Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1855-08-21

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Croastadt:
'rThis morning esch ship commenced sweeping
for The internal machines, and before night gather
ed in capital harvest Of them. The wsyin which
the sweeping is done is this: Two boats take be-
tween them long rope, which is sunk TO the
depth OF ten or twelve feet by means of weights,
and held suspended at that depth by lines attach
Ell 10 small CASKS, which float the surface al n
lervaS OF forty or fifty yards. The boats Ihen
separate as far as the rope will allow THIN, and
pull! IN parallel lines until one of the casks stops
behind, which tells them, as fishing float tells
the angler, that they have caught some thing; the
two boats then appToacn each other, keeping the
rope tau then haul II IN Carefully, and up comes
the machine. TIE EXmouth found the hrst, the
Nile the scond, and then the catching became so
numerous that III some instances two at time
wrTe hauledup. They we've at iEStsupPoSed TO be
ouly the bnOyS 10 the machine, but am soIEY 10
say Admiral Seymour proved them TO be the ma
chIue Itself in most unpleasant manner. lie was
examining cue OF them on the PooPot the EXmouih'
and IncauuOuSly tapped little bIi oil Hon which
projected from It's side, saying this must te Tie
way they are expiUdrd,' when, bang! The thing
went oil, and every body round was scattered on
the deck. Admiral! Seymour was 50 INJURED IN thS
eyes that FOX some time thcusht he would
lose the sight OF both, buL am yer! glad 10 say Ie
can see a iIliIe out ii both to-day, aud no l. al IS
entertained NOW OF either. LIeneuani Lewis, L.
NJ, was severely wounded IN The knee Joint anu
Z badly OuCut III Tue udllGS dHt SIiiISS thC SlSudt
man. w no was holding The machine III his hands
was severely burnt down The Irout OF The bod! and
legs; and MI Pelrce, hag-ieuteGan, had his
whiskers burnt off and his lace sInget, and every
one near more or less burnt. 1t was Won
teTful escape for lhemai Each machine consists
Ot cone vt galvanized iron, 10 inches diameter
at the base and 20 inches from base to apex, and
is LIvIGe, INTO Three chambers; the rear the
base, being largest and containing ar, causes II to
float with The base uPpermoSt, In the Centre oil
this chamber is another, which holds a tube with
fuse IN II, aud an apparatus for firing II. Tins
consists OF two little non EodS, which move III
guides and Kept projected over the side OF The
brSe by springs, which press them ouiwardS.--
when any tEIhs pushes either OF these rods Iuw1Id
1t strikes against lever, which moves like pen
dunn, IN the fuse tube, and the lower end OF the
lever DTEahS or bends small !saden tube Contain
ing cUnbuSiIb!e compound, which Is sci on ire
by coming IN contact with Some SuIpLuuc acid
held III capillary tube, winch Is BIO en- at the
same time and so fires the fuse, which cULnmuuI-
Gates with lie powder contained III Tie Chamber
n The apex vi Ihe cone, and which nUldS about
or len pounds. Al the extreme apex is bIasS
ing, 10 which Is attached rope anu some pieces
OF granite, which MOODS them about nine OF ten
leel below The surface; So that The only vessels
They Ctu'0 hurt, tile gunboaiS, Eo.t quietly over
iheIu anu, now We know what they are, have
been dlSarimed OF all their dreaG. But they prove
dangerous play things. The COMMANDMENTS Chief
was examining une OF the fuse tubes that was sup
posed 10 by SpuLt, lUT II waS full o. mud ana Ma
Ter, when he accidentally touched Ike lever and 1t
exploited IN his hands, ScatteTug the mud Iuio tile
IaceS OF all present anu literally throwing GutimIU
tiIelr eyes Uut DONG huII.''
| IL 4 FIx.-A prominent member OF the AmeIi-
can party n BailuIoTe once put ~ ms stuupS
by hIS size, no Was plouS man and required his
sons TO attend chuGch morning md evening Of
cry SABBATH. 10 satisfy hmSrl! that they oleyrI
. INSTRUCTIONS - ~ In HSk lien Nyf,a
text formed Tie basis oil the sermon on the occa-
sion. Our hero was always posted III lhlS PaTIc-
W!aG, for LE always hand-Uu the wrong
side OF the Gocr, howeveI-when the text was
pronounced. At length tie old gentleman, from
some cauSr, was rather dISrHSiiui OF his Inuuc-
uoH being caJrIsd out 10 tue letter, aud an acci-
dent thai occurred one evening, gave him All
opportunity Ut u!SSIpaung or cuuhrwIug his SuS-
p!cIUnS, as The case might be- Accordingly, . hen
our hero (wHum we Shall Cali George made his
appearance, his ialEer euGuIrJ: George, did you
attend church this EVENING" 'YeS SII.' ~ TIA.
was the leNt!' II twas naH=d, usual. So lar,
good-Out The enc was not YET ~ ell, George
continued the IairTnai CaiecAISer, 'Gld anything
UNUSUAL occur III church 10 nIshl!' No, sir, not
that UJSeIvrd,' IepIIed cur young hopeful. 'AEe
you SuEe OF tNaI! Was The next question, ..ccum-
panied by look that made the youthful George
IErlnbir as dll BeiShazEaT vi old. But having la
zen t!s position lie drIIInIned 10 SatnC by II
I -(thats way he has, 10 this uay)-Su Ly tTe-
inemdouS effort OF has viii, he assumed bold iIunt
and repeated liat lie had not taken cogUIZance
OF any remarkable OccuJeUUe. The Old gentle
mans Continuance marked with deep sorrow
and modification, lie remarkrd--..GeoIge,
George, you wee not at church to-ulghi." lie
was, however, wong in tbs, Ior George had been
tHeGe and heard tie IeXt PE,uouuced. So liz had
hot been guilty vi falsAoud wien le protested that
The Clutch L4d Uren hunUIed by his bodIy prrs-
rncr. ''AEd YET you say nothing unuSuuI
OcrurEeti?' ''Notthat Imouced, TvjoIned Geu'ge.
Veil remarked I.e istarr Tie gus Lcs,t entirely
0ui- am! 1t thaI Is nut Ir!IlaTNaDlr occurrence
Gon't SNOW what would be- So, lor once III LIS
lille, George had 10 cave and lor wbIlr, al
least, "!isr tina; OCCASION, lle SaJath evenings
SAW George wrnuis:s way 10 church, Uee0nygE,-
iea by MS good aIhri.