New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1851-08-09

THE FLYING MACHINE OVER TIE WATER.
We learn that the French Academy of Sciences Is
a good deal interested by the invention OF hylng
machine by Don Diego de Salamanca, winch we
noticed briefly IN The TriJtHe OF the 9TH lnS) WIN
this machine Don Dlego's daughter, Rosaura, rose
IN the an some time ago at Madrid 20 the greas
astonishment Of the SpanIards, who are but at
tie accustomed to this sort of miracles. Don
Diego dc Salamanca and hia daughter are about 10
arrive al Pans to show the effects OF his marvellous
invention. The machine Is very SIMPLE Il CONSISTS
OF cas-, two feet long and one foot VIDE, adapted
10 u band Of leather round the waist bucNed behind
Two non rods fastened to The case support a small
piece of wood which the feet repose. The
case contains simple and ingenious mechanism,
sim m 90 that employed to set an automaon IN
motion The mechanism is worked by means
OF a handle. IL sets work Two large wings ten feet
long made of very thin caoutchouc covered with
feathers and the wings may be 50 worked as to pro-
ducc vertical perpendicular, or horizontal flying
The number of turns given to the handle determines
the hish: to which it is desired TO go The handle
has also to b. turned every quarter Of league, 10
regulate the distance The operation of turning
lasts minute. Horizontal flying is the most diff
cult the wings beat the air Ike the oars Of boat,
or rather Is the feet Of a swan when 1t swlms. BY
means oi TINS curious machine man can go almost
as rapidly as a canierpgeon from the Hotel de VILE
to ,he Arc lie Triomphe de rEtoilc IN eigh, minutes,
and ~ half an hour 20 Versailles
The MAYORS MESSAGE. -" ObScurlty
desires 70 know II HIS Honor, Mayor Klngsland, IN
the last sentence of has message, presented to the
Common Council on Thursday evening, means 10
say that he Is bound TO protect his own interests. OF
those O. the city The grammar Is rather doubtful
thinks our correspondent.
COMFY lsIAND-The CATALINA. we learn,
will take the place OF the TROJAN to-day, the Fort
Hamilton ard Coney Island line Capt Rodman,
Wao was severely Scorched IN The iiIe, pleased
to lc.lp. is 10: seriously injured
DR. Morr.-We take it that the "Jr."
should ha,s, been attached to this name, which We
rotced as having accepted the Char cf Surgery IN
Washington University also, that, instead of UNI
verSily. the reading should have been Washington
College, OF which there are three IN the country
one al Lexington, Va, ore in Washington County
Tenn. and one al Charleston Nd, which, with 81
Johns College, forms The University of Maryland
A YACHT ON A CRUIsE.-The Philadel-
phia papers. OF Yesterday. mention the ARRIVAL Of the
yacht j. $ Broderck, from this City. having on
boaId a club OF fifteen men. On Wednesday tine
hoSp.ahue> Of the city were extended 20 the party
by a number OF Phladephlaus, who escorted them
10 the various places ofnieiest about the city Early
on Thursday morning, the yacht started for Balti-
more. ,hC intended destination of the club who now
design passing several DAYS with their Philadelphia
irieuas On returning nom Baltimore
lMMGRArIoN.- the first SIX DAYS
Of the present month. 2 sl3 foreign immigrants N.
rived n tins port or this number $3.50 were from
Ireland 1885 from Germany l,O,l from England
and Wales IA from France 262 from Scotland
so from Norway PSI from Switzerland. and the
rest iiom various other countries
foR BERMUDA.-The British Steamship
Merlin SAILED Yesterday for Bermuda and 81 Thomas
with several passengers and $4o,25O In specie.
FATAL ACCIDENT.-On SUNDAY morning
las, man named Michael Robinson fell from The
fourth. story window OF house l3th-s;.. near Az
\, 10 the ground. and WAS terribly injured HE was
picked up and conveyed TO the City Hospital. where
he died on THURSDAY On making u post-mortem
examination Of the body, II was found taai the blad
Ger q deceased was rupiured The LEFT arm fractured
&c The Coroner held an iuQues, on The body, and
a verc.c; Of accidental death Was rendered
ANOTHER CAMPnENE ACciDENr.-About
soclccN on Thursday evening, two persons named
Ee~aU and Mary Schoonmaker, residing at Man
1stian->i' were severely and perhaps dangerously
burned, oy the explosion of a csmphene lamp which
they were filing while lighted
tBoUr DIAMOND PN.-On "Wednesday
evening Young man, gen,eelly dressed. named
George Goodwin no is said TO be from Boston. WAS
arrested by 5;h Ward Police suspicion of hay.
ing S,oca diamond breast pin. valued at $500 the,
property of Young known by the name of
Jane TYLER For the last two days the has been
under examination before JuS..ce Iothrop but the