The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1851-02-20
FROM COLUsi BUS.

COLUMBus, Feb Is, 1851.
The Peoples Lipe- Election Of associate Judges
-ResoiaiioR 10 AdjourH, &c.
Nix. EDlroR:--The tlet tiun Of Associates this
Afternoon, went on without much difficulty ex
ceptin regard to The counties Uf Cnshucton and
Vinton. These counties are generally considered
Democratic. aud YET they are rep lesented in The
IIouseby Wings You viii see by the names ul
The Judges elec! how the difficulty was got tower.
The denucruls not On the Line growej but it
could mt Ire helped. The lulluwng assucialr
Judges were elected.
Ashtdbuio--Wm. S. Deming. +. s.
Bcimont-R +. Carohers, W.
Browa-Beniamin Sci D.
ViHloR-J Kaler, W., b. KcEonond, D aud
}. G. Will w. .t
CHnioM--Stephen Evans, l. Collelt and I. D.
Austin Wings.
Coshoeion Issue Harris, W. and james NJ.
BnI D.
The Convention then took recess until Mon.
day morning al half past nine oc ock
A resolution 10 adjourn sine die on the secOnd
Monday Of March. was offered by Mr.. Grimes in
the House, aud referred to MesSls. Fee aud Fair.
child. Nothing else Of interest. VGRlTAs.
RAILROAD SUBSCRIPTION The Senate
of Kentucky has passed bill auihori,
ziug the city Of Louisville to subscribe
$500. 900 To the } Jacksonville and CoIum.
bus Railroad, and 100000 tu the Nash.
vile Railroad.
IMPORTANT INvENTIoN.-A citizen uf
Virginia, James $. French, Esq, has
made All important improvement in loco
motive steam engines, with a viewlo en-
able them 10 overcome extraordinary
grades. On the lst inst, the invention
was submitted TO the test of actual eX-
pertinent aud seems to have proved per
fecty successful. he Richmond Wing
has the following paragraph on the sub
ject:
Frencl's Experimental Trial,-The
Experimental trial Of French's improved
+! locomotive took place on Saturday in the
presence of a large number of persous
who had assembled to witness it, The
section of railroad prepared for the ex
pertinent is abont seven hundred yards
in length, aud ascends grade ol more
than two hundred feet To the mile. The
locomotive weighs abou; three aud hal
tons, and there was attached a passenger
cal in which were seated one hundrec
and fifty persons. Tho locomotive anc
car passed with ease up the grade, anc
was stopped with ease when coming
down. 1t was run over the track re
pealedly, aud proved 10 be perfect!
safe and manageable at the highest yelo
city attained, which was probably equa
} to twelve miles per hour. The problem
of overcoming grade of Two hundred
feet to the mile with a locomotive ant
passenger train seems to have b en solv
ed to the satisfaction of all whom W
hayeseec that w;tnessedth the experiment
The last number of the Baltimore SUI
contains communication from Rich
, mond. giving O particular description q
the locomotive and Of the experiment.
trial The writerwa among those VIII
witnessed the experiment, and he say
that the engiue and car. the latter heavi
Iy laden, went up an inclination OF tw
hundred feet to the mile at.tho rate q
twenty miles an hour.
= A NovEL RIVER CRossING.-The A
bany Register publishes a plan for carry
/ ing railroad trains across the river II; ths
place, without bridge, tunnel, or fear!
A railroad track is to be laid on the bot
:, tom of the river, and for this are TO h
!, constructed trucks with wheels, havin
. sufficient diameter to bring The piatforl
= 10 the surface of the water. The CA
are TO be run on these trucks. aud lht
carried over.
II ~ The man that says brandy is n
y good for The nose, is no judge Of paiu
lug. 5uaa