Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1858-10-29

"Heu tuc steam enRIne-anQ
mark you. sir. do not now speak Of the
navigation of the ocean By steam. but oi
the engine itself. that scSrcely,in ate
Titan. that living, burning nee anism-
was brought nearly to a state of perfec-
tion by James Wait. who took out pat-
ent in 1863, the great year in which Wei.
lington and Napoleon were born-and
ages after the names Of Austerlitz and
Waterloo shall perish from the memory
of man the myriad hosts of intelligent la i.
Dor. marshalled by the fiery champi.
ons that James Watt has placed in the
field, shall gain their bloodless triumph
not for the destruction but for the service
Of mankind. Tremendous applause ALI
hail. then. sir. l say. to the mute. inde-
fatigable gisnt in the depths of the dark,
some mines. along the pathway Of travel
and trade, and on the mountain wave.
that shall drag. urge, heave. haul, for
the service Of man. No fatigue shall
palsy thy herculean arm. no trampled
hosts shall "rithe beneath thy iron feet,
no widows heart shall bleed at thy ben.
efcent victories. (Cheering) Sir. Eng
land invented the steam engin.; but it
seems as if by the will of Providence she
could not go farther.
Queen Of the seas as she deemed her
self, she could not apply this invention
which she had brought almost to perfec-
tion-and the navigation of the ocean by
steam. that the part Of problem was re-
served for the other branch or the Anglo.
Saxon race-the branch situated in a re-
gion in this western hemisphere whose
territory is traversed by some Of the no
blest rivers that belt the surface Of the
globe. and separated by the world wide.
ocean from the eastern hemisphere. It
is amazing 10 consider how, with the
dawn of the Revolution, the thoughts Of
men turned to the application of stea
navigation. Rumsey; Fitch and Evans
made experiments, and those experiments
attracted the notice Of one whom nothing
escaped belonging to the welfare OF bis
country-I mean Washington. (Cheers.
And we have q certificate expressing the
satisfaction with which he had Witnessed
the experiment of Rumsey. The attempt
proved rather unsuccessful. | rather
think it a providential appointment that
the ocean was not navigated by steam in
the Revolutionary age. The enormous
amount of British capital and skill if the
ocean had been navigated by steam, would
have put in her possession facilities for
blockading the ports. which might have
had disastrous effect in the result of the
whole contest. But. sir. the revolution
passed and independence was establish.
ed: the hour had cume and the man was
there. (Cheers) In the year 1899 this
system Of steam Navigation now became
mAtured i'll the mind Of Fulton. who found
liberal and active coadjutnr in Chancel-
lor Livingstone, who in that year Of 1899
came to the Legislature Of New York for
an act Of incorporation. Sir. am sorry
to say that America at that FIRST moment
could not boast of much keener perception
Of the nature Of this discovery than France
or Spain before. Chancellor Livingstone
at last had petition drawn up Of the act
he desired passed. 1t was drafted by the
young men of the legislature who. when
tired Of the matters OF law. used 10 call up
the "steam hil'' that they might have a
little fun. Young America, on that occa-
sion. did not show himself so much wiser
than his senior. Laughter Sir. moth
ing daunted at the coldness he received
nothing discouraged by the impartial sue
cess OF the fret experiment. Chancellor
Livingstone preserved. Twenty years
passed away before steamers were found
upon our lakes and rivers. and at that
time such system of steam navigation
was wholly unknown. except by hearsay
in Europe. This application of steam he
made pressing necessity in this country
but twenty years more passed away be,
fore English capital was first applied to
that part Of the application in which Eng
land was so much interested. But. Sir,
when the news Of the Atlantic telegraph
came, l could not but think what the
emotions Of Fulton and Franklin would
have been il they could have stood upon
the quarter deck of the Niagara as she
vas launched at the Agamemnon ere the
commencement of that electric commu
nicstion which is the result Of their dis
coveries and which now binds the two
worlds together. Applause.
EDMUND BuRKE's IDEA OF PERFECT
W1FE.-She is handsome .sbut it is not a
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