Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1849-05-09

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8 most incredible Ihat,'rhe; small egnninss
: OF Iride which is more extensive Thar
8 that ofeuy o'hor one. produc1, are Of sucl
, recent date, as 10 he within The memnr.
: of living witnesses. One is slow to believe
that 1he3man is yet alive, Who bought th'
first pound of Upland Cotton in Georgia
f and who with his own hands assorted and
pnckedlhe first parcel for market, and ye
such isjthe fact.
"WegaIher from The excellent journel
Hunts iiAercilunts, Magazine. some curl
ous memoranda in relation 10 the rise and
. progre4s.of The great staple, which as they
have Interested US, may Likewise excite
the interest Of some Of our readers.
'Coilon is al article which was almos
unknown in Commerce until The close o
the .Ia5t. century. or the two kinds cul.
livated in. The United States, The black
seed or s10ng staple cotton was FIRST cul'
livaled in Georgia, about the year l7S6
,he,greeh seed or short staple cotton, some
years after, although it had been laised III
North Carolina aud Virginia in limited
: way prior to lhe revolution. The nalive
place ofihe seed Of the long staple cotton
is believe 10 he Persia. The first bag
expouel from Georgia was grown by
Alexander Bisset, of 81. Simon's Island.
aud shipped from Savannah by Thomas
Miller. in 1888. Mr.. Miller is s,ilIisiug
in Camlen cnun,y, in the enj 'yment OF
a green old age. lie was one OF The first
who engaged in the business OF buying
colloEin The Savannah market. and for q
hong Time was The only purchaser. II came
10 him in parcels of from 20 lbs. TO 100
lbs, and with his own hands he assnlteL
aud packed it for market. His exclusive
aud grea, zeal in bringing forward the ar
ticlc, gave him very carly the name of
Cotton Miller" which he still holds in
much honor. In 1892 the growlh Of cot.
ION. was so inconsi,lerable or as CONNER
cial article. deemed OF so liHlc. value, that
Mr.. Jay, in his treaty with England, ne
go,iated that year. consented 70 the sipu-
Ialiun, thatsno: cation should be imported
frum America. The .Senae refused 10
ralify the arliclrs. Ia l792, The entire
crop. nfSthe Unite! States, was 45) bags;
in.ls.7,a. a.222 ,3335 bags In l7S4. an
I imhl4srlsIfjnoI q was seized. on the ground
that so much cotion could not Le the pro
duct O. the United States. In l7G4. The
invention Of the saw gin, Of Eli Whitney,
of Connecticut, save ii powerful impetus
to the culture of colIon, aud from that
period its production has been rapidly on
ward.
TIE CtLTivATIuN OF THE GRAPE.-II
has long siuce been known bot perhaps nol
as generally disseminated as it should have
been, that Major Gugnard, Of Colulnbia.
has vineyard in The vicinity of thai place.
aud also in Lexington District, where the
Grapc has. not only been successfully cu.l=
tivaled, but that The process Of manuiaciu.
ring the juice Of the luscious fruit into
| wine. has also been accomplished.
II has hecn our privilege, al the resi-.
dcnce of friend in Columbia, some years
since, 10 taste and enjoy the favor of some
uf the wines emanalius from The vineyard
Of Major Guisnard, which has stood The
test of years, aud consequently practical
evidence wos before us tial the soil of
Carolina could be devo'ed. 10 the produce
,ion OF grape that would. under proper
management, yield wine of gnod quality,
that would command price 10 remuneraIc
The producer. and thus give Il new and
profitable direction 10 agricultural labor.
Yesterday, we were presented wi,E a
sample Of Brandy, distilled by Major
GuSnarJ, some year or two since, which,
lDr a FIRST aitempt-doubless M small
scale, and under various Disadvantages
vas surprisingly successful. The flavor
d The spirit is good, and as it is Of course
pure article, il. only wants age 10 bring il
iplo favorable comparison with that im=
ported from abroad. -,
With his practical evidence oflhe fitness
ffour soil TO The growing of the fruit which
pil 10 produce Wines and Brandy, we
IhouId hope that more extended experi-
nents may be made, 10 lest the lucrativc-,
hess Of the enterp:ise.-Chars. CoHSier-
! MANUFACTURING IN GEoReIA.-Th4
Isayannah Republican .says-We saw and
Icouversed the other day with gentleman
largely increased in The Outright Manu-:
featuring Company. whose mills are On
the Oconee River iu Green County. We
are Informed by him that those mills con'
sumo 1000 bates Of COTTON year, running
5000 spindles. They have been rather.
more than two years in operation, and
from the first moment ofsrn7liug have paid
good dividend. One TACT alone suffices
TO convince US Of the spirit Of enterprise
that has seized our bp-country friends.
The Outright mills wero in operation
,rithia niue months after the first spade
was put into The ground.
ORATOR OF rfiE SoUTH CAROLINA In:
srlruTE.-We are pleased 10 be able to
announce that Gen. James Fl. Hammond,
has been elecled by the Board of Mana:
gers of The. Soulh- Carolina Institute TO
deliver The address al the opening olthe An-
nual Fair in October next. Gen. H. hns
sisniied his acceptance Of the Office, aud
having, we learn. for sometime past di.
tecled his attention 10 The objects con'enl-
Mated BY the Institute, and been engaged
informing himself Of the industrial capaci-
Ties and statistics ofour Stale, his co.opera-