Morning herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1837-1840, 1837-10-26


tErom our Evenng Edition Of yesserdsy.l
SINGULAR ROBBERY OF CANAL ToLLs--DIscovERY
+. OF THE RoBBER AND RECOVERY OF THE MeNEY.--Mr.
John Clark Of Montezuma, Cayuga County man OF
hitherto rreproachable character and high family
nexons lies in Cayuga County Jail upon his own
confession of his having appropriated weeks colec
ton of tolls which he should have lodged in the Coun
ty Bank
On the morning Of the 18th he arrived at Auburn and
stated that he had been waylad, knocked down. and
robbed of the money, amounting sa579 by two per-
whom he described
Steps Immediately taken to aPrrehend the sup
posed robbers. In the mean time, Clark nimseit re-
turned S2o76 of the money stating that he had met one
of the robbers who in attempting to escape from him,
dropped the parcel This improbable story caused
suspicion 10 rest upon him. and led his conies
sion. All the money except IS has been recovered
American Institase.
Uoollen Manufactures.-Of woollen cloths fan
nes &c, there is a very handsome and valuable col
lection in this fair In the anteroom there sixteen
large lots of cloth, containing seventy pieces BESIDES
several bales of lannels blankets &c; eight pieces
made from NTH quality OF American wool, shows The
perfection of the manufacture of coarse wool. There
are four pieces of handsome black CLOTH the wool Of
which IS wholly American and one piece is very
superior article There are six pieces made from the
highest grade OF American wool; and we consider
them as hne pieces of cloth as ever were imported
In order TO show the vast Importance OF this sub
ject we have been at considerable pains to prepare
the following calculations relative 10
Wool and UooUens.-Thcre probably in the
United States, at this time, thirty millions Of sheep
worth two dollars per head, sixty millions of dollars;
about one fourth of these in the State of New
York Estimating three sheep to an acre to support
them, they will require ten millions Of acres WORTH on
an average, fifteen dollars per acreequa to one hun
dred and fifty millions of dollars
The capital employed in sheep and lands, IN the
United States before the pressure, doubt, equaed
two hundred and ten millions of dollars.
The annual crop of wool we estimate at seventy
five millions Of pounds value thirty millions oil dollars
manufactured its value will be doubled, equal to
sixty millions of dollars Value of wooens imported
annually, previous to the reduction of the tariff by the
Compromise Bill was only eighl millions OF dollars.
The last year, under increased facilities OF mperta-
tons, it had amounted to about twenty millions OF
dollars.
The fixed and floating capital vested in woolen
manufactures, viz lands water rights buildings,
machinery, stock on hand and cash employed before
our late embarrassmens. were worth sixty millions OF
dollars; this added to the capital invested In sheep
and lands will amount to two hundred and seventy
millions.
ing weol not less than two hundred and seventy
millions of dollars when the Bank of England made
the experiment of checking American credit
II was estimated in 1881, that three pounds out of
every five of wool, was manufactured IN factories,
the residue by household industry
The number of persons employed in various ways,
in consequence of the woollen manufacture, say two
hundred and fifty misunderstanding OF the products
of agriculture for materials and subsistence, about
forty millions of dollars
The domestic manufacture of woel encourages the
manufacture of iron, the coal trade, and the whale
fisheries, &c. &C.. six hundred gallons of sperm oils
required for every hundred thousand pounds OF wool
that is manufactured. The tonnage employed by
the supply of given quantity of cloth from our facto.
ries is estimated at full double the tonnage employed
when derived from the European markets.
The excessive importations Of the last year, no
doubt may TO great extent, be attributed TO the al
teration Of the tariff. Who has been benefited?
great number Of eur factories stopped, sacrifice and
embarrassment has overtaken the owners and the
workmen The demand for the WOOL and the mate
rails of the farmer is diminishing; and the country
unable to pay the merchants for the goods imported
bankruptcy has overtaken him.
On the map of the three States of Rhede Island,
Connecticut and Massachusetts, we have counted
twelve thousand locations for woollen and cotton
mills; but out of one hundred woollsn mills in Con-
neciicut, only fourth now in operation. The
principal portion of the woolen mills are in the New
England States, although there are several In the
State of New York the greater part being situated
near Utica,
Another fact will show the importance of cultiva-
ting the domestic manufacture OF wooden goods In
1881, we imported Of manufactures OF wool OF all
KINDS Sl2 972 1862. In 1923 the home manufactures
of woollen goods estimated at twenty millions OF
dollars last year IT was set down at twenty-five mil
lions; this, however, embraces only the goods made
by machinery; those made by hand-labor entirely
in the domestic circle, are not taken nio the ac-
count.
In connection with the above facts, it may not be
altogether out of place to mention that the year be-
fore last Great Britain imported 326, 1915 425 lbs of
wool.
In 1885, there were in the state Of New York
426l 765 sheep, and in the entire Union about four
times that number about seventeen millions and a
half There are in Great Britain about thirty two mil
hons producing annually about one hundred and sixty
million pounds of wool. The average consumption Of
woollens for each individual in the United States is
about eight dollars. This for fifteen millions Of per-
sons will amount TO el20 000 600 of woollen goods
consumed annually in this country-a small item,
worth the attention Of the wsest and best and one
10 which shall recur more at length before many
suns have rolled over our heads
Fashionable Essays, No. 4.
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