Mississippi Democrat. (Carrollton, Miss.) 1844-18??, 1845-08-13

lhe Commissioners Of Patents in his re-
port just presented to Congress informs Us
= That cheap houses, OF superior de
: scrlptlon, can now be made of unburnt
bricks. A new method of infusinp metal
into wood promises to snpersede the use d
: IRON on all railroads. A girl can, with 3
newly invented machine, fabricate 90 pairs
OF woollen drawers in day. On the
loom il took Ten persons to perform the
same amount of work. Fifty tons Of horse
shoes are now turned out of single fac.
: tory IN day--they are sold for five cents
} per pound In manufacturing loaf surar !.
improvements have been introduced which
will reduce the time and labor employed
to one fifth Of what il was formerly. Hooks
and eyes cost dollar per gross thirty
years ago. Now they can be made from
Is to 20 cents.
In the crafts of boot and shoe making.
machinery is beginning to show ITSELF
and we may not estimate the PROGRESS if
will make in this department, even in onr
own day. Certainly skill in this handicraft
will afford very insecure dependence to
our children. indeed, French paper an.
nounces machine by which one man can
turn out so pairs of boots in a day.
Machinery says DR.. IRE, " is ready
to accomplish every thing in the manufac.
ture OF Hats but he adds that il is kept
down for the present by what he calls
iawless combination of the iourneymen."
This is in Britain, and the Doctor pre-
diets that this combination will soon be
broken down before the Genius of Ma
chinery
In ropemaking, the machine has taken
almost entire possession. The recent i'm.
provements enable four or five men TO do
the work of ten times that number of re-
gular hands. Such is the distress and
desperation that this change has created
among the working men, that several ma.
chine houses have recently been Destroy
ed IN The neighborhood of this city by in. |
cendiary fires. They were, however, i'm
mediately rebuilt, and are now in full one |
ration.
A machine for making brick is now at
work IN Washington. II can mould 10000 |
bricks by the power of single horse. |
These are turned out perfectly dfy-rea-
dy for burning. AT several points on the
Hudson, machines are in operation for The
purpose Of preparing clay for bricks-a la
eorIous process that used to give employ
ment TO great numbers of laborers.
Even our bakers are not safe-a power.
tul kneading machine is coming into extern
siye use in England.
Two-thirds of our carpet-work is now
performed by machinery. To this also is
1t coming with our ship-builders. The
letter press printer belongs, almost, to a
past order of things, and machinery is
even trying IFS hand at typesetting. A
machine has just been put in operation in
New England, by which one woman can
stick ninety packs of pins in day. This,
by the old ordinary way, was the work oil
many individuals. In currying leather
they use machine which actually makes
one hide into two. Heavy cloth garments
OF an elegant style, are now made in Eng
land by the hating process, thereby dis
penslng with thimble and shears. Steam
coaches navigate the streets of London
to the great dsmay of cabmen-our very
scavengers are jostled out of the wav bv ,
the same power-and the Yankee Paddv' !,
moves the hills with the ease of a Titan.
indeed we find that Science has already !
entered the field of Agriculture. Already :
are steam Ploughs in profitable employ h
men', even IN the British Islands, where /
manual labor can be had for almost no. 7
Lhlng-already do we observe that seve- =
raj patents have been taken out at Wash +;
ngton, Tor machines to be used in cutting 4
Town and gathering in of field crops. !
The Ihrashing Machine is now in uni
7ersal use; and doubtless every other de- il
'crIPiion OF machine that may be reaui. /
NE in agriculture will soon follow in its j
rain.
And further the Commission of Patents :
Informs US that
BY q machine drawn by oven, drains oil
4 inches deep, and % wide, can be exca- !,
afed at cost Of 3 cents per rod. Drains :.
+ any requisite depth can be made at d !
roportIonate expense. Wheat growers +
France have doubled the product with. i
the last % years, by the aid Of Che s 5,
llstfy. They have also found the means i
feeding on given quantity of food, !,
vice the number Of cattle which it sun. i
orted formerly. Taos wheat fof New =
iexlco) q of excellent quality and produ- q
q seven headss instead Of one. u
Machinery and paup erIsn are marching 8
and n hand Thirty years ago the num-
sfof paupers Ia The whole United States
as estimated al ~. l66 oil III 5000. I,
he paupe flsm 81 New I ork city amounts :, :,
1W 10 81 800, oF / lin every Il of the 20 S.