Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1832-10-03

amount OF wafer power may Ue oolaioeo '
parts Of New England nearly forty per cent ehsa'
per than thia steam power in Manchester Tue
necessary mill buildings in each case being IN
cluded. 1t Is. indeed, only after viewing ths
vast amount of labor expended IN mlo'hg Soa'
and Transporting il to the furnaces OF steam En-
gines, and the multitude Of these costly mach'nes
upon which the engineers are often at work. re.
packing the pistons and executing frequent SINAI.
repairs before and after the ordinary hou's VI
labor. and during almost every Sabbath, the on
" day on which the boilers become cool, that an
American can estimate the vast advantages pos
sessed by the United States in the immense wa
ter power furnished BY their innumerabie rivers
The wealth of England could hardly purchase
at the rate of the cost OF steam power I'D man
chester, the water power available within the IL
mits of the U. States. To this advantage oi a
cheap moving power may be attributed the re-
markable prosperity Of all branches OF mahu!ac'
turing industry in the United States, wherein
great moving force forms principal part OF the
ordinary cost The flour mills of the Ohted
States have long been celebrated Tor superiority
m mechanism and effective operation over all
other similar mills in Europe; and even the ma.
nufacture of coarse cottons and other iapr'cs,
which requires the hard twist Of the throstle ano
the violent blows Of the power-loom, is greatly
indebted to cheap water power Tor the success
full competition maintained with the steam po~er
and cheaper labor Of England. The difference
in the cost of the transportation OF the raw male
rails to the water falls located at remote d'stan-
ces from the sea board, must, however, be taken
into consideration with the comparatively light
expense of transportation between Liverpool and
Manchester.
Muck interesting, aud we doubt not accurate,
:,c. SO, g N
manufacturing, in this great workshop: for this
we must refer to the book itself, merely giving
here one illustration Of the almost incredible won.
ders Of the spinning jenny Our author says
Threads almost as 6ne as those Of the web of
the spider, aud almost silently spun. are drawn
out upon the spinning mules. The finest yarns
are ALWAYS spun upon mules, and the process is
slow. The labor OF three persons at mule OF
500 spindles is required tor a week, to spin four
pounds of sea-isand cotton into yarn OF the line
ness of 500 hankst to the pound, at an expense
for labor alone of about two dollars and quar-
ter for each pound of yarn produced. A respec-
table manufactured in Manchester stated to me,
that single pound of sea island cotton wrought
INTO lace, had been sold for fifty -four guineas
(about S270.)
To show that our tourist has an eye for the
picturesque as well as the useful, we subjoin his
sketch Of English cottages. and the just compa.
rison he Institutes to their advantage between
them and the country houses. so full Of preten.
are too common in the U. States.
Soon after leaving Leeds we passed the beau
tful gardens and pleasure grounds, and extern:
sive we'll wooded parks, belonging TO Lord Hare.
wood. This nobleman is proprietor OF many thou.
sand acres of valuable land in this vicinity, in
Guiding the village of Hardwood. His cottages
are built Of cut stones. and are tastefuiy orna-
mented with little garden plots, laid out in front
Of them. The fruit trees covered with blossoms,
and the creeping vines forming curtains of ver-
dure, sprlnkled also with gay blossoms, nearly CO.
yer up some Of the walls from sight These
simple and economical decorations of the cpuu-
try-house are more truly agreeable and attractive
to the eye than the columns and stately portico,
fashioned by the chisel Of the sculptor. The ne.
slect Of theseIna'ural and cheap modes ofimprov.
ing the appearance Of farm houses is lameDtably
common IN the United States, where the pride of
the occupants too often leads them to incur the
expense OF erecting great houses, often three
stories high, to lift up their exposed naked fronts,
without tree or shrub to throw grateful shade
about them. In frequent instances these tall
houses remain with unfinished rooms. and with
several windows closed by boards instead of
glass; or with broken panes stuff+d with old hats.
or other articles readily applicable loiclose the
open chinks. Whist surveying. in the pride of
their hearts. their lofty unfinished structures the
proprietors are not aware that such buildings an.
pear to most persons of Judgment, at nnce, as
monument. OF the pride and folly of the build.
ers; and excite pity rather than admirat,on-
Thus has a misguided taste often been the cause
Of useless expense for the purpose of attempting
pleasing architectural displays in the country,
where more agreeable result might have been
attained in a simple and cheaper wav. The
building, however low and humble, which is en-
bosomed by trees, and the walls. however rough,
that are screened BY curtain of the honey sue
kle. trumpet flower. or other creeping vines, with
small patch of ground in front of them, con-
tanning a few common wild flowers, display in
the country far more attractive appearance. A
tri1ins cost bestowed on these cheap natural EN-.
bellishments will allow the proprietor to adapt
the size or plan of his ed6ce to his own conye
nlenee, in point of internal arrangements, whilst
he may diminish the expense commonly sacrifice