Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1834-11-10

The most extraordinary despatch ever fr|
warded in this or any other country, for so g.l
2 distance. save by telegraphic signals. va, FL
ecuted Yesterday. The officers OF the Cam!tl|
and Amboy Rail Road Company, with Wa
TO crafty the anxiety of our community nn|
card to the New York elections, employed or
of their locomotives to bring the newspapers
from AmbOy, where the steamboat arTIycll
hours and % minutes from New York TIL
locomotive proceeded to the present tem.r
tion of the road, SO miles, in hours and u n|
nutes. and with horse and sukey the reml:
ing miles were performed in % minutes at
at II minutes past II O'Clock, the papers WHO
left New York at o'clock were in this city
The last miles, which are graded, wiIbew-
pleted within a short period, so that on a,
emergency intelligence may be conveyed inl
city to city within hours. 1t IS not to be "
derstood by any means, that tins Is me nalt
mum speed practicable on tins road, Tor AS1|
observed by the conductor, who attended Y
line, that he meant to run no risk, and cane
a moderate rate.
The accuracy with which distances can
tIa'. .s~i, :--L~mn in this inetanUc. Ybc Ye1
was directed to be at the rate of q minutes
the mile, and the 80 miles were run at the g|
of 4l-lOOAU. 5. Gdz.
Manufacture Of .SiH.-Yesterday afternG|
We rode out to Rutenburg. about mile al
half from this city, near OlneyvIIIe, to VI
ness the operation Of the silk machinery n
Gently invented by Messrs Gay & MOsey, 4
Connecticut. where we found small silk al
nufactory, just going into operation. ReFa1
ed attempts have been made. from time tOuEt1
to manufacture this material in this country 1
but they have all hitherto failed, owing 10 u
imperfection Of machinery. The great dthH1
ty has been in the outset in reeling tie silk To1
the cocoons The material in lis raw state coz
tains gIutinous substance of very adnes0l
character, and in the ordinary mode OF reeOi!
the threads would adhere so that the Sks.
could not be wound off from the reel wlthsl
great care, and at best very essential muir
the thread. Another impeachment has been VI
in spinning the fibreS Of the thread were Ia.
to be broken and frctcd up by the irIcuoa
the machinery through which il passed. ltS|
have been entirely remodel
Gay & Moslcy's machinery. and the SIX paS'|
through all the processes Of manufacture 10
the cocoon TO the loom, with all the rapidly al
security from injury, with which cotton Is ns|
nufaclured. The machinery is very simple d
very ingeniouSly contrived, and is worthy
observation OF every friend of domestic lnGsi
try. The improvement i'm this machinery n
which the adhesion Of the thread on the re-
and spools is prevented. consists in rraO,S'rs
motion by which the thread is carried raH1I
rom one side of the skein or end of The sS@a |
o the other, so that, instead of lying pa''h
lie threads lie at angles across each Olhef
On onl return we called To see the Do0s,sI
arm which has recently been purchase
IN association Of gentlemen for the purpOs d
rowing silk. They are now in the progfr"
$1,000 mulberry trees, aIsas.
our years old, on one Of the most beautIluIspo
VI earth in this vicinity. These trees were
nnalIy planted for ornamental trees, al meg
Zen OF the Messrs. DyerS, which has lately Vs'
nown by the name Of Mulberry Grove, o;
Though the country did not seem to deN',i
ute so large supply of ornamental Tree.
nat kind. the inventions Of Gay and M0E
ave rendered them exceedingly valuable -
robably one Of the most lucrative source,
1comc that New England now affords ,,
no have tried the experiment agree tnaI y,
rowing Of silk Yields an enormous proilt on W.
apital employed, and as it may grown WV
ut difficulty in every family in the COUNTY,
annot doubt that it will soon become the g'''
APPLE Of the New England States
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