The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1867-07-17
lie Oheval Meohaniuue.

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IN Paris, is given in o private letter:
was fortunate enough to be present
yesterday evening alta private Wow Of, this
wonderful invention. Tho throng at the
Exposition is SO dense in the daytime that
any attempt to work it during the exhibition
hours was impossible. Through tho kind
ness of NJ do NJ, whose acquaintance /
made in 1858, when ho was attache at Wash.
iaSson, formoi QUO ot nifty persons proyf-,
ded with special permits. On entering,
groups of the Cent Gardes mado me think tho
until tho middle Of the exhibition. Isaw,
among tho ourious, Naysmith, of hammer
celebrity, and Whitworth, arm in arm With
Howe of sewing machine notorety.
''Hhc iron horse bears no resemblance to
its equine namcsakc. Imagine q trunk
shaped box about seven feet long, and " idc
enough fora man 10 straddlc and about
FIVE feet high, tho whelo concern mounted
on five wheels, tho wheels concealed, how
ever, under tho machine. 1t is covered
with leather, and has saddle. only tho
saddle is very high in front and back, SO
that there Is no chance Of being uuh orsed.
In front is steering apparatus of the sim
| plest kind-tWo silk cords-aad just before
tho saddle g steel bar, which regulates the
| speed. IF you pull It up you start the
machine, pull ii higher up you increase tho
speed il you deprcss it, you slow it until q
point is reached, when tho apparatus stops.
'Ihe inventor, quito young man, com.
menocd winding up the machine with what
seemed to nc tobe q crank motion, and es |
distinctly hcardtho click Of tho rachel, |
therefore supposed it was worked by q
eoiled spring, but have reasons since to
think that was mistaken. / suppose it
took two minutes to wind it, when ho
mounted it and started it by pulling up tho
steel bar. 1t moved gradually off, so that
for the first minute could walk alongside
of it, but suddenly it started at the
speed ofa last horse, and in u moment moro
was lost, going round the curve Of tho cir
| Gle. suppose you know tho Grand ENpo-
sition is composed of u series of concontric
rings, Zach ono devotclt to peculiar branch
Of industry. The ono tho machine was run
ming on was the Numero Quetre del IHecdni-
ques, and is among tho largest, measuring
somo yards moro than an English milo. 1t
seemed to mo to be Incredible that he should
have performed tho circuit in two minutes
twelve seconds. a hearty clapping of
hands greeted tho machine as it came ca.
rccring on, and gradually stopping without
| any apparent trouble.
81 noticed tho Emperor, general taciturn,
loud in his applause, clapping his hands, as
Justify as did, and was assured by Nj. dc
| 80 ''es hS huN tSNCR oCSN Ills huJcSty Oh
| any occasion before show tho least sign OF
oommendation. Tho inventor then said that
he would put it up to its speed, but to do
| this he must give tho machine n start. lie
then wheeled round, and just like Jockey
starting horse, got it up TO q maximum ;
as hc passed us he seemed to be flying, The
ircuit was made in fifty eight seconds 4
new salyo of applause met him as he
broug lit the machine to where the Empcro,
was standing, and / Imust cay 1 felt some
just emotion when the Emperor took the
Legion of Honor from his button hole and
| placed it on the young inycrtor's breast
"M. told mo that its endurance, if may
use the term, was extraordinary; that at its
highest speed il would keep on going fol
| hours. was lead to believe that tho me
chanical power was secondary in it, and
that galVanic battery was the real motive
power. It's rumored that u battery o
constantly increasing elements sustains the
motion. Anyhow The secret is we'll kept
the Emperor having, with the inventor. the
only knowledge of it. NJ. also told Inc that
IN Vncenncs battery of artillery was to
be moved with it, instead Of horses.
IL may add thatI saw four persons mount
it, and it moved much moro rapidly than
would carriage. An interesting expert
ment was made as TO its capabilities OF
going over rough country. Several loads OF
dirt were shot on tho floor, and it passed
over it with apparent case. One thing |
remarked was that thero was pcrpcndicu
lar play in Tho wheels, and that as dini-
Guilty was surmountcI, ono wheel would be
higher than tho other, whilst the body was
| on tho same plano.
81 think that II hns been placed purposely
IN q retiredpart oftho Exposition before this
exhibition, SO as not to attract too mucl,
attention, and learn this morning that the
Secretary of War has had It removed from
| the Exhibition.
"Thc inventors, s,namc is Victor Ao Mar.
dca.". &. s#|
OFFICERS TO BE OusTEp.-Mr. Ashley, OF
Ohio, proposes the following amendment te
the new reconstruction bill
SEQ. O. dnd be IL further enacted, That
the Commanding General Of each district
phail cause all persons now dis,harging the
duties OF any oihco under tho, temporary
provisional State governments in tho seyc.
ral Districts named i'll tho Acts to which
this is an amendment to take and subscribe
the oath prescribed by tho Aet Of July 9
1867, entitled can Aot to prescribe nm oath
OF Office" which oath, when subscribed
shall be filed in the oiiice of the Genera
Commanding; aud il any person disoliarg
ing tho duties ofany Office under any Of said
| PROVISIONAL state governments, eli. .her by
virtue of an election or appointments, shall
neglect or refuse to take and subscribe said
oath within fifteen days after boing notified
by unpublished order of the General Com
manding, II shall be the duty Of said Com
manding General to declare such ofico
yabant, and fill tho same by the appoint
mont of loyal citizen, who shall first take
and subscribe said oath.
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| PERSONA AprEARANcE or rum PorE.-.A
correspondent at Rome describes the per
sonal appearance ofthe Pope
~ met him the other day, on the Vim
Angelina, a pleasant shady street that runs
out North under tho walls Of the Vatican.
where nc had gone, as is his won't, to Toxic
ancyening drive. He generally drives out
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