The Kalida venture. [volume] (Kalida, Ohio) 1841-1865, 1851-09-26
THE YACHT AMERICA.

Hle'''THE YACHT AM ERICA. 9i
There is q great deal Of talk al III
present fine IN England about the Amei
ica, which is now at Cowes, in the Isle q
| Wight. She is.as our, readers probabl,
know,, commanded by Commodore Ste
Yens, ~ whom she'is owned and 70
whom she was built Commodore Ste
yens has challenged apv humber q
/ yachts ID The kingdom 10 run 9agaips
her, which challenge remained. Up 10 The
date Of our last news. unaccepted. =
During regatta Of Ilihe Royal Yacb
Clnb off West Cowes, tie America OBJ
peared among them. and 10 the ast6nlsh
ment and chagrin of the manyibousand.
there gathered, she beat. easily -eyety
thing on the. water, including the roya
steamer, Her Msjssiy. This fact has
created a great excitement throughout
The kingdom; and although The nccep-
'ance ofher cballenge, every one, now
feels, will rss,Ilt in her sdrc winning 81
The prize. yet John Bull doesnot like tbe
idea Of being "bluffed'' Of. Says The
London Times
Most oflus, have seen the agitation
which, the appearance Of "A ,sparrowhawk
lip the horizon creates. among a flock Of
woodpigeons or skylarks, when, unsus-
pec,ing al danger, and engaged in airy
fights or rplaying about over The falIows,
they alf once came down 10 the ground
and arc rendered almost motionless Wy
fear Of The disagreeable visitor AL
though the gent emen whose business
is on The waters Of The SoIent are neither
swoodpigeons nor skylarks, and although
the America is not assparrowhawk, the
effect produced by her apparition Off
West Cowes among the yachtsmend
seems to have been completely paraly-
zing. F07R hs.l. tea &ieas v aiiA
/ use the word s.seems," because II,
cannot be imagined that some Of those
who took such pride in the position of
England as not only being at the head OF
the whole lreace Of aquatic sportsmen,
but as furnishing almost the only men
who sought pleasure and hsalthupon the
ocean, will allow The illus,rious stranger
10 return With the proud boast TO the
New World that she had flung down the
gauntlet 10 England, ireland, and Sco,s
land, and that not one had been fodndj
10 take il up. IF she were victorious, all
lha, could be said was tha! The American
builder had put together lighter, swiftsl
er, and better mndc mass of wood and
iron than any the English builders had
againt hers No one could
affirm there was the least disgrace attach
ed 10 us fromthe fact. But If sshe,i be |
permitted 70 sail back 10 Now-York with
her challenge unaccepted, and can nail
lndsr it,as IL is fastenedup onldone OF
her beams, tliat'no one dared touch IL
hen there will be some question as 10
lhe pitland'courage of our mep,a and
yachting must sink immeasdrably in
public estimation, and must alsopbe depri-l
we'd Of The credit which was wont be
attached tosit, for nhemgoa nursery for
bringing up our national naval spirit 10 a
and wellsgrown t,atnrity.--
The discontinue, repeat, would be as |
nothing five were beaten nfter a well
fought field, comparedtothe discredit of
turning away or evading con.esii with |
avauntiDg but certainly ian honorable
enemy. sda5 Iaia}J agi .ssonNB4 |
-n There is deal dissatisfaction in bear.
ing that American mechanics can excel
our Euglish rivals in at least one branch.
There is no doubt but we must take
rank as tie first boat.modellers and
builders in the world. Ere rlopgi they
willlbe surprised al our spperiorityiip
some other points. Sears Family eVisi-
tor. tgr' a1sN lgI l-aaaI lzafl adi aiaa9
81 The GARRoTE. The garrote Is q mode
pc punishment 10 Spain by ssirengula,ion
The yiciim is seated upon siooly be bind
which is a post 10 which is affixed an iron
collar with screw. This collar clasps
The throatof the victim, and one turn Of
the screw produces immediate strangula-
lion, II is stated BY some, also, that a
sharp broad blade il inserted in the pos,
and that when the screw is turned this
knife pene,rates the back Of the neck
md sewers The spinal chord, This pro,
duces as instant death as a Bullet shot
lhropgh, the heart, and must deprive HE
seen that according 70 The The Telegraph REL
port Of yesterday, General Lopez wa,
iispatched BY means Of The Spanish
Garrote -. Rochester Dem. I 's5ls'sls Il
siSENsE OF HEARING IN THE HoRsE,,--
The hearing Of The horse is remarkably
ACUTE A thousand vibrations Of the air,
loo slight to make any impression on the
human. oar are readily nerceived bv him. |