The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1809-09-26

Tor want OF encouragement to siicW themselves
now is the time--lst them throw Off the mantle !;
their country calls for their noblest exertions.-
Let it no longer be foolishly and roundy asserted
that the American fax will not make, nor can
the American women spin fine linen. The asser-
ton is libel on our country.
Zinc 7nread-We are happy to find that fine
and beautiful thread Is now brought to our mar.
ket- We have seen some Of - dozen cuts to
the pound, about the quality OF No. % impor-
ted.
Wooden C,o,h-We have seen q beautiful piece
of fine black cloth made by Mr.. John ID. Bassa of
Selenople, Butler county, Penn. GermSDgen-
tlemen of enterprize 1t was made from his Me-
rino sheep, and will bear a comparison with i'm.
ported cloths, such as we buy from our ner-
chants at from eight to nine dollars per yard
We have also seen piece made by col. David
Humphreys, of Connecticut, which does honor
to the patriotic exertions of its worthy manufac
turer man whose name will be engraven on
the minds of his fellow-citzens, for his noble Ia
bors IN the encouragement of the domestic ma
nufactures of his country, particularly his rapid
Improvement of the breed of sheep, by the in
deal OF the coarser wOollen cloths made by
farmers for family use. Some flannel is also ma
nufactured.
The Philadelphia Domestic society, we arc
informed, have for sale, very handsome woollen
cloths, callicoes, and all kinds of cottons. Our
western merchants, we should suppose, ought to
give this society and ali others of the kind every
encouragement.
Rope Waiks-We have but one, and this OF a
small scale !; there is one at Brownsville, & one
at Wheeling, on tolerable large plan. In Lex
mgton, and at Louisville, Falls of Ohio, there
are several on very large scale. AT Cincinnati,
Ohio, there is rope walk whose proprietor ad-
seruses tor 10000 lbs. OF hemp, at five dollars
per hundred weight.
Snuff and Sernrs-Thert, are 5000 lbc nf r,p
pee and Scotch snuff, and about S0u 900 segars
manufactured here annually, principally of Ken
lucky tobacco.
Flour and Whiskey--of these articles. vast
ana unknown amount is made throughout this
country There is, however, too little foreign
demand for the former, and too great home
consumption of the latter, for the good of the in
habtants.
a house full of Maohines-At the lower falls
OF Big Beaver creek, there are an oil mill full
hing mill, mill for boring and grinding gun bar.
rels, wool carding machine, a nail factory, 8.
a mill tor saving whetstones, all under one root.
AT the same place, are a cotton carding machine
aud spinning Jenny, an ingenious machine for cut
ting and forming, at one stroke, cotton card teeth
machine TOR cutting large screws for tobacco
presses and fullng mills, and one for making full.
iers' shears. The greater part of the above ma
chimes are made by David Towrislentl, an indie
fatigable and ingenious mechanic; and one of the
firm.
Boat and ship buikding-Kentucky and New.
Orleans boats, keels, barges, skiffs, &C. are made
In great numbers on all our rivers And there
now Is vessel of SO tons building on the Allie.
ghany river about ten miles above this place by
Mr Robbins. Considerable of ship building has
been carried on at Marietta and other places on
the Ohio, but the business has been slackened
Dy the change OF our commercial affairs with
Europe, whose system of commerce seems
to be that OF war and plumber, ours peace and
IJustice--These principles are now at issue, (and
time they should BEL and the great dispen-
ser OF events only knows where it will termi-
nate.
Pipes and GneenSsoare--We have pipe facto-
ry IN town, and there is good kind OF queens.
ware made at Charlestown, Brooke Comfy Va
together with stone wares stonewsres are also
made at Wheeling and other places Esrtben
potteries are numerous.
WoolIen and cotton c0rds--There is a factory
OF these at Brownsville, and one foc cotton cards
is now erecting at Eddyville on the Cumberland
river, (K.) by Matthew Lyon.
faper-We have two extensive paper mills,
one on Big ReGstone and the other near The
mouth OF Little Beaver creek, which manutac.
ture good paper OF different kinds to the value of
about IS or $4,000 dollars worth annually. But
they do not supply as much as the market stands
IN need OF. Much of this article is vet brought
over the mountains There are six paper. mills
we are informed i'll the state of Kentucky. one of
winch goes part OF the year by the force of steam.
W we sincerely admonish our good house wives
and their little daughters TO save all clean linen
ana cotton rags, for without these no paper can
be made, and without paper books cannot be
printed-A good price will be given for them bv
all the printers ofthis place
cream n''l-A mill of this kind has been re
cehtiy erected IN town, and of a construction and
mechanism that does honor to human invention
IL is calculated for three pair of stones which it
IS expected, will make 100 barrels of -four in "a
hours The running gears all of cast iron. of
winch there is near 10 tons about it. The two
cyiihdrlcal boilers, which are of wrought iron
are 20 feet in length and 81 inches in diameter |:
they consume about 90 bushels of coal daily
wihch costs one dollar. The mill is owned 5y
o"e' ana Chver Evans OF Philadelphia, and has
cost them, it is said Ii, 900 dollars.
Sdh-There are about 800, 900 bushels of s,,t
maze annually at the Onondago salt works. in
the state OF New York. The two works on Ri,
yellow creek, Ohio, make about 5000 bushels a
year. Inc salt works below Chilicothe, saw
oooo oushels-ln Kentucky there are IS ticks. at
"hich are made about $4,000 bushels. Kings
S.t works, bordering Tennessee, make, saw
<o'OoO bushels. The saline works i'm the Indian
territory, $1,000 bushels year The works
newly set into operation i'll Butler county. Penn
~ thomas Collins, esq. make about 9, 600 bush
eis amounting IN all to about 400, 900 bushels
OF All annual internal supply. And it is thought
uouIie TINS Quantity could be made, were these
WORKS carried on to their full extent
n report OF Albert Galiatin, of January last
'ays ne annual average ofimported, and con
sumption of salt, is almost 5000 600 busbels
weighing each 56bs equal to IS. 900 tons and
requiring, in fact, 125, 900 tons of .bin,ino for
its Importation"