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Tavborough, (Edgecombe County, JV. C.J Friday, August 30, 1833
Vol XNo. i,
7'ie "Tarborough Free Press,"
BY GEORGE HOWARD,
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From the Southern Banner.
COTTON SEED OIL.
Athens, July 30, 1833.
Messrs. Editors As this is the ago
of improvement and all appear anxious
to husband the resources of the country
and to develope new ones, permit nic,
through your paper, to attempt to turn
the attention of the public to one which
the South possesses in an eminent de
gree, and which has been suffered to
remain unimproved, for the want of but
a very moderate share of enterprize. 1
allude to the manufacture of cotton sued
oil. 1 propose to shew, first, its entire
practicability, and then its extensive use
fulness, from which the Inference will be
readily drawn, of the great sources of
profit necessarily resulting to the cot
ton planting States. The difficulty here
tofore was, the want of a machine to
separate the kernels from the lint and
hulls which absorbed the oil and pre
vented its complete extraction from the
former. This has been entirely obvi
ated by a machine, invented by our in
genious fellow citizen, Lancelot John
son, Esq. of Madison, Morgan county.
It is as perfect for the purpose as it is
possible, and it is altogether different
from any thing of the kind heretofore
invented. There is one in Virginia of
another description, but in point of ex
pedition and faithful execution, it is no
thing to compare with Mr. Johnson's.
That plan is a rough heavy stone cylin
der turning within a semi-concave circle,
brought so near together as to crack the
seed, and then they are sifted and the
hulls blown away by a fan. This plan
is imperfect, because the hulls and lint
are mashed into the kernels occasional
ly. Mr. Johnson's is altogether differ- i
ent, and is upon the plan of an inverted
cob or coffeemill. The hopper is circu
lar and conical, and lined with steel plate
teeth, chiseledgcd, and spirally arranged
from top to bottom. Within the hop
per, which stands upon a square frame,
and conforming to its shape, there re
volves a vertical block, around which
are also inserted similar and correspond
ing teeth to those mentioned. The
rows of teeth are then brought, by means
of a regulator, just near enough togeth
er to cut the hulls of the seed as they
pass through, and are then separated by
an inclined rocking riddle and fan, per
haps not unlike a wheat fan. The ope
ration is very perfect. Not a fibre is
mixed with the kernel, and they drop as
clear as cleaned rice and not unlike it,
having about as many kernels cut in two,
as the broken grains usually appearing in
that article. It hulls twenty bushels an
hour with horse power, and can be opera
ted by a common rope band attached to
the gearing of a cotton gin. It will cost
bout as much as an ordinary threshing
machine. The press for expressing the
oil, is the most expensive part of this bu
siness, ami will cost $750. Now, with
such an establishment it is already ascer
tained that there is. nothing easier than
making the oil, and this brings me to theichasing and enuinmnrr vessels, in nrenn
mention of its usefulness, premising that ring an expensive outfit for a dangerous
the facts submitted arc supported by ei- jend' distant voyage of ten thousand miles,
mer ntiuai experiment or testimony ol where they are cruizing sometimes f
me mosi unquestionable character.
One bushel of seed will make half a
gallon of oil, and this oil sells in the ci
ties of Philadelphia and New York for
one dollar a gallon, when linseed oil is
three years, and then are able to realize
an immense profit (making princely for
tunes at from 70 to 90 cents a gallon for
their oil,) what may not be expected from
the production of a more useful oil. un-
selling for ninety cents. The reason fodder facilities so obviously superior?
mis uurerence is owing to the greaier'IWhale oil will be diminished in value,
number of uses to which it can be ap-and we shall realize another great advan
p! ted . In the first place, it is decidedlytage in the retrenchment of our expences
better painting oil, and so pronounced byfor that article, and keeping our money at
all who have tried it, particularly that dis- home. Jn conclusion, I ought not to for
tinguished practical citizen Gen. David bet the immense benefit our Rail Itoad
i tv:ii: r tit i r -n i c .1
it. v imams ui couiu Carolina. 11 is a win uenve irom mis new pursuit.
most excellent lamp oil, and is in its use,
free from smoke or smell. It answers in
the manufacture of woollens equal to any
oil ever tried, and for greasing machine
ry nothing can exceed it. There are se
veral minor uses to which it can be ap
plied with singular advantage. It has a
remarkable property, combined with rot
ten stone, in cleansing, with unrivalled
brightness, all kinds of metals and also
tortoise shell. When fresh, it can be
used in corn bread for the same purpose,
and to as good an effect as lard, having
nothing offensive in smell or taste, the
latter resembling that of the hickory nut.
The cake, a9 it is called, that part which
is left after expressing the oil, is superi
or, as food for cattle and hogs, to the lin
seed cake, which always commands a
dollar a hundred, and is known to fatten
the finest beeves brought to the New
York market. A bushel yields 125 lbs.
nnd is consequently worth 125 cents af
ter the oil is extracted.
It remains to show the immense ad
vantage which is in store for this coun
try, from this at present unimproved re
source. The cotton crop of Georgia, for
instance, is 250,000 bales, which, at the
usual price obtained, is equal to six mil
lions of dollars. In the seed, this crop
weighs three hundred millions, and takes
about 000,000 acres to produce it. The
fibres when taken off, being one-fourth
of the weight, leaves two hundred and
twenty-five millions of pounds of seed,
which at thirty weight to the bushel,
leaves in bushels, 7,500,000. From this
quantity subtract one million and a half
necessary to plant 600,000 acres, ami
there will then be a balance of .six mil
lions, equal to three millions of gallons
of oil or three millions of dollars, half the
value of the cotton crop one which is
such a vast source of wealth to the people
of Georgia. This is exclusive too of the
cake, worth seven hundred and fifty thou
sand dollars more.
In making these statements I am not
unaware that I run the risk of being con
sidered visionary, but I have the conso
lation of recollecting that such an idea
was ascribed to a certain manufacturing
establishment, not far from this place; but
who considers it now as a wild project?
There is not one planter in twenty, who
has any idea of the quantity of seed he
makes. For everv thousand weight of
ml O
seed cotton, there are 25 bushels of seed,
which are worth to him in oil and food,
at least fifteen dollars, considerably over
half the value of his cotton, and really
worth more than an equal quantity of
corn. The time will come when a man
will just as soon think of throwing away
his corn as his cotton seed.
It is contemplated to establish an oil
press at this place, in connection with
the company owning the Athens Factory.
I give it as my opinion, no investment can
be more profitable it will be better than
cotton spinning, because of the cheapnes
and abundance of the raw material, h
great use and variety of its production,
the smallness of the capital necessary to
be invested, its freedom from risk, and the
unusually small portion of manual iaboi
used in its manufacture. If individual
engaged in procuring whale cdl are com
pelled to make large expenditures inpur-
A. S. CLAYTON.
j P. S. I have specimens of the oil and
:ake in my possession, and know that it
6 an excellent lamp oil. Its effect in
lleansing metals and the tortoise shell I
lave witnessed.
(E?"The attempt made by the Hon.
William Wirt to work his Florida plan
tition with free white hands has fail
ed. Ohio Repository,
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rVit black worm, Complaints are
rnadein Upper Canada of a large black
worm which is making fearful ravages
with tie grass and wheat of the new set
tlemeits: They appear to be as vora
cious is the locusts of Egypt. A single
field o'50 acres had been entirely cut off
by tin new and destructive insect.
from the custody of the sheriff, and smug
gled him across the river to Canada. A
bout a dozen of those engaged in the ri
ot, were arrested, fined and imprisoned.
Those still at large, it is said, have threat
ened the destruction of the city, if those
confined are not released. The jail has
been set on fire, the jailer's barn burnt,
and other depredations committed.
Cleaveland Ohio) Adv.
Singular Case. A young man by the
name of Frothingham, at school at Uti
ca, N. Y. disappeared very suddenly some
time ago, and fears were entertained that
he had been murdered, nnd several per
sons were examined upon suspicion, and
discharged. I5y a letter recently receiv
ed from him, it appears that he is in Liv
erpool, England, having, as he states, by
severe study, deranged his mind, he wan
dered to Quebec, and there embarked
for Liverpool. After a severe spell of
sea sickness, his reason returned, and ho
wrote the letter to his parents giving the
information where he was.
Reharhable Occurrence. On Friday
last, wide the workmen were employed
in leveling the Hail Road in Newark,
over apieco of low spungy ground a
short jlistance south of Market street,
betweei Mulberry street and the river,
they d'ueovercd a break or crack in the
road vjiich they had previously levelled.
Shortlj after an opening presented itself,
and thl earth began to cave in and sink
out of jight. Several loads of dirt were
thrownin this also disappeared along
with tin ground which continued to cave
in on Qery side, until the opening ex
tcndedibout sixty feet east and west, and
one huidrcd and fifty north and south.
As theearth disappeared, a body of wa
ter presented itself and rose towards the
surface Several thousand loads of dirt
have bin thrown in, a great portion of
which lad sunk away, nobody knows
where.) The hole is partly filled up on
the norjh side, but a considerable space
remainlopen where it first appeared.
The dath or extent of this cavern has
not yet been ascertained. Whilst the
work offiIling up was in progress, it was
discovered that the level ground on the
east suit covered with stumps and roots
of trcesjabout GO feet by 100, was rising
up and Arming a hill; it lias now risen se
veral fee) in the centre near the hole, and
slopes oF gradually in other directions.
Large cricks are to be seen in different
parts of this raised ground.
Theseare the facts; but whether it be a
bottomless subterraneous pond of water,
or a bed M'quicksand, or some other mys
terious agent which sucks in and devours
such vas quantities of earth, we must
leave to (he decision of the more learned
advocates of Mr. Symmes' theory.
' Newark (iV. J.) Eagle,
Invention. A chain saw hnheen in
vented by Mr. P. P. Quimby, of Belfast,
Maine. The teeth are r'ivetled together,
&, th;n the saw is placed round a cy
linder in a groove,
GTIn a severe thunder storm that oc
curred in Loudon county, Va. on the 25th
ult. a Mr. Arnold, standing in a stable
duor was struck dead, as well as ihree
horses standing near bv; and a person ta
king care of the horses prostrated by the
same shock. His life, it is supposod,
was saved by having a silk handkerchief
in his hat. The rim and top of the hat
was severed from the crown, and a large
piece taken out of the latter. The hand
kerchief was seared or scorched, as if a
hot iron had passed over it.'
Distressing Case. The New York
Courier says: A family of emigrants
who arrived here in the Shibboleth from
Havre, were landed yesterday at the foot
of Rector street, and proceeded, with se
veral other passengers, to a boarding;'
house in the neighborhood, for the pur- S
pose of procuring board. It being ascer-;'
tained upon enquiry that they were destii.'
tuto of means, they were denied admis
sion to the house. The mother in the
course of the afternoon, crept intiaa
empty sugpr hogshead which wa?j lying
on the sioe walk, where she gave birth to
a child, which, with its distressed parents
and other children, were taken towarda
evening, to an almshouse.
lude McLean. The Mr,nmo.lln fJVJ
J.) Enquirer says: Some fifty years
ago, a poor Irishman Emigrated to this
country and settled in the couniv of Mid
dlesex, in this Stats, in a little shantee,
to which were attached some half a doz
en acres of light land. Whilst located
there, he became the father of several
children, and among the rest, of the pre
sent John McLean, now one of the Judg
es ot tiie feupreme Court of the U. States.
CTThe Augusta (Gn.) Chronicle says:
We learn by a letter published in the Ma
con Velegraph, that the controversy be
twfcen Col. John Milton and Maj. T. J.
Camp, of Columbus, terminated on tho
11th, in the death of the latter, who was
shot by the former in the street, with a
double barrel gun, and immediately expi
red. Col. Milton surrendered himself
immediately lo the civil power, and, it is
said on the authority of other letters, re
ceived in this city, was admitted to bail.
Rut. The city of Detroit has been
kept in a state of alarm for some time
iast,6ythe riotous conduct of a gang of
rdacks. Some time since, a gentleman
tame there from Kentucky in pursuit of a
dack man, whom he claimed as a slave.
This created a good deal of excitement
among the blacks, who rallied, and suc
ceeded in forcibly rescuing the black man
r
Rape. The Norristown (Pa.) Herald
states that a black man committed a rape
upon the body of a white girl, about 11
years of age, on the 14th ult. It was
doubtful for some time whether the girl
would recover. The black man has been
committed for trial.
tt?As far as I can see," says O'Brien,
"the life of a man consists in getting into
scrapes, and getting out of them.
A habit of sneering marks the egotist,
or the fool, or the knave, or all three.