The daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1848-1851, 1849-12-24

Eds CreseeatIt appears strange that any person ofinfor-
nation should al this advanced period ofscsue knoN ledge,
be prOposeROusy absurd endeayor gull the public
By iosing them complication Of machinery ander
the cognOmen, and capable Of perpetual notion. When
boy, Iianced something approaching the description
in Of yesterday, (he 18th inst and extracted from
the New York journal Of Commerce, Of the probability eon
srucng wheel nicely balanced thai the force Of gayila
ton on the side would be sufficient raise the weight
the other SIDE and produce what termed perpetual mo
ton. My bOyish ingenuity and mechanical skill and time
were, however, doomed meet The fate Of the plans and
schemes Of many older and wiser heas-tota disappointment
All my endeav0rs wheel agong perpetuay proved to
be chimecal, and subsequent study has aughtm that
such totally beyond the power Of human ingenuity Before
any man takes into his head machine which
shall revolve pepeuay, he should first set his wits to work to
sustain body-say spheIe-in space. This would demon
sate force directly opposite that Of gravity which, BY
law Of nature, draws all things towards the Earhs centre
Philosophers have, By some other found existing the
anagonc force OF which speak, and which they have term
ed the centrifugal force andtheY have moreover, euiea
vored prove their theory from the known motion Of the plan
the orbits round the They recognize force which
draws it were, directly opposite to that force (gravhtOn)
which would inevitably draw attract those planets into con
tact with the SUM- the centre Of tins our SYSTEM That
force, something analogous exists, which draws or impes
from the centre, stated by profound philosophers doubt
les true, nay, evident; but then the question arises whence
this neveEeeasng agent2 The worlds Of other systems are TOO
remote to influence these Of ours The principle Ireeise
y, applicable any machine, whatever scale you please
that would rotae peTpetualy. No matter how equp0ad
complicated such piece Of workmanship, if be not ilu
enced by foreign force, Of ITSELF but acting IN
trary way aud IN certain ratio the force Of gravaon, Il
must, oi necessity, ere long state OF insriigH.
Dec. %. GIHsun.
The BRKGA LETTERs,-The New York EIsraf
has published in full the letters addressed 10 ih
editor of that paper, by its Washington cOFrespon
4 dent, G. W. Brega, which were the foundation q
] It's allegations, that members Of the cabinet hai
attempted enlist the support Of the Herald TO th
administration, by promises Of patronage and conf
Dental communications. The letters are accom-
panied by certificate signed by the foreman an
a number of the compostors of the office, vouchnl
for the exactness with which they are printed from
the manuscripts. They establish, II true, the fac
of the inducements and promises which the edito
stated but there is an important reservation in thes,
words 1" if true" Mr.. Brega occupied clerk
ship in the Land Office, and we perceive, from III,
Washington correspondence of the Baltimore Pa
triOt, that he has been removed from office sine,
that publications. proceeding which warrants tn,
belief that the cabinet members referred to trea
him as having misrepresented them in these letters
| New BUILDINGS IN PHILADELPHIA.-The pa
pers give the following the number of new build
ngs erected in the city proper and the incorporated
districts of Philadelphia, during the building sea
son of 1S49, from the LIST of March to the LIST o