Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1875-07-01
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1t had been proved that Mr.. Beecher's
money gifts were mere offerings of generosity,
and were not extorted, and Tilton did not
know where they came from. There was no
evidence upon which to base charge of con-
spiracy or blackmal. The $1,000 paid by
Bowen was straightforward business trans
action. Whether it had any connection with
the charge against Mr. Beecher the jury must
decide. There were many things that the
are the Communist procession, the investiga'
ton by the church committee and the congre-
gational council. After the Judge had got
through reading his charge, he took up the
requests to charge, and instructed the jury
that the defendant was not obliged to prove
his innocence; that mere proof Of opportunity
to commit the act was not q proof of the guilt
of the party concerned that the destruction
of paper which was evidence in the case
raised the presumption that its production
would be unfavorable to the party who de-
stroys it ; that none of the defendants letters
declared his guilt, but only commiseration
and reproach for the troubles he had caused
the fact that the plaintiff cohabited with his
wife after hearing Of her guilt was in favor of
the innocence of the defendant The Judge
thought it was not very applicable to this
case, and would not, therefore, so charge.
The jury were to take into consideration the
fact of the plaintiffs six months silence after
the alleged confession at his wife's request.
The jury have not yet agreed upon YER
dict, nor is it probable that they will.
THE KELLEY MOTOR.
We have recently published several articles
written in apparent good faith regarding
new motive power intended to supercede the
use of steam, and which, if what is claimed
for it be true will revolutionize the machinery
of the world The other side of the question
is presented by the Scientific american, which
would seem to be good authority upon such
subject, and we reproduce it as follows, re-
marking that if the whole story is not hoax,
a few weeks at furthest will decide the truth
or falsity Of the claims of the inventor. The
journal alluded to lays down the simple prop
ositon that mere pressure is not motive power,
and says:
We have given the latest accounts of this
latest attempt to impose upon the credulity of
the public, as written by the parties them
selves, and backed by their willing assistants.
The deception of the whole scheme is so trans
parent that it hardly seems credible that per-
sons of sane minds can be found who are will
ing to invest Nevertheless, we hear from
reliable source that quite number OF well
known businessmen lave invested money in
the scheme, and in one instance we we're told
50 by the party himself. He had paid $4,000
down, and fully believed the thing to be
great discovery, and fully expected to realize
u large fortune from his investment On all
other subjects the gentleman was rational and
intelligent, but in respect to the Kelley motor
he WAS badly hallucinated. He was present
at the trial above referred to- saw 1000 pounds
on the gauge, and came away perfectly salts
fed.
The question is asked: How could so great
pressure as 1000 or 10000 pounds per
square inch be produced, allowing that it
really was exhibited as stated? We think
that any ingenious mechanic, by means Of
hydraulic jack and a small pipe, could readily
produce and exhibit such a pressure, and
could, by turning a faucet drive whirigig
for the space of sixty seconds, or from sos
P. NJ. to 900 p. NJ, as the learned counsel
gravely reports.
Kelley talks about his studies regarding
the force of fcolumns Of water, and describes
the use of water pressure in his generator"
"multipicator," 'receiver," &c. Well, now,
Kelley might, if he wanted to, get up an hon
est show of air pressure by arranging series
of short water tubes so az to concentrate the
combined weight of their water against air
confined in suitable chamber. Allowing,
for example, that he had ten communicating
water tubes each holding cubic foot or six
ty-two pounds of water, he might, by turning
a faucet I'll the tubes from hydrant, and
concentrate $40 pounds weight on the con-
fined air, which, if conducted to a gauge,
would indicate 62O pounds pressure; this air
might drive small wheel from 9.0S 2. NJ. to
900 P. M. it would moreover be cold va
por, without smell or taste it would blow out
candle, but not burn; there would be no
noise except that Of running water; there
would be no residuum save air and water no
heat, electricity, or chemical action would be
involved.
A curious arrangement of water and air.
tubes, in which, by turning faucets, the water
weights are concentrated, producing pressure,
was illustrated and described in the Scientific
american of April i, 1868, page 2l2. 1t was
patented by James r. Cole, of Tennessee, De-
cember 10, 1867, as a water elevator. 1t
might be bad for Keeley if he should" prove
to be an infrnger of this patent.
There is also q patented arrangement OF
mercurial tubes for concentrating the weight
of mercury and air columns in an analogous
manner. We allude to Quinn's patent steam
gauge, 1855. 1t is possible that Prof. Rand,
Prof. Haswel, Chief Engineer Rutherford,
United States Navy Chief Engineer Wood,
United States Navy, and other advocates of
the keeley motor, are not acquainted with
these devices.
One of the strangest developments connect
ed with the keeley motor is the implicit faith
which many gentlemen in this community, of
tried experience and business capability, have
given to the enterprise They have yielded
not only faith but their money. We can &C
count for this only by supposing that they
mistake mere pressure for motive power. But
mere pressure is not motive power it is SIM
ply resultant of motive power. A very
Slight motive power, if sufficiently long con.
tinued and properly applied, may produce
the greatest pressure. A weight of only
single pound, hung upon the extremity of a
suitable lever, is sufficient to produce press
IRE at the ODposte end of the lever of 900