Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1850-05-14
Steam on the Canal.
Correspondence cfhs Cumberland CiriIian.
ALEXANDRIA, April %, 1850.

,,,cl- with regard TO new inventions t,
rropeI boats by steam on Canals. Sever
n projects have been tried lately IN VI
rious places, but none seem to GaS,cn con
,;rtion on the mind, as to their practice
rulilv. anil, therefore, are not put int,
nraclical use Ii has been the sludiet
nnrposc Of inventors To- produce boat Il
answer every wish desired i'll naviga
inc our Canals.
The time is ROW approaching when
such a power could be applied upon the
waters of the Chesapeake and Ohio Ca
nal. successfully atlordng facilities fol
f~.ye' and transportation, or towing, which
woulInor fail to pay we'll upon the invest
mont. Without dlialinC upon this sub
irr, further. would coil the attention OF
your readers 10 an invention, which for
SIMPLICITY of construction would as'onish
The most ,krpUcaI At the result attained
Nv recent experiments. | refer TO boat
invented and pqt,n,cd by yoon& man OF
ir,v,nlria. working model of which |
hive seen exhibited and tried with mil
ri,a sur,rss. This gentleman has spent
mech time ON his invention, and Will no
d,rh, receive The rich reward Of his ge-
Mus. The plan Of his boat consists IN
the usual simple construction OF Canal
boat. with a well in or near the centre OF
The boat. in which is nS'"tcd wheel of
I.or sual construction. The wheel does
NOT reach the bottom Of the boat, but Is
elevated sufficiently 10 clear all obStruc-
mons. such as sanG bars, logs, &C., which
may be in the Canal.
The working model exhibited here IS
rroucllcd bv clock work, upon scale OF
; inches to the foot. The boats 30 in
cbcs long. ; inches wide, ] inches deep,
and the artificial canal 10 feet long, / m
cLcs wide and 3 inches deep. The cX-
pcrjmcnts have been 50 far successful as
- inl,rc the inventor to conslructa boat
- feet long to be propelled by stcam.-
This is to make an experimental trip up
the Canal. as soon as completed. The
motion of the water produced by ihe pad
dies is confined to the well or chamber,
and the boat in passing over tends to
smooth it, hereby preventing the ripple
usually in steam vessels. trust this no.
ice may elicit the attention of capitalists,
and those interested in the commerce OF
our Canal. Any information respecting
il. will be checrlully given by the paten
tee. Mr. J. Newton Harper, of AleXan-
Gria. Ii. W. W.
The following we cut from the Rich
mond Enquirer. 1t goes very far TO con-
firm the accuracy of the view we took
with respect TO the course of some por-
lions of the Wing press and party at Rich
mond. at least if the sentiments of the
Nashville Wings are worth any thing for
that purpose. We agree with the Nash
Vile men; they take the right ground
ground that they will never have reason
TO retrace or abandon.
Among the resolutions recently adoP'e"
a, a meeting of the wings of Nashville
called for the purpose of determining what
course they should take in reference to The
proposed Convention, was the following,
which utterly dcnounccs the doctrine OF
scccssion:'
Resolved. THat no State has the Con-
stiiufional right 10 scccde from the t.
MON, or diSsoire the (ederui compact.
The Constitution having been adopted by
the people of each State, acting III their
highest and sovereign capacity, as the
supreme and paramount law of the land,
with oil its provisions for amendment and
alteration, we regard any attempt by a
State to Withdraw from It's authority rs
wholly inconsistent with the nature OF
that instrument and revolutionary III lis
character.
The above resolution IS now brought
forward as peculiarly suit bic" to put
down the Nashville Convention move
ment.
Such is the game of the Nashville
wings. viii IT be believed that the Klch-
mond wings have adopted precisely the
opposite coursc, to give the go-by TO the
Nashville Convention They have been
caught by the secession bait Of Judge
Robertson,who has been regarded by them
as ultra States Rights, vcrging ON nuIIiii-
cl,ion-and, to get out of a bad scrapc,
eagerly jumped at, and roiei for the fol.
lowing resolution Of Judge Robertson:
Resolved, That violation of the funda-
mental ARTICLES Of Union by other States
or by Congress, jUslifes the people Of
a1y state, to whose INJURY or oppression
Inc powers granted to the General Gov
ernmcn, may be perverted, in regtming
the p2lrcrs 50 gr0icd.
Secession at Nashville is regarded as
the mos, abomjuaJ.c hcrcSv. taa,am0un;