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Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1861-09-06
ABOUT GUNPOWDER.

The principal gunpowder mills in the
United States are Dupont's, in Delaware
Hazards, at Enfield, Conn; Latin, Smith
& Boies, at Saugerties; the Oriental Gun
powder Company of Boston; and the
Schaghticoke Gunpowder Company, at
Schaghticoke Previous to the secession
of South Carolina there were but two mills
in all the Southern States since that time
two more have been erected, one in Geor-
gia, the other in Arkansas.
The materials and proportions of which
gunpowder is composed, are seventy-fve
parts of saltpetre to twelve and one-half
parts of sulphur, and twelve and one-half
parts of charcoal. These proportions vary
slightly in different varieties Of powder;
and the standard proportions Of different
governments vary also, but the proportions
generally deemed best or standard" are
as VIC have given them. Saltpetre is al
most entirely imported from India, where
it is found in large quantities, and trans
ported from thence to various parts Of the
world. Its price in the New York market
varies from five to fifteen cents per pound ;
its average price is perhaps nine cents.
But, of course, our southern friends get
none from the New York market, or any
other market while the blockade is effec-
tual and they are dependent upon the
supply which they can gather from their
own SOIL The Hazard company inform
us that when saltpctre is received by them,
it contains from s to per cent Of foreign
substances, but after passing through their
cleansing process it does not contain one
three hundred thousandth per cent of inn
purities, as tested by chemical analysis.
1t is this nicely of preparation that con-
stitutes much of the difference in qualities
of powder. VI i'+' ~
Sulphur is also almost entirely imported,
and mostly from the island Of Sicily, where
it is found along the central part Of the
southern coast. 1t is found in the craters
of volcanoes and the rebels may succeed
in getting some from Mexico; they may
also gather it in small quantities in the
neighborhood Of mineral springs, from
Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1861-09-06
"Quocuinque me Fortuna ferat, ibo hospesn

hops, thereby losing from two to four
cents per pound in the price for the same?
Better care must also be taken in dry
ing. Hops are injured in colorand odor
by drying too many at time, by turning
them too soon, and by not drying them
sufficiently to keep after they are put in
bales. 1t is said that not one half of
the hops from Vermont will keep one year
in good color from this cause alone. 1t is
necessary that the grower should tho
roughly understand his business, and that
he should conduct it, from beginning to
end, with the same care and the same re-
gard to neatness and cleanliness that
is requisite in the manufacture of butter
or sugar, or in the harvesting of crop
of corn or wheat. ~ "a f...a.t.r. .t...
But space will not permit me to en-
large on facts or argue the points that may
be controverted. 1t seems plain that the
way our hops have been picked and pre-
pared for market has been detrimental to
our interest, more especially when hops
do not command high price. How many
years out of the last six have you been
compelled to take the last end of the
market while the crop of other States was
sold on the poles and drank up in beer {?
In view of the above facts it would seem
to be for your interest to prepare
your hops for market in the best
possible manner instead of raising g
a clamor against the inspector as
being too rigid in his requirements ;
then, in justice to yourselves, that you
should require him to put such brands
upon them as shall compare with the in
spection of the other States. While ac-
ting i'll the capacity of inspector I am
gratitied to see that while | conduct the
business of my Office in a manner that
shall be conducive to your interest am
acting in strict accordance to the law.
JOHN H. KELLAM.
Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1861-09-06
THE POPULAR LOAN,

The New York Herald, has lenghthy
article on the new loan, from which we
take the following interesting account of
the manner in which the subscriptions are
made at the office of Mr. Cisco, the sub
treasurer, in New York - .u...r
There were about one hundred visitors
to-day, and their subscription ranged from
fifty dollars upward That short, stout,
broad-faccd gentleman, dressed richly in
black and with gold headed cane gold
spectacles, and a general banking air
about him, comes bustling into the room
from his easy carriage down stairs. and
is evidently millionaire. He says
twenty thousand quite cody, and rolls
off to the cashiers desk hurriedly, but
with the dignity of well lined pockets
Next comes an old woman, poorly dres-
sed, bent down by age, and looking like
the keeper of an apple stand or a corner
grocery of peanuts and dirty candies.
What can she want there? Down 60
those withered hands in to her bosom,
tremblingly they emerge again, graspipg
an old stocking from which she pours up
on the table--a thousand dollars. She
has not yet spoken word. and while you
look at her, wondering where she can
have procured that amount of gold, the
clerk has counted up her savings, and she
makes room for dapper lttle cash who
carries small bag of gold in his hand,
and tries to look unconscious that he
thinks himself shrewd business man and
imagnes he cannot be humbugged. Next
comes averitable Bridget, with her fifty
dollars. How in the world could she
know of the loan and of its advantages ?
Seeing her in the intelligence othce, or an
swering her advertisement in the Herald,
you would never think of employing such
creature; but she has her wits, you see.
Mark the shrewdness with which she
watches the making out of her certificates,
ready to burst out in a vehement har-
angue atthe slightest blundcr. Next comes
former comptroller of this city, now to-
tally blind, and led in by his daugh-
ter. A few words and this sad couple
retire. Here is negro, q colored man,
an African or whatever he prefers to be
called, and instead Of the fifty dollars you
expect him to subscribe, he puts down
over seven hundred, and does it with that
affected carelesspess and careful affeta-
! ton which poor Jerry Bryant used to MIN
ic 50 inimitably. 4 Following him isa lady
sweeping her long trail past you, and dis
Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1861-09-06
one hundred to the eastward.

one hundred to the eastward. ..,...
Tillman said that at first he had thought
of securing all the men, and bringing
them all to New York alive in irons but
he found this was impracticable. To use
his owu language There were too many
for that there were five of them and only
three of US. After this, | said, we'll,
will get all can back alive, and the rest
| will kill"
After a careful examination before the
United States authorities, in New York,
Iillman and Stidding were honorably
discharged. d,
The public seem determined to secure
salvage on the ship and cargo for them,
which ought 10 be not less than $4,000,
or $4,000 each, and have it securely in
vested and placed in the hands of trus-
tees for their benefit.
These men were S, eset by the throng-
ing hundreds who wanted to see them,
that they found it impossible to walk the
streets. Mr.. Barnum invited them to
spend u few weeks in the Museum, where
the public could see them, and we pre-
sumo he will pay them we'll for their
time, until the court shall provide for
them, by verdict for salvage on vessel
and cargo in their favor.
Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1861-09-06
RE-CAPTURE OF THE SCHOONER s. J.
WARING BY WILLIAM TILLM4N.

Great interest attaches to the schooner
S. J. Waring from the fact that having
been captured by the privateer Jeff. Davis,
she was re-captured by the steward, Till
man, colored man, who killed three of
the prize crew with hatchet, and, with
the assistance of another hand on board,
secured two others Of the impressed as
prisoners.
The negro, who is shrcwder than the
general run of his race, saw slavery star
ing him in the face, and he undertook the
bold step, which was attended with sue
cess. On board of the schooner, after its
capture, he had been tantilizcd by the cap
tors, and was promised master soon at
Savannah.
The Warng was captured by the priva-
tecr jeff. Davis some 200 miles south of
New York, After the capture, the captain
of the jeff. Davis placed on board of the
Waring, Montague Amicl as captain,
Charleston pilot and man named Stew
ems as mate, and Sidney as second mate
These we're the three men who were killed
by the steward. The prisoners brought
into this port arc James Minor of South
Carolina, and James Dorsey of New Jer-
scy
After the re-takiug of the vc .sol + vos
p''O'cu' III d Siea' r..casure, by the negro,
WIN ofo 1ght her safely into this port
When he arrived here, it is said several
attempts were made to spirit him away by
5r1bes and promises. and it was at his own
request that he was sent to the House of
Deteation. The schooner is worth about
twelve thousand dollars, and very likely
he will be awarded half the amount as
salvage. What the cargo is worth. we
have not yet learned but, no doubt, it is
also worth several thousand dollars.
William Tillman says that he was born
Of free parents, in Milford, Delaware, and
is twenty-seven years of age. His par
,ents moved to Providence, r. l., when he
was ID years old, and he has since called
that place his home. He has been in the
employ of Jonas Smith g. Co., No. 227
Front Street, New York, by whom the
schooner was owned, for the last three
years.
The schooner S. ]. Waring had started
'on a voyage to Buenos Ayrcs, in South
America. with aa assorted cargo, which
with the vessel was valued at 100000
There were on board, the captain and mate
William Tillman steward, William .Sted
ding seaman, born in Germany, twenty
three years of age, and has been sailing
four years out Of New York, Donald Nc
Leod seaman, Of Cape Breton, Nova SEQ
tia, thirty years Of age, has been sailing
out Of New York for seven or eight years
and Bryce Macintosh, passenger.
On the 9TH of July they fell in with thu
privateer JEFF. Davis, L. NJ. Coxetter, cap
tain, and prize crew of five were pu
aboard, who were unarmed. To use thu
Language Of 1illman: "Tbey run ten day
and didn't find Charleston; we we're, how
ever, only fifty miles south Of Charleston
Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1861-09-06
A FEARFUL LEAF

On Monday evening of last week a
French boy eleven years old, named Du-
plcese, (whose father is in the Vermont /,
3D. got on board the passenger train at {
St, Johnsbury Center to 60 to Lyndon. 4
He remained on the platform Of the car
until the train had advanced about mile
and one-half when his hat was blown off
and he jumped off after it, not knowing,
of course, the consequences of such leap.
No one saw him jump, consequently the
train was not stopped. The first that was
known of the occurrence was told by the
boy himself, who returned to the Center
in about half an hour from the timelhe
left on the train, with his head considera-o
bly, bruised and torn, several flesh wounds
upon his limbs, and his skull broken in (
several places above his left eye, The
detached pieces Of bone were removed tho ,
same evening by DR. Frost and Lang, and
the boy is doing as well as could be cx-
pected, though it may be quite doubtful
whether he RECEIVERS, as inflammation may
ensue. His escape from instant DEATH
and his return home alone, are both quite
remarkable. Where. he jumped off tho
train there was ledge of rocks upon ono
side Of the track and q steep cmbarkment,
upon the other Oaledoniau. 9eq 50 s
povertv is often hidden urlder splendCr
Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1861-09-06

which sulphuretted hydrogen is evolved,
The other ingredient, charcoal, is more
readily obtained, but great care is requisite
in selecting the wood, and in charing it
after selection. In England, black dog
wood is used for making sporting powder,
but willow and alder is generally used by
our government. These woods, however,
are rendered unfit as the hardest charcoal,
if they are charred at too high tempera-'
ture. They should be charred at tenn
perature Of about 500 deg, and when
charred at this temperature, the coal will
readily enter into combustion when heated
to $50 deg if, however, it is charred at
higher temperature, it requires still
greater heat to ignite it; and whcncharred
at a degree required to melt platinum. it
will enter into combustion but slowly at
2,28O degrees OIL 30 1o'sa har,a''1g
The saltpetre and sui phur having been
refined, and the charcoal made from the
right wood and properly charred, they are
mixed together in the proportions already
stated. The mixture is then placed on an
iron bed, and sprinkled with water to pre-
vent an explosion, and subjected to the.
pressure of large wheels weighing seven
or eight tons each, by means of which it
is solidifed into hard, brittle cake. 1t
is then passed through mill which re-
duces it to any size required; that now
used in firing cannon is very coarse, some
of the pieces being nearly as large as doves
eggs. 1t is then taken to the dry-house,,
and dried by the heat of steam or fire,
Afterwards it is bolted to free it from dust,
glazed by means of friction, and packed
in various quantities, from halfpound can
listers to kegs of one hundred pounds each.
Gunpowder seldom explodes after hav-
ing been packed. The danger lies in the
process Of manufacture; and even here the
danger is in the liability of the workmen,,
from familiarity with the process, to be-,
come negligent of duty. Each process has
its peculiar danger The old screw press
was abolished and the hydraulic press SUBJ
stituted in its place, because the frictions
of the screw generated heat which at any
time was liable to explode the mill Iron
nails in the shoes of the employees are care
fully avoided; nor are they used in con-
fning the heads of the kegs in which the
powder is packed-wooden ones being used
in their place. Although the danger nee,
essarily and always accompanies the man
ufacture Of powder, the employees receive
no higher compensation for their labor on
this account and workmen are readily,
found at a dollar day. Notwithstand-,
ing the amount required for the present
war, the manufacturers assure us that the
business is now dull, less being used by
the army than is ordinarily employed for
sporting purposes and in the arts Of peace.
Our mills produce annually surplus
for export, amounting in some yearsto two
or three millions of pounds. Their ordi-
nary productions is more than government
can possibly require, and the supply now
on hand would suffice TO send a bullet to
the heart of every traitor in our land. 81.
Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1861-09-06
From the Irasburgh Standard.
TO THE HOP GROWERS OF VERMONT

~ lhE HoP GhOWERS OF VERMONT. .
No observing man can fail to have no.
ticed that for the last few years Vermont
hops have not sold as readily, or COM
manded so high price as has the growth
of the States of New York. New Hamp-
shire, Main, Massachusetts, or Connec-
ticut. to-day, dealer in hops can 60
into market and contract 1000 bales of
hops grown and subject to inspection in
any of the above named States while the
hops are yet on the poles; but offer a
Vermont article, the quality to be deter
mined by Vermont inspection, and you
will be told, I'VE will buy them, but we
must first see the hops" AS natural
consequence, we are passed by until the
demand compels dealers to take ours, and
then the dealer, in self defense, is Obliged
to buy ours at price at least two cents
lower than is paid in the above named
States. is th,s because we do not grow
so good and healthy plants, or is it be-
cause we do not pick. dry, and ,,reparyI
the crop for market in a proper man
her' and, dis natural consequence, there
! py sinking the standard of inspection low
er and lower, until it has become to be
considered of no consequence at all ?
The latter. without doubt, is the true rea-
son. The fact is that few hops are sent
from Vermont that will "inspect' first
Sort in any other State 1t is often al
legged that our hops do not get fair in
spection out side Of Vermont, but let any
man 60 into market and examine the
hops, and the brand on the same from
any State other than Vermont, and he
will be satisfied that the allegation is not
founded in truth.
The statue defining what inspection
shall be is explicit and plain, and is, be-
lieve, precisely like that of at least two
other States. Sections nine, ten, and
eleven read as follows:-
8. First sort hops shall consist of a
healthy, mature growth, clean picked.
we'll and sufficiently dried, and free from
scorch or over heat in curing
| 10. Second sort hops shall consist of
hops of IL slightly inferior grade, which
may consist in the growing, picking or
curing or ALL and to approximate to the
first sort of hops. Ts.i'&
IL. Refuse hops shall consist of the
lowest grade, which may be grown, or
may be einjured by harvesting, or in curing,
and of the poorest quality. o
And it furthermore provides that no
hops shall be put into bales until they
have been dried at least ten days. Now
is not for your interest to prepare the
crop for market in better manner, and
then raise the standard Of inspection to a
level with that of contiguous States 2
To do that hops must be picked clean
from leaves and stems. Bad picking is
what the consumer most fears in Vermont
hops. From some localities, hops have
been sent to market most scandulously
foul from year to year, so that the uame
of the locality has become by-word in
market. How much do we gain BY ad-
ding ten pounds Of rubbish to bale Of
Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1861-09-06

Poverty is often hidden under splendcr.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1861-03-04

c.srs TIE es.e q a. military posts sad public propssy
wresn the tents Of Ills end The
Ssnsss cssir1s % s.sd tssa tAs possibility q oOisss
BY their gArson these VIII tfe m ~ soos
the preparation BE- made the lima ~ msro
cut OF 1exas BY OF the ont h
dhe Light batteries with tber gas clio hins camp and
garYtson eQupage. quAresmAssers atos subsis,. NEE
deal hospital stores and such II a
Kind be necessary for egcen and sServ
OF the troops prepared for attack or dofen
aenst aggresssons any The troops viii csxv
with them provisions far the coast By order a.
BRRvRT MAI. dEN. rWIGos
II Is the desire OF the Commission that there ahaa be -
inrscsioo of this the part Of tho peops a
tbs State II Is their wish, the contrary that every
Facility shall be afforded the troops They arc our tead
Ihey have heretofore afforded to people all the pro-
lection In their power They have been prosecoss
and we owe them every consideration
mo public property at the various posts other than
mat above rected for tho OF the troops will be turn
90 over 70 sgcnts TO be appointed by commission ws
WI give due and proper receipts for the whole 70 the
omcofs o. the army whom they rceve In their custody
q tno pubic property. THOMAS J. DEyINE,
p. N. LUCKErr,
g. A. MAVERICK,
Commissioners on behalf Of Committee Of Public Safety
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1861-03-04

FAILURE or THE COMPROMISES. is the
last day OF the present Congress, and after all
the protracted discussion on the great difficulty
now affecting the country, what has II effected
in the direction Of a settlement The Senate
met last night at seven o'clock, and before they
adjourn will probably adopt the Corwin reso-
luton. amending the constitution so as to pre-
clude Congressional interference with slavery
IN the States where 1t now exists The repub-
leans will no doubt 60 for this resolution; bat
that ia no more than can be expected from
them, because hey only claim TO deal with the
slave question in the Territories at present. and
not in the States, and thus they can afford to
humbug the South by accepting the Corwin
amendment.
The House meets to-day ut ten o'clock; but
AZ this will be the last hour Of It's lifo-as it
ceases its official existence at twelve o'clock
II Il not to be expected that anything viii be
done by that body towards saving the country.
Thus al noon to-day new administration viii
be inaugurated q new order of things will be
established, without anything having been 90
complished BY all the Union loving men through
out the entire country TO settle the existing
difficulties. Mr.. Lincoln will then iind-as be
has said In his speech at Springfeld-thst he
has 10 commence task greater than that which
ieI 70 The lot VI Washington
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1861-03-04

DIRECT TRADE BsrwEES THE South AND
GREAT BRrTAM-We see that British enter
prise ID already preparing to take advantage
of the policy which has driven the cotton
States out of the Union. At a meeting held at
the Bank of Charleston last week, proposals
were received from Mr.. A. M. Weir, . large
London capitalist, and Messrs. Laird Il Co.,
the well known shipbuilders, offering TO raise
in Great Britain half the amount necessary to
secure the establishment of direct line of
steamships between Charleston and Liverpool
II is proposed that q joint stock company shall
be formed in England under the limited liza
bility act, in which the Charleston share
holders Will be placed ON the same footing with
all others. The company once formed, three
iron screw propellers are to be built and run
q regular line between Charleston and Liver
pool. 1t Is intended that they shall be of 1900
tons measurement and $50 horse power, with
capacity for 1000 bales Of cotton, taking the
bale at 40 lbs. The total cost Of each steamer,
it is calculated, will not amount to more than
1896 900, or $705, 900 for tho three, the proper
ton to be raised by the people Of Charleston
OeauB 1<oO,VVVs AAo PiOPoSoA AaO oo0A "'~sAAAJ
taken up by the loading merchants of that
city, and committee has been appointed to
solicit subscriptions
1t would be premature to enter into an in
vesdgation of the merits Of this scheme until
we see how the appeal made to tho Charleston
capitalists win be responded 70. Of one thing,
however, there can be no question-that the
establishment of the line viii at once bring the
calculations of the republican extremists to the
test Should the incoming administration at
tempt to carry out a policy Of coercion against
the South, it must Immediately bring it
into collision with Great Britain. The
vessels Of the company being own
cd in moiety by English shareholders.
any attempt to lay an embargo on them Will be
regarded, if not as an act Of direct hostility, at
all events as q case for damages. Under such
circumstances, the threatened blockade Of the
Southern ports will be practically imperative,
and will affect only the vessels of those govern
ments which are too weak to force it. It's main
object-that of preventing Southern staples
being sent direct to England-will be defeated.
and thus one Of the principal means of coercion
relied upon will fail the new administration at
the start.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1861-03-04

THE New Tariff A LAw.-Mr. Buchanan,
IL appears, has affixed his signature TO
the new Tariff bill, although IL was thought by
many that he would have put it in his pocket
and taken II into retirement with himself to
whcatand. But il seems from our Washington
correspondence that che yielded to the persua-
sions Of his Pennsylvania friends and under
that pressure signed the measure, which has
thus become law
If the Southern confederacy IL to maintain
an independent existence, and continue to be
a separate nation, and if IL were TO ask from
the North some measure calculated TO further
its commercial and political interests and
strengthen its hands, II could not pos.
sibly select better one for that
purpose than this tariff II will enable
the younger confcderacy to open ita marts on
favorable terms to foreign countries without
resorting TO free trade, and Il will thus be able
to obtain respectable revenue, at least, from