Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Wayne County, Ind.) 1831-1837, 1834-05-17

IGrsea hay paper eoaaaias Ioae asooaDo
lon ebstructioas in The Wisesssin aaf
Foz ravens. and ths saeaas of rssneviax
Than, and eoss dsep Date ~ aysAoeiss
Iof locks, dams, aad snnaia lsvelc. canal-
Hing and slack water naviaatipe. viah
their natural coatineense, chasssso1 -.
lpanies and appropriations.
The junction of the waters Of he
Lake with the Mississippi, could - very
easily made. Tho portage between tie
Fox river, running into Green Bay by
the Winncbago Lake, and the Wisconsin,
river running snto. the Mississippi a Pre-
re DE- CAien, is oaly QUO mile and thirty.
'ohe rods long. The banks are % low
that the waters frequently unite. aid
boats have been taken across under oars.
u has been deterHined by survey that
there 10 m elevation Of four feet betweee
the streams. Application has besn made
to the Legislative Couacil for the iaccr.
poration Of company to cut q canal.
The great niaeral region lies in the ~
mediate neighboshood Of this route, asd
a single glance 1t the nap will show how
vast would be the advantage Of openiae
a channel, through which the lead Of the
mines Of the upper Mississippi could BE-
brought 1t once 10 tho sea board, BY .
continuous water communication. Re-
cent surveys show the distance betweea
the Chicago and Green Bay to b IT'S
miles. instead Of 30, ~ heretofore ese,-
mated. Green Bay Is Eve hundssd miieo
north west OF Detroit, and more than one
thousand miles from Washinstou.-Rl-
'sMore Americaa.
Nrw INvErrIoS.-We had On sppses
unity few days since Of examiniee :
rev Power Machine for propellise baass.
and for saving Of weod. d
. the inveaai.o - -. Hale ef Holl..
Y. H. Il is moved by one horse, ma
will saw 4 cord Of the hardest w6nd in
ess than 30 minutes. A patent has bseu
AIKEN out, and rights have been cold n
imost every town where the naehin>
as been exhibited.
We understand it - the intention Of MIR.
late to visit Boston in few days, AMI
xhibit this machine in some public
lace. The cost is about $50. Would
not prove valuable to our Wood WHARF
'gerss-Bosson paper.
A SKETCH OF THE FRUrr ThApe m
walk through the >baxsau Of
myrna shows them to be infinitely inSe-
or to those of Ccnstantinople, either in ex-
mt, variety, or magni6cence Of the articles
Tered for sale. The fruit market, howev-
!, is real curiosity, and ~ such merits .
lrticular description. The great fg So
N is now over, but the various opesstioas
'nnected withor dependent upon tho fruit
~ coopeu, sortemb Packsmb e
C., continue the whole year Toaad.-
heyere now Eeeeisia9 - eeahingsaiuin.u
nlcNsre daIly o - e:s9 e. -
& barrels 81 Tie at; which isGueussaien :.
az furnish or tidy house-keepen Vide
int to wash them previous % ne. Thoso
lisins are generally Of the .snsller sussD
,ed in pastry; indeed, do not recollec9
have seen any bunch raisins in the mar
1t. We noticed enormous quantities ofa.
~ dark colored raisins, which are chiefly
kported to the Black Sea. Among tho
any varieties, the sultana raisin was point
out to us, as coming chiefly from the dis
let of Karabournou. This 10 q very deli
tie yellowish raisin, without seeds, and
UGH in request for superior articles Of con-
ctionary. The names Of Smyrna and Of
. are 50 intimately connected, that /
ould be inexcus bic were to pass over this
scious fruit in silence. Smyrna has loae
'en celebrated for its figs; and at the pres.
i day they form one Of its most valuable
ports.
The season for the packing Of 6gsdoes not
Il more than three weeks; and Of cosEse
UGH expedition il required in preparing
em for market. 1t is not uncoaNnm d.
y this period to witness the daily arrival
!, 500 camels, cach loaded with Eve q
( hundred weight IF fgs, and some of
csc come from distance Of seventy aad
'en ono hundred miles from Smyyns-
any Of the principal merchants have from =,
re hundred to eight hundred hands en-
Dyed in preparing and packing them; and
4 this purpose men, women, aud childsen,
e unfortunately employed. Their va
IS are from two and half to twelve cenlD
r day; and they are allowed besides to
It as many a. they please, but to cany
,ne away. As soon as the fresh 6Q as-
re, they are carefully assorted for the dif
rent markets; the best being selected fes
,e English trade. They are then washed
salt water, rubbed between the handsva md
Ter FINAL squeeze, which Produces tle
,ncaye and convex surface, they are hand
over to the packer. This peSsn srran-
g them in such manner that the coosex
,rface Of one fig is received into tie CO.
I'VE surfack Of another; and when II bex
drum is filled, few laurel lsavU 90.
,read over them.
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