The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1809-06-09

portation OF red and sphite lead hereafter unHects
sary. They furnish US with oil Of oitriot and the
many OF the arts. Attempts have succeeded IN
making vertligrease.. Culinary SAFE is obtained
from sait springs remote from our sea.coasts.--
We have commenced the making OF maritime
salt on the sea.6oar9 1t becomes me to remind
you, that recent circumstances urge the profr;cty
and necessity of extensively exercising these es.
Establishments. Steel is manufactured in large
quantities, and Of an excellent quality. There is
no country in which more iron is smelted and!
wrought than in our own-our founderies are nu-
merous, If individually they cannot be said to ri
val those extensive works on the Ca-Yon, in other
respects they do more, iorthey equal them in the
neatness and accuracy of their productions Our
sharp edged tools are equal to any whicii the
world afford and well formed axe, I am m
formed, can only be made by the hand of III d.
,',erican drtist-Our soap manufactures, our tan
neries-thc makers of glue and parchment, are all
in q hourishing condition-Our potteries supply
us with wares of various descriptions, which are
neat and well fashioned, and stone is pre-
.fe,red to every other. We have already suppress.
sed the importation of some important articles,
amongst which we may notice paper, types. nails,
spades, shopeis and refined sugars. Not long since
we were 9etendcnt on Europe for supply of e.
very kind of hardware used for saddlert. We
now have work shops i'll which every variety of
mounting for harness is,made. A htte exertion
would prevent the foreign supplies of 6riile bi,s,
ard stirrap irons and the same may be remark
ed of ourgiidsd wares.
1t is to be fan,enicd how far prejudice leads
some persons in their preference for foreign arti.
cles-Many hats are annually fabricated in the
United States, and labelled, as of English manu-
facture, which would not be worn it this harm
less deception were not practised-such is the
fact-but for this prejudice, there need not be a
siHgie hat i.npo,fe4 from Europe.
We How 90 hai.a ftot, ELL
hereafter attempt to import lead shot; tliisI co,i-
ceiye to be demonstrated by these {" cloud capt.
fowers, which individuals have erected i'll this vi
cInty, at an expense, and with lberality which
reflects honor the parties, and loudly calls for
the protection Of the government.
With an anxious wish L look forward to that
period of our history, when our catalogue ofiin
ports shall only recount to as the name of the
ticles which are the productions of refined fuaury
and lprefigate estravagance-it will be we'll for
us ever to hold European artists and manufactu.
reres our journeyei for such like articles of this
descriptionit will be- better for ~, never to ha.
bisndte ourselves to their use for when we do,
We may consider our citiz Ems as members of i de.
ciip;rg state.
The cultiuation Of fax and hesnbis making ra-
pid progress We annually receive considerable
quantities OF the latter from tie borders of the o
ho and from other parts of the western territory,
which is manufactured into co,dage and canuas
TOR our numerous merchant ships and these are
allowed 10 be elegait models for European i,,lita-
tOrS. With inward satisfaction do wellrcmem-
Der to have seen in the port of London, thou
sands of its proud inhabitants lining the borders
oil the Thames, and gazing with astonishmcnt on
these beautiful results of American genius.
Our looms are multiplying in all directions, and
they are put in motion for various purposes
we have made more progress i'll the art of zrrapins
in the same time, IL AN what was done in Europe,
a ncrIOU t.,r r,.Ynn veil
1t appears TO me, that we are not only more sue
ces stul in invenfioR, but that we are also more
disposed to adopt foreign improvements in our
own establishments II would scarcely be credit
cd, had we not respectable authority for our as
sertion, that fSuemy Gve yea,s ago, the of the
y-Shntte was understood, by single xvcayey in
the Nortpich trade IN England +
AS respects the impro, ement Of machines thu.
man ingenuity is MISUNDERSTANDING ountrynlen,
IN this respect, have exhibited many proofs of
their skill 1.-THE invention of machine for making
cotton and soooi cards, stands amipa!ied by every
other. The accuracy and regularity of It's mott.
nohs, and the complicated results, would lead
one 10 suspect species Of intelligence to be nhe-
rent and concealed in its structure
The success of manufactures depends much
upon proper and good ma hnes-tlre cot.oR ma
H1fdctMe IS entirely Gepesa.eut upon them. No
cxpente or trouble should be valued, in procu-
ring models of all such machines in the various
arts, as seem to bear the most distant relation to
our manufactures
The power of Steam, in producing effects to
winch hardly any powers OF mechanism are e.
quail, have been observed"-eAgines upon this
principle, are now made in our country. In ma.
ny situations, where streams are wanting, ]" this
active and potent principle" may be advantage
ousiy empOyed-thirty years have not elapsed
since It's hrst application to spinning of cotton in
Manchester That which after many Unsuccessful
efforts could not be accomplished in Europe, and
was abandoned as achnlerd, has ysclded to the su.
perioy genius OF one OF our countryside taught the
world by means of steam, to oppose and ascend
the most powerful and rapid currents, with safety,
SfeadiDess and dispatch
II it be truth, that during the rise and growth
OF states, the MILITARY arts chiefly flourish-we
can furnish numerous instances, by referring to
the brilliant ntchit@enlents obtained during our
Bfor!Gas revolutionary struggles, as proofs Of our
advancement anatisn
Our ample provisions for the relief Of the poor.
hospitals, even our prisons, are demonstrative
fTojS, that we do not neglect those duties which
constitute the or1amsnts OF human nature; mild
!atgS, and the manner of their execution, that we
are not strangers to those feelings and TO that
sFmPmhy which is becoming an advanced state
OF cioiiised society. 1t becomes as to cultivate
The usaWl arts. do not despair, that M imitati.
ON OF the ancients, affairs will be erected in honor
OF many OF my coRHtry1leH, as the Inventors of
some OF theT--oUr andnufdctories then will nou-
rish, our INDEPENDENCE will be secured, and we
shall surpass those periods which were the pride
OF RcD,e and Athens.
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One has been established in Philadelpbia-
another lately i'll BALTIMORE. Enquirer.
t They are now used in our Penitentiary--are
em"entiy simple and cheap. And they do twice