The Delaware herald., 1854-05-10

IMPORTANT DIsCOvERY.---Great gums, bouletS
asphyriants, liquid fire, Paixhan' S and Warmers
long rangers, and other humane contrivaucos
for shorting life and the duration of war, being
in great repute ust now, we give, says the
New York Post the following interesting COM
munlcatlon from writer in Paris, describing
the application Of AN important French inven-
ton to naval warfare:
''Thc. great invention of the day, the sub
marine navigation of Dr. Payerne, is about to
be put in practice at Cherbourg, the company
purchasing the invention having volunteeredto
cleanse that harbor free of expense to the gov
ernrnent. The secret consists in discoving of
a mems whereby artificial air may be produced
in sufficient quantity to enable crew of four
teen men to breath freely beneath the water
for the space of four hours. A curious expert
ment has been already made at .Marseilles,
where DR.. Payerne, in company with three sail.
ors., went 10 the bottom in presence of hundreds
OF spectators, and rose at considerable distance
and climbed the portfolios of a man-of- war
without being perceived by the crew. Many
experiments are about to be tried oi the eftcacy
of this novel means of attack. A submarine
tieet of small boats; each 10 contain crew OF
twenty men, is already talked Of as being about
| to be organized for the Black Sea. 1t seems
that no lntimation what ever is given, by the
slightest rufie on the surface ofthe approach of
one of these vessels. The apparatus invented
/ by Dr, Payerne enables the wearer, moreover,
/ to move about with perfect ease at the bottom
of the sea, and great anticIpations are formed of
the immense benefit to be derived in submarine
history from the adoption Of this new method of
becoming acquainted with the hitherto unknown
mystery of the ocean. However, it is not bad
reflection on the spirit Of the age in which
we live to remark, that the first application OF
| this tremendous power, which SHOULD take rank
with the electric telegraph, as proof of the won-
trous perseverance, and ingenuity of men, has
been made use of for the supply of oysters from
| Ganv Hle for the halls of Paris" gs4 b,
Il MORAL SUAsIoN ON A RAM.-When a friend
of ours, whom we call AgricoIa, was boy he
u lived on farm in Berkshire county, the owner
/ ofsehich was troubled by his dog Wolf. The cui
q killed his Sheep knowing, perhaps, thath his mas
ter was conscientiously opposed tocapital pun
ishment and he could devise no means to pre-
ventit
+ u can breakaim Off," said Agricola, aif 70,
n will give me leave.
I ~Thou art permitted,,'' said the honest far
mer ,and we will let Agricola tell the story IL
n hi5 own WORDS m 9Tfl siJ - hr4d ss5 5sAAl
: There waEa ram on the farm, said Agrico
la, s'as notorious for butting as the dog was 70
h sheep killing and who stood in as much need 0
I Inoral sussion as the dog. shut Wolf up i
' the barn with this old fellow, and the conse
1 lquence was that the dog never looked shee
in the face again. The ram broke every bon
b lin his hody Literally. Wonderfully uplifte
s was the ram aforeaid, BY his exploit; his inso
IS ence became intolerable; he was sure TO pitc
h into whomsoegerwent nigh him. asI'll fix him,
h said /, and 40 did rugged an iron craw-ba
II ont Of a hole in the barn, point foremost, an
: hung an old hat on the end Of it. You can't 3
,r ways tell, when you see hat, whether there
Is a head in il or not how then should ram =
ID Aries made at it full butt, and being q GOO
IL marksman from long practice, the bar broke !
ID between his horns aud came out at his tall
This little admonition etfectually cured him
ID Dpttlng. oa saa i iasa saS
IA " 50 t.t4f i Z