General Intelligence: Jerome's Clock Factory

The New Haven Courier has a notice of this establishment, supposed to be the largest Clock Faclory in the world.- The machinery is driven by two powerful steam engines, which work up mahogany logs into veneeringin almost "no time." The Courier says: 'The movements are all cut in proper formsand sizes by dies, with great precisión and rapidity, evento the pivot holes ín the plates, which have before been drilled. The cogs in the wheels, the second, minute and hour stops, are grooved out by the snme rapid and skillful process. Thé posts, pin and smaller pieces of the inside work are turned from the more rough material, polished at the same time, while the plates and wheels are cleansed and pdished by rinsing first in a strongsolution of aquafortis, and then in pure water. We cannot describe minutely the whole procesa1 of making a clock, or the lifelike movement of thé machinery; it would take more time and spacc than we can al present devote to this purpose. In short, fhe case, movttmefits, plates, fa'ce, &c. which, when put togethef, form' one oíerome's celébrate "Brafs EighUday docks?' go through some fifty different bands before completed. One man can put togetfter about set'entrf-jive movements per day, tfhile every part, from the first process to tlïö fh)ishirrggoBs oír vrith' equal rapidity. Mr. J. inforraed us, that he anticípales mnking Chis year1 jifty thoiisaiid clocks, and these are to bé iurned out by setfentyfive hands. This may seem a lnrge humber of docks lo be máde in a year, by so smnll a number of wórkmen; afier witnessing the perfection of machinery, the systemmatic equal iza tion of ench department of labor, the almoöt incredible dispatch ant3' precisión of the whole arrangement, it is easrhy accounted for. - Machinery, in this instance, is made to take the place of physical and mental labor, and to do what has hitherto been consideréd as capa ble of ertecution only by the genius of man-, assisted by nürmermerous and skilful Vools. Mr. Jefome has,in bis arrangement both of mnchiViery and labor,seeminglyarrived at the neplus ultra of clock-making, and hns the pridef lintowing th.it is the largest and probably the most perfect clock establishment in the United States, and we raay safely say irt the world. We learn fröm h'inrr, thnf the gïeatest bulk of clocks which he anticipales making this year, are designed for European markets and that he has already received orders trom houses in London, Birmingham, England, a large h'oUse in Scotland, and frora some quite extensive in Canada. In fact, the Yankee clock is liecoming a general favorite in tíngland, alinost entirely superseding the old Dutch clock, which hns been long used there as a time piece. He yearly consu'més of the various articles used in the manufacture of clocks, the following enormous quanlities:500,000 feet pine lumber. 200,000 feet mahogany and rosewood veneer. - 200 tons of iron, fór weigh'ts. 100,000 lbs. of bras. 300 casks of nails. 1,500 boxes glass, 50 ff. per box. f,5(ïï) gallons varnish. 15,-000" lbs. wire. 10,00G7 tbs. glue. 30,000 looking glass plates. 82,400 are páid' ye&rly for printing labels, and for screws, saws, cöal and oil. VVorkmen employed, 75, paid wages yearly, $30,006;' cloeltá liiade pelr day, 200; per year, 50,000." Murdrred by hls Slaves.-$ir. David J. Walton, of springfield, Teafci os nulrdered by two of his t laves on the I8th inst. Tlie negroes cul hiru down with axes sume S00 yarda from his o wn house, at mid-day. The elaves were arrested and committed to jail- not burned alive or hung up to the first 6ap dl ing, as ie oftsn the oae&'The Elephant of Hindostán.-- Lady Nicolla hos had the goodness lo lend me her elephant several times. I feit a singular mixture of cunosity and anxiety when I moutitcd one of these animáis for the first time. A hair coshion is laid upon his back, for ihis is the most tender part of the animal, and thegreateet care must be taken by his keeper to prot?Ct it from injury, because any wound there is difficult to heal. Over this ctwhiorj is spread it covfring of red cloth embroidcred witli gold, which haiifis dowri on both sidee; on this rests the howdoh, which is fastened by cords and girilis around the body of the elepehant. The howdah is very iinich likc our sledges and has seatB for two persona and their servants. The Mahout, who gides the elephant wilh an iron prong, one point of which is bent outwards, sits on the animal's neck; while the driver, with a large club in his fidnd, runs by hia FÏde, incUin? him to proceed by wordsand blows. A ladder is suspended at the 8tJe of the clrphant, to cnable the riders to ascend and desderd. As soon as the rider is ready to moimt this majestic f reature, the Mahout cries, 'Beit! beii!" (Deittna, i. e., to lie down,) upon which, tlie e'ephnnt kneels down: thelidder is set up, and the rider momita aod takes his eat. The molion of some of these sagacious animáis is most aereeable, and that of others very fatiguing, for it depends entirely npon hisgait. When he is dnven his pace is so long and quirk, that a horsermn rr.ust trot to keep pace vith him; but he coon relsxes l.r his exertion, nnd I should think, conld probably not travel more than twenty-four miles in the course of a day. When much hented and covered wilh dust he sprinkles himself from time to time with the water which hc carries in his trunk for this;eetning purpo-e. An ordinary eiephant costs 1,000 rupeea, ond the keep is nbout -0 rnpees mnnth; however, the qunntity of food ' ivhicli l.e consumes dependa on his sizeí he receiveet iwice ds many seers of baked flour (a Beer is 21 lbs.) as he measares fcet in hfight, besides Ieoves, corn nrid hay. This remarkable animal supplies the plnce of carringes; nnd here, where the ground is I ed wii h ditches and holes, t fiïid lurn most serviceable, for it sepms to be an impossibiliiy Ihat an elephant 6hould fall.- Von Orlich'sl Travels in India. Bflter thnn Driving Twenty-two in Tlur.d. - Ai New Haven on JVlonday morning, from 1,000,000 to 1,5000.000 white fish, as nearly as could be estimated, were haulcd ashore by Messrs. Davidson &t Russel's aeine, on ihe west side of the harbor. These fish wcigh about three-quarters of a pound each, and are used for mnnure by the farmers of theadjacent town, wbo pay from 59 to 75 cents a thousaíid. The haul of yesterday morning was worlh from $500 to 720. The weight of the fish wa6 from 3.'5 to 500 ton: sufficient to freight a hrge ship. Of course they couldiioí be hauld out of the water en triaste, bnt being hauled in at high tide, and the net made I fast toa wmdlaFS, the receding tide left them high ai d dry. Seen ata distance, thus ei- posed on the sbore, they lcoked like C' Effow bank, or an cxtensive deposit ofsalt. Quere. - If that is property whiefr thé íaw makea prcperty," and es such sfhoolí be scru - pulously respected, will the committee of I ty, or their secretary Ja mea" B. tflay, or his father,who stands at the head of thé I ing of this Union, party' teil us why hey did not pay as Ecrupulou? respect to ihe property oPCassius M. Clay as théy woul'd fivé ui pay to their nepro pioprtv? ríif right to pürsue a lavvful calling, in a lawful vvay, has been sanctioned and 6sntified by more than two hnndrcd years of legislation. And if they can ship off, at will, Casque M. Clay'a property to Ohi", why may we not, if Ve peta chnnce, shp offtlieir sla ves to Canada?'- Spir it of Lib.Kingf Preeman a native African Chicf of great power and influente, whoSe lerritory ndjnins that of the Marvland Colonization So ciety, near Cape Palmas, has given a code ot laws to his people. He is óhe of npture's no blemen, wise, sagacions and inlellieent; end nfter sludying the laws and religión of his neiphb jrs from America, he drevtf up nn excellent constitution by which his people are now poverned. Ktn Freerrran has the honor of establiShing a constitutioriál form ofgovernment in advnnce of eeveral European monarchs.Tbe general Assethbly of Florida termínate first pessionon the 26th uit. A revenue syttem wap adoptrd, in which lands are taxed 20 centa per f00 acres: town property )0 cents ipon he $100; free nrgroes Í3 each; slnves 37J cents: billiard tables $2&r liqijor sellers ten p'n alleys $10; pedlars $50: itinernnt mercha.i't6tock in trnde, L0 cents upoi. pvery hundred dól'are; cominissions of com tniasiba merchante, 20' cents on eerv hnndred tjollar.--; laWyers and doctore 20 cents on evry hiindred dollars of valuation; catlle over one hundred head, at the rate of one dollar per hiindred head. The Governor's salary is fixod al Í!Í500; Comptroller and Treaeurer $800 each, &c. A Lawyer's Story. - "Tom striftes Dick over tb3 Bhonider8 with a ruttan as bit ns your little fingpr.' A lawyer wóuld téll you somethirigin this wuy? "And that wlioreas, the said Thomas, at tne euid Próvidence, in the year and day aforesaid, iri and ipori the body of the siid Richard, in the peace of God and the State, then i.nd there béing, did make a most violent nseauft, and inflictcd a great many aiid1 divers blows, kiefts, cufifc, .humps, bumps, contusionp, gaehes, wounds, hun?, , da mages and injuries, in and upori the bead, neck, breast, stomaéh, hips, knees and heels of baid fcichnrd, wüh divers sticks, staves, canes, poles, clubs, ióps óf vrood, elones, guns, dirks, swords, diggers, pistóle, cutlass e, bludgeens, blünderbuöses and boarding spikes, then and theré held in thé hands, fiste, ciaws, St clurchés of liim, thé saiti Thomas." "ƒ do object. "- An EngTish paper cön tainsthirteenobjëctionsgiven by a youf.g lady for declining a match; the firsf twelve being thé süitor'8 tweJve children, and the tfeirteenthi thö stwtor him&élf.Slaves in Kenlúcky.- The LduisVillë Times gives the following statislics of the Slave property in the State of Kentucky. Ëslimating the value of Slaves at an average of $300 per head, in the whole State. in the year 1840, and the result is as follovvs: Number of Slaves 182,329 Value $&4,717,3"ÜO Vincgar front Biets. - A farmer in Detroit says - "The last season Igrated about i bushei of the sugar beet to a fine pulp, md pressed tlte juice there from,of which [ obtaified sí gallons. I put the same n a vlnegar barrel, which was enlirely empty, and in lessthan two weeks I had [ïs good and as pleasant vinegar as I ever abtained from cider,and it was equally as 3trong and clear." Coto in the Slrtets.- Great alarm was caused on Wednesday in New York in the neighborhoód of Canal street and Broadway by the appearance of a wild cow in the streets. She gored Dr. Chapman, very dangerously in thé side, and al3ó attacked a number of persons and injured them severely befofeshe was kiiled. She was finally secured near Anthony street, by a stalwart sailor, who seized her tail and with great dexterity wound t round an awning post, by which means he held her fast until an axe was procured and she thus dispatched. It takes the sailors to bring up with a round turn. - Ex.The "House of Refuge for juveni'.cl ielinquents," in New York, is an [ishmemof humanity. Youthful convicts under sixteen are educated and instrücted i in letters, in áfts and moráis. But noic the revenues for its support! In 1844 t received from licenses to theatres and circusses, $3,194. From licenses to drunkard makers and rogue 1 kers, $4,000. The remainder was made up from the State &c. See N. Y. State Register for 1845, pagft 33Ï. It wouid seem as if the wisdom of the State intended to illustrate its humanity by meansofj its folly, and iís foiíy by a show of its hutiranity. The Frankfort Journal makes the following odd announcement,under date I7th Ju!y, from Rome: - "The Pope has declared once fot all, Ihat he will not allow railways to' be established in the Pontifical States; for itwöuld be dangeroüS to allovfr t'h'etfr in a Country wffere there existe saeh poíiticall ngitaton." An iron house has been iznported from Englerid intó Si. John's, New Brunswick, ïron boats and houe8are getting and in one or two churches óti thia conthient, we understond' tfrere are iron pulpito. The LegislatuTe of Alabnma, wiU in future meet biénnially. The epiestion Was 6ubmitted to ihe peoplè al the reéent election, and the majority in faVor of thé festriction was very largé. Slim Êare-rfhen Ttr. Franklin was serving an apprcnticeship ttf the art of Printing, he was allowed 37 1-2 cents per week for his boárdí Of this he expend ed but about 17 1-2. Whaf he sa ved was laid out in books. Education in Texas. - By á law of the Republic 13,284 aerea of land are set apart in each county for the supportof primary sctioöter 221,400 acres for the endowment of colleges. In tlieyeaf 1843, the peopíe of Great Brltainarïd Ireland expended" more than $40,000,000 for tobáceo alone. A cotempofary says: If the weed had been worked into pigtail, rather more than an inch thick, it ttocrld have formed a line 99,470 miles long, enough to go nearly five times rotmd the World. A pleasure party of footh sexee returned to St. Louis oh the lLth from an excursión 'o the Falla of Si. Anthony, OTO miles up the Hither of great rivers- fnaking tbe trip up and down in eighteen days. Tbe stnte of thrivur above the ftopids is reported very low 'and difficultof rtnvigation. t'here not beinp over ihree feet in the channel. A trip to tlie Upper Miisissippi is represented os beirtgr Wj pleasant at this season of tbe year, and afTord a fine opftartonrty of vicwing in landscapes, cataracts and falla soírte of nalure's grandeet works. Forgery. -Recorder Vaux, of Philadelphia, has decided that a fahsó entry in4 business boofcs, mnde to deceive and defraud, and for the purpose of covering embezzlèment, by a clerk, is forgery, at common law.He never épeaks kind to me.- Coñversing the olher dny with a ule girl between si and severi, I tooft occasion to impreso upon her mind the debt of grntitudediitefrom her tffher Heavénly Parent for bestowiñg vipon he so good and kindaparent Whomevery body lotfes.- 'I waspei-fecfly thunder-ïtruck with her anstter. Lookin rrte fúlt in the face with hr soft blue eyes, she replied, "He never ípéaks kind to' me." Perhaps this christian fath'er, h'aYáSsed í the cares of life, was unconscious that hë" had roughly chwked the fond aitentions of bis child; buf coúl'd carfó or ti interruptíons of his child excuse unkindntss or a total want of tokens of. endearment?- WH1 fathers examine tbek.. habite on this . Fteeang.Attdrevi Carney, a tailor in Boston, wlio is toxed for $153,000, and is probably worih nearly 01 quite half a million of dollars, has ariücn witliiri a few years froni poverty, to lus present cothmanding posilion, bs is said through the good fortune of oblnining contract to tiipply the navy with c!o liincr. He is proprijtor of the splendid gronite Ifiook in Milk Btrcet, called the "Bottdnin block.' O.) öne otcaaion áaihe story goea, Carney bough la piete of real eetate nt ancdon.k, paid S(98,0d0 forit, cash on tli spot, opon which he has erectcd "sixeen siinerb fonr story dwelling bonsps." Tliere mvst be somelhing wrong obout these nnvy njencies and contractp. ít is not to b erfdited for a mompn', tlial men can 6o tuddf nïy becoinè rich from these office?, if j-islice is done to the service and to the péopíe. Looking at Boston alone it will be found, if we do nut mUtake, tliat since 1800, every na7y gent nnd every navy contrnctOT, partidlarly forsupplying clothing, have become rapidly and cnormously rich. - Hampshirc He raid. Hasfings # Co., of thiö city, have inventcd an article which they cali Aromatic Fumigators, that is eaid to le eñec'.uI in the extcrminntion of ♦nosqnitoes, if so, they my count on n handsome fortune for ihe discovery.-JY. Y. Paper.A Tender and Affrdionatt Wf'.- 'My drar, the foWls have ntorly destryed the garden. Dld you not see them there while I was absent?' Ye? love, but I could nut bear the tliought of driving them nwny, they secm d to take so much plettsure in scratchlng" The Sh,,w.- The New York papers state that the ogents of the eteamboat Grtat Britain, while she has been lyin in that pon, have received near ñve thovsand dollars, as fees fiom those who have been on board to sec the boat. 05a Mr. Clny ïiasbeen inited to stnrt a paper in Pittsburgh, in case ho sbould leave Kentucky.