New-York daily tribune., 1853-12-15

The last mentioned is an excellent substitute for the
imported hid being although hardly well finished
neatly made and very durable; they principally
made by family OF Partisan giOsers who have sue
ceeded in establishing their business here.
In earlier days, large numbers OF moceasins were
also made but the recent improvements IN India Rub
Der have entirely superseded them It Is also noticeable
that the demand which formerly gave the preference
TO rttcns rapidly changing to that OF gloves,
change which is no doubt owing 70 the generally iu
proved condition of the wording classes. which enables
them 10 adoptbctt means of living than in former
days.
To supply the enormous demand Tor deerskins thus
created the whole wilderness OF America Is laid under
contribution.
The skins taken by sportsmen IN Pennsylvania, and
the more settled states well as those obtained by
regular hunters. here find market Notwithstanding
the encrOaehments OF clVlirauun, large numbers OF
deer are still lurking in the the laurel glades and pine
forests Of Northern Pennss vania and in the hunting
season the mountain sohtudes ayc rite with merry
woodmen who have come for mi!os 20 enjoy the sports
The game pursued either by hounds sthuntng; in
tie former method, the dogs being Uneashed start the
deer which immediately flee to some iayorite stream,
BY whose crossing the scent shall be lost As tho or
binary places OF crossing are easily Indicated the hun
ter an bushes himself ar one OF these, AMI sometimes
for hours, until the uckess fugitive Is driven within
the fatal range Of the rifle.
The stLhunter on the other hand, beats the forest
in silence until he finds the track OF the game which
he stealthy follows, and as the deer uness when pur-
sued) seldom travels far without stopping tO rest or 70
browse the cautious marksman will soon hear The rust
Ing Of foliage and the first glimpse o the ahtlers oE
clisteung hide il the deathsgna 10 its owner
shanty erected for the nOnce shelters these Robin
Hoods and Little Johns Of modern days, when night
terminates their sports and the game aitsr supplying
their humble board. u either taken to their MONIES
or sent 10 the city.
Enormous quantities of skins are also taken by the
hardy trappers or native tribes OF tie West and the
annual gatherings from Minnesota, Missouri, California
Oregon and the skirts of the Rocky Mountains after
threading the wanderngs of the Yellow Stone and the
Mississippi or being tossed around Cape Horn at last
meet and are manufactured within the circumference
of a few niles Large numbers of deer are slam IN
New.Greuada Mexico and Yucatan, and their pelts
which are of dark color and called MusqultOs,
are brought to this common market. The musquito
skin frequently makes the best leather Tor mttens
In YucatGn, where game abounds, an expert hunter
will kill twenty head per day, OF which the pet alone
is valuable and these being generally brought to Sisal
the main export town OF that Province, are shipped t.
New-YOrk As upward of 400 600 deer-sklns Will this
year be dressed in Johnstown and GlOvers'ie, de
gree of slaughter may be inferred which would soon
lead TO Tie determination of this noble species This
indeed must be the result although it may be hundreds
of years in the future As yet, notwithstanding TINS
immense annual destruction the supply still continues
as abundant a. ever and is perhaps the increase
From the above amount of skins including those made
from sheep-pelts and patna-hldes, upward OF lDJO0O
dozen pairs OF mttens and gloves will this year be man
ufactured and their value may be estimated at not less
than S600,oO0
In conclusion we cannot but observe, that the de
tails of this branch of American industry quite In
terestDg to the casual spectator drive through the
villages and country thus employed and in which ma
ture has exhibited much of her highest beauty, will pre-
sent in rapid succession all the various accompany
ments Of the trade Mills, whose restless machinery
mingles their droning with the music of the waterfall
fields fecked with drying leather, and summer cot
tages whose opened easements reveal groops OF cheer
full girls engaged in needework, while in the distance
the Mayfeld mountain stretches away in dark green
slopes until they at length lost in the sonbre shad
ows of the rrimeyal forest