Southern shield., 1852-04-03
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rorrov AND CorroN MANUrAoruREs.-- ,r~TG q Dudley has collected and arrang- ,j ,,,lcb interesting information on this ,lt,anf in an address lately delivered be, c-J +ho Ne1g Fork Hjst0rical Society," rrem a digest of that address by the 4Lo- I.7. Tribune, we take the following items: nCo45g was mentioned only three or r,,r times by the Ancient Latin writers, .oa' not at ali in the Bible; fl was first men .;o1od a', by Herod0tus. Though t was long .,Itcafed in China, 1t was not mauu1actur- aJ ;ato cloth there, ill inc conquest of that oonnfrv by the Tartars. Cotton Manufac- +gros had been brought 10 considerable 5orrae of perfection in Spain during the 10th ca7fnrv. Ii was introduced into England, fo inc I4ih century; wooien manufactures were known there long before that time; in I64I a little work notices the manutac- t0re of cotton goods at Manchester, as if it had then been novel thing; owing to the rudeness of the machinery then in use, none of the finer fabrics were produced. in ITS lbe fly shuttle was invented, and at the same time a machine for spinning cotton by roI lers was invented. The first machine for spinning cotton was called the Spinning Jenny'' aud was invented by MT. John Haines. IL was an imperfect machine, and there was no proof thatit was original with MT Haines In 1867 Hargraves invented the first machine for spinning Il threads at the same time; there was considerable excitement about it. people being under the impression that il would throw many per sons out of employment, and several ot them were destroyed by the mob
 Richard ArkWrieht's parents were very poor and he was apprenticed to Q barber.- He manifested . strong predilection for me- cbanics His character was that of stub born perseverance. He was obliged 10 leave his native place Preston, in conse- Quence of the unfavorable manner in which his invention was regarded by the common people, and went to Nottingham, where he took out patent, describing himself as 9 clock maker"
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 CHOLERA IN TExAs.-Ihe Wesleyan Banner of March Doth, says:
 "A private letter from Huntsville, Texas, informs Us that there were several cases ol
 
 persons have already fallen victims, t seemed 10 be more fatal among the ne gr0es than among the whites"
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 LETTER FROM GEN. ScoTT-An Irish Benevolent Association, having invited Gen. Scott (o their anniversary supper, he replied in letter, expressing his regret at his inability to be present, and adding:
 "Iou do me but justice in supposlng me t0 take 2 lively interest h Ireland and hel sons, Perhaps no man-certaiuly TO Amer ican-oHes 50 much to the val0r and blood of Irishmen as myself Many of them marched and fought under my command in the recent war of iSl2-I5. and many more --thousands-i4 the recent war with Mex ico-not one of whom was ever known 10 turn his back upon an enemy or friend"
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 Some of the adventurers who recently left New York for California have return ed 10 that city, after proceeding as far as Panama, on account of their inability tc obtain a passage from that place. They report that there are at least five thousan6 persons on the Isthmus awaiting an opPor unity to omkark for California.
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 CoEvEcTvcuT PoI1TIcs.-The democratic and whjg conventions of this State were held last week; both resolved to adhere ( the compromise measures. The whig adopt ed resolutions complimentary 10 Preaiden Fillmore and his cabinet, and the democrat declared their determination to sustain tht nominees of the Baltimore. Convention from whatever quarter of the Union they may be taken
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 IL is not unworthy of remark that thu late advices from the Pacific bring no con frmaton of the report, brought by a pre- vious arrival, of 3 rebellion in the Territo ryo of Utah. Ii may therefore be presumed that our original conjecture as 10 the origir of this story was correct,-Nat. InteL
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 MOVEMENTS or K0ssUTH.-Kossuth's in 1ontions are, as we learn from one of hi friends, in frequent intercourse and cores Pondence with him, to go 10 New Orleans and to visit some of the Southern States and 10 return 10 the East in season 10 sai for England from Boston early in May.
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 TIE FRosT.-The frost, we hear has done very serious damage to the crops in many parts Of this county. The wheat and in some instances the cat crop is said tc De badly injured if not wholly destroyed in