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foreigft eotir.lriii of red and whire
lead, amount to 1,150 tons
And thafe of lea l iifetf, and of all
other manufactures of lead, to 1,
2?5 ions.
1 lie principal American nianu,
fafturcs are those of (hot and colors
of lead. Os the fuff, there are two
at Philadelphia, and another at
L- uifianfta, whic.i are more than
luffkient to tupply the whole de
mand, (fated atiix hundred tons a
yrar. Five hundied and fixiy tons
ot red and white had, litharge, and
fonie other preparations ot that
nu't-'.l, are made in Philadelphia a
loiit. A repeal of the duty of one
cti 1 pe r pound on lead, and an e
quaiiZdfion of that on the manu
factures ot lead, by charging them
a\ v.irh the two cents per pound
la -d on white and red lead, is asked
by tire manufacturers.
Various other paints and colors
a also pr(pared in Philadelphia
and fome other places
Tin , japaned, plated lVara.
The manufacture of tin w ire is
very extensive, and Connecticut
furmlies the greater part ot the U.
St. tes with that article; but tire
{he f? are always imported The
manufacture ot plated ware, prin
cipally for rrw hun k rs & faddlers,
employs at Philadelphia 73 work
men ; and the amount annually
made there exceeds one hundred
thoufnnd dollars, There art* other
ftmilar cflablifhrnents it: NtW York
Baltimore, B-fton am! Chariettnn.
Cun Pcr.vd':-'.
Saltpetre is b und in Virginia.
K ‘i'ucky and fune other ol thu
v •rn ft;Tes and territories; but
it > principally imported from the
E. .Indies. 1 ire mat ul.iCture of
£• n powder is nearly, and may at
err, moment be made aki ; ether
ad -qunte rn th ecunfumption ; the
importation of foreign p. wder a
mounting only to 2 >O,OOO pounds,
and the txponarion of American
powder to ioo.moo pounds. The
nunufaCinre ot Brandywine, which
employs a capital of 75,000 dollars
ar. 26 workmen, and isconfider
ed as the moll perltCt, makes alone
225,000 lbs. at.nuaiiy, and might
make 600,000 lbs. if there was a
den ands. r it. Two others, near
Baltimore have a capital of 100,000
dolla's. and mak 450,000 lbs. of
a quality laid lately to be equal to
any imported. There are several
other nowder milts in Petmfylvania
an : other places ; but the total a
tr’ iint ol gnn powder made in the
U S is not al'certaired.
Earthcrn and Glass Ware.
A luffkient quantity of the coars
er (penes of pottery is made every
where ; and information has been
received of four manufactures of a
finer kind lately ettablifhed. One
at Philadelphia, with a capital of
11,000 collars, manufactures a spe
cies fitnilar to that made in Staf
fordfhire in England, and the oth
ers, in Chester county in Permfyl*
vatiia. New Jet fey, and on the O
bio, make various kinds of Queen's
■ware.
Information has been obtained
cf ten glass manufactures, which
employ about 140 glass blowers,
‘ind make annually 27000 boxes
of window glass, containing each
mo square feet of glass. T hat of
3ofton makes crown glass equal to
ony imported : all the other make
green or German glass, worth, fif
teen per cent, less: that of Pirrf
burgh uses coal, and all the others
wood for fuel.
The annua! importations cf fo*
reign window giafs amount to 27,
000 boxgs; the extension of the
domestic manufacture, which tup
plies precifdy one half of the c?o
----iumption, being prevented by liie
want of workmen.
Some of these manufactures
make also gieeu buttles and other
wares : and two works, employing
together fix glass bio wire, have
been lately ertCtad at Pntfburgh,
and make decanters, tumblers and
every defer piion ol flint glais of a
fupetior quality.
Chemical Preparations.
Copperas is extracted in large
quantities from Pyrites in Vermc t,
New Jerf y and ienndlce. About
2oo,coott>s. of oil ol vitriol and o
ther acids, are annually manufac
tured in a single dhbliifimmt at
Philadelphia Virious other pre
parations and drills are also made
there, and in fome other places, &
the annual amount exp and ex
ceeds 30,000 dollars in value.
Salt.
The fait springs of Onondago k
Cavuga in rile Hate ol New-York,
furniih about 300,000 bufheLs a
year; and ih. quantity way be in
created in proportion tis the de
mand. Thole of the w ffern dates
and territories lupply about an e
qual quantity ; that known by the
name of the Wabash Saline, which
belongs to the United States mak
ing now 130,000 bufhcls, Valua
ble difeovt rks have also lately been
made on the banks ot the K'mhawa.
But the annual importation of for
eign f*lt amounts to more than
three millions of bufnels, and can
not be fuperceutd by American
fait, diets it be made along ts e ‘*a
edatt* ihe woiks in tfie {fate c£
M.'fuchufetfs are declining, and
cannot procee !, tmluf* the doty on
foreign fait fir ;u!J ayain be laid.—
It is needloy to fhdtci the works
from the heavy lummcr rains, bv
light roofs movin.. on rollers. This
considerably increases the expence ;
ar.d i? appears that the erection of
ten thoutand fuperficial square feet,
cuffs one rhouiand dollars, and that
they produce only 200 bushels a
year. A more favorable rdultis
anticipated on the coatt of North
Carolina, on account of the differ
ence in the climate ; and works co
vering 275,000 square feet have
been lately eredtei* there.
Miscellaneons.
RcfpeCTing the other manufac
tures enumerated in the former pat
of this report, no important or cor
rect information has been received,
except as relates to the two follow
ing :
Straw bonnets and hats are made
with great fucctfs ; and a final! dif
triel iu Rhode Island and Maffachu
letts annually exports to other parts
of the union, to the amount of 250,
coc dollars. See communication
(N.)
Several attempts have been made
to print calicoes; but it does not
seem that the manufactures can,
without additional duties, (land the
competition of similar foreign arti
cles. The difficulties under which
they labor are fta.cd in the petition
of the calico printers of Pliiladel
phia to Congreis. A considerable
capital has been vetted in an estab
lishment near Baltimore, which can
print 12,000 yards a week, and
might be considerably extended if
the profits and the demand afforded
fuflicieu: encouragement.
CORNMEAL
A rCW WANTED.
FOREIGN NEW3i
London, April 2.
Accounts have been received, in
private letters from Malta, which
delcubc that island to have under*,
gum* a leverer (hock of an earth
quake than it had ever before ex
perienced. It took place on the
night of the 16dl February!, hav
ing been preceded by extraordinary
and territtc iymptotns. The Chock
continued for two minutes, with the
rripife of a few seconds, an unusu
al length. The consternation of
the town of Villette, was bevond
conception ; all the bells ringing,
nmnks praying women fereaming,
the people running desperately
through the (fleets; and the liorfes
and cattle, as uiual, joining in the
terror and r.oife. ihe solid rock
was (hook like a cradle, and the
(hips in the harbor tuff and up and
down, as if in a fwtr.g. Tw o more
(hocks mfued the next day, though
not so ftvere. Ihe only actual da
mage 10 the buildings, is the tall of
one hospital, and one ot the gates
ot the town. The packe t put back
in The* hurricane and did not tail a
gain until the 19-h, when it was
currently reported and believed,
that three lllands on the coast of
Sicily, with Syracuse itfcli had been
destroyed.
Nr w- Yop. k . May 22.
Latest from Szvtdett.
I .aft evening arrived at this port
the ship Rhida and Bet ley, from
Gottcfiburg, which p irt she left on
the 17rh of April, .a which time
capt. Martha! infrnuis us that it wa.
r<.pc:.cd the Danes had orders to
Ccifiure all American veflelf.
Captain M. further states that a
French agent had arrived at Stock
holm, and another wastxpefled st
Gottcnburg. Markets at G-uten
burg very dull, except tor lugars &
logwood. Cotton about thirty-le
ven cents.
May 30.
Among the presentations to the
Queen of England on the 12th of
April, at the drawing-room, was
Mr. ■*. ioier on his being appointed
secretary of the embassy at the court
ot Portia; so that the report of his
coming to the U. S as Mr. Jack
son’s force ff>r and in the quality of
charge des mult be unfoun
ded.
Newsuryport, May 24.
The tchooner Fame, capt Hoyt,
fifty-four days from Cadiz arrived
at this port on Monday fait. Cap
tain Hoyt politely furnifhed with
the following intelligence
That it was the opinion of the
British officers that Cadiz will he
evacuated, as soon as the Lnglifh
property is removed.
Freih provifi ns of all kinds are
exceedingly scarce and high ; fre th
beef, one dollar per pound ; can
dles, forty five cents per pound ;
eggs, one dollar per dozen ; and ci
ther articles proportionably dear.
By order of the Junta, vefltls ar
riving with provisions are not luf
fered to depart until the provisions
are landed.
The priests are daily employed
in exercising the guns on the walls
from ten o'clock in the morning till
noon.
Philadelphia, Jure 4.
Captain Nickerfon, from Lsgui
ra, informs that when he left that
place, the 12th ult. every thing re
mained quite under the new gov
ernment. Two comuidfioners or
agents from the ntrw government,
to that of the United Stares faikeh
ion the 11th ult. in the lehr. Fame,
j Divis, for B.driinore, on their way
the city of Wafiiington.
The schooner Adventure, capt.
Ai mftrong, arrived here ytfltrday
afternoon, in 25 days lrfcm La
Guira. Capt. A. informs, that a
revolution had taken place a* the
Carracas, the officers of govern
ment imprisoned, and the province
declared independent. ’ Madders
had been appointed to proceed to
London and to Washington. A
letter from the Carracas Hates, that
a nunifetto had been publilhed hv
the revolutionary leaders, in which
it is declared that the prnvip e will
fu’omit to Ferdinand the VII. when
ever he is restored to his throne.
Em ; :nian's yomn.il.
Norfolk, June l.
The following extract is from
an intelligent gentleman, dated Ha
vannah, May 9, 1810. “T he
new government [council of regen
cy] was proclaimed and acfcr owl
edged with great and general j-.y,
on the 27th ult. The change was
the more acceptable to thr p. pie
here, as their confidence had r en
weakened in the Supreme Jnnt > of
Seville; whole difperfi.n will hnve
intufed anew fpirtt of patriot.fm
energy into the loyal Spanish fiei .
pie—they wilt be fatisfied as to th*r
view’s ot th6(e whom they ei-trutt.
By czuti >n in fe!e£li®n ot futurenl
- the Am rrctns m ;, v t>e .v-
V * v*-d. ihe chan<.e vi!i no <‘nu|>r.
favor our commerce here, as a re
duction of duties and free trade
may te expected between his !fl
ancf nnd all friends and t eutrals, as
fpcedily as new
be made.” fIH
Latest from Cadiz.
Capt. Trewi'ligir failed from Ca
diz on the 13th of April, at v hich
time every thiug remained as fluted
by former arrivals. It was repor
ted that 100,(XX) French wer. on
their inarch finrn Seville towards
Cadiz. Ten rhoufand more Brit
ish troops were hourly expert>d.
T welve fail of British (hips ot the
line, and eight or ten Spariifh, with
several frigates and gun brig* v. re
! in the bay; together w ith about 40
tranf’povts, fome of which u t-ro re
ceiving French prHoaets fur Eng
land.
We have received Cadiz Ga
zettes of the 10th of April, but
they contain nothing.
F.ugene Beauharnois, the son in
law ot Bonapatte, arid his viceroy
ol Faly, is created prince ol Venice,
with a suitable appendage of one
million of livres a year. It would
appear that in case of failure ot the
Bonaparte line the crowns of France
and Italy are to devolve upon him.
M 0 N I T 0 R.
Saturday, June 23.
QUERIES
For the Commissioners of the Acade
my and town cf Washington as well
as the ether people of W ilkes county.
It there is no rector obtained to
take charge of your AcaCtmy,
would uot a certain Ifraebicdt your