The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1852-09-09
COCHRAN'S MACHINE.

COCHRAN - MaCii-NE'
The render will see an advertisement OF this
machine in another column. We have seen II
ourselves, and we regardit as wonderful spe-
c;men of art, That il is calculated TO answer
all The purposes 10 which the advertisement
aIiudes. we have not the least doubt. But we
are disposed 10 think that il will 60 much fur
,ber. and in the end il will entirely supercede
all the expensive establishments for crushing
sugar cane now in existence in Louisiana, and
some portions of Texas.
We have never heard from Mr.. Cochran
himself, his reasons for conceiving this ma
chine. But from others we have learned that
they were somewhat as follows: Commo-
dore Stockton, who has spent large sums in
developing the mineral resources Of this State,
conceived the idea that the great difficulty did
not lie in the scarcity of gold, but in the enor-
nous expense Of getting at it. He found,
moreover, that the expense did not lie so
much in getting at the quantity, as in prepar-
;rg tafler it had been found. 1t struck him.
that if he could find machine cheap enough
to cover expenses, he might, without difficult
~ and without the fear of loss, undertake to
deveope the resources of the ''Old Domn-
ion." He hit upon the very man.
All our readers are, beyond doubt, acquan-
ted with the history of Mr.. j. w. Cochran
He was one of the firm of Cochran & Colt but
what part he had in bringing all these uncom.
mon shooting irons that we have now, into ex-
istence, we do not pretend to say. All we
know is this, that when mere boy, his extra
ordinary mechanical genius recommended
him to the notice of the Turkish Sultan-the
celebrated Mahmoud-at that time man in
the full vigor of life. What his object could
have been in employing citizen of republic
TO assist in his schemes, we know not. The
probability is that he was afraid of Russia, and
was anxious to make preparations against her.
Be that as it may, he employed MIR. Cochra n
for years, in inventions of every conceivable
description. We recollect reading of one with
regard to very heavy piece of artillery,
which was to fire something on the plan OF
Cochran g. Colts pistols, and which was alb
solutely tried on the Bnsphorus. to the aston
;shment of course, of all Turks, Greeks
Ley ptuHs. uuu OthCi HOt even
cepting. Mahmoud himself. The fame of his
achievements in the Levant soon spread, and
acquired fer him an European reputation.
In the year 1919, attention was called, fol
the first time in this country, to Mr.. Cochran's
patent machine for saving ship timber. Il
had already been tried in England, and found
10 succeed admirably. The same thing had
been attempted repeatedly in Europe, and had
failed, until Mr.. G.. took it in hand. 1t is no,
our purpose TO give, at length, the details OF
this invention; we will only annex the certif.
Gates of two British Admirals-one of them
Lord Dundonald-the celebrated Admiral
Cochrane-and the other, Admiral Codring.
ton, who destroyed the Turkish fleet at Nava.
rino, ION the goth of October, the anniversary
of the battle of Actium.) We have seen both
the certificates in the original handwriting of
,he persons who gave them. Here is copy
Of them
EATON SQUARE. LONDON,
9th March, lS49.
Dear Sir AFTER having been satisfied by
inspecting the model of your admirable inyen.
ton, and yet having offered only qualified
opinion oft. both to the Royal Institution and
the Admiralty, considered it due to you, as
we'll as to myself, before promulg ating my opin-
ion more extensively, to witness The actual
working of the Machine erected in the Dock
Yard at Woolwich by the special direction of
the Admiralty Board. And now, having seen
crooked timber cut by it most successfully for
the purpose of building Ship of War in that
Dock Verdi have ms hesitation in recording
my opinion that the saw does its work with such
exactnsss, expedition and economy, as renders
1t one of the most useful and most important
pieces of mac hinery for The purposes of Ship.
building ever invented Wishing YOU all sue
cess with it,
lfemain, dear sir,
Yourvery faithful and obd't,
lSigned] EDW'D CODRINGTON,
Admiral.