Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1868-03-12
The New Steam Man.

The New Steam Man.
| The inventor and exhibitor Of the Newark
| Steam Man (Mr Zadoc Dederck,) has i'm
proved the occasion Of tho Barnum fire excite
ment by hiring rooms in the opposite house
on Broadway-tor the purpose of exhibiting
his eighth wonder of the world. As specula-
tive enterprise, the idea must have been sue
cess, for at 10 o'clock this morning, a large
number OF persons had congregated at the
door DANGEROUSLY seeking admission.
Mr.. Steam Man is person of commanding
| presence, standing seven feet nine inches in
| his stocking vamps wei CHS five hundred pounds,
| measures two hundred inches round the waist
| and decidedly bucoic in general appearance. -
| The legs are made ofiron cranks, screws, springs,
ad infnitur1, not quite as attractive in exterior
| as those we see in the weekly pictorias, but ev-
identity Of greater durability and strength
| The motion of the legs is almost fac S1n1lic to
| that OF the human extremities.
The abdominal region is occupied by good
| sized furnace, which was in full blast. The
steam mans boiler is deiicatcy concealed from
the profanity OF the public gaze, but is presu-
| med to be somewhere above the furnace. The
steam whistle is fixed in his mouth, the guage
| at the back of his head and the safety valve in
an appropriate position. He wears large
stove pipe hat-stove pipe literally, Tor 1t IS
| through the Uranium the funnel passes.
The steam man proper is but figure head,
| as it were, of handsome phaton, capable OF
| accommodating our persons, together with a
| tank to contain half q day supply OF water
| and bunk for i day coal. The entire drv-
ing machinery is at the rear of the steam man.
| and within easy grasp of the driver seated on
| the front scat, who, at any time, can increase
| or diminish the speed, turn, stop, curve, etc
| Twenty poun Is Of steam will set the man IN
| motion, and twenty cents worth OF coal will
| work him for lay---So the inventor AYERS
Mr. Dcdcrak says that he can easily accom-
| pish mile in Two minutes on a level course,
and offers to test this on Long Island Course rs
| soon Us the weather gets fine. The engine IS
| our-horsc power, and the man takes thirty
inches in each stride. Perhaps the most extra
ordinary attribute Of the animal is the faculty
| Of stepping over all distractions not higher
| than u foot (OI course all these assertions
are the inventors, and not the result OF the re-
portcr's invcstigations.) 1t or he may be de-
| tachcd from phn;on and yoked to 4 sleigh or
any Mind Of wagon. Mr.. Dederck is ready TO
Neutrality-suspicious. any regard to the convcn-
tional idea of nine months parturltion-s
men at cost OF $500 apiece. He will also
shortly produce a steam horse adapted to
ploughng, and the heavier kinds Of draught
and burden
Whether The steam man prove OF any prac
tcal good or not, he is unquCstIOnab!y great
curiosity.--N. \. Express.
HE PRESIDENTS VIEWS. The New York
World contains an account Of I long conversa-
ton had by it's special correspondent with Prcsi-
dent johnson, in the course Of which the PrcSl-
dent defends himself from the impeachment
charges The reported arguments Of Mr.. John
son arc interesting. They relate to his course
in suSpcndlng and removing MIR. Stanton; to
his right under the first and fourth sections OF
the civil tenure act to remove cabinet officer
not appointed by himself to his right to select
his own Cabinet under the constitution; to his
messages to Congress, and to the speeches at
Gus reports of which, the President says, have
been garblcdi in the concluding articles Of i'm
peach ncnt The President finishes the con-
versation by a review Of his own public course
and that Of his enemies in the House Of Rep
rescntatives and elsewhere who originated and
applaud impeachment. He contrasts his stand
and theirs on the eve of the 'rcbcLion" and
now, accusing them Of lack of courage to dc.
fend the constitution and the Union them and
of having come to treat it, and all who uphold
it, with disrcspect. Abiding to the constitu-
tional platform which he claims TO have stood
upon throughout his career. the President con- |
cudes as follows: jefferson Davis, the |
head and front of the ''rebcllion,' is not
brought to trial Yet Congress proposes to
try the President at once-for what kin! OF
otfense, compared with that of Mr.. Davis, the |
country and the Senate may perhaps justly |
decide.
LoUDoUN CoUNTY.-A good deal of bust
ness was transacted in Court on Monday, and |
among the papers admitted to probate was the |
will of the late Joshua Pussy, with N. S. Bra
den and Jas. NJ. Walker, as Executors, each |
Of whom gave bonds in the SUN Of SS0,Q00.-
Several true bills were found by the Grand |
Jury for horse stealing, house breaking, rob- |
berry, &c. Gaines, arrested for horse stealing, |
was found to be insane
The SO acres Of land heretofore advertised |
for sale by Matthew Harrison, commissioner, in
the case of Gee VS.. Coe, was sold on Monday
for s25 per acre. John ". WiIdman pur-
chaser.
Amos Janney has bought the farm of Leon
ldas Pugh, near Hamilton, containing rs acres,
for SOS per acre.
Under the provisions of Charter granted
IN 1860, the Commissioners therein named, adj
vertlse that on the 18th Of April, books will
be opened tor subscriptions to the Capital
stock OF the Leesburg and Aide turnpike
Loudoun Miiror.
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