Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1813-11-01
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FRENCH PAPERS.
Nlachne suilable w !StMning FIar.

made ut Bois,le Due, MAY 7, 1910, III. M.
the Emperor and King instituted a prize of
a million for the best machine suitable for
spinning FAX. The jury appointed by his
excellehcy the minister of the interior, 20
judge of the machines sent for examination
is row assembled. The members that COM
pose 1t are-the Senator Monge, president;
Multsr, administrator of the conservatory of
the arts and trades /; Bardel member of
the consulting committee of the arts and
manufactures 4; Iamoir. a very distinguish
ed manufacturer of cambria at Vaenci-
ennes; Pinel, manufacturer at Rouen, De
Trey, senior manufacturer of thread hosiery
Bensancon. These respectable names are
calculated to inspire just confidence. The
operations OF the jury have not yet transpir
cd I; II is only known that AMERICANS and
Germans arc In the number of the compe
titorS that the machines sent for competi-
ton are exceedingly ingenious, and that one
ought TO expect from them the happiest re-
suit for the spinning of fax, an object so
important to our manufactures. The emu
lation which the decree of II. NJ. has excited
in France and even in foreign counlr RES, will
iedsund to the profit of industry bat France
especially must derive an immense advan.
tage from it Certainly, the thread tissues
will be scnsibly improved in their manufac
. .
lection and superior fneness in the spin
ming, and will be cheaper. Then, cotton be.
ing no longer able 20 aintain in price
competition with our indigenous producti"
ons, preferable on many accounts, will enter
IN less quantities into the manufacture of
great number OF articles; its importation
VIII diminish IN relative proportion, and
will give us no longer in the scale of COM
merce, difference with foreigners to our
disadvantage. 1t will even result from it
that the manu- 'acture of thread tissues will
rise higher together with thread hosiery,
which, ter several years, and particularly
since distinguished manufacturer, a mem
Der OF the jury, (M Detrey, scnior) has occu
pied himself with it so attentively, has ac-
CURED sur eriority which foreigners can
not contest with MS. Finally, if the end of
the decree Of Bots lie Due is not entirely OBJ
tained,lt will at least have caused the spin
mug OF fiax to advance prodgiously, and this
VIII not be one of the least benefits chat in
dustry will owe to the protection and encou~
ragement OF the government.
Mode Of Dying Cotton .Nankin Color.
NJ Hess, of Zurich, gives the following
process for dying Nankin color: Boil leaves
of the willow in very clear water. after
wards pass the decoctioD through linnen
cloth s'rainer, and add isinglass till the IL
quor is entirely limpid. The willow leaves
besides the coloring matter which they con
tam, nave still the property of tan, a PRO
perry that would weaken the coioring mat
ter, and render it unsulid if isinglass was not
added to this preparation. This water can
serve to dye thread Or cotton stuffs. and the
shades OF it can be varied at pleasure. To
render this dye more perfect, the stuffs Will
be soaked IN a wash of nitrous acid covered
with water; which renders the color more
brilliant, and prevents it from turning pale.
Besides the beauty of this color, the process
is SO simple and gives so fSle dye, that a.
ny one Can prepare it without the assistance
OF dyer.
Process for making Syrup Of Indian Corn.
In report made to the Society of Scien.
ces, Letters aud AIRS OF MONTPELIER M
tlguier announces that, TO proceed To the
manufacture OF the syrup of Indian Corn.
M. de Lapanousse saturates the acids which
the juice ot the corn stalks contains, * con
gulates the Vegeto animal matter tn at il in
closes. The author employs alternately
clay, pearl ashes and lime his experiments
nave inclined to give the preference to this |
last substance, and in the proportion of two |
ounces to one hundred pounds of Juice. The
quantity Of juice that the corn stalks have |
yielded him is from IS TO so per cent; and |
this quantity ofjuice has furnished him from |
9 l. to 10 pounds of syrup well boiled. He |
has afterwards compared the produce OF |
the sweet JUICE OF the sugar cane cultivated |
IN America, with that OF the Indian corn cuI
tivated in his department. The result is |
that the sugar cane furnishes a double auan
tiy of IL; but III he time necessary for die
sugar cane to arrive at its maturity, one can
gather three crops OF Indian corn, because |
the sugar cane remains in the ground from |
hiteen to twenty months, whilst the Indian
corn remains in it only three or four. This
calculation gives the advantage To- the Indi-
an corn but this advantage, were 1t ittle
exaggerated, the process Examined by NJ.
ne Lapanousse does not present the less for
il a considerable interest. One cannot Ell
courage too much researches, the inevitable
result Of which is, TO cause all the substan
;es subjected to them 20 be better known.
PARIS, August g.
It is known, that to makeSugar, the red
beet was preferred to the pants aud fruits
which nave the same property bu. we were
ignorant That the red beet served also to
make excellent coffee. We read inihe " An
nails OF the Manufacturers" thatthe red bect
cut IN small square pieces dried in an oven.
"hich is burnt and afterwards reduced
powder like coffee, gives very clear iiuuor
md which has the fine color of coffee. il il
added that it's superior to all that has nm
~ now been attempted in imitation of coffee, +
'ho taat two thircs OF the liquor Of red bee,