Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, IA [i.e. Ind.]) 1839-1854, 1844-05-24

ted States Is valued IT ana the stock
ings. woven shirts and drawers made in this coun-
try at $500 900.
The little article OF hooks and ewes IS another
illustration OF the Same progress of inventive IN
dustry. Thirty years ago, the price was 81 80
the gross pairs: the quantity may be
purchased from Is to 30 cents. At one establish
mont in New Britain. Connecticut. 10000 to
100000 pairs per day made and plated bya
galvanc battery. the cold silver process. Tho
value of this article consumed in year in this
country IS said to be S75O.000.
Another article very essential to tho husband
man, horse shoes. furnishes similar proof Of the
bearing of the progress OF Inventors. An mn
proved kind of horse shoes made at Troy. New
y ork, for some time past, Is sold 1T the price
of only five cents per pound, ready prepared 10
be used in shoeing the animal. At factory re-
Gently erected. fifty tons of these turned
out per day; and 1t IS thought they can be made
and sent to Europe good profit as is derived
from American clocks. which have handsoniel y
rennmerated the exporter.
The improvements in the manufacturo and ma
king up of leather have also greatly reduced the
price OF another article-shoos. BY further IN
ventlons to rondor leather water proof, hkow isc,
much has been done to protect the health and pro-
moto economy. Those who havo not turned their
attention to this sube may be surprised 10 learn
that leather made water proof in the best manner
will last at least onc-tri longer than ohor kinds.
person III the United States for Shoes tho cost of
this article i'll the whole country would be 500
OoO.0OO. ono third of which saved would be over
Sl60OO,0O0. Some of tho preparations for
dcring leather water proof are much less cXpcn-
slve than others. very simple composition of
rosin, becswax, and tallow. applied warm, both to
tho solos and uppors. that the leather is tho
roughly saturated with tho mixture, has boon
found to be worry ctioctual for the purpose.
During my late visit to New York, visited the
sugar works of Mcssrs. Tvleo and Mapes, in
Leonard street, which establishment has adopted
tho process of sugar making invented by
Professor Mapcs. BY this process they manufac-
ture from $4,000 to 10000 pounds of sugar per
day from common West India moassos, and gen
orally Of quality superior 10 that made from the
in Louisiana. They often use molasses
which has become sour with good effect.
As an evidence Of the Improvement in making
loaf sugar, would add that, by the process,
the refining by tho aid of clay IS abandoncd.-
The old process requires at least thirty days TO
compota tho loaf for market; wIorcas the inprov-
cd mode accomplishcs the same in six davis
thus making Saving. i, .i.r,j. machinery uI,
room.
This oyaporator will undoubtedly be introduced
for sa,tmaking. concentrating Of extracts of dye
woods. ct cctcra.
IN the pupor marked !. will be found dcscrip-
ton OF the olooro-lna gnctc telegraph, illustrated
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any person - understand one of tho great Inn
provcmants of the arc-onc that is destined to
exercise a great and. it IS believed happy effect
IN tho transmission of intelligence from one
ton of Tic country to another. Experiments, al
ready made in England and the continent.
leave doubt of its practicabiliv; and this will
long be further tested on the railroad route
between Washington and Baltimore.
The choice to the mode of communication
by wires placed within lcadcn pipes under ground
or through similar wires suspended in the air. has
occasionod much perplcxity to the scientific; but
the latter will probably be found much the most
economical in the structure. we'll as in the IA
ciIity of repair. The rapidity of communication
is truly astonishing; it is instantaneous. The
rate at which the electro gnetic fluid passcsac-
cordlng to Mr. w hoatstone, is 2SS GOO mics, (o
quail to IL times around tho gobal in one second.
We the ..strcak'' of lightning in tho heavens,
but it leaves trace; the stream of electricity
has passed in less than the twnkin@ OF an eye.
and IS gone far beyond our sight. In the same
manner. with equal swiftness, the electromagnetic
c fluid unerrngy conveys the Intelligence en-
trusted to Its operation.
Foreigners arc now claiming tho merit of the
invention to reduce the discovery to practices vet
history it is believed. Will hereafter accredit tho
highest and most deserved commentator to ono
OF our countrymen.
A new field is thus laid open for the researches
of science. and new discoveries may Yet be
pected. Experiments have already been made
in the country. with wires of 100 mics in length
insulated i'll coils, with perfect success. 4 small
battery of 100 pairs of plates was sufficient for
the operation of the whole distance. In offectng
the transmission of intelligence by the telegraph
! the artificial magnet, (soc the paper |, above
mentoncd,) created by electricity, sets in motion
| an apparatus, which gives paper certain char
actcrs, representing letters of tho alphabet
Communications are thus recorded. either by day
or night, on revolving cylinder, without even
superintendent, and may be Transcribed at lois
uro. The medium employed is simply copper
wire insulated and extended on posts ut an ex-
penso not exceeding $50 per milo. 1t is conf
IDENTIFY beloved that proprictors will thus connect
their dwellings, with the places Of their mechanic
al oparations.-How easily. for instance, could
Boston and Lowell be thus connected. The same