The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1804-11-28

arranged, and exhibiting the faireh i,npre:iion.
In fhot, Windham is one of the mott intcreN-
ing fpeakers in the Houie, and if he could fup-
prefs the black bile which continually flows
! from his mouth if he could conceal his bitter
/ inveteracy, he would add new weight to his
character, would iofe nothing of his fenatorial
dignity, and would be the delight fthc Houfc
of Commons.
! Adicu.
Budget, a political cant svora far tie yearly
! efinate Of espenjts. dsv Mr.. 4idGinefoa o.
1'en one Of DIS budgets, and Ii,uagic.d heard tie
srosnS ola b'oiared mili0n lpcQp!e.
I LiQy.
| At a late meeting of the Suncx Eng.) Agri-
! cultural Society MIR. Letter, engineer, of Pic
cadily, exhibited, oppoGte the bean field We
ry intereaing fet Of machines for threflling,
chaff cutting and cracking of beens, oats, Sc.
1t being an acknowledged deGderatum in
threfhing, that if corn be completely feparated
from the ftraw, it is no matter how little the
(, hraw is broken but from the prefent pra6tied
mode of feparaton, it has ever been found the
ereateft difficulty to feparate the corn from
thofe ears that lie hid in the fraw, without
giving it more beating than where they collect
ed. The prcfent threliing machines fpend
their power in beating tin all parts alike. Mr.
iSSttSI Hds luNClIlCSI d DidCItlc acts upon
! the ears, only, by friction, the fraw pafing be-
tween two chequered Furnaces of cat iron,
which from the cars occupying the mott fpace
| the corn is not completely frctioned out, but
; the ereatef part OF the chaff is feparated from
the ffraw. This machineis worked by fim-
pie one horfe power apparatus, weighing two
cwt which renders it portable, and may be re-
moved from barn 70 barn with great facility.
1t drives ftraw cutter and an oat and been
cracker alternately. The machine was erected
! in the field, not attached to any barn or build
ing, and the corn received on a fail cloth. 1t
was worked by one horie, and did not appear
to be great labour : with the aiIiftance of two
men, it thrailed one fheaf of wheat per mi
mute, amounting to five bufhels per, hour the
| work was done effedually without injuring Ell
thcr corn or Nraw. The chaf machine cut one
buihel per minute, and the oat bruifer fplit one
buihel of beans in eight minutes, ground one
buihel of nlalt in four minutes, bruifed one
bufhel of oats "a the fame time, and cut one
buihel OF barley in fix minutes, the whole was
done without mealng the corn. This machine,
when wore dull, may be renewed by grinding
the cutter (Which is q bar of fteeD in FIVE mi
nutes.
The following Efay was erronioudy iiaed in our aii
TO BE from the Medical Repoiitory, i, is from the
Library Magazine.
~ ON COAL AS Il FUEL IN AMERICA.
SIR,
The population of the northern hates being
coniiderable, and increafing with great rapidity,
we view the preient generation enjoying al! the
bieifings that the land can afford ; but when we
reflect on what will follow from the fituation of
theie itateS with reipe6t to wood and timber, it
mutt appear evident to every individual, and the
public IN general, that fomething ought to be
done to remedy growing evil, an evil which,
in the courfe of fifteen or twenty years, will be
ieverely felt by the lower clafS of people, and
we are iorry to fay, that this is the cafe in many
OF the fouthern counties at prefent.
1t is my intention to futlait to your coniidcr-
alton the necefary means of procuring this va
| luable neceiiary of life for this purpofe
wonld with TO draw your attention to the fol-
lowing query Would not it be the nteret of
the U. States TO efabih regular coal trade
from Virginia to the northern ftatcs?
Inc advantages, which, in my opinion,
might oe derived from this trade would be
great, not only TO individuals, but the public at
large.
The large quantities Of coal which we are
formed are to DC found in Virginia, and the nu-
merous freams and creeks, which rife and flow
through the fate, and empty into the Chefa-
PNaNN olih <AbthtiC OCcdn, give us every redfOn
TO foPpofe that the coal could be procured at
inall expenfe; and If regular coal-trade were
carried on, IT could be Afforded, 1T the cities and
towns which are bordering on the fea, and adj
iaccnt to the navigable rivers, at fnialler ex-
pence than wood.
1t is well Known that woodland in Connec-
| ticut, Rhode Jnand, and the ealern parts of
Maiachuietts, is very fcsrce, particularly in the
lcoun.ies Of Hartford, Newhaven, NNw-London.
Fairfield, and throughout Rhode Iaand, and
the esterB counties OF Magachufetts; the timber
~ tbefe counties is almoh entirely cleared off
the land. The woodland in the fouthern and
eStern parts of Connecticut has, within the mort
| 'pace Ct FIVE years, rifen nearly two hundred
per cert. This great ri.e of woodland caufed
| many people TO be more prudent of fuel than
formerly the uie Of hoyes are introduced as a
mean OF Eving fuel, and we are happy in feeling
thefe foyes obtain 70 rapid an introduction in
the Villages about but, notwithstanding, there
are many who conider ftoyes as injurious TO
health, and others who calculate the expenfe of
iuei iayed thereby, and therefore continue TO
couiuine large quantities Of fuel in fire place
perhaps TX or Eight feet wide, and nearly five
teSi deep The large Iantities OF fuel con-
idmcdtn one ofthefe fire PLACES in one winter
mhi' be great, perhaps two thirds more than
would DecehdIiiy be confirmed in a ftove But
We itali moi 1t Prefent enlarge upon this fubiec,
but .oT an ample deicnption Of building fire
places IN ordcrto fave fuel, and many other in
tSieR!1g articles, we refer our readers To count