The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1849-10-18

guard had given TO MS Irieno.
1T certainly is mine, sir; but had alto
eether forgotten il until few minutes
SINCE replied jacquard with naivete.
but your friend has no, forgotten it, nor
either: and have got the orders Of the
First Consul to send the model to Paris
jacquard thanked the kind magistrate,
and withdrew.
After lapse Of a few weeks, he was
again sent for. On bis entrance into the
Office, the project addressed him.
you must Immediately set out for Paris,
M. Jacquard.'
For PARISH replied jacquard. Set out
for Paris, sir! And by whose orders, may
ask?'
Those OF the First Consul
1T is impossible there must be some mis-.
take as to tho name sir. What have !
done? What can the First Consul want OF
me-a poor, unknown workman!
The orders Of the Consul admit Of no
DELAY, my dear M. jacquard: they must be
obeyed. shall let your family know OF
your departure. A post chaise waits tor
YOU at the door ofthe Prefecture: aud fur
Their this man (the project pointed to gen.
darme) has orders TO accompany you, and
| not lose sight Of YOU
But | have never done injury TO any one.
declare solemnly that ! am neither rob.
Der nor criminal. Believe me, sir, there
| must be some error as to the name,' SAID
jacquard in extreme agitation.
Calm yourself, NJ. Jacquard said the
project, as he conducted him to the court
ward BE assured that the First Consul
is man who knows how to appreciate tai
eut wherever it is found. Even if he new
er does anything Or you,' continued the
project, would it not be worth your while
to leave your family and affairs for short
time for the sake Of seeing PARISH
Indeed, sir, should not think So
well, no matter; you will find that he
has good reasons for acting thus. Come,
get into the chaise, NJ. jacquard; promise
that no harm shall befall you: and as It is
most likely that on such short notice you
may not be provided with money, the gen.
darme will take care that you want for
nothing. Good-by sir, and pleasant jour-
uey to you.'
jacquard had never before been in Paris;
and The first place they stopped at on their
arrival in the capital was at the Conserva
tory of Arts. The first persons whom he
met with were Bonapart, then First Con-
sui, and Carnot, the prime minister.
Sc it you who call yourself Joseph Jac-
quard?' demanded Carnot in a brusqne
tone. is it you who pretends TO DO what
no one else can accomplished form a knot
on stretched cord?'
Surprised by the tone ofthe speaker, and
awed at finding himselfi in the presence OF
such high personages, the youth did not
immedi a,ely reply. Blu, Bonapart, with
that strnvity he could so well assume, hav-
ii ing asked jacquard a few trivial questions,
led him by degrees into an animated con
yersation, and one which might be consid-
cred the foundation Of his atter-success in
life.
Jacquard was at once installed IN the
Conservatory; all the secrets Of mechanics,
which till then he had been unable to study,
were laid open to his inspection. In the
midst ofthese and other wonders ofindustry
all difficulties seemed to vanish as ne
thought OF his long cherished idea Of con-
structing a loom which would meiorate
the condition of the weavers Of his native
town. The first task TO which he was put
to work, was the constructing full-sized
machine after the model that had been OF
such service to him, and which, when COM
pleted, gave general satisfaction. A mag
nifcent shawl, destined for Josephine, the
wife Of Bonapart, wrought in loom that
had cost more than twenty thousand francs,
made him form the idea ofapplying to these
works Of luxury less complicated, and at
the same time much less expensive ma.
chinery, in which he succeeded beyond his
most sanguine expectations.
1 While thus employed for the emperor, he
had steadily persevsred in his endeavors TO
perfect the machine which had engrossed
his thoughts from boyhood, aud in 1871
completed the one known as the jacquard
LOOM which was exhibited at the EXPOSE
ton Of Arts in Paris the same year.
Let us now see how the Jacquard-loom
was received BY those tor whose benefit 1t
was expressly intended. Having received
from the French government pension OF
thousand crowns for his discovery, JAG
guard expected that, with such testimonials
! of its value, he should have no difficulty in
establishing the loom in his native city.
Filled, therefore, with the hope Of melora-
ting the condition Of his felow-townamen,
Jacnnard returned TO LYONS. Alas! these
hopes were quickly dispelled. Having at
his own expense, constructed one OF the
machines, the Consei des Prud'hommes,
"a body appointed to watch over the inter
ests of the Lyoncse trade were invited to
inspect il, and give their opinions. Great
was Jacquard's dsmay when he found that
they not only opposed the introduction OF
his loom, but gave orders that it should be
publicly destroyed; which was accordingly