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SOUTHERN CULTIVATOR,
roll 1854.
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HUDSON FLEMING & CO.,
Factors and Commission Merchants,
No. 04 Bay Street, Savannah, Ga.
r 18 FINDIIR their services to Planters, Merchants, and
I dealers in the sale of Cotton and all other equa
lly produce. Being connected in business with Hop
kins, Hudson ie Cos., of Charleston, the establishment
of au office in this city will attorn our friends choice
of markets. Strict attention will be given to business. |
umti&hc usual facilities afforded customers.
J. if! Iti DS i.N, i ; Lambeth Hoi-kins,
W. K. Fleming, - - Augusta.
Savannah. ) ( J. J. Cohen, Charleston.
OISEIE* AIMING, hi its various bn>nehe s j
executed prornpiv am., with despaten. Having
a number of hands in connection with me, I am pre
pared to do jobs not only in Putnam but in the adjoin
ing counties. Any eomrnrunieation front abroad will
reach me through the Post < >ltiee here, iam also pre
pared to execute papering with neatness, and on good
terms.
April, 18, 1854. JEFFERSON WRIGHT.
EADY-MADIi CLOTHING .VY e Would !
inform our friends of Putnam County that we
have opened the largest assortment, of ready-made
clothing for Spring and Summer that lias ever been in
the Flutonton market, which we will sell upon reason
able terms. “We have more of the same good bargains
we always sell our customers. Call ana examine our j
stock in the Temperance Hall.
April. 18, 1854.-ts. COXE <fc DENNIS.
PODA FOUNTAIN .—Soda water, sparkling ami
O bright. Ice cream and lemonade. West India
F'uii- Havanna cirgars, an l all other things general
ly found in a refreshment saloon. Every thing to
make the summer agreeable. A saloon will be fitted
up expressly l'or the indies. Gull and get a drink of
soda water the first dav, gratis, at No. 4. Garter & Gur
yev's Range. C. LEONARD CARTER.
April 18, 1854. ts.
iT'AILORINp.-t. 11. Jordan takes this meth
.l. od of informing his frienos, and the public gen
erally, that he still continues the Tailoring Business
in Eatonton, where ho. is prepared to execute all work
in his line of business in a neat and workman like
a manner as can be done in the State. All work will
be warranted in eyerv particular, aa regards cut, style
and workmanship. Snop up stairs, over N. S. Pru
-1 den <fc Cos. Store. Thanful for past favors he hopes to
j receive a continuance of the same. April 18, 1854-ts.
, T AND IN WARE FOR SALE.-I ’ersons
Xj wishing to purchase No. 253 in the 6 District of
| origionally Appiing now Ware county in the State of
Georgia are requested to correspond with the under
j signed. J. A. TURNER.
: Eatonton, Putnam Cos. April, 1854. ts.
' A DAMS & BROTHERS, Eatonton, Ga.,
! xY. invite the attention of the citizens of Putnam
ana the adjoining counties, to there large stock of
DRY GOODS and GROCERIES, confident that they
can please, them in style, quality and prices.
Special attention will be given to all orders. Cash
pay ing customers will find it decidedly to their inter
est to give us a call.
April 18,1854.
,*r 000 lbs. Choice Bacon just received on Oon
.) . signment, and for sule low for cash, bv
W. A.DA VIS.
*) 000 BUSHELS Oi' CORN Shortly to be re
* ceived on consignment., nn.l for sale bv
7 W. A.'DAVIS.
April 18, 1854.
lINCII Ac DAVIS, Eatonton, Ga. -Dealers in
j Groceries. Tobacco, Cigars. Snuff', Shoes. Flats,
Drugs, Medicines, patent Medicines, Hurd, Hollow
and Wood ware, Cutlery, .Powder and Shot, Candles,
Soaps, Crockery, Fine Liquor* arid Wines and vari
ous other articles, Call and examine before purchas
ing elsewhere. Bargains Cun be had,
April 18, 1864.
(\ D. PEARSON & Cos., would call the utten-
J • tion of the public generally to their large stock
of dry goods, fancy and domestic, groceries, crockery,
hard-ware, <fec. Their goods are all new, having been
recently selected with great cure in the New York and
Philadelphia markets. They flatter themselves they
can give their customers as good bargains us cun be
bought in middle. Georgia. Also, call and examine
our stock of ready-made Clothing. We will endea
vour to fit all in garment* and in prices,
A LL persons indebted to WoodJief Heott, lute of
J\_ the county of Putnam, deceased, are requested
to make immediate payment, and those having de
mands against the suid deceased are requested to
present them as by law required.
J. ADAMS, AdmV
March 7, 1854.
7 i EORGIA, Putnam County.—Court of Or-
YJT diimry of said county, December Term, 1852.
It appearing to the Court upon the petition of Mat ban
Bass, Joel E. Hurt and John M. Flournoy, executors
of the last. will and testament of Josiah Flournoy, late
of Raid county, deceased, that, they have executed the
will of their said testament, by paying the debts of
said deceosad and tho logaeies contained in his said
will, and praying to bo dismissed from their said exe
cutorship.
Ordered, that notice of this, their application, for
letters disrniipmrv be-pnblished in one of tn< public
gazettes of this State lor the space of six months, and
that all person* interested file their objections, if any
t.Rev have, on or before the first Monday in June next,
! AS STgSkfi Junfn2t mld b< ' gr,ml '
i>eueriil tisemntts.
LT NDER ah order of the Court of Ordinary, of the |
. county of F'utuuin, will be sold, at the court
house door in the town of Eatonton, on the first Tuee- |
day iu June next, within the legal hours of sale, one |
negro man nameil Nicholas, about sixty years of age, i
the property of Celestia G. Sadler, orphan of C. W. [
tiudier.
LEWIS LINCH, Guardian. '
April 16. 1854.
INUR SALE. —Lot No. lu7, Ist dial., Coweta; ulso |
1 lot No. goo, ath dist,, formerly Appling, now j
Ware. Any person wishing to purchase either of the j
lots can do so by applying to the subscriber, living 8
miles below Eutonton, on the Miilodgeville road, Den
nis’ P. O. Putnam countv.
‘ WILLIAM GARRARD.
T)UTNAJI Sales. -Will be sold bci'ore
I the Court-house door in the town of Eutonton,
Putnam county, on tho first Tuesday in May next,
within the logul hours of sule, the following property,
to wit:
A negro woman Seidy, aged twenty-two years, and
a negro boy named Sylvester, aged between 6 and 8
years; levied on to satisfy an execution issued from
Putnam Superior Court in favor of David R. Adams
against. Hicks J. E.-Rosser uud James Rosser. Levi
ed on as the property of Hicks J. E. Rosser. Prop
erty pointed out by plaintiff' in ti. fa.
JOHN B. FITTS, Sheriff.
7TEORGIA PUTNAM COUNTY.-Where*
V.JT as Nathan Bu*s applies for letters of administra
tion on the undevised portion of the estate of Robert
Bledsoe, iate of Putnam county, deceased :
These are, therefore, to cite and admonish oli and
singular the kindred and creditors of said deceased,
to be and appear at my office within the time prescrib
ed by law, to show cause, if any they have, why said
letters of administration should not be granted.
Given under my hand at office, this Musch il-ith,
1854. WM. B. CARTER, Ordinary.
coen ahdbaconoFcredTt7
IT'OR approved notes, l propose to sell corn and
. bacon on u credit until Christinas: I design keep
ing the market well supplied ut all times: Persons
wishing either of the above articles, are repuested to
call ut East corner Jefferson St., Eutonton, Gu:
YY. A. DAVIS.
April 25, 1854, Jit
BACON AND LARD FOR SALE
bv HARWELL & PEARSON.
April 25, 1854: ts ,
To the Citizens of Putnam County.
BOTANIC PHYSICIAN.
HAVING permanently located in Eutonton, 1 re
spectfully tendei you my professional services:
i have spent tue last four years with an old and ex
perienced physician of the reformed school, and have,
during that time, treated, under his supervision, many
cases of most of the diseases incident to this section
of country:
My motto is, that “ Poisons are not medicines.’'—
I use such remedies only, as act strictly in harmony
with the known laws of tne animal economy: Tnese
1 select from every kingdom of nature, but with a
careful and discriminating hand:
Office up stairs, adjoining the printing office, where
I may be found during the day. and at night, at the
residence of W. A. Davis.
S. W. BRYAN, M. D.
Eutonton, April 25, 1854. ts
Notice to Debtors and Creditors.
i LL persons indebted to Ezra Howard, late of the
Jl county Putnam, deceased, are requested to
inane immediate payment, and those having demands
against the tho said deceased, are requested to pre
sent them as bv law required.
J. D. DIOMATARI, Adm'r.
April 25, 185-1.
TWHI* 'MIMA-'ILTMi
DAGUERRE AN ARTIST,
T_> ESPECTFULLY informs the citizens of tiffs
IU place, and the cmnty generally, that this is
probably the lust ween that he will remain in Eaton
toii. Therefore all those who wish their likenesses
taken in the best style of the art are requested to
call soon at Temperance Hall.
Eatonton, April 25, 1854.
(Sdipiltjl
The (’ontributioris to the Washington
National Monument Funds during
March, amounted to but S7BB 07; the
expenditures for the same time are 1
$2,1)80 72.
A Rhode Island clergyman lately il
lustrated the neccessity of coporeal pun
ishment fur the correction of juvenile de
pravity, with the remark that- “the child
when once started in a course of evil
conduct, was like a locomotive on Ihe
wrong track—it takes the sw itch to get
it- off.”
The Brunswick Bank lias declared a
dividend of five per cent, for the past
six months.
Tho “Natives’’ of Philadelphia have
nominated Mr. Conrad as their candidate
for Mayor, and will act with the Whigs
in the corning election.
Mobile Horticultural Fair.—
This Fair has been postponed until the
3d May on account ,of the recent frost.
An address will be delivered before the
Horticultural Society on the 4 May by
(1. Langdon.
Madison Female College.—Tho
“ Visitor’’ announces the election of Rev.
Joseph H. Echols, as President of this
Institution, 1o fill the vacancy occasioned
by the recent death of Rev. L. J i. Wittich.
Also the election of Rev. James L. Pierce
to fill a vacant Professorship.
Insurance Losses.— The Boston
Insurance offices are said to have loss a
million of dollars during the last ten or
twelve days, on ships arid cargoes lost
and damaged.
Large Export of Lumber.—Five
vessels cleared at the Custom House
yesterday for foreign ports, with 1,414,-
417 feet of pitch pine timber.— Sav. Re
publican.
Good Dividends, —The Mechanics’
Bank of Augusta, has declared a divi
dend of ten per cent, from its profits for
the last six months, and a further divi
dend, out of its surplus profits, of twen
ty per cent., payable in July.
Lamartine is said to be engaged on a
life of Washington, which will be pub
lished within this year.
The Toledo Blade is under the impres
sion that 6,000,000 bushels corn will
be shipped, from that place, the coming
season. The largest amount ever ship
ped in one season before, was 3,878,047
bushels.
Advices from St. dago de Cuba* state
that a severe shock of an earthquake
had been felt there, on tho 10th nit.,
which rocked the houses, and sunk sev
eral vessels.
\fortey in the Treasury. —We under
stand that there are now twenty-eight
million eight hundred thousand dollars
in the Treasury of the United States.
The Grand Duke ofTuscany lias confer
red an order on l)r. 0. T. Jackson of
New England, for his services in expos
ing and revealing the mineralogy, of
Elba.
We are pleased to state that Ids
Excellency Gov. Johnson, tho’suffering
for the last ten days from severe indis
position, is agrfin tit his post.— Federal
Solved.—The Herald offers as a so
lution of the Crystal Palace failure, the
Tact that it was'inaugurated by General,
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EATONTON, GA.
TUESDAY MORNING, APRIL 25, 1854.
Printer Wanted.
A good compositor, one that can
both set type and work press, is wanted
ut this Office immediately.
April 18, 1854.
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vfj no fogies j Explanations, aSV.
W K are more than sorry to be com
pelled so soon to make a draft upon the
geuerosiiy of our readers. This week
we are forced to offer them only one
half yi sheet. We have one hand less
in our office than we had last week, and
have not been able to supply his place
iu time for the present issue. But not*
withstanding this, we give our subscrib
ers nearly as much reading matter as
any other weekly paper in Georgia—
two pages of the weekly papers being
generally filled with advertisements.-
We will spare no pains or expense to
prevent, the recurrence of a similar de
lect. In fact it is not owing now to lack
of expense or trouble—for we had a
plenty of both—but to circumstances
entirely beyond the control of mortals.
We wrote for our other issue a para
graph explaining why it was that prob
ably some subscribers did not get their
paper. This paragraph was mislaid, and
we did not discover it until the form
was made up, arid it was too late—as
we were much pressed for time—to
supply the deficiency. We stated that
if any subscriber did not get his paper,
it was owing to the fact- that several lists
had not been returned to us, and, also,
that iir one, or two instances, the lists
had been entirely lost. Those who did
not get their papers will confer a favor ;
by calling, and leaving their names at
our office. A\ e are always on hand. :
W e avail ourself of this opportunity
to correct an erroneous impression con
cerning our first issue. It has been sup
posed by some that we professed to sup
ply every man, woman and child in the
county with the first number. This is
a mistake,—as the edition of 500 which
we struck off would not half do this.—
After our subscribers were supplied, we
had it few, and but a Jew, numbers left,
which we distributed among those most
convenient to us. We make this state
ment to prevent any friend from suppos
ing we treated him with neglect. Xe
gleet, in such a cast', would certainly be
more fattyuiny to ourself than to any one
else, as in each case there is involved the
loss to us of “two dollars,” to sav no
thing of “roast beef! ”
< )ne tiling more. We have been com
pelled to devote most of our time to the
mechanical department of our paper.—
Although no printer, we have been very
actively employed in opening boxes
“getting things fixed," and making our
self generally useful. None but those
who have tried it have any idea of the
labor and trouble involved in opening a
printing office. We, ourself, have “pitch
ed right in” medeas res, we will say, if
we may be allowed to end a slang quo
tation with one from the classic pages of
the Venusian bard. This being so, we
have not yet had time to devote ourself
fully, as we shall shortly do, to the liter
ary department of our journal. When
we get our machinery all duly oiled, and
properly going, we will then rub up and
oil the driving wheels of our intellect,
and see if we can't say something smart,
[n fact we are going to do what the old
lady’s lien did when her grand-son
Sammy put a hundred and twenty eggs
in her nest for her to hatch—we are
going to spread ourself.
Our Advertising Patrons.
It is usual for newspapers to give
prominence to their advertising patrons
by occasionably making a summary of
their advertisements under their editori
al head. We will do likewise, takingour
patrons in the order in which they come
in our columns.
Jefferson Wrigiit is prepared to
execute house-painting with neatness
and despatch.
S. S. Dusenbkrry, fashionable tailor
next door to the printing office.
Coxe k Dennis advertise a large
stock of ready-made summer clothing.
C. Leonard Carter will keep a soda
fount and refreshment saloon at No. 4,
Carter and Harvey’s Range.
L. 11. Jordan, fashionable tailor, over
N. S. Prudden k Co’s, store.
Adams k .Brothers advertise a large
stock of dry goods and groceries.
W. A. Davis, wholesale and retail
grocer, near the depot, always keeps on
hand something to ('at—corn and bacon
—to be sold on a credit.
Lincti & Davis keep on hand a large
stock of groceries, hard and hollow ware,
cutlery, &e.
C. D, Pearson k Cos., have on hand
a large stock of dry goods and grocer
ies, and ready-made clothing.
.Harwell k Rearson have bacon
and lard for sale.
Hudson, Fleming k Cos. of Savan
nah, factors arid commission merchants.
The head of this firm is John R. Hud
son well and favorably known in Put
nam.
S. W. Bryan, M. D., Botanic Phy
sician;—office adjoining the printing
office.
R, TANARUS, Davis, Attorney at Law ; —of- j
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tice over \ an Maters store.
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The Southern Convention •
We are not of the number of those
who were over-sanguine of the result of
this convention. Certainly we do not
belong to that class who think its object
was altogether useless, and visionary,—
We think it right anti proper that this
convention should have assembled, and
that it be followed bv others. If wise
and prudent counsels prevail, and these
assemblages confine themselves to the
legitimate objects of their convocation
good will come of them. Otherwise,
harm will result.
What are the legitimate objects of
these conventions? To develope the
resources of the South, commercial, ag
ricultural, mineral and educational. —
In short their object is to bring to light
whatever - can add to the prosperity and
happiness of the Southern States—the
Southern nations. That they can create
means to build Paciiic Kail Koads, or
to drive Southern Steamers across the
Atlantic wave, no sane man can for a
moment suppose. But if there are such
means already in existence, they can de
velope these means, and show the South
ern people that they do exist.
Another good which may come of
these conventions, if wise men control
them, is that they will bring together
persons of different political creeds, who
may stand upon common ground, view
things through a different medium than
that of jaundiced political feeling, and
cultivate fraternal and social relation. —
How improper, then, was it for Mr. Tift
of Georgia to introduce a resolution into
the Charleston Convention which was so
well calculated to defeat one of the prime
objects for which such conventions
should assemble! The thunder of the
iron horse’s hoofs, re-echoed by the
Rocky mountains, and the roar of the
Atlantic surges lashing the sides of
Southern steamers, it seems to us, should
have been excitement enough for six
days, without introducing the vexed
question of the “rightful remedy.”—
Failing these, there should have been
found intoxication enough in the spark
ling wine, the “ twinkling feet” of the
Charleston belles, gliding in the mazes
qf Terpsichore, and in the pyrotechnic
displays and boat excursions of the gal
lant and chivalric Palmettoese, who had
agreed to forget all difference of opini
on in reference to their pet idea, and eat,
drink, and be merry with their brethern
for a few days, discoursing of themes
upon which all could agree.
Happily the consideration of Mr. Tift’s
resolution did not meet the approbation
of the Convention, and least of all
did it meet, as we learn, the approbation
of the Carolinians. They knew that
leading men in the convention differed
widely upon what is the “ rightful rem
edy,” and what is “constitutional resis
tance to Federal encroachment.” They
knew that the most bitter feuds at the
South had arisen from this very differ
ence, and that these feuds had done the
South more harm by destroying the mor
al power of harm >n?y than all other
causes combined. They knew that the
people of the South were at last united
—-united in the halls of Federal legis
lation, and united in convention , to de
velope their own industrial resources. —
They knew also that if the S. Carolina
views of the “rightful remedy”—say
ing nothing as to their correctness —
were adopted, it would drive off from
these conventions at least one half of
the people of the South, and instead of
industrial or commercial conventions
they would become mere partisan as
semblages. Knowing this, the conven
tion very properly rejected Mr. Tift’s
resolution as not being proper subject
matter for the consideration of the con
.
vention.
And this brings us to another point
in connection with these conventions. —
This is the bearing which they have
upon the question of the union or dis
union of the American States. The
editor of the Savannah Republican im
agines he scents disunion from afar in
these convocations. The contrary would
appear from the disrelish with which
Mr. Tift’s resolution was met. Had his
resolution been carried, and the subject
discussed, then we might believe with
the Republican. As it met the fate
which it did, we are bound to believe
that these conventions will keep aloof
from all illegitimate issues.
As to the South’s endeavoring to as
sert her independence in commerce,
manufactures, mining, agriculture, edu
cation and all other things which can
give her a basis upon which to build up
a seperate nation —a Southern confeder
acy, if you please —should it ever be
come necessary ts do so, nothing can be
more proper and patriotic. The South
should be prepared for all contingen
cies. Our motto is, preserve the union
if you can, but prepare for disunion
should it come. But the South cannot
prepare for a separate existence by in
flamatory speeches and demagoguioal
appeals. She must go to work. Her
steamers must plough the ocean, her
canvas must whiten the seas, her hills
must send back the echoes of the whistle,
her furnaces must smoke in her mining
districts, the sound of the batten and
shuttle must be heard in her borders,
her hills must be crowned with verdure,
and her valleys must teem with plenty,
the result of improved agricultural
skill. And, above all, her sons mtist
have their hearts and minds enlight
ened by the' rays of education and
■gggggg
science. In the education of Iff 1 ' nia ' ; '
ses, lies her.*uJety; for Fdmoud Burke
has well said, that a nation’s surest de
fence is the education of her people.—
How unmindful is the South of this
maxim!
It may not be amiss here to reflect
for a moment upon the probable dui
atiejn of the American Confederacy.-
We have been accustomed to believe
that it was founded upon a rock, and
would not fall, though the floods should
come and the rain descend, and beat
upon it. Lately, however, since we
have witnessed tho error of the present
1 administration in turning the back ol its
! hand upon such men as Dickinson and
I Bronson to take to its bosom men of the
| Fun Buren faction —when we see that
: the slighting wound received by our
! friends at the North has induced them to
j falter, and lower the standard which
; they have so long born aloft—when we
! see those death-bed penitents that have j
i gorged their foul stomachs with pap
! from the public crib now return in their
; fatness to wallow in the mire which
j they professed to have left forever, but
to which, we knew they would returff
when occasion offered —when
j Edward Everett and the “ Silver Greys;
| generally hauling down their colors to
Seward—when w r e see Southern men in
congress becoming the protege;, of the A
Y Tribune , smothered in fulsome adul
ation from that abolition sheet—and
when we see the New England Priest
hood in their impious and blasphemous
ravings set themselves up as the vieege- j
rents of Jehovah, jingle the keys of
heaven and hell in the ear of the South,
and threaten the U. S. Senate with
thunders as from the Vatican, then we
mav well tremble for the safety of the
American Union. Not that w r e fear
for the South, for the bosoms of her
sons are a bulwark which the world
may seek in vain to break through.—
Our fears arc for the Union.
But amid all our fears there is hope
| vet. And nothing has excited in our
j bosom livelier hope than the com
mercial union which must needs always
exist between the South and the V est,
and the comfortable assurance that “N.
England is not the Union.” And these
two things have been lately brought
I most vividly before our minds by the
I following fervid eloquence from the
[speech of Mr. Breckenridge of Ken
; tuckv, on the Nebraska bill, with which
we will close this article:
“ It is true, New England, with a few
noble exceptions, has arrayed herself
against the principles of the bill; yet
even there the cause is not lost. Her
choicest sons are unmoved by the clam
ors that surround them; and New Hamp
shire, the little Switzerland of the
North, is unbroken by the frantic rush
of the agitators. She Inns the elements
around which to rally her hereditary
principles.
But New England is not tho Union.
Observe what different tokens come from
East and West. Did you hear of the
infuriated mob that basely hung the au
thor of this bill in effigy, on Boston com
mon? But did you note soon after the
cheering tones of approval the west wind
brought from his prairie States ? Re
member, gentlemen, in the midst of your
exultation, that the political powers of
this country is now climbing the sum
mits of the Alleghany mountains, and
before this decade closes, will have pur
suet l its unreturning course far into the
valley of the Mississippi— that vast re
gion, richer than the delta of the Nile,
and whose milions and ever increasing
millions are destined to political unity
as lasting as civilization and commerce
bound forever together by the double
tic of interest and affection. What, theu
if Boston choses to betray the principles
that made her own origin illustrious—
what if New Englandchooses to turn
her back on the doctrines that marked
her early history, and after winning
political liberty for herself, proposes to
deny it to others; still we are not defence
less. True spirits in every eastern State
will stand by the flag of republican equal
lity until it waves the people back be
neath its its folds. Pennsylvania, that
fine old commonwealth, too often neg
lected in the piping times of peace, but
always appealed to, and never in vain
in every crisis of the Constitution, will
stand upon the bill. But even if no
support could be found in the scenes of
our early civilizations we would gather
up these inestimable principles and turn
to the West —the young, and growing,
and vigorous West—whose hardy sons
having just laid for themselve the foun
dations of society, will never aid in rob
bing their fellow citizens of the same
sacred privilege. Sir, in two years from
this time you will not be able, in my
opinion, to find a man in the West who
will dare to go before, the people in op
position to the principle of this bill.”
.John Langford, the young man avlio
stabbed Sandy Sijther in this placo
last Aveek, was brought before Justices
McHenry and Underwood for a hear
ing, and on failing to give seeurityin
a recognizance of $2,500 to appear at
the next Superior Court, lias been lodg
ed in jail to await his trial. SUTHER is
improving, and Avill probably get Well.
We call the attention of the citizens
of Eatonton, and the county, to the ad
vertisement of Mr. Braune, Daguerrean
Artist. His likenesses are good.
Brief History of Cotton.
. The method of spinning cotton, \\ y W
| rnerly, vrtis by the hand: out about Lg q
Mr. Hargrave, of Lancashire, inv,.,,
| ted the spinning-jenny with eight *p l!:
■dies; he also erected the hist
, machine with cylinders. Sir J
Arkwright obtained a patent lor a 1; ,,, J
i invention of Machinery in 1769; 1
another patent for ari engine in 177;, 0
Crompton invented the mule, a furtffijH
and wonderful improvement in the mai;-lfe
ufacture of cotton, in 1799, and various®
other improvements have been sine,i Jj
made. The names of Feel and Ark 1
wriglit are eminently conspicuous ~, 1
connection with this vast source of Brii 1
ish industry; and it is calculated the |
more than one thousand millions stw .*?
ling have been yielded by it, to Greaii,
Britain. Cotton manufacturers uten-B
sils were prohibited from being expo; B
ted in 1774.— Ilaydon.
History of Cotton for over onk j
hundred Years.
The following brief items of the hist. ®
ryof cotton from 17-30 to 1830, are take *
from a South Carolina paper:
1730. Mr. Wyatt spins the tirstcott,:. J
yarn in Eegland by machinery.
1735. The Dutch first exported cot to: ; 1
from Surinam.
1742. First mill for spinning cotton, 1
erected at Birmingham, moved by mules 1
or horses; but not successful in its opg
perations.
1649. Tho fly shuttle generally useli
in England.
1750. Cotton velvets and quilting 1
made in England for the first time.
1701. Arkwright obtained the first!
patent lor the spinning frame, which!
he further improved.
1786. The stocking frame applied bvl
Hammond to the making of lace.
1773. A bill passed to prevent the i
export of machinery used in factories. }
1779. Mule spinning invented by i
Hargrave.
1782. First import of raw cotton from I
Brazil in England.
1782. Watt took out his patent for the |
steam engine.
1783 A bounty granted in England
on the export of certain cotton goods.
1785. Power looms invented by Dr.
Cartwright—steam engines used in cot- J
ton factories.
' 1785. Cotton imported into England I
I from the United States.
1786. Bleaching first performed by *
i the agency of oxymuriatic acid.
1787. First machinery to spin cotton
[ put in operation in France.
1789. Sea Island cotton first planted
|in the United States; and upland cot- !
ton first cul‘ivated for use and export
about this time.
1790. Slater, an Englishman, builds
the first A merman cotton Factory at Paw - ■
tucket, Rhode Island.
1792.1 Eli Whitney, an American, in
; vents tile cotton gin, which he patents.
1798.1 First mill and machinety for
cotton erected in Switzerland.
1799,lSpinning bv machinery intro
duced hmo Saxonythis vear.
1803l* ? irst cotton factory built in |
New ll|lipshire. * I
1805kI’ower looms successfully anil
widely fc* roduced into England.
1807| mhe revolution in Spanish A
nierica ■Mgins to furnish new markets
fi>r cottrn,■manufactures.
IbloHßigest of cotton manufacture-'
in the fljfted States bv Mr. Gallatin an!
anotheM-M Mr. Tench Coxe, of Philm
1811 ■u-,hinefy to make bobbin lace
patentedSfcfr John Burn.
LBl3.Mj*e India trade more free, ami
more Bali manufactures sent thither.
power loom introduced in
to the LHnpd States, first at Waltham.
1818. Htterage price of cotton Slots.
since 1810. New me
thod of Jmarino; sewing cotton by Mr.
1819. i^^Braord inary price for Alaba
ma cottoißEnds.
1820. power first applied with!
success to lace manufactures.
1822. cotton factory in Lowell
<•rooted. IR* . .. .
1823. First export of raw cotton frbrnr'
Egypt into Great Britian.
1825. In N. Orleans cotton at from
25 to 35 cents per pound. .
1826. Self-acting mule spinner patent
ed in England by Roberts.
1827. American cotton marmfacruros
first exported to any considerable extent.
1829. Highest duty in the United
States on foreign cotton manufactures
1830. About this time Mr. Dyer intro
duced a machine from the United States
into England for the purpose of making
cards.
1832. Duty on cotton goods imported
into the United States reduced, and in
England it is forbid to employ minors
in cotton mills to work more than ten
hours per day, or more than nine on a
Saturday ; in consequence they work at
something else.
1834. Cotton at 17 cents.
1835. Extensive purchases made of
cotton lands by speculators and others.
1836. Cotton from 18 to 20 cents.
Steam Frigate Bill.— The bill am*
thorizmg the construction of six first- 1
sized frigates having received the rU- \
nature of the President of the United
States, is now a law.
Bishop SotTLE.—Bishop Soule ac
companied bv the Rev. Messrs. Borim-
Wynn, and Pitta, arrived at New Or
leans, recently i n fine health and
spirit.
( i\a inn hr r County. —We learn from
the presentment of the Grand Jury ' ,
that there are 700 poor children in this/
county, who arc entitled to the benefit/ >
of the poor school fund.
The Richmond Examiner denies that!
any intimations of an intention to reshm If
have been received from Mr. John m'l
Daniel, late editor of that paper, ami If
now IT. S. Charge rt’Affaw* at Tu- 1
rin.
Fox Hunting.--There are ninety-six J
fOX i wX« S C 'T abllshmcnts in England i I
a ? Cl 9 ion - lt IS - 811 PP os ed that a total!
oi £l-6,000 ]R Circulated through the 11
medium of hounds and horses MW 111
however\ a trifle compared with expenlil
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