Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1838-12-04

We have now The high saii faction .! informing our
readers that Mr Isaac Cud, al present IN ;ls city,
hSx6iscovfred mode OF iorns cord or charm "' hne
Ire Tor tiicrs, which is, IN ell respects, is good,
nauy, greatly preferable. TO ordinary ropes. The
cf chain contains one hundred and hily strands OF
fine iron wire twisted together, and when finished, ID not
more than quarter of an inch in diameter.
Ii is abundanlly strong and flexible ~ be lavoTably
used for lers and is approved by number oil the steam
boat captains no made strong opposition to chains
Mr. Nj Cords wire chain is manufactured al Inc rope
walk of Messrs Proctnr IL Bficke, IN Tins cry ana IS
decidedly lighter than the ropes used Tor uiirfs we
believe Mr. Nj Cord has taken out patent iof ms DISCO
very.
The s,ealnboa, Crocke, left The city this morning
with the wire chain IN use, and SIX 0ther p"als nave al
ready adopted it.
81 soon as MIR MCnld exhibited ii TO The steamboat
men Yesterday al the Cincinnati Hulel, he immediately
received ord, RS for il for forty boats
To show what importance passengers place on boat
having iron instead OF hemp for guiding ters We inei-
,rn lhn seventeen passengers from New Orleans. yes
tpIday changed from boat that used rope, to the Aihe
MA " hich had just adopted the iron wire CHAINS
We are heartily glad that the most important part OF
the OF Congress, be enforced by The captains
lhemselves.-(incRnaH NerS
WAsulyGToy City SILK COMPANY "A meeting Of
this company held at the City Hall, on Friday last,
at which Dr. Thomas 7. Jones presided The Com
mssicners Of Stock reported that their list had not
been filed and the books ordered to be continued
open until the first Monday in December next; which dag
is fixed upon for the companys annual meeting ana
the election OtilceTS a cOGe oil Oy laws was re-
ported the meeting, which adopted; and The Sc
cretary directed 10 request the editors OF newspa
pers friendly to The 10 publish the consultation and
by laws adopted by the meeting When this compa
nv gets into operation, the most favorable results ore
expected from it, and its friends anticipate tina, it will be
Of the interesting and lucrative institutions
ever formed in these stem miles square.'-vNat. Int
Tie .NoruS .WuificauiiS-We saw on Monday morn
ing skein Of white silk, equal in quality to the hest
IraIian which was manufactured by Of MIR. Geo
Bunt of Manchester "a lad Of only fifteen years OF ageD
from the silk wound by silk that were fed on the
leaves Of Morus Multcauis tree which the BOY plant
ed last Spring The sken one of dozen manuac
tured by the hoy and tie from the leaves of the
same tree. What renders the circumstance mole re
markabe is the fact that The lad made his own reel nnd
spinning apparatus.
The cultivation of the mulberry Tree is exciting great
interest Throughout the country. Virginia began the
culture than a century ago. under legislative pa
,ronage and it hourshed 10 certain extent for some
years when gradually fell off, give place to the
profitable culture Of tobacco, and 1t was lett to find pro
lection in the less genial soil Of New England, whence
after years Of labor and invention, il is returning ngan
10 its birth place. and the South is welcoming it home
with hearty zeal as is manifested by sale al Richmond
of ten Morus Mutcauiis trees for the enormous Of
S25 each and the extensive sales Of the plant oil BALI
more and elsewhere.
The Morus Mucaulis has gigantic leaf, and affords
more rich pabulum than three tunes the quantity OF the
Alpine or the White Mulherry.-Bosion Transcript