New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-04-22

hg witnessed, among large party, the operation o. 'n
machine making some Sur in the seeking woro
we shall endeavor to give some account Of it.
The crusher iron ball globe weighing hve ,nou
sand pounds and thirty inches in diameter wn'o.
wolves in mammoth cup not unlike potash ke''ie
b obliquey suspended from and strongly seca,e1
heavy wooden framework, which should be very me-
bedded in the earth fastened to an unye'ams hv
resting thereon This cup or basin is made 70
an ordinary application of steam power by means OF o
and thus the ball. continually seeking the h
revolves without changing its place. beng &c ,-.er
pin TO a stem in the center of the cup ss' -, oe
b conducted into the cup from above ana Az hall
some three or four pailfulls around ana uua'' :.
The mercury is of course under the ball. anu "o
shoveed into the pan or may be poureu " n :. 90 -,
above. So far goldmners will recognise pr, no
proved Gillian Mill Of extraordinary pow ,hn hot
meath the pan or cup-or rather u ~. III small fire
tom thereof formed expressly to this end si'', ne
/. made which Cbeing fed with air through nan 800
orifces at :. cuar intervals sunoundna NJ a..
into lyelv action by the revolution OF the cup anu "a.
Me Quicksilver moderately rtdao@ aea's"s -. .rd
water continually pouring in above II eAs 80 The
running OF surcharged With the puverizea quart n'
sfec, Of this continuance is claimed % DC 'o IN ,l
xama.on Of the gold Tor other precious me-. ,to,;n,
thus elivened and expanded quichsnse' 80" n, az
fhat metal and lansing il pass on f yo,d =
!. cI.;med that the very last particle OF goa
.~o,.a son the Quartz and held BY the mercury eu'"'
r roct ner run of quartz three or four umeS as great
~ h;,horto bsen securedi so that the ownsrs OF ''s
.1h;na nav mako money faster BY washing the Iuinss
,-ns, nl, erze and exhausted quartz at any gciddg
80 .lrssdv worked than be obtained oy oler Hh'
chimes from rich quarts not previously eAiSu''eu
m. axnerm.pt we witnessed yesterday was made upon
So barrels about 900 lbsp) Of 'tnnss' VI eAH""'7u
80 from Gold HILL N c. which was ground over and
.magasted as aforesaid and Tie aagam being retored
Ans product was 2oz, Is pw, gram or s'o &c VI goo
Amer he conclusion Of this experiment ABOUT ~ lo Vi
-. - from the Rutherford, N. c. mine was crushed
f".,N and produced quantity of metal which
-soJ down % 50 in gold coin but as there was small
sad IN the residuum the precise valuation could
-, ..osrained without assay Ii was estimated by
,,I.n present to be about So The quartz from which
taken exhibited little ifany gold to the naked eye
n, course buyer of Gold crushing Machines would wish
q, assure himself by experiment of the richness OF the
ou.rz employed in the experiment the time required to
crush and smalgamae tun OF H. the power employed
..,s N anvil Of quicksilver &c. &c On al these points
Ne are no authority The price OF the machine we under
stood to be $4,000.
wyIyIsG OF BRocATELLEsIhe weaving oil tins elegant
art Of tapestry goods by poweroons has been introduced
:, UumpbreysyiIle Conn The Journal and Courier New
Haven't thus speaks Of the enterprises
.Te admiration of heavy machinery TO the production
of ak goods is stride in manufactures which only those
appreciate who are familiar WIN ihe oasesS
aeemsd nsurmOuntable, and surrounded Dy discourage
,,ents which would have broken the spirit OF ordinary men,
H. projectors Of this enterprise have moved steadily for
ward with an unfalDg confidence in their ultimate success
and we are reoced learn their abos are being crowned
with rch reward exceeding their most sanSune exPec
lions The fabric they manufacture has been brought 10
treat perfectoh and large demand greater than their
present facilities supply pressing upon them from the
larger marts of trade Bglows celebrated poweroom the
IN hie
10 this work by the ingenuity of Mr.. D. T. Hunaston TO
whom alone the credit due Tor the Introduction OF TINS
branch manufacture and SO nicely Is ine macnner
balanced, that the breaking OF single thread though
scarcely larger than twisted spiders weo throws the
whole machinery out Of gear and all the wheels shutties
and pulles brought TO dead stand that the thread may
he menied Indeed ingenious is the adaptation seems
almost 10 possess human intelligence. Ihs company are
usng only original designs and complicated are some OF
these requres eight thousand cards each perforated with
from twenty seventy holes every one of which are
worked through the harness of the loom to represent lew
inches Of the fabric correctly Mr. hunaston mas invented
cord cutter with which child can perform as nuch labor
Ia week. as two in month without II; and THIS
enables them TO be prodga in designs For hundred
years these goods have been made in Europe bat only on
The old fashion hand loom and yard per day IS consd
cred fair day work there, even at the present time On
these powerooms girl can weave six yards per day OF
beter fabric than any German goods imported and almost
eoual 10 the best French Brocateles."
'i Tsy M.xuyacTURE OF FLAx-Ata recent meeting of
the London Society of Arts interesting paper ION recent
improvements in the manufacture of flax was read by
Professor Wilson, late Principal Of the Agricultural College
at Cenceser The professor stated the object OF dressing
the straw which separate the inner 66re from the
two outer ones Two methods Of dressing had been hther
40 resorted to- the mechanical and the chemical in the
former the fax dealt with in dry IN the latter IN
wet state For poor quality OF lax the mechanical pro
4ss was rrsfrahc OF account Of The expense of STEPPING
A. this process did not touch the azOtsed substance found
in flax left with the liability to fermentation, and con-
seauent deterioration Of the fabric under certain conditions
Patents for improvements had been taken out in 1912 and
1919 but none Of methods removed the liability to fer
mentaion This could only be done by the chemical pro
cesses In one the fermentation directly excited in
another the azotsed substances were stepped out Two
principles had been recently brought into operation which
were likely to effect complete revolution IN the manuiac-
fvre of fax Having described the method of sleeping
hitherto prscsed in Ireland and the Continent by inn
nersing in water still running, or by "dewrotng the
object Of which 10 excite and exhaust the Preventative
scionhe professor observed that the of hot water
materially accelerated the process This was known to and
practised by the Malays and the Bengalese
twas not however until ls46, that patent had been
taken out by German named Schenk for the scaldng
hot water process was introduced into Ireland in lsis
and now upward Of 10000 tuns Of flax were prepared in this
way every year Ireland That useful body the Flax I'm
provement Society had instituted series of experiments
he result Of which was that Schenks process gave an ad
vantage Of per cent in the yield and still grester adj
vantage in the spinning quality Of the fax. The result of
large POTTERY near Belfast was that e. uns of straw yielded
39 uns after sleeping which when scutched reduced
TO 50 uns and about tuns of tow plucking, much
larger result than obainabe by other means Another
chemical process instead Of exhausng the Preventative
qualities OF the flax, made Of aae TO s solve out the
azosed substances This had been first suggested SO long
ago l74 had been carried TO great extent in Prus
sra and well known TO the French chemists Bernouie
GsyLassac and others While the cold water process
cuped nom seven TO fourteen days Schenks process
duced the time to from 7e to 90 hours Recently however
Mr. Watts Of Glasgow has patented method of applying
steam to The same purpose and this was done with so
much enec s' the process might be expected to be-
come general.
The advantages Of this process werea grea. saving of
time from eight 10 tweyehour being sufficient bring the