New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1850-06-13
CT. The whole Of Professor HenrY,s rea-

these bOdles entirely INTO oxygen ana the
other into hydrogen gas, according as the
positive or the negative pole Of his electrical
machine is inserted into either. Thus from
the water yielding oxygen no hydrogen is
produced, and rice oerSa.
Mr.. Paine claims to generate electricity,
not by q galyanie battery, but By means Of
ordinary magnets, except that into the
helices he has introduced q substance never
before employed for that purpose. what
this substance Is, IS tie secret, and the only
secret which lac does not now communicate
10 the public. The process itself IL open TO
the examination of any one who may &c
sire to see it. Woyesterday conversed with
an intelligent gentleman who had VISITED
Worcester for TIE expresspuIpose OF examin-
ing into the alleged discovery, and who as
sured US that aAer using every means TO de-
tect imposition he had become satisfied that
there was none whatever. lie himself pro-
duced hydrogen in liberal quantities, from
jar of water which he placed upon table, en-
tirely isolated from every other source from
which gas could be derived; he even went
SO far as to detach the machine from the
clock-work, by which it is usually put In
motion, and turned it with his own hands.
lie came away convinced of the genuine
ness of the discovery, and only uncertain
as to whether it could be applied on sur-
fciently large scale to perform the entire
lighting and heating Of great city like
New York or London.
But the opinion Of an individual can have
little effect in settling the public mind as to
whether Mr.. Paine has produced the might
lest discovery yet made or only grand and
ingenious humbug That question cannot be
answered by misunderstanding or general as
serticns on either side, but only by cOnClu-
sive experiment ON such a scale and in such
amanner as to silence every doubt. Such an
experiment we are happy to say is now on
foot.-Anangements are in progress for
lighting the Astor House by this process, and
tits expected that the trial will be made with
in month, as soon indeed, as the machine
can be prepared for the purpose. That es-
adjustment is now lighted by gas made by
its proprietors on the premises, and has no
connection with any gas company whatever.
The pipes and burners now used are perfect
ly adapted to burn Mr.. Paine's carbOnized
hydrogen; all that will be necessary, will
be to detach them from the present appa-
ratus and join them TO the new one. The
experiment will be tried under the eye Of
the proprietors and other gentlemen, and
collision or trick will be impossible. Every
means will be taken TO ensure fair trial,
all the parties being as DESTROYS Of sue
cess as Mr.. Paine or his friends can be.
If it succeeds, the thing will be establish
cd If it fails, that will be the end of the
affair.
This experiment is to be made to satisfy
number of highly respectable and respon-
Lible parties who propose to buy into the
patent right in case of success. The condi-
tons are that Mr.. Paine shall bring ma
chine Of his construction to New-York and
produce at nominal expense, say five cents
per thousand cubic feet, gas enough to light
the Astor HOUSE for six successive nights
Before he commences, the parties in ques-
ton are to deposit one hundred thousand
dollars with some person acceptable to the
proprietor-JOhn c. Pedrick, Esq. OF Bos-
ton, who has aided Mr.. Paine in carrying
on his experiments for the past two years
to be paid over to Mr.. P as soon as the trial
is declared successful. This is by way of
bonus or guarantee, in case there should be
a failure to pay over to him the sum Of One
Million which is to render those parties part |
proprietors of the invention The value of |
the patent for the United States the city of |
Worcester excepted, which is reserved for
Mrs. Paine) is fixed at ten millions of dollars,
and a joint stock Company is to be formed
to manageit. In this Company Mr.. Pedrick
is to hold from One-third to One-half the
stock; on the remaining part which he sells,
the million handed over Immediately on the
success of the experiments to be considered
an installment, and the balance is to be
made up by sales of rights. Thus the par
ties buying in will receive no dividends I'M
til Mr.. Pedrick shall have been fully paid.
Such is the arrangement agreed upon be-
tween Mr.. Pedrick and these gentlemen.-
If the trial here should prove successful, it
will no doubt be carried into effect; if not,
the New-York Spectators will lose nothing,