" Page - 02. Volu ... me M , ... AMEMCLV.MAMFAQTUllES; ' DOCUMENTS r ; ' ' ' - " 'Jcnsii Or Prftcri tf?U fefrt)arj ffit ...triet of !-t!rr trom Witnaai Edwda, of fcortfiawp. il- luhu at tkt llce,.itrd Nomfcbcr . . I lAvin? ben reaWly bred to the buincs$ of - Tanning, and t'..si luving been mywle occupation for twenty-G ve years, I hare been led to reflect with much regret the general inferiority of America . leather, compared with moat European, arxj particu r larly Engluh manufactured. A want of capital baa ' y s' been the great cauM of the depressed state of thia - , manufacture. ' .The hide, la its natural ;aUte li ' 1 " mass of fibres t the interstices between the fibres it . ' r filled ith a fleshv substance ; to expel these witb - ' oflt in?,iring the fibres, and then to bll the vacuum1 , completely and entirety with What the chymists call ' V ' Tannin, contained in bark, ia the whole art of Tan. ' ; ing. t To do thia effectually year of time is nccev aary, nd repeated applications of fresh bark to the ;.- hide at proper periods, ' Tle establishment which 1 hare made, in this county will receire aixteen tuousand full grown hides, and require a capital of -. one Hundred thousand doUars. ;,AY have. three Tanneries, for the convenience of collecting bark, , ' rather than do all our business at one place, which . - , :- would necessarily hoot, produce a scarcity, of bark, r,'.i e use auch a quantity .say one cord to six hides t . - Baro hundred and seventy-two vats, three , . ' .bark. mills, which grind our bark by water, between V two stones, as corn Is ground. We have the same i ',' humher of hide mills, which go by water-; for soften- ' ' ...'-log foreign hides, taking; off the hair, and working V' r .'he hides. .'Also, three rolling huichines, which al io go by water. -1 hese produce a yery advantage occaaional remat ka you can think of, and, if proper, Use thtm to advantage." - ' . , . .... . -,.-. ;t: t- . ' ',; . : . ' BoatoV, Augvfst 14, "1 809, ' The importance in Maaaachusetts of Kail ti chinery, and of all that relates to rolling an slitting mill,'ith Which Hail -machinery ia immediately connected, rcqUirei iuat a particular account should be. given of them. . .. . In old countries nails are forced ; here they are I cut, and it is curious to trace the progress of Ame- iicjui gcutu wrougn uie various steps oi mis in vention. ' Twenty years ago some meiu'nfew un cus effect In perfectly extending and consolidating ZVr "VL yC" sIP lme h ?f the soat leather after it is tanned, and supersedes iV obscure, began by cutting flee out .the necessity of. the shoemakerV hammering the f old T?! comon J those gainer saves enureiy the Ubour and waste attend- I ' o j T, : . T . - 4 lnS that p.ut or the shoemakerV buSiness,fc and , mmeP' A 0dJbtUng mills were built and the gives the leather closeness of texture by. far be-; : TV, v "5 m revwl i while Jacob Perkins, Jona- othcrs put into execution the th nnmnunT n in. V,n thought 6fcuttititf and of headine nails by water; i Ji:-i. - ..i.m .i i?... -n-v.. but more intent uoon their machinery than unon Tannin from fee Wk, after the bark with a decoc.!1' " they were unable- to,' prose- tion, has been lor "rom thirty t6 ninety days apDlied I r " c ""V""9- f uwca oiuercm men td the hide. Moat of the above .methods I have ori-iuTT1 to lmProveme.nt, tt' jmay f ! ginated, nd,from long experience find th. niccess,t.tth!mo Am million' of dollars $ . att.nfiino' thom hi niiuiitn! n.,u,.j . i but at last these jout efforui are crowned with own- pieio success, ana we are now able to iminuLictnre at about one third of the expense that wrought a? nails Cn be manufactured for, nails which aH sOpe ridUr to them for at laast three fourths of the ' pur1 poses to which nails are applied, and which- for se ven eighths of those purposes; are a eood. - The 'machine made use of by Odiome, that, lately in vented Dy jonatnati tins, and a few others, present very fine specimens of American geniuf, 1 ': .. . 1 o northern carpenters it is well known, that in almost all instances it U not necessary U bore the dintj ' tauons. ; - ; Extract df a letter frftni Williaw Vblttcmoi. M1 tlt ' . Cftmbridg, to Uie Coicclor of Boston, dated 24th Ko- ;v;.rvemhr, 1309.4" . ..- ';-' ;'.-,-; ,.: -. . - ".." The machinery with which tfe now manufac tore all kinds of Wool aiid Cotton Cards that have beet called for, were invented by Amos Whitte more, in the year IT9?; he then obtained the ex- elusive privilege of using said machines, by letters : patent, for fourteen tears. ; Amos AVlUttemore and w tnysolf were jointly concerned in the; first machines wo9d before driving a cut nail. , All that ii reqnir- that were built, aud are still the sole proprietors of '. ed w Plac the cutting edge,'of.tho nail across ? thr patent. Congress, at their last winter seWon, the grain of the wood. , It U also true that cu iioila i'; extended the patent fourteen years, by a special act.t.Uliold better the wood. ,., These Qualifications ;AVe have fift-five 'ofthose patent machines, thirty- irej in some instances, worth ftwenty per cent of aeven pi wnicn are now in use r tnese machmes, "e arucic, wiucn is equal to tne vnoie .. wjta the other apparatus necessury to tarry oh the exPenso OI numutactunng u. ;' or sheathing and ' business to its . oresent extent, have m n anut druwinz. cut nails are full as erood as wrourhf iail: I' forty thousand dollars. 4: We have now employed in Only In one respect are the bes't wrought jpsals, a A the factory upwards of "forty hands we manufac- ttttfc superiour to cyf nails, and that is where' it is ture weekly one hundred and eighty dozen pair of necessary that they should be clinched. Thf ma- hand cards, and two hundred 'square feet of card "mfacture of cot nails was born in our own country, J or tne woouen ana cotton lactones, which together am n W1U" h oosom, aavanceu tnrougn all the minrtiint trt alvmt tni thoinmArl rlt!1np s. Siaw Having invented cheap and simpie me : Ihod of manufacturing wood screws from irpn wire " Sljobtaxned pateut for the same front the lnhed States in July last t and finding it extremely difficult :byaiy means within my poweto obtain wire of'year 1801 r at that time the English1 straw fonnet ;uitabfe vug, I was induced tQ attempt the, nianu-l had become the fashionable out-djor head4ess of various stages'of infancy to manhood, and ho doubt we shall soon be able, by receiving :"pibpcr ncou rugvuiciu, w ixuucr uiem aupcriour u wrougbt hi to be understood that t? abor aum'of 200X00 dollars la cxduAve'of hu and bonnets made and worn by those who muiw "ir irti tikis Unnt Jl, for the etvjs of xhi bars of An cj ture to considerable mojnt,iad thavbuoess b rtcn iron are so unsound, Uial they art only Et 1 rj commenced, I have been formed, ia tac fltltcr njn Irorw uxl in Let are cut oTaad aoU at kUch Lt Pins of the utc " ' f 4 S the jnanuueturer; who pays lull price lor them, los ing thereby g i 15, besides loss sustained by trans porutioo ad frequent handling: This being the case, and the mnucturer oot being disposed to a reform, 1 should be sorry to be left in their hands, or be subject to ihcir pleasure, so much at I vould be, if our government would adopt any cfiectuil measures to prevent the impottaiiso of iroo under the mistaken impression that oir country is at pre sent capable of producing a sufficient quantity for irs own consumption. Any thing that would tend permanently to advance the price of Iran, by increas ing the demand. Would tend to Increase : its inferio rity ia point of intrinsic value, for when any ankle ia our markets of home manufacture produce the highest price, and is b demand, fc la frequently hur ried offhand in a very unfinished and slovenly man ner, even in such an imperfect state as would not, in common tines, sell at any price; it Is therefore necessary, that our country should be protected from impositions of this kind, and that instead of prohibiting the importation onion, as some would have it, it should continue to bo encouraged until we can be supplied at home with less hatam-theM These bonnets and hats are exported, not only to New York Philadelphia, Balumorc, VirrinU, North Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, Savao nab and New Orleans, buf. to several of the West India islands."-, n ' " ' ' - - .... , MQGRAPJUQAL STRAW BONNETS, This business commenced in this town in the ' connect this business vhtt tluif bf screw, making, ' th process beinff so easy and siropfe that ' two men .' of common capacity' can "manufacture from, "rods, 5 about the size of common nail rod, three 'hundred :l weight of assoited screw wire pfcr- day ; in t he same time a man with two boya can make from the wire ' ( twenty gross 4f screws of a cruality very much.supe- 'riour to those usually imported. The expense of v ' conntrtjeung. screw ' machines upon the prmcrplcs f ol my patent is small, and the capital now employed f: (the buMiiesa being Vi;t inits infancy) but in one "r year, with the capital I can command, it would be ii-t, ru mypower to erect ia many? inachinei as would ; enable me to supply the; United States with that ar y J. ticle, !andt of a quality much auperiour to any ever, imported,- and at as low a rate as are" now paid for ii those imported of an inferiour cualityl ':s : 4 With two brothers Lam interested i the manu- , iacture of cut nails?. We have an establishnsent at Maiden, jive miles from Boston; where we. have in opcrationtweirty-two patenrmacliines upon J. Reed's r plan of cutting and heading with; the same- opera ' tion.f -'We are also interested in two establishments upon'the same plan in the vkwity of Philadelphia. - One situated oh Chester creek, where.! we have ten ' machines, the other situated 'on Frertch'; creek, V 'where we-are preparing to erect twenty machines. The three manutactoiicii, ,with vthe- mill streams, T buildincs and inachinenf necessary for thatptirpose wlen the French creek establishment is completed, , with two rOlhm; and slitting mills already built, will 1 . . cost ninety thousand ; dollars.. The active capital employed, seventy-hve, thousund dollars. 1 With the ' i": fifty -two machines, sixty mea andjxjys are rendered ' csipatile of manufactunncf, from the nail plates, fif- v tecs' hundred ton of nails bef year; ; ami by mold ' " plying Uie number of tnaclunes, a quautitr could be V manufactured more than adequate to the . consunrp ' ' tioif of the Onited State. t't' M The fact is, that American iron, although the s ' ore is excellent, is brought to market, sold irt an un ' finished sute i it is not sufficiently hammered to be sound, and , U is hammered in a state so cold, that ' , the seams and cracks, of which there are many, do . 1 .1 J - .1 .1 r .1 l ; not Close wmj wciu , un iron, iiicvciurc, w uic nuw ' ' er or consumer is worth less, by ten dollars per ton, , than iron finished in the style of Russia or Sweden ; the ladies in large towns, who are allowed Always 10 who me icuu ui uie lasnions. 1 ne pnets de manded for them were ao great as to preve the farmer's daughters purcbasbg them. A yotng la dy, stimulated with a desire to: ajpear not Ifess iV Ihionable than those whdere better ableyoi'more willing'topayan extravagant price 4 ; a tmnel, tonceivcd that she might, wltii her own ingenuity and industry, fabricate one for herself equal In qua- nj (uiu v in wfara uiwi aii xjiigitaii. umiiicv would cost. ' The bonnet-was soon completed, and Was-- thought to be no way inferiour to the English'. Thiafirst successful effort.of (he youn'glady soon commanded customers, wbo were furnisjbea with bonnets at about half the price which were paid for those imported. i;-. lif T'fP 1 ne aemanas tor tnesp rjonnets increasing, outers were induced to try their mgemdtyH-,Thesesaall attempts were irenerafly cNiwned wUh uccess.(;t In a levi months the manufacture or&onnefreeeethed the domestic demand for them. The surplus were entrusted to the care 01 a man who irequcnted the market at Boston with the common productions of tne country, wno-maue sucn returns as to, not only encourage tip first adventurers to continue the bu siness, but to induce others also1 to become adven turers ; so that it the end of one yeV (he bonnet business had become an important article' of bafiic una vn-umv. wunc wiucn iiiq uuMiiesa nis an- nutlly increased, and the demands for hatsxod bon- netif becomes' more and more ' extensive The pnncipal' part of this business is done iq the towns of Wrenthamv Franklin, Med way, ' Medfield, Uil lineham. Walpole, Sharon and Foxborouffhi ' Some towus in .the., counties of Bristor and .Worcester have likewise entered into this business. This con cise history of a manufactory, which owes its coma mehcement to mere accident, may not ' be ninter' esung to you J in which l have been a little particu lar, to shew from what small beginnings aa impor tant article; of merchandize, may s be produced Could you have believed that (he annual amonnt of stinw hatt and bonnet made m the town of A ren than alone, is equal to. 100,000 dollars X This 1 suppose to 00, wunmr douo ; ior. me, amount m the other towns in the county of Norfolk above men tioned, I add 160,000 mora " this turn is, perhaps, much too smaiL uiistoi auct Worcester manube Governor 'Trumbull'aCfowas'eminehtly useful. amiable and rrapectable, and his death will lon be deplored by the people of the State, wiiK sincere and unaHected sorrow.- Ha was the sun of a man who waa also many years Governer pf Coimecricut. and whose name will ever be mentioned with booor.1 among the Illustrious characters that will adorn the annals of the American nation. lie received his education at Harvard College. -. . . ' ,v 1 Uothe commencement of the war between this country and Great Britain in the vear TJ5 he en tered the, army and continued m it until the peace of 1T83 1 having been for a considerable time u the family ot Uen. Washmgton, aa hu private Secretary, and one of his aid-de-camps. ' Qof. Trumbull ever possessed the friendship and confidence of the Com mander to Chief, and be Jeft the army With the re putation of a brave, active and faithful officer. ' In civil Lie Governor Trumbull hat been re peatedly a member! and Speaker of the House of uepresentauves in the . Legislature of the State t a membcrof Congress, and Speaker of the House of Representatives of Uie United States t a Senator of the United btates ; Lieutenant Governor, and Go vernor ot the Mate to the last office, he has annu ally been elected since the year 1T98. BONAPARTE .AN EXTRACT. u The present sovereign of France, though he has lived only half the common age of man, is the most wonderful character that the world has pro duced. Immeasurably ambitious, indc&tigably ac tive, a ccmsumate politician, a darintr soldier, a splendid protector of the fine arts, he u greedy 6f sreiy spcues 01 renown, ana anxious to eclipse the splendour of ancient and modern times. HU flat terert seldom talk now' or his military exploits, but dwell upon his policy, his insdtduotis, and his pub lic works. To compare hink with Alexander, Cae sar, or Charles XII.' is Viewing only parts of his character. He directs the movements of his Vete ran armies, and auggest the measures of his in triguing cabinet .The , acts of every department of government emanate from him, ami every pro position is submitted to his revision. His generals or his triinisters perish at his nod, and Ids senate and noblesse hold their existence at Ma will. I, He has planted himself in the middle of Europe, while his numerous branches spreading over tributary kingdoms,, like .those of the sacred tree of India, take, rodt, and are all connected with the parent stock. He knows that after the bloodV proscrip tions of Sylla, the rnonatat dir In his bid, nd that the clemency of Caesar cost him his life j he there fore' never does a deed of mercy, but through poli cy, nor is" ever turned by compunction,' from an act of useful cruelty. ' He found the chariot of govern ment drawn 3at random with frantick, revolutionary vigour, while those who feebly bcld the reins, were hurled from their plates and trampled Tinder foot : be yaulted into.the seat, converted it, mto a'car of ui. ouuiiuuig lubii, nuu aieaay im petuosity, he drives oyer prostrate Enrope-N - Some have supposedf judging him by .other men, that conscience would haunt and ilistract him. Be not deceivedAmbition is hot impeded a mo- He lias1 no leisure for conscience, -rhu new: man of Europe is not yet completed some planirof con quest are yet unexecuted ;' some' nations, that, have been ovarrun, are yet unsettled. iVJiA be destined to sit in triumph on the conquered world ;,if the nations of Europe, accustomed W their chain wear them without murmuring" tor reluctance ; then, af as I too late1 for freedom, the michtv desaot. ' kh tin Other world to conquer may find instead of the cnarms 01 repose,- the liorrours of conscience . J ; ' MARSHAL-LASNESy-.fpfcm I ITU TtTt.-u rn irXT-t-i.Ti.i ' 4 ,.-'5,f This town contaiui 2061 iuhabiUottf. t I The curiosity which has been excited h the ifcath f this gallant sofdieri may" perhaps receive some smau satisfaction, uv the 101 owmz brief account nf his hfe. Marshal Lasnes, it ia said, was the son of an Bttiweptr ui the south ef France $ he entered the army as a private, a short time previous to the revo lution, but was soon-after promoted; The first offi cial account we have of him, is, that he was appoint ed a General of Brigade ipthe army of Italy in 1 r?i.' At the battle of Lodi, in cbjijuncuort whh Massena and tt Wo- cr the-troop. j.ro the bridge, tit- face ot a.tremendous.hre front the Austrian artille ry and at the action in the village of Arcole he was earned off the field covered vlth wounds. Mar-: stuU Laanes followed- the fortunes of Bonaparte; when, he undertook his expedition to Effvot. Tn this campaign he displayed hrs ittsual tatrepitlity, uiu w Kjvcixiy wuunuea m me assault upon tit. Jean de Acre He was one of the favourite gene rals who accompanied Bonaparte when he returned to Fralice. Soon aftct his arrival he was appointed to the command of th. yan-iguard of jhe army in Jtaiy, and greatly signalized himself, in the actions which took place previous to the battle of Marenrwi. partkularry at Montebello, from vhtch he afterwar's uciivca u uho. - Ai me conclusion 6i the tvar, he was sent by the first Coniul asr Ambassador to Por tugal, where be Continued several years- In, the lasr wiili; Austria, Marshal Lasnes held dis. tingmahed command and gained considerable cre di.by his ciducti pardcularly at the celebrated baU lie of Austerlitz, where he commanded the left wing of the French army.,' His, daring courogey In the late wars;, and af the essaulC ofSaragossa, arc too WeH known to" need ; recital;: 'After many vlcto I6rles gained by him iii the present War. he rrrr'wpA a mortal wound, at the late action on the DanuW of which he lingered till the 3 1st of Maytwheh he expired, lie had received 13 wounds durinc his iu biiu m u o Li ) 1 1 j : L i ill im 1111 rir Tin tiiv..i . . j most bs.uiui generals that the world has produced. .1 fcODrar, yRALEIGIL - TafR-DYt mat :r. :s:o.' John Grant Renchtr. Ijiri 'wTi. oTThis county on MorWLy UA.. -- His Excellency John Treadniin is elatedtjo. vemour of Connectietit. hH';i irt... v"" Griswold Lieutenant Gorernour. . r Rocrer Nelson. Esi. nfwrti.;. rom the state of Mary laiid, is appointed by tiY, vernour and Council of that state .cL,e Ju of the 5A judicU district, vice Wilim uXl ' A late Nashville paper mentions that twocottnr irtanuf-ctones are about to be fcrectcd id tho vklmi, ' of tha place -i ; ; ,. i , - . ' liaiinCV sweiweyl inL.M.,.1!. - ? . ' had been fitted and armed within zhe Water, of ti,e United States, with intent in rn!u :.. ... .- jects of m foreign pmice with whom the U. S. . rc v.t peace, government nas issued uj-trBctijns to irf i tute prosecutioos against all perioha wha- ner who may have beert or-tMi hereaTtcr U cot,craed ui the fitungout ana arminof any tmcN vesstr bri, theaugmeiitiogofUio faiceof anysuch fesseL ' . , " , JTalton&l Intelligencer, . .Vew York Conrreittomil FJmijtw Tkl'r t. tne gentlemen are elected mrmiu-r. Ur .!.- . -i , ' Congress for the the aute of N. York- . '.. - "." . . taenexer;age, 5amT L. Mitchell, W:b Paukfinr. Pifcrra.Van rjtttUnA, i . . Thoraat B. Cooke, Asa" Fitch, It LI Living t, ! iiarraanus uieecker, ailas Stow, Thornai R GolJ Arunah Metcalf, Uii .Tracy, Daniel Avery, Peter B. Porter. -.. ..;v....- . , t-W Tort. Mau 10Rn. Wr. -1.1. l . . i' j-jl it . '. T a very . spendidball, at hia house In rjearl-rnt. ! ' day-evening. . Among the ladies and irentlmen of distincuon presenl, were Mr. Jackson, (the Biiuai jb-A.-wuiiu.iur uiu ma may. . James River CiW.-i-TheiV w" aXu the uanal. from' tha umvr rmn'm. i : n;t,.. j - - - ri -"" ui.uiuau, for a period commencing the 1st of. Januaiy an 1 v""'8 nyiuj mivuiuo more uian ;v e months ) ffSJ hlida. Tobacco, and 29,594 ly.s. f Flour. -! It hs emphatically been said, that Hii' es, turnpikes and canals, were the veins ahd artery's of the republic" .and evenr dav eTTarlTl-a t.r.'o . " VIVV ; J "to pi-ove the accuracy of the assertiou .Virg. p4tr, v 1 he. Uordtan Knot ; or, Causes arKefrects,,, a Plav. has been written Iw.Mf IT it. Xr n. ,-i.... S. C and is to be performed at the theatre in tliat Humplinr Marshall. Kvi. tinguished abilities, has issued proposals for pubSsh- uigarcuenu epuDiican, paper in Kentucky, . - Baltimore. Jlfau 10 lmnni. pa;-. aa ... Wew York, vcpomithatCuata, cpwirHbnlt u, " possession oi tne unusli; i he British scut several Amfcricana intn Molts. Knrin . xt.,t..a i .. having certificates of origin, detained till they he ;, from England , An American: Wig bound to Sa nies, was also sent into Malta atwt imm.Ji.t.i. leased without trial, r The Faiiy left-Gibraltar the ' Norfolk A fan 6. lSin.tl c Capt. Covil,: we have. Cadi. papers to- the 1st of 4 kmI . i v . a .... ipiu c umnutea tnem te the perusul of a gen tleman, versed in the Srumish -tan..mw 4 c . " fhat there is hot an article Worthtransladntt,btii: r'uiviau- uucur wiuiueuuisei P811! SKirnusnes ii Uie interior of . spain that the operations of t ., French are pearly nugatory ; that the armies in and bear Cadiz were inactive j and that Cadi ; was well SunnlSefl u-itK MtKlr.4n... i . nd vessels duih arrived wUhproviakaisand water. r a. . 2'. . ' " . . '. ' ft t. Arrived Here this morning in the ship Ro!!a, capt. Sanfordt from Lisbon, which ntr h i.fMf tH pf ApriL The British and Portdgu ese ariiiV t.f jw,uwu men were on tne ironuers, where they r.; been lor .some time jhe French had not attem; i to advaUCo--The cLir hefora bf transports, with troops and horses had arrived. -' Miwn mousanu men, were daily txpectca fipm England .to reinforce Lord Wellingtoa's Ar- rnV'""'' "'V --'- . . :..(,' 1 v Markets for comand flower vere good, the forrnrr 2 dollars per bushel, and the latter 14 ne r barrel ' and looking op' s1 ', si,." 1 "- " f Yesterday a htiraber, of vessels, hearly ; Yd sa l, ; which had been detained for anm tliWbv a conii-' huatioh Cjf easterly ind got under, way fi-om llauip' ton Roads, and Proceeded tn .. -: s-:-''".: 1 i Extract e 'fcfirjhWiidi.'W:y. ' JrA rrtvit U'liif-to xehilemAtin Mw- has received orders to pre vent the importation of rtujcncau urucies in any oottoms, via St. Bar(hoii mews i conseanentlv' th r,i- nr tia :J! and hit A M ceased, and tjhe Americans now in-that port are pla ced in a veryawkward situation, r? fv -v, t 'u Tl.. .k! - it- i f . , . . . . .1.. ' u iuica, wmcn put mto ttuspo.v m distress, has been trwlrwk J nt ,;t r :V . VmV frontthelsttothe foth May.'i'U tf fJ ;-:ik'i'' V, Communicatedor the federal Refiublictu v -Ilaving received official information that tha ex' portauon of flour, biscuit 6r other provisions 6r lum ber, from this island, tn- anv nf th Ttm;.h nm-ts ill the West Indies is prohibited by his Britannic ma jesty every individual residing In.tliis island iv hereby warned not to expose any such articles to bv captui-ecWasall officers of British ships of war Im receivedordera to scire on .all vessels attempt Uie breach of such orders.'-1 !i, . . ' ; ,, , .v Given at Custavia the 1 4th April, 18 10. i (Signed) JL ANKERIiEI ,vopv. yn iSamukv FAHtBav.i-".-.:?;'; SHOCKING i .'The . following talo. cf should serve as a caufion to parents not to pt i . their oliildrcn to witness, scenes, of cruelty of : description whatever. Monday -last Mr, II" - miller at King's Bridge, Devon, having cmpl ; 's