New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-08-04

can habds and improved machinery There are ssvers
eItensye manufactures IN this ~. whose mo -oceo
vii compare favoraby with the best Of their class pro
duce u elsewhere.
The Ugh the tanners fills State make such bez-lhy
shos H. the Exhibition il is not because they are b-garJ
tLemsclye il tie statistics Of ther business are an
dicaiion he humber Of tanneres in the State l. about
$500; the number Of men empoye ed 10000: the
If money inye sted. SlOOOOOOO. The product OF Oh
in hides Of sole and upper leather mas be put down st
S3,OO0O00 year as ik, lowest estimate Itst1Iethst
there very few 'aBneries in the city but it ml be
remembered that his city Is the great depot Of most II
this New York leather and al-O OF large proportion Of
the products OF the tanneres Of the Wet aud even q
portions OF the East
New-Jersey though mabnga showfar beneath her T, al
abilities has done better than New-YOIk. j. Chadwick
Co Of Newark, have furnished decidedly the greatest
curiosity in the Leather line. which attracts much a.
| tention IL is single OK Hide viii ,h contains one
hundred square feet Of leather, aud good leather too 1t
is justly considered. This firm have large showcase
we'll filed with specme Of patent and enane ed leather
Of almost all conceivable coors These highly cred
iabe the State and the country The extensive Car
rage and Harness Factories Of the prosperous city of
Newark alone require large quantity Of this species
of leather, not taking exports into account nor tue
of the other manufactures of vehicles within Tie
States. which numerous and extensive.
Pennsy wanna still better represented than New Jer
sew though falling far short OF correct idea OF her
1ucton the capital OF which footed up in lSll
al SiZs5 0-5. bv Which, at tbat date, 226 operatives
were employ ed. H. VI. Crawford Of Phladelphi , eX-
bal its some samples "a sole and uppers the former OF
Which is firm and durable. ii BrVdt the same city,
has package OF shoe uppers, one article oi which par
cuaiy deserves nutce, az the result OF an attempted
initiation OF the plain French calfskin style. In this
consider him to have only partially succeeded. HsoWn
style Ire,eLs much more oIragng prospect OF slc
cess, the samples thereof clearly Indicate. The Tca
o this shall explain when We come to speak OF
the French aud German Departments which represent
the only foreign nations whose Tanners aud Curriers'
have dc emed the Exhibition worthy Oi their attention
George : Adler, OF Philadelphia shows case OF black
morocco which presents neutrality-suspicious. through
the glass doors There are two other specimens OF
Pennsy lVana leather, which are deserving OF more special
notice. One Of these comes from the nOn ldnnery
OF Jacob Hoffman of Junata County, fine grazing re-
gOn well adapted to the tanning business IL consists
of sole leather alone and is decidedly Of superior SORT
Its mness and color Indicate not only but
the taking of time. The latter is a great desderitun
too seldom regarded by manufacturers Of the present
fast era when the old slow but sure method seems to
receive vefy little favor in any department OF Dinstri
enterprise Bat the most noticeable sample OF sole
leather is exhibited by James Clever of Iannarivlle,
Penn under the designation Of " American OaNtanned
Butt for Betting or Soles" This fully third Of an
inch thick and Welqh uryseyen pounds. II is about rs
hard beard and Of darker hue than us neighbour
Just noticed. II has evidently been subjected 10 very
slow process. after the OldlashOned mode aud II has
not unlikely been four five years n tie yard This
may seem alto gcther unwarrahabe Inference in view
of he rapid, machileiOrced processes now coming IN
vogue But il is nevertheless, probable Not ony are
several years consumed hides IN many sections oi
this country but the is the case 10 Eng aud whence
the idea Of ts necessity originally imported By the
proeenors Of the present Of rural Tanners who,
ia the language of Of their class just fathers
did fifty years ago Aud in fact there is great rciic-
lance the part Of many of the most proficient tanners
aud capable Judges OF leather including not lew ot or
best boot and shoemakers, trust these recent time
fhor enirg inventions They regard such statements a.
the buicAering of hid dressing the meat, and then az
ming the hide, all IN The sri-same hour as purely abu-
frf-Il in ufg
CITY, actually performed this feat while residing in Paris,
where HE question of how long requires to per
iectl las become of days Instead If months, ani
even years as of yOre There only remains To be no.
ticed among domestic articles some very fine and bcau'
fully cOOred buckskns for gloves Ac., from the man
uacoIy of Ramberry y Ebcrt, Of Georgetown, ID. {. |
bese are highly eredirabe to this irn-Par clary /
specimen of DagueTTtOiype Ltafhcr, waich presents
a remarkably fine grained and smooth surface.
Having sposed of the specmess of Leather in the /
American Department Of the Palace, We now come - /
he Foreign France has sent er' at PToas IN OF sreH
mems particularly in tie classes OF Patent aud Lnil-
elcd upper leather and PARTICULAR! IN plan ahd entn-
eed ,afskns In both these classes Of boo materials,
the French are unquesuuaby greatly IN ad lhcc OF he
American tauners aud curriers' Their plain-dress"d /
ca skus have always been in deserved rnpue, OEn- o.
their delightful pabty and soituess which are tanned
together with durability wellas smoothnes ofgrin The
secret of this excellence, uugucstlDuably lies chiefly IN
the cheap rates OF prevalent 10 France Alter
the tanning processes proper are cImPle' tue curry
"a
what once would have been considered wonders 10 the
way of finishing For example il is said That the French
curriers' after putting the tanned hides through the --
eal usual processes Whereby every pGitce oi u' AID
other residuaIy matter Wou be considered eXa-tot
ara tie necessary degree OF piabliy ata.acd are "a
lie habit Of subirciDg the leather To mliAg or pD4-
uo process which would be- red utterly drlrdc
tive Ia the very substance OF 4 10y the oidias'D'd IA NJ
beIs Of the craft Thus they only give 70 their pain
casiius the peculiar soitness and piably already n
ced bur prepare the surface for the addition o. TIE en-
amelirg process Contrary 20 all this the American ar
trInpts at enamelng, japanumg, are 700 l"ffnhy /
Il noe non leather utterly untitled Tor is reception, be-
cause ii tie roughDess and porousn oi TIE surface
bis and tie failure temper the heat o tue compost
cp are doubtless among the chiel polns at auuse 10
tlis country The foregoing remarks vii enpy with /
equal force TO the German processes, aud tf res us
in this line OF practical art. Intre Is NTH zee IN
the L. ther produced the two sides OF re RIle IN
fact arcc proportion oi The French athcrs are nal-
ufsciur,d by Germans in Paris aud o.-er places u /
France However the French have teen tAt start 10
reputation which is great thing ID COMMERCIAL POINT /
Ct view
Tie following French manufacturers are represented .
Is .recnens of their skill viz: PaciGe fctrr-lu Jr,
Who las on exhibition w-arrau-sd specimens oi Black
Harr,ss Leather. numbered aLi ca sinrd as '''s;
Nacke lisste smooth COSY s-.usl Nt-ne i--.,'r :
poeuf .oy.lide. Nacke. .c0H-sElui. Car Ji.e, |
iui., l,.tlr: Vache Lis.e.6 These are very 60 IL
Is.t end thi,k samples We have translied tAc iai-
rs.iul of quality literally. matter ut curiosity! iNr
difference tlon the classification adopted Boy till. 49,
lssl,Is IN Ills couttly vii be seen at ellnr For l
.lllce Sc have 10 distinction between Gre hl ~ i-
male and female animals, Shen manufactured il3 -
And of eaf n Tor which they are best sI'eL hF me
tern oy.tilcs sr Include ell skins o. I'll s-UEu cl.a'
while th. phrase .crr sim would be taken ID repre-
s,1t u1t-l.ci OF rAa lids Eyset. Bro he's s g.