Staunton spectator, and general advertiser. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 183?-1849, 1838-11-01

of'"S" '"S' "ech. he exhibit
lion comprised hundreds OF curious and bean.
'iiui articles in all departments Of the usef,,i
ana ornamental arts. From the t,escr;,,,;xs
enumeration given from day to day in the
New York Commercial AID, eriiscr, we Sc
lecs the following items:
F'irs, on our list we place a mode, of a,
invention, which, ifsucCes.fuI. will onen =,
new eta IN the history Of travelling by RAIL-
roads. IL rs" plan Tor nm Improvement in
any locomotive now in use, which will enn !.
oie It I" travel with equal facility an inciin.
Ell plane or dead level. The method by
which this is effected has at least sirntliciiv
TO recommend n. The axle of the renr
wheels OF the locomotive is mnte long e.
cough TO hold two smaller wheels nj lis CIV.
'rcmes. These small wheels run u;,on N
railway. built br the purpose, al the r,uint
al which II is necessary 10 overcome an eli.
ovation, and The larger wheels ure lifted Inv
lne smaller from the road. The weight III
me locomotive is thus rested upon the fure
W wheels and the two supernumerary wheel.
he same power which is necessary TO draw
.nree hundred pounds along the dead level
win the ordinary wheels Of tho model la
question, will, when tho small wheels hcy;,
70 ac', draw SIX bundled pounds up an Gle.
walton graduated on The scale OF six hundred
aho h'e icct TO tlc mile. The iuyenti,n
we understand, has been submitted ia ,ha
inspection at several NEE hanICs OF known
practical eXpcIie who are uuaninous in.
'hsir representations at its complete s.u.
cess. One of the engineers ofthe New Yuris
anu Erie Railroad gave il as his opinion THAI
Souu,ooo Would be saved on the limo of that
foaa ny adopting locomotive built on this
plan, ior surmouniing the Shawanyunk
nnouniain The inventor ia " i,liam r.
ketIhum, at Buffalo
Webb's patent burner excmnI;iies bn,v
much light can be obtained ii a very liulr
expense. a Chandelier of six bran, he.
which iliumini!es all ihs, part of the room,
!" which II is placed, COSTS tut six cents Der
hour 10 keep il burning.
no soli-ioading rifle is the name Of ono
OF inc destructive engines IL " ar mich mu.
"een ingenuity has invcnied To aid in killing
GU me human species IL Can lie loaded and
urea, with case, sixteen times in a miou,c
ihs nrenior is Siias Day, of New York
ne ss'i'pi'ying organ by this same mln.
oidcturer, seem; well adapted FIR Country
churches, where IL is difficult 10 obtain IN,
setV'ces OF an orgsnist. The instrument "a
played GU 10y turning crank. An unii,nt.
Ell number of tunes can be produced.
beach grass paper, aud d specimen Of the
'ia.e'!ai from winch II Is manufactured. ex-
German silver combs, anew ior.,,;on
exhibited by Dir. Ives
Dr.James ElIeIhurne has a case in The cx,
h'oi.ion, can attaining upwards al SIXTY differ
eht Kinds oil lozenges. The most worthy of
mousse among these are the niedicated ones.
oi which there are great variety, such az
caionei, rhnbarb. qrinine, ipccac, SC. Tho
manufactured guarantees tina; they are pre.
P"isu WIN great accuracy that each l,Hon-
&c con'af"s The precise weight of medicine
Which - maj i<ed upon it--,hit lis IoZenye,
iaedicaicd ar Common, contain no adnItsr,
IONS "hateFer--and that no sugar but of Ike
0est and purest kind enters into lbei, CON
position.
mnhg the articles, our attention va.
strongly attracted Ivy new species uJ cIoIh
mere arc severa! pieces in the exhibition
oi o'hcreh' textures and thicknesses. AMI
''nef patterns, we understand, are TO be AL,
"ea 10 Day. III is from the Union Manufac
turing ConpaDy's mills, at Norwelk Con.
nect'eut, and is made, strange as i, may an.
pear, without either spinning or weayina
o{ process similar TO thar employed in naS-
uiac'uring ba, bodies tits without thread.
ana ra1shed on the surface, leaving the body
OF The Cloth perfect and entirely unimpaired
by The process OF finishing Ia manufac,v
nag, The WOO! is put together at liyhl an.
gies; Ia web, by very ingenious patented
machinery, WIKI great rapdty, and OF ain
incredibly small expense. Ii can be mada
.; any desired thickness. The advantages
Claimed Tor this over cloth manufactured in
the ordinary way are, that il iswarmer. and
mat II VIII last longer. We should Judge
rom Tho specimen before US that This cloth
would he an excellent article for oyercoats.
ohc thing Is certain about it, he who wears
II Can never have ,hreadbare coat.
me propriet0rs 0f this inv eniion ieel very
sabSuine that IL is calculated to effect IN en-
ere revolution in The woolien manufacture
and raise that branch oil our domestic INDUS
Try TO an cffectuaI competition with the for>
eign market
in one of the side rooms are two machines
which attract a great deal OF notice from tbs
visi'ers. Doe Of these is d machine Tor reel.
ing SIX The other is silk spinner and
lwIster, for making sewing silk The lat
Ter IS IN operation, and it is a matter of soma
curiosity To those unacguainied with the me-
'hou OF manufacturing silk, 10 see the mans
ner IN which il is done. The machine appears
TO be simple, and well calculated 10 perform
!he labor it was intended tor The inventor
IS Jonathan Dsnnis, Jr. OF Portsmouth,.
Rhode Island
fdteht improved window sash springs,
manufactured by Hervey Hammond, Lewn
,soeTfy, PennsyivaDIs, simple and excel
lent invention, calculated TO do away with
The weight and pul!y in small and iniddling
siZsd windows, and at the same time fas,sn
them so That they cannot DC opened from The
outside
PATENT NEEDLE AIAcHrSn.-A ma
chine has been invented and put in op-
Grafton in Sheffield, England. which