The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1804-12-01
MISCELLANEOUS.
Fran tie Baltimore Fed. Gag.
CoMmUNICATION.

ceptiole, may not meet the notice or ACQUIRE
the reipef of the fuper.icial obicrver who can
not
" Look through mature up 10 Natures Cor"
But to philosophical and rejecting mind,
thoie attonihing isretches extraordinary in.
ve!eigation, naturally excite not cniy wonder,
but admiration, at the beuisnity of Precedence,
IN the endowment of mankind with fuch a.
toniihng capacities as are capable of making
mere mechanical operations, to exhibit the ac-
tons OF natural life, and even TO excite the APP
pearance offupernatural interference.
Thefe reflections torcibly prefed themfelyes
upon my mind after viewing the machine eyhi.
biting in this city, juitly called The NrR-ry. and
which in my opinion, is deiervedlya iubiett of
the mott unqualified admiration of the iurD-i-
zing powers ofhuman invention.
From fnall g'ais cafe (not 70 large as one of
our city lamps) entirely ifolated, totally urcou-
nected with either the floor, the walls or the cei
ling of the room, we hear the mott dulcet and
agreeable mu.ic charningly vibrate in the ear
from the meilihuous Pounds Of the organ, to
the more enchanting tones of the piano-tar1e,
without any apparent manual afIifance. Wberr
DO human intervention can politely be percc;y.
ed, or the mott inqui6tiye eye of icrutnizinp
carioiity explore the inviiible caufe, replies are
made to the NOT abhrute queitions that nav
he aiked IN a!not any language, with iurplj,inp.
acutenets and preciiion 1t alfo reads print
when preiented TO any part of ii: dfcrinjpates
colours, Sc. and although this cafe, or lar
thorn, is not OF fuiiicient dimenlions to contain
the fnaileh infant, yet the human breath can
be diitinetly beard and J;It. In vain we look to
the walls, the ceiling or the floor, for an ex
PLANTATION of the extraordinary phenomena .
till our enquiries meet no qualification for
the machine being entirely unconneeted with
Tire whole, it would be abfurd to fuppofe it de-
pendant on either.
Bentley JULY obicrves, 81 acknowledge that
all mutt be performed either by mechanifIn or
accident, either of which is wholly unaccouut-
able
1.-THE "Invifble lady" excited the af1onifh-
ment and COMPOUNDED the enquiries ofthe philo-
iophers Of all France, fursly this MyRery might
bid defiance toths inveftigatons of all the learn
ed in the univerfe.
In my opinion, II is mon aftoniihing curioG-
ty, and as fuch, independent ofthe Qualifications
light oft may afford, it deferves encourage
menta itimulus;to the ingenious TO purfue their
refearches until the utnoft powers of the hui
man understanding and ingenuity are fully .c
certained.
l am Menrs. Editors, yourmoft ob't.
FELLOW CITIZEN.
Nov. %.
A-->A NIL Er>NNi AlCAlN bESIEiPIION
OF MANCHESTER
The trade of Manchester may be i;videi into four
periods. The firt is that, when the manufacturers
worked hard merely Tor livelihood, wi,hou, hayine
accumulated any capital. The fecond is that, when
they had begun to acquire little fortune but worked
as hard, and lived III as plain as before in
creating their fortunes we'll by economy as by mo-
derate gains. The third is that, when luxury bega--
to appear and trade was Puhed by tending rider
Tor oIdes to every market town in the kingdom. Tn
fourth is tie period in which expenie and luxury ha,
made great progres, and was iupported by a trad.
extended by means of riders and factors through every
part of Europe.
1t not eay to afcerain when the fecopd of theft,
periods commenced; but is probable that few or No
capitals OF 3ooo or 4oooi acquired by trade exifted
mere before 1890. However, towards the latter nd
oil the ait century and the beginning of the prefen the
traders had certainly got money beforehand had BEGAN
TO build modern brick houes, in place of thofe of wood
and PLATTER. For the rt thirty wears OF the preCnt
century, the cid efabEed houics confined their trade
to the wholeiale dealers in London Brffto Norwich
Newcatle, and thofe who frequented Chefter fair.
ne profits were thus divided between the manuf,c
turer the wholefale, and the rStail dealer: and ,bo
OF the manufacturer probably Enough thi. is CON-
tray to the received cpinon lefs per cent upon the
buiineis they did, than in the preent times The irn
Provemen OF their fortunes chiefly owing to heir
economy IN living, the eXpenie of which was much be-
low the intereit OF the capital employed. Apprentices
at that time were now and then taken from families
which could pay moderate fee. By an inder.n-e
dated 1906 the fee paid appears to have been fxtv
pounds, the young man ferVing feven years But ali
apprentices were obliged to undergo a van deal of
laborouS work, fuch turning Wrapping mills CARVING
goods on their ihouders through the nreets, and th
Ike. I'm eminent Manufacture IN taat age ufed,obe
in his warehoue before fix in the morning accountant
ed by his children and apprentices At feven thev all
came IN to breakfast, which conned of one larre din
Of water-pottage, made of oatmeal water and little
alt, boiled thick, and poured into a din At the Gde
was pan or baton Of milk, and the mater and appren
ufe' each with wooden fPoon in his hand, without
lois OF time, dipped into the fame dh and thence into
the milk pan and as foon it was finhed they all
returned to their work. In George the FIRES rei,n
many country gentlemen began to fend their fons an
prentices to the Manchester manufacturers. bn,
though the little country gentry did not then live in
that luxurious manner they have done nce the vouno
men found 1t 10 different from home that they could
not brook this treatment, and either got away before
their time, or, if they Raid the expiration Of their
ndentues, Trey then for the moR part entered into
the army or went to iea The little attention paid 70
rendering the evenings of apprentices agreeable a,
home where they coniidered rather as fervsuts
than pupils, drove many of them TO tayerns herethev
acquired habits of drinking that frequently proved IN.
furious in after life. To this in part, to be attrbu
ted the bad cutom Of gilling or drinking white wine
as wet before dinner, to which at one period MIN
Der Of young men fell lacriice.
When the Manchester trade began ~ ev,e,d ,he
ehaPmen uted tokeep gangs of pack-horfes. and ac-
IN he ~;r.Is