Mobile register and journal., 1845-07-01
Fnr inc Rerister Innrnal.


 An elegant classic writer of ancient times, while | drawing graphic picture Of the absurd customs and wreshed habits into which the Athenans had merged, remarked that they stood all day the corners o lhe streets and in the market place. enqurlng Oi the pas sing stl anger. "whats the news"
 Our planting population beginning to enquire, and with much anxiety, 10 what shall their labor be | directed? There is however not a certainty that they really wish 10 be informed. In a true search | after knowledge, there Recoverable an earnest ness that cannot be mistaken, and il is followed by consistency in conduct.
 Nne months ago the same question was asked ge- l nerally by planters, but 1t appears thai they had answered it 10 themselves before asking. "We will plant heavy crops of cotton, and heavy crops they have, and far truly promising. Still the very prospect is creating extreme uneasiness with rehectng and observing men, and the gloomy ques- ton is now asked with siil greater anxiety, "What shall we do with the cbtion!' "what will it brng?" and there is the rub. Our neighbours, the Geor- gians, on the side, and Mississippians on the other, asking with equal anxiety ihe same ques- ions, but rather differing with us, they are begin ming do some hng-lhey are engaging their mer- chants who trade 10 the north, instead oi Cashmere slawls and French cambIcs, 10 briAg them plants and seeds of madder, ndigo, etc., and engaging the seed off pami christi, sunfower and bene plant, etc. This lasl moveme shews their queries were pro- posed In good earnest, and that with them 1t IS not ''all talk and no cider"
 Among the strange impressions under which our planting citizens labor, of the slrangest IS the dread ihev have, that every article you pro- pose for their labor he exerted will not sell - Respecting cotton, they cannot be brought to enier tain doubt, for they say Sit will bring some price,' and so would hickory nuts and jenkaplns.- | It is really singular, and shews most plainly ihe dreary consequence ot the want of information, for if there is any certain criterion by which we can ra tonay anticipate the ready sale of any article, ii Is first to settle how nearly IS allied to necessary of | le-the probability of a redundancy or successful competition. Now the same and much better secu- riiy exists than have for the sale of cotton for dye stus. Without them, vast portion of the cot ton could not be rendered fiji for market or made an Article of commerce. w fool is much more ae cessary of life than coton and in ihe manufacturing of both there a consumption of oils in varie- ty of forms-n the very fabrication of the article
 the machnery-ligh, etc., also m furnishing sub sistance to the lahorer at the card and loom Manufacturing requires most extensive buildings; their preservation. vast quantities of paint and oil, | while the running machinery itself consumes prodi- gous quantity Of o and for winch there IS no sub stiiute. IL be had, the spindle and the loom stops. An undeniabe fact ought 10 be kept m view, that in the one case there is fearful redundancy. and Tn the other, great deficiency regards ihe | quantity required supply actual consumpton.- Common would ask. if in operation, whether
 there is danger of he sale of an article that we | have fearfn redundancy in the market, or oi one l that we annually traverse the ocean thousands of miles to procure.
 Among oils now in constant use, we find the Pal | mi Christi or Castor Oil. ThIs plant has been suc- cessfuly cultivated in parts of South Carolina, Western New Yo k, Illinois, etc ,and the oil made lsom it commanded higher price in the market ;han | any imported The cultivation IS yet carried on m the southern and western Stotes, and in Georgia | oil has been produced superior to any known In South Alabama, some few years ago, the fabrication | of this oil began by northern physician, whose fully equal to his expectation, and what | he produced was pronounced by medical men to be superior. The plant grows well in this State, and the season for gathering the seed is generally highly favorable. This oil being used medical prepara- tion invites pointed attention to it's cultvation at least for our consumption, that we may have
 t pure. The means of adulterating we know is req dy procured. and we further know that ,le import ed castor oil before get il, is generally mixed, | call il what they please.
 | In 1888 the manufacturing of this oil was carried | on in Williamsburg, Va.-the surrounding armers raising the seed beans that supplied the uanuac- turer. From many irials in that vicinity, the pum- mace, remaining after the oil was extracted, was
 found to excell almost all others as an application 10
 land for the production of wheat, and SO highly was It valued there after trial, that gentleman of that vicinity 10 Norfolk and engaged all that could be purchased from a castor oil manuiaciory in that place.
 Some years ago a MT. J. Smith, of Northampton county, made impros ement in the mode ofprepar-
 ing castor oil, by which Il was rendered equal to the best winter sperm for lnmp use-ihe flame more | brilliant and uminous. This aitested by many
 
 | als. A small portion was sent 10 and tried hy the writer of this artice with the most perfect success. The cultivation of this plant was also tried by him m this State, he hills placed at five feet distance in consequence of the luxuriant growth of this plant in | our climate. The soil warm and rich, and the | planting was made as early possible the spring. | Between the hills in direction the pindar pea was planted and in the other, the last ploughng, | the red potato vine, moderate ridge, thrown up by the plough. Neither of these plants appeared ii, h< .lunf ahriaf nd GlII Df each was made l could conceive of finer growth of lhe last than presented the seed large and fine.
 That the seed of the palm christi raised in this climate abounds in oil, none need doubt. The cli- mate seems most congenial to this plant. IL requires, if possible, less cultivation than the corn crop. Nor can the quality of the oil for moment be doHbted; whh the proper preparation of soil, by additional manures, it cannot be exceIled and rarely elualed- have stated in former paper the happy effects in producing fine oils of the lsacbd ashes and calca reous manures, mari, etc. These substances have valuable effect on the juices of plants A market would readily be found the north for the castor oil of this climate, going recommended as pure and una dulterated-when bought for medical purposes, and when for domestic, il would recommend itself if pre- pared the plan of Mir. Smith, whose discovery for rendering this oil the successful rival of sperm oil for burning in lamps, consisted i simply adding to il proportion of the spirits of urpenline, of the latter four of the former, winch readily combines
 Land adapted to the cultivation of the palmi christi W ill produce in lhs climate, with good cult vetion, above thirty bushels of beans to the
 The tendency of this and all vegetable oils to be- come rancid, arises principally from the mucilage that becomes blended with the oil when il is express ed Macilage is insoluble n boiling water, and ifl crude oil and water put into pot, say quarts of water to four gallons of oil, and gradually heated over gentle fire, the muciage will rise 10 the top thick scum, which should be removed for further purifcatlon. The skinner should be used as long arIses, and the boiling continued until the water is entirely lost bv evaporation, when the oil should be removed from the fire prevent burning, put into strong bottles and well corked and sealed for market. All oils can be purified in this way.-l The great proportion of the oil used in the U States comes from the East and West Indies, from places that throw every obstacle they can, wellas 1t with the product of our country and labor, well many other articles that we unnecessarily bring from them.
 The idea of a people ransaeking the deep for one article of human comfort and carrying the result of their labor to foreign nation 10 procure another, whose commercial policy is unfrendly to our indus try, when could have the article pure and unadu- eraed at door, is fit subject for blush oi shame. if stupidity IS a legitimate subject to blush at or about. In Illinois the bean has for long fine sold at one dollar per bushe In the coIdest weather this oil does not congeal. SOUTH ALABAMA.
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 The National IntellIgencer of yesterday announ- ces, in two lines, the death of Gen'l Jackson, and devotes seventeen (ipcludng SIX of eulogy) to the announcement of the death of "Sir Richard Downes Jackson, K. c. B. Lieutenant General, commanding Her Britannc Majesiy's forces in British North America" t.
 YEARov SUMMERs-A voyage of pleasure round the World is advertised in Hamburg, to leave