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Tavbotough, C'dgecombe County, A". V ) Saturday, October i, 1836.
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tisceUaneous.
The. price of things,
from the Charleston Mercury
The present price of Cotton
and llice, gives rise to many fore
bodings that it must end in ano
ther commercial blow np. What
lias been, will be again so say
the wise ones. Men of experi
ence will say they have seen such
things before, and it always end
eJin bursting the bubble. Now,
j:i fact ''grey hairs are not wis
dom." The world is older now
than it was when our sages were
in their prime, and good sense
ells us to enquire what were the
auses of former high prices, and
what produced the sudden fall,
lithe same causes exist now, the
same effects will follow; but if
they do not exist if the present
prices result from healthy
rjuses calculated to last, then
there is no need of alarm mere
old saws and wise sayings should
ujt shake the public confidence
in the stability of that prosperity
which is based upon increased en
trjy and industry, and universal
peace Since the Christian era
began, no such period has existed.
The discovery or application of
s'.eam power to navigation and
travelling and manufactures, co
exists with the cultivation of cot
ton, the best material for cloth
ing, and its manufacture by ma
chinery, with a stale of profouud
peace between England, France,
Germany, and the -United Stales
of America, comprehending a
population struggling with each
oilier in all the arts of peace. The
eihausliess resources of these
great nations, instead of being
wasted in war, are all elevated to
the arts of peace. The conse
quence is, that millions upon mill
Ms are added to the consumers of
1-fe, who before only attained its
tare necessaries. Those wear
5'iiits who never wore them be
fre, those own ten who were once
glad to get one. All household
stuff is now accessible to those
K if they got food, never
thought of a table cloth. Cotton,
at twice its present price, would
cheaper as a raw material,
than linens or silk. Every im
provement in machinery lessens
price of the fabric, and of
urse leaves room to add to that
1 1 the raw material. Let us then
!?e what are the elements which
u"er into the price of Cottons.
First. The demand. This
''creases with the population, and
li means they possess to obtain
,!e comforts of life. In England
peasantry are getting into the
lls-' of sheets, table cloths, under
'''Jibes arul other articles made of
'""on, which were dispensed with
!'en these fabrics were linen on
The same may be said of the
peasantry and working classes of
aj' Germany, including Holland,
$o of Prance then comes the
.L,ted Slates, growing by mill
llJis, every one using cotton in
its varieties. Again cotton
s found to be a good substitute
('r linen and woollen, for articles
'''furniture and dress, even of the
er.V best fabrics. I say nothing
JJl,,e demand in Spain, Portugal,
Russia usui .South America. lint
the demand is plainly just begin
ning, its limit is inscrutable; we
must then enquire what is the re
lative supply.
Second. The supply and
here it is that the greatest error
prevails. I will first get rid of
Ejrypt, I3ra7.il and India. n
Egypt the Government is unset
tled, ihe population barbarous, its
institutions crude its neighbors
wandering bai bariarts-what with
the robbers of the desert and the
arbitrary character of its govern
ment, he who sows in the sprinrr
has no certainty that he will reap
at harvest. The habits of the
people are predatory and averse
to steady industry. Thus ages
are yet to pass away before agri
culture can acquire that stability
which is essential to a steady sup
ply of the raw material. Brazil
is still worse. Its succession is
unsettled whether its next (Thief
iUagistrate will be an Emperor or
a President or a Military Dicta-
tor, is uncertain. Then its popu-1
latum is a mixture ol Indian, ror
tuguese and
Negro its climate
is enervating
Q UllVt V IM.rlllVMI, ui-
o.wi r
ter centuries of efforts, has scarce
ly penetrated beyond the atmos
phere of the seaboard.
A country subject to revolu
tion, with a population possessing!
II Ihe vices and laziness of our
slaves without the controlling in
fluence of intelligent white men to
direct them home, has aties to
1 CJ
pass over before agriculture will
be so settled as lo afford a supply.
In the East Indies the labor of
th e cotton fields must be perform
ed bv the natives that too bv
compulsion, for a Mala', indeed
any child of the sun, would rather
" " J ninu ui uic uii, n uuui li l lie l I
bask in its rays than work; Eng-
laud holds her possessions by
force, and force may wrest them
r i. . - n
iiuih tier; eiuier me natives win
drive out the invaders, or the Cre
oles will shake off a government
on the other side of the globe. A
temporary forced cultivation in all
these countries may produce oc-
casionally fluctuations in supply,
Uut the world, the United States
in particular, must depend upon
the steady agriculture of our own
country. The souih-western
States of all the world alone, pos
sess a climate fined to the cultiva
tion of cotton and field laborers
able to endure the climate, and
yet kept steadily at work under the
care of an intelligent while popu-
aiioa. 1 his is the true source of
all our national prosperity, ll is
the several institutions of the
South that alone gives motion to
every wheel that moves, from
Maine to Mississippi. So far
from its being a curse, it is the
greatest blessing a kind Provi
dence ever bestowed, both upon
the masters and their slaves. It
combines skill and economy with
agricultural industry, in a climate
which would render the whole
country a wilderness if either mas
ter or slave was removed. The
combination makes the South the
garden of America: without the
negroes there could be no cultiva
tion,without the master therewould
be no skill, no industry, no order;
a climate that will grow cotton is
fatal to a white man if he attempts
to field labor in the summer. This
solves the question as to the price
of cotton. I have shown that the
demand is increasing everyday;
and that the steady agriculture
which settled government and ihe
happy combination of labor and
the intelligence of an educated
while owner, afford ihe only sup
ply to be depended upon. Then
it only remains to fix the limits to
that supply. This is easily done,
when all the slave labor is con
centrated on the most productive
lands of the South, the produce
will be the utmost that can be rai-
co.i Th 'increase ol laborers
,,v-
must epen upon
1 1 . n c 1 -i v o nnnn lation. the natural
IIIU I' "I' I !
increase. Importation is prohibi
tedhere then is the limit of sup-
pi.), ana now narrow when com
pared to the demand. Th in
crease of crops for a few vpfc n.ci
has arisen from two causes: first,
wiinarawing agricultural labor
Irom the production of rice; and
second, the cultivation of more
productive lands. These causes
are going on, and crops may in
crease but not to keep pace with
the demand. The removal of ne
groes prevents their increase.
The above will also account fnr
the prices of the other staple. As
laborers are removed the quantity
of rice land cultivated must de
crease and the supply diminish.
Thus cotton keeps up the price of
rice, and as the proportion of ne
groes is not enough to cultivate an
acre in a thousand of the western
wilderness, their value must in
crease. TheV are HOW thp rhprin-
est canita in th wnrld a.,
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dred necroes will vrive fifrv wnrk.
1 -Jill llijll-
ers, each worker can earn three
Hundred dollars a vear. ilc.t
fifteen thousand dollars for lbeNeW Ycrk Sun says: On Satur
whole; ,f they cost a thousand 'day afternoon an Englishman,
dollars round, the investment I who said his name was Jehiel
It. III. I. I .....1.1 4.1'. . I 11
w-.u ,.c.u imueii per cent, ue-
side the increase, and that will be
their value as soon as capitalists
consider the matter in its true
light. Indeed a twelve month
1 .
may oring it about. At present
jj.uesiue innuceinent to purchase; by the aim with a handkerchief,
is enormous. Thus the present ; aud who walkt-d a little in his
prices of cotton and rice, result rear, uiih downcast eyes, and her
from the demand and supply, hands clenched before her. I5e
Land only is abundant; there are hind them both followed three lit
ten acres, nay an hundred, to eve- tie children, apparentlyof the ages
ry laborer. The northern land-of 4 and 3 years, the middle
jobbers will make a south sea af-; oav a t.ov, barefooted and in rags,
lair of their towns and lands in the j The 'c joining of the mother, who
SOIlthVPSf- Tilt claiolmlrlorc . i n-ac "... l. .1 I
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profit by their lands, audi
l,lt7 can laIie l,ieir choice of them. !
AGKICOLA. i
!
Death of Col. Burr. Die-.I.on i
the loth at Slaten Island, Colonel ' more: her husband was perhaps
Aaron I3urr, formerly Vice Prcsi-! fve J'ears her senior. In this fash
dent of the United States, in t!.p! o they walked about in the viei-
S 1 si vear of his ace. Col. Www .
occupied a large space in the
tory of this country. He was a j
maii of extraordinary talents, ofj'ar,ly ' their appearance and
undoubted courage, and his servi-1 niovemenls attracted the notice of
res during the war of the revolu-! a good many. Curiosity finally
lion were great and varied. His ! prompted several individuals to
history, which was a remarkable ' accosl them, and in reply to their
one in every respeel, will be left to:
the pen of the historian, or to those
who know him best. N. Y. Star,
'
0?-A severe frost on Tuesday
night, 13th inst. seems to have j
prevailed throughout New Eng- j
land. The corn and beans in the
- . . .
town ol f .hplmOnrn hnvp hppti do. 1
stroyed by it. ib.
Frost in Maine. Extract of a
letter from a town near Portland,
dated Sept. 8th. Tuesday last
was like a winter day, and the
night following was so cold that
the vines and their fruits were fro
zen. It is melancholy to look on
the desolation. Not an ear of
corn is there any where in this
neighborhood that has arrived at
a fit state even for boiling. Pot
atoes are abonl half grown, and
every thing much in the same con
dition. Jour. Com.
Jin Entire New Invention.
M. Dubois, the industrious engi
neer of Paris has just applied for
a patent of a new machine w hich
he calls Dandy geometer: and by
which our fashionables may sit in
their carriages, and know the ex
act rate they are travelling at.
Portland, (Me.) Aug. 17.
A novel arrival. A vessel ar
rived here to day with eight hhds.
of eggs from Labrador. They are
sea duck eggs - large and beau
tiful. The owner is now retailing
thpm at 25 cents per dozen. Ma-
of our citizens have purchased
i
Li'.pm. and pronounced them deli
l..w..., ,
clous. The captain reports that he
left a brig at Labrador, loading
wiu tiiem lor some southern port.
Sweet Corn. The Fredericks
burg Arena has the following no
nce ol the process of preparing
sweet corn as practised by the In
dians:
bweet Corn is nothing more
than our common corn, taken at
this season, boiled as for table use,
cut from the cob and t ried nn
clean cloihs in the sun. It must
be thoroughly dried and then nla
ced in a drv room. When want
- 1
ed for use, all that is necessarv U.
to throw a few handfulls into a" pot
01 ooiimg water, and in ten or fif
teen minutes you have a fine dish
of corn in dead of winter, as deli
cious as if it had lust been nlurk-
ed from the field at this season. It
is also an excellent ingredient for
soups. The Indians sometimes
put dried beans with it; it is then
called Suck-atash.
j Jones, that he was a mason bv
trade, nd had arrived here with
his wife and family, earh the pre
sent month, made his appearance
in the vicinity of the horse market
Will li wile. I'.lmm ho liad tiorl
"1 net oiui iAiiij iuei, lllOUgll
ragged, appeared cleanlv; her
hair was stuooihlv disnosed of
and her appearance was decided-
ly to her advantage. She mihl
nave bee 28 years old but not
"ity of the market more than an
his-l"our before they were spoken to
any person, though the siugu-
queries, Jones stated that he had
brought his wife there to sell, to
provide means for rescuing ihe
children from starvation. He
S som prised when told
l,''Gs r? "ol solera-
ed h?re1 a"d S,a!d " wa? oflfn
(,ne h"S e against U.e
consent ol vviIp nml n irc
'
Jones had acceded to the measure
for the sake of her starving little
ones, he appeared to think it par
ticularly hard thai it could not be
done here. Quite a large collec
tion of persons, attracted by the
novelty of the thing, soon gather
ed about them, amongst whom a
contribution amounting to nearly
six dollars, was made aud pre
sented to them which sum they
appeared to consider almost a
princely fortune. One of the iren-
llemeu present gave this distressed
family a shelter in his barn, till
something better could be done for
them, and they were soon sup
plied by families in the vicinity
with food and covering sufficient
to make ihem comfortable over
Sunday. It appeared from their
statement that they had been
transported to this country by the
parish authorities of Bristol, by
whom they had been maintained
for several months, a white swell
ing on his leg having disabled the
father from labor. He is now,
however, already recovered from
his lameness, aud will soon be a
ble to go to his work, of which he
soon will have abundance and
good pay.
Iron Roofs. The New York
Star speaks in terms of high ad
miration of a plan recently invent-
cd in that city, for covering bou
ses with sheet iron. The Editor
has examined the roof of a large
warehouse constructed of iron,
and asserts that for durability,
strength, lightness, and lightness,
it is greally superior to roofs of
any other material. It consists of
17 convex rows of iron plates on
each inclination of the roof. They
are made of pieces of sheet
iron, riveted firmly together like
l -i i. . " " . .
which carry off the water. Thev
are traversed outside and within
by iron arched bars, which are
anchored in the walls, and thus
hold the whole roof as well as the
upper part of the house compactly
together, on the principle of the
main bridge, liy wedges insert
j -
ed in the middle junction of ihe
uars ouisiae, tne rooi may be at
any time made still more firm and
water-tight. It will bear any
weight of snow, and the whole
strut ture is less in weight than or
dinary roofs.
Bleeding. A correspondent of
lue Charleston Courier says: An
incident which occurred durincr
the last week, and which has been
noticed in the papers, ( I allude to
the death of Washington Bovvers,
from a wound in the thigh,) has
impressed forcibly upon my mind
the necessity of the general diffu
sion of a knowledge of anatomy
throughout ihe community. In
this instance a very deservincr
young man was hurried from lime
to eternity by a slight injury, the
sed effects of which might easily
have been prevented, by a very
little knowledge of human anato
my, and the circulation of the
blood. The femoral artery was
punctured about the middle of the
thigh, aud the individual bled to
death before any medical assist-
ami- luuiu uc imu. now, nau it
K i i tvt i i .
me uouer oi the steam engine, and j but tears and lamentations absor
form as many groves or gutters! bed the place of the anticipated
been known to his companions ! astonishing cases of brutality,
that simple pressure on the artery which ever came within our know
above the point of injury would j ledge, is related in a Card in the
have suspended the hemorrhage, Buffalo N. Y. Journal, over many
ihe life of this person might have respectable signatures, relative to
been saved. j the conduct of Capt. Geer of the
Where an artery of considera-' steamer Victory, on Lake Erie,
ble size is cut, it is in general tie- While the boat stopped to wood
cessary to lie it up; and in most ;
cases, if a surgeon be not at hand,
the person dies in a short time.
i
The following simple plan for
checking the hemorrhage, until
surgical assistance can be had,
may prove useful, l'ass a stroncr
.
cord, string, or handkerchief, a- mother, the Captain refused to put
round the limb, and above ihe j back, although he was but a few
point of injury; tie it tight, so that j rods from the landing when the
it will not slip, and insert a stick J request was made. We should
of any kind between it and the Jike to see the brute held over a
limb; by twisting the stick around ; slow fire, until he was sufficiently
(which is thus formed into a kind j scorched lo be convinced, that
of lever) the cord or handkerchief; there is such a sense as feeling.
may oe maue so tense arounu me;
limb, as to slop the circulation of
the blood, which may be thus re
strained for several hours, without
injury lo the individual.
Singular Affair. A young la
dy, elegantly dressed, aud wear
ing several articles of rich jewel
lery, was observed on Thursday
morning by Mr. Kigger, garden
er, (whose premises are situated
between Third avenue and Kip's
Bay,) lying senseless in one of
his cornfields. He immediately
went to the Aims House, and gave
notice of the affair lo Mr. Ste
vens, when that gentleman and a
physician promptly repaired to
the spot and found a fine looking
girl, apparently about twenty,
nearly in the agonies of death.
The doctor concluded thai she
had been taken poison, the stom
ach pump was placed in requisi
tion, and other immediate mea
sures used happily with the best
effect: and she is now out of dan
ger. This young lady is a daughter
lo one of our most respectable ci
tizens, residing in the Bowery.
She was to have been married on
Thursday evening. Her Ioer
and intended husband is a fine
young man, and it was supposed,
(and there is yet no reason to be
lieve otherwise,) that the affection
is reciprocal. She left home
Thursday evening. Search was
made in every direction for her,
but in vain. The bridal hour
came. It was a sad one for the
inmates of that house. The bride
groom and thf fi JpnrU wi-f tlu.
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joy. in the tmdst of the mourn
ing the young lady was brought to
the door in a light wagon, she
having told her name.
The scene may be imagined.
There is a mystery over the af
fair and a secret in that vouuir
; head known onlj but to God and
, ' j wv v ativi
I herself. The fortunate 'discovery
; oi tier by iMr. Higger only pre
vented her from perishing, ubirii
she must have done in a short
lime, and the cold and narrow cof
fin or tomb pioving her bridal
bed. A1 lr. Times.
Melancholy Suicide. Peter Ba
cot, Eq. formerly Cashier of the
U.S. Branch Bank at Charleston,
committed suicide in New York,
al the City Hotel, 31st ult. in a
state of temporary insanity. He
had sustained through life an un
blemished reputation, and had
just been unanimously appointed
v. ashler of the Morns Canal
Bank in New York, with a salary
of $5000 per annum. It is sup
posed that his deep regret al leav
ing Charleston, the home of It Is
early years, the scene of all hi
enjoyments, the land where his af
fections were centered, was loo
much for his sensitive feelings;
and that his mind yielded to the
heavy pressure. He has left a
wife and ten children.
I rt 7 .
uarvaruy. Uue of the most
at Grand Island, a little cirl who
was passenger with her mother.
stepped on shore, and was not a
ble lo get on before the boat star
ttd, and notwiihstaiidiner the re
quest of the various passengers
I O
and the nleadincs of ih wrPtrhorl
CTIiere is something in ihe
subjoined notice from a Portland
(Maine) paper, that tickles our
fancy amazingly. Mrs. Elizabeth
is one of the right kind of women
lo manage some men:
"This is to certify, that I, Eliz
abeth Wright, wife of George
Wright, have left his bed and
board, on account of his miscon
duct. 1 do, therefore, give up ail
right and title to him for life, as 1
flatter myself that I can take care
of myself, as I have always done,
ever since aud before marriage."
Frightened to death. -The Troy
(New York) Whig slates that a
little girl aged eight years, the
daughter of John Peterson, resid
ing about five miles from White
hall, was frightened in such a
manner, on Thursday last, that
she died two hours after the fright.
Her brother, a lad of 14, dressed
himself in a dried bear's skin,
and chased her as she was going
to school.
CThe Rev. Joseph Carter of
N. York, was recently fined $250
for an assault'cjn Mrs.Griflen.