The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1853-03-01
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The recent yonderfiil achieve Sc1llent
of Mr.. EricssonS in the complete sue.
cess ofshisS Caloric. Engine has brought
that gentleman out prominently be. 4
fore the world as one fits most dis.
tinguished characters. His Screw Pro. 1
peller alone, would have secured him
! fame so long as steam is used as a mo-
tive power; but his Caloric Engine&has
immortalizedi lis name. No sculPtur-.
ed monuments of marble are needed.
to perpetuatc his fame, for they would
moulder into dust while his Engine
will keep all creation in motion--wc.
had like to have said perpetual motion
las long as time shall lasssssa w hiie,.
however, we arc thus meeting esst to
this great man his Just nreed of fame,
we cannot be deemed guilty Of an at
tempt to rcfract one Of its I, llgcnt
rays by doing another simple justice,
though that other be entirely unknown
to fame. Though Mr.. Ericsson enjoys
the honor ofinventing the Screw Pro
pcllcr, and perhaps justly, that honor
rightiully belongs to another, We have
the best Of reason fer believing.
! We arc informed by gentlemen of
the highest rcspcctability, who were
eye witnesses Of the fact, that Major
James Lyon, formerly citizen of this
town, the grandson of the Hon. Ma
thew Lyon, of Vermont, one of the
victims Of the famed Alien and Scdi-
ton Laws of the elder Adams admin
istration, was the real inventor of the
Screw Propeller. Major Lyon invent
ed q Screw Propeller, and applied It
to the propulsion Of q boat on the Pee
Dee river 'about the year 1920. His
Screw Propeller was precisely the
same in principl as that in use, and
now known as Ericsson's Screw Pro
pcllcr. This was just about the time
steam was first used on the Pee Dee
as a motive power. 1t soon entirely
use, and To which Major Lyon intend.
cd to apply his Propeller. Major
Lyon soon after died in 1891, and no
further effort WAS made TO bring his in
vcntion into general use. Had he
lived, there can be little doubt that the
Screw Propeller would have been q
much more enduring monument to his
memory. than the marble slab which
marks the spot where he rcposcs III
our cemetry,
There are several genllcmcn now
living at,this place and vt Society Hill,
of the highest rcspcctabilty, who wit
messed Major Lyons experiment, and
who can voucli FOR the above state
mems. tia.
In doing justice to the memory of
Major Lyon. we do not dcsire.to do
injustice to- Ms.-4 lSriessnls VIC have
no idea lint the latter MS indebted To
the former for the idea off the Screw
Propeller, though we aseribeeto him
the honor of tho invention Gharulo
Gazette.
/, TIC 1seviea.
!, N ans
I syesterdsS both for t!stss number aiidls
4 charactelt of the troops con- posing
j Ill, Mas the most brilliant and dS5sittract-3
i ivesthat has bcrn witnessed in Char
lesion for many years. IT. cumpriscdi
j the Fourth Regiment OF Cavalry, Lieu. ].
Col lnabinct; the First Regiment of
| Artillery, Col. James Simons; the Six
teenth Regiment Of Infantry, Col. j..
I Charles Blum; and the Seventeenth
Regiment of lni;.n,ry, Col. John Cum
ningham. In addition to these We're
the visiting company from Augusta.
the Clinch Rifles, Capt. Wilson, who
by their fine soldicrly appearance,
formed most attractive feature in the
parade; aud the Citadel Cadets, who
were out in strong force and who,. as
always is their volt, excited feelings
of admiration for themselves, and
pride for the institution of which they
are the ornaments.
At an early hour his Excellcncy
Gov Manning and Staff visited the
! CIinch Rifles vt their quarters, and
welcomed them TO the State. Short
~ after the Rifles marched to the
parade ground of the Washington
: Light lntantrv, and, in conjunction
! with the Union Light Infantry. Wash
ington Artillery, aud Citadel Cadets,
escorted That company to the lliber-
nian Hall, where, after icryent and
cloqucnt.pra by Rev. Whiteford
& Smith, an Grafton was delivered hy
the Rev. DR. Gilman, upon the life and
character of Gen. Washington. At
the conclusion of this the compani-
cs joined the. Brigade parad", and
marched to the Washington Race
Course, for review and inspection.
The Governor WAS escorted to the
Review Ground by the Charleston
Light Dragoons. Conspicuous among
his brilliant and glittering Staff by
the tasteful simplicity of his uniform
: which, in our opinion, was Us nppropri-
, ate as it was becoming and mounted
on o beautiful bloodcd charger, which
he managed with equal grace and
icarlessncss, Gov. Manning made a
most favorable impression. Alter re:
viewing and inspecting the troops in
u limo md m hr march tl,cy wcro