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UotUm. Yc. J our nal of Commerce;
gave a short time ago a rough estimate of
tho proceeds of the last year's cotton
crop of the United States which shows I he
vast extent of this branch of our agricul
ture. The number of bales exported is
set down at one million and fifty thousand,
the average price at 13 cents per lb., ma
king the value of each bale about forty
eight dollars. The quantity consumed
in the United States is estimated to be
two bundled thousand bales. So that in
round numbers the whole crop of the year
yielded fifty eight millions of dollar. On
this large amount a due proportion of
profit is realized by American Cum mis
sion Merchants and ship owners. The
planters in all parts of the country are
represented to have done a good year's
business. A widow in Louisiana sent
ninety five bales'lo market, the produce
of the labor of five hands, assisted bv her
own three children, for which she receiv
ed $3,300, exceeding 6750 a hand. The
Journal adds:
"The circumstances which have sus
tained the price of cotton during the cur
rent year, are worthy of dee considera
tion, for they are not of a transitory na
ture. They are not speculation as in
1815, for the whole quantity has been and
vill be consumed; so that the stocks in
the world at the end of the year will be
little if any larger than at the beginning;
and this, notwithstanding the stoppage of
many of the cotton mills in our own coun
try and diminution of the demand for cot
ton fabrics among us. The spindles of
Europe have been driven, through the
year, by an uninterrupted demand for
manufactured goods, which yet continues
unabated. The solution of the whole
matter is, that the world is at peace, pur
suing the arts of peace, and that knowl
edge, religion and kindness, are extend
ing the principles of free trade in every
direction. One of the chief items in the
account is the throwing open by the Brit
ish Government of the India trade to in
dividual competition. Hitherto the trade
has been, and in fact still is, cooped up
in the compass of a little speck of earth
but it is now expanding itself in South
America, in Africa, in Asia, and not less
in Europe."
Yankee Enterprise, The Boston
Traveller says, "It will be remembered
Mr. Maeomber was delegated last year
by several enterprising associates, to pro
ceed to South Africa to obtain, if possi
ble, a collection of birds and beasts more
numerous and rare than any yet exhib
ited in this country and that, after some
ten months' toil in exploring the interior,
roaming the forests and traversing wastes
where the foot of civilized man had nev
er trod, he succeeded in his wishes, and
returned here, laden with the spoils of
Southern climates. After several months
occupied here in fitting out the exhibi
tion, which consisted of upwards of one
hundred animals, drawn by 75 grey hor
ses in about 30 carriages, and requiring
the care of about fifty men, including a
splendid band of music, the caravan set
off only two or three weeks since, and
h is already passed through Bristol coun
ty, and several other towns in Rhode Isl
and; attracting every where an immense
number of people. It is undoubtedly the
most valuable zoological collection ever
brought together in this country; and all
. lasses and ages, in every town and city
eem fully to appreciate it. Three lat-e
pavilion., containing 12,000 feet of can
vass, were provided for the travelling
menagerie, un the supposition that space
sufficient would be thus afforded. But
the proprietors are disappointed; al New
Bedford, last week, the crowd was so
great that many were compelled to wait
for admittance, and at Newport it was
found utterly impossible to accommodate
all, and a second exhibition was accor
dingly given. We rejoice at this result
of honest, persevering labor this reward
of bold untiring American enterprise.
Balloons. We copy from the Nation
al Gazette tljo following description of a
Balloon used in Philadelphia, by Mr.
Mills, which will give some idea of the
cost of constructing them:
'The Balloon is made of 517 yards
of white silk, carefully varnished. Over
this is thrown a netting of white twine to
give it strength, and to afford attachments
for cords of the car, which is sustained
solely by it. The diameter is 23 feet;
so that it is larger than an ordinary house:
and the contents are over 1 1 ,000 cubic
feet. At the top a valve is fixed, which
closes by a spring. The valve opens like
a door inwards, and is governed by a
string, which extending through the cen
ire of the balloon, passes out al the bot
tom and descends to the .hand of the
passenger in the car beneath. When
this valve is open, the light hydrogen
gas flows out, and thus the aeronaut is
able to lower himself. On the other
hand, when he wishes to ascend again, he
throws out some ballast, and thus makes
the machine lighter.
Most persons suppose that a Balloon
is closed at the bottom that is not the
case. A (dosed balloon, if full at start
ing, would burst before it reached an ele
vation of 500 feet. As the "as from its
levity cannot fall out at the bottom, that
is Jell open, lor the escape uf a part, when
it is erdarged and farced out by the less
ening pressure. This renders ballast
indispensable for when the balloon is
made to descend by letting out gas, it
falls back through the air with less hydro
gen in it than when rising, and has much
less buoyancy: hence to prevent a too
abrupt descent, or to rise again for a
choice of a good place to land, some bal
last must be thrown out. The ballast of
sand lied up in bags of about ten pounds
each. Such bodies might by falling, do
injury, and therefore each bag is in suc
cession loosened, and the sand poured
out.
Balloons have sometimes sailed to
great distances. One sent up at Paris at
the coronation of Napoleon fell near
Koine. This contained no one. A
French aeronaut travelled through the at
mosphere from Paris lo Bordeaux.
That is perhaps the longest atrial voyage
on record."
was not more than twenty one years of
age, and w ho, according to tlifc represen
tations of the brother, had, up to that pe
riod sustained a spotless reputation. It
was discovered, however, while the bro
ther was interceding, that the young of
fender, before he reached the city, had
resided in a neighbouring town, and had,
while there, engaged the affections of a
female of respectable connections, sever
al of whose letters, breathing the warm
est attachment, were found upon his per
son. The attachment met with the most
decided opposition from the parents of
the lady, and the father was immediately
apprised by the authorities here of the
nature of the letters found in his posses
sion, together with the particulars of his
arrest. Of course this information in
creased his opposition, and he wrote a
letter in reply, urging the adoption ofsome
course calculated to save his child from
the fascinations of a supposed villain. It
so happened that the proofs with regard
to the robbery of clothing, were, on in
vestigation, acertaincd to be not of the
most decided character, and when taken
in connection with the alleged and sup
posed purity of life led by young to
gether with the intercessions of his broth
er, he was released under a pledge on
the part of the merchant, that he would
take his brother home with him, and be
especially careful lo prevent his return to
the town at which the young lady alluded
to resided.
All this transpired some months since.
The young man was released and accom
panied his brother south. A few weeks
ago, however, he contrived to make his
escape saw the infatuated girl whose
aflectiuns he had engaged, persuaded her
to forsake her parents, and marry him,
and accompanied her to this city as her
husband. The affliction of the family on
discovering this result, can be better ima
gined than described, especially as it has
since been ascertained that while a resi
dent of the town where he first met with
his wretched wife, for she can scarcely
be otherwise now, he was arrested and
imprisoned for forgery, broke jail and
made his escape to this city, and this was
known to her before she consented to
blend her fate with us. A case of more
deplorable infatuation has seldom been
recorded. I hit. lnq.
Nutmegs banged off! We have in
our office a specimen of Yankee Soap,
the chief constituent of which is yellow
clay: it looks well smells well but will
not wash at all at least it washes any
other way than clean. ..Salisbury Watch.
Infatuation. About four months
since a young man was arrested by a
watchman of this city while in the act of
stealing a quantity of clothing from a
house at which ho had formerly boarded.
He was taken before the Mayor next
morning, and committed for trial, the ev
idence against him being of a character
sufficiently strong to authorize such a
course. It was afterwards ascertained
that he was a brother of a highly respec
table merchant of the South, who visited
the city, and exerted himself to pro
cure the release of Wis relative, who
Lucky Dream. A correspondent of
the united Stales Gazette gives t lie fol
lowing curious account of the manner by
which the mode of making round shot
was originally discovered. We believe
it w ill be new to many of our readers:
"My Father was a Plumber in this
city and for a long time could think of no
thing but how to make round shot.
Round shot was the burthen of the night
as well as the day. One night he was
awakened by a blow in the back from my
mother, who exclaimed, 1 have found out
how to make round shot. 1 dreamt 1
was going into a shop to buy the child
(myself,) a hat, when on hearing a hissing
noise proceeding from an inner room, 1
was informed that they were making
round shoi; on going in I looked up, and
saw a man pouring melted lead through a
sieve at tiie top of the building, which
fell into a tub of water on the floor, and
on taking some of the shot in my hand, 1
found they were perfectly round! My fa
ther exclaimed in ccstacy, you have found
it out immediately he set the melting
pot to work, and on pouring some of the
lead from the top of the stairs he found
the shot much rounder than any which
Me had before made; at daylight he pour
ed some from the top of the leading tower
!i the city, succeeding much better; and
on pouring some from the shaft of a mine,
he found that he had obtained "round
shot.1'
Thus the discovery was made by
Mrs. Watts, and in justice, il ought al
,vays to have beeu known as Mrs. Watts'
patent shot.
Great Calamity. The new cotton
and wool factory llt,;ly erected at this
place, and principally 0u by Messrs.
D cann and i & h
was burned to I lie
ground on Friday morning last, tocher
with the whole of its splendid and exten
sive machinery. The fire was dis -ver-ed
about 2 o'clock, A. M. after having .ad
vanced so far as lo render all efforts to
save the building or machinery unavail
ing. It was supposed to have b n rom
rnunicated by spontaneous combustion,
as it was at first discovered in the attic
story, where a quantity of refuse cotton
had been stowed away. Nothing id' con
sequence was eaved. Tin actual hs is
estimated by the proprietors to b- not
less than $40,000; not a dollar of which
was insured. The destruction of this
splendid establishment is not only a great
and serious loss to the proprietors, but
may be justly considered as a public ca
lamity. Southern Ba nncr.
Horrid Massacre at the. Fijrr Inlands.
The correspondent of the Salt in East In
dia Marine News Room, gives the fol
lowing particulars of a mot distressing
Massacre at the Fejee Ilands: "A let
ter has been received by the owners of
the brig Charles Doggett, of this town,
from Capt. Batchelder, dated at Manilla,
April 7th, in which he gives the melan
choly intelligence of his crew, fourteen iri
number, having been attacked by the na
tives of he Fcjee Islands, and nine uf the
number killed, while employed on shore,
in September last. After an absence of
ten or fifteen days, Capt. B. returned to
the place of this disaster, when the na
tives restored the bodies of his deceased
men. On the voyage to Manilla, C qjt.
Batchelder touched at the Pelevv Islands,,
and was attacked by several hundred of
the natives, which he beat off, without
any loss of his men, except one Sand
wich Island boy. The 2d officer was
thrown overboard in the skirmish, but
was fortunately saved."
Breaking vp of Gambling Houses. -The
Richmond Compiler, which has ta
ken a very active part in putting down
the gambling houses and these gamblers;
gives a very particular account of tho
scenes that were visited and publishes a
very curious memorandum, which was
taken from a Book, kept by one of the
gamblers. It purports to be a statement,
under the heads of "Gain" and "Loss,"
of the transactions of one table from the
3.d December, 1832, to March 8, 1833
from which it appears, that in the above
period $G,735 was won, and 770 lost
leaving the comfortable neat gain of
$5,965!
Another Mob. There has been ano
ther riot at Canterbury, in Connecticut,
where Miss Prudence Crandcll, (now,
we believe, Mrs. Phileo) has her school.
The pupils had to be dismissed and the
school discontinued.
This is as we expected. We foresaw
that a husband and one or two little Phi
leas would cure Miss Prudence of her
penchant for teaching, and cause her to
dismiss her school. U. S. Tel.
Governor Mason, of Michigan, has
called an extra session of the Legislature,
for the purpose of taking steps for tho
formation of a Slate Government.
Petersburg Int.
(E?A singular oversight occurred on a
funeral occasion in New York a few days
ago. Soon after the hour appointed for
the burial of a deceased person, in the
lower part of the city, ihe funeral proces
sion was formed, and set off. with the
hearse at its head; and it had proceeded
nearly to the place of interment, when a
messenger overtook the cavalcade and
communicated the fact that the corpse
was left behind.