The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1838-03-21

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WASHINGTON lRvlNG.-N. Y. Gazette.
Something NsY under the Saa-There
has been exhibiting for some days past in
and about the capitol a new and novel mode
of making wooden goods. Samples of the
goods we had the pleasure of examining
and procured two small samples which are
now IN the office. One of the proprietors,
Mr.. A. w. Townsend, informed US they
were now erecting manufactory in New
Brighton, IN the western part of this State,
on lurge scale. for making cloth ard car
pets OF various descriptions of colors aud
texture. The process, he informed as, was
by placing two sets of csrdng machines at
right angles, made of the widest kind, one
ot which carries out The chain or warp, on
a table or cloth, the other laying on the FL
ling alternately until the desired thickness
is obtained, when it is fulled together in the
most permanent and durable manner, thus
avoiding the tedious process or expense of
both spinning and weaving; aud it is evi-
dent, must, IN point Of cheapness and durn-
bIlliy, and neatness of figure, add new
era to the manufacture of wool. The car
pet. we are told, will not let the dustthroush,
and is much more easy To keep clean. We
are also told that it cannot be conducted to
advantage on small scale, rs the ma
chinery must be large aud expensive, but
when made, will use wool very fast, and
the establishment, when put into operation,
{" the extent now commenced, will be ena-
bled to work 1000 lbs. of wool per day,
/ nlnk e..r that np,,t,ar .,f 80. -
will tell well for our western country. The
inventors name is Bishop, Of Connecticut,
and was seven years in completing it.
Harrisburg INTEL
| The production of woolen fabrics, by
this new process is thus noticed in the Har-
risburg Chronicle:
Valuable Improuemenfs.-We were shown
day ar two since, several beautiful sum
piles of cloth and carpeting manufactured
at New Brighton, in this State, from the
raw wool, without either spinning or wenv-
ing. The cloth WAS TO, so much intended
as sample of fine, rs a good and strong
mnter'al; and, in this particular, we un-
hesitatlngly pronounce it superior to any
thing we have ever before seen-apd what
is still more important consideration is,
that this cloth, we understand, can be man
ufactnred cheaper by the new process, tha,
in Europe on the old spinning and weay-
ing plan. The carpet Is beau,iful-,he body
appears as tough as so much leather, nd |
the figures are very rich but we would not
like TO promise their durability, as they are
merely stamped on. The greatest aiynp-
tage of this carpeling, however, is yet to be |
told-it is this that it can be manufac,ur.
ed and sold for about half the price tina,
foreign and domestic carpets now rate at
qualities in nlI respects agreeing. This new
mode OF manufacturing wooden cloths is,
as near as we can understand it, upon the
same principle that bodies Of hats are made
the wool is carded, then fulIed, and press !
ed by machinery. II is believed that this
plan Of manufacturing will enable US to
compete with England in the produce of
wooden goods, aud that it will finally su-
perccde tho old spinning aud weaving plan.
The MeW York Sun gives the following
version of a shocking acciden, which &C.
CURED at Jersey Cily on the lItb instant.
Dreadful Atciient from Gunpopder.-
BetweeB 2 and 3 o'clock on Sunday morn
ing dreadful accident from gunpowder,
hsppeued in Jersey City, ut house in
Bergen street, occupied by number Of
Irish families. Attached to the rear Of the
house was q rough addition, used as
sleeping apartment by one of the families
named Mooney, in which lodged daugh-
ter of Mooney about 10 years old, with
young woman of Is or 20. In the room
with the bed was n chest containing bed
clothes, DC. /; and in it was q keg which {.
contained about % pounds ofpowder. For
The purpose of getting more bed clothes, it
IS supposed, at the above hour the little girl
left her bed and went to the chest with
lighted candle, from the wick of which, it
IS supposed, spark fell into the powder,
aud lgnied 1t a; aud the whole exploded. :
The unfortunate little authur of the casually
vns killed on the spot, and the young wo-
nan who lodged with her was SO dreadful
y burned that her life is in jeopardy. The
she'd was blown to atoms, all the doors aud 4
windows Of the lower part of the house {,
we're blown nut, and a bed which stood
near the door Of the shed, in tile front room,
md in which a women and her child were /
'leeping, was, with its inmates, blown d. r
ecily through one Of the windows, aud c
odged in the street without injury to the p
leepers. The stairs TO the upper part of
he house were also blown away, and every n
part Of the building, which was of wood, II
vas much shattered. Fortunately, how "a
'yer, though as many as twenty were at the d
inc in bed in the house, the two girls were
he only ones who were seriously hurt" a
Honesty and Discretion.-A singular act
'f honesty, says the New York Star, oc- y
'nrred in this city on Friday last. A ner-
;hant in Broadway having note Of seve-
al hundred dnllnrs 10 nav nf one .f nnrL