Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1836-04-28
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with printers, that an editor must be able
to read what is not aCr1ttem; and though
our Office has in it number of shrewd
guessers, we had last week land often do)
to summon jury Of the shrcwdest, to
translate what could not be read or guess
ed at in certain essay sent for pubica
ton. If those who write for the paper
could witness the perplexity the enormous
waste of time, and red ink, to which they
sometimes subject those to w HON it per-
tains to examine and prepare communca-
tons for the hands ola Compositor, and all
by mere hurry, iAattentlon ofthe writer
or the want oftWo or three inches more
paper, they certainly would 1--WE think)
relieve the office by writing IegibIy.
We would by no means discourage any
one from writing; but onI ask every one
to remember when writing, that another
person must find out every word, and eve
nv letter. and every figure, (and that with
out the writer's asslstance) or perhaps be
| blamed for printing it vrong.-Chr Sec.
Truth 1cW 0ut-FIow often has it been
asserted, that the Colony of Liberia was
an efectual check to the sIave-trade, enc
that no slave vessel dare 60 within zoe
miles Of it, The National lntelligencel
states on the authority o! Capt. Lawln
with whom the editors conversed, and who
has recently been at Monrovia, "that there
were many slavers on the coast, several Q
which have heen captured by the BritiM
mot American cruisers" The Liberi;
Herald states, says the Intelligencer, tina
three slavcrs were captured by Br|tls
: 6rig (not by the colonists) WHILE LYNN
WITHIN THE HARBoR OF MONRovIA an
7 further, that "t4ese slarcrs, 1--WE quote tn
= very words,) frequently come into Ma
: port for ac0od and acater, before t0hlo
l their carCoes of sl0rcs on board"
So much for the boast that slave vessel
# dare not 90 within 200 miles of the Colo
|, nv! Instead Of this, it seems the colon
II is a great convenience to them IN furnish
/ ing supplies of wood and water, for the
j. Internal trade in human fesh.-In4epe'
dent Press.
MACHINE FOR MAKING BARRELS
e The Washington, n. G. Wing gives Il
following description of a machine in o
al Grafton at that place, for making and fms
Sc ing slaves, invented by Mr. Cornell.
to The block from which the slaves a
E. sawed having been previously cut to Il
length desired for the slaves, is plac
n, upon carriage, which is the work OF
h. moment on}y-is then put in motion, a
ae by means of concave and convex Giro
it. lar saw, the slaves are sawed out, ofthe
H. quired thickness, at the rate Of from 70
to ten per minute, depending upon t
ht, timber,) the machine running the carria
nd back and setting the block at each tin
- without any assistance, until the whole
he sawed up. They are in the mean I'll
5 removed to another machine adjoining
to running at the same time, and lointed
as another circular saw and dressed by
ard volving cutters; and when finished 8
without exception, the most beautiful Z
be correctly Joined and dressed slaves we
the er beheld.
A barrel made of pine slaves was
4 in hibited full of the spirits of turpentine
be Thursday last, which had been filled at
a week, and remained perfectly tight a
ter There does not remain a doubt but
it makes slaves from any kind of wood
was superior to those dressed in the III
way. Barrels made ofthem need no
IS OF ing, and the slaves must make tight
inside and out, for there is no room foI
the ration if the proper number of stave
put in truss hoops, The bilge or siz
Dose the barrel may be varied at pleasure
help we'll as the thickness of the slaves
max We are told, and the appearance o
er slaves certainly warrants the asser
that the slaves manufactured by these