Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1809-09-22

y" sHeh SSsie therS IS one al browns
VILE, aud one at Wheeling. on a tolera.
ole large plan. In Lexington, and at
louisville, Falls Of Ohio, there are sever.
al on very large scale. AT Cincinnati,
Ohio, there is rope walk whose proprie-
tor adveslises Tor 100000 lbs. of hemp,
at i've dollars per hundred weight.
Snuff and segars-There are 5000 lbs.
OF Rapee Sc Scotch snvfI, and abou, 500,
600 segars manufactured here annually,
principally of kentucky tobacco.
Flour and whiskey--Ofthese articles, u
vast & unknown amount is made Through
! out this country. There is. however, too
little fnreign demand Tor the former and
TOO great home consumption Of the lat.
Ter, Tor the good of The inhabitants.
A house full Of machines AT the low r
Tails ct Big Beaver creek, there are an OIL
| mill. tul!'ng mill, mill for boring and
J gnnj'ng gun barrels, wool cscding ma.
chime, nail factory, and mill sor saving
! whets'n.ss, all under one roof. AT tbs
s'ne place, ere cotton CARDIAC machnc
and spinning jenny, an,"genlous mech,ns
TOR cutting end forming al one stroke,
cotton card teeth, a machine CIR cutting
large screws for tobacco presses * u.iins
nils, and one for makilg fnllcr.' SHEARS,
The greater part OF the ahcye machines
are made by DAVID IcwEsaNNo. al in
de'a''gable and Ingenious mechanic. and
one OF the firm.
Boa, and ship bni!ding-Ken;uckya and
New Orleans boats, keeIs, barsas, sk fl,
&c. are made IN great numbers on ali our
rivers. and there nov Is 4 vessel OF 50
'ops building on the Ale heny river about
Zen miles above this place by MI. Robbins.
Considerable at snip building has been
carried on al Mayetta and Other places on
The Chio, but The busine.s has been slack
ened by the changs Of our co,nmerciai
affairs with Europe, whose system Of
commerce seems 10 be thai oil war aud
plumber, ours peace and jus :cc.- 1hese
principles are nov a. issue iand time IL.
should beg aud The srea; dispenser ct I 4.
vents, Only knows where II vii ,ersn:na,e
Pipes aid quesaswa eve have d
pipe iac,ofy 10 town, and there is good
aind ctqueensware made al Cha les own
Brooke county, Var oge.her wrh stone
! waresi s,ouewayes ave riso made a, Wheel
ing and osher places. Earhcn pouer!e5
are numerous.
Wooiien and cotton csrds-There is a
! .2c;ory OF these AT Brownsville, ADD ons
20? cotion cads is nov erecting d. Edd,-
vile, Oh lie Cumberland riscr, rs J by
Matthew Lyon.
| Paper--We have two extensive caper
mills, one GU By Red1tone AID The a he,
near the mou.h Cf Little Beaver c; eek,
which manu- acture good paper of dffeg.
ent Kinds 10 The value OF about IS or 30
foCo dollars worth annually. siu; they do
not supply as much as the market Stand
10 need OIL Much OF This article is yel
brought over The mountains. There are
sax papeT mills, We are informed in the
state oi henucky, one OF which goes pae,
ul The yearly the iJrcc Of steam>s-J> We
sincerely admonish our gdod housew ives
aud heir little daughters to save all clrau
linen and colon RAGS, for without these
no paper can be made, and wi bo1i Paper
0ocks ca1D0t be prin;ed--A good price
VIII be gwen ioI them by all the printer.
OF 'hls place.
Steam mill--A mill Of this kind has
been recently erected III town, u6d of /
construction aud mechanism that does
honor TO human invention. IL is calculat
ed for three pair OF stones, which it is ex.
pected, will make 100 barrels OF flour il
"a hours. The running gears are all q
{ cast iron, OF which there IS near 10 tor,
about it. The two cylindrical boilers
which are OF wrought iron, are IS feet il
Ieag.h and ~ inches in diameter the,
: consume about 20 bushels of coal daily
: winch costs one dollar. The mill 10 own
> ed by Owen and Oliver Evans OF PnIiadel
. lphia, and has cost them, il ~ said i4,OoC
] dollars.
Salt--There arc about SOC, 900 bushel,
OF salt made annually at The OnondagC
salt works, IN the STATE OF New York
The two works on Big Yellow creek o.
hIo make about 5000 bushels year. The
salt works below ChlIicothe, saw 5000
{ 0ushels--ln Kentucky there are IS lcks
at which arc made about 10000 bushels
Kings SAL works, bordering tennessee
make, say IS 900 bushels. The SALINE
works III tae Indiana territory, $1,000
bushels year. The works newly set iotc
OPERATION IA Butler countv .p,.,r, r.,