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From the National Intelligencer,
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* GOOD OUT OF EVIL.
[t is a moft fortunate circum
fiance that there are very tew evils
Wnich can be iiiflitted either upon
individuals or communities, which
uo not bring with them benefits,
which would not oihcrwife be re
ceived. Tins is among th# bsil il>
lui rations of the beneficence of a
bung who leans, even in the afiiic
tioiik impoltd on man, to be regard
ful of his happiriefs. From this
cucumftance it alio frequently Hap,
puis that the individual or nation
that aims the molt deadly blow at
the felicity or exiftcnce of an ene
my, eventually confers the highest
biefling. 1 here is eveiy leuioii to
believe that this wdl be the case with
us. The outrage* perpetrated on
us by the belligerent powers of
Europe, and their reitndions on
cur trade, ae already producing
the moft (biking cflcdt3 in the
growth of manuta&ures. Intelli
gent men among u$ have long seen,
t.iat nothing was wanting, but fomc
extraordinary stimulus to detnon
flrate the incalculable benefits to be
derived from a zealous develope
xnent of tnis great rdource. r i lie
ii justice and oppreflion of foreign
powers have given birth to this
stimulus; and our countrymen,
with a spirit that does them honor,
are entering with enthufiafni into
thole great manufactures, that have
become douoly profitable ft om the
troubled iituation of our foreign
fntercourfe. There is scarcely a
town to the call ward that has not
caught the patriotic flame, and
w hole citizens have not already o
pened their purses with a liberality
worthy of the objeft. In many of
the great commercial towns a large
portion of the capital, ufualiy em
ployed in trade, is already engaged
in eroding and carrying on cotton
manufad >ries; nd we have good
authority for laying that :hc profits,
notwithstanding the infancy of the
eOablifliments, and the inevitable
mistakes which will for fomc time
o c.< ur in conducting them, are e
qj il to thole of trade.
In Philadelphia especially, and its
neighborhood, a great number of
perrons are already actively engag
ed in this manufacture. We have
before us letters, recently received
from a very intelligent man, resi
dent in that place, from which we
offer the following extracts in cor
roboration of these remarks:
“You cannot without attending
to the fubjed (cotton factory) con
ceive how profitable a business it h,
and what little capital is required.
The machinery is ealily made—la
bor is not dearer here than in En
gland ; the boys vork for 75 cents
a week and find themselves, and no
man has more than a dollar per di
em. If any persons set up cotton
machinery it would employ many
persons. In Rhode-Ifland there are
20,000 spindles, which I calculate
work up 2000 lbs. of cotton per di
em into fine thread, or in the year
600,(XX) at one dollar. Attend
to the following calculation :
and. c.
Cotton costs here, fay 20
cents, one hundred
pounds therefore is 20
Cne hundred pound of cot
ton lofcs one eighth, or
12 per cent, and there-
fore products *#!b. of
manufactured cotton,
which costs in manufac
turing, fay 2.5 cents. 25
4.5
In England cotton costs,
with duty, 40
Eighty eight pound manu
factured at 2.3, 2.5
Duty at 4 per cent. 2
Freight, 2
linuraqce, &c. . 2
Duty Mere 15 per cent* and
oilier charges, 10
81
ct The following statement is the
result of cotton made for candle
wick at Camac’s mill:
and. c.
Cotton, lOOlh—it costs 16
cents but is here put
down 20
Expence of making by con
trast, 11 cents per lb.
-88 ib. 9 60
, 29 60
; Sold at 50 cents per lb,. 4f
14 40
‘‘ This quantity is eafiiy made
with machinery that docs not cost:
more than 800 or 1000 dollars at
the molt l iliall go to-morrow to
fee a factory, where the machinery
is .worked by horses.”
I wrote you a line yesterday,
which I hope has claimed your at
tention. Tench Cox has adverfif
ed for cotton blankets and other cot
ton manufactures for cloa thing —each
blanket will weigh 3 1-2 ib. of cot
ton—lo,ooo are immediately want
ed, and perhaps 30,000 ; they wid
be made here. Camac has a wool
carding machine which he bought
for lefts than one hundred dollars.
One man will card 50ib. of wool
for hatters, at 5 cents per lb.”
“ Machinery is making fall all
about here.”
DREADFUL TORNADO//!
ExtraCl cf a letter from a friend in
Jonesboro*, Tennessee , to the editor
of the Staunton Eagle, dated June
list. 1808.
“ On Tuesday the 24th ult. the
inhabitants of this town and neigh
borhood were aflonifhed much at
the appearance of leaves, small pie
ces of limbs, baik, &c. falling ap
parently from the clouds. The day
was mild, except a breeze now and
then from the South-Weft with a
few flying clouds, but no rain, r.or
was there the lead appearance of a
ny extraordinary commotion in the
heavens, to produce such a phe
nomenon in this quarter, every bo
dy conje&ured it was the effects of
a violent wind—*-but what diftar.ee
from us, could not be imagined, as
no noise was heard, it was general
ly supposed to be at a distance.
Accounts from various quarters for
more than 40 miles around, slate
that the fame appearance was ob
served.
Since writing this a gentleman
passed through this place, who was
an eye witness to an awful feene in
the neighborhood of Knoxville, a
tornado (truck the river Holstein
at that place, and threw columns
of water out of the bed of the river
higher than the surrounding trees,
it was on the fame day the leaves
&c. fell here, and upwards of 100
fmlu distant. Its ravages were tru
ly awful, it arose in Bean county,
and proceeded in a fouuVeaft di
rection through Knox, Sevier and
part of Jefferlon and Cocke coun
ties and (truck the mountains near
the Warm springs in North-Caro
lina. Hoults— barns —trees—and
every thing gave wary to its trrefift
ible fury. And our informant
fibres, several lives were 1 >ft—it was
accompanied with hail of extraordi
nary fiz’ —he alio (fates that con
fidence quantities ot fifh were
thrown out of the rivers over which
it passed. A more particular and
authentic account of the awfu 1 wind
w ill no doubt be publ.fhed—but to
enable the mi’d to otGerwife con
ceive oi its violence, I make this
statement refpeOing the falling of
the trees, &c. to a distance of up
wards of 140 miles from where it
happened, and within the space of
perhaps less than 2 hours.”
* Another letter fays, fonie of
the hail-stones weighed 2 ounces,
and tneafured 10 inches in circum
ference.
In addition to the above we copy
the following from a K oxvi-i pa
per. Staunton Eagle, editor.
The dorm on Tueicky the 24 h
Pday, has entirely Jeiiroytd tee
timber in its course—it commenced
just below Clinch river, how far it
extended i; unknown, we have
hr*rd of it ft*r a distance of 150
nfih s, its width is tre-m a half to a
mile, its bearing nearly due east
Not a house iu its course but was
unrooffed, and by far the greatest
number entirely thrown down ; e
very tree of more than a foot thro*
was either twisted off or torn up by
the roots, and we have been inform
ed that large trunks of trees which
had been partly buried in the road
were thrown from their beds to the
distance of from twenty to thirty
feet; large boughs were thrown to
different parts of the country, fix or
eight miles from the fccne of def
lation covered with ice. Very
considerable damage was done to
the farms through which it passed,
the particulars of which *we have
been unable to gather. Every as
sistance was rendered to the fuffer
ers by the neighboring citiz ns in
repairing buildings, mending fenc
es, &c.
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The folio whig shews the
mode of choosing Electors for
President md Vice-President
in the different states, with the
number of votes in each.
votes
New-Hampsk ire ,
by general ticket. 7
Massachusetts,
inode of electing not
yet regulated by law
—at the last election
by general ticket. 19
Rhode-Island,
by general ticket. 4
Connecticut, x
by the legislature. 9
Vermont,
by the legislature. 6
New-York,
by the legislature. 19
New-Jersey,
by general ticket. 8
Pennsylvania,
. by general ticket. 20
Delaware,
by the legislature. 5
Mery/and,
bv districts. it
m
Virginia,
by general ticket. ?.r>
North-Caroiina ,
by districts. 14
South-Car olw&,
by the legislature. „ 10
Georgia,
by the legislature. 0
Kentucky —
This state is divid
ed in two districts;
the counties on the
south side cl Ken
tucky river, elect 4
electors, and those
on the north side the
same number. 8
1 n/ r >
by districts. 3
Tennessee,
by districts. 4
Votes, s ii 5
To a person who has never
i seen London, thefollowing ac
! count may not be uninitresting;
\ London is unparalleled m
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extend and opulence in the whole
hah table globe, except, perhaps,
by Pekin , in China, Jcdd, in
Japan, and lloussa , in Africa,
which are all said to he larger.
It omprehends besides London,
j IVestm hstw and Southwark,
?io (ess then 45 villages of con
siderable extent, independent of
a vast accession cf buildings
upon the open fields ,in the vi
cinity. Its length is nearly
eight miles, its breadth three ,
and its circumference 26.-—lt
I t V
contains above 8000 streets,
lanes, alleys ancl courts,, an l
more than 65 different squares.
Its houses, ware-houses, and
| other buildings, make 162,000,
j besides 946 1 hunches, 207 meet
-1 lug-houses for dissenters, 43
’ chapels for foreigners, and 9
I synagogues for the Jews;
which in all make 1205 (daces
0 public worship. The mini
bar of inhabitants during the
sitting of parliament , is estima
ted at !,250,000. Among these
are found about 50,000 com
mon prostitutes, and no less
tiian 50000 thieves, coiners and
ether bad persons of all descrip
tions. The annual depredations
on the public, by this numerous
body of pilferers, are estimated
at the sum of 2,100,000/. ster
ling. I# this vast citv there
are moreover, upwards of 4000
seminaries for education— 3
institutions for prorating ?nc
rality—lo institutions for pro
moting the arts —ll2 asylums
for the indigent —3 7 for the
sick and lame — 13 dispensaries
—784 charitable institutions—
-53 courts of justice —7,o4o
professional men, connected
with the various departments
of * ihe t aw. There are 13,500
vess. ls trading to the river
7 hemes, in the course ofayccr ,
and 4 0,000 waggons going and
returning to the r.utripohs in