New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1866-05-08

| LICK upon our present P0Sbt tune atone eau us
: cover. We have been in daily expectation oil
having our Quarters beat up, but as yet nothing OF
the kind has been attempted. On wednesday last
= expected to have had some pretty warm work,
but it turned ont otherwise. lt arose from this
J sent d party of l,800 men to cover some
Wagons III bringing on grain from Place where
Z expected opposition from them-this ocoasioned
them to strike their Tents, and put their whole
. Line in motion aDdof course, brought all our msSl
+ under arms but nothing more came Of it, eyy
that we went and brought off all the ga iudp-
J Had been left to the dictates of my in ashes
n ment New York should have been lied To Con-
before quittedit. To this end That thev win
gress, but was absolutely forhii have not a mo-
have cause to repent the orad. as It was Obvious
ment DOUBT OF, nor ney6e by their ships) that it
" M seoverea g . le for us to dspossess them
VII !. be next 10 ilm1pSir supplies come by water
q i agaln, A. aaeriyed by land besides this, BY
sllllst oal . s.dng the enemy are furnished with
/ !eas1ns Y seomfortahle barracks, in which the
- - 5oree may be coneentrated--the place Sc
49, By small garrison tif they ehnse it, having
sSS99T ships around it, and only a narrow Neck Of
l1and to defendant their principal force left at
large to act against us or to remove to any other
place for the purpose Of Harvesting US. This, in
my Judgment may be set down as one of the capt.
tai errors of Congress.
Their motives for sending Deputies to hear Lord
Howe's proposals were, in my opinion, toerably
well founded-they had no idea of treating with
him otherwise than 1ndepenent States-they de-
clared SO previous to the appointing of their com
missioneTs. But as Lord Howe, a thorough paced
courtier had taken uncommon pains to signify at
all times and upon all occasions that he vested
with full authority to accommodate matters upon
better terms than the Americans ever had asked
and became more importunate as our Indifference
Increased, it had the effect intended by him on
three classes of People. 0ur open and avoWed
Enemy, together with Officers and Soldiers Of their
army, were exasperated at it, from conviction
that our aim, at the beginning, was Independence;
the Neutaals had this doctrine SO strongly ineul-
Gated into them by the Tories, that they begun to
would not accept more than we asked; whilst it
remained necessary to convince the third class,
who were really friendly, but great stiekers for
the powers OF and the advantages to be derived
from the long expected Commissioners, that the
whole was talacy calculated to deceive, as sup
pose they now are; since it evidently appears
that Lord Howe had nothing more to propose than
that If we would submit, his Majesty would con.
slider whether We should be hung OF not If this
meeting 81 a have bad effect with foreign Pow
ers who may be unacquainted with the induce
ments to il. it will be unlucky.
IN speaking OF New York, had forgotten to
mention that Providence or some good honest fell
lew has done more for US than we were disposed
70 do for ourselves, near onefoufth of the city
is supposed to be consuned-hoWever, enough Of
i remains to answer their purposes.
have got Harry Young here & do not know
what to do with him-he made his escape from
the Roebuok and came to me at New \ ork. am
afraid to entrast him to 60 home by himself and
mere he IS useless to me. Remember me to all my
safe passage If itshould ever be delayed BIZ it,
am with very sincere regard DR.. Lund
" affect friend
@. WASHINGTON.
PH1LApR1PaIA, sthJan sa
Dear Iatad-YoHr letters of the 18th & 10th
ult., are now before me unaeknoWledged, and this
being post day will probably produce a third if
net fourth, as missed one by the last post, and
understood that no letters further South than An
napells were received in the mail. beg you to
examine my papers, and send me those which re-
late to the Trct on which Sampson lives which (
think consists five Surveys (nade, if my memory
serves me, by q MeLean} -th0se also which relate
to my land at the Great Meadows, which believe
Is IN one Survey amounting to three hundred and
thirty odd acres1 likewise my patent for the track
on Racoon Creek-these Lands, by the late settle
ment OF boundary between Virginia and Pennsyl-
vania have fallen into the latter State and REQUIRE
something from thence to perfect my right-and
this am told is a favorable moment to do it in
have been attempting ia vain to reeoIeet whether
the Surveys were made in my name or the name
Of others-and whether they are in my possession
Or (those for the first two traetsl returned to the
Land Vfhee Of This State. Nor is there any way of
determining it but by a search an'g my, papers II
can be OF service to you in obtaining a Patent
for your Land under like predicament- II shall do
It with all my heart. The sooner I get these
papers the better. They win suppose come safe
py the Post. but If any Gentleman on whose care
you could contde, vas coming Immediately on
SO that there would be no occasion to shift names
had wrote thus far when your two letters of
the 18th ult. & I'd inst. came to hand The little
space between the coming and going of the post |
the number Of letters have to read and write I
upon occasions will not allow me, at this time, to
say more about the stable than that [ entirely AMI
prove your plan for charging it, provided tie +
coach house can be placed in the middle without
which, the house, with large& double doors at one
END would have an uncouth appearance. The
coach house should be in the middle & pediment
over it. with door in the pediment for the pur-
pose of receiving hay, &c. But as the length of /
the house makes no other difference in the rafteri
and ioiee than in the number, they may be set /
about Immediately. In the meantime if Won will /
let NE know the exact distance from the inner
range of the garden wall (which may become part /
Of the gable end Of the stable) TO the outer range
OF the new coach house-and the range of the |
other houses above it-and will also inform me of
the size Of the last Coach House and Stables, and
how much too Small the latter were then can
form some plan, and make a disposition Of the /
Doors and windows, and transmit it to you. You
nay also at the time Of furnishing me with these
Materials to work upon give me your Ideas of q
proper plan and may consult Evans, if he Is q man
capable of design, upon the subject. can add no |
more at present than my best wishes to Mrs. |
Washington and yourself and Milly Posey, and that
Yr affect. friend aud ssrvt.
G. WASHINGTON
Mrs. Washington begs to be remembered to you
and Mrs. Washington and Mlly Posey in the kind
est manner. Qa
Mr.. Lund Washington.
The spperscription to the above letter is as
follows
MR.. LUND WASHINGTON,
! w3 at Mount Vernon.
Virginia.
A MATCH FAoToRY.--A match factory in New
i ork is noted for the curious machinery used in |
ne manufacture. 100000 feet of pine the best
quality are used annually for the matches and
100 600 feet of Eastwood for the cases. The sui |
,hur used annually for the matches ID 400 barrels |
md the phosphorus is 5000 pounds The machines
an fight and day, and 800 hands are employed at |
he works. 500 pounds of paper per day are used |
o make the light small boxes for holding the
matches, and four tons of paste board per week
or the larger boxes Sixty-six pounds of flour
,er day are used for PASTE and the penny stamps
eqmred by the government on the boxes, amount /
0 the snug little sum of S1440 per day.
There are four machines in use for cutting, dip |
,ing and delivering the matches. The tWo-ineh |
line plank is sawed up the length of the match |
which is q inches. These 90 into the machine for |
utting, where at every stroke II matches are cut /
md by the succeeding stroke pushed into stats |
ranged on double chain $50 feet long, which /
arries them to the sulphur vat, and thus across
he room and back, returning them at a point Just |
d front of the cutting machine, and whore they
re delivered in their natural order and are gath
red up by boy into trays and sent to the pack
NJ room. Thus 1000 gross, or LA 900 small boxes
matches are made per day.
The machines for making the small, thin paper
oxes and their covers are quite as wonderful and
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