Weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1858-1865, 1863-03-25
TANNING

We are indebted to Mr. WIN. CrutchAeld, of
Goochland Court House, Va for the following details
and receipt for tanning leathe:. If in any particu-
lar, not perfectly integible, Mr. C. will take great
pleasure in afordng any additional information.
The true mode for farmers to adopt is for each
neighborhood, consisting Of from three to six to
combine, construct the watts and divide the labor
among themselves They will make as good leath-
er as they get il not BETTER and they will get
double the quantity they now receive from the tan.
ne.s. - -. -- = ~.a
Tanning LEATHER Pure water vat six feet square,
four feet deep. Lime water vat-same.
Vat for bark, four feet wide, four deep, and eight
long. Soak hides till soft in pure water-trom five.
TO seven days-then flesh on beam.
Beam for breaking the hides six feet long-a log,
two feet dsmeter, split in two-underneath hollow
ed out4or prop, to raise ordepress In the process
of breaking, use knife two feet long with shanks
for handes-knfe little rounding.
:. As soon as flesh is taken of, Zone hand will flesh
dozen hides day,) the hides are put in the limo
vat-weak sout;on-one bushel lime-irst Stacked.
The vat not quite full of water. Hides to be taken
out every other day to air. and replaced smooth
plunge or stir vat every time the hides are drawn
An iron hook, like icehooks, to draw the hides.
As soon as hair will slip. throw hides over beam,
hairside up and rub With feshing knife. The hair
off the hides are put back in vat Of pure water and
to remain there day 6r. two-theh throw across
the beam again, and with same feshing knife, work
out all the lime and remaining fesh One hand will
flesh 80 hides day. -.
The process Of batting may be omitted in tanning
coarse leather. : '~
Take the hides as clean as possible to the bark
vat At first one bushel of Dark pounded or ground
this weak solution to continue two days-apd
gradually strengthened by addition of bark say
bushel daily. Keep it in two weeks; handling and
strengthening liquor. -
Then clean out vat, taking out all the bark-put
down one hide-cover that inch thick with bark
and SO on each hide. Let in water and let it re-.
main q month Again clean out vat, reverse hides
andrepeat operation-and let this remain month
Again clean out vat and repeat cperation-and re-
maiu another month. = ::
Chestnut oak bark the best-though spanish or
black oak good
After Sd month, the hide being tanned, is taken
out and hung upon poles This is sole leather with
out further labor
That intended for upper leather, half dry is oiled
on<he grain or hair side with amop. Reverse side,
! and grease heavily on flesh side, pound taow and
/ pint train oil to side mixed. This mixture is
| prepared thus: melt the tallow slowly. and take
same quantity Of oil mixed and stirred in-afer it
becomes cool, is ready for Thon hang the hides
in shade till dry.
| The FeDEsAis IN Yxzoo RAss.-The Memphis
Appeal hears through gentleman who arrived in
jackson, .Miss OH the evening Of the 9th, direct
from Coahorna county, some particulars of the Fed
eral operations in YaZoo Pass, The fleet was CON-
posed of nine transports and five gunboats all small
vessels During the work of removing the obstruc-
tons the banks of the Pass were constantly gusrd-
ed some distance ahead Of the infantry, to protect
the working party Three saws worked ty steam
power On the forward vessels, and the tmbers when
loosened, were also removed by steam. The work
was rapidly executed, and without any hostile IN
teffuption. On reaching the Colwater, two of the
gunboats proceeded on as far as the Tallahatchie;
they have, however returned to the anchorage of
the feet, at the mouth Of tho Pass The .Appears
informant an old citizen of the county, thinks the
Yankees will continue to have plenty Of water foS
their purposes for some time yet. He also speaks
hopefully Of the preparations making to thwart the
| purposes Of the explorers. -. sas a,
The Cotton Manufacture of Russia has a develop
ment ofwhich few people have any idea. Every Rus
sian peasant, male and female, wears cotton clothes
The men wear printed Shirts and trowsers, and
the women pdressed iro,p head to- foot in printed
cotton also. When 1t is remembered that Russia con
tains something like ss 000, 900 Of serls, besides
other classes amounting to 2OO00,O0O,. all using
this article, more or less one can estimate the de
mard for cotton goods. This is supplied chiefly by
native labor, in mills containing machinery mado il
oldham and Manchester. sud superintendent by Eng
lishnen from the same neighboripg towns. : TheT,
may be five or six millions Of sp:ndles At work spin
hihg tnis cotton together- Win the wear.pG ant
printing Of the same, ths forms Indeed large iiepi
psrhsps the lafges: siuoug the mannfsctpring pro
cesses Of Russia, sad employs capital 81 one hun
dredaand fifty r:illions Of dollars: -. =. :.
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THE BRpAANr VicfoRY At Ponr HcDsoN- n
addition to the facts stated "a the telegram 10 til
associated press We ieasn that official disbatcho
have heen received which state that the attack o
} Port Hadson, Sxsurday was. made by Admiral Fa,
ragut with his whole Beet His flagship the Rici
,uend, vent hsck down the river disabled. Two x
, the tieet--ihe Monongahela and HsrsfcFd-go
. our batteries in crippled ooaditicn sf -
/, The land forces advanced on out works. but iailc
r to znake any attack, and Oh ihs next day oil Va