JOSEPH W. HA3IPTON,-
‘=The pow rs granted under tho Constitution, being derived from tha Pooplc of the Unite;! St:itcp, nviy be resumed by them, whenever pcrvortL*d to their injury or oppression.”—iV/cf^ison..
-Editor and Publislier.
OLUME 1,(
CHARLOTTE, N. C., MAY 4, 1841.
NUMBER 9.
TERMS:
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ccftlnilsufs .^rfffvscnfsn
! HE pr . i-:;t i.- iho fir.il cllbrt that ha.s hceii made
to (.• ‘ill)’-' 1'. :'.n organ at tho l>irth-place of Aiuc-
;a-i liivi- ]';cn(’o'; •f'. throuirh vrhk-li thi; uoclriacs of
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a cU'fcndod—in v. hioh the iiroat priucii>lcs oi Lib-
iy and Equality tbr which the Alkxandf.rs, the
Jl;:.'’, and their heroic compatriots perillca tin ir iill
I tho 2Gtli May, 1T75, could at all tinu’s lind an
ishrinki!!:^ advocate. Its success rcst.s chiefly witii
,^c licpublican ]>arK* olMccklcnuury—aad to them.
«^d the. Republicans of the surrouiuling couatry the
ppcal i.s uov»' made lor support.
Tlie Jelibrtjoniaii -vvill assume as its political crccd,
o.-e landmarks of tlio Republican Party, tiie doc-
I’los t^e^ tbrth in tlie Kentucky ami Virginia Keso-
rions of 17i‘S—believing, as the undersigned does.
Irat the author- of tht se papers, who bore a conspicu
ous part in framing our system of Government, were
(•;.t cpialitl -I to hand down to posterity a correct ex-
jsiti'»n of it.s truo spirit—the best jiidges oi' what
v]^;wers v.'erc d'dcgalcd by, and what rc.-iorvcd to.
*10 States.
It will oppose, as dr;ngcrou.s to our free institutions,
.spirit of ■:,:uiropoiy, which has been stealthily, hut
aaiiy incri;aii!ig in the covintry I’rom the ibuada-
on of our (loveriiif t!it. Tlic most odious ft-a(ure
tiii? system is, that it rol)s the .vany, huperceplibh/.
ciirich the rr.v.';—It clothe.^ a few v. etilthy indi\ i-
uals witli pov.'cr tiot only to control the wages of
hr laborin ■ ; lan, but al.so at 'heir pleasure to inllate
r Ui..' comrn'jrcc and bu^,inei.> of the whole
luntrv—u ^piril of cxlravaganre, wluch it
rminates in pecunitiry ruin, and too often the mor-
deM'-adatior." of its \ ictims! This system must be
Dru'.;r/i!y ri formed, be lore v.o c^m hope to see set
,e i pri^spt rity .-mile alike upon all our citizens. To
it; in producing thi.; reform, will be one oi’ the main
bjectK of tb-''Jefu r.onian. It v.ill v.-ar against r.r-
'/.-‘/re or partial le^i.fiation, under v. hat-
\ r gui?f- graut'^d by our Legislatures ; and, there-
ore, iviii oppose the charteritig oi'a United States
;:nk. Internal Improvements by the Federal Gov-
.rriLiK ut, a revival of the Tariff Syj==tem, and the new
_ vieral scheir.e of tlie General Government assum-
^g to pay to foreign money changers tiro hundred
’^liUion^ q/'borrowed by a t’ew States for
p\:rpcscs.
A.' a que.-^io::> of vital importance to the Soutli,
ir.d one which, from various causes, is everj' day
aming a more momentoiis and awl'ul as.iect, tlu^
:-fi'orsonian will not fiiil to koep its n ad('rs regularly
“nd ai’curately advised ol' the movem*Mits of the
rDr.h^'m Abolitionists. It must be evident to all
'andid observers, that a portion of the party press of
liave hitlierto been too silent on liiis sub-
ct. 'Weshall, therefore, v. ithout the fear of being ile-
sounced as an alarmist, lend onr humble aid to assist
ro awakening the People of the South to due vigi-
"inco and a sense of their real danger.
"WJiiJe a portion of the columns of the JelFersonian
ill be devoted to political di.scussion, the great inte-
4.:- of Mon.M.f'', Lixr.R.VTriii:, Agijicultlke, and
e M:-:'’hamc Anx.^, shall not be neglected. Witii
e ciioicest selections on these subjects, and a due
antity of liglit reading, the Editor hope.s to render
is .sli.cet agreeable and profitable to all classes in
ciety.
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Charlotte, March 5, 1841.
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T. LORING.
Catiiwlja Springs.
THE Subscriber would inform the public
generally, that he is prepared to entertain Visiters
at the above celebrated watering-place, and pledges
himself that no eil'opts shall be spared to render
comforlable and profit ible the stay of all who may
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tim.’s. * THOMAS HAMPTON.
Lincoln county, N. C., Ajiril 6, 1810.
Camden Journal v>’ill insert the above
3 weeks, and the Charleston Courier, weekly, to tho
amount of 3, and forward the ticcounts to T. H.
§vSIH©2>lLo
Mrs. HAMPTON’S Scliool for the tuition of
Young Ladies in Mu-«ic, was opened on the
l;>th ultimo. She will give 1 ssons nt her residence,
nearly op^.jsite ainl very convenient to the Femrde
Acacieiny, on the following termy:
Per of five nKntuis, in adn ncc 16
“• *• “ end of 20
Mrs. II. hopes, from her expcriencc in tcachiag.
and by unremitting atteatiou tr> tli;' improvemeiit of
hi'r ’ u; ils, to rci -. iv.' : h ire of I'u’.thc p-atrouage.
Ciiiirloitv'. March 5. IS 11.
Raleigh, March 3, 1841.
■m-..
Last Notice.
LL those indebted to the subscriber, arc inform
ed that their Notes and Accounts must be set-
d by the April Court, or they may be found ia
er huuds for collection. '
, , , ' * C. J. FOX.
harlrite April r.th 19 U 5_p
WING removed tlieir : tock of Goods to the
country, and (ic'diard business in (.’harlotte.
the undersigned ear.icstly request all persoaa owiaij
them, eitlier by note or a>'-onni. i;a;iu*di:!tely to call
and make settlement. WILLIA.M AI^EN A.\i)hUi
V. i'd reni'iin in Charlott * t ^ t lo the bu. iac'ss oi‘ th*'*
late concern, and it is hoj i-d tlics;' iiide'rted will
not disregard this notice;—at any r.ite. all are r.--
quested to call and see him on the hubjei t. and sucii
as owe accounts, and Ciinnot now pay, can close them
by note.
Tiic subscribers will keep con.stantly on hand a
larire anti well selected slock of
And every other ariicle in the n'lercavitile line, at
their staail at 'I,I*]AK CREEK in this C'ounty.
where they will l>e pleased t > ^^c ami accommodate
all who mav favor them v.'iih a call.
ALEXANDEil & DR OTHER S.
Cliarlotte, March ‘;r3, IS 11. o-r
CENSUS OF 1810.
Complefe. Ce/isiia of ike United Si at cs. for 1840.
We have the pleasure of pres nting our r.-adeis
with the compl te aggregite result of the Census
foj- 1810, and wc b-.lievo we are the fust to give it
entire. The SeCi'etary of State furnished all the
retin ns he had to tlie House of Representatives. By
the politeness of Mr. Cist, vre are fLirnishcd with
these. They lack however three States an:i seve
ral cuuuuto, of wliich Vvc have the States and pait
of the defective returns frcna 1 ica* papers. ^Vo
shall first give tho totals, with tiie ratio of incrcast:
for each., tind hereafter funii.'h so;uc comparative
tables.
1830
?.Iaine, 300.dG2
.M lis.u'liasrtis. G iO,U 1 1
llup.psliia*, 2G0..»:‘3
V. iinont, 280.079
1^. l>Laii, 00,21(3
CoiUKCticnt, 207.7 11
New Yoik, 1,013, 3 132 ' >•'» 27
New jcrs. y. o2v)770
’*P' nn^vl\ania. 1.317.()72
was ten per cent, greater, and that of the present
year, 1811, will be still larger. All this exclusive of
our immense mineral and other productions. At a
fair estimate, the annual .aggregate results of indus
try may be set down at twelve hundred millio^is of
dollars, according to the present prices and measures
of valne.
These curious statistics must give rise to the
most original and important reflections. Fifty years
ago cotton was produced to the value of !i^l,000 a year
—now it is equal to 114,000,000, by the ccusus, and
we arc persuaded that this is belov.’’ the average.
'I'lie soil and cliinatc of the United Statee, arc as
of cotton was ^8,635,935, and during the folio vying
year it was .$7,752,936, the whole of thie product
being produced in the Sta,tcs of South Carolina and
Georgia. It is believed that its cultivation may be
much extended, especially in the territory of Flori
da; and the export, during twenty yeans, has been
on fui average of about eight millions of pounds, tho
principal portion being carried to England.
• The increase of the cotton productions of tho
country has been gradual and solid, according to the
extension of manufactures and the demand for the
product. It is well known that cotton has been ra
pidly extended to the Routh-western States, as new
1840 Ix itio of inc.
r)01.7.)o 20 p r ci.nt.
737.4!)S 21 ‘•
2>i4 4:-la,T “
201.848 4 ‘*
108,^27 12 -
310.0.;:; 11 “
f). 1 iwait',
M.i; yl:«n I,
\’ii ginia.
N. C;irolim
3. (‘and'ua,
j» b'orgia,
Al tb-\nia,
Mis.'.siippl,
I
T
HE r ‘c;^nt Union of the (,’AH0LIN.\ PLAN
TER with the FARM ‘^RS’ REGISTER. a>,d
the C(>;isi-qut‘ut addition lo the sui>.-'cri[‘iion list of
about 1.000 naiiits, will t aablo tlir jiubli.vhrr to a;id
sometiiing fbrtiiwith to thi* privi! -gcs ami ailva’ita-
gC'S before offered to subsiTiber."'. These additie.’ia-
advantages will ’uc seen in ilic tiiir 1 pr'miu’n. v. iiiidi
i.-^ now add>il Lflo%v, i»»J in tho udverti.'cJ prices of
back volumes anucMod:
CONDITIONS OF Tur. FARMERS’ REGISTER
For the Nin til Vvlujne,
TO BE C03I>IENXri) .lANrARV, 1=11.
Akticle I. The Farmer.-' I’roister is ]niblished
in montiiiy numbers, of til larac ootavo pages each,
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miums*’ below.j It i^s now also issued (and consist
ing of nearly tiie s'uii*.' matter) we(‘kl}. in a sinjxle
sheet ol' 16 pag- s ofiiivo. Price and co.idiiions the
same for both publictitions,
II. All riiail i)a\ m. nts must be made in bank notes,
or checks, of par vali j: i.n Vikc.i.m v—i)r otie rv. ise,
of a ci i Y banic ol’ tin- St ite in w hi.-h llie suliscriher
resiilos;* and all l.‘it: ro to iin‘ puldish'T (except
such iis contaiii artici -s for publication.) mu.st be
poi^l j.aid; and (Ik piiMishrr as.-umes the risk of lo.ss
by niail-carriS'.gc oi' ;’li !ctt iv and remiitances eon-
.’’ormiag to the b'reijoih.i* co-ulitioa.s, and which have
been properly comiiiittcil to tiie mail, or to the hands
of a postmast( r.f
III. If a subscription is not d.irectcd to be discon
tinued beiore the lirst num!»er oi'the next volume has
been published, it Vvili be ta'ieii as a couiiauance for
another year. Subscriplioi-.s must commei;ct‘ with
the bc'i:innin_; of some one voluiue, and will not be
taken for less than a ye;u’s {)ubiica5ion.
I\ . The mutual obligations of Lhe publisher and
subscriber, for the year, arc iuily incurred as soon as
the first number of the voluiac is issueil; ;ind after
i imt .SSe(',
lv ntucicy,
(Jiiio.
Inlirnta,
I llinois,
-'Michigan,
M-suni.
A:kans:;s.
Wiscon.>in
Iowa.
Floritla.
n. f»l Couunbip,
7 0.7 3()
4 10 0 13
1,21 1.27 2
738.470
r.81 4r,8
i”> 1
30^.007
1 :^0,8(^r,
210.07 2
084.822
GS8.'^84
037.070
341.582
1 r>7.r)75
31.200
140 074
3iJ.3^^3
31.7
no s.
37 2 352 10
1.700,1>dv) 27
78,120 2
407.57 7 W
1.231 444 - 2
753.1 10-2
504.4^^0 2
()l '^,IoO 20
47 0.4 n 55
3ri’,.o:)9 102
210.033 —
8 >:j,0o7 20.\
777 S50 l;;"
1.515.iV05 02?,
083 314 100
445.-17 5 183
211,705 500
3* >3.701 100
05.C.42 220
o’002 —
43.035 —
Jio n titrns —
113 012 10
well adapted to raise v.'inc, silk, colfee, Bugar, and j colonies have spread tlicmsclves upon their territory;
so that at the jn-esent time the main body of the ex
ports is derived from that ecction of the country;
and during the year 1839 and 1840, 051,191 balc^
were exported from tlie sinlgc port of New Orleans.
It is supposed that the United States supply about
three-fourths of the Colton Trade of the world, and
that in 1836, 2,000.005 of acrcs were devoted to its
culture in this country. The permanent capital in
vested, is estimated at 1^740,000,000. During 1S39,
2,177.833 bales were raised in the United States,
the greater proportion of which was exported abroad.
The prosperity of the South may, itis v.'cll remarl;-
ed, be maiidy attributed to the cultivation of the cot
ton plant, and upon the continuance of that produc-
tio.n it.^. future prosperity must in a great measur-^
depend. “A source of.Vv'callh might indeed have
been derived from tl.‘ rice, tobacco, indigo, and su-
])roceis to reach such a result is to know the fact of j ‘ ashcroth'jr staples, bi i. tiiat calth
fr!4!'li like articles as Ital}' or India, yet with the ex
ception of sugar, the otiier articles are in tlicir in
fancy. Why is this? It arises i'rom the fad tliat
til- re is no comprcliensivc agricultural svstem yet
organised in the country—l>y Vvdiiph every article
v^ould be rais'.'d in proportio i to the demand. The
great j/rices of flour in 1333, impelled too much
capital and lal;or into wheat growing—the same may
be s ul of corn and cotton—hence the ruinous low-
prices in consequence of over ] roduction beyond
the demand. H:ul the same labor and capital been
judiciou.-^ly distributed on the produ'-tion of every
arli-.'le, we might now* IfO drinking American wine,
and wearing American silks, as cheap in production
as flour is.
Our agricultural systeiu wants adjustment jf’id
equalization :is much as the currcncv. ' The lir.it
want of adjustment, and this lact is devolved in the
ccnsu.s, Avliich ouG'lit to be tiie basis of agricultural
action, a.^ well as legislative and financial action—
to the wl’ole counftv.
Totals. 12.850T7 1 10 421.004 33 per ct.
* One county and part of nnotlur in Pennsylvania
were antiisi^, for which, howevt r, we have added
their proportions.
t Some sm:id counties are wra.iting in Georgia,
but j.robably cont.'.in but f'iv mhn’ itantg,
T I’lie Western District of I.,oui.-;ana omitted.—
This, with Florida, also omitted, will make up about
150,000 to be ;ilded to the sum total.
The Cen.-us now taken is the su'//t since the adop
tion of the Constitution, and sliows conclusively tha^
(he i)opulation of the United States moves on with
the same uniform law of progresssion, without refer
ence to emigration, disease or any other cause.—
This law is an increase of one third of the existing
population for each period of ten years.
Cin. Chroniclc.
From the .Vin: rican I'jnncr.
ANNUAL PRODUCTION OF THE UNITED
STATES.
Vv”e have received the report of the Secretary of
State, giving tlu‘ value and quantity of the Agricul
tural productions ol' this couiitry in 1839. It is a
most valuable docunu*nt. and was carefully compi
led and arratiged by Win. A. Weaver. Esq., the su-
periiitcn:lent oi’ the last census. A more able and
edicieiit person could not have been selected.
From the d( taile«l statements, vre have made the
following abbreviation. AV’e have added to (>ach ar
ticle its price, as current in this market, an 1 thereibre
reached the aL'.:rei::ite va.Iue of the producc of 20
that time, no (.liscontinuance of :i subs(;ri;>tion will ■ -p •. •
i • ’ 1 II 1 • V 'i- , rotates and 1 erntones.
be permitted. iNorwill a subscription t)C discontm-
ued lor any earlier notice, wliile an\'tiling thereon j Piodnetion of (he I nited States and ils ralne in
remains due. unless at tiie oj tion ol' the Editor.
Pre.miu.ms in e.rtra copies, oifcred in Mp^^ideration
of either adi'aiiced or earhj } uyntenLs.-^i'^ 'J’o eve
ry subscriber who shall p.ay tor vol. 9, strictly accor
ding to the tibove cotiditioi;s, (in articles 1. and If.,)
before the 31st January. (vviuMi No. l.will be issued)
an extra copy of tho same shall be sent; or instead,
if preferred by him and so ortlered, a copy oi’ cither
vol. 7, or vol. 8. In like manner, at same rate of de
duction. any one person may obtain any number of
copies to supply other.>
2d. To every subscriber, not thus paying in ad
vance of the publication, but wiio shall do so, and in
all other r.’spoct- CMuiply vvitii ■‘be r>’)ove conditi ;ns
b-fore Jiiae 3Uih, t>n extra cop) of either vol. 7 or
vol. 8 siiall be sent; aiivl the same to every new sub
scriber j, -ying as above required (iu Art. 1. .md ii.)
at tne time ol’ his subscription beiag ordered
3d. Every subscrib-'r vrho htts received till the
buck v’olrimes of tlio Fau'mers’ R(‘gist?rj raid \vho
may be entitled by his pavment to efther of the ibre-
goingpremiums, instead df them may, his choice,
and by his directioti, be credited for vol! 10, to be is
sued in 1342.
RtriiARKs.—Any extra copy, sent as above stated,
will be directed only'to the* nwae of the individual,
entitled to it as a jjremiinn ; but sent to any postofiice
tfui^jftiay be desired. TIm; simding of every such
extftL copy will ccivse v. i*h the volujne; but the like
arrangement may l^e renev. ed, tuid similar advanta
ges obtained by any su!.»scj’iber ht reafter, upon the
renewed peribrmancG of likfy conditions.
No agents or general collectors’ arc etn'ployed for
the Faim*rs’ Register. J3ut any subscriber, post-
niaster, or other person, may obtain for his own pro-
‘fil th(^ large ;dlowances otiered in the Ibregoing pre-
niiui'is, by j.-rocuriiig the benef:ts to the ]>ublication
for which'the premiums are ofiered. Address
EDMUND RUFFIN.
Petersburg, Va., Oct. 31, 1840. •
* It will be again required, (as formerly), that mail pay
ments shall be made in the notes or checks of .specie-paying
ba;ik.i, should any such banks be in operation in the States in
which subscribers severally reside. Until tlicn, the publisher,
like all other creditors, and laborers at fined prices, must sub
mit, as now', to be defrauded by the operation of the non-spe
cie paying banking system, of the difKrence in value betweeu
the best of such banfe paper and specic.
._f “A postmagt^ may encloso money in a letter to the pub
lisher of a news^per, to pay the subscription of a third per
son, and frank the letter, if written by himsfif.*’ (Signed)
^\mo3 Kendall, Pcatmi?!; r-ti?ncr:.l
Kind.
Wiicat bulishels,
IJarU y “
('Jtits
Rye
Buckwheat “
Corn “
Potatoes ‘•
\Vool, poo.nds.
Tobacco
Rice “
Cotton
Suuar
l-"39, as oj/icialli/ published.
Qvunt-hj. Pr>-\
75.083.419 §hOO
TT
Silk cocoons
’V'ax ‘‘
Hay tons
Hemp and dax
Ashe.s “
Naval stores, barrels
Lvanber
Products of tho orchard
Pro(iucts of the dairy
Wine gallons 236,427
:-{,9'>3.134
110.053.369
K;/j37.G10
7.003.326
3flS,]6h445
] 01,981.539
27,108.489
1 I8.07L806
76.154,735
1,311,459,785
73,535,854
1.119,770
328,991
711.493
9.83S;415
'980.912
19.028
31,680
iXi
30
5b'
1.00
50
42
35
10
3-i
11
7
39
27
27
80
7
6.00
2,00
50
Vahic.
^75,983.139
2.035.629
33,016,010
8.996.1»33
7^003.326
154,080.223
42'83.2,246
8,487,597
14,807,180
2.665,415
114;900,577
19.154.909
436,710
121.526
192,103
157,286,840
i;373.270
1,683 360
03 378
10.953,655
7.218,978
34.189.138
143.213
Aggregate value as oflicially known, fjji'697,766,450
Returns from Norlh Carolina, Kentucky, Florida,
and Wisconsin, not having been received, their pro
duct is not included in the above. Even the present
returns arc not complete, and never will be. As an
instance. ]\I:issachusetts is set dovvn in the assessors
return, as Jiaving produced 158.923i bushels of
wheat in 1839. In that same year bounty was
claimed for 190,869 bushels, making a difi'erence of
nearly 32,000 bushels. It is the same in Main, and
the same all over the country. And we do not hesi
tate to say that the production, ae published is fully
ten per cent, below the actual product Enough is
known however to satisfy all parues that we j)Ossess
the elements of immense wealth; No previous esti
mate ever reached the quantity oif articles produced,
as show n in this report. Above see that the same
annual value of agriculture alont^ as oflicially given,
is nearly $700,000,000, and if ?|1 the returns were
in, the aggregate would be increijsed to §800,000,000.
This was the product cf 1839,' That of last year
I'roni BirknLirs Reporter.
THE AMErar'AX cotton f UL'IX'RE and trade.
77/C modern vronder in Agriculture!
It has been co nputcil that the entire Trowth of
cotton i ■ the worU. is one thou^ uid million of pounds,
and that of this amount five hundred and fifty mil
lions are produced in the United States; thirty in
Rnizil; eight in the West Indies; tw’enty-seven in
Egyp.t; thirty-six in the west of Africa ; one hundred
and ninety in the west of Asia ; thirty-five in Mexi
co and South America, with tne exception of Brazil;
and iburteen elsewhere. This crop, at ten cents per
pound, a price w Inch is the least to which it has ev
er attainctl. without doubt would be worth one hun
dred millions of dollars. Of that‘amount it is esti-
niinoa f-ffv millions of poimds
arc coa.sumed or manufactured in England ; one
hundred and fil'ty millions in the U^nited Slates;
eighty in France; two hundred and fifty in India
and China; twenty-five in South America and Mexi
co, intduding Brazils; thirty-five in Germany; ibrty
five in Turkey and x\frica; ten in Spain; twenty in
Prussia ; and the remainder elsewhere. By this
estimate it is 5?tatcd that the value of cotton manu
factures in England is annually one hundred and
seventy millions of dollars ; in France, seventy mil
lions ; and in the United State, fii'ty millions. ‘'Ve
I'.ave inserted these estimates, which must be con-
silered very general, in order to show the' great
magnitude of the cotlaa ititerest throughout tiie
w'orld, so far as production and capital arc conccra-
cdi, and its relative importance to the United States.
In 1791. the quantity of cotton grown in the world
was four hundred and ninety million pounds, of
w hich only two million pounds were grovwn in the
United States. In 1831, the quantity grown in the
world, was nine hundred million pounds, and of lids
amount, four hundred and sixty million pounds in
tliC United States.
Connected as the Cotton Trade aftil Culture are,
so intimately and. deeply with tlie business and
prosperity of this country, every tiling that has a
bearing upon the subject, and e.specjally at the pre
sent moment, wdien a modification of the Tariff' is
talked oi', cannot but possess more than ordinary in
terest The history of the Cotton culture, so far as
it relates to the United States, is the greatest mo
dern wonder in agricultue, and has surpassed the
the wildest dreams of the most sanguine of those
wdio first engaged in it There is no subject which
in fact possesses so much intrinsic importance to the
business relations of tliis country, as that connected
with the culture, the extent of annual crops, and the
‘prices of cotton. It forms our great national staple,
and as the demand increases lor it abroad, so do our
chances for the balance of trade imporve. Our pre
sent purpose, how-ever, is merely to notice in a con
densed I'orm, a valuable article in the Merchant's
Marazine for March. I’revious to the war of the
Revolution; not a single pound of cotton had been
raised in this country i'or exportation, and as late as
1784. an American vessel arrived at Liverpool, with
8 bags of cotton, which were immediatily seized by
the Custom House officers, because it was believed
that this email quantity was not the producc of the
United States. But the invention of the various im
provement calculated to assist the cotton manufac
ture, served very materially to stimukite the efl'orts
of those engaged in ils culture. Esj)ecially Avas
this the fact in relation to Whitney’s Saw" Gin an
invention of the greatest importance, and which
served more to enrich the Southern planter, than
any before our since discovered. Thus, in 1807, 13
years after the cotton gin was introduced, 55^000,OW
lbs. of Upland cotton were exported, at a value of
more than $11,000,000. From 1827 to 1830, upon
an average of four years, 270,000,000 lbs. were ex
ported annuall}", at a value of ^24,000,000. In
1833, the quantity exported was 313,555,617 lbs.; va
lued at about $32,000,000. This progress is indeed
wonderful.
Of the value of tiie *se a island cotton, forming, as
it now does, but a small portion of our general cot
ton production, we may judge pretty accurately,
from the fact that in 1S34, the export cf tliis species
would have bcrn but a f mail proportion to the p»rofit
which is nov.' experienced, and that is likely to bo
increased by the cultivation of tiic cotton. So firm
ly has the valu'^ of tlii.'^ grand staple been fixed, and
so extensively lias ils use intertwined vrith our most
ordinary comforts, and the manufacture of the plant
ha.s been so much inweased, not only in this coun
try. but in Europe, 'ngtiiing short of a peetilence that
should sweep awT.y i\s population, a blight, or mil
dew, or an insect that should blast its crops, or au
earthquake that should rive the land, could prevent
the continuancc of the same causes that have in eo
great a measure contributed to its wealth. And yet,
with these abundant resources, the population of the
greater portion cf that country are not advancing iii
this respect.
A few of the most shrewd and laborious manage
lo accumulatc large fortunes; yet UliGtal and free
indulgences of much the greater part feearcely ena
ble them to pay their expenses froYn year to year,
and often, a.s it is vrell known, tlie harv’est of one
year as it w^ro mortgaged for the expenses of th&
next ana Tncr-G mucins wiiicn Ui the han^of como
would be a source of vast profit, beconie in tiicir
hands a cause of mere competence.-’
Ac-RicuLTuni?al Statistics.—According to the
returns of the Marshals, by wliom the late censuii
was tat\cn, Nev.* \ ork is behind Penn.?ylvania in the
production of wheat, to the amount of about 2,000,
000 bushels, anunally ; while it excels Pennsylvania
in the production of rye ov^er 3,000,000 bushels, of
Indian corn 2,5(f),000, of oats over2,000,000bushels,
of buckwheat 300,000 bushels, of barley 2.300,000,
of potatoes 21,000,000 bushels, wool nearly 1.000,000
pounds, Iiay :iearly 2.GOO;000 tons, sugar over 8,000,
000 Id.s., and of the products of the dairy over i^S,009,-
000. In the production of v/heat, Ohio exceeds Penn-
.'-.yvania about 3,0Q0.0o0 bushels, while Virginia ii?
about 1^ million bushels behind New York in that
article. In Indian corn, Tennessee takes the lead of
all the States, producing 42^ millons of bushel-?
yearly, North Carolina 3U millions of bushels, Vir
ginia about 34 millions of bushels, Illinois, 28 mil
lions, Michigan 22 millions, Alabama 18 millions,
Missouri 15 millions, Pennsylvania 13J millions,
and New’ York 10 millions. Of neat cattle, New
York possesses 2,642,438, Pennsylvania 146,418,
Ohio 1,800,313. Of sheep, New York has 5,381,
223, Pennsylvania 3,396,431, Ohio 1.964,957, Ver
mont 1,393,420, Virginia 1,280,736. In the products
of the orchard. New’ York and Vermont lead the
other States two to one—the former being to the
amount of $1,732,357, the latter §1,109,387. In cot
ton, Mississippi bears the palm, producing yearly
289,838,818 pounds, Alabama 240,379,669 pounds,
South Carolina 148,907,880 pounds, Georgia 134,-
322,755 pounds, Louisiana 87,640,185 pounds, Vir
ginia 10,767,451 poimds. Of tobacco, Maryland
produces 16 million pounds, Virginia 14 million
pounds, Ohio 6 million pounds, Tennessee. 6,700,000
pounds, Missouri 8.540,000 pounds, and Indiana near
2 million pounds.
To prevent Insects climbing rip Fruii-Trees.—At
a late meeting of the-Entomological Society, Mr.
James H. Fennell communicated the follovring suc
cessful mode of preventing insects nsccnding tho
trunks of fruit-trees. Let a piece of Indian rubber
be burnt over a gallipo^ into which it will gradu
ally drop in the condition of a thick viscid juice,
which state it appears it will always retain; for Mr.
Fennell has at the prsent time some w’hich has been
melted for upvvards of a year, and has been exposed
to ull weatlier without undergoing the slightest
change. Having melted the Indian rubber, let a
piece of cord or worsted be smeared with it and
then tied ■feeveral times round the trunk. The melt
ed substance is so very sticky, that tlie insects will
be prevented, and generally capturcd, in their at
tempts to pass over if. About three pennyworth of
Indian rubber is suflicient for the protection of twen
ty ordinary sized fruit-trees^
Extemive kindling bimnsss.—^yXxe^itfs Repor
ter publishes a list of 150 banks which have failed,
sw’indling the community out of at least ^38,000,000
■Wonder who will have to pay that ^*600,000 our
last w’hig Legislature lent the Raleigh (fc Gaston,
and Wilmington &. Raleigh rail road companies?
The reason we ask is, that w-^ understand the
stock is falling in value every duy, and the people
w’ill begiu to. ask presently; we wish to be prepared
with a:: :>jjsv. er.—North Cajclinlan.