The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1864-11-05


were light. We expected full report Of
CITY, ID "
The Gate city says = woman living near
Croton CT. OF the fore-6nger Of her hus-
bands right hand, 50 that he could not 60
to the war. he having been drafted.
StLK-wxAvIN0 IN AMBRICA.-Of worn
fabrics in silk, there are now made in this
dress silks. vestinRs. foulards.
pougees, handkerchief goods, GAUGES, lin
men and Oil silks, ribb0ns, carriage TRIM
mings, belts, cravats, military sashes, gal
looms and mixtures-such - upholstofin4
goods, comprising brocatellee, c0talines
and reps: p0plins and bareges, and silk
oanneis and cassimeros. A COMPANY,
with capital Of $50, 200, is about to BE-
GIN IN New Jersey the manufacture Of vel.
vets. hatters' plush, and . variety Of siyni.
lar goods. while others are Introducing
machinery and preparing to manufacture
- soon ~ greater stability of financial af.
fairs snail be assured. With present in
dlcations it In perhaps not chimerical 70
infer that ia few years native capital and
industry will be able to supply our own
market with every kind Of ak fabric
Add to this the fact that all the silk necee-
nary tor nome consumption may be raised
energy and capital, and the chances are
that American sovereigns, both male and
female, may soon, and cheaply, walk ia
SILK attire to . much greater extent than
1T presea.. e-,a4
Ofthe tour hundred and isteen silk man
ufactories in 1850. Connecticut had the
largest number, ono hnudred and forty
four: and California the smallest, three:
while New Jersey had ono hundred and
thirteen. New York eighty. Pennsylvania
twenty -efSat, Massachusetts thirty-six,
New hampshire seven, and Kentucky
four. During the last four years Califoy-
MIA has entered quite Largely into the BUSH
ness. This state has facilities for silk cul.
ture and manufacture not enjoyed b7 any
other. Her soil 10 lifted for culture Of the
mulberry and h0f climate to the rearing OF
the sitkworna. Besides which, there are
among her population thousands or Chi
nesex are skilled workers in silk. whose
labor can be obtained for a. small . sum
~ from three to 6ve cents day. II nee.
essarv. California nigh. produce silk IA
brlcs for the worlds supply, and the trade
prove as productive - her mines.
Very excellent ribbons are made in this
country and in large quantities. The
bsss that We have seen are made ia Boston
by trim which carries on 4 portion OF its
business in New York, and by one in New
ark, New Jersey. These partiea make
ribbons Of all widths and every color, to-
gether with very handsome piaided and
stripped goods. They are put up for sale
withoa; any finishing process, being
stands entirely upon their own merits.-
They equal those Of foreign make il every
particular, except that they may lack
something of tho brilliancy Of colorin0 of
the imported goods. In this respect, how.
ever, there Is . constant improvement,
while even now these goods are cold in
discriminatory with imported ones, and
only ex periencsd buyers detect the differ
snce. A great variety Of scarfs are. made,
and some excellent mutations Of the Ro-
man scarfs. In Roxbury, Massachusetts,,
scarss are mhde ia variety Of colors that
resemble netting. -
s roagees and fouiards are ia part made Of
spun silk, though the best foulaEds are
pure silk. When spun elk Is employed It
IL used A. Auing. These goods are cheap
er than pure silk, and extremely durable.
They are used for dresses and handker-
chiefs, and are printed In = variety Of col !
ora. esther upon white or tinted ground.
by a PROGRESS similar 70 that employed in
calico printing. Cheney Brothers, OF Hart
ford ana Manchester, Connecticut, who are
the largest manufacturers in the country,
have produced very handsome dress foul.
ards, while their handkorchietS command
lima of imported goods. Skilled lahofers
are now brought 70 the United States ia
large numbers. Tho American emigra.
ton company, lately organised in this city.
for tae purpose OF operating under thiS
law, has now trustworthy agents in the
various manufacturing countries Of Eu-
rope, who select and forward emigrants to
America, and I'LL all the orders Of employ
err. One Of these 10 now in France, ready
to act in the interests Of silk mannfActur-
ers and others Of the trades most common
In that country, Belgium, Switzerland.
and the German states. Silk operatives,
a. . class, are paid high wages in tins
country. The wages of men employed in
the silk mills has for the last year aver
aged from twenty to twenty four dollars y
week. They do the spinning, weaving up
on hand-l0on1s, and the heavier class OF
work. Some Of the women in these fac
tories earn ten or twelve dollars per week.
For women the rages average from four to
ten dollars. A large number Of women
are employed. In one trimming factory
in New York, out Of three hundred eui-
ployes, about atty only are men. This
factory pays six thousand dollars per
ploy women in nearly all departments
They tend the looms and do the most or
the spinning, winding, and wrapping. One
Of about fifteen hundred hands. more than
two-thirds are wOmen.a The work Ia easy
and clean, and every way adapted 10 the
strength and tastes Of women.--N. Y. Epe-
Ming Post.
The following thrilling incident Occu .-eti
during the voting in Philadelphia:
An old man over 70 years Of age advau oeSi
to the window, leaning trembling on his
staff, when an otfcious CCpperheadv vote dis
tributor approached him, and thrusting !
ticket in his face, said: Here Ia Al old
Jackson Democrat who always votes !
straight ticket" The old man opened the
flung i from him with toathing ana q !