The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1851-08-21

many Mf&1t88 con-
tanned in an evening paper on new machine
for navigating the air. The explanatory letters
of two different inventors, Nj. Diego, Of Sxis-
manca, and NJ Thomas d'ArviIle, u native of
France, have impaired new interest to this as
tonishng invention
All the academies of science, and the various
schools of arts and trades have been as vehe-
mently moved as the press, and pursue, at this
moment, with the gravest interest, the expert
menis making both at Paris and Madrid
Before undertaking to decide upon the re-
spective merits of the Diego and d'Aryille sys-
tens, we wished to DO present at practical
trial An opportunity was accorded To IA Lv
Mr.. d'Arville after many successive refusals. by
his conseuting to make an experiment before
several members of the press, three or four dis
tingushed sapans, and two skilfu workn,en,
turner's in brass, Pierce Doulley and Jules Fla
mand, who have labored upon his mechanism
Nj. d'Arvile invited us, in letter addressed
to us personally, to meet him at Neuilly, at four
o'clock, on the morning of Friday, the lst Of
August The place of meeting was near tho
Red Mill, (Houlin Rouge,) on the banks of the
Seine. The writer's who met there were Leon
Gozlan. Rene de Royigo, Merry, Eugene Guinot
Gatayes, V. de Villemessant, Jouvn, Leon Pail
let of the Pafrie, the first person who described
Diego's machine; P. Mayer, Of the same journal;
Ravergle, of the Steele; Emile Fontaine and p.
Duport, of the Union !; Ludevic Charreau, OF the
Estafehe; and Il. Texier, of the Steele The
Railroad Journal was represented by M. Mires
the Charipari by Cham, the Gazette de Franco
by M Durbin, the Erenement by H. Cosse, and
the Messenger by NJ Garcin An English tourist,
Sir William Wackson, was introduced by M
Leon Gozlan, and NJ. Dovaulx de Chambourd
a most learned and skillful amateur mechanicisn,
was also Of the party A SLIGHT indispositi0n
prevented the attendance Of Jules Janin and
Amedee Achard eve may say that we know
most of these as the names OF Lending editors in
Paris Trans
AT five minutes past four. three persons got
out of cab who proved to be M. d'Aryille and
his two mechanics. His machine with the
wings was placed on the top Of the carriage in
two lakewood boxes. After brief and friendly
salutation, M. d'Arville proceeded to unpack his
instrument, the several pieces of which were ad.
justed in less than six minutes. He said to us
then, "Gentlemen, am about to make an expert
ment; do not get frightened Mt what you may
see, but suffer me to remain master of nv own
movements, without remarks" After placing
himself upon his folding-chair (the French term
is plianO he said, al am ready" and Immediately,
,I..;rrx hi. faot ~, ,,aJ.I. NJ 81 n -
b;msaif maiast;callv into tho al in 1890,
dcular line. He was furnished with n lono
pack thread of about one hundred metres, at the
end of which he had tied small leaden weight;
and IN two minutes he was three hundred feet
aooye our heaus'
o.a .h sou'u eep'o' 'ne as.on'sn"eh'' Q,
hroyos hroLo forth tb.t 80. ,hi'..s,'. 80.
M. d'AryiIle .bv the aid If n sneak;nr trumnat
then called to us, 81 am going to take an obliuue
flight, and then continuous one" When, by a
change OF the pedals, he directed himself just as
ne wisnea' wnhout aio, ana apparently withou
no .ea'e ua"so''
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dawn at our foot toL;,r 10 ,,ora t;,,,o i, a.,
descent than sheet of paper would take. if
thrown from window on a calm dav.
The space which ii. dArve travelled over is
compared IN size to the Champ-de-Mars, which
Is an co'ong park on 'le SCUM sac OF the seine,
a.y no',I"s auu anu
so,aros - th;s 49,, O. .,i..s =. o fAo"I
the distance he il sa;d 70 have zone hv snnnos;na
that he went the lenpth ofTompkins sonare and
back agnin, several times moving about in various
dlrectlons-Ne'o York Evening Post.
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sion OF many strong Places and are well supplied
with arms and ammunition They were daily
awaiting the landing OF Gen Lopez at some point
on the isiand' when there would be general rising
Oh .ne people.
Inc orig Charies hershaw' Capt Richmond,
also, arrived at Charleston on Friday morning
from havana which port she leit on the 9th inst.
one reports l'a' 'hree days before her departure,
Tue o"i'eu ''a'eS steamer vixen arrived with
sumo ''''e.''se"oe respecting Lopez, winch caused
s.e'' eN','e'ne"' anu '"a' al 'ne spanish vessels
- "'' ""' s'e''"e'' were o'oereo out Immediately