American Republican and Baltimore daily clipper. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1844-1846, 1846-05-28

| manufactures on hand. In addition to those
already particularized by us, there are on ex-
hiblton cotton piece goods from the Patapsco
Mills, Md; fine specimens of cotton yarn and
cotton cords from T. H. Fulton, of Baltimore;
and beautiful shawls and table covers from
Frankfort, Pa. Hughson & Vail, of Balti-
more, have some superior saddles, trunks, &C.,
and G. F. Sangster, of Georgetown, D. c.,
beautiful lady's saddle. The Intelligencer
has the following notice of the Leather exhib-
tied:
owe first notice the manufacture of John
Ebert & Son, of Frederick city, Md, and of
Ramsburg s. Ebert, of Georgetown, D. c., and
which consists of Buckskin dressed in various
colors for the use of saddlers, shoemakers,
glovers, Sc; also, morocco leather of all kinds,
and leather for the use of pano-forte makers.
Some Of these articles appear to US to be of u
superior description. Mr. John Kunkle, of
Frederick, Md, exhibits very superior Leather
for saddle skirtings, and russell and black lea
Their for brides. G. S. Adler, of Philadelphia,
has also very beautiful samples of Fancy Lea
theirs, ofvarious descriptions and of very fine
qualities. There are very superior samples of
Selling Leather from the celebrated tanmery of
the Hon. Z Pratt, of PrattsvilIe, New York,
consisting of three Buenos Ayres hides tanned
into leather with hemlock bark in five months,
and three New York City slaughtered hides
tanned by the same process. Mr.. Pratt produ-
ced at his establishment, last year. sixty thou
sand sides of the former and forty thousand
sides of the latter. We have heard much of
the superior quality of the Prattsvile leather;
the great demand for it is, we think, its best
advertisement. There are several other speci-
mems ofleather not yet opened. VIM. Brown,
of Manchester, Carroll county, Md, exhibits
leather manufactured by a new principle of
tanning, and challenges competition with lea
Their manufactured by any other plan; his chal-
lenge is bold and unequivocal Mr. ID. Howell,
ofPine street, New York, exhibits Tanning
Machine, by which "caliskins can be thorough
ly tanned in one week, upper leather in two
weeks, and sole leather in from twenty to thir-
ty days" Mr.. Howell adduces most respec-
table certificates in proof of the value of his in
vention.
Several additional PIANO FoRTEs have been
placed in the room since our former notices,
among which are some splendid ones by r.
Gilbert & Co., Boston, the proprietors for the
State of Massachusetts of Coleman's patent
Eolian Attachment. Two instruments with
this attachment are in the Fair, prices $500 and
$500, respectively. There appears to be also
an increased number of Lemuel Gilbert's "Pa-
tent Action Piano Fortes." We were much
pleased with one of"Draper's Eolichord Piano
Fortes." This instrument has, in addition to
the common set of strings, an extra set, which
are placed above the ordinary ones, and tuned
an octive lower. These strings are caused to
vbrate by the action of the air produced by the
vibration of the ordinary strings, and are regu-
lated by the action of a pedal. The effect is
novel and pleasing, and the construction APP
pears so simple that we do not think the instru-
ment can easily get out of order. The price
charged for attaching this Improvement TO a
piano forte is $50.
The novelty of the day was, however, to us,
beautiful COPPER Boar, manufactured at the
Novelty Iron Works, Now York. 1t is twenty
three feet long and five wide, and made out of
four sheets of copper The printed description
attached to the boat says ''that it was stamped
'into its present shape, in!fory minutes, by pow
'erful machinery; that it cannot be sunk; that it
lis four times stronger than wood that, being
'one-third lighter than wood, 1t requires one
third less power to propel it. A boat thirty
two feet long can be made Of four sheets of
"copper"" There is no price attached to this
article. We have neither time nor space for
any comment upon this novel article any fur
ther than TO say that it is beautiful piece of
workmanship, and lift realizes halt its promises,
its inventors will prove public benefactors.