Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1849-04-18

n 10 your part; but ii is TO be remembered
S that breach on one side releases th'
: obligation on the other. If, therefore
: i, shall be proved to me lha, you are ab
senting yourself from the farm Of 'ht
S people without just cause shall hole
: myself no more bound to pay the wages
f than you do 10 attend strictly to the
charge which is entrusted TO you by ono
who has every disposition TO he
} Your friend and servant,
GEO. WASHINGTON.
EXTRAORDINARY LOCOMOTIVE SPEED.
The Liverpool Times. of February Slh,
contains the following remarkable accouai
from The Newcastle Courant, of the speed
ofa new first class engine on an English
Railroad:
l, would appear that the progress hither:
70 made in the improvement Of. this glass
Of machinery. does but tend to develnpe
their wonderful capabilities. In. our last
we noticed first class express engine
placed on the York and Newcastle Rail-
way, from the manufacrory of Messrs.
Stephenson, and we have 10 add another
Of the same class, previously sent from the
nanufactory of Messrs. R. & w. Haw-
thorn, OF This town, the performance Of
which both in regard 10 speed and power,
surpasses oil previous experiments. Sincs
placed on The line, it has takeu The express
train from York TO Darlington in 40 min.
slcs. distance of 45 miles; and it is fur.
lher computed (from results already known)
that when the new rails are laid dawn on
this portion of the railway, 1Ii,s ehsine
will accomplish The distance with perfect
ease in the abort space Of half all hour.
being al the surprising rate or 90 miles an
hour. The velocity, although The great
ss, eyer yet attained. either OH the broad
or narrow guage, is accomplished will, an
case free from that apparent oscilloing
and undulating motion which character:
zs outside cylinder engines. Its arrange
nenls ale entirely new. and Upon their
patent principle, having the boilers SLOW
as The latter class Of engines; the top Of the
boiler. sI,6ongh four leef. diameter. ia only
z feet 9 inches above the rails. The cyiin-
ders are Is inches in diameter; The stroke
Of the pi.lon 20 inches; the driving wheels
are 61 feet. and the carving wheels four
feet diameter, The whole of which ore en-.
,irely of wrought iron. The cccenrries
aud gearing also being outside Of, ,,lhe
wheels, render The whole engine compact,
simple. and easy oil access. It's smmye-
Try and finish are much admired. and il 10
considered one of the fines, spccimenrs o
Locomotive pnwer produced al this well
known establishment. -.
New INvENTioN.-A correspondent ip--
forms US that he saw al The machine, shop
Of Mr.. VIM. Lebby, Portable Steam
Engine, so constructed as 10 be moved 10
any required pninr, which drives an in.
geniousy conlrived wheel TO-. raise Ihe
waller from the river in sufficient quantity
10 flow rice land. The Engine ,can be
applied to a Threshiug Machipe, Corn
Mill or almost any other piece nfmachinery
where its power may be required, - =.
Our. friend gives no, ,in,imaliou of the
name Of the inventor, but in this case we
strongly incline 10 The beliefhat Mr.. .Leb-
by. the manufacturer of. the Engine, has
.he head, as we'll as the hand, 10 ,prodp
a piece of machinery conpelep, TO per-
form what our correspondent7who ishlm; b;
selfa most accomplished workman-says
this engine can accomplish. 49,
Whatever may bo the power and USE
fulness Of the engine. is matter that can
be Judged of better by those for whose use
) it is constructed Than ourselves, and there
fore we are authorized to invite the. Rice
Planters TO visit the shop of MIR. LebbY'
at the foot of Hasell, ST., to-. see y in op::
eraIion this afternoon, between. 3 and .
o'clock. IN any event they will meet, with
I Young and industrious naive machanc,
| who has acquired knowledge Of his busi
ness by dint of industry and perseverance
who will be ready to fit any orders that
they may be Disposal 10 inlrusl 10 him.
! New SOURCE OF SuPPLY.-We hat
, an arrival on Saturday, Of a 10, Of IS heat
of ca,,le, from Bedford county, Tennessee
which through The good care and alIeuiTn'
of the owner, reached here in the lines
+: order, and at most appropriate period
$ as .Beefis now rather: scarce, They ,.wer'
G disposed Of at price averaging about
: cents per pound, aud will probably he OF
D fered in market this morning. .,.. u,
These ca,iio were bought from III
i Duck river lauds of Middle Tennessee
j.. and from Dalton to this city by rail road
at cos, from II to II ccn,s,per ID. OF. s
! per head for The road travel.
! We learn lha, the. region Of couutr
from which these cattle were brougM
;, as fertile as any section Of our country
J !. is on The line Of tho Chattanooga ra
$ road, and can produce almost any quanlit
If of Beef, Pork, Mutton &C., than can b
h reqnired for consumption here. ,Th
r, time is moi far distant when this road, wi
e he completed, and VIC look forward TO th
~ period when Charleston will become
i depot for the shipping of Provisions
= well as Breadslulfs. We have only
> open tho avenues 10 trade, and bring dow
lr the price of transportation a reasonab'
D. scale, to insure an influx of'business 'h'
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