Red Wing sentinel. [volume] (Red Wing, M.T. [i.e. Minn.]) 1855-1861, 1859-02-12
A SUBLIME pEROnAriON.

emy u MUSIC, new 1ord, to IN audience o.
5000 persons. The closing pazsagc was do.
livered with thrilling eftsct. After speakin,
"fthe un'athomahiet distspce. which no telees.
cope can penetrate. lying far beyond tn,
system in which the earth reyolyes, and We,
filled with independent syxtcms Of worlds o
infinite numbers. he sad;
A'gnt traverses space at the rate Of mill
lsa mns :pY @ki% So tha' light hpmsb.
nearest star requires ten years to reach the
earth, and Hcrschel's telescope revealed
stars two thousand three hundred times fur
Their distant. The great telescope Of Lord
TOSS. pursued these ,creations OF God still
'farther into space; aud having resolved the
nebnl:e Of the Milky Way into stars, discov.
cred oshss sy.ts,as Of stars-beautifill liia.
pond points glittcring through. the bl,.cl,
darkness beyond. When he beheld this
,anazing abyss--when he saw these systems
scattered profuscly throughout space--wheu
he reflected upon their immene distance
their enormous magnitude, and the countless
millions Of worlds that belong to them, i,
seemed to him as though tn, Wild dream o.
the German poet was more than realized.
= God called man IN dreams into the YES.
.tibule of heaven, saying come up hither and
4 will show thee the glory Of my house,
And to his angels who sto<,d about his throne
he said, take him. strip him Of his robes O
flesh clense his affections; put new
breath into his nostriIs; but touch not his
human heart.--the heart that fears and
hopes and tremblss. A moment and it was
done, and the man stood ready for his UNI.
known voyage. Unde, the guidance Of q
mighty angel. with sounds Of flying pinions
they spred away from. the battlemepts Of
heaven. Some time on the mighty angels
wing they fled through Saharas Of darkness
wilderne scs Of death At length, from dis
tance not counted save in the arithmetic o.
heaven, light bcamcd upon them-a sleepy
flame US seen through a hazy cloud. They
sped ON in their terrible speed to inset the
the light tho light with lesser speed came
70 meet them. In b moment the blazing o.
suns around thcm--a moment the wheeling
81 planets; then came long eternities o
twilight then again on the right hand and
the left, appeared more consultations. Al
last the man sank DOWN, crying, Angel,
can 90 no further, let me lie down in the
grave, and hide myself from the iniinitude
OF the universe, Tor end there is none:'--
= End is there none p demanded the angel
And from the glitterins stars that shone
around there came choral shout End there
is nono!' "End is there nonetP demanded
the angel again; 'and is it this that awes
thy soul / answer, end there is none to
the universe Of God! Lo, also; there is no
l,cSinning.'' 80 . ~,
Ice boat for the Northern Riyers-New
Of. .a lnyen tl0m. 20
We have known for the last two years
thst Norman Wizard, Esq, Of GAINESVILLE,
Wisconsin. has been engaged with tho en-
thusiasm characteristic Of inventors in per-
fectins plan for an ice boa, to be propelled
ly steam, to navigate our northern rivers
Like many others we confess to a prudent
skepticisin in regard to the practicability OF
tho project but whatever views We or the
public may entertain, the plan is soon to be
put to the test Of practical experiment.
During the pas: winter NJ. Wizard has
been in New York, and by the aid of some
Of tho largest and most intelligent capital.
lists in that city, has constructed an ice boat
which is now being put together at Prairie
du Chen. 1ntwo or three weeks it is. ex-
pected that all will be ready for the trial up
the Mississippi. ',.' ID -, -
The boat is built Of iron and is seventy.
two feet long by twelve feet broad, with
fiat bottom and two keels running the whole
length. If it breaks through the ice or en-
counters an air hole, machinery is prepared,
which IN few minutes, puts it again on the
ice, ready for onward progress. The driving
wheel is near the stern, and the inventor
calculates the ordinary speed on the leo at
twenty to forty miles an hour. and with clear
solid ice, he believes he can easily attain to
Aspced Of eighty miles an hour. The cabin
IS twelve by forty feet, and the capacity o!
the boat is rated at one hundred passengers
and five tons Of freight. The entire boat
when loaded with passengers and cargo is
calculated to weigh thirty two tons. ,.t
The managers Of thu st. Paul and Fon du
Lac, and tho Milwaukee and Mississippi
Raitwsy$ we learn, have both manifested
great iaterest in the success of the enter
prise. The Milwaukee and Mississippi
Road have furnished the motive power tor
TO test the value OF the new invention. If it
succeeds, 1t will very essentially promote
tho interests Of the roads Terminating on
the upper Mississippi, during FIVE months
" r.S Jo'sss away pOoSlOiC- ouOEt ~ U0IuX
made fully to test the value o. this novel in
vcnlion during the next few weeks, and il
successful, the New York capitalists, will
1t once contract for eighteen boats Of similar
character and construction, 70 be ready for
bu mess as soon as the river closes next win.
Ter. lEns ty 99'aIf 81" G.; 1.>f
slfsvsn moiety Of the plans and hopes
ofths projectors Of his enterprise are realized
its value to the Northwest can. scarcely. be
overestimated. Il will at once conncc,
with this city the vast and importan,
tracts Of country lying north and west Of US
much more directly and perfectly in winter
than in summer. As soon az the ice Is form
ed in. November or December, tho "Ice
Boat" will have uninterrupted navigation
for at least four or five months from Prai
RE du Chen or La Crosse up the Mississip.
pi and Minnesota rivers to Big Stone Lake
thence down the Red River Of tho North
AMI up the Saskatchewan to the base o
the Rocky Mountains. ...- ,...
This ride from tits city could not b.
less than thirty five hundred miles. Onlj
think ola pleasure party. starting from Chi
cage BY rail to Prairie dl CHEN, an! tho,
by "Ice Boat" to the Rocky, Mountains
trip Of thirty five hundred miles, the who'll
with the return voyage to occupy from te,
totwclyc days. Or II tile Captain has tast