The Opelousas patriot. [volume] (Opelousas, Parish of St. Landry, La.) 1855-1863, 1858-10-23
Edward Evsrstt Or stenr,

( AT the banquet given atA
Farmers festival lntely heldM eY
Mass., Nj. Everett in respo . cg
mentsry toast, after acknowledging the
tesy and hospitality manifested BY the aa
10 their reception Of the sentiment. made Y
brief bat eloquent remarks upon the Ia
progress Of the United Suites. He thy yke
Of one Of the chief agencies Of that UNI eled
spectacle:
| do say to you sir, that I never Jithout
sober feeling--I never contemplate tfss history
Of this navigation Of the ocean by ste54m-but
IL seems 10 Illustrate to me in the mee striking
manner tho allow steps BY which d \ 1t move
ment moves forward for generatiols pr ages,
from the first gem-then, when hour il
come, the rapidiiy with which it HES to a
final CONTAMINATION. (Applause.g Sir, Prov
idence offered this great problem navigating
the ocean by steam to every civ zed nation
almost on the globe. Az long ssssas the year
l54a there was d captain in SSssS5fasasWho con
structed q vessel in the presence VA III Emper-
or Charles v. / state facts, siiyot batS@ limited
notoriety.) and in the presence Of ChSssses v.
and the court at Barcelona he exhibited u YES
sell Of two h,ndFed tons propelled by an ens inc
Fconstructipn which be kept a secret. But
ancient documents tell us it was q monster
cauldron boiler of water, aud that there were
two movable wheels Of, The outside IL the YES
sci. The Emperor was satisfied with the AsEr-
alton, but the treasurer Of the Kingdom made
great objection to its introduction. ifa9he en-
CINE itself seems to have sprung to a point OF
perfection kNaly surpassed at the present day
for we are tod that ii was very expensive and
that the boiler was apt to explode. laugh
Ter. No encouragement was given to the en-.
terprisc. Spain was not ripe for 1.-THE age
was not ripe for it-and the poor contriver. n
certain Blasco de Guerrero. wearied and dis
gusted at the won't of patronage. took the en-
CINE out Of the vessel and allowed the ship to
rot in The arsenal aud the secret ofhis machine
was buried in his grave. This was in 1913;
a century passes away and Providence offers
the same problem to be solved III France. Iii
reference to this we have ali extraordinary ac-
count, and from a source equally ex traordina-
ry-from the writings Of q celebrated female.
sir, in the middle of that century, equally re-
nowned for her beauty, for her immoralitics.
and for her misfortune in longevity, for she
lived to be l34 years Of age langhter) the
famous Marion de fOrme. There isa letter
from this lady, written to her admiral in l64l,
which contains these astonishing details. 1t is
an account Of q visit she made with the mar
quis Of Worcesier-where do you suppose, Mr..
President? An account Of some invention
in steam navigation made in q madhouse.''
Marion de FOrme says in this interesting let
ter, that, 10 company with the marquis, she
was crossing the courtyard Of that dismal es-
Establishment, almost petri6ed with terror. and
c~lingiug to her companion. when she saw a
frightfal face through the bars Of the buila;nr
and heard this voice. ." am NOT mad-I am
not mad I have made q discovery which will
enrich the kingdom which shall afIont r."
Well, she asked the puide what II ment he
shrugged his shoulders aud said. lanrhinqly
q Not much somethia 40 abont the nowers IL
steam" Upon this, the lady laughed also to
think that a man should % mad nm sncb q
frivolous subject. The p,,ide went mn IN cav
that the mans name was Solomon ia fiosta.
that he came from Normandy fonr van r. bafors
and exhibited TO the King an invention Ia hod
discovered, by which. by Ind mower of steam
you could move q carriage. navigate The ocean
in short, if you be Iieved him. said the g,,ide
there was nothing YOU could not do bv the
power Of steam. Cardinal Richelieu. who nj
that time was France itself. and who welded
the whole power Of goserpment-and in truth
an enlightened man, as worldly wisdom goes
was appealed to BY Solomon de Coste. be
Coste was d petxeyeriinng mau. and he followed
Cardinal Richelieu from place 10 place. exhib.
his invention, until the cardinal. getting
tired Of his opportunities. sent him to y mad
house. There he was, sir. and there. The oniSe
went on to say, . he has written a book and
here is a copy, called Motive Power..n. We'll
sir, the Marquis Of Worcester. who WINS an in
was much interested in the hook and
Incorporated a considerable ortiop in his we'll
known work called !. The Century Of Jnveu.
But you see, sir. from tbs anecdots
how France proved in l64l. as Snain nroved
in 1453, that she was unable to take nm and
WELD this mortal thnnderboIt. IAnninnsel
And so, sir, the problem of navigating TX
ocean by steam was reserved for the Anolo.
Saxon race. Soon after the time Of Which We
now speak the best mechanical skill Of Enolond
turned towards this invention. Es,ari.
ments were often made with no success ana
'ohietlihes WIN only q partial success. till