Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1852-10-04
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nv The s,fscovcry of the Steam Engine lfj
In 1543, n naval officer, under Charles V.,s
said to have propelled ship of two hundred tons,
by steam in the harbor of Barcelona. No account
of his machinery is extant, except that he had a
large copper boiler, and that padde-wheels were
suspended over the sides OF the vessel. Like all
old inventors, he refused to explain the mechan-
ism. The following account was furnished ~.
publication by the Superintendent OF the Spanish
Royal Archives: rra.! JG ,lul!.tit sLT
s'Blasco de Garay, captain in the navy, propos
ed in 1912, to the Emperor and King Charles the
Fifth, a machine to propel large boats and ships.
even in calm weather., without oars or sails.i In
spite OF the mpedimentS and opposuon which thus
proiect met with, the Emperor ordered trial to be
made of it in the port Of Barcelona, which in fact
took place on the 18th of the month o: June OF the
said wear 1913. Garay did not explain the particu
lars of his discovery; it was evident however, dur
ing the experiment. that it consisted in large cop
per of boiling water and in moving wheels attached
to either side of the ship. The experiment was
tried on ship of two hundred tons,l called tue
Trinity, which came from Colibre to discharge.
cargo of corn at Barcelona, of which Peter de Scaa
was MASTER By order of Charles ", Don Henry dc
Toledo, the Governor, Don Pedro de Cordova, The
Treasurer Ravago and the VICE Ghaheello! ana i"-
tendent of Catalonia witnessed the experment.T-
| In the reports made to the Emperor and TO the
Prince, this ingenious invention was generauyap-
proved, particularly on account OF the promptnesS
and facility with which the ship was made 10 Il"
about. The Treasurer Rayago, an enemy to- the
project, said that the vessel could be propelled two
leagues in three hours-that the machine was com
plicated and expensive, and that lhere would he
exposure to danger in case the boiler should burst
The other Commissioners affirmed That the vessel
tackled with the same rapidity agalleyman over
ed in the ordinary way, and went at least league
an hour As soon as the experiment was mat',:,
Garay took the whole machine with which he ll;l'i
furnished the vessel leaving only the wooden part
in the arsenal at Barcelona and keeping all the
rest for himself. In spite Of Rayago's opposition
the invention was approved, and if the expedition
| in which Charles v. was then engaged had notprc-
vented, he would no doubt have encouraged it,
Nevertheless, the Emperor promoted the inventor
one prade, made him present of two hundred thou
sand marveds, and ordered the expenses to be paid
out of the treasury, and granted him beside many
other fayors." 30 ifi o iiy'ia2s !eqi2isaa' pEi
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| War is L1YE?;-The following descripion,lin
answer to this question, is from Rev. Mr. Mount
| ford's Euthanasy: dale giIg n4a!
"The present life is sleeping and waking, it is
"GoOd Night on going to bed, and Good
| Morning" on getting up; it is to wonder what the
day will bring forth; it is sunshine and gloomness;
it is rain on the window, aS one sits by the fire; it
| is to walk in the garden and see the flowers open
and hear the birds sing; it is TO have the postnan
bring Letters; it is to have news from east west,
!, north and south; it is to read old books and1tw
books it is to see pictures and hear music; it is to
have Sundays; it is to pray with family morning
and evenings it is to sit in the twilight and mediate;
it is to be well and sometimes to be i'll; is to have
business to do and to do it, it is to have
and dinner and tea; it is to belong to town and
to have neighbors, and to be one in q circle OF
acquaintance it is to have friends to love one 1t
is to have sight Of deer old faces; and with some
men, 1t is to be kissed daily by the same LOVING
lips for fifty years. and it IS to know themselves
thought of many times day, im many places, by
children and grandchildren and many frlendssss
uJThe following verse contains every letter in
the English alphabet except "E." Itisaqdestion
4 whether any other English rhyme can be prod,icej
lin print without the letter which is letter
employed more than any other: a,g:,oli 4.
A iovial swain may rack his brain Ia,
1'iSAi And tax his fancy's might
To quiz in vain, for It's most plain, t-N
,ltt ,,,lsI That what Iisay is right. agld aW
osir Charles LYe The President of the British Geo
logical Society passed through iast fHaay oh l
"A way toward the South -t'-.1 y " -.
tlbn1Ann al Clark recovered 50 600 danasea from st.s
city or Boston on 25th for injuries received BY ia
81 into an open cellar about year ugo. -. 5Hs'F