Gunpowder

A uk' ..l)w of th'j Untis'i Parliamoní e:id, nut long finco, that tlio quar.tity of Mllplturio nci'i used by a peoplo wus n prcttj goiul iiidux o i' i'.'.c'tt ciíiliíition. - 1.1 is JBH3wW s -.v Ith aunpov.diT. Tlia cominon s:t 'poeition is, tlirt, during n vvar, largcr qawititioa of gunjiowder uro used t!i;ui ín times of peace. JJut this, we undcrstand, is not tbc caso, - and' ií feliow.-í luw a state oí' war disturba a!! tire arts of peace, entering uto thuií m-kiníte! ramificatioii?. aud :tfitícüng thetó m ono way or another. Not a banket or broom, a plo'w or boe-lvadle, a steam eugine or a pin or noedle are now made without tljcir priee being in sorae way affected by the war in nut laúd. In arts of peace, pofr."ïer ïrs ewployeít in ii hundred fornis, aud the aggrogato por.siunptiou is very large, calling fur.n amoutit vHstlv groater thau is deraandeil by all the arrv.ics in the world. Thesfl arts aro now affected, niany of them entre!y suspended, and the cnrjseqtíetióe i, that less powder is used than wlien we aro in a state of peace We have recently ipolíen íth two or tliree powder-makers oii thisr subject, wliose opinions are all alike in' relatinn to it Ono of them statod t'li'ot a singlo íwne in Petinsvlvani.V wotvld consumo maro powdor than all the rogiiücnS oí New Elidid.