American watchman and Delaware advertiser. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1822-1828, 1827-10-09
From he .Sfic York Statesman.
IMPORTANT rO MANUFACTURERS.


The following interesting communication cannot
sl Of attracting the attcntion it deserves.
On NE Wpld Plant.
The Weld plant, (rcsdp Luteoa( affords fne
yellow. highly useful in the arts Of dying an'! cal
$50 printing. and ior producing Il beautiful yellow
pigment. Weld 10 used in England and on the Eu-
fopean continent. for diving yellow. green. brown
aud drab. The color from this plant is not only
more beautiful and more permanent than from any
,ther, but it imparta soiness to the goods which
no other tngent matter does III the same degree.
..he beauty and permanency of the drahs and
greens imported from England and France, are to
De solely attributed to the use Of this plant. 1t is
more costly than many other yellow dyes, but its
superiority viii always insure very general con-
Sumption
The weld being light and very bulky article
tne cost OF transportation FROM Europe male it too
dear Tor general consumption in this country. To
remedy this defect, impoi ted seed in the years
ls2l and 5. and gave instructions in your paper
nnde" the signature of f1opson. for cutlvatng it.
AS the slant is biennial and the first crops were
-avetl for seed, none Of it has been brought into
market till this summer. In fact was afraid of 4
otal failure, from the want OF experience in the
cQltva,ion, from the drvness Of tile seasons after
each seeding time. and from the plant not having
necn acc'imaed. lhavc now the satisfaction Of IN
farming our dyers, calico printers and the friends
"a uoNSstiC HldhuIdctuTco ScHtlaltS. thdl the WelH
m DC raised III this country in great perfection
~ il i, IN France, where the best European plant;
IS obtained, and much superior to the best Eng
fish. Tins weld was raised hy Mr.. Thomas, near
Utica. in this state, and have never seen, from
any country. more beautiful plant.
have also obtained, from the same gentleman.
about thirty pounds Of ripe seed the terminating
property Of which has been tested with complete
success. WM. PARTRIDGE.
The following plain statement Of facts, taken
which we have lately seen in the Raleigh Register,
contains within twenty lines volume Of argument
IN favor Of the general principle of improving our
internal navigation and our highways:
g Travelling recently on the New York Canal.
from Albany to Lake Eie, distance Of three
hundred and sixty three miles, | fell into CONVEX
saton with man OF the name of Hooper, passing
Westward in the same packet boat. lie was one
Of your plain, substantial, sensible men, good
iainer, wholly ot a practical character, on the
soundness VI whose opinions, and the correctness
Of whose statements it was easy to see that reli-
ance was 70 be placed. said he, | live some dis
lance up the country alon. tits Canal, and have
been down 20 Schenectady to market. took
down five hundred and twenty -six barrels Of iloul
~ a boat, which cost about two hundred and Glty
dollars 1t was done BY two men and Two horses.
and the whole trip will be completed in eight days
Had done this by our old method. with Wagon,
aud horses along our turnpike roads, the same
thing would have required fifty men, fifty wagons,
aud a hundred horses, for sixteen days