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l.uvo been obw
dhx a;
. w. nvlM. H WWW no much
loberogrettcd, if tho multipUoation of eol
ttRMVCMto have tho contrary effect, of
lowering the standard of education, or ofpre
venting its progressive elevation. Let the
competition among: them bo, not who shall
have the meet pupil* within their wails but
who ahelfaakotho best scholar*!
The Commander-in-Chief having adopt
?d the mode prescribed by the Army regu
lation* for Battalion Hevfew, and those not
>eiag In the hand* of th.
B^WRSfibn Review, nnd those not
the handa of the officer* generally, I
itant and Inspector General in order I
hce uniformity In the practice of the
Battalions throughout the State, I
lied the Mlnwlno
hmnos mroiigUout the State,
.?? vnuscu the following extract, from the
\rmy Regulation-*, to be published for the
nformation of all concerned. Printer* will
joaftr a favor on the Militis, by giving it a
.llace in their papcri,
:omplimekts Dv thocj's c.N-ncn RE
VIEW.
1. A Battalion being In the order of bat
le, the Commander will give the caution?
Tkc Battalion wltl fireftare for Rtri'ifwi
vlien the ranks will opened, In the manner
n-cscribcd In the Regulation$ for the Ex
rckt and Maneuvm of Infantru.
2. At the word March, the 1' icld and
fcalf officers dismount; nil the company
Officers, the colours, and Sergeant between
hem? will advance four paccn to the front
f the first rank, and place themselves op.
Misite their respective positions in the order
>f battle; the Surgeon's Mate, the Surgeon,
'aymatter, Quartermaster and Adjutant,
>ii the right of the rank of Company Offi
ers. In the order in which they are here
nentloned, at intervals of n pace from < uch
therj the Adjutant who is un the r Ik lit.
vlll dress this entire rank, at the same time
he band (if there be one) will advance
brough the centre, and place itself in one
-ank, mid way between the colours and the
ine; the colour guard will replace the col
on* and the quartermaster's sergeant and
ergesnt major, in the ortler of their rank,
'ill place themselves on the right of the
taut rank of the battalion.
3. The field officer* shall superintend the
xcculion of these movements; nnd in giv
igthc word stto.NT, the Colonel will place
'limself eight naccs, the Lieutenant Colonel
?nd Msiors ?ix paces each, i:i front of the
:r*t rank, opposite their respective places
?the or?ler of bottle.
4. Willi n view to an increased front,
hen the battalion is tu be reviewed singly, j
le division of drummcis, with the Drum
?Isior on it* right, may be formed on t!?c |
ignt of the battalion; next, the division of
ionecrs, with the Corporal on it* right ;and, j
istly, the Quarter Master'* Sergeant,.
id Sergeant Major, on the right of the;
hole. j
3. In this parade order, the battalion will i
w*H the approach of the ptrsonugc who is
ireview it; for whose guide, n camp colour
? ill have been placed some eighty paces in
ont of tho colours, according to the extent
f the line, and the plain in front of it.
0. When the reviewing personage is mid*
ay between the camp colour and the Col*
i?l, the latter will face about, and com*
>and, BATTALION, PRESENT ARMS, rcsum
g Immediately his proper front, when the
hole will salute,?the la*t motion of the
t'ord to coirespond with the last motion of;
io fire-loc k. The drums, or baml?, will
eat or piny, according to the rank of the
:viewing personage; if it be the President
r Vkc President of the United States, a
?arch; if the Secretary of Wat or a Major
?eneral, two ruffles; if a Brigadier Gene
d,one ruffle. The regimental colours;.*
>ne, will be dropped to a Brigadier Gene
il; both colours, to the Secretary of War
r a Major General; and nil colours or stan
ards to the President or Vice President of
te United State?.
7. If the reviewing officer be under the
ink of Brigadier General, no compliment
ill be pakl, by either the coluurs or music
either will arms be presented to him, if
a is inferior in rank to the commandant
f the parade. Ia the latter case he will be
ccelved with arms curried
ft. When the reviewing personage who
as halted until the proper complii
re paid, advances, the Colonel win
?????? sil? pinvrr compliments
re paid, advances, the Colonel will bring
is sword to a carry, face to the line, ami
rder, battalion, shoulder, Anxs; when
he whole will remain perfectly steady, cx
cpt li e Colonel, who resumes hi* proper
t-ont.
9. The reviewing personage now turns
ff to the right of the battalion, passes
leace, in front of all tho officers to the left
round the left, and behind the rank of the
le closers to the right again. Whilst he
passing around the battalion, i.o matter
'hat his rank, the drums or bands will play,
nd When he turns off to take his sta*
on, near the camp colour, the music will
ease.
10. When tho music ccascs, the Colonel
ill f.tto about, nndcommnnd, battalion,
KAft IIAKK, CLOSE ORDER, MARCH.
At tho third word, nil pcrsonr, except
ie Colonel, who are in advnncc of their
i oper placet. In tho order of ha-.tic, will
c?s about,and at tho word march, the
'hole battalion will return to that order, the
; . oner officers re-mounting. The battalion
vill then pais in review, in the manner pre*
> rlked In the Negiifaliona for the exercUr
id tnantuvret of Infantry.
J. it. KAHLE,
? hijutant and Intfiect-jr (ienrral.
Hour (i r a fit*.??? II rWm us f>len*nrr,"
yn Duff Ofeeri, ??to give olrrnlatlon to the
?oftpectuMOt Mr. Hagnct*? new paper, to
printed *t Wellington City. There
in this declaration a* mm.li *liftcrlty? ns
iien a man *end* another nil invitation to
it hi*throat, and nubtcrlhcthlmkcf hW most
?<M?iit tervant."--Dem. Pre*t.
,'TWa la not the flr*t Instance of nnintctli
('.'He, point!cm wit, which the Alderman
h?4 formatted. It la among the proof* that
" muddlettead?dne?i" hhUehtet chnrac*
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moi?, like good citiaeoe, bolding thesafety
oi u?o Union dourer than ???y Thing else,
in IttW, wewjilwid to denounce the pro
cvcdingii of the South, in Haiku to the
Tariff; ai traitorous; and generoualy offered
their services to the government to put
down the factious rebels.
Now sir, that tour readera generally, but
luorepartiulariy those who attended thooel
ebrated meeting in Baltimore nay know to
what extent the friends of tbo Tariff policy
are willing to go, in order lo eflbct their
object, I iwqueat that you will publish in
your paper, the fblowing extract from the
sprech of Ralph Lock wood, Esq. dohveted
before Urn American Institute, in the City ol
New York. What Georgia and Bouth Car
olina wished to avoid Skiing, even in de
fence of their rights, it seems the TariffRee
are determined to do in AutbenMM* of their
oppressive system.
It is to be hoped that the people of Bal
timore. (i mean ofcourso the patriots and
heroes) who are ever ready tofixee suhsniss
(OA to the laws of their country, will at leaat
bo as ready toaid Gen. Jackson in quelling
'** Uiuir iwe nianuiacui
*???) impoverished, but indiguant tribute
rfes, of the South. If Robert Barnwell
Smith became a traitor by resisting ag
gression, what will the redoubtabkw of
Baltimore, say of Mr. Lockwood, who re
commends, a resort to arms, to continue in
forcc an act which, to say too least of it, Is
founded upon a doubtful power. We shall
?co.
A CAROLINIAN.
Extract from an add ret delivered before
th'jimencan Institute, of I he c'Jy of \c\v
York, July 4,1839/ by Jtal/ih Lack*vood
fCtg. ftublbhed at the regueit of the Imtt
tute. /lujfr 23.
"II itwss possible to supposo that flic
next Con grew could contaiu in itself such
a number of traitors to tho manufacturing
policv of the country, as to ondanger tho
whole protective system; if it was possiblo
to tmagino tho British interests in ue dis
guise of "free trade," could find suporters
enough to bring about a repeal of the sys
tem, I should deoin tho country on the
verge of a revolutionary precipice. I should
| deem that a crisis had arrived, when it was
necessary not to "calculate tho valuo of tho
Union," as was tho oxprcssion of a cham
pion of "Irco trade" at the 8outh, but whe
ther tho rights and interests of three
fourths of the Union, as well as the Union
itself, could not bo maintained by thoir
physical power. If their representatives
could daro to betray them, it would bo time
to pr ve to tho other fourth of this Union,
(and the occasion would justify it) that
though they might manage tho represen
tatives, they could not cajole or overawe
the people. They would havo tho right,
and I hopo and !>oliovo they would exer
ciso it, to line tho shores of our country
with urius in thoir hands, and as the Brit
j ish manufactures, to which thoir own had
been ofR-ml up a sacrifice, should arrive, to
j consign them, an our ancestors did their
teas in former days to the bosom of tho
, ocean. There (if I could advise) the mis
tress of tho seas should Ikj sent to seek for
her scattered wares, or, if she chose to do
manl satisfaction from tho nation, sho
could And tlicni ready on which element
she ordered to receive it, by land or sea.
I Surfi will Ikj tho short and only remedy
I fsr the crisis, if hy possibility it should oc
| cur.
The Hnvtiitown (Kentucky) Herald con
tains a report of a spccch which was recent
ly delivered there st a Barbecue, by Mr.
Clay. It contains the follo?ing passage:
" He hoped that the executive and
senate would not in their secrct con
etaves concoct a treaty with any pow
Icr by which the now flourishing indus
| try ot this country should be paralyzed and
prostrated. But, if they should be so for
gctful of what belongs to them, and what is
) due to the people, as to ncgociate and ratify
; any such treaty, he hoped It would be re
jected by the indignant voice of a free, but
on the contingency of the conclusion of such
a treaty, an insulted, injured and abused
people."
Mr. Width in his Nntional Gazette of
Sept. 10, 1829, comments thus on the pre
ceeding passage: "It is hardly possible
Mr. Clay should bavc held this language:
by which, virtually, the people are advised
to infringe the constitution, and violate the
national faith. The people lie under an ob
ligation to obey the laws, when made and
sanctioned by the regular authorities which
the constitution ha? appointed to make and
sanction them? and to observe and comply
with such compacts n* their own servants
duly empowered, huvc concluded with fo
reign nations. Wi do not nnticipatc the
emergency to which the orator referred;
ami we protest against the doctine implied
in the preceding quotation from Mr. Clay's
spccch."
The preecding extract irom Mr Lock
wood's spcerli, we liavc ali cady published
in n former Telescope: we think ft our duty
to republish it, in connection with Mr.
Clay'* tirade, for the purj>o*c of shewing,
that we huve a ri|<ht to suspect a coalition
ol tlio friends of McMm. Adams ami Clay
to excite the people to absolute insurrection
against the constituted authorities of the nn
tion, if those .iuthoritle? should not demean
themselves in conformity to the political no
tions cfthe ex-president and hi* secretary,
particularly in respect r.f the .imrrlran ?y?
tem. As to Mr. Lock wood, we attribute
bis speech to sheer folly and want of int< 1
lectj as to Mr. Clay, he was either mad at
the time from disappointed ambition, or
tipsy from his Uarbecue potntlon*.
It may be said, that in our own paper, the
Telescope, proposals of disunion have been
made in case the American system should
be finally fastened round the neck of the
?outh: and that Mr, Clay and his humble
tribe of lawyers at lihurr, have as mueh
right to recommend disunion in favor of i
protecting ami prohibiting tariff, as we or
our correspondents have, in opposition to
fhat system of laws. Agreed, they have *o. I
>f 7Wr#c<?*, preached up iru?*TtcUou mwl I
civil war? Never* We havJvddand oof
correspondents have xld. over and over,*... I
we hope (t will again and over and over,be wii
by irtand by thew, that dhankto isprefetabie
to a brokoo tad violated constitution, to a
system of fcvoored and priv'deged order*, fo
inequality of laws, inequality of right*, ine
quality of bortheaa, to aptl-Americaa aifd
anti-republican systems.** whatever kind,
to ?ir agriculture permanently Injure#,
to themarket for our staple annihilated, to
depreciated property landed and persoosjl,
and to poverty stsrlng our chlldrea In the
face. Wo hava said so: wcuy aot we hope
our Legislature will say so, if after trial ?jf<
ter trial, petition after petition, remonstrance
after rffnonstanfce, %lt our efiorts to obtain
juUke should be unavailing, and the yoke
should be fattened and clenched on o^r
necks.
But which or m have ever rccommemlod
Insurrection? Who in South Carolina, h i*
over been an advocate of forcc? We ap
peal *> our reader*, it there a man inSnudi
Carolina who has ever thought of civil war,
unless others should bring this calamity to
our door* * No: not a man.
We have u d, and 'ere long we will
(trove (ay, ptwe) that If the union works
njustice, any Mate may separate from that
union, If sepcivtlon be felt as a duty. Noft
forcibly, bat peaceably, without offering
threat, insult or otTencc; upon fair and hon
est, ay and upon friendly terms with tile
rest of the union. Why should there bo
war and quarrel, and violence ol conic it?
lie sec no reason for it. On our part, It
will neither be proposed, defended or pro
voked. If the partnership docs not suit, us,
let us quit it amicably, taking upon our
selves every fair and honest liability, and
responsibility. We seek no quarrel, we
want no war, we will engage in nunc but
such its is forccd upon us} we wiP. talis no
measure, but what the coir mon nnd univer
sal laws that govern contracts ?A whatever
kind, and our reserved rightstt' nlei nurnwii
constitution, will fully justify vj, in adopting.
These are the positions whl*;h the Colum
bia Tc/rico/ie will adopt lut'd defend. - Peace
if we can with all the w?>rld, particularly
with our neighbors. L'.t them act accord
ing to their views of f,uancial expediency
for their own bcncP.t; nnd if we cannot
ifjree, let us sepcrat /, without ill lan};uagt,
ili blood,or ill dec?',s, 'I here will be none
on our ??art, unle ss ?clf defence should re
luctantly coinp?;l us to resist forcible op
predion by ) jstifiuhlc forrr. Whenever
that necesssi *y comes, the sons of Souili
Carolina wi'.l be found at their post.
llut viol ?nt astiic propositionsof Mr Chi)
nnd Mr. jT.ockwood appear, we are not sor
ry to see them. In this country of free dis
cussion, let every proposition of wlistcver
kiwi be placed before the people, and de
bited in the press. Public opinion will di?
cide rightly when the whole of the question,
under all its views and respects, shall be
fully and fairly exposed, canvassed and
sciutlnized. We are not afraid of truth, if
it huvc fair play: and to public opinion tttus
fully and fairly instructed, on this and <>n
every other subject, the Teietco/ie appeals.
A* Kditors ?f thlt paper we have nothing
to do with any tenet or any tcctof religion
or religionist*. Wc hold in rctpect the
opinion* of our tubtcribcrt whatever they
tarty be: they arc or ought to be, at free
our own. Our butineM it newt and poli
tics. If therefore, nny religious sect de
part* from it* rcligiout character to hccomc
political, or to embark in the trouUlesome
quai rein of politicians, vo far and no iuithcr
they come under the noticc of the pre**.
Wc observe in many paper* particularly
to the west, communication*and intimations
of the determined intermeddling of tome of
the leading religious tectt in tetulnr poli
tics, and particularly, in a proposed renew
ed nttempt to Mop the travelling of the
Sunday's mail. An attempt, which wo had
hoped and believed, the maattrly re|>ort of
last tesdnn, brought in by Coi. Johnton of
Kentucky would have tct at rest for ever.
We find the missionary and bible s>>cic
tic* nil und every of tltem denounced by
variout congregation* of baptist* in North
Cnrolina: wc find the name dcnund.itions
by the body of (ierman Lutherans at Lan
caster in Pennsylvania. We find meetings
called of the farmer* of llui kt county Penu
tylvnnin to denounce the improper political
inter-meddling of the clergy: the tame
meeting* of inhabitant* of the Northern
Liberties for tlie sumo purposes: tuttowed
up by meetings und resolutions of (lie me
chanics of Philadelphia, in the Mctuiuixs
Free Press.
What docs all th'<* mean* I* it worth
the while of the reverend gentlemen of any
denomination to interfere in politics at all?
Does it not tend to lessen tho high retpcct
which they would otherwise receive? I* it
not nn imprudent interference \o *ay the
best oi it? Wc put llieic questions, very
respectfully and in rwkI faith, being per
suaded tiiat the cause of religkn it one
thing?of *erul:ir politic* another: thnt they
ought to be kept free and separate?perfect
ly distinct from each othet: and wc submit
thcte notions with great dcfercnte to all
concerned.
TAIUFF VKKACITY
(From the N. Y. Mrr?'?mlle Adt*rll?#r.]
In ywir ptiwr of this 1st ins!. I notice an
extinct of a letter from Auguata, com n ten
rlitorjr of the talent* and rmarcli of Mr.
BurcMM, Member of OonimM from R.
Island, and wtaUn* that he eatiniuten the
liome consumption of cotton at 900,000
bale*, or 70 million*of pound*. "Q"mIui
if jrou can eonfirm that statement, and "how
much cotton mi consumed in inland
1894, according to Matkew Carey, and how
rnich in I9M and IWT, according to the
?m 176,000 bales annually?
S32&S??f,h "*1>u """
Tho charges havo been rang on 100 to
900,000 batea lor Um bat four years, always
in bold assertion and round number*, wlulo
any refutation or double expressed of their
iaes| atalee, "the hocus dssaond is apial to
oae-fifth part tho crop, and Increasiug."
"Oct ^ 1890.?If the manufactures of
the United States bo at jrncut 170,000, or
09 millions of pounds, wT nearly rival
Ptanoe, and manfaciure about l-Otb as
much as all Europe Imports."
Nov. 11,1990.?"The home Mtfket cou
Msrch 94,1827.?"It is well known thai
our own manufacturers were the chief pur
chasers in tho early part of last season: we
expect that they will require 400,000 bale*
in from 0 to 10 years, unloss destroyed by
some suicidnl (>olicy; when tlioy shall
reach tliat quantity, about 160,000 bales
will bo made into goods for tho foreign
market," '
Juno 101827.?"Tho present consump
tion (of Cotton) in the U. 8. is supposed to
bo at tho rate of 170 or 900,000 bales.
Unlaw tho hopes of our manufacturers Khali
ho blasted by their neglect to comment/the
policy which those plaood in authority, by
them, slutl! pursue the amount manufac
tured at homo will soon exceed that requi
site for both Franco and Switzerland" (in
1820 estimate at 230,000 bales."
Oct. 13, 1827.?"Whether it is wisoor
just to withdraw their support from faithful
and long tried publlo servants, who fester
and protect a system which creates a home
demand for 200,000 bales of our Cotton."
"Is it nothing totho Cotton Planters that
nearly 1th of their whole crop has its mar
ket at homo!"
"Cotton yarn and coarse cotton goods are
now cheaper in tho United States, than
England.'
Nov. 24.?"In tlio present ycartho mills
will use about 70 millions, and before 1630
upwards of 100 millions, unless some suici
dnl policy hliould be adopted by (Tonffrese.
What a market is hero created! 70 millions
at 10 cents, is 7 millions (of dollars)?a
comfortable sum placed beyond the reach
of foreign regulations."
"Cotton twist No. 20, in England, is 40
c, in tho U. S. 32 c?a difference of 20 por
cent.
l>ec. 16, 1820.?"In two yoars more, cal
icos may be profitably exported to England
for consumption there."
These assertions ami predictions are
partly Mr. Nilos's and partly the llarrris
convontion's?and equally merit the con
fidence of tho cotton planter, the manufac
turer and tho community. Thoy are de
ceptive and f'altteiouM, and over have boon.
And of Mr. llurgcs's round numlwrs of
200,000, I want soino hotter evidence than
that of its emanating from a representa
tive oven of the great manufacturing state
of Rhode Island.
?luiu on Uiu Mitijccl ot CMtimatCM, l?y
which those who placed cunAdvnco in them
have Im'cii ko egrogiounly the Huflcrero
hinco thu famoun Liverpool circulars of 182*2
aud I si), I call to your notico ^publication
from thu OoHton Commercial ftacetto, (in
thu Daily Advertiser of 12th July, 1828,)
in which the writer as*ert* it "to ho within
IkmiihU." Take the consumption for all
Huropc in 1828, at 1,176,000 halo of Cotton,
tho import fromtho United State* 670,000,
Brazil* 176,000, Ecypt and E. and W. In
die* 126,000, in 079,000, leave* 190,000 hale*
(deficient) which "conxumpUon will out
run the supply."
"The fact in connexion with the pros
pect* of 1820, an to tho supplv and demand
lor Cotton, will, we apprvnend, cau*c a
considerable advance on the May price* in
England, which wo think, hill we main
tained or probably augmented during the
year 1829>
Tho nrophqey of the above i* about on a
par with those of Mr. Niles, and the liar
rinhurg Convention.
When will Th.'ori?ts and Speculators of
ovcutN, learn wimlom from oxneriencot
A ('OTTON 8P1NNKR.
Wo have at times been inculpated by our
friends, and often by our enemies, for
harshness and coarseness of language to
ward the prominent defenders of the Tariff
policy. We plead guilty. It in too true
that we have occasionally been tempted,
a gamut tho rule* of prudence and politonesa,
to call things by their right names, when
tho wrong name came to u? In tho
appearand* and with tho tasto of a dose of
physic. Wo pray daily, in orth&lox lan
guage, "lead um not into temptation;" but
do what we will, temptation is ftilly deter
mined to break in upon our best resolutions
and put our good temper and forbearance
to a severe test.
For instance,
Wo beg our readers to |>eru*o carefully
the preceding list of exaggerated quotations
purposely manufactured, to suit the base
purposes <if the "American System;" Wo
ask our readers if these are not wilful ml*
'oltca, committrd fur fraudulent purposes!
We ask our readers, what is a wilful mis
take thus contrived! We ask our readers,
what is the epithet dun to Mr. Burgess and
Mr. Nilos, if things aro to bo called by their
right nainesl Wo ask our readers, what
epithet wo deserve, if our politeness leads
us, or misleads us, to call things by their
tvronjf names. 1
Colonization fhrirty.-? Wc have been
honored with a couple of Kssnyt in bchntf
of this society, by the old veteran in the
cause of monopolies and absurdities. "Ham
ilton." F.very Ixxly knows this to he Mat
thnv Carry of Philadelphia?a man who
draws soheavlly upon his imagination for fact*
and for reatonin/f, upon all Questions of na
tional Interest that he is not worthy of any
notice from any body whose object it
truth.
We hare no other reply to make to hit
figures ami tallies and extracts and docu
ments* than that it is remarkable the South
em people sltould know so little lest about
their own domestic institutions, and their
own interests In relation to them than Mat
then* Carey
Mr. B??si
the Governor, 1
Mr. John BorowlofChesU
r nrMMiteil n litillkw fof tk
who bold it Imm^ to yield obedience to
law In certain particulars. At for In
to terve onjur+w, and
they tefuse to serve on juries.
In general decline taking the oath of allegi
ance. Many of then, however, nrt in other 4
respects exemplary cltbcnt, and not n few
dbtingubhed themselves in the revolution
ary war. Hb Excellency's Utter ought
X think to satisfy U?t respectable body of
there nan be no oftnee against Ood snd hb
religion In yielding it a hearty and prompt
obcdicnco whilst, they are In the constant
enjoyment of its protection.
Plane Hill, 25M Aug.
Mr or.An sir.?
1 have received your letter enclosing the
petition of John Sprowl, praying a remission
of the fine imposed for his refusal to serve
on c jui v, from religious scruples. lie who
enjoys the protection of the laws, must obey
(hem. It would be n convenient religion
these hard times which would teach as a mo
ral truth that a man ought not to pay hb
mtofc
' The limitation to religious freedom by our
constitution seems to be entirely in conformi
ty with the principles laid down by the
great lounder of Christianity, "render to
Cissar the thing* tliut ait- Cssnar's and to
God the things that arc God's. *' A* it is
the incident of every sovereignty to protect
It* own juriMliction', the law mutt decide
wh it are the rights of the terrestrial sover
eign and leave the couit of heaven hereafter
to sustain its rights.
As the petitioner would expect hit fellow
citiscnsto act as jury men were lib tempo
r.d rights invaded, I think it nothing but
fair he should pay the fine hs a tribute to the
law, for the preservation ?>oth of his right*
of property and right of conscience.
Your* with grtat irgard,
STEPHEN D. MILLER.
[With a great deal of pleasure we spread
the following communication from one of
our most practical, cnterptislng, wusible,
and patriotic citizens, before the readers of
the Telescope. We beg the attention of
cnch of them to it, und invite them to use
our columns freely, for the purpose of diffus
ing or obtaining information upon n subject,
which promises to be of great importance to
South Carolina; which at all events, de
serves a fair, nnd earnest investigation.
We thank our correspondent for the lavor
which he has done ui in occupying a |?or
tion of (Mir columns so murh more profitably
to the public than we could have done; and
wc will add, that lie could not gratify us
more than to continue Ids communications.
VVc have the means of answering one or
wo of the interrogatories of our corrcspon
lent.
During the year ending 30th of Septcm
t?er 1828 there were imfiorted into the Uni
te*: States 297,4.3 gallon* of oil, valued ?t
140,627 dollar*: 1,691,353 poundsof tallow,
valued at 105,930 dollars; candle*, 399,569
pound*, vnlue, 28,866 -dollars; the most of
this last wu exported.
During the mine time there were ex
ft or ted from the United State*, (of their do
mestic production) a> follows:
OIL.
Spermsctii, pilaris, 297,276* value, J1W),4C0
Wlisl*k.otherfnli,?* 48A<468, value, 140,879
785,744 330,948
In addition to this there were exported o|
Spermaceti Candles, 904,597 pound*, value,
255,378 dollar*.
The amount of tonnage employed in the
fisheries for the tame period of tihic van
24,278 tons.
An able friend hat furnished u? with the
information which follow* thro observa
tions. At a future time we may add some
thing more,?Ed. Trl ]
To the Jiditor of the Tele?to/te.
I cannot doubt that you have seen the ac
count, sometime since published in a Pe
tersburg!) paper, of the machine invented
for hulling cotton seed. If my Hopes have
not deceived my judgment, on the conse
quences which may result from this discove
ry, it is n subject of just surprise, that its
immediate importance to the southern
state*, has induced no notice of it, by the
editors of their public prints.
Every one wlio has had any thing to do
with cotton seed, knows it contain* ? great
deal of oil. Mritiy persons have, from time
to time, made efforts to extratt the oil; I
.imong them, more than fifteen year* since,
but to no valuable purpose. The thought
had never oeenred to me, th.?t it might be
hulled, like rice, so as to seperntr the ker
nels which contain all the oil. This is now
accomplished by Messrs. Pollet and Smith,
with all the facility, an to attendance and
execution, of grinding corn. Their inven
tion, as I understand it, consists of n granite
cylinder, revolving within convex pices
of the same substance, faced ami placed in
a particular manner. A hopper, over the
stones, supplies the seed; a wire seive, un
der It, seperafta the hull from the kernel,
drnplng through n curiVnt of air, from n wind
fan, is delivered clean and ready for the
press.
Every thousand pounds of green seed cot
ton will yield thirty bushels of seed; three
bushels of seed, will turn out one bushel of
kernels, nnd one bushel of kernels (by a
certificate from Mr. Gideon Palmer, of
New London county, Connecticut, now en
gaged In expressing h) two gallons nf oil.
This, In its raw state, ha* been long known
to be only a little inferior to Rax seed oil,
i>r all purpeeea to which this last la applied.
Th? price, trttr ralne and ornament which
sbel
U paint oil i
rn very valuable, at I
Cdoce atteotJoni the {
of It, however, will probably be for
ight and machinery, If it can ba nadend
lettable for those objects, without too much
tapensc, of which I have no reason yet to
Mr. Charlts E. Ruggles of New York
ia? obtained a patent for refining otla, both
uilmal and vegltable of every kind, which
I have been told I* ?? rapid and sura." Ho
kitweo the hemela and cottonseed ell at
Mr. Palmer** mill and says, he can-make
t a'good oil for lampa and machinery, by
extracting the glutenous qualities it contains.
He has sold the right of his invention for
he State of Connecticut;a pretty good in
Mention of its value. He Is new refining
common oils successfully In New York*
These are some of the circumstances, on
whicht I have flattered myself that a new
ind general source of hoomcb opening go a
Mir abused country, and may probably be
con tillered by yon, as entitled to yoerfttteq*
lion. To discover new resourcee of the
state; to point to pa the of prosperity not yet
trodden, altho' not as animating, as to lead
the charge of political conflict, Is not lesi
sppropt lute to your profession, end may
leave as nhiding consolations to a heart, like
your*, alive to the pnbllo piospetky. I
presume, therefore, I am net abont to ask e
reluctant service of you. As one of your
readers, then, 1 shall be very glad to see the
result of such reflections and enquiries, sc
easy to you, at you may be disposed to give
In relation to the grneral viewa this subject
may present; and particularly, as the rela
tive value of cotton*seed oil, compered with
other ?Us, nnd the quantity which, may b<
produced in the southern country. Yot
are near the source of great knowledge) and
pomlhly, at a word, might have all yen)
question* answered! perhaps, either fot
practical objects, or as an amusement, b)
ehimlcal experiments, U may have been ai
re'<\y sat isCoctoiily tested, how far the glut
enous matter, In snnie vegitable and othei
oils, may lie extracted, so as to render them
suitable for lamps and machinery, without
deducting too much from their quantity *oi
the process being too expensive. Tell u
whence comes the oil, now.gene rally use<
for lamps and machinery? How man]
thou?ands arc appropriated by Cengres
for Light-Housesalone? Whst does it cos
the city of Charleston and Columbia to llgh
thrir streets.* What number of gallons ar
annually imported? How many whale
men fitted out? How many lives risked
What scat and oceans vexed to procure Hf
Oil for lamps and machinery has become a
great, increasing and necessary article of
consumption, every where. If the enter
prising Yankee's find it profitable to ex
plore all the waters of the mighty deep for
it, absurd Indeed would tt be in us, to suffer
our exhaustlesa stock, lying, as it were at
every man's door, from which we may oU
tain it, to remain longer unemployed!! For
myself, these enquiries might have been
made privately, you can scarcely be at a
loss to conjecture why I prefer to see them
spread before the public, ?
I believe our cot ton-seed, which has hith
erto been used only as manure, may be
converted into oil and sold ?t a great profit;
certain I am, if you will instruct the cottoo
planter how he may add ten dollars value
to the labor, which now produces him a bale
of cotton, you will do him a great favor and
be, moreover, the conductor of a reasonable
reward, to the inventors of n machine which
will protmbly rank. In the cotton country,
second only to Whitney's glnn.
A COTTON PLANTER,
flfr. AVi/or?About 33 years ago Dr.
Geo. Hunter, Chrmist and Druggist of
South Second-street, Philadelphia, having
made some experiments on the oil of cotton
seed, thought it worth" while to remove to
New Orleans, where he carried two steam
engines purchased by him from Olivet
Evans, the one for the purpose of grinding
cotton seed, the other to be employed in the
manufacture rf white lead. I believe when
he Arrived there, he did not find the place
if? well suited to hi- purposes as he expect*
ed, nnd he did nte set up his intended manu
factory. He died there about ten years
ngn. Ills widow and family I believe reside
there yet.
Afterwards nbout 181ft Col. Clark the
ingenious inventor of the method of working
itoats ngdnst a current by the agency of the
current itself, made some experiments on
the oil of cotton seed (or horning in lamps,
lie brought some tome, ami we burnt it in
comparison with some Spermncetioil. The
cotton seed oil wan decidedly the best.
I believe the common prnccse of freeing
oil from muciliige, is,boiling it with sulphu
ric acid and water, drawing it off, and then
exposing it in glass vessels to the action o(
the light for Komc months. Ily this means,
1 know it is greatly improved i whether any
nmte expeditious or economical process is
now used for the purpose I cannot say.
The New Kugland patent I am not ac
quainted with.
I have no doubt of the superiority of cot
ton seed, to linseed or the seed of the sun*
flower for the purpose of obtaining oil of
good quality at a cheaper rate* and I hope
it will be tried. Yours, T. C.
8m?I was very glad to road in the Inst
Telescope, a communication full of good
sense, sound argument, ami genuine south
em feeling*. signed 1j9w*pk* f rolling up