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

ne commissioner OF Patents in his RI
port Just presented to Congress informs I
y That cheap houses, Of superior d,
. scription, can now be made Of unburr
X bricks. A new method Of infusing metz
into wood promises to supersede the use I
+ iron on all railroads. A girl can, with
b newly invented machine, fabricale 90 pair
2 Of wooIlen drawers in day. On III
!, loom il took ten persons to perform III
same amount Of work. Fifty tons Of hors
t shoes are now turned out Of a single fac
! TORY in day--they are sold for Eve cent
.|perponnd- In manufacturing loaf sugar
: improvements have Leen Introduced whicl
will reduce HE time and labor employe,
to one fifth Of what il was formerly. Hook,
and eyes cost dollar per gross thiri,
years ago. Now they can be made from
| l5'to 20 cents.
La the crafts Of boot and shoe making
machinery is beginning TO show itself
and we may not estimate the progress il
will make In this department, even in our
own day. Certainly skill in this handicrafi
will afford very insecure dependence to
our children. Indeed, a French paper an
nounces machine by which one man can
turn out 30 pairs Of boots In day.
Machinery" says DR.. IRE, I. 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 a
/" lawless combination of The journeymen. !"
This is in Britain, aud 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.
provemenis enable four or five men TO do
the work Of ten times that number Of re-
guar 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.
mediaiely rebuilt, and are now in full ope-
ration.
A machine for making brick is now at
work in Washington. II can mould 80. 0oOl
bricks by the power of single horse.
These are turned out perfectly dry--rea.
dYfor burning. AT several points on the
Hudson, machines are in operation for the
purpose ofpreparing clay for bricks---a la
borious process that used TO give employ
ment to great numbers of laborers.
Even our bakers are not saie-a power
ful kneading machine is coming into extern
sive use in England.
Two-thirds Of our carpet-work is now
performed by machinery. 70, this also is
/ coming with our ship.buildcrs. The
etter press PRIMER belongs, almost, to a
'ast order Of things, and machinery Is
'yen trying IFS hand at typesetting. AL
machine has just been put in operation in
New England, by which one woman can
'tlck ninety packs Of pins in a day. This,
~ the old ordinary way, was the work oil
many individuals. In currying leather
hey use machine which actually makes /
me hide into two. Heavy cloth garments
y an elegant style, nre now made in Eng I,
and by the hating process, thereby dis. If
enslng with thimble and shears. Steam /
caches navigate the streets of London 4,
0 the great dlsmay Of cabmen---our very q
cavengers are jostled out Of the way by1 /,
1e same power---andlh the Yankee Paddy'l,
ioves the hills with the ease Of Titan. HI
Indeed we find that Science has already In
ntered the field Of Agriculture. Already .
re steam ploughs in profitable employ /,
lent, even in the British Islands, where | !
MANUAL labor can be had for almost no. :
ing already do we observe that seve- :
a patents have been taken out al Wash !,
'glon, Tor machines to be used in cutting / i
own and gathering ID Of field crops. h
The Thrashing Machine is now ii uni 4
srsal use; md doubtless every other DE- Il
'ription Of machine that may be requi- i,
10 in agriculture will soon follow in lis Il
ain. !,
And further the Commission Of Patents !,
forms US that
BY machine drawn by oven, drains Of
inches deep, and 2S wide, can be exca- d
led at cost Of 3 cents per rod. Drains a
any requisite depth can be made al N
oporilonaie expense Wheat growers i
Funce have doubled The product viii. b
The last rs years. BY the aid Of Che a
Isiry. They have also found The means n
ieeding % given quantity OF food, Al
ice The number Of cattle which il sup n
ried formerly. Taos wheat (of Newl N
exico) u Of excellent quality and proda- Il
! seven heads, instead Of ono. II
Machinery and pauperism are marching 81
nd in hand THIRTY years ago ire mum,
+ Of paupers il the whole United Stotes n
i estimated al 2D,lC0 Dr. IA 3O0Q. N.
Y pauperIsm q New York rily amounh Z.
N N q 800, Or vi every \ Of tho po- II
lation! Where will ihis cyiI cnd2 will y, Z,
get I'd " 4 by erecting Workhouse
a or a Prison ihefal NJ
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