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it, i I - .5' , v r , TUB COMMERCIAL . la pabllahedeveir Tuesday, Tkurtday sad Saturday, al 95,00 persnniiiu, payable in all casts in advance, BY THOMAS LOR! I U, . : KDlfofcAND PROPRIETOR! ; bnubiuTT 'ubwza CORRESPONDING EDITOR. oarta or nowT asd maiiit iticiti, .WILMISGTON, ,.Y. C. RATES OF ADVERTISING. 1 tar. 1 Insertion, $0,50 i1 qr. 2 months. $4,00 1 t " 75 1 1 " 3 - . 6,00 I " 3 " 1,00 1 " 6- " 8,00 1 " 1 month, 2,50 1 1 " 1 year, 12,00 Ten lines or Iojh mike a square. U so Adversiee ment exceed ten lines, the pries will be In propor tion. w All advertisement pivaWe si the time of their Insertion. Contracts with yearly advertisers, will be made on the most liberal terms. No transfer of contracts for yearly advertising will bft permuted Should circumstances render a'changc in business, or an unexpected removal necessary, n chargo according to ill published terms will be at the option of the contractor, for" the time he has ad vertised. . Trf prif Uegq of Annus! Adrsf tlsers iUlcth lim- tiserAenuTor the eonefit of other person lis wejl e 0 advertisements not immediately coafctcted; with their own business, and all excess ef advev (iaornents, In lengtn or oiharwise, beyoud the limits engaged, will 1e charged at the usual rates. All advnTtisements inscrlcd in thctri-weekly Com mercial, arc entitled to one insertion in the Weekly, free of charge. JOB, CARD and FANQY PRINTINO, executed I n superior style. AGENTS FOR THE C0MMRC1AL NEW YORK: Mossrs. Baow & DsRosst. BOSTON: FnKocaicK Kipdch, Esq. BARRY, BRYANT & ADAMS. COM M I S S 1 ON ME RCII A N T S, WILMINGTON, IV. C. July 17. JOHN WALKER, JR. AUCTIONEER ACO.VIMIS.SIOX MERCHANT WILMINGTON, N. C. March 17, 131'J. 1- ly.. F. J. LORD k CO. Rice Factors 5t lo.uiuiysion Agents, Nov. l U48. lOH-lj-p. L. MALLETT, AGENT I'OH Tilt SMI UP limber, Lumber, Naval Stores, &c, Sutra lluildiiig, Sirth, Water Street, WILMINGTON, N. C. Nov. 9, 13K 101 JOHN D. LOVE, DKALKIl IN CABINET FURNITURE, UiiDSI'tilUS, CllWKS, HllllUSiiS. it, R U C K S l R I N , WlLMINUrON, N. C. Dec. U. 1913. StOl'i', iiliKN MERCiIAN I' TAILORS, AMU DKALF.Kd I.N SUPERIOR VlewA .MaAtt Vlolng. " MARKET STREET. WLI,ll SO PON, N. C. o. i. n, i3i3. 9,-y- a. it. srin Ci., lUDrilNKS 1.W tl JIaSIJ.1 ABILMiVM I'ayettsvlIU Street, RALEIGH N . C . Will man I to illorl.irsaiido.inaUstonB In Ihsir Ine o.' buaincs, with punctulky um1 dispatch. ltll'E TO His lixoullonoy CrAS. Uaxlt, J. O. Watsu.i. Ksq , Mathiw Shaw, Ksq., Hon. J. it. ). IUmisi, Oso. W. Mosdkcai, Ki., Maj. O. L. Hintom. RiliA., S. V., Vel. 42,1849. I45-I2m e. S. M. WESf, AUCTIONEER ASD COMMISSION MERCHANT, WiLMlNQTON, N. C. t.lbaal Coa!i.a4vaooss m Jo on all oonatgomi nit bom th Nofth,or on Produce from the Country. OAcm i noon on tha Wnarf, Sousrj s ids of tfarttat Slroat. DRS. MUNSEY & FREEMAN, UOM (EOPA TlirC FII YSICIA NS, MARKET St.. 0 Doort above Front St. Dec. 23, 1848. 120-6 CORNELIUS MYERS, MANUFACTURER, kin dsalhr in Hats, capsumBrellas and WALKING CANES, &c. WILVHNOTO.N, N. Market-st. Oct. 17 1348. f l-tf. WILLIAM NEFF, l Lata of tha lir of Hurt 4. Wabjur,) waOLWALB AND E IT AIL DBALRt IN SHIP CHANDLERY, SHI? STORES AND GROCERIES, CORNER Of DOCK WATER 8TRKKT8, WILMINGTON, N. C. Psc 7th, 1848 VOL. 4 NO. 06. RUSSELL k KENDRICK, SHIP BROKERS AND Commission Merchants, WILMINGTON, N. C. Aug. li. " U3 J. & D. McRAE & Co. General (omiuissiou Merchants WILMINGTON, N. C. JOII MACSAB. JIuy 1019 DON ALO MACIAR . dCISIC. 23-ly. HflRR.RT ft JlkNKlM.M.. wiLMiNGTOjr, it. cj: May 29, 1319- 23-ly . J. HATHAWAY & SON. (OMMISSilON.MERCIIANTS. J. Hathaway. J. L- Hatmawat. jllarcU 3. IsVJ. H9. W. L. SMITH, (Late of the hum of Sandford & Smith.) COMMISSION MERC HA NT, WILMINGTON, N. C. Siaraon North Wattr Sireel, Prslty' block. Oct. 14 1843. UO-yc . J. S. WILLIAMS, Fancy & Staple Dry Goods Store. m wx iViisi1 uf iv.it. sni.v'8 drug mu MARKKT STRKKT, WILMINGTON, N. C. Oct. 14,18-13. W. BRANSON, AGENT FOR I Hli ALE OF UMBER, IRK R, MVAL STOHBS.ic Null's Building North Wider St red. WILMINGTON, N.C N. B. I have a Isrjje and Socure Timber Pi'n hwhere I wilt put all Timber Lit wilh ine Jorsaleal as Smill ch ire as is miilehy any oinorAgBmin ihio !,.,. W. B. Sept. lb 1818. 83-c JEFFREYS & LEIGUTON. General l'omuiisiin Merchaats, WILVIINGI'ON. N.C. February 13, 1819. 141. WILLIAM J. CLARK, ATTORNEY AT LAW, RALEIGH, N. C. S pt i:th.ma. 76-w. tri. c. HENRY P. RUSS J A OK NT KOI TIIK OA PR KKAR STEAM SAW MILL, WIHIINGrON. N. c. Miri, i aitrnlion L'iven to til 1'iittiful execution of .all otd-. rs for Lumber. Jan. I 1849' DtiRDSSEr & BROWN. AT 1 HI I NO I'ON," tf- C BROiVN & DEilOiSET. NKW VOkK. U ;KM. ') 1 Ml SSI ()M .nKUHA.VlA .Hrcli 17. 1349. "T- GEi)iWE S. GILLESPIE. AUUNT FUll Tilt: .-iALIi OT 11 SI UK R I.U'StURIt, SAVAl tiTORESSc. wlil ii. iK till lorilcasii J UaocsonaujJiisignmeniH ol produce, .larch 17, 1819. " 1 GEORGE W. DAVIS. COMMlSSlOiN iVlfchtOilAiNT, .VlLMINUroN.N.C. ilarchW 1819. 1 J. C. LATFA. COMMISSION MERCHANT, AND GliNKRAL AGLNT, WILMINGTON, N.C. Ost. 10,1848. 87 LIFE INSURANCE IN THE NATIONAL LOAN FUND SO CIETY, OF LONDON, AKU FIRE INSURANCE IN THA & TMA INSUilANCE COM rANV, OF HAltTFOUU, Con;., OS, 1ST THB HOWARD INUKANOE COMPANY, OF NEW YORK, ' M.y ho effected by appUeatlon to March 17, 1849. 108 G. k W. A. GWYER, MAMFACTUREllS AND DSALEU8 IN CABNIET FURNITURE, la all It varieties. Bedsteads, CotU, Mattrws Losing Clasea, 4t& C, FRONT 8TRRKT. NEAR MARKET. W1LMINOTON, N. C. aoaaa .wtbi. Msy IR, 1849 -6- PUBLlSHEtifRt-WEKt'ft WILMINGTON. TUESDAY'? CASH WELL b BLOSSOM, GENERAL COMMISSION AND FORWARDING MERCHANTS, io. 1 k !, Dlekinuu k Morn, North Water St. mimliigton, N. C. DAVID CASHWILL. IO. I. SIOMOll. Cash advances msde on consiiznmenis of TinvS w ber, L u in her, Naval Stores, kc. AltH, on shipments, to our friends in New Vork. Liberal J Hh Jdvaoces .undo on consignments of Timber, Lumoer, and Nival Store. April i, 1349. 8-12m. , nnni hi norm if a. cam . ! i. UKtl-' "r-y1". SLP,yi,l .. ncilti ,vyiuuii.Mivu niciuui0irt "NEW YORK. ; ICNi. ILOSSOM. CHA8. W. BLOSSOM. Liberil advances made upon Consignments. References. Messrs. Cashwill A Blossom, ) ' J. D. McRa, Wilmington. " G. W. Davis Esq. ) July 10, 1S49. 49. HERON & MARTIN General Commissi.) a Merchants, 3T 1- North Vharvea, PHILADELPHIA, Rarca to , Mfiasrs. Tiios. Watson & S w, ? Jko. C. Dacosta, Bq-jPia.B. W. t. NaiLaoM, Eaq.. t RoaeaT Nsilson. Ksq., ) Hcasn. Mosks , Tavlo 4, Oo.. "N y k " J. H. Blown. 4 Oo., U J- O- Wimlngtn. Geo. Hasbiss, Esq. April S, tS4'J, 9-tf- geo7harrss" General Commission Merchant, WILMINGTON, N. C. STRICT attanil'in given 4o pioourlng. f relglils and purchasing CVgoes fur r8U. Rcrsa to R. P. Hall, Esq.. ) O. O Pareley , Ksq., I J. A. Taylor, Esq., Wilmington. J. V Uellamv. Ksq., I Messrs. Ballard b I Huntingion, i Messrs. Tooker, Sniyih Co , w Vo-t Thompson A Hunter, ) Alex'r. Herron, Jr , Pliila lelphia Measra. VVilliainsi Butler, ,,, H. K. Baker, Esq., Ch r eston, S. O. Jan. 2. 1849. 123-if. WILLIAM M. HARRISS, GENERAL COMMISSION MERCHANT, WILMINGTON, N. C. iJ'TRICT attention given lo procuring Freights kJ.trul purchasing Unrgoes ir vhhois KcFBBENCES 1 O. G. i'arsley, Esq, Col. John McKae, Wilmington, N.C, Messrs. Ballard 4 Huntington Will Peck, Ksq . Raieiiib. N. C. Hcwit. Jantes Corner & sons. Hiimmorr. " K. A. ijoudcr A, Co., Philndclphia. ' Thompson t Hunter, ; K .. k " Pillsbury A Sandford, Wew 1 0'"- " Hunting 4. Tutu, Boston. " J. 40. P. Tttcoiub, Kennebunk, Me. July 17th. 13-19. 52 tf. SPIRIT BARRELS. Good supply of empty Barrels. For sale lew a XJLin lots to suit purchasers. by lasers. DeRO RT & BROWN. March I. 160. J011N HALL, Commission Merchant, WILMINGTON. April 12. 12 F. J. LORD & Agents for tho CO., WUriLUS MUTU AL LIFK INSURANCE Co Accumulated Capital, $130,000. ALJO FOR THE EAULK LIFE fc UEALTH IJlSUItANCK CO. Capital, $100,000. Will take risks on Uva of Slavea. Offtca 2 3 North Water Street. Oct. 24, 1848. MARTIN & CR0NLY. AUCTIONEERS,. COMMISSION MERCHANTS, AMD GENERAL AGENTS. Wilmington, N. C Oct. 3 1848 85if. PAVILION HOTEL Corner tIlaxel and Meeting HtreeU, CIIARLKSTON,. C. Where he will be aapp U see all his NORTH CAROLINA KR I EN 1S. July 12, 1849. - US l OLDS k ANDERSON' w Grocers k CoBniHSioa Merchants, No. 1 4 1 Front Street New York. Ona of tha pwlaers boioi a nail a of Nona (Vo lliM.andthe other a No'Uturn insa with iweniy years' eiperlfinee tnCliV tno, tha lnierais ofihnr nuronalaahlpplaj u,aoaufinf from taaro will u wall protacisid. ' 8trict attention said lo oaalnmnla of Cation. Grain, Naval Store, Imasser.ana every kl4 r Pr4et aad all ordars for tirotserics ana" Herchsa4lMawteraUy,ptiMHlf attaodtid io. at the lowest City prices. irtn . otat, - f . a. ahoissoi. May tt, n. -m. t, ftHOMAS I ORlNt IftNIG, AUGUST 21, wr It" SHlPPLNG ARTICLES. SALE at The Commercial OJJUe, nn el.--ymt eUilioirof SUipplntf Arlicles, inbrsiiii( ul! aja of OOnreas relative to thu MurciuntV 'UmC : :lJ St. . RYE! Tor sitie by C. L.TT. I fTIVEorsaleafontofenlirily ntw HMAKl. : CA parctiasedfor the othcu ol the lute (Jummer i llttiett, eorwisitnz of 319 pounds. Ii is h ind- ioina fact and of app.uvuj numb.ir. This luni Is 'inae.and will ba atld.for ifood ix mooitis' e'.la rr lnBintjret, kr ten ptr tint ls ihui4 f - m( h. I. HOVtK, iirch2.1819. Commemal (Jnu e. 2 if. ' WRAPPING PAPER REAMS tor sale by SMITH. 20. May 1, 1849. " r NOTICE. ROf'and nficrthe firt J iniinry, Ili). no r a-is-nl win oe irunnporitju or Uuiivereu wiin out the iri.iilit oeinff paid. ROU T. KKNNP.Il, Transportation Agtni, IV. & R. K. K. Co. Dec. 30, 184H. 12'2 If. TO RENT. TUE OFFICE in Undon'a RuiUinu. riexi 1.1 door to Hit- Law Uillee il Daviii l!t Ksq., Is for rent till the. firsi t.f Ocio'cr mil - ' cheap. Apply at the Otln-e ol TUB COMMERCIAL. Miy J. t-ii. AGENCY OF NaulUvs (Mutual Life) Insurance Company. PKR-?ONS holding Policies in this nffirc ar noli fied that Scrip (Jeriilioaics. foi Un a Share ol profits in tlu butincss vf the Cummay arc re;idy lor 4i livery al the Ayi ucy olfice. 1 1, .North wa'er sl. K. J. LOftDxt Co.. .V-m. Oct. 24. 9 I II". EMPTY BARRELS. 500 RGE size Spirit Barrels in ood order ! sale in lolc, apply lo OKO. HARRISS. May 17, 18S9. 27-if. COMMERCIAL BANK. STOCK. i 10S 8HAH.KaCommctciaiHi.nk si.h-s. tot aW j . ri a i u a a Y J- . Feb. 24, II COAL. Jr BUSHKLS DituniinoosCoal, now lamliny I S'y. ?,i'jr"le by w-l" llrll I April 6, 1040. NEVV MACKEREL k ALEWIVES I CU BlILS. No. 3 Mvb-rf l, and 'Jl do BltLS. No. 3 Mvb-rf l, and V- do. 1 JJ wm-h, tiiaa!xn c.ii .ii-l "'i'1 ' ''d per &thr- 0"BARRV:rBVAyNT 4 ADA MS. ! Julj-19. Si C1LUE. 1 F.RMANand American Glue, ol prune . j i a . : VS1 lor Distillers. Kor Kiiln tiv - DeROJSSKT A BROvV N. VIH. Jan. G. DISTILLERY FOR SALE. rpH: rnrpcnltn di'tilllery at l-uism, i;--pi'."n will bo soidatafui. uticc. for further r ,ru.-..i.-.is , a. irva lill rftiad lnii'.lv .;wa J bv John Lurli. Ian, i ply io JKKFitRVS ( Ll'IOHTO.N. April 1'J, l-51'J. 11. . BJLLS OF LADING, Ax ITOLIO POdT BILLS uK L.IUI.MJ. boni;l. In Books. and shn -im, ills.) Lett" r .Sh-ftS-wlrh a varieiy of ineri-Jnuli-t)l,yiki, lor sale al Tha Com nurxiul OJice. , CAMPIUNE! CAMPUINE!! IO ( i;TS riiK GALLON. For sale al the Store of Feb. IT J. G. I! A U MAN. 117 RICE!.t3E!! 501 crfi TIF. ICES fresh beat Ricp for sale by Ul-.u. TV. U.V 13. 3?. June 12. DEEDS FOR SALE. llfsranteeD'cds, ind Dels for Mortsnce'"' land I V just printiMl, in correct lormand lor iile al l tie CONGRESS WATER. 1 Q DUZ. Congress Wsier, just from the Spring, 1 O fullqu andpiuis, at reduced prlcrs j auy per son wUhlog a traalise un tliu iii.-dii-lii'il prupciM-s wilh afl Italy sis eVc. of litis 8prini, enn be auppHe I .rsita,ky A. C. KVANd, lor Clark Oo. Juiy 10. PATENT MEDICINES JUST received 6 doicn Sands Siirsaparllln i also OM and Yoiinp Town-ends do. lliou Swaynes Syrup of Wild Cbarry i It ' Vermiluge; U " Dead Shi " 6 " Ocrman Blusrf, 4 F.pln, Sarssp snd Queens Seligkr Kor ssle st usual r,-es, by A. C. KVANS t BMO. Also, Bernard a Cholera Remedy just to hand. July 10. 49 SPIRITS TURPENTINE BARRELS. rfi LARGE alie, oatfeeily aeaaoned, and war- iUU ranted to hold. If properly gleH. Fnf rale sy ' ' JaJy U H.-YAftpOXKELIN. SI 1819. Whole No. 532 ED1T0RLIL CORRESPONDENCE OP THE St O. COM. IIULLKTIW. Weldun, N. (J 22d July, 1849. I wrote you ii hftalj. letter from Cbnrlci- i.)ii. veuteRlny, ami immediately tiller clo ni'ii: it, uiuile up luy mind tu come by the iiiiiil roiit! instead of by the iN.ew Vork Isicatri T, for na the weather continued !b!iisurri and thrf,teiiinj, 1 preferred the ri.sk 'if twelve hour sea sickiifxa to a delay of three days, tuid accordingly, I wns aoor on board the Wilmington mail boat, the Vatid'-rlUt, 'a plain M aiisiui.1. ll baa been very ;n iclj tin: enstoin to decry thin Unol lionls n iiiftrur itnd unsafe, kxilJ (dceiiilv l"'ii accustomed to the splendid ' - . - mmlera Ch'i an steamers of 1000, 1500 aqd 0U) ii'ii d up with great style and luxury, tint we luiik with contempt upon the Mnail -s n;. aa.l comfortable' boats of a few yivri ed nil t!i;:l v: 1 mui coiif. ;. when thiy were consider-iii-ce.?sary or desirable; and w hi'ii I drove down, and s saw o iiv i l.i- !n:.s o! Hie wneelrioitscs and :.s of i he ihr chimiirt.s of the XaiuliTbih Visible above li e wli rf, i I'eltn little disappointed and ca.-t ai.u'l.i r louk upwards to the unq'li- '.sky and I.wer;nj clouds, but when I got o:i board, frmd every thing- sf snug artr? couiforlal.il-. -vrn ihoiigh lather on the small s'- o i oui;iarativel v, that I felt hO n-ret ii. h .mi.,' tt-ln ifd that route. The i., .., i . i. - . , , . ' , , J abU." -ca. but th': wind wad favorable, and the boat made such rapid progress, that we hv '.n i-:i audi r vi ry low steam, so .as not to reach th1: bar before daylight, wBbn the buoys caill be. distinguished. Not withstanding aU the cotnpluints of the bonis of tin.- hue, there ha been none in the Cnitt.l f-'taici whici have run with for liicy seldom lose a mail, and only in weather when almost any bout would do .so, as they are allowed buivery little i 1 1 . . r : 1 1 1 to the schedule lime, audi have no reeo tec'ion of any benounmccideiit having happene l to any of them in rflftny years. 1'h-- icconunodations on board, re Very pond, as id also the fare. They have an upper saloon or cabin on deck, where lire in'-. i!h are pivi-u , with windows all round a.i in a railroad car, which makes it '"! ,lify- beseboau areown. eil bv Urn w iiiumstion una weiuon rvau road toinimriv. and tliev area constant ! drain upon them, as the expense of keep- i ..I.- tVirui up t fa. from irin iu.vercd y their earnings ; on the contrafjr, they draw heavily on the profits of the rOsul This of ifs'-lf i-.- a fair r-ason why larirer mid moic expensive ones are not put on llie line, I be.-nle.- as I'-pards xcelhe water ou the bar ! nf nver to Wilmington, would not admit Als-jlma! ol l.i-avy ili. lt. I lie lalllyud OO W eo:riii uctinr to um'e wilh the Charleston and Aujjus.u road, will however, oon dis- tiense wilh the use ol boats iilioetlif r. and niikeit n eon'iuuous line of rails between A'lMi-iia ami .m-w l orK 'I here is prolmbly not on thia globe, a eivdizi-d comin'mity so entirely dependent on others for their supplies of every kind. I A ' 1 as are the citizen of liOuiainrm, They lit r.ily mi kc nothing fjr themselves". Their t in I, ih. ir clothing, their furniture, their wagons, carls, dr.'fys," and vehicles of al! k , , , , .s , f v 0 Ij tO . . .. ' ii'-ir most coin:i;gn aim ruuesi agrieouurai J1( Icintiits, their hardware of every kind, a ;e ii.rttonol the mateiials lor tlieir d well s. in a rough as well m -in a finished e, and in fuel every thin th"y require, is la :r:i:shed by others, to the great advun :e of the nroducere, and to our loss l i.o grand result pftlie whole operation is, thai wc say to our sister Slates and to for ei'::trs 4,here, lake all our crops, all our cotton, all our sugar and all our molasses, and give tii in return only what will clothe, 1 h i d ami shelter us, with a fi-wtrifhng items in the waj' of extra coiuforis and luxuries " Are we forever io be contented with this st.oe of tiling iihout even an effort to i render ourselves ut lea it partiully mdepen jdei tf I am fully aware neither our own " i nor any oiner cotninuni'y can prouuee eve nt thing we require larirom it nor wotdd r. be well if we could, font woitld destroy tile husu.i . eijiniii rre and proerity of1 all nationf. il there was not u large inter chnii"e of ii'xiili' that can be produced or e-rown more advantageously in some climates and under peculiar circumstances, than in others. Hut surely it is time we should cease to pay, as we ' do in some years, half a million to a million of dollars for cum, wh:. Ii we can rq as cheaply, and as abui I.iutly us any other Stale, and which in ordinary seasons is quite a more profitable cr.ip than cotton or augar. It is lime we n.a l' our own cans, wagons, drays, wheelbarrows our coarse rlothing, all our shoe? , our harness, coarse hardware, and various other articles of common ne cessity, and lirge consumption, and to come back more particularly to the subject which has I' d me to these remarks, it is time we censed giving lo either old Eng land or N'ir England fire bales of raw cot luii in return for one manufactured into coarse cotton stuff. Let us manufacture this one bale ourseJvtsj, and we theVuV have r left far sale, , Probably oo Place t the Koulb offer suxh advaaiafac br cotton factory at New Otloam, tad tysaaX where luch vmautei good wpald toys (rota MUblishmnfrof C kmd.J Tber tit tondreds, and probably (butand of :.pt::j. on in and near tlM eiif.it rare per- I fectly idfe, of worse ihafl idle, arv)ght 4 and burthen on iheit famiuet, wboA irouid find most desirable and frcdiibfo imfto merit in thnt manner, lb wap timhoai'' would add vastly to their own comfort and -y happiness, arwell aa jhose with whom they are conneetatU, f fl 1 met in tha care a verj intelligent Geor. gkn, who was fully poeted up on the tuo- , jct of the cotton HwiufActures in that State f and U. Carolina, arid I was much gratified to find what a deep hold the aubjecf had , .1 V. I iii 1 1, V pUUIIV UI.IJ14 IIIV1V I .U TV many factories are already established; many moro than I had preriouely Lbjoagh:. and with every prospect of a great ajnd ra pid increase In Georgia, in panieuref't is thought they will in a very few yean be able to supply all the coarse olton good required, not only for their region, but also for the whole population. For the finer de scripttons, they will of course bave td be dependent for some time Ipnger on -North-' ern and European supply. X beUeve there . U n. ostajic in which a cottotj ctory at the South tarrafle'd TiiT being not only successful, but eminehfly " so : much more than ra tha Northern States: It fndeed, can hardly be otherwise, when re recolkcl the great Advantages they pos sess ia having the raw matfrialgrgwri, and the market for the manufactured article'af sk at thair very doors ; instead as with the Northern manufacturer, being obliged ( buy and bring it from, a great distance, at heavy expense for coromission,, freight, in surance, etc., and then in like marjnersenjd their manufactured arucle (e the coneum- , era It is time foe the 8oth fb arouse itself, and no longer be thui entirely dependent upon others, not only for the comforts and luxuries, but also for the necessaries of life. We look to the North for every thine, and the consequence is to be een and felt in the diminished power and prosperity of tbo South. I hope the time is rapidly arriviayj-f and I hail with great satisfaction the gen eral disposition which is exhibiting itself at the South in the estabhsbinen of Cotton factories, which will soon extend iiseifto other ii rticles for our consurnplipn. Will Louisiana continue behind her sister South ern States in this attempt (o reoder herself independent, or rather not entireJdrpauUnt r - - .l: l : a w on OtDers tor every intng sne requires t i say, " continue behind," for with the excep tion of Arkansas, I believe she is the only slave State that has not yet even made an effort of the kmd ; all others, even fionda, having established Cotton factories which are not only prospering in a high degree, to far as the proprietors are concerned, out are diffusing comfort and prosperity am-ng the neighborhoods or communities in uhich the v arc located. I learned, ere I leu new Orleuns, that it was in contemplation to j.-ert juio a large factory, the extensive buildings opposite the city, below Algiers, thaL were intended for a foundry, which I most sincerely hope may be the case. I feel assured, if properly conducted, it would prove a n uch more profitable investment than the business for which it was original ly intended. Tho place and the buildings are admirably suited for the purpose. -The present annual cJBsnmption of Cot . ton in the Coiled Stales, -is estimated at-''.! ."jOO.OOO bales, but is really much larger, as that eiiiuiaces only so much a is consu med out of the crop that cornea withirrtho stahstjcal statemenis which embrace only7 what reaches the seaports. There is b sides t vast quantity consumed in the inte- rior, of which no account is recorded ; for instance, there are at least 30,000 bales that annunllv tro out of (he mouths of the Ten- the factories on that river at Louisrilhv Cincinnati. Vheehng, S:eubnville, Pttfs borg, etc There are nearly thirty Cottori Mills in Tennessee alone. There are oth ers in Missouri, Kentucky, Mississippi, Al abama, Florida, Georgia, South Carolina and North Carolina (he consumption of all of which, is not taken into any account of the general crop ; and there is the amount consumed on plantations, very many of which spm and weave all their supply of clothing, supplied All these demands cannot be ith probably less than 150,000 bales, making the total consumption of the toiled Slates 650,000. Of this quenuy u would not be too large a portion to allot at least 10,000 bales for consumption of laiiiiana ; no portion of vckich is manufac tured tcitkin the State. Let her citizens then recollect what they are pnying to non-residents for mannfacru- nng ibis quantity of Cotton for their wear. As I have already staled, they get bade one bale in manufactures for five bales of the raw material, and if any one will take the trouble to estimate the value of four hun dred pounds weight of the most common stuffs, they will be convinced of the cor rectness of this statement. The four bales or the value of it, is distributed among ship owners, insurers, agents, manufactur ers, proprietors, and various others, alt liv ing out of, and having no connection with, or interest in the State. It follows then Uiat we annually give 40,000 bales of Cot ton in order lo pay for the labor . and ex-peruo-of manufacturing only one descript ion pf bur clothing, all of which we could do ourselves and retain the whole of that coat at home. How much would the pros perity and prog re of the State be promo led by annually retaining this amount io the Bute, which would she at least 1,500 OOQ dollars, to the great additional comfort o(' thousands of our poorer iababiianta, an)ong whom the great bulk ef it wejuM j batktnbateaV, Let each ciriaww eon, sik rouara TS09 wr
The Tri-Weekly Commercial (Wilmington, N.C.)
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Aug. 21, 1849, edition 1
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