The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1858-10-20

The Hartford Press says that young man at
Norfolk, Conn, named Edward Kibourn, has dur
ing four years past been exercising his ingenuity
on the matter of knitting machines, until he has
patented, both in this country and Great Britain
machine which bids fair to make as much of rev.
olution in the manufacture of knit goods, whether
of silk, cotton or WOOL Whitney's cotton gin
did in the cotton manufacture. He bought an or
dlnary knitting loom, and while knitting socks al
teratons continued to suggest themselves, until he
had made application TO" twenty-four improve
ments, eighteen of which accepted; and the
result is virtually an entirely new machine Its
chief feature is that the work runs rapidly
through as IN an ordinary weaving loom, widen
ing and narrowing according to pattern, and with
out the necessity of stopping to let down take up
stitches. The advantages gained seen in the
fact that knitting which is done elsewhere at cost
OF % or over per dozen, can be done in Norfolk
for twenty-five cents per dozen, or perhaps less
One machine will knit one dozen pairs of drawers
each day, and one girl can tend three machines
New machines are building, that will knit two
drawers at a time, or two dozen day. One per
son can knit four dozen drawers per day.
The following note from naval officer appears
in the Washington Star:
WASHINGTON, d. c., Oct. 8, 1858.
Mr.. EDIToR: The newspapers for the past week
have been endeavoring to hoist the Admirals flag;
but all the articles that have seen are little in
error and will endeayOr to take the kinks out OF
the halliards for you.
commanding squadrOns to be styled Flag Officers,
those officers were called Commodores, and hoisted
their flag a swallow. tail blue broad pennant with
thirteen stars) at the main. And when two or more
Commodores met, the senior in rank kept the blue
pennant flying the second hoisted the red, and the
next in rank the white.
Recently the grade of Commodores have been
abolished, and with them the broad pennants.-
Now, Flag Officers, whose commissions as Cap
tains bear date twenty years back, hoist square
blue flag at the fore; those whose commissions are
less than twenty years old, hoist the same flag at
the mizzeR.
The square flag at the FORE in all foreign navies,
denotes the presence of Vice Admiral; at the
mizzen, Rear Admiral and at the main, Ad-
miral. QUARTERMAsTER.
THE CHESAPEAKE AND ONO CANAL during the past
week brought ninety-four loaded boats to the
Georgetown collection office, nearly all of which
were freighted with coal. The ascending trade for
the week was S235, the descending 81, l09; in all
S2,3A.
Late advices from the line of canal state that
Dam No. will be substantially completed by the
first of November, and the other dam is going finely
on.-Alerdndrid Sentinel.
Business upon the canal is quite light, very few
boats al e departing from this port. The water in
the river dam is again up sufficiently so as to enable
boats to load at Lynn's wharf; but there being an
inadequate supply of water for the Cumberland
level and the steam pump out of ORDER navigation,
as a general thing, still remains in state of sus-
pension.-CWaberland CiUitian.
WASHINGTON CoUNTY.-The Boonsboro' Odd Eel
low reports the crop to be better than ex-
pected.
On Sunday night, 1lth of October, eight slaves
belonging to Ransom, Manning and Davenport of
Jefferson county, Va, ran away from their mas
ters, and had succeeded in reaching Pennsylvania,
when they were apprehended and brought to this
town. On the 10th of October their masters came
for them, paid a reward of some two thousand dol
lars to their captors and took them to Charlestown
where they were publicly sold to the highest bid
der.
THE GINSENG CRoP.-The Richmond (0hio) o.
serUer saws it is estimated that the Ginseng trade of
the county for the present season will amount to
about S3O000 Large quantities of this article
have already been sent to Eastern markets, and
there are yet many tons on hand, in the course of
preparation for expectation 1t requires no outlay
to procure it, and many families are engaged in
gathering it, and find it a paying cash business.