The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1839-10-24

This beating about has, Of course, a ten
dency OF starting from their burrows, many
timid small holders, who easily fall INTO the
nets set up for them. Il IS thus, as Mr.
Gideon d. Smith OF Baltimore, remarked L
me, the greater quastlty Of Morus Multi
caulis will pass before Spring, into the
] hands of spectators, and will then be brought
forward for sale, at extraordinary prices
! visited many Cocoouerics erected or be
ing erected in Pennsylvania, New Jersey
New York, Connecticut aud Massachusetts,
I The amount Of worms fed lhis season, must
OF course, be ptoportIoned TO the quantity
Of foliage TO he obtained. Many have ad
vertlsed for leaves, offering large prices
DC. but of course, as ct, but comparatively
small quantities can be obtained. | fee
certain, that II a return Of cocoous raised
thread and fabrics made for every village
and town through these various States, the
amount would be far from contemplate
Yet, II must be borne IN mud, that Is mere.
| y the beginning. Another year will gave
results fifty fold that Of the preceding. Lot
Il also be recoilected, that Il is not charac.
terls,lc Of the New England character, az.
80 having once put the hand TO the plough
10 turn back The word with them Is, 20.
ahead. they desp,se not the day Of small
things. Even the broom corn, grown along
the valley ofthe Connecticut, shen CONVEX.
ted INTO brooms, gives TO them large return,
Their Legislatures have offered bouulico 10
promote the culture Of SILK, WHICH, IN M
~ lns,auces, nearly meet the amount Of 10.
hour. Specimens Of the Silk stuas, manu-.
featured, at the town Of Economy, Beaver
county, Fennss lvaula, may be seen at the
Commercial Bank OF Columbia,
Aud now with regard 10 " Silk mania, I"
" Morus MulucauIls Fever" DC. can
only rcpea, the proyerb -" LEI tAose laugh
who lese-tbey Who sln are sure 10 laugh"
Let Us look back but half century, and
NC shall see IN the introduction II the o.,
ton Plant, far greater obstacles than now
present themselves IN what Is comparative.
" staple Of far easier cultivation. l4dl
VduaIs then engaged, had TO encounter as
much Of sneer and suge remark Il must
b. remarked, however, that mountains when
overcome, are seen ia the distance as mere
hillocks but 10 prospective, the same hil
locks may, by Ilmld, feeble, aud islless sp,r
lts, be magnifcd into mountains, They
we're warned to stick TO their sklns, Pei
tries, Tobacco aud lodge, and lei this East
iudla product alone. BuI Whunel like
another Acfhlmides, produced his Cotton
Gin, and waited across the Atlantic all
lions OF pounds Of that staple which uos
forms the bass Of exchange Of the uulted
States.
let Us also recollect when the manuiac.
tore Of Cotton commenced al the NORTH, Il
eas prrdic.ed, that Il was Impossible that
4 could hold competition euh the last
ludics, where, iron the density Of popula
tiou, labor could b. afforded al comparative
y higher prlces. Boz what has taken place
WITHIN quarter Of century ! Cotton, for
winch We paid % aud 80 cts. per yard, can
be obtained at 10 cents. The Southern
States are now entering INTO competition
NIlh the North, IN the manufacture d. tins
drucle.
10 Epe years from the present ume, wo
shaft have the Silks OF the North aud Md
die States, ia our market
Fiually, let II also be observed, that 40
attention 10 tins suhJr ct, so far from inter.
lenug with the present staple, will go hand
ia haud with II, employing a species OF la
bouf and soil altogether different. The
poor man with a large family, eau have has
staple for mltket, aud hts resources will IN
crease with the inmates OF his household
aud although he may no. be able 70 bring
into the ne!d the mdrShaiied hosts OF the
wealthy Cotton Planter, his home viii e1
hbtI comfort aud happiness,
Rd,culu has from time lmmemonal, dl.
rected itself against attempts ut lunovaung
upon what - established. The opposition
made 20 the introduction Of Coal IN England,
as an article OF fuel, aud thu, of Window
glass, as means of excluding damp and
cold, aud admitting light, are well known.
We b. hold ,he sage, liolllngshead, denounc
lng these as the precursors OF disease aud
d1ANAit SHht attu 'fifff WIN liuHN VI lUi'lE
hurled the shafts Of thur
tidicu,e against the Royal Society Of Eng
baud, formed am' ,corporaled II their turn.
Piron aud other wlts OF France, did the
same thing lor the French Academy. The
former wished II 10 be inscribed as hts cpl.
lapn,
Crrt Prom gu n ctai ricR
Pos 1sadcmcica!
al know nothing says Johnson, "of
Science yet reeolcct having once dipped
a THERMOMETER tulo hot water, to make the
Mercury rise, aud plunged II INTO cold wa
ter to make Il sink" How ridiculous the
nouon--a prlort--ot French Chemists Ell.
10 supply the West India sugar,
by extracting sacchaune matter from the
Beet. Here was perfect Beet mania"
lhcy, however went to work, aud France
saves an expenditure Of millions, while the