Martinsburgh gazette. [volume] (Martinsburgh, Va. [W. Va.]) 1810-1825, 1823-07-31

| Wright, who will come on the ground
as soon as MIR. Beach shall have made
the preliminary dwelling and survey
Mr.. Renwick will dedicate himself
the task after the 18th July. Gen
Swift will, if possible, attend in the
course Of the summer; and we are
authoriZedso state, that Governor Gin
ton will volunteer bis powerful aid
whenever our progress is sufficiently
advanced.
The following is from the the St
Gefevieve { AIissourD Correspondent
Of June 18th:
"Thc Big Field Of this town, con
tanning upwards of 1900 acres, was
entirely under water, and in some
parts from four to eight feet deep
Very little of the grain which had
been planted, remains; and the poor
French population Of this town, who
entirely live by their cultivation in the
Big Field, will be driven to the great
cst distress, or forced to seek a subsis-
tebce in the interior. The Mississippi
was higher than ever it was known
to be before, except in the year 1911.
Manufacture Of Salt Mr. Ralph
Buckley, of New York, has submitted
to our inspection specification, ac-
companied with a diagram, of an i'm.
provement in the manufacture of salt
by evaporation AS he intends to Oh.
ain patent for his invention, in Eng
land. we are not at liberty to give a
description Of his plan From an ex
animation of his papers, we are OF the
opinion that the slow and tedious pro-
cess of evaporation may be greatly ac
celebrated by this Improvement; and
when we consider the vast quantities of
salt which will hereafter be manufac,
tured in the western counties of this
state, and find market through the
medium ofthe Erie Canal, there can
be no doubt but Mr.. Bulkley's i'm
|provement in the manufacture of "a sta
Iple commodity, will be profitable to
himself and beneficial to the public
1t is said one OF the proprletors of the
defensive salt works in Ondaga object
led to the plan, because 1t apoatd make
salt too cheap. This objection would
not weigh much with the great mass
of community. -Statesmaa.
Brick Making "A patent or priv
lege has been obtained at st. Peters
burg for press for making bricks,
which is not only to diminish the Ia
Dor, but to perfect the forms of the
bricks By means of this machine,
not only bricks, both solid and hollow
can be made, but tubes straight Or
crooked, cornices, flutes for columns
and other architectural ornaments -
The patentee is Mr.. Thomas, who
proposes to establish IA model brick
yard with improved ovens for baking
the bricks. Three or four men
can produce, it is said, with his ma
chico, from Toto 10 thousand bricks
daily, Of different forms.
| MEADvILLE, Pa july 15.-On
Tuesday last, young man by the
name of Campbell, of Shenango, in
passing on horseback with scythe to
the house of a neighbor, with the view
of grinding it, must by accident have
brought the scythe in violent contact
with his body, He was found with
his abdomen dreadfully wounded, and
from every appearance must have in.
simultaneously expired.
The Master Tailors of Hartford,
Conn have resolved not 10 employ
Ijourneymen who are Incorporate 10
the use of ardent spirits and to for
IBID their apprentices bringing any
|Spirituous liquors into their shops.
In the island of St. Michael, single
orange tree has produced 10000 or
anges, which at 9 cents each would
sell in England Tor -s2l6 lbs. Id.
Proposals have been opened at Flo
Irence, Alabama, for erecting Me
Ethodist meeting house. Five years ago
this thriving town was the property of
1.-THE Chickasaw Indians, and common
with the adjacent wilderness 1t now
contains one or two hundred houses,
some of which are brick, large and
Elegant, and gives employment to six
or eight steam boats.