Vol 1.— No. 46. 



AND GARDENER'S JOURNAL. 



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More effects of whiskey. — Richard Sinkcy, was 

 '.ately put on his trial, for the manslaughter of 

 Samuel Mayfield, of Johnstown, O. ; it appearing 

 however, that the cause of the death of Mayfield, 

 was owing to the interference of Sinkey, in pre- 

 venting a quarrel between two other persons, who 

 had assembled with others to drink at his own 

 house, after a log-rolling. 



It is well known to Me a very common practice 

 in new countries, to invite all the neighbors to 

 logging-bees, (or busys) raising-bees, &c. There 

 appears to be some necessity for these mutual as- 

 sistances, where a neighbor is empty-handed, and 

 no harm would arise, if they would banish whis- 

 key from the loggings, andthe raisings. 



But, experience has proved that in all new set- 

 tlements, the worm of the still, creeps along, and 

 raises its ugly head, ere a meeting house, or a 

 school hous-, and in some instances, as soon as 

 a grist mill, and long before a saw mill is built or 

 in operation. 



We have therefore to raise our voice against 

 these practices or precedents ; but we will not do 

 so without suggesting a remedy. 



If a fanner has not (lie means to hire men to aid 

 l-.itn in rolling his logs together, let him exchange 

 works, himself amd t»am ; two good teams and 

 four able bodied men will log off an acre sooner 

 than ten of your dissipated, lank fellows who lank 

 about from busy to busy ; their work is done bet- 

 ter ; teams are not strained or abused by whiskied 

 drivers; and, log-rollers, depend on a, you would 

 be the gainers. And, after the frolic of work is 

 over, the danger from the frolic of play, is dispen- 

 sed with entirely. 



At raisings too, of log as well as frame houses, 

 it lias been common to congregate from 30 to 40 

 men, boys, including all the sots :tnd lazy fellows 

 of the neighborhood. Now, it is rarely the case, 

 when ten good hands are not able to put up almost 

 any frame; and these ten generally do all the lift- 

 ing at the raisings, as tile sots and lazy fellows do 

 little more than to take hold of the timber or log 

 without lifting a pound, and are only in the way 

 It is as well known, that these drunkards and 

 sloths are unfit, and are never trusted to go aloft, 

 end are of no use. 



Therefore, should any man having such jobs to 

 do, hire his hands, and get good ones, by the day, 

 and banish whiskey, he would be the gainer. 



Whoever has been at a raising or a busy, who 

 has not seen, after the frame is up, the wrestling 

 ring formed; next a rough-and-tumble or fighting 

 ling is formed. Men transformed into beasts, for 

 the time being, to triumph by the force of strength 

 over his brother animal, either in wrestling or 

 fighting. Bow many broken limbs, — sprained 

 limbs, — dislocated limbs, — and homiscides, aie 

 the consequence 1 



Therefore, farmers, give up all bees, or busys ; 

 they are unprofitable ; they are the precursors of 

 broken limbs, maimings, and death. 



Daniel Zane, living on an island in the Ohio 



River, near Wheeling, planted a pumpkin seed, 

 which produced a vine, covering an era of GO feet 

 square ; bearing 45 pumpkins, averaging 271bs. 

 each, in all 1215 lbs. 



Jonas Abby, of Middletown, Va. has invented 

 a machine, by which any one can cut, from one to 

 20 pairs of boots at asingle stroke of the machine. 



He asjrs $?0 for the right of a shop 



CANAL COMMERCE. 



Flour. — There has been shipped east on the 

 canal, for the last 31 days ending on the 15th hist, 

 sixty-seven thousand four hundred and seventy- 

 seven barrels of flour — (67,477.) 



'fhere has also been collected at the Collector's 

 Office, at this place, thirty-two thousand three 

 hundred and eleven dollars and eighty-four cents. 

 —($32,311 84.) 



For the last month, boats have been crowded 

 with down freight , and, from the appearance of 

 the weather, for three weeks to come, to canal will 

 remain open. 



Brujfs Elevating Prwer Engine and Com- 

 pressing Machine. — We were invited to call and 

 view a model of the above mentioned Machine, at 

 the house of Dr. Ezra Strong, who is the proprie- 

 tor of a patent right of the same, near the Globe 

 Building, in this village. The model is not very 

 perfect, but sufficiently so, to represent the great 

 power and utility of this discovery of a new prin- 

 ciple in the application of the double lever, double 

 windlass, and capstan ; it is the union of these 

 powers, that is now patented. 



The machine can be applied in raising vessels, 

 steam and canal boats ; weighing anchors ; dis- 

 charging cargoes ; elevating goods into the lofts 

 of warehouses and stores ; elevating stone and oth- 

 er heavy materials in building churches, mills, &c. ; 

 elevating stone from quarries, canal beds, coal 

 from pits, or ore from mines ; loading rail road 

 cars, with heavy articles ; elevating or removing 

 buildings ; hauling ships or boats on marine rail 

 ways ; pressing cider, cotton, cheese, tobacco, cic. 



It is unnecessary to give a technical description 

 of this machine. The simplicity of Us construc- 

 tion, will enable any ingenious carpenter to com- 

 plete the wood work, and the parts necessarily 

 composed of iron, are easily obtained. The use 

 of the capstan is to lower the articles which have 

 been raised, when necessary to do so; or that can 

 be used to lower goods into cellars, boats, vessels, 

 &c. They may be constructed of any size re- 

 quired ; from that to raise a steam boat, as well 

 as to press a cheese. It is the ease and facility of 

 accomplishing the object which may be desired, 

 which recommends them to the attention of mer- 

 chants, and others. 



We understand that rights for States, Territo- 

 ries, counties, cities, towns, and single rights, 

 will be for sale, as soon as several models can be 

 completed. 



We respectfully invite merchants, and others, 

 to call and see it. 



From the Lowell Journal. 

 SILK MANUFACTURE. 



NO. IV. 



Cottons and woollens may justly be con 

 sidered, in a great measure, as articles of 1 

 necessity, and hence it is not to be wondered 

 at, that many should be of opinion that the 

 United States should not be dependent for, 

 them in their commerce with foreign nations,' 

 liable to be interrupted by wars, and by vari-: 

 ous other circumstances. But silk can nev-i 

 er be considered in that point of view : it is! 

 an article of mere luxury, which govern-; 

 ments have sometimes found it prudent to! 

 prohibit altogether. 



It is certain that the American ladies 

 would be as handsome and as lovely in their 

 muslins and chintzes as they were some 

 years ago, or as when clad in the lutestrings, 



fiorentines, and Gros de Naples of Italy and 

 France. The men use but little silk in tlteir 

 vestments, and for articles of furniture, silk 

 might be easily superseded by other stuffs 

 not less elegant. It is therefore greatly to 

 be lamented, that America should annually 

 incur an enormous debt for an article of 

 merchandize, that might be so easily dispen- 

 sed with. But as that cannot be avoided, 

 there is no other remedy than to find the 

 means of discharging it. It is always a- 

 larming when there is a great excess of im- 

 portations from foreign countries over expor- 

 tation* ; an excess which mus be paid for, 

 either in articles of value, or bankruptcies. 

 The latter mode of payment never takes 

 place till the former is exhausted; and it 

 cannot be denied that it is as ruinous to na- 

 tions as to individuals. It destroys credit, 

 which of all articles of commerce is the most 

 valuable. 



If a rich and growing article of exporta- 

 tion may be pointed out| as an annual set off 

 to the excess of importations, a real service 

 will be rendered to the United States. This 

 article is at hand, and is American silk. 



It appears by the report made to Congress 

 by their Committee on Agriculture, on the 

 22d May, 1826, that in 1821 the importa- 

 tions of manufactured silks into the United 

 States amounted to g4,486,424; of which 

 $1,057,233 were exported ; and by a gradu- 

 al increase in the course of four years, the 

 importation amounted to #10,271,577 ; of 

 which only $2,565. 7 12 were exported, leav- 

 ing a balance of 87,705,785 to be paid for. 

 It has gradually increased, and the consump- 

 tion of the present year may be fairly esti- 

 mated at glO, 000,000. 



Fortunately for the United States the na- 

 tions that supply us with manufactured silks 

 are as much in want of the raw article, as 

 their customers are of their fabrics. France 

 imports annually to the amount of thirty 

 millions of francs, of raw silks; which Great 

 Britain purchases annually to the amount of 

 one million eight hundred thousand pounds 

 sterling. These two sums exceed fourteen 

 millions of American dollars. 



Here then are two rich and increasing 

 markets offered to the industry of the Amer- 

 ican people for the sale of their raw silk. — 

 They must expect to meet competition with 

 other nations : but the superiority of the 

 American silk will insure them a prefer- 

 ence. 



The Bengal silk, which England imports 

 to the amount of one half of her whole 

 slock, is defective in its preparation. But 

 for that object, it is probable England would 

 supply herself entirely from that quarter, as 

 Bengal is a part of her dominions; of course 

 her Bengal silk can only be employed in 

 the coarser manufactures, while those of Ita- 

 ly ate used for the finer and more delicate 

 stuffs. 



I conclude from these premises, that the 

 United States have a fair prospect of en- 

 riching themselves by the sale of raw silk, 

 if they will raise it in sufficient quantities, 

 and prepare it in the manner required by the 

 European manufacturers. V. 



Squashes. — The elitor of the Camden (S. C.) 

 Journal, says, that a place in that state, called 

 Hanging Rock Creek, can oidsquash any other 

 place in the state. A gentleman raised the past 

 season one weighing one hundred and twenty- 

 two pounds. This outsquahes the whole tribe of 

 storv tellers. 



