The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1836-1851, 1848-10-25

j. SINGULAR EFFECTs OF ATTRACT1ON.-ll
the Edinburg Journal OF Sciences we find
| very interesting paper, by DIR. Hancock, OF
, the motions that result from merely mixing
a-fcw drops of alcohol with small vial o.
laurel oil. TO exhibit this singular phenom
enon which seems to bear some analogy
with the motions Of the planetary orbs, the
drops Of alcohol should be introduced at dIt
ferent intervals of time. A revolving OF
circular motion instantly commences in tho
oil, carrying the alcoholic globules through a
series of mutual attractions and repuls0ns,
which seem to move with perfect freedom
through that fluid, turn in small esccntrc
curve at each extremity of their course, pass
ing each other rapidly without touching.--
In the course of his experiments, DIR. Han
cock observed PARTICLES of the fluid to scPe-
rate in large globuIar portions; these com
menced simaIar revolution, and the smaller
ones Quilted their course and revloved about
the larger, while tic latter still pursued their
gyrations after The manner of primary plan
cts and their sccondarIes.
MhSuFAcTuREs AT TIE SoUTH.---Thc
natural capabilities Of the South for the Cot
ton manufacture have never be denied.
Our streams are never locked up by frosts.
our command of wafer power and the raw
material is undvubtcd while they are surer
sources of success than legislative bounties
and protective tariffs; but we hear the cry
constantly that South labor is not equal to
the tasks and trials of manufacturing indus
try. That this imaginary objection is fast
disappearing under the influence of exPer-
iment, must he obvious to common obser-
va,ion. Our population requires some train
inc and practice, as all transitions from en-
plovmcnls which are rural TO those which
arc indoor and scdcntary, demand that ia.
miIiarity which time and opportunity can
alone confer The following remarks, as
highly opposite on this subject, arc copied
from the Augusta Chronicle:
ErcnMg Nc,cS.
with the common prudence and pcrse-
vcrancc, the regions of country where cotton
and human food arc cheapest, will be the
most successful in fabricatng all the heavier
goods made of tins great Southern staple.
lis manufacture in this State, we are as
surcd BY men familiar with the cost OF
growing cotton and making it into cloth, is
more profitable than its culture at ordinary
prices. We have watched the operations
of the factory recently started in this city
with lively interest Approaching the diff.
cuIlics of branch Of business, al which so
MANY new and raw hands would have TO
learn tho trade, we feared that supply OF
good white operatives cou not be had to
! Al, hoe nd
about The unwingncss of pour families to
engage in this kind of employment. Expc-
ricnce, however, has happily fasIficd these
sinister predictions. There arc more aPplI
canls for work than the company can EN-.
plov; and the success Of Georgia girls IN
learning to spin, weave, &c, is most creal-
table TO their tact. intelligence and industry.
There is one who earns regularly 50 per
week. She is the daughter ct widow
woman, who with the light labor of little
son some ten years old, added to that other
self, is in the receipt of some S34 a month
from this cotton factory. 1t mus, be borne
i'm mind that neither of the three members OF
this small family is compelled to work
dav longer in this establishment than is a.
nrccablc. We ask, is it Of no advantage
to this community that its most needy faml.
lics.-.and no one is above the possibility OF
want.--bc furnished with tho means and SIT
ulton to earn. without dIscrcdlt. or severe
toll, each S4OO year? That it is great
blessing to such families no one will deny.
A New MODE OF RAISING TIE WIND.--
Since the late insllrrCctl0n in Paris, vast
number Of musicians, sipsics lugglers, and
others. who frcGucnlcd the Houevards and
levied contributions on the passcrs by, have
disappeared from that locality. One woman
however. is coming money, and deserves II
for her shrcwcdncss. At the fashionable
hour for promcnading on the Italian Bnulc-
wards, she takes her STATIC there with large
cage, containing fifty imprisoned swallows,
all huddIcd up together. She calls the al
ten,ion Of the loungcrs. especially the ladies'
to her care, and repeats continually IN lnun
tones, Set at liberty these poor little birds!
The word liberty" acts like a charm, and
many heart is touched, and accepts the
invitation. For two cents head the work
of dcliverancc is accomplished; and charlta-
bic souls have the satisfaction at that price.
of restoring the winged prisoners to air ana
space. By degrees the cage is cmptlcd
and when there uro no longer any IN prison,
the ialior returns to hcr home, and there a.
cain finds the whole flight. The swal|o'0s
arc LuincI, AID only use their freedom to
return quietly to the lodgingsSof their mis-,
trcss, who rcncws the speculation several
times day. Courier dcs Etats On's.
An extraordinary discovery has been
made in the process of sllvcr'ns glass. "A
Mr. Drayton has an entirely new mct'"o'
L,ai ,,,,nun,, cnrIncn of nlaSs are silver