The hydraulic press., 1858-11-13

Us Otodm udVISdtlou ~ uo6 new
idea, born in the brain of the last or
present century, but there are many
who ignorantly think otherwise, and
for their edi6cstion We publish the
following very interesting extract
from 'a'tscent address Of Edward Ev-
erett:
"PrSy4aiisd e "a 81; offered this problem
Of navigating the ocean by steam to
almost every civilized nation on the
globe. As'l long ago as the year '1543
there was sea captain in Spain who
constructed steam vessel, and in
the presence of the Emperor Charles
the Fifth state facts of but limited
notoriety-in the presence of Charles
the Fifth, in the harbor of BARGE
Iona, exhibited vessel of two hun
dred tuns. propelled by an engine,
the construction of Which was kept a
secret, but the ancient documents
tell US it was monster cauldron of
boiling water, and that there were two
movable wheels on the outside of the
vessel. The Emperor was satisfied
with its operation, but the Treasurer
Of the kingdom made great objections
toffs introduction. The engine seems
to have at FIRST sprung to point of
perfection hardly surpassed in the
present day. 1t was very compfca-
ted, very expensive, and the boiler
was very apt to explode. Sir, no
encouragement was given to the en-
terprise. Spain was not ripe for it.
The age was not ripe for it. The
poor contriver, Vasco de Gomez,
wearied and disguised with the want
of patronage, took the engine out Of
the vessel, allowed the ship to rot in
the arsenal, and the secret of the ma.
chine was buried in his grave. This
was the result in 1913. "A century
passes away, and Providence offers
the same problem to be solved by
France; and in reference to this, we
have most extraordinary account
from source equally e&tra6rdinary-
celebrated female in the middle of
that century, equally renowned for
her beauty, for her immoralities, for
her misfortunes, and for her longevity
for she lived to be 1874 years Of
age-Marion De Lorme. We have
all read of her in the modern writings
of fiction. There is a letter written
by this lady to one Of her admirers in
164l, which contains these most as
toniahing details. She gives an ac-
count of a visit with the Marquis Of
Worcester, the English nobleman so
well known in the history of invention,
to the mad house in Paris. She was
crossing the court yard Of that dismal
establishment, almost petriGed, she
says, with terror; clinging to her
companion for safety, when she saw
frightful face through the bars of
the building, and heard its voice, say
ing: 4 am not mad; I am not mad
and have made a discovery which will
enrich tho kingdom that shall adept
it, Well, Dir, she asked her guide
what the man meant. He shrugged
his shoulders and laughed and said,
'Oh, not much; its something about
the powers Of steam Upon this the
lady laughed also-that man should
60 mad upon such frivolous subject
as that; and the guide Went on to
tell her that this poor Solomon De
Coste came from Normandy four years
before, to exhibit to the King an In
vention BY which, by the power Of
steam, you could move q carriage,
you could navigate the ocean,-in
short, if you could believe him, said
the keeper. there was nothing that
you could not do by the power of
steam. Well now, Mr.. President.
what followed upon this? Cardinal
Richelieu, who was France embodied,
Welding the whole power of the
kingdom, and was in truth most sa-
gaclous and enlightened man, as
worldly wisdom goes,-the Cardinal
would not hear word from the pro-
jector and turned his back upon him.
Solomon De Coste was > perssveringI
man and followed Richelieu from placs
to place, exhibiting his drawings,
and the Cardinal getting tired Of him,
sent him to the mad house. There
he was, and there he was seen. The
guide went On 10 say that his mind is
so full of fhe subject that he has