The daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1848-1851, 1851-05-24
From Jamaica,

Files of Kingston papers from lst to 7th inclu-
sive, came to hand yesterday. We find this inter-
estng article in the Morning Journal of the 7lh inst
New Cotton Gin for Small Settlers "A machine
for ginning cotton certainly of extreme simplicity
ofconstruction, and apparently of sufficient strength
to wear well, was exhibited at our Office Yesterday
and gave general satisfaction. tits of kind espe.
cialiy intended for the of small Settlers and in
every point of view seems, as far we can Judge,
well calculated for that purpose. Besides, the two
important advantages to which we have already
referred, the method of working it is easy that
an Intelligent child of eight or nine years of age
would find no difficulty in usng-in fact, a child
of somewhere about that age, and who, We know
had never previously il, did gin little cotton
with II, in our presence yesterday its probable
will place 1t within the reach of all it occupies as
little room, and is quite portable, as common
small table; and. above all, it does not break the
seed or In the least injure the staple of the cotton
The quality of cotton that may be gnned with
this machine in day, by one person, is said to be
about ten pounds; small quantity, to be sure,
where the crop is to be counted by New Orleans
bales, but very fairly remunerative one at its
price, for the advance which it gives over the
amount that could be picked by hand in a day.
But we see no obstacle to its admitting, ev.n in its
pre- sent shape, OF second feeder; and it is possi-
ble and, as tar as we can see, not at all improbable
that II worked by two persons, the results might
be more than doubled, inasmuch as the second
might feed with both hands, and more steadily than
the one turning the machine. This would, it may
be said, increase the strain on its powers; !; but we
speak advisedly, when we say that it is the very
point in which we should look for its weakness
IN the cog wheel regulating the mutual action OF
roller-we found a most ingenious contrivance to
ensure large amount Of strength in proportion to
the requirements Of the machine and we are quite
satisfied that the addition second feeder would
have no injurious effect upon it.
The kinds of cotton we saw most successfully
ginned by the machine Yesterday, were two which
have been pronounced the best that can be grown
by the small settler, the South Sea Island and the
Chain seed We also saw tried with it some of the
Georgia, Upland, Green-seed, Bowed kind, as il
| has been variously caled-and called by the last
name because the wool of it was formerly altoge-
ther, and still is, to Il limited extent, believe
cleared from the seeds by an instrument resembling
| bow, all other then known means being unequal
10 the task of overcoming the tenaciiy with which
the seeds of this description adhere to the wool
As the inventor of the little machine said, how
ever, it could not be used sfully with this
kind; we say successfully" because with some
care it may be used, not without advantage even
to gin this VIGOROUSLY intracable description O
cotton.
What improvements might be ade upon the
machine, SO as to render it applicable on large
scale-as by constructing it 10 work with treadle
and so leaving both hands of one person working
It, free to feed it, or by increasing the length th
number OF the rollers, etc., etc., etc.,-we do no
think 1t at all necessary 10 consider at present, al
though the first suggested improvement might, pei
haps, be very advantageous.
What we desire is, to call the attention Of tn
|, philanthropic to it, machine calculated, pei
haps, to do as much good for jamaica as the goo
. old spinning wheels did for Great Britain to Ell
courage and foster habits of industry among Il
females and'children of peasantry as we'll ,
| increase the returns of the labor Of those sms
settlers who, at present driven to the alternative
procuring some expensive machine far above the
actual wants or means Of pro6tably employing,
for picking their little cotton crop by hand, are nj
likely to find their prospects in cotton cultivatie
very bright.
This useful little machine is the invention of
respectable inhabitant Of this city, who has spe
} the best part of half century in the country-M
: James II Carter We do most sincerely no
, that his praiseworthy efforts and ingenuity
making it will not be all allowed to 60 unrewarde