Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1829-10-14

De allowed to inquire whether an aovdace vi
money on articles IN possession. dnsso o' eo"-
sli,u,C sufhcirn, OF interest," 10 induse mon 10
fec, a sale Of su, h goods, in order again 10
receive back his mpu y! Some men 'ee' 'nis
interest 20 such an ex reo,, espec.oly when 'ne
ar icle is new thing and rs CONSUMPTION pro-
hlrms,ical, h,t they are not ov''r >cfup",o"s
% the M an, they adopt IN d'sposing OF >u'
gooIsep Far b, il, h we,er. from me. o ac'us
any Memorable gentleman OF ar improper ae'
or sinister motives; bu' think an. 'orrec' l"
stating tina, tais Distinguished gen'iema" may
have made an advance Of m"n' on co. Ton can.
vass, coa,erally held as srcoii VI and 'hat :"
might have been undo. his control IL "'' /" "''
posse ssion, some monfns ago--perhaPS d n'
line he wrol- the letter in question ana y
might have been thai, very dngk % winch hr
had reference, when he says: FRENZY " u'''
qualify cotton duck can be had he'c.
Without following him ough all MS suS-
ges ions and con- lusions from premises hei'hel
admitted nor Established, have every feas"n
10 believe that cotton duck VII miide"' ana
that 10 such an tx eni. as 10 endahg TODD
spon, aneous combus ion, The vessel, cargo ana
lives Of the crew. Examples tosErovr ihis can
he had from any candid manufacture, OF man
Of science And IN rcla'inn 10 what Is sai' OF
''out-sailing and calt hing enrrnie>' we all
know that The softer The fibre, the closer the
texture OF tnr cloth mar po,slhiy become IN
weaving. L m ", therefore, for a time, hold
The wind a lii,le better. Tne diff renee il makes
il, the sailing of ,he same vessel, is mere con
lee ,ure, and not essential in these times Of
neace, and will depend grratly, il no, allogr-
ihcr. on h,r construction, as will be gathered
from he dill rem, accounts oil the velociy gain
ed in The movrmen, of ,hr vrss.l by those VINO
have ri en- the ctI,Itratrs. This, howevrr, is
all q ackery, trifling and unImpo'iant, COM
pared with other much murp desirable r'quI-
sizes i'm canvass for our vessels. hr iair and
homes. way, in my opinion, 10 test ne different
material, would be mike sill OF one ball Of
each. The olah could not hrn tail o! receiv
ing lhr same treatment, whlc would soon &C.
,ermlne the diff ence Of opinion which now
ex, SITS between This cot on co,er,e and he wo ld
at large rae comparative durability. strength
and piability all would be Exactly delrrmin.
ed, except, perh ps, the speed, unless, indeed,
| he schooner should be like the horse OF H"d :
bras. with whose speeul,'ions in regard 20 the
movements Of hi, animal from III effect 10 be
produced by one spur, every sohcolooy is &C.
quain,ed
Fathers VI families, as well as every old wo-
man in the c"un ~ who has charSe OF children
under stands perfee ty well that CO ION is mos
combus,ibie; and lh"s i, Is they clo'he The
Young in woolrn and linen, in order 10 a. old
tie danger O which they may BE- exposed from
fire, partic uiarly in the whit r. Those VIII"
ha,. not thi. anxiety continually on heir mi"d'
know no hing OF such hings. shat, there
fore, pass over Mr.. McKim's A mi = ideas re-
lanye 10 hr use of red hot ,1dds, 10 ssctf rain
the combus ibii,y of cotton, rxprrimentsIly
Cotton canvass Of the best qUa'i'y has been
used in arious places: i, is 70, by any means,
discovery Of our coun,rymrn. II may he
seen woven, plain, iwillrd, doubled and ireb I'd,
in the Medilr rrsnran, white and ndnkern color.
The hes, have ever examined, WAS some am
pies taken from he Off OF hr Navy Com
missioners, the hea ,,rsl Of which No. } may
be ,orn BY by OF urteen Years old With his
thumb and finger. in any direction; willis, th'
same power applied IN faxen canvass niue
lighter by a, lcas, thir'y per cent. could MOI
extend The rent the tx zenith OF an inch h"
tests, erf,re, whIea, IN the iDspeot ton, al our
Nav, Yatds, the fax canvass is COMPEL, d
% undergo, would effectualy annihIlatr The
co, Oh carvass This, should suppose would,
al once, decide thu s,reng h which hold To
he an important requisite, though Nj. McKim
give. up every thing speed,
has been ,reaGy referred TO in some OF the pa
pers. But he awning OF every STEAMBOAT be-
tween Wsshing on and Bosom where oot'on
is used, shows plainly and unrquivocally strong
marks of injury and decav fran this cause.
from which no cloth of vegetable marer iha,
we are acquainted with is flee, whether the
yarns ne prepare with or without siarching-
all he assertions TO the contrary no Withstand
jig. Strrng'h and durability, wi great p!ia
biity, seem % be h. inclpal rrquisi es for
>ail du' k; and qu ion vety much wheIher
any material WI ever be found TO combine
ihrsr excellen, les 20 ctual y and desrably
as AK the m nuiaet",e Of viii hone to see
TX z Id SO that me Country, in time OF war,
may be provided with an srticle so irIispens,
Bile IN the service If 'ra' 6 cat and Important
arm OF d. fe &C, tie Nay
l have heard of sen. and inspected one fac
tory o' tx, 'ht only one. believe, in operation
IN the Uni ed S a,es; aod # the Government
will only tx'"nd heir helping hand towards