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VOli. II. 1*0. '21.
WHEELING, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1830.
WHOLE NO. 70.
an<^imsa
Till: COMPILER,
(.pl KVKKT WKH'itSl'O UOK.'UNU. HY
iiEIVISTRCIJa & FISHERS.
r iId I !<’K—.No. d. Mh iumci’ Row, 2 door*
" below T\soil'd iMore, Main-lStruct.
• *»»f ♦♦
—Tit • Pomp tier will he published
, *|*\Vt> IMl.L MLS per iiiiumi, («»r lor .'»*> nuiu
•r. . ty 4bi« half yearly in adv anre. 1 f payment
4. H .1 unde vvitlun the year, Two Dollars at ti
n-i* be the prie
s , subset ip! inn discontinued until all arrearages
, at llto discretion of the Kditors
\ V.tUMk'fO LUASK.
JU1SI1 to lease n») Farm, six miles east of
WIhm'Iii1. joining lands with Isaac Letfler,
t,ud Mr. Alex. Mitchell, on the ridge road to
it „ \U \ >. i'! - a good
BWEX.1HG HOUSE,
hi''lieu and Milk House, mi it; a
large DOI DLE BARS, out huild
mrs. and a good A1*FLK OR*
1 i 11 VIC I). One huntlrcd and twrty
Ni r ' ilc. ■ J; forty ji'n s for Corn and
• |,pa1, fourteen ados of tooadow,eighty nr mm ty
, r,. of pasture, set in grtss and clover, undei
,j f-iMT, and ahnnt one hundred n< res of wood
f m l. The clear Land is div ulcd into eight fields,
oiih water in each field. It is well calculated for
.•k. 1. For terms apply to Isaac Lelller, Lsq
Mr IJeni nnm Kellv. Possession given on the
Hof April, D«l. >\>M KOULNSOlM.
IttfeinUT I s 1 '.ID.—~5tt
JJSW FAIL & WINTER
/. l.Yi: PE.YTOM'EX,
\.llMir<PK'TM II V INEOft.W fill lit rtvIKNI'S ASP
I H K It'BLIC 6KKKRAI.LT, THVT THKY II V V k
JUST K».< IlVED, mi) AKt NOW OWNING
their fall and winter scppi-V or
.MFRt’Il \NDISE, consisting
or an KUGAirr assortukst or
f»ritisli, French India, and
\merican DKY HOODS,
Which thev off*;r as low as anv in the place, ant)
ofwhchtbe FOLLOWING ARE A PART:
Sl'PERFINE black, blue, brown, olive, claret.!
il) :umI mixed Cloth-: Common do. Superfine A* j
xiimoii blue, blue mixed, steel, gold, Clgy, anti ,
i !• t mbit I Cas-inets and Cass'uneres: Green ■
Frieze and booking Baize; s 4 9-4 10-4 114 and j
1M Rose Blankets; Outfield uni Point do. Green, i
v »vv, red, spotted and white flannels; green A
lute ('anton do. slat.-', brown, screen, black, crim- j
non, olive and Idiio Merino Cloths; blue Pelissy ;
li). a large stock, various patterns, of Tartan and
Scotch Plaids: blue, brown and plaid Cuublet;
Booiba/.eltes, Bambaziucs and Katlinetts, of evero [
ilar and price; h general assortment of Merino, 1
ra»Innerc, worsted, cassimere, crape anti other
winter Shawls, every kind, quality and price; 800 ;
pieces Calicoes of assorted figures and colors, from j
the lowest to tlie highest grade; dark and light i
fiitiglnms Cotton and gingham hltdkfs. and era
vats, of the latest fashions and various qualities: |
^ aniline and Jaconet do. plain and figured swiss. i
fx.uk, mull and jaconet Muslin, assorted qualities; )
plain, corded and burr’d Cambric do, a general
— rtment colored Cambrics; su[>erfitic and com
non Sea island do. 20 bales unbleached and twil
leu! domestics, various qualities; 3-4 and 4-4 stri
trhiM couiiwq.-ttM-s assoctad :t-4 aiid 4 1
4>er heavy Dorchester and common Bedtickmg^;
I,iii, ii and cotton table and towelling Diaper: crash |
tor do. Irish Sheeting, brown and black Holland; j
A general supply of Irish Linens, from common
(„ Miijk wi,; Super super am! common Imcn cam
In md plain and bordered hhdkts, A good i«
suriotWI ..fthread, bobbin. t and oilier lace>, edg
i- and insertions; a g<H»d assortment of plain A
tiered bobbinet; white and black lace and bobm
, t Veils; Bobbinet and tamboured Swiss capes A
raiitezoues; Cotapalays, Fnlmarinea, ltahonelts A
lunge, assorted colors: Superfine and common
t blaik Italian and India lutestring Silk.- change
able and drab India do. black, blue black, lead
colored, drab and purple tiros do Naples Silks;
t>| „:k, brown, blue black, and purple Silk Velvet;
A variety of figured changeable tiros de Naples
Super black Italian sattin and levantine and tiros
2ens Silk«: Florence ud sarsnet Silk-, every
color; Gros do Naples, M intun, sattin and Gauze
ribbands; plain jet black and fancy beltings, latest
tyle; Merino, Thibet, Borage, Blond silk, t'anton
and Italian crape hlulkfs. I*aliuerine and otbor
fancy hhdkts. comprising a general assortment:
Siij rfine patent silk, web and common suspen
tiers; silk cotton, worsted and Lamb's wool hos
iery. Ladies’ clocked Hose: silk. Valentin, sxvans
<| ..vn. 8ilk Velvet and other Vesting; Shell ann
Spanish horn side ami tuck fombs, various sizes;
1 i“ ivory ami pocket Combs; Ladies Circassian,
I iid and cHinbh t Cloaks Men's plaid and catnb
1, t ,1,.. Men’s fur hats, Seal skin and blue Circas
sian caps; an assortment of silk ami cotton I in
! 1 , . \M' I>1 NSTA
BLE BONNETS; Ladies’ and Men’s woollen
c. l water proof over shoes: Ladies and Gentle
i n’- Morocco, I’runella. Calfskin and Buckskin
Shoes; Gentlemen's Calf ami Morocco Boots;
i >ar-r anil tine Shoes; Children’s Prunella
a .1 Morocco Shoe*; Super extra ru b figured and
l>! on Buttons; Lasting, Ivory and steel do.
A GEXF.RAL ASSORTMENT OF
HARDWARE,
ALSO, Madeira, Tenenff., l.i'bon mu] Clnin
,. ' i Spirits: C. !'■
M l;unl gin: St. Julian*;* claret. Myers' best
Riehauml Tobacco; Leather's small twist ditto:
b* -> Spanish Cigars. \\>tuig Hyson ami Imperial
T> Madder; S. F. Indigo; AUuni, and Coperas
Chocolate; Rio and Java Coffee: New Ot leans ami
hut' and nmp Sugar; ALpicn awl pepper; Rogers’
'Irango Gunpowder; and every other article m the
GROVER V Lt.YE.
IT Z. *V I* have thought it unnecessary to
inumeratv the minv oth -r articles contained in
heir stock, hut have to say, that their assortment
s a> general and as good as the Philadelphia and
lUlltraore markets, so far as they came under their
notice, would, with exertion and care, afford; to
»n examination >f which they invite the pnhlic.
id solicit tivur patronage so tar as they riKiy liiink
n deserves. Thev still observe their old motto,
■v ft profits and <i‘uck returns
WHEF.U\G, (>ef. V\ IS*).
To CABPSRVIB8 AND
1VHU.YKT JfluiKEKS.
/nilK Subscriber as Agent for Joi n Croagh
J, ot Cincinnati, offers for sale every descrip
Kiofc lBiSEiJr CARPENTERS’ TOOLS.
warranted to he of the be-i quality and workinan
*hip, and at price*, lower than they have been
s id in this borough. \VM. M («AI (ill),
NO. 7, CHEAPSIDE.
Wilosing, July 11. 1 ^3U.
Aar- (hlcans Suga r.
10 llhiU N. O. Sugar, just received and tor sal*
hv K.V>\ & McJXE.
Iiast arrival of Hoods from the Eastward
'Ji, 1LA1TIK & 00*
lit s/xr full;/ inform their friends and the pit Otic in
enteral, rhut they hare received a Fresh assort
ment oj Cavils. vUih tin y if ill sell xtry loir,
»> P wit as follows :
SHI Y GOODS.
I5!nr', III ttk. blue n, olive A mixed Cloths; Cas
simtt-: Tartan Plain*, Camblet; Meriuoes, assort
••>1 «’■'!''fs oh i/' tts, Bombazines. and JCitui
,.Ms re.I, gret-.n, and yellow Flannels Cirui,
I lai?.>; S *. in d .twn, Vah ncia and fancy V.s’ings.
I»!•’*» k m i -l ilt* colored"v\ nested Sinekings. (,\.r.
maiitown, S< .jtch knit woollen half stockiii". A
_'rr ,i v irtely of fancy handkerchiefs and shawls.
Holuuct an I thread Locos, Ac.
H.Uil) |{ 'JIB-tL
Knives and I orks, a great variety,
Butchers' Knives, best cast steel ami common,
* Ko«t v 8 dter* Shoemakers' do
I’enknives. and Chissels and (imiges of all kinds;
Butcher's Chopjiers. Hand Saws, °a great variety!
< ro-> cut, I’il, U t b, Ivey hole, and wood saw's;
I ties of cv cry kind,
1‘iain and cut glass Plated Casters, Britain' i ware,
common and best;
Measuring tapes and surveyors' chains.
Hr is , Plated and Iron Candlesticks,
U andCloak Pins, Door I.t>< k- of
Latches and Hinges of every sort,
Horse. Pad, ( host, 'Fill, Clock case nnd saddle
bag Locks; (inn Locks with single and double
rollers, double swivels and water proof pans;
Percu-sini) Locks, and Percussion C.ip«;
Fist I1-, Powder Flasks and Shot Huy;
i t" Hid ; >b'h( d steel shovels, tongs A p «
PI tied and polished steel snufKirs;
Scissors, p great assart incut;
I enders; Stair rods;
\st*-r, mantle atnl hanging Lamps,
Coal Bank Lamps, Japan Lamps; _
k izor- and Strapa, a "cart variety;
II races and b ts; B’ass and Iron screw’ pulleys;
Table and Fryers* bell; Skates; Woo! rards’No. C.
>add!ery; Smiths’ llellows Anvils,and Nice.-,
>iecl blade A- iron Sijtiares; Plane irons, all him.p;
IFtv Knives and Straw Knives, with almost ev
ery other article in the Hardware Lino.
ROC'ERIES, UQl'ORS.
./ Good assortment of J\IUSIC»'1Ij
f\S TR UMKJS'TS, -mrh as Violins,
Flutes Flageolets, Clarionets, Fife. and
Ihtnl Horns, with Instructors, etc. etc,
CtM .\Tl{\ PKOUl’Ci: will be taken hi ex
change as usual. |
Nov. i‘0. Jc;#).
WM. vih; maivT
NO. 7 , CHEPSIDE,
HAS JUST RECEIVED,
25 bags prime Ureen Coffee,
10 half chests V. II. Tea,
25 catty boxes do. do.
15 hags Pepper,
5 do Alspice,
10 nr. casks Madeira Wino,
10 do. Tenerife & Lisbon Wins
3 do. old Port Wine,
25 boxes Chocolate, [etidish
10 do. prime chewine Tobacco, eav
mm 1 UUUtli uuio.i.^
20 1-4 do do do
20 boxes White Pipes,
27 bbls. Tanner’s Oil,
| ton (ireen Copperas,
WITH A GOLD SELECTION OF
OUOCV.UW.S Sc\M\Y OUS
\ll of which he offers for sale on the most
reasonable terms. Dtc\
\i:\v tawms
JV^T RECEIVED AND ARE NOW OPENING, RV
F. h\ O'FFRH.ILIj,
On Main Street W lice ling, Va.
All knots of Imported and Domestic
DRV coons.
SXX.lt &. VA3SIC1Z GOODS,
IN Till: GREATEST VARIETY’.
GROCERIES:
Xji have every article in the Ur»*cery lino on hand >
l.ntl'OKS:
The host assortment of Liquors that Baltimore
could atl'ord. from sparkling Champaign down to \
good old Whiskey.
QUEEN3WARE;
/ hare on hand all Linda of (Jueensicarc '■
and Hardware.
BONNETS OF ALL KINDS:
Flats, Bolirars and Black JVanarinos; ,
Fancy Silk Bonnets made up; Straw do.
r*'
have the host assortment of Gentlemen's' and
1 1. tdic- Shoes I ever had; Prunelle, Morocco, Calf
1 and Seal; Misses’ Prunelle and Morocco Shoe;s
Men’s coarse and fine do.; Morocco and Calf
Kcst Juniatta Iron 4* JVails.
C VSTINGS—of all kinds.
* Svv\\ a\wu\ s on \uuu\.
II fWal.L kinds of Country Produce trill he ta
I k ’fi in as Cash for Goods.
Wheeling. Oct. (>,
TAILORING.
■{Or.KUT GBIFF1TH re
epectfully informs the citizens of Wheeling
that he intends carrying on the above business in
it- various hr.mches, in tiM Shop lately <•■ vupn-d
j by Miss Camithcrs, on Main Street, and nearly
i onp '<ite to the Washington Hall, where all who
[•lease to favor him with their custom may depend
< on having their work done on the shortest notice
and m the very best style, both as to fashion and
workmanship: together with accommodating pn
ccs. he hopes to receive a share of public patron
age.
V B. He has received the latest fashions from
New York, for all descriptions of garments. La
dies' Habits made to th latest fashion.
TOBACCO & 1BWJFFT’
0 Boxes l’rime No. 1 Cavendish Tobacco,
*20 Iveo-i TWIST TOBACCO,
*>00 Scotch Suuff t&»uiiall bladders,
For Sale Far bt/
ikwin .v Hadden.
Nov. 17
CLOTHING STORE,
AND
TAILORING BUSINESS.
WORT. CXnVBEliL,
[FROM FlTTSIllIfiCir,]
[ ' fi KSPECTrULLY informs rlic* Public, ilia*
; he lias opened a Store of READY MAIM
CZ.OTm3t&,
it the stand formerly occupied by Air. Thomas J
l.ers, next door to Yr, Charles "lInekett’s, at the
1 head of Cheapside, Wheeling. 11 is stock is ex
lensive, warranted to be well made, according to
die latest fashions, and will lie eulJ on the most
reasdhahle terms. At t!ie same place. In* carries
>» the TAILORING BUSINESS,
and will thankfully receive all orders in Ins line.
I'nim his exnetience in business, he Hatters him
sell that ho will he able to givo satisfaction to
those who employ him.
December I. 1*1]!).—3m? 5
newstoreT
( heap Dry Goods, ready made Clothing, i
IIirdinarc, Hoots, Shoes, Hats, < \ipr.,8fc. j
—eoe—
cV J. ROGERS,
CG leave to inform the citizen* of ll'hccling
•»L»* ami its vicinity, that they have onem^l, in
lie Brick Building directly opposite Dr. J Zaue’s
• Hh at the fool of the !i I!. Main at. W heeling,
a choice selection ui GOODS/c'*"! /Ac* Eastern
Markets. A* their purchases were made for
Dash, they can offer their Goods as low as any
'vest of the mountains. Their stock consists m
part of tin; following articles:
Bhie. I lack, brown,olive, given and steel mixed
Broad Cloths; double mill’d drab and other col
oured Cassimers; blue, brown, steel mixed and
silver grey Cassinets; Hangup and Fancy Cords;
rc I and green Baize; white, zed, yellow and green
Flannels; white and green Canton Flannels; rose,
point and fancy end Blankets; Bombazines and
Bomhazetts; Swando'vn, Valencia, Silk and other
vestings. Also,
A large and splendid assortment »J
CALICOES, GINGHAMS, & SHAWLS.
Jaconet, Mull, Swiss, book and cambric muslins;
Irish linens and lawns; thread, bobbinet and cot
ton laces and edgings; footings; figured and plain
bobbinet; cotton (lag and Madras handkerchiefs;
India silk and other fim \ handkerchiefs; worsted
and silk braid; piping; ladies’ English and Front It
kid and hoskin gloves and mils; brown «Y bleach <1
muslins and jeans: checks, Dorchester tickings,
diapers, damask linen diapers, .Vc. i\*c
CLOTHING.—Gentlemon’a gray mix’d
box coats; drab and Flushing do. with ami with
out fur collars; camblet and plaid cloaks; dress
coats, \ arious colours and qualities; cassinet coats
and coattces; plain and figured silk and silk velvet
vests; blue and black eassimer and cloth vests;
< assinct, s wand own, Valencia, toilinol and Mar
seilles vests; broad cloth, eassimer, cassiuct, bang
up and fincy cord pantaloons; English bargain
fustian pantaloons; ladies’ plaid, Circassian, men
no, cambist and silk cloaks; linen shirts ami sluri
collars; bleached and brown muslin shirts; linen
and cotton check shirts; red ami while ll iimcl
shirts and drawers; Canton flannel do. red and
green baize wanm-es; Guernsey frocks; stocks
and stiffeners; buckskin nuts; beaver, buck, kiii
and hoskin glover ; worsted comforts; silk and
cotton umbrellas.
A general assortment of [larthcare—
Some of lingers’ approved Cutlerv. ,
sowed*boots, seine of which are Baltimore make,
and not inferior to any yet offered in tins market
for neatness and durability. Gentlemen s muled,
pegged and sowed Monroes: Youths and cltil
'lien’s do. do. do. Ladies and misses shoes.
Sowed and pegged brogans and shoes.
HATS and CATS.—Gentlemen’s and youths’
beaver, otter and roram hats, black, white, drab
and brown. Also, gentlemen s an.I y ouths tur,
glazed and seal caps. l)ee. 8 "Jin
l&J
■yiRGIiWI A. : At a monthly court con
timu-,1 and lu ld in and for the county of Mononga- J
lia at the courthouse of said county, on Tuesday i
. ’ I- I. - un<ir Kin
he 26th of October in the year 1830:
Joseph A Shackelford .V Nancy his wife, late Nancy
('lark. «V Abigail Shackelford* Nanaj (\ Shark
chord. Man/ Ann Shackelford, Edmund T. Shoe-\
kelford, \ Elizabeth Shackelford, infant heirs oj
Elizabeth Shackelford, deceased, - * Plaintiffs,
Against
Francis BUlingslei/ ami Mary his wife. late Mary
Chirk. George Greenwood, Benjamin Dorsey &
Hinntta htcina his wife, late Henrietta Ijicina
Greenwood, John Warren Greenwood, William
Cluck Greenwood, George Greenwood, and Cor
nelius Battel and Elizabeth Ins wife, bite Eliza
beth Greenwood, which Henrietta, John, Hilliain.
Ccor-'c. aiul E iz belli, are the sole surviving chil
dren ~nnU hi irf of the said George Greenwood
un i Henrietta h ■ clh his deceased wife,
Defendents.
SPT^llliS d ry came the plaintiffs by their counsel,
iinnd it appearin 'to the satisfaction of the
C urt, that the defendants. George Greenwood,
John Warren Uiceir ood, William Clark Green
wood, George Greenwood and Cornelius Mattel
and Klizabelli his wife are no inhabitants of this
Commonwealth, and not having entered their ap
pearance and given security according to the act
of Assembly, it is ordered that the said absent de
fendants do' appear before this court, on tho fourth
Monday of March next, and answer the plaintiffs
bill; and that a copy of this order lie published in
the “Wheeling Compiler,” a public newspaper
printed in Ohio county, tor two months sure e>
sively; and that another copy be posted up at the
fr>nt door of the court house of this county.
A copy: Attest—THl )S. P. RA V. Clsrh.
r\ T a Court hold for Ohio County tho. 2d day
r V
.pV of November, 1*30.
Knox Sc McKee, ^
rs. I
John Rahe and
j Wm. B Tyson \ Co. J
IN CIIASCERY.
This day came the complainant by his council,
and the. defendant John Rahe, not bavin" entered
his appearance according to law, and the rules oi
this Court, and it appearing by satist.ictory evi
dence that he is not an inhabitant of this Com
monwealth—It is ordered that the said Joint
Kabo do appear hero on thw 1st day of the ties.
February Term, and enter Ins appearance and
"ive security for performing the decree of the
Court and answer the complainants hill: and that
a copy of this ord. r be published in the Wheeling
Compiler for two months successively, and that
another copy he posted on the door ol the Court
House of Ohio County fur alike period
A Copy Test, \Y.M. CIIAPLINE, C. C.
Nov. 3, 1*30.
(received end for sale low, bvilie* i-k or single, by
Dec. 15,-tf ' ii. 4- C. NOYES.
j Kegs Ground Ginger,
I lit «l tj lalitv. just received & for sale bv
» Nov. 17 IRWIN «.V HADDEN.
MlSnVl.L\\\,
From the Journal of the Franklin Institute.
0\ THE MANUFACTURE OF PINS
distract of a Lecture delivered by Doctor
Jiirbcck; at the London .Mechanics’
Institute.
In a recent lecture of Dr. Hirbcck’s at
the Mechanics’ Institute, while pointing
nut the advantages t'i be derived from thei
use of machinery as n substitute for hu
man labor, he adverted to the various pro
cesses employed in the fabrication of a pin.
He observes:—
“It has been slated that no less than IS
individuals arc employed in the manufac
lure of this little implement: some have
extended this number to twenty-five, but
tluy have included processes which occur
previous to the drawing of the brass wire.
The manufacture of wire, by drawing it
’li/ough a steel plate fixed perpendicularly
on a table, is supposed to have originated
at Nurctnburg or Augsburg, in the four
'ccMh century, but the present inode of
drawing it through a steel plate, by the ad
dition of revolving cylinders, urged by hor
ses, water, or sioam, is oi cumpuinuvciy
recent invention. This draw plate is
pierced with a number of conical holes o(
different sizes, the size of the smaller ori
tice determining Hie diameter of the wire,
which is seized by a strong pair of nippers,
and forcibly drawn through these holes
when the plate is placed on ihc drawer
frame. As the pin-maker requires a very
small shaft for his pins, the wire is made
to pass through the smallest holes on the
draw plate; it then requires to be made
straight, and the business oftlie pin-maker
commences by cutting it into lengths suf
ficient to make six pins. One of these
steel plates was exhibited to tbe audience,
after which it was placed on a drawn frame,
and a piece of thick wire was drawn thro'
several of the orifices in succession, and
was elongated in proportion to the diame
ters of the holes through which it had pass
ed. 11 v this process the wire became so
much heated that the lecturer could scarce
ly hold it, and lie observed that “the
evolution of heat arose (as in the oper
ation of hammering) from the approxima
tion of the particles of the metal by the
violent pressure it had undergone, which
had forced out its latent caloric, and ren
dered it sensible.”
“The hoy who points the pins, takes a
bout a dozen of the lengths of wire m his
hand at once, and a spectator is astonish
ed by (ho dexterity with which lie contrives
to keep them all revolving on .their jQpgj
ities, first to a course grinding stone, and
then to a finer one, revolving near the oth
er on the same axis, to givo them the ne
cessary polish. The revolution of the
wires are necessary to prevent the ends
from being ground flat, and so rapidly is
the operation performed, that a boy will
point 10,000 pins in an hour. As soon (
as the two ends of the wire are pointed, a
pin is cut from each extremity, and the
pointing is repeated till six pins are cut
off from each wire.”
‘»The process of making the heads of
pins, or, ns it is termed, head-spinning,
consists in causing a finer wire to revolve
with great rapidity round a straight piece
of wire of proper diameter, which is after
wards drawn out, leaving the spiral coil in
the form ot a hollow tube, which is cut
into pieces, every two rounds ol the wire
making one pin’s head. Tlio heads arc
then put into an iron pan, and made red
hot to soften them, after which they are
ready for use, and the next important
point is to fix them properly on the shafts.
In the year 1513, it was enacted by the
statute 31 and 3-3 of Henry VIII, cap. 6,
“That no person shall put to sale any pins
hut only such as shall be double headed,
! and have the heads soldered fist to the
shank of the pins, well smoothed, the
shat ks well shaped, the points well and
round filed, canted and sharpened.’ Hut
! m our times, no man could get a living at
pin making, if he had to solder the heads
on, or fix them by rivetting. All that is
now required is for a hoy to thrust the shall
of a pin amongst the heads, and catching
one ol them on its extremity, lie fixes it
firmly l>y striking it with a hammer on an !
1 anvil with a smail hole in it. This is j
; done with surprising rapidity, anJ the prin-!
c:j>a! cause of the firm adhesion which
takes place between the head and the I
shaft, appears to be the attraction of colic- \
sioti allowed to operate by the closeness of
contact.
“When the;pins are thus completely
formed, the)’ are whitened, placing them
in a vessel containing a solution of gram |
1 fm in tartaric acid, or the lees of wine.
In this process we have uti advaningc, as
to brilliancy of surface over the continen
tal pin-makers, w ho use lead and mercury
instead of tin; and it is said, likewise, that
on this account, a puncture, from a Hri-!
tish pin is of much less consequence than
when reade with a foreign one. 1 lie pins,
when thus whitened, have still a dull ap
pearance, which is removed by agitating
them in a tub containing bran; and the
pins being thus polished by friction, the
bran is detached by winnowing, exactly
as chair is separated from grain. I he
pins are then ready for the final pi occss o!
papering: an operation not easily under
stood, as to the mode of folding the paper
and the rapid introduction of the pins,
without seeing it actually performed.”
“Dr. Dirbeck untolded a paper contain
ing four hundred and three common pins,
and stated, “that after paying all the ex
penses of wire, labour, &c. incurred in the
processes just described, the whole charg
[ ed by the wholesale dealer, from whom
they were obtained for this quantity of
pins, amounted to no more than tiro pence
Jarthing. They are, therefore, sold in
the first instance, at the rate of lorty four
and a fraction for one farthing, producing,
consequently, somewhat less to the manu
facturer; and it ir.ay be asked, if pins are
so cheap, what necessity is there for the
aid of machinery in manufacturing them?
If the question referred only to the consu
mer, the answer must be, “none.” It
would seem, indeed, from the smallness
of (he price of pins, either that the cap-'
italist must lose by making them, or that
his workman must be poorly paid for their
labour; and it appears from u statement
published in 1R13, respecting the slate of
the pin trade at Gloucester, where one,
thousand live hundred hands were otnploy-1
ed in it, that the trade w as scarcely worth
following. Here then the improvements1
of machinery ouubt to npply, as not only
affording opportunities for a more advan |
tageous investment of capital, but as pro
ducing a superior manufacture of the ar- j
tide in question.” The lecturer here pro
duced another paper of pins, containing,
four hundred and eighty, which w ere sold |
for nine pence half penny, or at a rato of
about twelve and a ball tor a turtlimg. in
this sample, as well as in several other;
specimens of patent pms exhibited to the !
audience, tho perfection of the heads ena
bled the manufacturer to obtain a better
price; for the great difficulty in pin mak
ing is to fix the head firmlv, and in regard
to what may be called machine inado pins,
without leaving it in a ragged state.
“There is a large manufactory on the
Surry side of Bluckfriar’s Bridge, where
pins are made by machinery; and if this
establishment, which could supply the
whole consumption of the nation (estima
ted at six millions of pins per day,) w’cre iu
full action, it may be enquired, what is to
become of all tho operative pm makers?
The answer to this inquiry is, that they
must liavcrecoursc to other employments,
and, driven from this starving occupation,
it is probablo they would find another,
more productive as to wealth, and less op
pressive as to labour. The manufacturer
of ornamental pins will probably furnish
employment for many ot the hands hither
to devoted to the production of common
pins; and other arts, no doubt connected
gradually offer to them other resources.”
From tito Now York Journal of Commerco
OVER PRODUCTION.
The great increase of production in tho
various arts, in conscquoncc of the ad
vance of scienco and the improvements of
machinery, has excited in some minds, an
apprehension that eventually production
will for outstrip consumption. In a tune
of temporary stagnation in business, it is
not uncommon to bear the dilliculty ascri
bed to this cause.
At first view, there is apparent reason
for the apprehension. For if in the rude
stale of society, all the wants of men are
supplied, and that with n very moderate
effort, how is it possible, that with the in-j
crease of skill and the introduction of ma !
chiucry, there should not ho furnished too.
much of every thing? Yet, however J
strange it may appear, observation proves j
that there has never yet been any general
excess of supply, but on the contrary, that
in proportion as every man’s labor has
been effective, he has been stimulated to j
effort. As machinery is improved, indus
try is increased. The more each one ac- ,
complisbes, the harder he works. Never
was the world more busy at growing and
manufacturing, than at present. Never
before were there so many ploughs ami
axes, spindles and looms, and implements
of all sorts employed, and never before was
there a more thorough consumption of ev
ery thing produced. There are scarcely ,
half a dozen articles in the whole range of
trade, of which, nt this moment, there istn
this market, or any other, a considerable
overstock.
Origin illy men sat upon the ground,—
until the requisite machinery was invented
to construct a stool. Immediately, the
head men bought stools, and no inconsid
er.ible labor was called for to supply the
demand. Then a back was added, 'wc
goon the authority of Cowper’* Task,)
and still more labor was demanded. Anti
thus invention has gone on, until the rich '
repose ou sumptuous couches, the middle j
ranks on sofas, and tbo poor have plenty
of chairs. A great business has thus been
brought into existence; and although a
multitude of machines and tools have lieen
invented to ficilitotc it, there have been.!
at every stage of its progress, a demand
for more men and greater industry.
In the creation of principles, this was
was one; that our wants should increase, ;
and always keep in advance of our capa
c:ty to supply them. There is no lun t to j
this rule, at least none has yet been reach ;
ed. When it is, we have no doubt the id- j
vance of invention will he stayed. I lie
man who trundled a wheelbarrow yester
,lav,—if he canafM it. drives a c*rt to
day, will ride m a wagon to-morrow, and
I a coach next day. The amount of labor
which he can control, determines the vehi
cle ho can possess and the manner of its
use. By taking notice of the one, you can
determine the other.
The fundamental principle which we
speak of, is as wise as it is fixed and un
alterable. But for it, the world of men
would have been buried under the products
of their own industry long ago; or rather,
thcro would have been no industry, no
production. In the rudest condition of
man, his unsatisfied desires nro lew, and
excite but little uneasiness. The more he
possesses, the more he sees beyond his
grasp; and it is when ho rolls in luxury,
that Ins cravings are at their highest point
of excitement.
If wo might make n “practical observa
tion” or two, we should say that there is
no danger in pushing discovery in the arts
to any extent. It is in the rudest condi
tions of society tint comparatively most
idleness exists, and so far is invention in
labor-saving machinery Irom lessening the
demand for labor, that every new machine
not only increases tho demand, but tho
motives to exertion.
i here is one omcr consideration, which.
though of no practical importance, we
throw in. Some benevolent individual*
think it their duty to deny themselves a
great many accommodations, and they in
sist that churches should be despoiled of
their ornaments, and Jhc clergy of their
gowns, that the proceeds may bo applied
to charitable purposes. Wo do not think
there is tho least dunger of more sell de
nial than will bo virtuous and useful. But
if this plan were carried out upon a largo
scale, it would defeut itself, and cut off all
resources. If men wero ngam to sit on
the ground and eat without knives and
forks, there would bo no revenue from tho
chair mukers or hnrdwaro dealers,—tho
industry of the world would stand still.
THE AMERICAN SYSTEM.
An intelligent Hour manufacturer on the
Brandywine observed to us the other day,
that it was an incomprehensible thing to
him that a single farmer, living in the mid*
die or grain grow ing States,could bo found
who was opposed to tho tariff. Ho ex
plained tho remark by adding, that such
was the constantly increasing demand for
corn in tho Eastern States, that it kopt up
tho price far beyond what the foreign de
mand would justify, and, in fact, that tho
millers here could scarcely got it in auflici
ent quantity to keep up the proper supply.
This is the effect of tho tariff, which furn
ishes employment to myriads of the people
of Vi'w Enohind nmt in nil llm Atlantic
States; who, deprived of that employment
would emigrate to tho unsettled lauds in
tho W est; and instead o' being consumers
of the products of tho farmers, would bo
cotne their rivals and competitors—glut
ting tho market with wheat and corn, and
diminishing tho demand in proportion
'I’lio tariff has indeed created a great home
market lor our farmers, a steady and so
cure market—independent alike of foreign
fluctuation and rivalry. The opening of
tho British West India trado, which was
to perform wonders, has not added a singlo
cent to tho price of American produce—*
there is little foreign demand tor any thing.
But cargoes of Iiclawarc corn aro con
stantly shipping to the Eastward, in tho
grain and in tho cob—for tho Yankees buy
cub and all—and our farmers are getting
cents a bushel for it. What would it
l»i', without the home market creuted by
the tariff* What was it in former times,
when like the present, there wus little de<
mand abroad, and when, unlike (ho pres
enf, there was no homo market, no vast
Ij ><!y of individuals engaged in American
manufactures, and earning wage* to bo
expended for tho products of the farmer!
In such tunes corn was about 23 or .‘10eta.
per bushel—and so it would lie now, hut
for the tariff.
TImj brig Hudson, which sailed from
Boston last week, fur Calcutta, carried W,
*07 yards of domestic cottons. Wo used
to send dollars to Calcutta and Canton—
we now acrid them American manufact’r*
and krep the dollars at home.
And the nulldiera threaten ua with Tire
and sword, if we do not repeal the tariff
and even that will not pacify them—we
must go down on our marrowbones and
beg their pardon.—Delaware Journal,
We understand that 35 dollars an acre,
(36 including the wheat sown,*! was offer
ed for the late Mr. Baker’s farm, at the
Stone Bridge, on the 25 lb uU. It contain
ed 150 acres with good improvements.
The executor declined taking that sum, but
is said to be willing to take about 10 dol
lars. Tins is one of the i>cst farm* in the
Valley, and the price offered for it will give
some idea of the value of best Limestone
I tnd in our country. We learn from this
offer that land is rising, as $30 would have
been considered a fair prices for this farm a
ft w years ago.—> WinckuHft Repub.
Land to the amount of $200,000 baa
lately been sold in this neighborhood; and
the demand seems to be folly sustained.
A few days ago we understand $15 per
acre, was offered and refused, for a farm
with ordinary improvements, within two
miles of town. Wo doubt whether rr.ore
ihan *;JO per acre could have been obtain
cd for this farm three years ago—So ifa*
land is on the rise in Maryland as well ft*
Virginia.—Ilggerdotcn llerald.