Foreign correspondent & Georgia express. (Athens, Ga.) 1809-1811, October 07, 1809, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextVOL. II.) ATHENS, GEORGIA: PRINTED BY ALEXANDER M‘DONNELL, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 7, 1809. ►From the Pittsburg Common wealth of Aug. 30, 1809. > PROSPERIT Y OF THE WESTERN COUNTRY. A curjory view of the principal man ufaotcries in and adjacent to BittJ -1 burg. We feel a pleaftirein taking this halty glance at our rifing manufac tories, whole increafe and fuccefs we fincerely pray for, believing it the lure It and molt folid balls on which our country can reft its future inde pendence and happinefs: not throwing out of view, by any means, the culture of our forefts, and the requifite improvements in agricul ture ; for thefe, with manufactures, Lke man and wife, mu ft go hand in hand. Let the agrscukuialilt and manufacturer, therefore, join hands, and bid the jarrirg world defiance: let them fit down to gether under their own vine and figeree, and enjoy the fruits of their honelt labors ; whilft zui maddened nations of Europe are deflroying each other, fe fpreading death and defolr-tion over fome of the faireft portions of the globe. We fhould like to have taken a more ex ten five view of the manu f a dories of rhe Weftern country, had c.-ui information been adequate, or the contracted nature of our limits permitted. We mult content ourfelves with what follows, and beg indulgence for any mift alcuU cions or errors which we may have und c fi gned 1 y commiteed. Glafs works.— Of thefo we have three in hand feme operation, and the fourth at Mew G* r.ev-a, 50 miles up the Mor.ongahela a river.—- Two of thele in town make all Irenes ■ flint glafs, tumblers, wine-gh (f s, decanters, fee. to the amount of about 30,000 dollars annually.— The other two make green bottles, window -glafs, fee. to the value of, fay 6c,000 dollars annually. Stone or pit coal is their fuel, which cofis five cents per bufhel. Gotten Mills. —We have two, one works 90 and the other contem plates working fhertly 230 fpindles. They manufacture cords, cham breys,jeans, dimities, checks, tick ings, fee. to the value of about 20,000 dollars annually. The machines are fet in motion h*. the power of horfes. Both have woo?, carding and picking machines under the fame roof. There are a few Smaller cotton mills through the country, and increafing ; wool card ing mac bines are numerous, f me going by water and others by horfes. Cotton from the M fiifiippi country brought to this place, fells at 20 cents per paund. [We are infmm ted La: 557 fpindles are at work in Shipper fb-urg, (Pen.) which fp n about. 8 8 doz. cr 44 ibs. of cooxn yarn daily.] In Lexington (Ken.) there are Foreign Correspondent & % GEORGIA EXPRESS. MANY SHALL RUN TO AND FRO, AND KNOWLEDGE SHALL BE INCREASED. feveral cotton cloth, duck and bagging manufactories on large feales, which, it is fafd, work up 800 tons of hemp into bagging annually, befides vafl quantities of faihionable cotton wares. One was erected in Frankfort, but it was unfortunately burnt down, and has not been rebuilt, notwithstanding the generous offers made for that purpofe by the mechanics and others of the place. The one at Louifville was alfo contained, but by the generous exertions of the mechanics of the town it had been rebuilt, and is in complete opera tion again. The Leg’ftatufe fhould endeavor to prevent by exemplary purr fo ments, the con M igration of citab -1 filed manufactories. Buttons . —We have 8 man ula To ry of white metal buttons to the extent of 40 or 60 grofs per week, and can be extended. Of the but tons made at this manufactory, one or our merchants tells us he expects to fell 20C0 grofs in the courfe of this yean„ Iron grinding mill —One has re cently got into operation for grind ing Sac irons, axes, feythes, ch.fFls, fee. and being attached to iiv air feundtry, will be a confiderabie laving in the carriage of heavy arti cles from the i< a ports. Ironmongery. —Of this Lore is about 12 or 15,000 dollars worth made annually of ch'lFls, chw h. n .mr.r:. Steelyards, lhinslinff- h-v - ets, drawing-knives, cmnrg knives, (hovels, tongs, ha ko, gimblets, augers, fquarcs, door handles, ja*. k-icrews, files, ftork locks, ipinr . : ng-wheel irons, axes, hoes, chains, kitchen ware, fee. — Scythes, fi :kles and augers, aie made in great numbers throughout the country. From late experiments it has been found that butt-hinges, and anvils can be made here to advan tage. The face of crude anvils are caft on a thick, cold iron plate, which rends them as hard as the fled faced anvils, and at lefs than one thhd of li e price of wrought anvils. They are called flock caft anvils. Our fmiths begin to ufe them, and highly approve of them. Ingenious and well contrived iron hark mills are cad at our zu furnace, together with large quantities of Hollow war <4 mdi irons, fee. and lately call 70 tons of cannon bail for the U. braces. We have feen a handfome fmall field piece of its calking. Biifixred and Crowly (led is made at Bedford in this date : the exrerfi m of this manufacture, at and a fpade and fhml manufactory is much wanted in this country. — iyA We have Iren neat penknives made here, and we believe as good and as cheap an thole imported of the feme patterns. Nails. —We have ftveral manu factories of thefe in town, which make about 300 tons of cut and wrought nails of all fizes annually. The manufacture of nails is confi derable throughout this country, Ohio and Kentucky. Bridle bits andjlirrups. — A man ufactory of thele has been recently eftabliifoed in town, and bids Kir to do well. Tin> copper and jappanned wares. We have fix manufactories brilkly curried on, which are luppoled to manufa£ture wares to the value of rbout 30,000 dollars worth annu ally. Copper (tills, a very heavy article in this line, are made in numbers. Copper and tin wares are manufactured eonfiderably in Brownlville, Charkftown, fee. and more or lefs in Ohio and Ken tucky. IVire weaving -—This hufinefs is carried on to a very confiderabie amount. Sieves, riddles, fereens, fee. could he made we fhould fup pofe, in fuffieient quantities to fup ply the whole wdtern country.— V’as wire drawn here, it Would be attended with confiderabie advan tages. Tft ere is alio a wire weaver at BroVvnfviile. Glafs cutting. —This bufinefs has bee \ recently eilabhfot >! by an in genious German, (Eichbr’irn) foimerly glafs cutter to Louis XVT lace king of France. We have feen a fix light chandelier, with prifms of his cutting, which does credit to the workman, andrtflkts honor on our country for we bSueve it is the fir it ever cut in the United States. It is fufpended In the houfe of Mr. Kerr, innkeeper, of this place. Increafe cf weavers. —ln the year 18 go, there were hut 5 looms in Pittfburg; in 1807 there were 18, and at this time (1800) we have 44. It is calculated they weave about 52,900 yards annually, of linfey woHley and cotton and linen mixed, which is worth upon an ave rage 66 cents per yard, amounting to 38,848 dollars. There was alio confiderabie quantities of rugs, table-cloths, rug carpets, coverlets, fee. woven. Linen. —About 80.000 yards of flaxen linen, coarfe and fine, bro’t to the Pittfburg market yearly, averaging from 251040, and fome at from 75 to ico cents per yard, (the two laid qualities are increafing in quantify) befidrs about i O,OOO yards of cotton and linen mixed, and 5000 yards of linfey wool fey j all made in this and the neighbor ing counties, by the induftirious families of farm houfes. We feel a plcafure in having Fen a fine piece of linen made by a lady of this place —it fpu.n 6 dozen cuts to the pound, afid is 1600 in quali ty ; it fold for one hundred and fifty cents per yard. We have feen anther piece Ipv i by a .other kdy of Alleghany county and wove by herhulband, beautiful in quality and texture. If we had a few fpinfters, fuch as thefe ladies, our country would ibon be relieved of the heavy expence of importing linens from Europe. There is no dWot but? we have hundreds, nay thoufjnds*qw excellent fpin&ers, but they are iff lights under a bufhel, hid lor wm of encouragement to Ihe\ tNb felves: now is the time —AD “were throw off the mantle * their'CA. calls for their nob! ll exertions.—• Let it no longer be fooliihly and roundly afTerted, that the American flax will not make, nor can the A~ rnerican women fpin, fine linen.— The aiFertion is a libel on our country. Fine thread.—AN e are happy to find chat liie and beautiful thread is now brought to our market. Wc have feen lame of 12 dozen cuts to the pound, about the quality of No 28 imported. Woollen cloth. —We I zve feen a beautiful piece of fine black cloth, made by Mr. j hn D. Irafla, of K l ayople, i- r coun y, Pen. a German gentleman of enterprize. It was made b orn lua Merino Iheep > and will bear a cornparifon with imported cloths, fuch as we buy fcotn our merchants at from 8 to 9 dokbrs per yard. We have alfo Fen a piece made by Col. David Humphreys, of Connefticut, which does honor ro the patriotic exer tions of worthy rnanufzifhjier ; a ma n vv hole na me will beer, g r,. ve a on the minds of his fellow cic zens, for his noble Pa bars in the encourage ment at theijdoimefiic manufadfurcß of his country, particularly ids rapid improvemen,t of the breed of flaeep, by the of the Merino breed. There is a good deal of the coarfer woolen cloths made bv our farmers- for family ufe. Some flannel is alfo muiufaTured. The Philadelphia Domeflic So ciety, rve are informed nave fbr fair, wary hand fome woollen cloths, calicoes, and ail kinds of cottons. Our wefiern merchants we fhould fuppofe, ought to give this foclety, and ail others of the kind, every cncou agerrent. Raps walks.—Nr have but one, and this on a ir.vall icaie; there is one at 13rownfviile and one ar, bV 1 weiirg, on a tolerable hrge plan* Fi L-xington, and at LouKville, Dalis of Ohio, there are it-veral on. £ very 1? ge icale. At Cincinnati Oiiio, there is a rope walk whofe proprietor advenlFs fee do,ooo As. of hemp, at live doiiai per. hundred cwt. - Snuff fed Cegars. —There sre 5000 lbs. of Rapec and Scotch. SnuiF, ai.d about 800,000 fegars iTip.iiufafttired here annually, princi pally of Kri.oj. kv tobacco. Flower Gi If f bifk<y.*~Qf thefe ar ticles, a v?/t mu nr known amount (No. 7 i.