Alexandria gazette, commercial and political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1812-1817, 1812-11-16


yielded them lao dollars, amounting to
the sun of $50 ,2ae dollars for the ain
Gle article of straw bonnets.
| Nor il the preparation, Of sdyar
frsm the juice of tas maple tree uni,n.
portmt. Of this domestic sweet, Ohio
| produces in a twelvs month"; ,o3s,so6
| lbs /, Kentucky, 247&, 647 Vermont,
l,2oo, 900 y and East Tennessee, l6a $40;
making quantity of nearly seven mil
hoas of pounds in ,hsss states only,
! wherein the returns may be esnesived
| to be greatly within the truth.
| Works in horn, ivory and she'll
have made progress that is verify of
| notice, The comes Cor instance, which
Connecticut prepares annually for mar
kst, are estimated 1t $4,000 dollars
Massachusetts 1854 aad P,nnsylva.
MA e,a4o-sqdaiiins a SUN of l56,ssl
dollars.
may mention too the abundance
ofcopperas, which IVES, Tennessee and
Vermont afford. The quantity per an
| mum from the fsrmsr, is stated at Sc 900:
pounds and from the latter ut 5000
Tao quality OF these sulphatcs Of iron
| is declared.o be very hns and that drug.
gist sand dyers may be supplied to any
demand they may make.
"The quantity OF ardent spirits annu-
ally distlllsd appears. By the returns, to
equal to the prsiiglous amount If -,
10000 gallons l.! tho extraction of Bran
dy from peaches, ofan alkoohoSc liquid
from Elder, and of xhissey from RYE,
and even maize, is carried 10 this a.
!srmlDs excess-rhs products of the
! distiiserles arc chiefly consumed among
ourselves. though portion of the latter
is converted TO siA before it reaches the
hnman stomach. VALE, therefore, We
observe the increase of these home.
made hu,ds, We must reflect on their ~.
ebrias!ns effects II cannot be disguised
that thei" Intoxicating quality recon.
| 'nends thsm to such general epioy-
ment Nor ong5t 1t BE concealed, that
In country WHARF gallon Of this mad
| dening stlmulous Can ID bought for baif
dollar, gill may be Obtained at retail
for three cents, and tie seller at the
same tins double his money The fond
| ness Tor this bew,,chlns beverage, and
| the repusnancy 10 an excise upen it,
! false 10 the mind a curious association
bc;wecn the free use ei it and Of p1I;ti-
Cal freedom and ii deserves The consi-
darssloa Of ali the thinking part OF soci-
ETY., hog far disease, idiencss lmmora-
| iiiy, aud other miscres Incidental to
strong po,ations, may not degrade free
dom 20 rudsnss,. and something worse.
The number Of water and nersc mills
employees ID spinning cotton sR this eX
hls.tion, AMOUNTED to $50, in the month
Of August, 8lo, snd working 100000
splnd'es. These on an average will
spin ANNUALLY between and 5oa,o 900 los.
81 yarn ani the yam would be sufi-
c'enF 10 weave J noo, 900 yards OF cot
to- cIoh, three quarter. of yard vide;
and this is wholly independent of what
nay be spun in private families, altho'
i makes part of what il wove ,hsre.
f" The iu'iing uil!s returned, amount
| 1880; and Inc wool cardiss machines,
| going by water, to 1885.
"Thc number OF Looms returned ex-
ceeds $50 600 AID the totsl number OF
| ards OF cloth made A wool, Gotten and
FAX as returned, exceeds 100000 900.
Gun powder uilis arc enumerated
to the number of 2 7, and though some
Of them arc small, they prepare yearly
,45o,aoo pounds Of guapowasr-53o
furnaces, forges, and bioomcrics, are
enumerated.
+" The paper mills amount to 100"
Connected with this analysis Of vaIu-
,bie manufactures in the United States.
we may with proprlety add the immcnse
progress made in pointing Of books,
| which in many instances, sue as bb'es
staments, some of the d>.ssics,> ard
other elcmcntary books Of instruction,
,as nearly superseded the necessity Of
| 'rPsrtalion. We wistit were in orr
| power TO estimate the capital employed
"a this department of essential industry
It woul,i FIR exceed, if ascertaned, the
..ost eXtrarAgant calculations Subser-
!ent to 6oek fsrinH,g i, the trade of book
6s'dsny, which has rapidly increased
shhln the last tan years, and which. with
he consumption Of leather employed in
bis branch, must save great sums to the
aalIon Independent of the more COM
ron binding of school books, the United
states can prodsce specimens Of elegant
5iEdiag which might vie With London
hr Paris. We Cannot refrain giving
our humble need Of praise in favor Of
Mr. William Swain, cf New York, who
ceceised the gold medal awarded by the
American Literary Association, as q
token of his cxce!ling in this branch -
We hsve seen patterns Of his werk,
which cvince the taste and saiIl of the
artist.
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