The New Hampshire Gazette And General Advertiser

PHILADELPHIA, June 6.

Amongst the many accounts of the flourishing state of the infant manufactures of America, it seems strange that the

CARPET MANUFACTORY

has been hitherto so little noticed. A correspondent who lately visited that establishment in the Northern Liberties, informs us, that he has seen some of the carpets manufactured there by William Peter Sprague, of those durable kinds called Turkey and Axminster, which sell at 20 per cent. cheaper than those imported, and of double their durability.

The carpet made for the President, and others for various persons, are master pieces of their kind, particularly that for the Senate Chamber of the United States. The device wove in the last mentioned is the Crest and Armorial Achievements appertaining to the United States. Thirteen stars forming a constellation diverging from a cloud, occupy the space under the chair of the Vice-President. The American Eagle is displayed in the centre, holding in his dexter talon an olive branch, in his sinister a bundle of thirteen arrows, and in his beak a scroll inscribed with the motto E PLURIBUS UNUM. The whole surrounded by a chain formed of thirteen shields, emblematical of each state. The sides are ornamented with marine and land trophies, and the corners exhibit very beautiful Cornucopias, some filled with olive branches and flowers expressive of peace, whilst others bear fruit and grain, the emblems of plenty. Under the arms, on the Pole which support the Cap of Liberty, is hung the Balance of Justice.

The whole being executed in a capital style, with rich bright colors, has a very fine effect, notwithstanding the raw materials employed, are of the refuse and coarser kind : So that this manufactory is an advantage to others by allowing a price for those articles which could not be used in the common branches of woolen and tow business.

Manufactures of all kinds will generally meet with the support of the friends of the country, and this in particular, which already gives employment to a number of poor women and children, will no doubt be encouraged. The article of Carpeting is now imported in considerable quantities, for which large sums are annually exported to Europe ; but if due encouragement is afforded, there is every reason to believe that it may become an object of exportation.