, 1861-05-22
The Philadelphia Internal Machine

tFrom tie Philadelphia North American. 16th.7
The river AID harhoz police have lust signal.
lzed themselves By remarkable capture,
They might have m1de It before, but hayiny 4
sure thin5 Of i" the capture Has postpou-
Cd until not only the nest and errs. but the
tr 6,rds n1lehs also fall into the snare Tie cap.
t1Ie N question vas made at ha1f.past il
o'clock on Thursday night, By the harbor %.
lice under tho direction Of Lieutenant Ell.
gar.
To start from the bsglnnIng of the DATA.
Lire, whispers have beea current in tic pupsr
wards 1or tcme days past, that an appar4tus
WIS being constructed by sons traitors en-,
b!acicg within It's resources ali sorts NJ ID a..
strucuon, IRON the blowing up Of . hipate 10
Inc buin1ng OF q navy yard. The police for
tcme time pDoh-poohcd the story. and re5r,ect,
fully askeo their informants, II, in tho apne,r.
ance OF Themselves, there waa anything indi-
canrc q Tcrd1rcy. It went on Cur soma time.
nIlH Lto1t- Edgar concluded that among SO
aefse volume Of emoke their must be some
IRE He, therefore, directed his men to
He1cn iof something in the way Of Rostinr
!GIefnal machtnc, IN apparatus described IS
MN somewhat as resemblau ce to somathinp
bet~ cen cast-lron 1hinoceros aud the seps1
steamer constructed in Baltimore BY Ross
The assiduities Of thu men resulted in snc.
cess n the grey Of yesterday morning. thoueh
whether or not the officers have NOT fonnd A
mares nest, with five sorrel colts In II. il a
matter as yet uncertain. The officers arrested
1"o men, who were rowing down the river
Psst South street wharf, q ekiff laden with BIZ
Nso. ne men were behaving suBpictously,
ana the officers roWed cut to them and arrest.
ed aAke the1r pereons and their progress. The
inferrA machine Of which they were in gesrch
TaA ATTACHED to the skitE The aoparatna
toats nearly submerged, and being conBtruct.
IN @ shape .; much nke that Of aaeggaf, floats with
SPY slsht portion Of Its conTexity above
BY The of1cera, who 1elt as Ju5iiant a. % the
yonrg lady In The ceal Gil district, When her
fatter "struck lie" In his back yard. Tha ofil-
cefs to"ed the machine to Noble stree: wharf
r aching that polrt about two o'clock In the
tmo1npg; Inc men were 80 elated st the cap
terc OF the apparatus Gs to be almost speech
TINT soon a1tcr daylight not less than fhnn-
eaId people had gathered to see the sight,
Before going further, however, it is proper
70 add that the machine ia not novelty. II
Has recognized Us an apparatus built in this
M:1sts. ~ hGcnt swo years ago, BY Frenchman Of
fHetoT, With money said to have been pr,.
,yided by relstive of Stephen Gnafa. III L has hss
I'm 1ain slhcg then unemployed, at Rancocas, at
Aatc1e Hock. at New Castle, and other places.
At any other time than the pres. Mt nolhinr
you'd Fave been eaid concerning It's exhibi.
non Gr use. The owner Was deairous Of SELL
ie lnsenI1on to tue government, for the
seuEple reason that his own government failed
to sec any utility in the affair. 1t tbs present
lime, however, g floating internal machine Ia
an to1eet Of just suspicion, aud the parsons in
"1oee custody It. Was found are now them-
selves in custody. 49, >"
We vent up to- the wharf where 1t was still
!J91sg y at !est accounts With the appearance
q the concern re were considerably IN oress-
g.: Imagine txenty foot section Of steau1,
o9neT, tspe1lng at the ends like a huge secar.
WIN propeller at one end to give It moment.
En- hnd p1ottc. It from contact with external
op]eet4. oa and 11r Idea is had Of the appaar- /
sntarely suhntrged It has4"1nan holo' near
the forward erd, oTer, which Nts : cover of
oollef iron, fitting 50 tightly as to exclude VI.
Ter, and secured "a position By very powerful
hooks. A1org the back Of the monstsr.-
loofln8 1T 1t IN that n9ht-rur two roTs Of
tng section Of aa enormous conrer aef r.
enter It We wero permitted opportunity ~
tie polite captors, We dofted our coat ana
TEAL: made ourselves, uke a certain urocar
eoes n.s pounds -of tea, Al small 81 possible.
@ aEd f4ueezed o1rae1f into tho " nntn-holetn2
= tne olamafF of tho apparatus ID about fur
1eat, N aseA' that permiss Of A:sqnAtti1e no.
titlon without much discomfort. We hero
sMxw 81 the working OF ,tha whole atflt.' ini5do
ne craft arc valves, upon the opening Of
Which the machine can be completely SINK.
Wniie handles project for working thefins tha{
pFoPsl tho machine like a flsh. or the xhooi
tum. N4etAA- Dto1aon-
This was The whole affair, and nothtnp ra-
anned = but to complete the materfala for this
[tem y seeing tbs men from whose possessfon
: !, was taken. The nanes of these pczsons ayo
A1eL hhodes, q native Of France, Is w oId1 |
'l!a ana asnly kTtner, PhiladelphIan. ono year
nus junior. These men declared that tho an. |
PaIaius Tas not an internal machine, They
9eid IT Whs stmply an invention 10 facilitate |
slbma111e 41!ipg, applicable to the purpoaes |
Q. .. peace: Il has been lying for Aye months |
pati II hsneocae, and Eas now be!ng brought. |
10 the navy yard In hope-thst the present al
eencJ might lead to permission for another
!est OF lA merlts, and \ purchase By the roy-
elnmenI IAe men say that YllliroY could /
'ema'n n It under water for thzes hours at a
.sme, could move itAt p1easnre, and bat 1hiIo
ahaef water It could be used for ali the pur-
2osee OF 4 diving bell. Tho maa cao:ure1 IN
: esslared that The inventor had received per
mission to lest the mach1no, at the navT yard.
'nt ne statement will be either confirmed or
'tnleg Hnen an Investigation Is had. Should
! ue oest1oed for any parties unft1end1y to the
Jnlon, 1t Is not lkelJ to leeto is present
'laee o. nooE1ng In d great hurry.
The machine Has towed, last evening. to
ne na!y yard; Whers 1t VIII remain TO? tha
'reHeEt