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lished monthly for four months— for establishing Jost
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With prompt attention at the REPORTER OFFICE.
(Law Firm.) <•
HARRIS & HARRIS.
Ivkmon L. Harris, ICh arles J. Harris,
Milludgeville, Ga. | Tboinasville, Ga.
B. 8. BIiRCII * WTI. Hr I,K\WON ,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
THOMAStTLL E, GEORGIA.
oct!4 19 * .r woy
BAKER A BEA VET,
ATTORNEYS a t la w ,
Trtmprille, LaamdexCo., G-.i.
nsyt 15 w t.f
F.IK4EIVI-; L. HIHEN,
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
TIIOMASjTtI.IE, GEORGTA ,
Office river Mel.cnn’s store. (jiinSfi
” ~ john n. DvsoN,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,.
OFFICE next door to Dr. liruce’s, Tliomasville,
Georgia. jns-ly.
. 11. DAIfELL,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
THOM.iSVILLE, GEORGIA.
Office one door above John Stark's on Fletcher St.,
formerly occupied by L. Hryan. f jnnl'-’l.v
JOHN C. NtOIfOULS,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
WAHESHOROI.GH, WAKE CO., GA.
WILL practice in ALL the counties of the Bruns
wick circuit, and Lowndes and Berrien of the
Southern innrfflny
GEORGE B. W ; 7ILIAMSO!V,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
WARESRO ROUGH. GA.
WILL PRACTICE in the following Counties f the
Brunswick Circuit: Appling, Coffee. Pierce, Ware
Clinch, and Charlton. inardltf
SAMUEL 11. SPEHCER,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
THOMASVILLE, GEORGIA.
\YILL give hit entire attention to the practice of
luyw, in tk Counties of tb* Southern Circuit.—
rOSlc* on the rccou! floor of IX* &, E. McLean’s
brick building. ■ (jangnoy
JE. C. MOKGAH,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
NASHVILLE, GEORGIA.
WILL practice in th* counties of the Southern Cir
cuit, and the counties of Dooly, Worth and Dough
•rtv of the Macon, and Coffee, Clinch and Ware
of the Brunswick Circuits.
■ Flat Creek, Qa., Oct. 7. ts
RICEA MERSHOIV,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
MAGNOLIA, CLINCH CO., GA.
ATTEND to all business.entrusted to their enre, in
the following epugtics, to-wit: Clinch, Ware, Ap
pling, Coffee, Charlton, Lowudes and Berrien,Geor
gia. Also, in the counties of Hamilton, Columbia,-
and Jefferson, in Florida.
JIAVID P. Rice. HENRY M. MER: HON,
an 5 yv fim
JAMES ill. FOLSOM,
.ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Magnolia, clinch co., ga.
WILL practice in all, the courts of the Brunswick
Grant ami ill tbd cents of Lowndes and Berrien
ff the Sou tin-rn Circuit.
< judge A. E. Cochran. Brunswick Ct.
I judge Peter E. Love, Southern Ct.
}nn 5 - w ly
(It tjorm Practice.)
- , Nr*. BOWER A ELLIS,
OFFER their professions! service* to the citizens
of and vicinity. Calls at all hours
prmApMy attended to. feh2oy
Hr. R. WILLIAMS,
HAVING .located iu Thoaiasville. respectfully ten
der* his professional services to the pitizeiiß of
Thomnsville and vldnitj. He may be found at the
Office of Dr. S. 8. Adams. [oetltloy
” dr. e. o. Ar\old
WILL 1 contimte the practice of lieu
tirifry in Thomasvilfc and vicinity—fJfPSfiSfb
Any order left at the Post Office or at
his O Hire during his absence from town will receive
attention at the earliest opportunity. [jaiilj-Jy
II O K RIM STEINERT,
Professor of musie will give private lessons to the
eiticeua of ThowasvUle and vicinity upon the Piano,
Melodeou, Guitar, Flute, Violin, and Vtolon’eello.—
fie may he fbund at Fletcher fhstitutc from 9 a. ui. to
W. Plane* tuned. (aetiWoy
ROBERT BOJfYEIL
(Late of Georgia.) WITH
HOWES, HYATT & CO.,
* tf*. sa Warren #t., Nkw yiiSK.
WILL be prepared to show country merchant# this
spring the best and cheapest stock of Boots and
Blums ever the tfowtkern trade.
, {Mr Orders solicited and carefußV attended to.
J* &8 W ly
W. r. MWFORD,
CITY
Auctioneer & Commission Merchant,
THOMASVILLE, GA.
WILL SELL AT AUCTION, or privately on
Commission, any species of Merchandize,
Produce, Stock, Negroes, ie., that may be’confided
to his care. Regular Auction days—every Saturday.
He wil) also pay strict attention to the
Buying And Selling of Lands.
Perton* wishing to settle in our county would no
doubt find it to their interest to consult him before
pnrfchasing, as tiO is fully prepared to Impart infdr
mntioa, both in regard to the productiveness and
present value of lauds? as well as tlie advantage*
attending peculiar locations. mnr3lbcly
JAIS. M. GRAY,
Watch-Maker and Jeweler, ThomasviUe, Ga.,
STILL ofl'cri his services, in his line of business, to
the public, and espeeMly to his friends. JB
He has bought out the entire interest of
Otto Lange; — mm
and employed him as a workman in hie business.
Camq and give hiiu a call, as he is well supplied
with Tools and Materitils to do you a good job, and
as cliesp as yon can get any where.
BE Office two doors below Chas H. Remiugton’s
Furniture Store. mar.lltf
MOO HE & HOMAN’S
Variety Works. -
THE undersigned are pre-
pared to manufacture in
the best and most fashionable
style all kinds of Furniture, ‘yAV\\VW-
Bedst. ads fmm $5 to f‘2s;
Side Boards, Wash stands,
Corner stands, Wardrobes,
Bureaus—China, Red Bar
Dining Tables, Folding and
Plain Tables, Centre and Side Tables, Couches,
Trunnel Bedsteads, Cradles and Cribs,
Secretaries, Book Ca*es and list Stands.
Lumber taken in exchange for Furniture : or lum
ber made up to order In the most fashionable style.
Also all kinds of Turniug and biiwing done
in the best style. Simps located South end of Main
street, below Mcßain's Hotel, Thomneville, Ga.
julyld] MOORE & HOMAN.
Carriage Manufacory,
AND BLACKSMITH SHOP.
jj|g The partnership between McLedon
& Lowry being dissolved, I respect- l( )J
fully inform the public, that the bn- >’ U
siness iu all its brauebes w ill be rorried on as before
by the undersigued. Grateful for oast patronage, I
earnestly solicit a continuance of tne same. Those
in want of Waggons, Buggies, carriages of any dis
criplion, I think 1 will be able to suit, both as re
gards quality and price. Those indebted to McLen
don Si Lowry will find their notes sod accounts in
my hands. Strange as it may aecui to some, it is im
possible for me to carry on this business without
money. Repairing done in good style snd on reas
onable terms. . --
. nmrrlrttf) _i° rsN ’ n - LOWRY,
New Jeweler, AVatcli and Clock
Maker.
JOSEPH JF.ROER now offers Ids services
to the public, and picdgqp himself to give
prompt attention to cleaning, repairing, and
making Watches, Jewelry, Ac. AH wmk entrusted
to him will bo executed and delivered at the time
promised, and warranted, lie lias no flowing enco
miums to bestow upe himself as a watch maker,
but relics upon the judgmeut of his patrons to es
tablish his skill and reputation. Terms Cash.
Office second door above the Post Office, next to
the store of H. W. Sharpe.
‘Th miasville, Ga., March 17, 1857. ts
\AI 36. HA.AILI\,
COTTON FACTOR AND COMMISSION
MERCHANT,
No.-ya l’oydrus Street New Orleans.
Refers to—
Gov. J. E. Broom, ), r „ . ...
George K. Walker, $ Tallahassee, Honda.
Thomas Powell, Esq., ).. „ . t.
R. M. Spencer. E 5,,.. \ New r ° rt - 1
John J. Snelliug, I „ . ~
McMillan A Campbell, ( Q'""®)’. Florida., , if
Gen. Wm. Bailv, Jefferson County, Florida.
Jidm G. Putman, Esq., Madisun County, Fla
Augustus Steele, Esq., Cedar Keys, Florida,
Daniel Bell, Esq., Hamilton County Florida.
k’g 1 ’ pin.den’Esq.' 1 ’ \ Thomasville, Georgik.
Jack J. Marsh, Ksq., Duncanville, Georgia.
J A. Mclntosh, Esq., Glasgow, Georgia.
Novemhei 3, 1557. r . ts
YKimliattaik Hotel,
0 Murray Street. New York. Jlsr'teoL
IS STILL open for the reception of fjjjjjgJ
Southern Merchants, and the Pro
prirtors are determined to spate no -UrsyttagL
pains or expense to give entire satisfaction.
janSMhiy) HI GGINS & FUNG.
Adams Houses
TIIIS Rstahlisliwicnt is now pernm- ■,
nentiy opened for the accoinnioda s@ppS%
lion of the public. Every convenience [|jj|L
line been provided for hoarders and tran
•ient customers: and the proprietor flat
tors himself that he is now able to give the utmost
satisfaction. GODBOI.D, Proprietor.
Thomasville,'Ga., March 24,1857. tf*
New Blacksmith Shop.
THE undersigned’ has opened the Shop at Bras-
XVcll’s corner, formerly known ss /*X
Wm. Sharpes Blacksmith Shop, and is iv *- F \J
prepared to do all work in his line. He solicits a
share of public patronage.
m*r23cy JOHN THOMAS.
.\etv Tailoring jßktablishment.
. PETER LINDSAY,
MERCHANT TAILOR, would respectfully in-
Jfbrni the citizens of I'homakviDe and >A9
surrounding country that he has opened a IJ
Simp next door to Remington's Furniture .Jlil.
store, where he w ill be pleased to wuit on those who
may favor him with a call. Oannentsof all hinds
cut and made up in the latest and most fashionable
styles. Patrouage sidicited. ’ inar23ny
Notice to Everybody.
PR. A. W- ALLEN'S \
CELEBRATED SOUTH .EBM
LnriMßKrT,
IS A CERTAIN REMEDY- for Strains, Sprains,
Rheumatism, Neuralgia, Cramp, Nervous Head-
AchCi Sore Throat. Still’ Neck, Tooth-Ache, Pain in
the Head, Scalds and Burns, nr any thing like erup
tions on the flesh.
Also, for all diseases to which horses arc subject.
Dr. Allen’ii All-Healing Ointment,
IS a certain cure for Ring-worms, Scratches hi
horses, Greese Heel,Thrttsh, Collar and Saddle
Galls ; and all flesh wounds.
Manufactured by Dr. A. W. ALLEN, Columbus,
.Georgia
For sale iu Thomasville, by Baum St, Stuff; in
Monticello, by Palmer & Bro., and in Troupville, by
T. W. EHis. A. W. ALLEN.
nov 24 ~i”, _ w ly
To Democrat*.
/~kNE of the first duties of a Good Democrat is to
V * sngport his party press. The New York Daily
and Weekly News is new well established as the
Democratic organ of New York city. It is one of
the best newspapers of the day. moreover. Bend
in your auhscriptioa*. Weekly New# irnly OoeDol
lar a year- Published at W 8 Nassau 8t f NewYork.
THOMASVILLE, GEORGIA, APRIL 31.1858.
’
Written for the Wire-Gras* Reporter.
BKFLY TO JAKSS X. T.
Why doth thy spirit in its yonth of gladness,
Turn from the welfare of the world away—
Winding itself up in a cloud of sadneaa.
Darkening the glories of its bettor day t
’ —-f¥*j rf a - --zriß.~A-i.-4 —i'W - y-f
Open thine ear, now all the Toices round thee, *
Whisper of love and sympathy below,
While the cleß* glories of the hasvcu above thee,
Reveal a depth no mortal can bestow.
Rise from tby pastime, from thy grief awaken -
Trust In the memory that bath spared thee long—
Hope in the goodness which hath ne’er forsaken—
Rise and be joyous, join me in my song.
Know that on earth, congenial to mins own,
One spirit breathes the fervent prayer of love,
Calling down blessiugs from the eternal throne,
To smooth thy pathway to the realms above,
Eu.kn W.
ADVICE OT POLONIES TO HIS SON.
Give thy thoughts no tongue,
Ner sny unproportioned thought DM aet;
Be then familiar, but by no means vulgar. *
The friends thou bast, snd their adoption tried ’ f ‘
Grapple them to thy soul with hooks of steel;
But do not dull thy palm with entertainment
Os each new-hatched unfledged comrade. Beware
Os entrance into quarrel! but being in,
Bear it, that tba opposer may be ware of thee.
Give every man thine ear, but few thy voiee;
Make each man’s censure, but reserve thy judgment.
Costly thy habit as thy purse can buy,
But not express’d in fancy ; rich, not gaudy:
For the apparel oft proclaims the man.
Neither a borrower or a leader be;
For loan oft loses both itself and friend,
And borrowing dulls the edge of husbandry.
This, above all—to thine own self be true,
And it must tollow as the night the day,
Thou canet not be false to any man.
| Iflisttllattmts.
PLAYING OLD SLEDGE FOB THE FXESIDKNCY.
BY S. L. OP TKN.NESSP.B.
‘ Well, Sut, wliat was your dream? Tell
us ; if you ever dreamed any tiling smart,
your friends ought to know it for the benefit
of your car-ac-ter, for cuss me if you ever
thought any thing smart awake.”
Thus bantered, Sut leaned against the
rough board counter of the doggery, with a
tumbler of whiskey in one hand, while the
other hand sounded for the bottom of a hole
in his breeches, by courtesy called a pocket;
took a small sip, and began to tell his dream.
Hear him, reader, speak for himself.
“ Gentlemen ! I droampt an impossibility
last nite; Iwurin Washington city, an’ I
know I never will be thar, onless they take
me thnr tu hang or crucify me fur di inkin’ rot
gut —in my dream I was thar, an’ no mistake
—sartin sure—at a thunderin’ big tavern,
wliar they rung leotle bells to keep from hol
lerin’ alter the niggers an’ matin’ a noise ;
an’ wbar they called you tu your mush by
rrttliii’ on a big still bottom je.st fur the sake
of the noisej an’ wliar they took thirty dimes
a day fur dolin’ fur you ; an’ wbar they gin
you sass enough to make you site (at home).
fur nothin’ at all. Darn the scat of govern
ment—an’ darn everybody, I say.”
“I’ell your dream before you get drunk,
you long legged cuss you, or somebody tell
it for you.” *
Thus reproved, Sut sheered iuto the chan
nel again :
“ Well.arter supper awhile,l nosed aronnd
ontil 1 got inter a room wliar 1 seed a life,
au’ thar so( three fellers a playin’ ov ‘ old
sledge.” ’
Old what ?”
“ seven vp, yon drotted, weasel-skinned,
frog-legged, son of a kangaroo.”
{ This was addressed to a young specimen
of the order inUniimus Amencanut, anti-
Pojreatibus m<idleu3tmus,n\w shone resplen
dent from K ,in tights, small cane,watch
ribbon, and had a laudable desire to learn
Bomothing of the hidden mysteries of ‘ old
sledge.’ He played only on asthmatic tom
bone ‘ sebess’ when iu the city.’}
“They wur a playin’ seven up with bran
new kerds, spank span new, and no marka,
every feller for his self seemingly. Now,
gentlemen, I believe, I kin smell kerds, if
they are in motion, as far as from here to the
sprfhg, or how the devil did I happen to bit
onto that room where gamboling wur a gwine
on 7 But thar I did go by instiuck, I reck
in, an’ the three fellers wur nobody on yeath
but Buck cannon Fillgmre and Fremoont,
an’ they wur a playin’ a single game of sev
en-np for tha President’s cheer ov these free
and awful united E Pluribtis States, thirty
one in number, and kiverin’ the whole yeath.
Thar wnt another chap inter that room,with
one hand under his coa,t tail an’ tother a stro
kin’ ov his chin, a walkin about sorter keer
less like, but fust at one of them and then
tother. Then he’d tiptoe an’ try to peep in
to Buck's hand. But the old feller hilt it un
der the shadder of the table,and sorter look
ed at it sorter side ways his self, and was a
watchin’ the peepin’ feller too, all the while
rite clost. His name waa Seaward ot Hall
ward, or somethin’ ov that sort, no matter
which. Now, gentle-mcn, I kin play o.d
sledge myself right peart, and when I seed
that it was a game of two pluck one, and
Buck cannon waa bound to be skinned es bis
bide didn't grow fast onto his hones, I got
mad as a bee in swarmin time, au’ I jiat
thought (mind I said nothin’) I’d like to
knock enough off ov (lint chap’s skull to
make a bullet ladle, es I dared tu. He ia a
darned snake iu the grass, sure.
“ Well, arter they bad played out their
bauds, Mr. Buek-canon sez, a bowin’ mity
puriite, ‘believe, gentlemen, I stand high
jack, and that has sos me siT, es I aint mis
taken. Then both on ’em, Fillmore and
Fremont, spread *U o’ Buck’s out nntor the
table, till they saw ‘hit ace of trumps aa’ the
jack or trumps which be had eotoh, from
Fillmore with the keng and then they agreed
that he waa six. * Seward said, ‘ Yes, he rae>
oned that was the state es the game. Fill
more, then, as modest as a fifteen year old
gal, said, *1 made Jo w: youkotch my juice
with your old aoe, Matter Back-cannon, and
that sits me three.’ AH agreed on that count j
and Fremont, leaning on bis cliair-baek,wbia>
pared behind bis hand tu me, ‘And d —d low
it was too, didn’t you think not’ and Ida
black must-touch-us twisted up like mto cork
screws; but all agreed that Fillmore wm
three an’ no mistake, Fremount then sod,
‘I made game, au’ that sot me six with you,
Mister Buck-cannon. Buck bowed again tu
that; but Fillmore sod,Sir-r, I’ll count
game with you; this is notaduaetly accordin’
tu our onderatandin’ sir;’ and for the fust time
lie looked like he mout be made to fite-—’
Seaward frowned, sltook his bead, winked,
and sweated mightily. Fremoant did so,
too, an’ alt at old Ftilmare, but it wara’t uq
use, count game he would { and Fremount
beat him one. So that- sot the game—Buck
six, Fremount six, an’ Fillmore three, an’
Buck's deal an’ Fremount’s beg or staud.
Buck licked his thumb an ? dealt ‘em mity
slow and keerful. I looked at Fillmore’s
kerds as he got ’em from thadeal, and it lik
ed to knock me down. There was the ace,
the king, the jack, the ten on’ the jmiee of
trumps !—Thinks I, O Lordy ! and then I
looked at him, and thar tlie old feller sot, his
belly kivering the cheer all over, an’ about
as wise as an old Dulch squire a< tryin’ of a
bastardy case with good proof agin the dad
dy. 1 tell ye boys, he looked jest like be
had his fust big horn of whiskey for the nite,
an* felt it iu ins boots. I tho’t. O terdy f
agaiß.
” Buck never turned up his hand, but axed
Fremount what he meant tu do. He looked
at his kerds, sorted ’em, then looked at ’em
again, then up at the lamp, then at Buck,
scratched his car, shot up bis eyes an, very
slowly sed—l—beg. By tlie jumpin jeliose
phnt! Buck run ’em quiqk, an’ I tho’t no
harm to take another look at old Fill.* He
fetch a low colicky sort of grunt and then he
blowed. I swar the wind come outen his
nose, mouth, eyes au’ years, aud like to put
the lamp out.
“ I dodged, an, took a peep inter F re
mount’s hand, and I now awear, that when
a man is six on a big game of seven np, I
never seed jist such kerds. He hilt tother
three aces, hound to be high let wliat would
cum —an’ out-an’-out President at that.—
Thinks I, O Lordy, Buck ! O Lordy, Fill
more! an’ watched to see what suit was to
make the President outen that darned mule
catin’ Fremount, when there's-nary Dimiciat
in hell if he didu't turn jack jist as easy aa
es thar’d been fifty-two of ’em in the pack,
and then only leaned back and smiled loud
fur a President. Fillmore reared back’ards
outen his cheer, an’ fainted as comfortable
on the floor as an old man nt a quiltin’ when
the kissin’ begins—Fremount's eyes turned
green—the liar on the back ov.his head ris
np like the teeth of a comb, his must-touch
us turned up toward his eyes, lie brayed like
a mule, an’at one jump kivered old Fill a?
he lay, and then sot tu beatm’ an’ chokin’
an’ a maulin’ ov him like the devil beatin
hominy. This sort of excitement’ fetched
the old feller tu; an’as soon as he felt all
the hurtin’ that was gwine on all over him,
inside an’ out, lie sot rite in tu filin’ like an
old stud boss, an’ thar they bed it. I looked
at Back, who still hilt the kerds in bis hand,
with the jack turned up cn ton, as much as
to say, ‘ Shall I part cm? He shook bis
lied, an’ I put my Hands in my pockets and
kept outer thar way. They fit ‘ some’ by
this time, I tell yer—har,wool, fur, aa’ feath
ers flew, sorter like ginning cotton Sea
ward cut dirt as soon as that artful jack was
tnrned, locked the door on the outside, an’
went strnte to a pra’r mootin’ in Ninth street,
whar 1 reckon lieu yet. Well, thar they
fit and grun'.ed, an evfery now an’ then Fre
inount would bray like onto a mule, an’ Fill
more would grunt sumthin’ about somebodyls
box an’ ‘fusion.’ Now, if fusion means
ntixin', they war fused about as well as two
pints of bald face iu a quart flask on a hard
trottin boss.’ An’, ov all the darned noises
I ever did hear, they shook that big tavern
to the ground. An’ I waked all of a lather
of sweat, an’ then jiat turtietl over in the bed
an’ cried like a baby.’
” What for, Sut ?
“ Case .I waked up afore either-hollored
an’.l never will know which whipped. Old
Buck knows, an’ if ever I set eyes on him,
I’ll ax him. Give us an other horn old boss ?”
OLD SCRATCH’S OPINION OF POLITICAL PREA
CHING.
“ The devil,” says Luther, “ held a great
anniversary, at which his emissaries were
convened to report tlie result of their several
missions.”
“ I let loose the wild beasts of the deaert,”
said oue, “on a caravan of Christians, and
their bones are now bleaching on the sand.”
“Pahaw!” said the devil, “ their souls
were all saved.”
“I drove the cast wind,” said another,
“against a ship freighted with christiaus and
they were all drowned.”
“What of that? their souls were all sav
ed.”
“ For three years,” said a third, “ I culti
vated an acquaintance with au independent
minister of the gospel; at last I became very
intimate with him, then I persuaded him to
preach politics and throw away his Libia.”
“Then,” continued Luther, “the devil
shouted, as the devil only can about, aad all
the oight stars sang for joy.”
* NOBLE CONSISTENCY.
When Algeron Sydney wss told that be
might, save his life by telling a falsehood—
by denying bis handwriting—be said, “ when
God has brought me into a dilemma in which
I must assert a He op lose my life, he gives
me a clear indication of mv duty, which is
to prater death to falaahooa,”
_ • , '■ _-■ ‘--"-r
Inutility of GfmtP.—Oue hundred hours
of vexation, says the Italian proverb, will
not pay a farthing of debt.
‘From the N. T Journal of CotniUeroe, Jr. *
FACTS AND 3TATSTICS IN REFERENCE *0 TRS
COTTON HAKUFACTUEE OF FRANCE.
The Report of Mr. John Claiborne, who
was com mission ad by the Secretary of the
Interior, as a special agent to collect facta
and atatiaties concerning cotton manufhctnres
and the consumption of American cotton hi
Europe, was laid before Gungrees a few days
since. Tfijs is an important public document,
and treats of g subject in which our country
is deeply interested. At, however, the mag
nitude of the report precludes nil possibility
of its being printed and ready for distribution
for some time to oome, wo propoee to Iqy be
fore our readers e synopsis of A part of it,
which w* have obtained by proxy from the
manuscript shoots. ,v>%
France mnks next to Greet Britain in the
quantity of cotton the consumes, white the
value and variety of the articles iutq. which
she fabricates it, are much greater than in
England. In the taste and beauty of her
tissues she justly claims the first rank among
modern nations. Her mills send forth every
description of cotton goods, from tlie com
mon calico of Rouen, to the richly figured
muslin* of Mulhouse, the gossamer tulle* of
St. Quentin, and the exquisite tarlctan* of
Ti.iare.
Scarcely sixty years .have elapsed since the
first attempts at cotton spinning were made
in Tarts—at a period, too, mhen the first
French revolution was abbut to sweep over
tho country, to overthrow tho old political
system, and to effect most injuriously itii the
material interests of society. Tbo progress
of this branch of industry was, therefore,
but slow for a considerable number of years.
Between the years 1918 and 1823 the com
mercial prosperity of‘France returned, and
public attention was, to a greater degree than
ever, directed to cotton manufactures, as like
ly to form tlie firmest basis of national pros
perity. New and very extensive establish
ments were put in operation. But the com
mercial derangements of 1828, and the revo
lution of 1830. came with their disastrons In
fluences and the money crisis of ‘lSfff'Almost
paralyzed the manufacturing interest. Bincc
1851, however, the march of improvement
has been vigorous and rapid, and cotton
manufacturing hna become the chief com
mercial feature of France, adding immensely
to the national wealth and importance.
With respect to her production of cotton
fabrics, France may be considered as divided
into three great district!, viz: Normandy, of
which Rouen is the centre; the East, having
Mulhouse as it* pribciptl point; the North
east, with its cities of Bt. Quentin, Roubnix
and Lille. Each of these districts has its
reputation for the production of particular
fabrics aud tissues. Thus, Rouen is famed
for the coarser articles, and for its low prices,
and is called the workshop of the poor; Mill
bouse is celebrated for its Indlennes and
printed muslins; St. Quentin sends out the
finest description of tulles, organdiei, fir.,
while Lille nud Valenciennes are the seat* of
the lace manufactories, Tarare has, of late
years, foul into the Persian market the moat
beautiful and costly tarlatanes, aud embroi
deries, and Calais is fast following in the
footsteps of Nottingham in the manufacture
of hohmeis, and those Linds of laces for which
the latter city has been so long famous.
Mr. Claiborne was not able-to obtain pre
cise details of tlie establishment and progress
-of cotton manufacture iu any of the three
districts, except tha) of the East. As that
district, however, possecscs the largest manu
facturing capncity of any In France, we will
be able to judge very closely, from the min
ute and detailed information furnished.-of
the amount of cotton consumed in the whole
empire, as well as of tbq, value of tha.fabrics
produced. • • * • •
There are now in this district 171 spinne
ries, 74 of which aro worked by steam, an 4
97 by water, with an aggregate bona power
of 8,199. These establishments have a to
tal of 1.493,440 spindles for.ordinary yarns;
aud 16.886 for twist, the annual production
of yarns is about 44.000,000 pounds, equal
in valae to #13.020 000, or 37J cent! *per
pound. The spinner#employ 29,995 work
men. The wages paid average 3 francs pec day
for men. 2 for women and from 20 canlimss to
1 franc for boys #hd girls. The annual cost of
spinning averages $6.51 per spindle. In the
year 1811 (he price of raw cotton at Mnl
liouie was 81.33 per pound; in 1856 it bad
fallen to 12 cents per pound. In 1811 tbo
average price ofyams at the same place
was $2.33 per pound { In 1856 it was only
23 cents.
The number of weaving mills in the dis
trict is placed At’ 136, employing 37,897
hands. The production of cloths has increa
sed from 140,833.333 to 270,833.333 yards,
and during the decade has almost doubled its
annual value, being about $18,600,000.
There are also 25 cotton printing milts, em
ploying 10,400 hands, and printing 5L500,-
000 yards valued at about $9,579,000.
Mr. Claiborne thus sums up the condition
of cotton manufacture in the district, as re
gards invested capital, the ordinary expenses
of working, foe., foe., the hands employed
being 78,812, and Jbo motive power that of
14,3?3 horses.
Spinning, at a mean average of
$6.51 per spindle, for 1,513,306
qnndles $9,750,746
Weaving,by mechanism,ats 139.50
the loom, for 33.472 looms 4,770,340
Weaving, by baud, at $22.32 per
loom for 10,875 looms, buildings
and machinery included 231,800
Printing ...., a. 2,418.000
Bleaching and Dressing 370,000
Total invested Capital $1^,442,886
By far the greater portion of the cotton
wool consumed in the district of the East, is
of American growth, and of “ middling ”
and ‘ - middling fair” qualities. Borne little
Sea Island and Egyptian are used, but the
Brazilian. East Indian, and other growths
are not known. Nearly the whole of tbe
raw material goes by way of Havre, ani
thence by railway. Fuel ia scarce and dear,
the coal which is used being brought from
Burgundy, on tbe canal which connects the
nwohsbsi:”
Rhone* nd the Rhine, n€ m
•fream, from Coblenfs. Owfer Ola mu (Hi
rorable cireamstaneee li -easts three tfctee *4
mocb as m England. Labor, bower*, %
cheap and abundant, and, white thsytffiuit
that they can never rival Eaffksd iwjsoM
17 and cheap cotton %hriea. and moat depend
upon the aeaeaiet qaabtyrflwaad elegance
of their productions, the Mulhouaa wiii-own
mwan, aa a geucwi thfrgi frail pi —aj Aftth
the profit which their boainqaq.g&fd'. * mt
From official racords, and from In forma (Job
derived from other high AiMibrWfei, Mr/Hai
borae was enabled te rrmifrlhr friHirriag
wmmary of the cottsn spiuajag jp+i—ufr
France: , __
Number of Mills.,, S&P* 1
Commune* in which they are found... 276
Amount of raw mataoaLcoa
s^MH-eafo^da- 1 JWMMMfIba
y.Ue pi the1 juqe.i, „„ , w*
Total valoo rtf yarn spun
Number of hand, eitphyU fl&##. ofwfrsrt
■V 22 ’8W H' T> T —‘li “flifrhh
V w t °?° u * 19 >u|*,aadl6,7*6,eW4*lk
at 10 cents per day.’ , ~ . -
Raw Material, per ce^m,,
Salaries, genoral expenses, dk*. per Wnftrt*
The following Uhlc>,thp revolt of official
inn uric, st each esUDlikbihenT, shows the
value pf the fC.oersl prodwium
sues manufactured from the
of Varna : , >l. M
Ns. ormne- Vahtdef sewd; tnu—r
l'“„ ’.<44 919.M4W iWiMen
fSSfa
QAastiOaa Mtm
Subordin'te s’tlci'i H 28f1,114 ~,R>&j62:1
a4— U-_ . I T mi
TUsla (M9PWP
Accessories te o- >*’ • -vd * UA at mm •
mixeditlsseaa.., -tff, #10.977,744
Accessories to miv ,
sddmea*.,U‘;. 17 oW,ff ’"IJWMB#
W.u IS SHSSSS
. • o'!’ ‘ J -e- ... .... .■■
Add to the nnmber'Of estabUibaicatS whidb
fabricate tissues from the yarn, those which
apia tha yarn Ksmrf*o MrHIFd
sand six hundred artdSM as the total number
of establisbmeuta la Frawoe engaged* ill all
brandies of tba cotton manukem*. ‘£|
total number of WPfkvMß in the
gaged m this in dust rial pursuit, amounts to
two hundred and seventy-four tboasatidbftfo
hundred and thirty. . <** rNaffi
In France, among other process of frsnu
faetura, cotton is mixed
? ilk in greater or less proportion,,
into the fabricatious of velvets, silk CMVaS*
and vestings, rich moire antiques, satwels,
broadcloths mild Hnetfs, and ft Wonl<f f *eert
that the progress of art 4n that auMKiyi tf|
the necessity for new —‘“hfr tr dir ifarfl
to add atill further to its T‘ ,l,!t -*nnT rThmi
We exceeding!/ rrot that
prevented Mr. Claiborne from examining
more minutely this branch of cotton edw
sumption, ft is well worth *•
extended 1 examioatioa* Mr. (ftafteca* fr
fjrms on.
twelve establishments, employing tweiity
six thousand hands, and with the Vest3s
latest kinds of machinery, are now endeged
in the fabrication of articles es wtiiah (WWfi
mixed with silk, wool, or flax, ia s eoaxpw
nent port. Tho milk far thip ourgupp w
*** r ** t
The French governmenflevlet
ting duties 0* raw eotten, tsAkg into consid
eration not only the plsril af priailn bmt |bu
mods of transport. In 1856 thf suvuant
,pf revenue derived froa this source was
#3,712,286 upon a total receipi of 183,488,300
ponds. The American Cotton im du
ring that year paid more tbau 90 per <*hE of
the entire duty. The following table, abuffi ,
ing the quantity of cottou imported iffie
France during the first utae months of 1847,
with the amount dfdfoiy Mceived tberpfrom,
and a comparison with-the quantities import
ed, and the duties rsaeivett, dnriag the same
lengtl) of time, ia tho years 1865 sod M(jft
Xial dScumc!; V t: Mr ’ {rota *
Importations. 1857—1 U. I> a sC lb. IWfHU
Krnm the IT 8. tSfjmM
other oowi’. himum* *%mm ‘jornum
fttA.:¥. imMm
DutW. recair’4 #M>flii9Wl
In 1843, Franoe toek from us tßOiariMffi
disc te the amount ot #50,945,400, es whiah
she consumed tp the amount of #4 L. 440,830,
During the same period we imported from
her, merchandise of the “real” value of
#95,608,000, of Which #08,185,600 were ari
tides of Franoh growth or fabribaHontw*
Ainong them were silk tissues sod theu:*tSi
to the value of #24.844.200; tissues emiucuf
deries, and ribbons of wool, to the value of
#5,811.750; tissues, embroideries and rib
bons of cotton to tbe v*Hfl of #874, vtriMi
to the value of #6,106.000; brandies And
spirits to the value of portaffib
ik*s and crystal ware, to the vslue of
1,029,3#i ; dressed skins to thij Value of
#12,213.400, dec. dkc. j m
We have gathered from the report of £t*.
Claiberne that the cottou nmnefaaWaraa (f
Frauce are in a highjy prosperous sod roero
nerative condition, sad there atHtma to he go
reeson why the consumption of the raw jus
terial—that of American growth partictakny
—should not become greater everyyAir.*
a nroognotu ms iravew ana oonrw
Continent, Mr. Claiborne'uwbced that stfe*!
nine tenths of tbs cotton copwraad w 4*.f(
American growth.