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VIRGINIA ARGUS.
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B O Q K S. -
Just received an A for sale by
Samuel Pleasants, jr.
» _rL
Fielding’s History of Tom Jones.
v iMioson’s Euclid*
Util's Anatomy, Heory’s Travels in
"Rcofield on Cow-Pock Canada ami die In.
Bock’s Miscellaneous dun Territories,
Works between tbe years
Fuller’* Defence • 17*0 and 1776
Washington, or Lib. Rdw.irds on Baptism
eriy llusloredj a Friend and Physician
Poem, by Thomas Border's History ot
Norininort, Esq. tbe lioiy Bible
Memoirs of Samuel Hciting aud Mun.
Coots, Esq ford's Reports, 3
’Christian i'r.acher vela.
The Miseries ot Hu- Tyler’s Reports, 1
man Kile voi. to be coutinu.
Antidote to ditto ed
isequet to the Anti. Harris and McHen.
. Bote ry’s Reports
Rosa, or American Ambon's biackston*
Gcniea <mu Euuca- Kendall’s Travels
ucn thicugh the North
Toe Novelist** Ma. era p.tisei the U
gamine btktes, in the years
iuo7s*=a *
W1 AS taken up this morning bj
the subscriber, a SON ELI.
JuAKL, about 1J hands high , with
a .small Blaze in the lorehcittf} long
mane, and supposed to be 4 orjpyeara
.old; the ower is requested tfy come
and latte her and pay uic necessary a.
ffeuacs, 5t'c*
D A.VID H. EROMWELL.
TVIav 14.. 1R10
4 ’ V- ' J
The subscriber uanuacts Commis
sion Business—lie has for sale
on consignment,
Cut Herrings,
'A Whisky,
Queens Ware,
Havarma Sugars.
Hubert Gamble.
Richmccd, i4th May., 1810, jlm
MAM CHESTER TUUXPIKE COM.
FANY.
'"I'HE Subscriter nttrus to purch*rS| five
prime M'jEES, lor whicn it'lZcial
p:ice will b* allowed;' And licAcutu
l.iic for ibe les.oue of ilie ytur, two ME.
OUO MEN and iwo LCU i capable ot
Cnvmg curia.
James Braader, C1E.
April 14> 18 10. |(ia
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pOVKUTlFn „,e Jail of/Cbt&i]
cotnly as a Kwtfvmy, a Kt*t> lbo
«»'b WmretfJOH^ W\LS0N, & »
to Gel. Iboirat <>*< drjvr.l Ch«ate\g)d court y —
Sv « sfcnut hvotf.-rt nidf or'ten ireferrj/jh
the owner is iyTft«* ted t(t prove hit prr perry
pay charges/ro take hirtr away^cthci wua he
will ce deal/with accorOit* to Law,
Matthew Moody, jailor.
Charles C’njr county, i7ib April^ 1810. 3 w
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oflers for •t o—'Sicily
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:n Coffcl
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»nd Gunpowder "lcn_
&—Almond*—Nuunt^s
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liichrv.ond, Akh Jnly 1809.
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Next door to Mr. Niclsi ,
City, returns thanks to those
cd turn with their custom, aj ,
friends aiid the | > t>.ic '/( i.er«i>
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RETORT
or THR
SECRETARY OF TiiE TREA
v SURY
ON
MANUFACTURES.
The**5e«retary of the Treasury, in o
bedience to the resolution of the
House of Representative*, respect**
fully submits the following Report,
in part, on the subject of
DOMESTIC MANUFAC
TURES :
The following manufactures are car-'
ried on to an extent, which may be
considered adequate to the consump
tion of the U. States 5 the foreign ar
ticles annually imported, being less in
value than those of American manu
facture belonging to the same geueral '
cla«s, which are annually exported— j
viz:
Manufactures of wood, or of which
wood is the principal material.
Leather and manufactures of lea
ther.
Sosp and tallow* candles.
Spermaceti oil and candles,
t iuxseed oil.
Refined sugar.
Coarse earthen ware.
c_rr ^1_i . 1 .• t 1
i t»uv/vv*atc, nuir puwuor aim
mustard.
The following branches are firmly '
established, supplying iu several in- '
stances the greater and in all a const- ‘
derable part of the consumption #f the
United States—-viz a
1 Iron and manufactures of iron,
i Manufactures of cotton, wool and
flax. , • 1
i flats.
I Paper, printing typos, printed books, ,
| playing card*.
Spirituous and malt liquors. (
Several manufactures of hemp.
Gun powder.
\V indov/ glass.
Jewelry and clocks.
Several manufactures of lead,
b.raw bonnets and hats.
Wax dandles
Progress has also been made hi the
!following branches—viz.
PaiiiiA and colors, several chemical t
preparations and medical drugs, salt, i
munulactur** of c~»<p*r and brass, ja- s
parted .urd pluicd ware, calico printing, a
queen's and o'hcr cart hem arid glass i
wares, Ike. j
Many articles, respecting which no j
iniormation has bet.n received, are uti- i
cicubtedly omitted ; and the substance <
cl the information obtained on the 1
n eat important branches, is cotnpre \
heuded upder the following heads : ,
Wood and Manufactures of Wood.
i
|V . , . T% ,
ate cart ied to a high degree of perfec |
aou, aupj.iy utc wi-oit uemanu or me
L» ited States, and consist principally
of febinet ware and other household '
iui .hurt, coaches and carriages, either
for pleasure or transportation aud
ship building. ,
'1 he ships and vessels above twenty |
ton* burthen, built in the U. States 1
during the years 1801 a 1807, measur
ed 774,922 tons, making on an average
about 110,tOO ton* a year, and worth |
more than six million* ot dollars. A* ]
bout two thirds were registered for the «
foreign trade, and the remainder li- ,
tented for the coasting trade and fish- t
cries.
Ot the other branches no particular |
account can be given. But the annu- c
al exportations oi furniture and car-n
ruigr s amount to 170,000 dollars— (
1 he value ot the whole, including ship |
building, cannot be less than twenty ,
millions of dollars a year.
Under this head may also be men
tioned pot and pearl ath, ot which, be- 1
sides supplying the internal demand,
7,400 tons are annually exported.
Leather and Manufactures of Leather
I anneries are established in ever*,
part of the U. States, some of then
on a very Lrgc scale; the'capital cm- |
ployed in a single establish.nent a* <
mounting to one hundred thousam 4
dollars. A few hides are exported -
and it is stated that one third of thos
used in the grea^ tanneries of the At- {
i-tiitic states, are imported from Spa- r
nish America. Some superior or pw» )
icular kinds of English leather and oil
Morocco, are '■till imported ; but a*
i>cut 350,000 ibs. ^ of Amcrir.au Ira- (
thcr arc auouallv exported. The bark
»a abundant and cheap ; aud it »eem«
by the annexed communication, mark
ed (A) that hides cost in America
5 1-2 cents, and in England sev«n
cents a pound ; that the bark used for
fanning, coats in England nearly ae
much as the hides, ami in America
notone tenth part «f that sum. It is
at the same time acknowledged that
much American leather is brought to 1
market of an inferior quality, and that
better is generally made in the middle <
than in the northern or southern states. (
The tanneries of the state of Delaware
employ collectively a capital of on-*
hundred and twenty thousand dollars,
md ninety workmen, and make an
nually 100,000 dollars worth of leather. !
fhose o 1 Baltimore amount to twenty
Iwo, seventeen ol which hare together
i capital of 137,000 dollars, and tan
modally 19.000 hides, cud 25,000 calf
ikins. j
Morocco is slso made in several
daces, partly from imported goat skins, ‘
md principally from sheep »kins. And
t may be proper hero to add, that ]
leer skins, which form an article of ex„ ‘
jortadon, are dressed and maoufactui
:d in the Ur5ted 'States to the amount
equi.ea tor tno conauntpuon ot the
:ountry.
The principal manufactures of lea
her are those of shoes and boots, har
iAs and saddles. borne itjeoustder
ible quantities of the two last aitick*>
me both imported and exported. The 7
mmral importation of foreign boots '
md shoes, amounts to 3,230 pair of “
roots and 59 000 pair shoes, principal-!1
y kid and morocco. The annual ex- '
>ortaticn of the-same articles of Amt;- 1
•ium manufacture, to 8,300 p..ir of ‘
roots ^nd 127,000 prdr of .-.hoes. The
ihoe rrfieaufacturee of New Jersey are
muClve. Thatosl-ywa, in iVlassa* ’
:hu$ctjs, mokes 100,(JUJ''pair' oTVtr [
nen’a shoas annually.
The r. lue ol all the articles annual!-. *
nsnufgctured in the United States, 3
rhich arc embraced under this hdad *
leathery may be estimated at twenty
iiillions of dollars. , 1
ti
Soap and Tallow Candles* r
A great portion of the soap and Can- P
lies used in ihe United States is a fa- "
nily manufacture. bat there are aiao °
sveral establishint its on an wntensive 4
calc in all the large cities and several
•thcr places. Those of the village of *’
ioxbury near Boston, employ afoiK ;J*
i capital of one hundred thousand dal* !l
ar'» & make anmodlj 870,000 pounas *
tanules, 880,000 pounds brown soap, *
it 50,000 lbs. Windsor fit fancy soap, t:
♦ ith a profit, i*. is »aid( ol 15 pet eta*! 1
um on the capital employed.
1 hr annual importations of foreign ^
nanufacture, ars candles 138,000 0
locnds, soap 470,000 pounds. U1
1 he annual exportations ©f domes- 9
ic rm.nufacfure, are caudles 1,775,000 *
jcunds, soap 2,220,000 Ihs. ; n
i he annual value manufactured in .t:
ne ciuia state*, and including the J
[nantity made in private famii ea lor 0
heir own use, caanot be estimated i n
ets than eight millions oi doilais. ^
Spermaceti Oil and Candles.
The establishments for this manu- f<
acture arc at Naututket and New- s
iedford in Massachusetts, 8c at Hud- s
co in New-York. Hesides supplying g
he whole ot the domestic consuwp. 1
ion, they furnished annually, for ex- 9
►ortation to foreign countries, 230,000 a
>ound# of candles and 44.000 gailotu t]
>f oil. The whole quantity annually b
nanufactured arnountou io about 300, n
>00 dollars. Hut the exclusion from o
oreign markets has lately abetted the i>
nanu fat lure.
Kebned Sugar. f|
The annual importations of foreign
efinrd sugar amount, lor the years v*
803 to 1807, to 47,000 ibs. 1
The annual exportation of American d
efined sugar, amounted, for the satm c<
cars, to 150,000 Ibs. q
The then existing duty was, in the si
ear 1801, collect'd on 9,887,000 ii
ounds j and as the manufacture hai t<
;ept pace w ith the increase of popula- rr
ton, the quantity now annually made <
. ij
* Unless otherwise stated, the im- •»
ortaiioos aud exportations are iu this n
ejioit tak n on the aver of th«
carsieOoutU 1807. j.
may he estimated at five tn liions of
ponuds, Worth one million of dollar*.
, '1 hi: capital employed is stated at
three millions and a half of dollars ;
Aud as the establishment-! have in*
.reused in number, sonic til them have
declined in business. It is believed
hat if a drawback, equivalent to the
tuty paid on the importation of the
irown sugar used in the refined augur
exported, was again allowed, the lo»
■eign demand* particularly of Russia,
•vould give a great txt naion 10 this
>ranch. A special repoit lias been
navie on that subject to the committee
>f commerce aud. manufactures.
:OTTONT WOOL AND FLAX.
I. Spinning .Mills and iVTartuiac«.
taring Establishments.
The first c«tton mill was erected in
he stinte of Khodc.Islnnd, in the year
li 9* ) another in the same statt in the
ear 1795, Ik two mote in the s’, ;teol
Massachusetts, in the vea. s 1303-4.
during the three succeeding years ten !
norc were erected or commenced in
thode-Istand* hi d one m Connecticut
unking altogether fifteen mills creeled’ J
•cfore the year 1308, working at that
ime about eight thousand spindles,
lid produciog aben: three hundred
houeand pounds of yarn a \'tar^
Koturns have been received ofeigh
y-seven mills which wtre erected a:
he end of the year 1809 ; sixty-two «i
rhich f4S water anJ 14 horse mills)
rere in operation, a id worked at that
iiutf thirty-one thousand spindles,
['he ether twenty-five will all In- ia n.
irr.uioo in the <i6ur*« oi thi<> year, anti
together with the fotracr ones (almoa
U of which are increasing their ma
hinery) will by the estimate received,
rork morp than eighty thousand spin
ilra at the commencement oi the year
811.
The capital required to carry on the
nanuiacturc on the heat terms, is esti
iated at ihe rate of one hundred dol
us tor each spindle ; including both !
iie fixed capital applied 10 the pur. j
ha«e of the mill-scats, and to the con
ruction of the mill , and machinery*,
d that employed in wages, r*p„ir:»,
aw materials, goods on band and con*
irgencics. But it is brlioed that no
lore than at the rate of fro dollars for
ach spmc'le u generally actually’ em
Iqjed. Forty-live pounds of cotton,
r«»i tn about twenty cents a pound, are
n aa average annually used for each
aiudlc ; and these produce about thir
„six pounds yarn oi d fferent qual
ies, worth on an uveiage one dollar
nd 12 1-2 cents a pound. Fight
iisuitefl sp.ndies employ forty p«-i^
, \it. five men and thirty-bve
omen and children. On those da.
b ‘he general results lor tue year
811, are thus estimated t
Number of Mills, 87 : No. of Spin*
les, 80.000; Capital employed,4,bOO, I
DOltic liars ; Co ion used, 3,600,000!
>3. value ft 720,000; Quantity oi yarn
Hin 2,880,000 lbs. valflc S S,240,000 :
.'urnbtr ol persons employed, 5(A)
ien, 3,500 women and cmidren ; 'lo*
u Ol persons employed, 4,€00.
1 he increase of Chiding 5c spinning j
f cotton by machinery, in esiabiish
icntfi for that purpose, and delusive
. of that done in private families, has
lertfore ban lout fold du; ng the
,/o last years and will have burn ten
dd in ihiee years. l iie table (]J)
•ews the situation and extent of those
:vcral mills, and that although the
renter number is in the vicinity of
iov idctive, in Hhode-Island, ib» y are
altered and extending throughout
ll the states, i hose situated within
\nty mile- of Providence, are »x!u
ited in the table (C.) a».d ti t state
lent marked (U.) gives the details 0;
ne of the establishments, as furnished
y the proprietors.
The seventeen mills in the state of
hede-lshnd, included in the table
which wcie in operation, and
orltcd 14,2'.XJ spindles in t « year
H09, arc also stated to have used
in mg that year 640,<>j0 pounds of*'
>tton, which produced 510.000 lbs. ]
t>air. i of which 124,000 lbs. we»e
>.d for thread and knitting) 200,(Ob
s. were usr. d in manufacture s at
ithtd to, or in the vicinity of the
iill* ; and the residue was eu!u:
/id lor wick, aud for the use of famt
manuiacliitei, or exported to othe r
irts. Kiev« n hundred U.ou.i ave ca.d
• bfr*employ id in weaving vos y,,rti
/un by tuov^ siiJi into go*#- printi
“*) 1)1 bltl ^ '/ ,JQ, vi‘2»ij
— ---—* —■ - --..L-as
Hcd ticking, sold at 5? to 90 cts.p. \ 1*
Stripes & checks, 30 to 42 (jo*
Ginghams, 40 to iU tio*
Cloth f»*r shirts and
sheeting, 35 to 73 do.
Counterparts, at 8 8 each.
1 hose several goods are already e*
qual iu appearance to the English tin
ported at tides of thj namcr Rescript i
on, and superior in durability , and
ljle finishing, is stiil improving.—.
The p opoi tk-u of fine yaiut> is also s
creasing.
i he same articles are mimt factored
in several other places, and particular
ly at Philadelphia, where are also *
1 made from the same mine rial, we!>»
Jhing and coaeh bticts, (which articles
I havo aiEO excluded, or will soon ,tv*
j elude similar foreign importations *
table and other diaper cloth, jear.».
Vest puterns, cotton kerseymr*-* and
rdaokets. f hK manrfuturc ef tu -
ttans, cords and velvet, has aj»o beca,
commenced tn the interior and wc«
parts cf Feaueylvkniu, aiid iu
Kentur k)*»
Some of the mills above mentioned
are sho employed in card lug and
spinning wool, though not to a censi
de able amount. Bat almost the
whole of that material is spun nnd
wove in private families ; and there are
yet out few establishments for the ma
nufacture of woolen clothB. Some
information !:a> hmvmi. h v*-#- / ‘t
viul respecting fourteen of these-, as
staled iu tabic (h..) manufacturing
each, on an avi. ag.-, ten thousand
y-rd8 ol cloth a year, worth on an a
verage from on# to ten dollars a yard.
I. is believed that there are others
irorn which no information has betu
obtained; and it is known that seve
ral establishments, on « sm; lkr sc.tU,
exist in Philadelphia, Baltimore and
some ether places. All those cloths,
as well ag those manufactured i i
private. families, are generally eu
perior in quality, though somewhat
inferior in appearance to imported
cloths of the ame price. The prin
cipal obstacle to the extension of tho
manufacture is the want tf wool
which is still deficient both iu quality
and quantity. Hut those defects aru
daily and rapidly lessened, by the in
troduction ot sheep ol the Merino and
other superior breeds, by the great de
mand for the auicle, and by the at'ea.
tion now every where paid hy furme;s
to the increase aud improvement of
their flocks.
Manufacturing establishments for
spinning and weaving flax, are yet hut
few. in the state of New-York, there
is one which employs a capi-al i f
18,000 dollars, and twenty-six persons,
aud in which about ninety U)ousu»'d
pounds of flax ar# annually spun and
v ^vc, into canvass and other coarse
hn#n. Information has been rccriveii
respecting two m the vicinity of Phi,
ladeiphia, i ne .of which products an
nually 72,000 yard* oi can vast made
of flax aud cotton; in the other, th«
flax is both hackled and spun by mu.
chine rv. thutv lnr.mu ...... .... . t_ i
and it 13 said, that ,500,000 ,.rds of
cotton bagging, sail doih nd ccara*
linen, may be made annually.
Hosiery may also be considered as
almost exclusively a h< tuchi-Jd r.-auu
f>tc litre, 'll. at of Oei mnntown baa de*
dined, and it does not ‘appe.tr to have
b«on attempted on a la ge scale in
other places. Tut re are howtTVtr,
oine exceptions; and it is stated th t
the island oi Martha’s Vineyard ex
ports annually nine thousand pair of
stockings.
II. HOUSEHOLD MANUFAC
TURES.
But by far the guat. r part of the
goods made of these u.au riaU feottet*,
llax an wool) v « inat uiacturc'I in pti
vate families, mostly for their own u
trn; partly tor >mle. Ihev pTiuvipni.y
con- i^r ol co. r> e c loth, flannel, cotton
studs, and stupes ol treaty dt script ms*<,
rintti and mixtures ul wool w tn fl u
or col too. The information rec%f%c«t
Irom every state, and from mere (It. a
‘•lXiy tliQcreui places, concurs >n rein
I 11filing the fact of an extraordinary
increase durir.gthc two but ye^rs, and
m rendering it provable that at,ciul
wo thirds »• the doik.ng •itiluuii.g
hosiery, atm c*( the hou e and table
linen worn and nurd by the inhabitan t
‘ I the U. S. who d»* .:*»« ics.je in u
uet, is the gmlnciei uiwily m.uuui*
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