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DOMESTIC. from the Archive* of Ufjul Kn<rml?igt* , ADDRESS To the ColtVatoi^ht g?ptt?li<n. and Mun&o - cutorof the United StlteJ. t _ Jj. Every movement of the belliger ents is calculated to force-the Ignited States into the manufacture pf their own supplies. The blockade of government, the acts o^T the Dane*, and or the i Swedes in Pomejrania, , obligeus to iind suhsritures Jbr the ; linens;*^- 4 1?ve ?,joo ton# of tron. ire .drawn !the Balrir H , : ???- iMUIgj ing duck, and ether linens.. The mete' yiMiianufactUi^l^hemp for . s, at the present price of >er ton, is worth in our ? millions eight Hundred a liars, and weighs neaf Kffifteen millions of pounds. Our planters must supply the place, by American hemp^ flax and cotton, of the sheeting?, drillings, ravens table cloths, and. ?we, procured from* All those goods can. be as twine, cables, and cordage7l well made of hemp. It will s~? **it to cultivate more flax ? * KlM ifKUlfc UttA 1, and much less tobacco. . con?umcd"by our army and natty { **' flax and hemp are necessaty^fbr ^^'ic supply, military and na modificationof our agri- . so as to suit our own mair- : ring purchasers, is necessary ; profit Of- pur cultivator, and s certainty and sufficiency 'of ; iblic supplies on sea arid.land. TKe* rich ,swamp#in^ the eastern counties of North-Carolina and Vir ^?u^Sdes. ofIHR ? class 'of l^s i? th, -7n cTpb??'X.wSr nia' a"d BSkations, linens ^ikeThr npen yarns, white rope, and t*r. cordage fend-cablea, 4rc cxten- 1 Ssrippi* ?A1%SF? tfi*1 material, tardeficd 'VitH a insurance from m?\ long time, very large quantities of those kind* of linens, of whieh-We ate deprived by -the blockades af? j fee ting the Baltic "sound. There is I therefoie the greater necessity for ? us to make our ovki linen supplies, and especially thoite demanded by. the army and navy. i The linens of Germirfy, "(e*pe- ' cially for coarse shirts, frocks, and ?> trowsers,) with some from the Dutch i and "Flemish manufactories have constituted 'our principal supplies '""I? ^ years, particularly since ? **'iofts of Ireland, dur fcrnTC volutions of Fyflnrft jperman, Dutch and -liable to 'intefi -ir exportation by the French ' exclusion of o'iir. vessels from- the continent of Europe, and ' the British captures Of Our vessels in going and comings These things must give a spring to the production rof flax^snd hemp j ;iauj they; must occasion American substitutes from those two raw materials and from cotton, made in oar families tokf ? ????%?%# in uui fulll mo 211U manufactories. The universal in struction of females inthe ait of weaving, as a domestic employment, would contribute greatly to iuch manufactures, and to the comfort an^ happiness of the "sfcx. It should be' a condition of ?U feraslCs indentures, : fehat the girls should bo ' to weave during their time j vice.. It can be ?easily effeewdin a ^ur i? aiJk.^ * v 1 _ r?T.-/ , ? in rt ?few clays, or in the evening of a virv few weeks, fn many of tho bounties the ^rrteh I ? -t-.- ? t.j- a. jqSigr-ti'Wi V -? - >eav*? iriafge rtumiirs do in our comm to the b :rea?e of 3 comfoT Jtons, our surf tut Cott in tone year,, has bfc millions of pounds, wl 28,500 tons. Since t of the American cott which the powers qf I the southern states fc loose, there is no limit d^to bringcotton to market, but Importation. Ev?ry year does ??vd will add to oor list of goods made from cotton. In no -*jrartuh will A* 1 m "5 bs more frequent, mow , than i or more me which furnishes substitutes 6 ^.9 . of foreign hemp and fljfi&Jc is ? for ? example, that one o? our prdiiB IPPm make a* iihu.. >TT ican twilled cotton drilling (in lieu %f the hempen drilling, ravens d? * md sheelr?,T^O?r"" furnish . ? man of an army of one hundred ? ' -? J^^^eoroideTt ? . ? ? ? luvm vumiucf ?, I ing the redundance and steady in I crease of pur cotton,, and the nu merous Substitutes for foreign goods, which may be made q( it, (Too fre quent occasion caitnot be taken to notice its appl^kiluy to old and new thcs. Wflp we remember, t ?that cotton is' much more easy ' atSIi less Mostly to raise or procure thaaj d'.- > ??--?_? 1 -V'j.1." a*1' ? - *? ? flax, Veca wpol, silk, or leather, ubt, -that it will fall in price, till the cheapest cotton shall be as low as the cheapest of those materials. To increase, our cotton manufactures* andfithef to duty or to banish those of th* countries be yond^| ; whist,*** ! 5 i 1 Would ohvi -and-sti tore. iit those for pri< y 1.. most easy, ingeniously and deli, onsider the n ?ons retailing Licence** ?bi comply withll k Mr .,<JC ? ' Yellow O^hrei dp. ffrfr I Patent Yellow, yRp nf; * Prussian Blue, nos^ l*p, 3? ^ Utcl Ltyli Vcrdigrisc^ -fcc?|||^. ? l All of which Uiij ull'ei luw, bf pUiffl sale or retail, at their Dru^ Store, ih Broi $trretv near Mavis's Tavern. A & M. DcLcon.' > ? C?m4en. July H?. ':.? ft : *? ? Ktll. V aI '? ????IH ?' I ' l> UK I '* ???!.? t. LKK^DeLEON ?]??? ? gowa * Fhich they will Wee. Camden, May shannon & Hal "VViNO wruiwl mm .d. , ? ?> ,- <-T. TMr - - TTT T > .,? TT. Ml which they offer for sale at m li>ricc>t ; to ? . i - C a 181 gmr: ??? ? ' ? ' ?? m ? ti ? mi in NOTICE ijeUBSCRIPTION .{& W7 by the Truatefea of tlS Store of Messrs, Co.l*r;iftMcss>s Iit:| Persons dtiiroiis of bccovniiv are invited to cotu* for#ard* | June *, 1 0 1 6. kw >74 -* Mnrnp f v cfrX**endei of Nitrfe, C? DT?ft WIT* AT TBS ! mUAtwUf awt> m ' ^PofrUB CAM D KM BLANKS Fp?^w