Virginia advocate. [volume] (Charlottesville, Va.) 1827-1860, 1828-09-06

es, be painted on both sides this serves to pre-
vent the hemp from rotting, and The wire from
| rusting. You may, If you please, rut many coats
oil paint upon it, (su;ted to the obJcctl which will
make tho surface solid, smooth and elegant This
cloth may be used tor many purposes, not only for
bocts OF stages, but for carpeting, sacking bot
toms OF bcdsteads, fancy chairs, sofas, pannes,
Tor ~ fact bodies) roofs of carriages, baskets.
water buckets, for travelling trunks or the secu-
vity %. the mails"
| There would really seem TO be no end to the du-
rabiIity OF whatever is constructed otthesc matcri-
ais, and we know not why they may not be applied
to all the objects enumerated well as various o.
thers The trunk willie 1t is completely impcne-
| trable, Is lighter than the ordinary trunk. We
really think that editors OF papers, would bereGt
tie public, by the notice of this invention, whilst
they would ass:redly very WORTHY citizen,
by contributing to bring his valuable invention in
TO immediate use.
| TuE TIMES. The growth and prosperity of
| New York have for years past been the subject OF
pride and exultation to its citizens. Our dlspos.
| ton to eXpatiatc upon this agreeable subject has
sometimes excited little envy among our neigh
bours, and given occasion to some ili-natured crit
| 'c'sms, AT present, however, we have more occa-
sion Tor sympathy than for envy. Our situation
| in some respects is as bad our worst enemies
| could wish. The check which our commerce has
| lately experienced, has produced greater enbar-
rassment aud distress among all classes OF oaf cit
lzens than has been known here for Il lonr period
Hundreds of our laborious citizens who in this
great and populous mercantile metropolis follow
ed occupations in some way connected with COM
mcrCe. have found themselves without employment
| or means of support. Both these men and their
| employers suffer severely by the melancholy change
which has been violently produced in our affairs
but the evil does not fall their heads alone 1t
is IN greater less degree shared among all who
4 !.
The want of employment is followed by the want
tons of course nearly at stand. The grocer
| cannot obtain his dues-the landlord calls i'll vain
for his rett-and they who coutnc themselves to
cash sales find their business declining. In CT
ty where, hitherto, no one who chose 10 work was
without employment, laborers beg TO talk of de-
parting to seek in the country some occupation
which may give them bread. The approaching
winter will supply the charitable with such all IA
bnndance of occasions for the exercise OF their be-
heyolence as never before witnessed in this
| city These evils generally ascribcd among
us to their true cause, the pernicious ofleGis
lalon leveiled at the commerce which has been the
source of our prosperity Eveuing Post.
| DIrIoMAcy. D.ring the American war an ALLIANCE
formed between France and the power. Gamer
lca One oil the customary conditions of the treaty
stipulation that peace should not be made by either pa:
ty, without the consent of bath When Eagi2 had be-
come sufficiently prepared. by her rsve5sas aten
amcSoe propositions tile American government ordered
their minister to Spain (Mr. Jay) old their minister il
Holland, OR Adanis.) to proceed to Paris and by unit
ing themselves with the minister in France CDR frank,
hn TO form commission t. manage the expected ncgo
tation on the part Of the republic The latter OF
these gentlemen had been long accredited the
manners wisdom, and Wit, he had become object of
singular admiration ard affection. France, tic dra
ma about to close began cast about her the
profits Of the representation The Count De Vcrgcnnes
had early saccce~d IN persuadinG DIR. franklin that
England could no nor would not. formally acknowledge
the ndcpcndenec of America hi better would
TO accept trace for twenty years at the cid of which
period, his country would be sufficiently strong to take
what she needed for herself The philosopher said
have acluesced j" tits opinion, and began to stir his
mighty reason in maturing the terms of this remarkable
his arrival from Madrid The latter slow per-
ceiye the effects of such course, defect The So
cre' source whence the insious flowed Mr. Jay
denouhced the policy ofthc Court De Vcrgennes and
cared that the unqualified independence OF his country
must be s'"c q"a oa in any treaty Which bore his
Nj Adams soon joined the negotiations and took the side
OF Independence Franklin, who at heart true pat
rot suffered the elm to be drawn from his eyes and per-
feet Union presided But England had not been I'M
appri9ed of the disposition of America to receive truce
Ter commissioner, hr. Oswald, appeared with lsro-
tons to go no further. In This dilemma, step is ascrib
cd to Mr. Jay, that believe remarkable for It's bold
ness as for its good He is said 10 nave written
with his hand, t. the English! Secretary of State
pointing out the bad consequences to England herself if
slc adhered to her present policy By keeping tho truce
suspended over America she forced that country to lean
on France for supports whereas by admitting her at once
customer. and might also natural friend Thus
instructed IN better policy, the English minister saw his
error and the coaricr who conveyed the letter If
hlr Jay, returned with Instructions Mr. Oswald to ac
knowledge the Independence ofthc United States Coop
ers Travelling Bachelor.1
TURKISH WISDOM. About the year I7I5, when
DR.. Halley's scheme of the great solar eclipse,
which foretold the precise time ofits beginning and
ending. was carried about the streets of London
there happened to be Turkish envoy there, who
at frst thought the people distracted, for pretend
ing to know so very exactly when the Almighty
would totally ovcrshadow the sun, circumstance
of which the hiussulmans were ignorant. He con-
cluded that God would never reveal so great SC.
secret to lnhdeIs, and keep it concealed from the
true believers. However, when the eclipse came
actually to pass as had been predicted, Lord For
FAR asked his evcellency what he thought Of the
English mathematicians His answer was. ythev
must certainly have obtained their intelligencp
from the Devil for he was SIRE that God would
never correspond with such wretched set O: un-
believers as the English astronomers"