickeoed and bresthed thei
lass. To the working man 10 Ia thing oil care anc
love, aud it's sight seems to give might TO thos'
vho behold IL, and TO teach them the cunning which
10 In its own make. Thus, boys who watched
strengthened Il with cords AID chains OF iron
tous, q toy 10 the hands Of Watt, IL claimed hl'
HE for Il. care. and grew to unwonted growth
nurssd lie childhood, and helped IL onward t.
hs mishsies, strength; and Stephenson had no
eoen among the least OF these
We may here mention au interesting circum
stsnce IN Stephensons career, while working n
beakesmsn AZ killing worth PIT. Tnere wer'
three erakenen, Who took the night shin b,
turns This oightshift lasted for eight or ter
hours; and as there wAs little wofA TO be don,
aariog that ;ime-ouiy drawing up and lsttia.
men cown-shc crskesm mans time hung heavil,
GA his hands. Stephenson, however, always re
garded tune a. precious aud eaSiaiy turneC
every minute ~ account Darag these night
shifts he took his hst lesscns Ia arithmetic. Whel
he had worked HE sumo On q ssse, he sent then
Of next morning 10 Q schoolmssseF In the neigh
hosaocd - correct who Ia turn sent HIM new
oaes,ions % answer. Fer ihis service the cage
scholar paid bis master the hauble treate OF fosr
pence week. TIE rect OF his time ne occupied
during tie nisht-shifts In cleaning the p,tmen'
elocks and watches for which he was paid h
alsa cut tho pitmcas clothes out and gave instrue
ticas In the art OF eating cut to the pitmenl
wives, usually not very handy q, such sort o
work and it 10 said. that TO tins day there ar
p,smsas wives at K ,llingworth cutting out clothes
sooosdins ~ the lnstractsons then given them o,
oeorge Stephenson. He alec made shoss In thss'
lone nsshss BY the engine Ore, and occasional,
made presents OF them &c the poor relations OF HI
vile. and their children. Re turned HE real,
hans 10 anything. Among others Of his work
wss . sua-disl, sill 6xsd over the door Of tn.
beass he lived ia While At Kiilinsworsh and q
the lest day 81 bis hfe, he felt pride as the sish
Of that sandal Not long before his death. Will,
surveying the line II the Newcastle and Berwic,
Raitway, he drove professional friend come VIVA
out Of bic way 10 have en- aamirins look at tn
dial
An the little money which Stephenson thu
made sy the cleaning Of clecks aud watches. an
the making Of shcss, be devoted b the edacas'o
OF HE 600 Robert He had felt the want Of eds
cation 10 bic own person. and set q high vslu
spon it; accordingly he Determined early % Civ
bic 500 the beat caltase he could afford. Rcee'
wAs cent accordingly 10 Braces school In New
eastls. whore he received the rudiments Of &c Ell
sslisot education. Al pubic dinner he'd :
Newcastle, in his honor. not long before bis deais
~, as.nhanson tina rsferreA 10 this fact in hi