The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1859-05-28
GrIctt 4ilistcllanp.

| as follows:
Have you vet heard in the United States
Of the promising trade that has already sprung
up between Naeasaki (Japnn) and Shanghai!
No less than twenty vessels have visited the
| former port during the last four monthe, and
exports seem uch more abundant than was
deemed possible. Vegetable wax, ginseng,
lacquer ware. china do. vegetable oil, hemp,
nee, sega silks, etc, are the principal art,-
Giles and upon many of these the most cx:rav-
agant profits have been realized Upon the
vegetable oil in particular does money prom
isc to be made. 1t is said to be abundant
very cheap, and answers for mixing paints as
well as burning in lamp Sheet copper also.
promises a large supply Of an unheard of cost
\ quantity Of it alrcdy landed in Shanghai
paid profit of several hundred per cent
These things all considered very much fear
that mySel f and every one else have hitherto
very mach moderated the internal resources
| of Japan. or rather the amount of exports
that would be found ready for our shipping
would not now pretend TO say of how much
value the commerce of Japan may prove to be
to the world at large at future day.
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KNITTING MACHINE,-A Yankee boy at
Norfolk, Conn, named Edward kilbourn
now twenty-five years old has. during four
years past beer exercising his ingenuity on
the matter Of knitting machines, till he has
patented, both in this country and Great
Britain, machine which bids far to max G
as much of a revolution in the manufacture
of knit goods, whether Of silk, cotton, or
wool, as Whlney's cotton.gin did in the cot
ton manufacture. llo bought an ordinary
knttirg-loom, and while making socks.
alterations seemed to suggest themselves. till
he hnd made application for twcnty.four
Improvements, eighteen of which were acccp-
tc! : and the result is virtually an entirely
new machine. Its chief feature is that the
work runs rapidly throueh--as in an ordinary
weaving loom Widening and narrowing
according to pattern, and without the neceS.
s'ty Of stopping 10 let down or take ny
stitches. The advantages gained are seen in
the fact that knitting which is done elsewhere
at cost OF ; D 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
gitl can tend three machines New machines
are building that will knit two drawers at a
time, or two dozen drawers per day. One
poison can knit four dozen drawers per day.
TIE TESTIMONIAL TO PAUL MoRpUY. The
testimonial to be presented TO Mr. Morphy,
the chess king, ny his friends and admirers
principally Of the New York and Brooklyn
chess clubs is described as most beautiful
one. 1t is in the shape Of n set Of gold and
silver chess men, aud an elaborate chess
! board, all ofthc most finished and recherche
description. The body of the board is of rose
wood, with elegant silver ornaments, and on
Il pyramid are engraved the names Of Mr.
Morphy and all the other great chess PLAYERS
OF ancient or modern times, except that ot Mr.
Stanton, whose conduct towards Mr.. Morphy
while in Europe was such it is SAID, as to
justify the omission. The entire cost Of the
! board is about 500. The chcss.non to he
used on this board are worthy companions
for 1t. They are Of solid gold and silver, and
contain nearly one thousand dollars worth
Of pure metal.
CAUTION TO SINGERS. "A medical writer Ct
celebrity illustrates his subject in the fellow
ing lucil manner:
a dcvout singer, H. a church choir. lifting
mp his voice in hymn to the highest pitch.
brought the condy loid process to the very
edge OF the gtc'old cavity, and attempting TO
shake at this critical moment, actually
d,>Iocatcd his jaw
| The most extensive publicity should be
given this rcnalkablv curious, and very mel.
| ancholy iact, that hereafter singers in our
choirS may never attempt to Shake when
| 'hclr condy!old processes are at the edge OF
| their eicnoid cavities. As THIS matter is rem
dcr"d so perfectly plain by the medical writer
of celebrity, every singer, of couSSn, will
understand exactly the time when il is proper
to shake. and when thee may be danger
of tllSlOcatilIg Tie Jaw. III RCimQn and Re