The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1859-10-28

majorities, and supplied Deficiencies" upon
principles new and striking. He has heen
an editor, trader, drummer, and a
major all these by turns, and sometimes
all together and in all inexhaustibly and
mysteriously inventive within the limits of
his resources, and beyond them as mex
haustibly and mysteriously creative.
He has thousand astonishing ways of
doing thousand astonishing things. When
you think you've got him, you hav'nt.
You can't tread anywhere but you put
your foot in scheme of Browns, No one
knows when be will turn up next, or what
he will do when he turns, until superst-
ton is current among the masses--who
regard him with something of the same awe
in which the medieval vulgar held the
strange pursuits of ROGER BAcoN-that
BROWN is actually in some cabalistic compact
with the Evil One, against the peace and
safety of the Republic. He is popularity
known as the " Juggler" 1t is a common
belief that he invented the Democratic
party, patronizes the President, was the
original author of the Constitution, can
beat the Devil, and in all probability will
fool the Charleston Convention.
We can relieve the public of this appre-
hension. Brown is going to the Rocky
Mountains; but not-mark you-by any
ordinary conveyance. He is going SUBJ
timely, by a stroke Of genius he is not
going by his boat, but his boat is going
with him. We. have private advices that
the steam machine described below-the
latest invention of the man we have taken
the liberty to call BRowN--was built ex-
pressly for the transportation of Browns
boat from its long dry -dockage at the Coteau
DIES Prairies TO Big Stone Lake; and that,
upon the completion of Browns great ship
canal, for which he obtained charter some
four or five years ago, to turn the waters of
Hudson's Bay up stairs into the Minnesota
River, the steam locomotive and the
water craft will set out together to the
shores of the Pacifc--the one by water and
the other by land though which will go by
water, and which by land, remains as yet
undetermined.
1t will be observed that, as Browns ma.
chine and Browns water are both contrived
so as to go up hill, the Rocky Mountains
will form no obstacle to the journey. This
is the latest news from BRowN:
Meeker, Reed & Logan, machinists of
Newark, have just completed draft loco
motive for propelling freight wagons across
the plains to the Rocky Mountains. This
iron horse was built on contract for Major
j. R. Brown, of Minnesota, Indian agent.
1t consists of an ordinary locomotive boiler,
two of Messrs. NJ, R. & LIS oscilating
engines and suitable carriage and steering
apparatus. Tine whole machine weighs
about fourteen tons, is well and strongly
built, and while exhibiting, yesterday, ap-
peared to be under the perfect control of
the operator. lu respect of steering appa-
ratus, it is similar to other machines of the
kind, having single wheel operated by a
windlass. The driving wheels are worked
by small pinion gearing into the periphery
of each. AS the cranks are attached to the
shaft of these pinions, comparatively small
engines are used, making several strokes to
each revolution of the drivers; as it is
intended for draft rather than speed, an
accumulation of force is thus obtained,
which would otherwise require very large
cylinders.
The principal novelty of the thing is the
arrangement and use of portable railroad
track which it carries along with it. This
consists OF two large hoops or rings, IA
inches broad and 8 inches in diameter,
arranged with guides and friction rollers to
keep them in vertical position while the
driving-wheels- feet in diameter-revolve
within them, which, of course, causes the
rings to revolve with them, thus forming a
bed or track for the drivers. In its trial
yesterday, with l4O pounds steam, it went
steadily up very rough, unpaved, quilted
street, having grade of some 10 feet in $50
in length.
Major Brown and others interested with
him, have certainly shown a commendable
enterprise, in being the first to try an ex-
pertinent of such magnitude and, though
the immediate success should not be equal
to their sanguine hopes, it may open the
way for steam locomotiOn on common roads
N. Y Tribune.