The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1851-02-05
Number 49,

credulous enough to receive as verify sh
that has been said about it. ijB 10
The substitution of fax, for cotton, d.
though belonging to very different Do.
partment Of science, in point of impor-
tance is only second 10 the one OF which
we have just spoken. The announcement
has been made by the London press, in
very positive and triumphant tones. that .
series Of novel improvements has been sf-
tected, by which, in the first place, the fibrs
of the flax can be separated from the plant
without any of the labor, cost and injury
fthe sleeping process; and in the second,
the texture modified so as 10 deprive il of
the /" cold feel" Of fax. and convert il into
a substance-a new material--possessing,
says the Morning Chronicle. all the warmth
Of wool, the soitness Of cotton, and the
glossiness Of silk, which il is said so strong.
ly to resemble, both to the eye and touch,
that nothing but the actual samples Of tho
results exhibiting in one and the same
bundle of fbres. the raw fax at one end
and the quasi silk or cotton at the other,
would induce belief while it is found
and this is pronounced the crowning tri.
umph--ihat the flax, thus prepared, may
be sent TO the cotton mill, and there by the
ordinary cotton machinery, manufactured
into goods as easily as cotton itself sscg
The fax can be prepared, it is said, fer
seven. sixteenths of penny per pound.
It's adaptedness to cotton machinery II
what renders il so important; for il it csn
be produced at a less cost, and is superior,
it must inevitably in great measure -.
percede cotton. a.f.s...s Ia,
The honor Of suggesting the application
Of cotton machinery 10 its manufacture.
belongs to Mr.. Porter, who read paper
on the subject at late annual meeting Of
the British Association, and describes the
practical success Of the experiment in the
following language: ev4a
In the course Of the last week, the in.
ventor went 10 Manchester, with quantity
ofhis "fax cotton''-placed it in the hands
of spinner-and the result soon ceased
to be doubtful. The cotton spindles took
as kindly to the new materials as if i and
they had been expressly made for each
other. With very slight alteration in the
machinery, which, however, will not be
required hereafter, il did its work perfect.
7 ly; and on Saturday night we were shown
the first fruits of the invention, in the shape
Of quantity Of 'rovings'' and yarns Of
unimpeachablc quality and color, in state
Of perfect readiness TOR the further process
Of weaving and manufacture. We suisse
quently commissioned an intelligent gem
,leman, who has devoted much attention
to the subject, to visit Manchester for the
purpose Of personally inspecting the whole
process. and the result has fully confirmed
the information which we had previously
received.
Should all this be realized, Great Brit.
ain and Ireland can raise their own cotton,
and we in the Northern and Western
States can produce ours. so that our south.
ern friends who are talking Of leaving Us.
will be apt to stay where they are, and
manufacture theirs.-Pihs. Gaz. sca7
GROWTH OF THE UNITED STATES.
The census returns already received
from seventeen States Of the Union, show
an increase Of population since l840. Of
$3.50, 1893, which added to the aggregate
population ten years ago, Of 1908 1858,
would alone make now 20,224, ,15I. Es-,
timating the increase in other States by
the same ratio, the aggregate population
Of the nation in June last, may be put
down at not less than $4,000. 900, or an
increase of nearly seven millions in the
last ten years. D..
In some of the States the increase has,
been very rapid. in others quite inconsid.,
cradle. In Maine, they have 10000. be-
ing an increase, in ten years, of lie, ,207,
or over twenty per cent. Massachusetts
has 100000, being an increase of 2O0,..
l72, also upwards Of twenty per cent.
Connecticut has $4,000. or an advance
Of 65,985, also upwards of twenty per.
cent. Pennsylvania has 2 1900 900, show.
ing an increase OF 575,967, or over thirty
three per cent. Ohio has 300 900, show,
ing an increase Of 670.732, or over forty.
per cent. Wisconsin has $50, 900; She
had but $4,000 ten years ago.
The District Of Columbia, on the other
hand. has gained but 1000. She has now
$4,000, or less than twelve per cent. in.
crease. North Carolina has 800 900, bs.
ing an increase of 1881, or only about
six per cent. South Carolina has only
$780, ,O99, being an increase Of only 44.7oi,
less than eight per cent, We have returns
from one other southern State, that 10
Georgia, the population of which is now,
1000, 900, showing an increase Of f308 ,608,1
or about forty-fve per cent. ~
The ratio ofincrease in the whole Union,
estimated from the returns received Of sew
enteen States, is about thirty per cent.
That Of Georgia is fifteen per cent. ahead
of the average; that Of South Carolina 10
twenty-five, and North Carolina twenty
four per cent below the average. In the.
northern States heard from, the rate Of in
crease is uniformly over twenty per cent.
Republican.