, 1859-03-23

hopelessly bchinl, so far as the Peoples Con
vcntion is concerned
BY reference 10 another column it will be seen
that, thus oycrridden in the Convention, the two
would-bc Rcgencies thus "squashed to earth y
hare turned up again. It is rumorcd that the
meeting referred to was held in tile lookout o1
the Court Ho1se{54lman, for the sake Of being
a1ore the party nomination going on beneath.
We shall see what will become Of the Peoples
Meeting. The history of the Peoples Conren-
tion is written, portrayed it could not be, n
fizzle and farce, only amusing to lookers-on.
| THE MAMMOTH IN THE LASp.-BRIDEwELL IN
ONE YoLruE.-TnE " BIC BROTHER or TEE Cor
FEE MlIr."-McAdam lived long enough to do
the world some service, in teaching his fellow
| men 10 mend their ways, and capital ways he
| made Of them to be sure, and the ronds he built
arc the Apl'ian Ways of modern times, never to
he supplansed or replaced in favor. Than the
| solid concrete formed of broken stone compact
y betacd upon soft soil, no better roadway
| can be desired, wherever the desideratum b. a
! durable us well as cheap track for heavy work
That question is settled to the immortalizing of
the Inventor.
But the question Of how best to secure the
material, the broken stone for these roads, il II
more serious one, and nothing, where many
other plans have been tried. llas even supplaut-
cd the heavy hammer in the hand Of the labor
cr, or the Dridewell convict. Tn our own city
for instance, the whole couvict labor of our CITY
1sridewell is expended upon pounding stone for
Matchmaking purposes, all expensive, slow unl
unsatisfactory process.
When Il great invention, simple application
Of what everybody knew before, comes to open
up new way to do the samc old thing, every
one Is ;stonished that no onc thought Of j. be-
fore, and rs we stood Yesterday beside the
Mammoth Stone Breaker, VIC wondered wlly
mankind lsal for centuries used coffee mills and
sugar cr',shers, and never, before lust year,
brought the same principle 10 bear in an infn-
icly more powerful machine, called By labor
er at our elbow, - i cotIcc mills biz brother,
sure"
We hare before referred briefly to this noble
triumph Of The skill ind genius Of 4 Chicago
mechanic, which, fostercd by Chicago enterprise,
has given to the world Il boon "lony looked for
come at las" in Il total and speedy relief from
the centuries-o1d, back-brcakins process If
breaking stone.
We rode over to tile mrehinc shop Of Mcssrs
T.. W. Gates Co. yesterday afternoon, in com-
pany with Nm. Colby, ESD, one of the original
proprletors, and now Of the Chicago Stone Coal
Mining Company, owners of tlic Ellithorpc l.
Scovillc Patent Stone Breaker, patented in Nov.
1s3S, but operated successfully at the quarry
near the western limits Of the city for some
months under the application for u patent.
The machine exhibited yesterday is ycritably
ii mammoth and, by the way, 4 must creditabc
specimen Of Chicago Workmanship. 1t is
massive machine Of immense power, weighing
twcnty-fonr hundred tons. 1t is of the simplest
construction, and may best be- described as
pair Of lleayy cylinders. two feet aud !. half in
diameter with serrated surfaces Of chilled cast
iron, revolving against each other, bcncatl, d
hopper that receives the stone as fast as three
men, by hand, can conveniently throw them in.
Yesterday, in the presence of numerous chance
spectators, at tile rate Of supply indicated. the
revolution Of the cylinders, as easily as :, boy
s@'' "ff's' 'A"'le"I" 'n.o 4li'""'e P'eceS
stones u foot square, reducing them to superior
49,. ~. . w.. .''. lug " '"' "''"''"
the lookcrs-on
This machine is 4 score Of fortunes to lis for
tanate rroprictors, and will work revolution
in the matter Of stone breaking for roads, the
stone 50 reduced being from i.s sl,arn an.v,.lar
S'aPc laF ocuer 'aah the stone broken by i
""''"he' which IS apt 10 gun bs repeated blows
." alp.oA'i'''on ~ u sPhes'eal shape' and does
~. pe'' IN teao'ts anu "Fni's.
LUIS 'N'e.''"ona al 'ne eeh'ra9 'atk' He" ! oFS'
eae's' p"'.' .e'one breaker viii be put mop
e'"''o" ''l f'o'c insPeet'oa anu puoic utility,
anu ''''s a''eFnoon III ms city, is above, the
"a'',n'o'' <'''ne breaker Will bc IN operation
'oF 'ne nsl"c11oh II deserves OF The MANY 1t WILL
a'''ae'' among taem distinguished strangers now
III our cry os INVITATION, and Of these Richard
voous''' a. ~ duose '"osc' tand we learn
mayor oe''mah al'd OILERS of leavenworth, X.
!. "re 10 DC associated With hlni) hare purehas-
Gu tue right Tor the territory Of Kansas, for Nc
''o'''z'l's he" foaas and ballastlng lines If
p'"}ec'co fa'1soaa III that rapidly advancing
region.
lie occasion We advise our readers to avail
1hcn'selses Of, Us the Inspection Of this it,
sadcr OF the realm Of Brldewcn will prove boil,
curious and instructive
IoH'n1s "Aeea''ESa-oSE MAN DROWNED
"," N>o'"tR AaS AND osAS RARELY ESCAPE
:, N'.ohel ''a''cs was ealleu ABOUT IL o'cloekon
a'"''t' n's'1' 10 ho'a an inquest on the body Ut
".'sc "f's'n' VINO was drowned IN th'cag"
s''et' !" A'''z'e street BRIDGE under the fo!low-
'"'' circumstances: f1sht Keeps tue Rockford
,'o"se, Az Aleh'eah street, between ciark and
''' 'sA''e on Monday evening about "c'oce'
~ WIS n's ''ao'', nc went 10 tue Depot oi the st.
'l'1 '''a io'u u" ''ac ,.a''Foaa' 10 secure pas"
e'"'S 1'i MS 'ioose' nc en.aged 1"o persons
'''"' A"o een''e,'''o' 1ue lot'''er nafned MAR
T,: s 'vs: ~: anu 'ne la'er A'chael rogers 'ron
's"' ,,.: "1s, 1ne 'n'ee s'at1eo lot Inc ho"se'
S"t a'a n'sefs walking III 1ront' ami The
"> "e.''"a' lucy mus continued until they
'e'e"su A'n1'e s'Fset os'dEe. Asesse! ''adJn>t
l''sseo '"ro"S'e. ana 1he bridge was still open,
p''' HUI observing II, ooth men stepped from the
~ a'"'''e.' in1o the river. 1he lady discovered
>n 1a' '1s' III ''"e !" save nersen. me
o'o"AlHs l1cA uHu tHe !aly 1fllmeu1telt shouted