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distinct changes produced by mechanical arrangement, and ex- 

 ceedingly simple. For invalids it would seem to be invaluable, 

 and its appearance in any room is not objectionable. It received 

 the Gold Medal of the Institute. A. C. 



ROCKINGHAM WARE. 



No stronger indication of the power and will of our great and 

 growing country to supply her own wants, can be found in any 

 department of the industrial art, than in that of Potting, as now 

 carried on in the United States. 



Gradually, but surely, are we gaining ground upon our com- 

 petitors of the old world in this art, no less than in that of spin- 

 ning, weaving, forging, and the higher walks of Sculpture, Lite- 

 rature and the Pencil. 



From facts, as well as efforts of the intellect, are we to judge 

 of the ind^endence of a people ; and the annual exhibition of 

 our own Institute, we deem, above any and all other schemes, 

 best calculated to bring before the nation and the world the true 

 source and firm foundation of our nation's pre-eminent position. 



In our immediate neighborhood potting has been carried on to 

 limited extent for a considerable time, but with indiflerent and 

 varying success. It has remained for the Qreat West to add 

 another branch to the already cumbersome wreath, by springing 

 into active operation on the banks of the Ohio, a community of 

 nearly two thousand souls, supported entirely from the profits of 

 successfully manufacturing various articles of use and ornament 

 from the soil upon which their city is built. The difficulties with 

 which our eastern manufacturers have had to contend in the pro- 

 curing of coals and materials, are there entirely overcome by the 

 benificent hand of nature, and we now witness the strange anom- 

 aly of Eastern potters importing ware from the West at cheaper 

 rates than they can manufacture, notwithstanding the heavy cost 

 of transportation. 



