Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1851-06-24
aIcHM0ND ENQUinEh.~-
,TI1R1.Y MoRNING, JUNE q, .eo
DONER ON CANALo.

= ho,b in Europe and America, VIM" o,,once 10 the y
a,non LISA question of consdeTau's ro,her 10 cramp
-, I'D vot i, is one which is calcu"'. 49,, ~ ,,,n NJ {
public anu se,' - r. Tho original THINKER OF inu" " I
u'au '"F -, ,;,o ,o,yer almost lnHni'e' at e
CO, r. o, 10 limited, and the 49,, ,h =
~. aon,,o, i,s availability are so
E,oi,aer hopne for success mus iea'' - ,ocr. while
within the dimensions of ordinary - Tho coo,citv of
constructing machine, more app'o .,-,os tho forward
=. ono, river He is called upon ~ 80. ~, , crr |
a,o,o which science has made ID o'''N0 ,, ~ rho
steps, rsrs and the tcmpestuous pe'i's u '"'
rents OF s!ea' h,msef TO q SILENT shallow and sinu-
ocean anu IN between meandering banks, carved ou'
Jus o'."0 of surrounding promentores' anu pe.,uUs
VI 'i0 " Lr,o the elegant structure winch puo'o 60
'he hope - -, demand or genius be pleased 10 PoJe'
49,. ,o,row chambers OF lnnumetao' '.A'
80. corbid the possibility to gra'ny e''ls''
re ,vindincs of such chahhci 0o'''. ;,h ,ha,
S- srall at rate which can conpa'e "i' '.'
,,;sd m omen rivers. SO hmi'eu oo'' y I-n,
en,;ng or bearing the burden necessary io' ase
capaoe u :; resist the action Of the propelng ma
'esSe''' 49, oonvusons which will inIurousiy aoraoe
cne'; ,o,v attempts have been made TO overcome inc
I;sI,ies which have fallen in the way "i''ou'
80. h,, Il is still hoped. that science may YET ui''o'e'
49,; conable of towing carrying on canais u au
,,ae Public expectation may perhaps he'e " 'N
Goa and vet much may be effected for the puohc goou
'.' nublisbed few days ago in the New ork III
, an be subject Of Messrs. Denny q CO.'S towing
Ivhcb we insert below) has brought up TINS
;on fresb It will be recoected that our own 'ahe wv
cra, has been the theatre OF several interesting ~
in reference to navigation iliehu' IA 0u'
ans bo made one upon small SCALE has never gwen W
e''' W. 81 o o,eou navigation succeed on canals mol
Zinc nrocured a patent his plan has never oeeh eai
,b,ouph TO any practical purposes aud us me'i's
e;,v determined 1t will be from the tribune 'o
that the boat referred 10, has been constructed uP
of Mr. G. Parkers PATENT and that the wheel 10 ~ 'i'
ire corresponding ia that particular win inc pau u ~
ner;ment of our friend alluded TO- Inc owners n'au''
thew can carry freight cost OF onetouf'n ''e o'u
nense Of horse power They can tow IN one Tram, oo1
rvinp eight hundred TONS from Cumoetiauu y NJ
- - ,.,ing the market.towns for the great 'ahey Vi
70 osi md ,,ssissippi Such dmnuton in the expense
80 ,rsnsnoration as Is mentioned, would make II III
.,norhv cheaper than any other and give new Impulse
10 ,ha, species Of improvement.
| SuccEs.yUL APPLICATION OF STEAM POWER ON OUR "a
sA1s-For many years sclenthc men nave us.o.ou @
n The application OF power TO the towing OF
on our Canals. Towing by horses mas peen ouna o
onv exceedingly expensive but too slow ana uncertain io
the wants of the present age and nence many pas Id"
S msscsted and many experiments tried in the hope OF
6ndnr some means whereby the great motive power eh DC
safely applied propellng OF boats heavily oaoeo
h ,rrp,y channels oa canal without producing such COM
in the water as seriously njure the banks or enoa
e the safety of the works The object so long sought mas
hepu
he foot Of Hubert street. there is moored small
Steamboat which, though not very inviting IN us appear
ance combines all the requirements 10, cana pbor
furnished by three heavy laden barges which are beside c
and which she has towed from Norfolk va up the foo-
mac river 10 the Cumberland mines ana tnence e
andrs canol the Chesapeake and Delaware canal up the
Delaware river and through the Delaware ana Tartan cana
70 N York distance OF nearly hive hundeo mes anu ~
ew DAVIS she will continue her voyage TO Albany. She
10 small boat of about hundred tons BURDEN ana has
TWO engines rated fifteen horsepower each and me ons
hinus that differ from ordinary steamboats, Is Tue pecu
h of her buckets and the addition of float back OF TIT
wheels which in the center Of the boat Inc "hees s
bent TO form the segment Of circle anu cnnses b.
The ordinary paddles Should however, the power requea
cause any swell the raging waters are smoonSu uo"h a
uac6ed BY the oa, that follows the wheel inns oa' "a
q pe r,sed nr lowered Us circumstances may require ~
owners OF this that they can iaKea tram OF
BOATS loaded with eight hundred tons OF coa rom %
beand mines 10 tide water speed ofonr miles per nov
Of M oueouur,e the price at which the ~orA can e
horse power and the boats be passed through M ,I
;,hon deachinp theu and in less time IMAM IS equ'eu
n nmmbrr of boats propelled separately. The boat
III called the "vRGlsA, and we invite those nsetsf and
is there engaged in srd - p1snsd BY Pa
Denny Co., of Boston, who understand, consruc
another boat at Albany to be used the Erie Canal
D. sTRANG, THE MORMON PROPHET.
Our readers will recolec the of Sang III
Mormon Prophet King of Beaver Island Lake Huron
i-rrnore t"~' 'hs had actually assumed the insight
of royalty had renounced the authority of the Federal
venmen and had constituted Beaver and the surroundn
= Islands his temporal kingdom. He had grand coronation
on which occasion he caused guns be fired and flag
DC raised in token of defiance all nations He pro
claimed TO his deuded followers that it right pIunde
the Genles and take their lives One of his no
bes recently made affidavit disclosing all the Prophet
J. proceedings.
Strang had one ceremony which he called the covenant
the "llluminat" The following paragraph the deponen
quotes, word for word from said covenant written an
administered by said Strang
81 do in the presence OF God and these princes of the II
lumna soeny promise, and swear by the true
everything and seexs,ng God that hereby renounce al
allegiance to every king prince poenate president govern
or and ruler earth. Furthermore promise covenant anc
swear, that will obey James J. Stang as the imperial pr
mate and actual king earth and the DEGREES tina
ne shall make as above and supesedng all other laws of
other power on earth whatsoever further PROMISE cove
nan and swear that will maintain uphold and enforce said
laws and DEGREES against all other laws long as life shall
iast. But should be SO wicked, ungodly and un.
holy break this my covenant may God the Eternal
father turn from and remember his loving kindness to me
no more May Jesus Christ the Redeeme turn from me- and
close the gates Of heaven forever against With desires
insatae may behold bliss and feel perdon evermore"
Thisi not more than half the covenant Detroit paper
says that Strang tall we'll proportoned person weigh
about one hundred and seventy pounds forty years old
WIN an open countenance indicating cunning and
shrewdness, bu. not very malicious character.
Horace Greeley, who is the Worlds Fair saws in
his editorial correspondence the Tribune that those going
England should take good look at the sun before they
DEPART SO that they will know it their return He saws
the sun across the Atlantic looks more like boiled turnip
anything he has SEEM Or least has no resemblance
| 10 its American namesake
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THE PACIFIC RAlLROAD.-pryatel letters from Lon.
don state that Mr. Asa Whney's scheme for railroad to
the acc across the northern part of this Continent is at
tracing considerable attention 1t had been submitted 10
1oo 'onn RUSSELL Lord Stanley Lord Montcage and other
eminent men, who have expressed their satisfaction at the
noFey ana prac'caoy of the scheme Interviews have
oeen mad with heavy capitalists who have proeed him all
the means necessary for the promp, execution of the work
TO De furnished him the are granted for the
purpose These gentlemen only Mr. Whney's accent
ance OF their proposals to employ their influence (which 10
large and will prove eicacious with the Government, md
the Hudsons Bay Company in order to secure the grant
winch VIII DC made substantially on the terms as were
contained in the bill lately before Congress.
The REPUBLICAN ADVOCATE DISCONTINUED. |
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