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TOWANDA:
tbelnusbap illinning, &Oman 5, 1840.
(For the Bradford Reporter.)
THE. VALE OF 'TOWANDA.
(WHIITEN FOI NMI M IL INLICTEIL)
IT z. :Lvov.
Nly song is not ofiron.
Nor monarchs wh o led them on;
I sings far more pleasing lay,
I sang the rale of l'owanda.
I sing of meadows dressed in green,
Where dowers of very hue are seen.
I sing of fields of grain and hay,
Upon the banks of Towanda.
This is a lovely.place on earth—
This
is the land, that gave me birth;
And here ru sing and here I'll play,
TB sing this vale of Towanda.
Down in this vale I love to stay,
And cull the blooming flowers of May;
And with companions sport and play,
Upon the banks of Towanda.
Here grows The tall, the lofty pine,
Around its branches ivys twine,
Presenting foliage bright and gay,
Down in the vale of Towanda.
'Tts here the wild plum thickly grows,
And here the birds take their repose f i..
And sweetly sing from every spray, •
Along the vale of TOwanda.
This land to me is filled with charms,
And for my friends my bosom warms,
Where er'e I go, where er'e I stray,
I sing the rale of Towanda.
But should I ever chance to stray.
And find a home that's far away,
Vet never may I cease to pray, •
That blessings rest on Towanda.
Monrotton, Pa.
F•yea the Camp Sketches of Dr G. Nephert. - ta.in the Mmes.)
Romance of a Female Hungarian General.
ST JASPER. BOOKROCSIL
A corps of armed men wandered for several
hours in the Jablunka Pass, without finding fart out.
Tray frc.m the labyrin:h of the Carpathian Noun
tarns—that grand chain which divides lEfungary and
Transrh-ania horn Poland on the north and north
east and from Moravia on the north-west extend-
ing about 150 miles. Not one of them knew the
road. They had ventured without a gnide, when
chA was already setting in, to enter the '• Sinirtna
dolma." Pursuing the comae of a ,ricer which
wound its way at the foot of the rocks, they hoped
to durorer an opening; but as they advanced: the
seep. gigantic masses seemed to increase in ski
lure. From either side nothing but high rocks,
evotd of any bosh or moss, could be seen. The.
pace deserved of right the'name given to it . by
ongunal Slaconi - arrs :—" Valley of Death''—for
tere:l the Fun. had no access to it. The highest
eaks here accumulated forms, as it were, a cell
or dome to - exclude his benignant rays; and
beyond tie limits of the valley, the light of
day is about departing, darkness prcrails in this
part to the fullest extent.
Thm it was On the evening of the sth of May..
549 It wai onky 5 o'clock when our band
rf traretlers were obliged to alight. In a short
Lime large fires were burning, and the men,
dupersed in groups, were preparing their .seamy
meal by roasting a pier* of pork, taken fiord their
t.arersaeks.
The ho . isernen, no* lenity engaged in di cnin-
rig their supper, were Silt hanired Ia nembeer,
inert of them young, brave, and vigorous men,
:lose very countenances showed the warrior,
which the blue national costume and their arma
ment confirmed.
Au' lithe distance from those already encamp
ed, aiveral men were basy, under thesd trection of
an officer, in pitChin,g a tent for
,the leader of the
:mop. The ends of it were hardly fastened to the
earth. and the other things necessary for the inner
arrangement procured, when a young man, cover
ed with a dololan of cherry velvet, ornamented
'rah gold lace, blue tight huzzar-pants, a broad
-1-7Tlrrle4 hat„ baring the Pannonian tri color, and
"roads oui,at his side, stepped towards the tent,
;retre'd by seiteral young officers. The reflex o
cratcti-fhes' r rerealecl a fade mop* joceMle, war
-e,nog not more than eighteen seamier& He gave
TT - eral mien to his officers, who they retired with
deferential salute.
A quarter of an hour had scarcely elapsed. when
I person of the* most tender age of youth, wrapped
•^ a white cloak, entered the tent of the ehieftain.
latter sal on a camp stool, his hands crossed
u bat chest, lost
.in silent lodination. He was
, 11! m fan &esti, only his hat lay cm the ground.—
Erre was kept up by the guard before
,the tent,
*;'orymated 115 1111 n. lam sides, imparting to the
*bola -moo appearance. Long auburn silk
Irks named the youthful cotmtenarce of thechief
t.i.2, who was called the leader of the bravo six
icr,tred. A fine forehead, two huge, black, fiery
a thin though somewhat inflicted nose, a
-azdsoine white neck, new bared of the neck-.
oat which this noble hitad rested t gate import
a young knight of medieval romance.
Ile arreeted the new comer in a more famßiar
an commanding lone: " YOu have caged away
mg!"
S. !hare prepared a supper for yon, bat it is nab.
••• meager. I expected to-arrireto-day at theignee
aur destination, and to thaw supplies.'
• Are you not content With this night's. goat
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- Whether am - content cr net, we am astray.
m'y pray to God to extricate us from these
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That he has done!" replied the chieftain, pith
srule : coa►menciug his meat—tea eggs , aid a
i4ve of a - beat teem&
Meaiat . de the youth bad %bee off h cloak
aQ the daAt livens skirl overahabre ,
ike• relieved it of in pale:rear; and 'bill
--etruq hiniseif of hie other ganoeute, the titht
's of which, required by unltary etiq' awe; yam
znc.otniorutie, he tried to seize the thread
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of the interrupted conventation. 'glad do - you
know, general, that thu!tissians are on the other
side of these mountains • -
"if I did not know that, my timid aid-decamp,
I should not have dispatched my meal with so
much 'relish, nor cOuto hither." •
"They ore so many, and we—" rejoined. the
aid.
4 And we only 600, you mean to say," respond.
ed the chieftain ; but they are bravo ,and Vigor
ous men, thirsting for freedom—uOL Ansltiais. or
Russian merceniriett.. They are such mach men
as only Pannonia affords—men in trbase veins
Magyar blood courses, and, who. would. tether die
than turn their backs to the enemy."
These words were pronounced with as much
enthusiasm as if they came from the mouth of a
hero grown gray in baffles. They produced the
effect of checking the questioner, amLamuring him
a good night's rest. The slender aid-de-camp, of
ter he had deposited the Attila pants and cravat ;
was transformed into a—charming maiden !
In this habit, my dear Etelka, you have to
dread the Russians more thait in our uniform," ob
served the commander, approaching the girl, em
bracing her, and pressing an ardent kiss on her ro
sy lip•.
a I do not wish to get a sight ot them in either
habit !"
" Then your wish is just contrary to mine, and
omny brave six hundred, who are eager :for the
ray"
"The meeting will not be long delayed!" repli
ed Etelka, trembling whilst trring to help undress
the genera! who was likewise desirous of rest.
If a stranger could have been allowed to glance
into the tent, he would have receded a step in ho
ly awe, and exclaimed, " The Valley of Death has
the power of magic !" for the general, like the aid
de-camp, came out a beautiful virgin ! It was pa
triotism, avinh pervades all classes in Hungary,
from the tenant of the cot to the resident •of the
palace, that worked this wonder—Louis Kossuth
acting as the great magician.
The valiant captain of the six hundred was a vir
gin in the prime of maidenhood, the Countess of
Czaky, who, at her own expense, had equipped
and led 600 of her bravest subjects into camp, to
struggle for trio liberties pf the Fatherland. She
had recently arrived in this region to join Klapka,
who commanded on the Galician frontier.
Whoever could hail seen these two enchanting
maidens, deicendants of the noble Hongadat, in
their female attire, would' have considered the re
ports of the newspapers concerning them fabulonie
but was in reality this fair-haired virgin who com
manded her owti band at Mohacs ; and obtained a
glorious victory over 2,200 regular troops.
Etelka had stretched her tender limbs epee a'
carpet, and overpowering her fear of .a near en
counter with the Russians - by sleeps_ whilst the
Countess Czaky, wrapped only m a night-gown,
paced slowly the enclosed room. Outside all was
silent and quiet the watchers before the tent' had
been relieved several timers; the night was dark,
cold, and "melancholy; the silence of the grave
- reigned in the Valley of Death, rarely interrupted
by the sad cry of a bird of prey, or the crackling
fire. It was near midnight, darkness was in the
tent. The countess was just ready to lie down et
the side of her bosom friend, wben she_ heard a
slight noise oetaidethe canvass. She Weaned: it
seemed to her as if somebody was loading a gun.
But soon all was Bel again. The countess went
" to the baggage which lay in a etrier of the tent,
and took out a brace 'of pistols from fear—
that was alien to her heart—but • - otion.—
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She examined the charge, put o. - caps, and
was retimaing to her touch with .ilts weapons in
her hands, when suddenly a streak - is et4ightning
divided the thin linen of the tent, a detonation was
heard, and the countess fell to the floor.
The following morning the countess left her tent,
accompanied by her physician, and appeared be.
fore her troop to appease the, panic which last
night's eminence bad created among them. She
bared her fine white arm, and exhibited the wound,
still bleeding, which the ball had inflicted. Look
ing tip towards haven, she aliened a prayer in the
Magyar tongue, thanking the Almighty, who had
spared her life in this instance; in order to give
scope for glorious deeds in behalf of their common
c!ounuy—the soldiers knifing the while, with
heads uncovered. When she had fished, they
all rushed towards her to kiss the wounded band.
This evidence of affectionate attachment complete
ly overcame her; but soon reeoveringhes self con
trol, she appeared- no longer as - a woman, but as a
commander, before her troops. Her eye assumed
a piercing, searching glance, and her form seem
ed. to increase in proponibus; bet the one for
whom she looked was not to be eeen, and the
learned that be had been missing since midnight.
Her eye sank, a chili ran over_ her frame, a light
cloud sat upon her nobleknehene., and a sigh es
caped her bosom - •
Her offices and the rest or the troop were at a
loss to pees the usual or enemy ; L the count
ess herself was well aware who it was that :had
made the attack epee her iife. After she bad re
entered her tent, she exclitimed--"This '.emy I
dread =urethan the Russians!" • .
At non she ordered the trumpets to sound. for
marching. thsagh her medical at and officals ,
virtu* recommended another da'i rest. She •
Pitied her gallant steed with her .left band, the
right repining in a slum. Her fare -wan. pale, sad
betrayed both bodily and mental angering.
A small airt, intersected %gibe Popprad river,
interspersed with a few wooden cob—the habita
tions of Poor Shortniians—roteived the censuses
and ber corps an the evening abet ilay,aller a
terrains march through dm PSaratoadormiL ls
.cortruy to their calcalitiOti;they Wagiplittitrifo
karats
eat 113apha'aeamp, antleged soon to mess
the first semis. ghe asoppal lavas Opiimailli
de Sow as Ember laformation as to*Sisiisesi tea
w ibt caw, bat the slit Who was slag* with
thispitiOn retuned without any se u g E ti ur y un.
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eirer, for the cot was entirety
were forced to frost to chanc e „ t
or , .
Thin* was near setting, liheading 'his . be!.
parting rays on mil' Spired, Atli' tinf - 4onatesi,
had - ridden a little in adtanCe, giod"dejdyttinfed,
and ordered liertroiqi.lo t itoli._ Ksb . sip n'orairi of
musketry could be heard in the neighborhood., in
the very direction they Intended' to take.. The offi
cers received orders; new life 'animated the gal
lent bead; the rifles wete newly loaded ; and at
the word of command they galloped in double
quick time in the direction of tins' fight. At the
outlet of the valley theT:lierceirett.sspo4 wrapped
in smoke and - dust, which indicated, by the glaring
of the muskets, that ft was the rendevout sought
for. •
" Fellow me, my braves!" cried the countess,
and shortly they were surrounded by a crowd in
which they could recognize neither friend nor foe.
"Teton, corriarod!" (to the right..') ordered the
countess, whose keen eye had distinguished the
Russians by their fur caps. Tuts (fire) was
then the ward, and the rifles were quick to answer
the call. " Niemeyer.! (again.!) she commanded,
and the enemy received another charge from the
six hundred, beore he bad time to oppose the un
lebked-for antagonist. Enclosed on two-sides, and
uncertain of the strength of the new comers, i he
had only the alternative to fly or to surrender. Be
chcee the latter. By the time the countesit' troop
was ready fora third discharge, a white flag was
vikible. The firing ceased; and eight bandied
Russians passed into captivity . . This'vras the first
encounter of the autocrat's soldiery with the free
Magyars.
After the prisoners had been secured by a strong
escort, the troops
, who had been ' first attacked .by
the enemy appr oached their brethren who had
given such timely succor. A personage in blue
uniform, without any sign of distinction, mounted
on a fiery black charger, galloped towards the
ranks of ,the six hundred, and stopped his horse
before the countess, saluting her with " Men a
'laza!" (hail our country !) the watchword of the
Magyars. -
Etion !" w the unanimous response of the
patriotic band.
" Is this Klapka;s camp?' interrogated the com
mander or the stringer.
"No: only his outposts." -
" And he himself!"
"He is in his camp, which is only four hun
dred paces distant."
"I desire to see him immediately."
" With your permission, general, I will seri you
there."
Thus, whilst the troops of the countess approach
ed those of Klapka, she rode on by the side of the
stranger, whom she thought a lieutenant of the
army. towards the camp of the general. A tent
rising in the midst of it, with a sentinel walking
to and fro, was pointed out as his dwelling. Ar
rived there, the companion of the countess alight
ed, and assisted her to do the same. The senti
nels saluted, and,withintt ..forther amiouncrament,
the stranger led her into the tent.
Her heart throbbed with more than usual emir
tires when she entered, for she was now to see as
mighty a general, him, who, eleven years before. ,
as a poor stnlent, had been her instructor in draw
ing. She stood in -the tent, but it seemed without
its occupant. The officer offered her kehair, and
wheat he looked at the young captain's fair comic.:
nance, framed in as it was by auburn locks, it
seemed suggestive of a . question. In reply to it,
he assured her that General Klapka would soon
make his appearance, and repeatedtis offer of a
chair; but she decnerl it, and steppe towards a
table, on which wai sPreari a map, containing a
drawing of the Carpathian. Mountains and the sur
rounding country.
"Here," said the countess, when seeing the
"Valley of Death" marked on it—" Here we yes
terday believed oursel. yes to be astray," but 'be
to whom the words were addresseddid not appear
to heed them, his eyes being fixed on the wound
ed hand of the young heroine, which she still ear
ned in a sling. Uncertain whether it was an old
wound or one received in the late encounter, he
approached and familiarly asked when that sign of
courage was received. The eyes of the comens
sunk, a alight blush suffused her cheeks, and in or
der that she might not be ernbanaisedby the same
question from KlN**, she tore the bandage
her hand, and, although it increased the pain, al
lowed it to hang unsupported. The stranger pick
ed up the rejeeed be:stage and - placard it censfully
in his pocket. •
a What is the meaning of shier shelltainiced,
otnervieg she action.
alf," mplied the stranger, grietreirleeti agg
was so imirodent as to leave the ,hiatvintCina:
as Cranky without a souvenir of DIY be ad
pupil, the leader of a patriotic bend will net rake
it amiss if I preserve this sea askew of mom.
Emma of her."
The tender modiary Addis tuarthro', and theihas- -
user of a scattily commander which she had m
anned, went fora riteels-coalliteplinVin 'spite
of alllatr efforts, tier keret:sit obtained the mammy,
and with aassubling voice dm ased—u Is it that,
you
alt s me, Lady—year former drairietetestesf
=sleeted Klapka,. ofieriegNs haz4 etch was
joyfully 'bid lespeetlidly
Pupil. . •
Half an boor atioritan* we Swale chide*
at the aide of Iflapkt and his stet prit , rdArrougb
the camp. At the *TfierniTed
a group carroundiag an cam who • bad berm
wended In it deepotaiouroggio with dmilbasibir.
He was theta:atm of the two of die etiolates.
General "P* l . l * fthig‘,Sild tat
trandod same, who wieamieree* bribe Aruba
of die& , Aresy seeopeithe —aisles wilds Abe
moogoisi* d tow 'go mai OF me Arlieeb=slie
alma to the otorathigrOtii yteilt
mad gelbot Nab: Obtirtfebnii# tatia
he had catered bet swim, sod digingniebed
~K'_iSß's~c'r+i . s y:Y , .d 'tP.'i? ?, r'
iti,"eVery Itt for her sake. Tieldieg to blind
pareitM, he cottf. his love, and was refused.--
Then lie conceived the idea of revenge, and it as
b!st - ball that, in ille 4 tNallery-of Death? came very
near ending prematurely the days of the Hunga
rian Heroine.
'he Greatest ♦[.
Harden not your heart by greying " You have
too much to attend to the claims 0 - rerigion." No
duly to man can supersede your duty to God_ No
urgency on earth can neutralize your obligation to
the Eternal. The voices of pleasure and pain, kin
dred and country, and convenience must all be
hushed, in order that you may bear the voice of
God. It concerns tbeaafety of the eoul—it will de
cide your everlasting and unchangeable destiny:—
The voice that speaks to you now from the mercy
seal will awaken your sleeping ashes in their res
ting place. " All that are in the graves shall hear
His voice." Their greatness shall not exempt the
great, nor their otecurity . conceal the lowly. All
shall hear Ilia voice in the resurrection trumpet and
obey it—the king as quickly as the bmar. They
that have the sands of the wilderness for their
wind'ing-sheet, and they that have for 'their sepul
chre the desert sea, Will hear We voice that day,
whether they have obeyed it today or not, and
come forth. It w ill pierce the green turf of the
poor man's grave, and the bronze and marble of
the rich man's mausoleum. The submissive Pto
lemis and the startled Pharaohs in their pyramidal
chambers will hear it. The sleepers in subterra
ne.an cemeteries will bear it, and the ashes of the
ancient dead will be warmed with new tire in their i
silent urns. Hear that voice today, while its min
gled accents are mercy and peace. Wait not till
its tones are those of irertice and truth, and holiness
alone. Hear it while it is the voice of the waiting '
Father. Soon it will be the voice of the offended !.
Judge. Do you say " I cannot believer Is this
your sincere conviction—the sorrowful feeling of
your heart! It is truly favorable symptom. The
moment you despair in self, you may put eonfi- ;
deuce in God. It is a heart-feh weakness that di- •
vine strength is made perfect. But if this objec.
tion is only another version of " I will not believe," "
you only harden your heart by making use of, it.
What I bare !hiked.
I have noticed that all men weak well of all
men's virtues when they are dead ; and the tomb
stones are marked with epitaphs of " good and vit.:
loom." Is there any particular cemetry where the
bad men are buried I
I have noticed- that the prayer of every selfish
man is " forgive us our debts," bet he makes
everybody pay who owes him, to the utmost far
thing.
I have noticed that death is a vaemdess judge
though net impartial. Erni) , man owes a debt
Death summons the debtor to lay down his dust in
the currency of mortality.
I harp noticed that he who thinks every man is
a rogue is very certain to see one when be shaves
himself, and be ought, in mercy to his neighbors ;
to surrender the rascal to justice,
I have noticed thpit money is me fool's wisdom,
the knave's reputation, the wise man's jewel, the
rich man's trouble, the poor mans desire, the cove.
tom man's ambition, and the idol of aq. '
I have noticed that whatever is, is sight, with few
exceptions—the left eye, the left leg, and the left
side of a plum pudding.
I have noticed that merit is always measured in
the world . by its succors, , ,,
I have noticed that in order to be a reasonable
creature, it:is necessary at times, to be doirnright
mad.
hare noticed that as we are always wishing in
stead of working for fortunes, we are disappointed,
and call Daine Fortune " blind" but it is the very
best evidence that the old lady has the most cr pi
ta' eye-sight, and is no "granny" with spectacles.
I have +iced that purses will hold pennies •a•
tireless pounds.
I have noticed that tomb-stones say "Here he
lies," which no doubt is often the tenth; and if men
could see the epitaphs their friards sometimes
"'he, they would believe they had got into the
wrong glavm--N. F. Spirit'. .
Rem ran Lam:L-1 Man aot aptoitoe snot ;
became the depravity of his heart-Will connopt year
children and embitter your existence.
2. Many not a guntder, a tippler, or a, !tavola
Known:a; bursa, be who Juana regard foriiim.
self,'willaeeer haver-any foe his wife.
SWltiita issates proatiiewwhich
he neverminnas; because - yon never, cro toot
hint. -
4. Merry nods am wines swims do not car•
respond with his setainsents—bemose tbe passions
Ease dotigtoted reas on , TINA s it ittoPozed to
corawitesety crane towhich sill noun; ante.
winieed;ent instigate hie. 'Thistete'of that Me
whO not has own ikti star wOkig,
is deplotoble,and the less you ha to do wish
'him del honer.
5. blowy not a man who is in the tie* of toe-
Diet ebri,rattrAres .
_in the =craw becerase - his
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can beset beperene s sna • - - -
$: - !tatty mean whowei4sets bisblosi;ti;wi
ifhWdeieistilebie:72444o rbe *time when
mauled. .
A diedy o id m the
weashot-rat rao otteW' Orbit*, drat whorls pat
his bid bites bitiettf
PFL.*calfs bad social a TeLY
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maid the lady, and pars him a dear;
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We extractlhe fallowhig from a letter of the
New York Coiresponderitof the..WashinetinUition,
bearing date the 2ail inst.- The inf o rmation impar
ted relative to the manufacture - sat Gold. Pens, will
found very interestieg.
" This city of ours cpukaiiii,in the way of the
arts and manufacturers, mach very' niuch more than
!could describe satisfactorily to your readers, were
Ito write columns daily for a year. At every turn
I meet subjects and objects of mechanical interest
to myself, though for many years I have been fa
miliar with the routine of almost every trade prose
cuted in the cities of the United States. Perhaps
the most extensive mechanical busines Carried on
in`New York with which the public out of its limits
are the least acquainted, is that of making gold
pens ; which have within the last hour or five yens
been so rapidly superseding the steel pen : the lat
ter, in the mean while, driving the "gray goose
quill" out of use, in turn, to be thus displaced. I
presume that at this moment not one-fourth as many
quill pens are daily used in the United States as
fifteen years ago, notwithstanding the .increased
amount of writing done, which is in proportion to
the increase of population and the diffusion ot gen-,
eral information. As yet, the steel pen supplies
the place of the quill with most persons who have
never tried the gold pea, which though costing from
Si 50 teS 5, (exclusive of the holder.) is regarded
by all who have adopted it, as not only the b&et,,
tue the cheapest pen in the world. For three years
I have done all my minor, averaging as winch per
haps three and a half cohanns of the Union a day,
with one gold pen, being then better than when
first dipped in ink. This pen. cost 32 50. Had I
used quills iu that time., they would have cost me
full Si° per annum, (for the proper quality;) or, it
steel pens, about 55 per annum, Thus, while gain
ing the saving in time by the use of an instrument
never out of and n 1 ways ready, (an. item
worth from tea to thirty Minutes per day of time,)
in saving of outlay, that gold pen in three years
u-as worth 527 50 as compared with the quill, and
512 50 as compared with the steel pen; the low of
time in charging and testing the steel pen being
equal to that arising from constantly stopping to
makeor mend quill pens. This by experience
with the gold pen, 1 feel assured, is borne out by
that of every writer who has tried them fora week,
as all such ; as far as 1 have main, have then disown
all others wile after a weeks practice With the:aro
diem pointed pen. .
"Thus it is not wonderful that since the introduc
tion of the gold pea in this country about twelve
years since, their manufacture has become an item
of considerable importance in the business of New
York. At present there are twelve houses in this
city alone engaged in their production, while there
are two or three extensile establishments over the
titer, 'in Brooklyn. Year by year the timber el
liouso'i in the business, and of workmen employed
in New York , has been increasing, until already
we have two hundred geld-pen makers among us,
with a fair prospect that in five years the , number
will have increased to one
been
; for the de
mand for their wdrk has been Wedgy increVhg.
As each one of the two honked c•• gold-pen ma
kers" will turn out his six dozen unfinished peas a
day, the two hundred now employed • here, work
in steadily, can mantifaCture 4,492,800 per annum.
Thus, as in a single year the trade in New York
can supply every nee in the Union at all likely to
take pen in hand once a week, your readers will
sec that a demand for exitonatioa is at the bottom
of :he remarkable activity •in the business: This
will be more obvious, when it is tecollecasd that 1
aot one perms in the United States in the hundred,
as yet, writes habitually with the gold pen. Re -1
ceudy, in pursuance of my detertnination to spread
before the readers of the Union solid and useful in
formation concerning things industrial, I trended
my way to the gold• pen manufactory of T. and 1
Wm. E. Blakeney, 42 and 44 Nassau street, (cor
ner of Liberty street;) selecting their establish
meat tor examination, as their pens being in great
er demand for the retail trade of the city, it is , evi
dent that they bear off the palm for furnishi ng a
better article than is sold by any others Lathes:tine
money. I was surprised to find the mans lure
very complicated, while the machinery ensployed
by them has eridently been boned to great per
fection, aotwithstanding' the short time elapsing
since the invention of the gold pen. la the boo
ty of the Blakemsys, (yeur6e Americans.) the ban;
ness is disided into several distinct branches, each
of which requires very armful workmen. First
*noes the inelteir,_wbo easefully rens the metal in
to encialiA,auraing eat bus or plates from four to
seven ilehes in length, I to I * inch wide, and
from a to I ofan inch thick., .The metal is next
passed, into the hands of the " roller," who, on. at
machine of greetseli.Sty, and by the 'senior of
great bodily stneeeb, stretches or presses the 'gra
estli it is to*: niquire' si thianess, 3bacts;
a aoarme (es the. auriatan call it) is required,in
this poems. -Gm: we awl skill me mipthate' on
the pan of the wrialler" in matting dse gold to the
required th:lekt r trisirlt varies aceordiag to the'
*re oftbes_pcniaiti`tabieh to is to bit masie„-- and is
frequently testarktariag this press inlh a gasp.
A « eanatnimest minis the metal in hand; it% dm
airtof his towline and tools cute it up bOo, rani?
,
bka:- `ierilrellie4.( 6 4 1 alai° Pte,) teririleiPASlMle'
cad to the point. :.This beantad pareiristeeen
tad web ae-grempecifirm . as mialef,bnegingthe.,.
plate meta/ inte nOit kly t the exact ii#e whiekt bat
ihi C t
a - ben * Thip11111:0C1 ecea *(iliiii al 41
am tranakemed.taanatimrapmnalot, inartialli,
aka • - amen gates by-a ma use Of artril
movement, the am4intn points are insetted mll'
.IP*, by this anCia,Blic4 of Via—mgert— tf is ,
addir,in adriebiba Plats ate eastreshisol, bad&
tbs asaaeinidy.at 'bomb thet lisle aponit . " , :cd
" I' l. Ol itl • li! de ila 1/I'ol tanner Keak:lisil
orlinas-4 1 4 48 aii;
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cute ipoi•—asscia plate heath &Ikea' the aes
e:maz scarav oft is all cum In adeanotherteart-.
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meet the pointed pens ire phided .:41 die hose!' of
another who werfra" sofhewtin Attila! WA
nionieniict trieibirte thanthaii; iiirEgist
rolling previously described. T'fifit inaddrie fit fur.
igsbekt witttAtOitY fot ie 4 blegibearoll.ilitajutA
thus preventing them, from being crit-fibd. In this
machine the piece kit .enerpen. is oat wan'
inecise lergth and thibbillei'keqeiterf; hi :eirbieff
process the rftb receives the peculiar flexibility ren
denng the gold peisiiinhisb-itiqurildri trio niters.—
!rota this press they are again taken beet 10 trig
first roller, whothig inserted dies infthe large
press, cuts them into the exact shape required.=
This being dime, of ("filustp, ,, its 1116
are termed by the workmen) are sent to ;another
apartment, to be 'foluntled or intleited tebh the
name of the maker. The itai4tinel with *hit
this is done (which is' powerful and Ik`cria, with
!peat rapidity):is an admirable pirate of !hedon
ism. Its principal features area-larverpress, with
raised guides to regulate the 'motions of the blocks.
Next comes the curious process of c..ralsing the
pin." This is done dk means of n large screw
press, in which are placed punch azil tibtfielees
dies of the exact shape of the finished pen; the
former being reshape answering to , the inside' of
the pen, and the latter to the outside. 'Great s*.
is necessart in lias nfiehine, as the gblitiliinetek
ed by it so as to prevent the poisarility of its spring.
ing. out of shape.
'rThe pen being thus formed, the nest proiegi
is slittn4—that is , minim the alit. To the Millie-,
ted this would i t eem almo;icimparegie, a 5 Ile Mate
rial soldered on the point of the penis a metal quit
as hard as any diamond, from which - eiteemstarf- _
ce it takes ids reante of "ere diamond poipt"
file will make ow impression alt this metal' and te"
use the knife *oat) only to to cnish it. *hen
first put in this point is about the Sias of 6 large
pin, and mast be eni throt%h - With grist phieesiod
and exactly in the centre. To this' they dse s lathe,
on the shaft of which is seeired a piece of round
(or fiat eirculad copper, as thin as ordinary writing
Paper. This being well nu:rated or sappSed with*
emery and oil, by means of a driving *beet dialer
the table, working fa the shift -by 601t6tiseret6
bad, it mores with almost inconceivable mpiday,
cutting thumb the arodittra point - instantly, as it
were.
"This mineral, for which the introduction of the
goad i en has made so great a demand, being head
in the gold mites of &math Anli, it hark:ell
by eapitalist ; who sell it to the trade al italb Snap
$l2O per ounce .: the latter prier beit4pifid lilt sa
article so See froth ii rides ale irttpta
that eveiy particle will make 'a gad pftrlnt-ntit
more than a third part of the particles sold at dm
former price maft - mg eten the points require& lbr
the smallest and lowest-pried print: M ii'sge
manufactories bf the pens, gilds ate Contaxml m
ewled in selecting the serviceable beat the ender.
viesatile particlesi'arbieh kick by-theAry,-hlte steel
filings, though trot so rough to ameba. 6i' the
best description or class of pens the pale, ta
rcarnil - pand smooth particles me mddentd, ate ail
the poorest descriptions the imperfect or rity-pirp
tides are placed. This amain, for the impeaki
lions cf peas bearing &Mims braatf
" Hot to resume the thread of m deveripllotr of
the art making the gold pea : timing fiat
slit, the is transterred to the n • man, CHM,
with oil emery placed on
.. cap;iffirirre
the mod um point ; this beitv an operation mina
t;:i
em
Mg a very skilful hand and exam dieriniinatiou
with the e3,e.. They are next threnusbly fnibbed
by girls inside and out with "scotch stone, to
render them easy to polish ; and art afterwa rds -
ished by machinery.a *Arno' iteifonned ith,
great avidity. The pen is now finished ; , the
tarlatan having closely examined each ciae sod
a stone ;
tested its writing Cidalities ; those which treAtiod
are delivered ro the office or sates-room,
• ham's
uin this destription, economize spec%
been fiered to omit a criscal acemnit !id*
_beauti
ful timelines employed, :cid ortheiti - eivimi . lsi--
They are ; trinierer the nimA hea. i 11-
tiny* in main expeliMents telFillhet,ttopm
feetinn.
'We pooianalvel! of the presl eir firri
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eaili thorn tie r midtl'iht, day by. I thi r Ocilhoot,
the year, *ill. sham , as much as. with the triftoe : -
maker or tailor, tints . *einpitaii*llf are
under great obitalions to the inientin of the gria
pen with the an:odium point ilor in 0, AIM proper-,
ly mantact, we hare an iirtplettraist which,
embracing air the good rprarr;iee orAteLo
islands the ankh laspAaißtd :1 11 :tSe *ova-
pec man's rifie„ fatprosujg o.lnattrie.,-ra*er thaw
detericnzuirq. lam sure no money would tea*
me to part with the Bbkenet 'peett-whith in rpy
hands, for so long a timejaitherm dei*Otted to the
patriotic duty of whackkg.the
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Retistergets air the Marini intfoinitie#4-
thim:
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SysingfiefirirainAk Ike eel"` ilkilbevatil tat;
and, in eintioknesee, thinie'straWi ids • at
the etafien half a tartoinfireiroqi.'
was* deenn+fookheratiliiiil is ifestoliErena
natt- Irtibq hit feet an 4 . i is* *set notakrai bis
chain-Ise-Urea fickagtinitifte tralg, and arcirept
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