Lexington union. (Lexington, Miss.) 1838-18??, 1840-11-28
Fom the American Farmer.
ON THE CULTURE OF SlLK,&c

ptiI llI NliiVilIlil 4 AZ hlI''
| ON THE CULTURE OF SILK, &c.
We are very glad to mention that
notwithstanding the revcrses Of many
engaged in Morus Multicaulis specula-
tons, the culture of silk still occupies
steadily the attention Of a very large
and intelligent class Of citizens, who
are fully conidont that il will yield a
| fair reward for the capital and labor
employed in producing it. As one Of
the chief evidences of this impression,
we may mention the fact that the jour
mails devoted wholly or in part to the
diffusion Of Information upon the yari-
Gus branches of silk manufacture are
sufficiently paironiz3d to warrant the
regular publication ofthem. Among
them we may note particularly "Thc
journal Of the American SILK Society,""
of which the August number is now
before us. II is a neatly printed
monthly periodical Of about thirty oc-
tavo pages, filed with practical essays
wholly upon the culture and Eabrica-
ton offs silk. The editor is Gideon B.
Smith, Esq. who very ably fulGls the
honorable duties of the Office. The
work is published in Baltimore.
American manufactures in present
Istatc ofadyancement prove the especial
utility ofgjvingmost liberal encourage
ment to efforts in departments yet in
their infancy. We mentioned yestcr-
| day that American hatchets may be
sold in Birmingham at a profit. Ii
is known that Europe, and England es.
pecially, with all her wealth and the
mighty stimulants to invention existing
among an excessive population, is ill-
dcbted to American ingenuity forsomc
Of the most valuable original machine
| ry and for improvements upon old mo-
deIs, which are now in use. We be-
heve that we are right in mentioning
the present mode of making screws.
an incalcuhabie saving Of labor, as a
Yankee discovery. Certainly the
manufacture Of pins has undergone a
revolution ii Yankee hands. They
arc now made On a plan entirely differ
ing from the former English process.
The heads, points and even The piec-
cling of the papers, are the work OIL
one machine. which not only operates
indefinitely faster but makes the arti.
Gle in every respect better than by The
method previously employed, W.
notice that tae last trip of the steam
boat Troy between New York and Al
bany was made at the rate of NOR,
than twenty miles an hour, speet
never approached on the European
waters. The greatest performance
we have ever noted in England wa
that Of the King recently. Sh,
is called the swiftest steamer in the oil,
world, and her maximum Of effort wa
sixteen and half miles an hour. I
few days ago, if our memory serves u
a locomotive engine made by Mr.. MOI
ris ran four miles al the rate ofeight
miles IN hour. We need hardly ad
that the engines, both Of Mr.. Norri
and Mr.. Baldwin, of this city, are S
superior to those of European manu-
facture that they have the proferanc
every wherein jealous England no
excepted.
We have straycd somewhat fror
our first theme-but only for the pul
. pose Of calling to mind the magnifi
< cent march Of American skill and Ell
terprise in any instance in which it ha
] a fair field for action. To return |
s the culture Of silk: there can be n
: doubt that if duly encouraged an
h protected, It will become secondar