The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1849-11-27
Correspondence of the Republic.
Bosros, November %, 1919.
NAUTICAL INVENTIONS.

| BosToE, November %, 1919.
NAUTICAL INVENTIONS.
Two very ingenious models of inventions for the
comfort of those who ''go down to the in ships
have been exhibited at the Merchants Exchange
in this city during the week. One is a ship yenti-
lator, the invention of Mr.. Frederick Emerson of
Boston. BY the common mode the lighter gases
only elected from ships interior, leaving the
heavy and more deleterious gases mixed with the
atmospheric air. By Mr.. Emerson's continuance,
two yentilators are in operation, of which in
jects the pure air, and the other elects the impure
1t will work in all weathers. The wind blowing
on the injector creates current down, while on
the eJector 1t produces draught up. la our
crowded immigrant ships, well as those carry
ing passengers to California this continuance will
be better than all the disinfectng agents that
in use. II will be prevention instead of remedy.
The other invention, to which have alluded, is
a self-adjusting set of berths, and cabin table,
so contrived with sliding balances and hinges that
the surface is kept constantly on level while the
ship is rolling at sea. No sliding of cups and
plates the table No tumbling out of berths.
when the ship takes lurch to leeward, with these
new patent pieces of cabinet work. What bless
ing to travellers, if sea-sickness can be kept at
bay while reclining in of these patent berths!
The inventor win be worthy of all the fame which
the competitors for the discovery of etherizaton
have achieved.
NAVAL REFORM.
The question of abolishng "rum and the cat'
from our navy is agitated with increasing interest
in this city. A meeting is to be held at the Ire
mont Temple tonight, at which Mr.. Watson
George Haynes, the sailor reformer, will urge the
claims of this subject to public attention friend
writes: 81 have had several interviews with Mr..
Haynes. He appears to me plain, intelligent,
warm hearted, honest man. He has exhibited to
me letters from several very eminent men, some Of
whom well know, who have evidently formed the
same opinion of his character. 1t may be asked,
what his motvese No man asks another why
he builds distillery. But, when any proposes,
virtually, to pull the distillery down, by doing
away with rum at sea or on shore, some persons
are apt to question the disinterestcdness of that
man, and to suspect that his motives may not be
quite so pure and holy and phanthropic those
of the distiller. Very well; God, who searches
the heart will settle this question for some of us
of these days. There were men, doubtless,
who thought Clarkson and Howard were very
queer fellows, to devote their time and talents as
they did, going about doing good, Ia business
which seldom pays in this world, instead of going
into the distilling, or some other lucrative bust
ness"
PAMPHLETS OF THE DAY.
Among those that the day has brought forth in
our press prolific city, is entitled, "Orienta,
Amusing, Instructive and Moral Literary Dia
logues; comprising the love and disappointment
ola Turk of rank in the city of Washington. By
Christopher Plato Castanis, of Scio, Greece" Mr..
Castanis will be remembered by many of your citi-
zens intelligent lecturer on Greece This
little pamphlet is made the vehicle, in a conversa
tional form, of conveying the expression of the
thor's republican sympathies in behalf of Greece
and Turkey, as well as of discussing some phio-
logical questions, intended to prove that modern
Greeks pronounce their language the ancients
did, In the closing dialogue of the series the Turk
says to his Greek interlocutor:
"Frend Sophologiotatopantocho
nos, be not too sanguine; you are like the Ameri-
cans, whose watchword is 'go ahead Political
change in Turkey requires the experience and trials
of half a century; we must undermine the igno-
rance that binds the inhabitants of those wide ex-
tended regions Not till then can we venture TO
whisper to them the blessings of democratic gov
eminent, Your nation, like torch, placed in the
central watch tower of the old world, the ancienty
originated democracy, whose light, by domestic
discord, and foreign insult and rapacity has been
two thousand years buried: your people has lately
once more, aroused its powers, and snatched the
torch of democratic freedom. You, despising to be
dependent on the great powers who wished to rem
der your king absolute, resisted the hydra of diplo
macy, and forced your king to sign constitution.
pulse to the plough, the hammer the loom, and the
keel. True democracy is source Of peace, and
not of bloody conquest. II is brotherhood of ma
tions, laboring for the blessings Of morals peace
and education. Let the Greeks give bright ex-
ample of their improvcment-letth them consider that
the liberty and prosperity which they enjoy is
granted by the God of peace and harmony, who
has surrounded them with monarchies, whose inte-
rest is in nursing the strength of Greece Let your
nation be shining light, and certainly the Mo
hammedans will appreciate and envy their neigh
Dor, and shape their own policy by hers
The other pamphlet Of the day is ''Plea for the
Horses" an intelligent and well-written protest
against the barbarites practised in this community
by unthinking men against their horses. This kind
of abuse has become very frequent in streets.
''He, who allows oppression, shares the crime'
Most heartily would ] echo the writer's appeal:
"Let individuals Of all classes show that they have
the hearts and sensibilities of men, whenever any
of these abuses come within their observation; and
let those drivers, and those only who are mercifu
to their beasts, receive their support" The
sty of more Christian forbearance towards go
necessary and noble animal the horse is elo-
quently urged.