Weekly national intelligencer., 1851-10-11

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An article attracting great attention is the patent wheel and
axle coupling Of E. s. scairruRE Of Green Point. Long
Island Just opposite to the city. Two pieces constitute the
combination Of the sIle-coupng which secured by pin
and bit Of leather II makes the collar for The axle,
cludes al dirt evidently retains the lubricang matter for
months adds great strength to the and is beautiful
finish at the back of the hub Any driver hewever Ignorant
can disensage il from the wheel with stick This
coupling" took rst-class premium "a silver meds the
State Agricultural Fair Albany, and, though just pa
tented being extensively adopted in the construction Of the
omnbuses and similar carriages building in New York
The wheel embraces movable nave" which makes the
spokes powerful levers their outward pressure against the
feoes thus holding all "taught" it The rim (or
eoes constructed Of but four pieces of bent ather than
swed) timber, which joined and shaped into their crcu
lar form before spoke is inserted They joined by
laying breaking JOINTS and fastened with vets At
the rim the spokes form single tier, but dish outward and
inward alternately making thus two tiers apparently at the
hub By unscrewing the front Of the hub the pokes be
removed and replaced in few without disturbing
the rim thus saving the taking of and cutting Of the tire
necessary when the wheel generally in requires single
spokea job which heavily farm in the course
of year, know from experience. II is well known to
coach and wagon makers that every time tire taken c the
strength Of the wheel is impaired For the weigh. of this
wheel possesses tremendous strength and the action Of its
forces is evidently such make proof against the usual
effect Of very dry weather wheels in This
quality is destined TO make great avore in time the
South. 1t is, far, regarded the most important i'm
provement exhibited in connexion with carriages.
JONAS r. KsArr, I6s Reade street, New York city, eI-
hbts samples of the patent premium hay straw and
stalk cutter of j. T. Rich, the simplest well appa
rently the efficient slslk-cu ever saw. The knife
which perpendculary in sudesdes worked by
simple piman" geared a main shsf with fly wheel on
side and handle the other The knife makes three
for every revolution Of the shaft and the sefeedn ap
paraus arranged TO make the cutfood
oneha threequsrters of inch long, may be desr
ed. gentleman who has used informed that one
man cut with it hundred pounds Of hay in eight
minutes and that the knife his required sharpening but
once in three months. This beautiful imdemen has not
found its way much south of New Jersey though already
thousands in in New England and New York. Mr.
Knapp charges sixteen dollars for the large ze and twelve
dollars for the smaller dollars for either by wholesale
know we'll that there is farm within fifty miles Of
Washington which salkcuuer like this would fail to
repay its cost four times in the Of the year. With
n the last five years corn-staks have become an article Of
much value all wel-reguated Northern farms for stock
feed being carefully preserved up and fed away
properly combiRed with mash food timothy hay Mr.
Darius Cage whose really model farm is within few miles
Of Washngton, feeds his horses and principally after
this fashion, and have often noticed bis on the ave-
looking in condition be envied by the celebrated
agcul,uss in this region Prof Mapes, of New Jersey,
the cebIsted agricultural chemist first induced
feeding in the North, which has resulted in saving of at
least fifteen per cent. to all farmers who have avaled them
selves Of it. At present nearly half the rased in
Maryland and Virginia burnt thrown over the fence as
nuisance and wel-ngh all the placed the
to become but hall when poughed under If by
such machine this and fed away they only enable
the farmer to do with half the hay his stock would otherwise
require, but all reduced the condition of the best ma
in good time to enrich the soil for the CROP
1t by quickly avang themselves Of such advantages which
science daily scattering abroad in this quarter that the
Northern agculuss with less natural requisites for sue
cessul farmng outstrp those Of section. trust
indeed that Mr. Knapp be called do for Ma
ryland and Virginia what the Of this machine is now do
ing Tor farms in this quarter.
G. H. SWORDS, hardware and cutlery merchant ll6
Broadway, New York city, exhibits magnificent chime Of
BELLS nine in number manufactured by Andrew Meneey at
West Iroy New York. who has been the church. factory
and steamboat bell foundry business for twenty years. 1t is
worthy Of note that bells from this establishment have taken
the highest premium at fifteen consecutive fairs in different
sections Of the Union The chime for Trinity Church was
completed this foundry, being found deficient in two bells
its Importation Within the last two years they have cast
and sold from the agency of Mr. Swords nine hundred and
twenty-five large bel Of them weighing much as
fifty thousand pounds. Most Of them Manufactured with
mproved castron yokes by which they can be raised or
depressed and adjusted 10 ring easily and properly and they
also generally aK springs TO the apper proong the sound
and TO avoid the disageeabe effect produced by the capper
resting on the bell. The beautiful chime on exhibition
in this fair worth four housand dollars was cast every
bell so accurately from the mould without requir-
ing the touch of cold chse perfect single note Of the
collection This, which is the achievement at Mr.
Meneely's works, has been accomplished in Europe
From long practice and thorough knowledge Of his metal
Mr. M is enabled to get accurate tones by gaugng and
sweeping bis mouds with great care calculating only
to an ounce what will be the weight Of the bell wben coming
from the mould, but the tone will give FORTH Mr.
Swords sends these bells all the United States and
supplies Cansda with ,hem the entire exclusion Of English
competition selling them here twenty cents per pound
the lowest price which the English could be brought here
being fifty cents The finest Of these beautiful castings are
decidedly superior that Of any other bells found in the Uni
ted States whether made home abroad while their tono
is uniformly rich, mellow, clear, and ringing testified in
the certificates Of the examiners in all the exhibitions in which
they have been shown had idea that chime Of bells
could be sold for any thing like the extremely low price at
which these marked That grscing Trinity Church cost
perhaps twice much and is regarded inferior in tone to
the West Troy chime here by ali who have heard both
affords the greatest pleasure TO feel liberty write 80
fvoraby Of this collection because the manufacturer is re-
gaded throughout the State Of New York those who
have done most for the general Advancement Of
in all their branches within the last twenty five years
Mr. Swords who before remarked has the selling o ali tho