The Port Gibson herald, and correspondent. (Port Gibson, Claiborne Co., Miss.) 1848-18??, 1850-01-11
From the Matches Courier.
CT Cotton in mississippi
Number q.

in the hues Of Il tropical Imagination, warmed
10 ellulgence by heated fancy and sanguine
temperament We find in the Camdan Is. c.
Journal some encouraging statistics of a Cot
ton Factory that has been in the town OF De
kalb, il that State, for eleven years, which
bear directly upon our subject.
The stock Of the De Kalb factory is divided
into four shares owned by Messrs. Thomas
Long, Thomas J. Ancrum and William Ander-
son-A. Young and VIM. Gardener, the eff
cent superintendents, owning the fourth share.
This factory was established in 1888, with
only one thousand spindies FOR the manufac-
ture OF yarn; but increased by annual additions,
so that at the present time 1850 spndles and
forty looms are running daily. The amount
worked during the year 1913 vas 1000 bales
aad during one month of the present year 80
bales were worked Gpinto S205 pounds Of yarn,
and 1853 yards Of osnaburrs, Of quality
we'll known in the northern and southern mar
kets, always commanding higher price than
those made at the north
Ii the exact price Of the osnabarrs per yard
ana the cotton yarn per pound, had been quo
ted, there would have been no difficulty in as
eyrta!ning, 70 a fraction, what additional value
had been given 10 the 80 bales Of cotton by
manufacture, and what had been the clear gain
Of the Factory during tie month, rs the month
u expenses Of the establishment are stated to
be Il fraction less than 5000. We quote from
thc Camden Journal:
"There are about twenty waayers employed
all white females. each one attending to about
two looms-ohc or two TO more-and each re-
cciping wages from Twelve to twenty dollars
per month-an amount fir greater than they
realized before their connection with the Facto-
~. and sufficient to secure the necessary COM
forts Of life, and create a small sinking fund if
desired. For several years past blacks We're
the principal operatives, except in the depart
ment OF weaving, bat white operatives @re new
generally employed, because they are less diff
cvlt to procure The blacks have been dis
charged except about thirty that belong to the
companY-thc White operatives number now
seyenty-two, male and female. We are inform
cd that the experience Of the company is, that
the blacks, Is operatives. cancompare tayorably
with the whites. and under some circumstances
NAV be preferred We believe the company
have never realized less than ten per cent, upon
their capital. but they have constantly invested
the profits in additional Improvements, 50 that
the sum now invested is about double the Or
iginal stock
The moral aspect Of this Factory is no less
pleasing than the financial. The white popu-
lation consists Of l5l persons, with neat Gotta
res and tlourishine gardens, with daily school
through the week for their children, 4 Sabbath
school. ard a sermon in their own chapel every
Sabbath evening from some one Of the clergy
man Of the town.
From an interesting chapter which has been
published i, advance. from Chamberlain forth
coming Gazetteer Of Indiana, we CLEAN the fol
lowing particulars Of the establishment OF two
Cotton Factories at Canneton lndiana-caIed
the Cannelton Cotton Mill and the Indiana Cot
ton Mil The first named will work I0,50G
sp:nQIes with corresponding machinery for
weaving sheetings, and viii employ 355 opera
tiyes.
The Canncton Cotton Mill Will be of stone
272 feet long; g., feet wide, and four storie,
high This building with the warehouse, su.
pefntendent's house, ard twenty-five boarding
houses for operatives, all now in progress will
occupy lot OF eight acres on the bank Of the
Ohio. where the navigation IS rarely interrupted
and within one-third of a mile Of an ineNhausti
bic and rich coal bed.
The Indiana Cotton Mills contain, at pres
ent. 1900 spndles, and make coarse ticking>
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lidence Rhode Island, is the Contractor for the
works, and y. MeGreeor. Of Newport. Rhode
Island. the engineer The Machinery will be O.
the most perfect kind from the establishment
OF w Mason & Co. Taunton. Mass"
Gen CHARLES T. JAMES hecontractor of tht
latter mill, is the author OF most valuable pam
phet, entitled practical Hints &c, devoted
to the cause of Western and Southern Cotton
Manufactures, 10 which we are much indebted
for many valuable statistics. on which we haze
relied in our various editorials on the subject
! We also acknowledge our Indebtedness tC
CHARLES II. MASON, ESQ, editor Of that yalua
! Bile weekly journal published at Cannelton Ia
called The Economist"
The establishment of the First Steam Cottoi
Mill in NatcheZ, rs we have remarked before
will be an era in the destinics Of our city ans
county and yicihage. The first black smok,
! that rises from the furnace tower that moves
| The spindle and the shuttle, will be the signal 0
/ returning prosperity to our beautiful CITY 0
the Bluffs" in every department of permanen
and useful business--in every profession trade
q: species of ayocation, to which enterprisinl
! industry NAV tafn its hand, sure of remuner
! atino reward--as certain as effects follow eau
ses or that water seeks its own level. On
! Factory will be the precursor Of dozen--an'
why should it not! Is there upon the surfac
| Of this broad Union better location for suc
establishments! Where can be found more
profitable market! or where greater facilities 70
getting to market! The father ofwaters wit
twenty thousand miles Ct navigation of tributa
~ streams, washes the base Of our city, ant
above and aroundin boundless profusion, bloom
and ripens the snowy staple, the fabrication o
which has made our New England brethren S
rich and naughty that they are almost ready +
spurn into the dust, the real architects of thei
might and atlIucnce. Every new Factory wi
opena mine of industry and wealth for Natche1
Each Factory will fill the tables Of eight or te
boarding houses, bring custom to our mel
chants, our butchers, our mechanics, our dray
men, our physicians, oar tailors, and to ever
one of the mnltifarioES occupations that go t
fill up the business of thriving community
Real estate will advance in value as business i'll
creases. It will give an upward and perma
nently increasing tendency to everything. Is
tablsh the first Factory, and it will not be te
years before a considerable portion of the 40
600 bales of cotton annually shipped fror
Natehez and its vicinity, will be arrested hers
and let us see what benefit that would be t
the planter!
1t will save him the expense Of hauling hi
cotton down the hill to the bank of the rive
it will save him half the expense of baggin
and bale rope, as any mode of securing tn
cotton would answer if it came only to a Fat
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