The Gonzales inquirer. [volume] (Gonzales, Tex.) 1853-current, 1854-01-14
Early cultivation Of Cotton.

iltiys(iorlShfean jim the Southern States, the
tin1& Nhck$ 6<6 4 a plsce where itobtaincd first
d YGfi >6lG III y s 5EinVQlvel IN much oh.
|scuetly 4 il> '6tt n q " elligcnt persons
must likye beenS j6rc the com.
mcncenocfit 6f tho Kev15uf{| {|pps{Ysly Var, "A we
find the first Provincial Counts Of South
Carolina, held In January 157 !, rccommcndcd
to the inhabitants to raise, ton3yet little
practical attention WAS pnid To- thslr spSommen.
tation. A small quantity Only was raised for
domestic manufacture. Soon alter the peace
of 1888, it's cultivation spread, and Georgia
took the lead in its productions. Among the
planters who raised cotton upon Il largo scale
Gas Il was called,) was Mr.. I,cake, Of Sayan.
nah; in 1888 his crop WAS 1000 pounds in
the seed.
The commencement OF the cultivation Of sea
island cotton is more clearly asccrtained.
Some OF the colonists who adhered to the
royal cause, had fed to the Bahama Islands !;
and learning that the inventions of ma, ,,inery
in England had caused great demand for raw
cotton, they were induced TO turn their attcn.
ton to it's cultivation. The small island of
Anguilla, in the Caribbean Sea, was cclcbra-
ted for It's excellent cotton, (thc seed supposed
20 have come originally from Persia, and from
thence the Bahama settlers received their seed
by the year OF 1885, they had succeeded in
raising cotton ,nn two of the islands; from one
of which Mr. Spalding, of Georgia, received a
bag Of cotton seed other Gcorgians also had
similar contributions from their former nc
quantances IN that colony. From this seed
all tho sea islands cotton plants have been
produced
In pamphlet entitled "American Husband
ry, published in London in 1775, tho writer
remarks, that the cotton cultivated in our
colonies is Of tire Turkey kind On the other
hand, II must be supposed, from the language
Of thcir historian, that the Cape Fear ou,;.
plum only two years after they had establish
cd their scttlemcnts were provided with seed
from Barbndocs. I"
In reference to sea island or black seed cot
ton, the writer states .hat il began to be
raised in Georgia in experimental quantities,
in 1856" The native place of the seed is be-
iicycd to be Persia Ii is designated the Per.
sian cotton by Bryan Edwards and is so called
in the West Indies and by the merchants Of
England. The seed grown in this came from
the Bahama Islands, where 1t had been intro.
duccd by the Board of Trade from Anguilla,
small island in the Caribbean Sea, and was
sent by Mr.. Tatnall, then Surveyor-Gcncral Of
tho Baliau,as, COL Rclscll, and others, to
Governor Tatnall, James Spalding, Richard
Lcare, and Alexander Bissct, all Of Georgia.
The species Of cotton first introduced,
known in commerce by the name Of "upland, =
adhcrcs to every part Of its seed with grcnt
tenacity: the intimate delay and trouble at.
tending the separation of the fibre from the
| seed; greatly retarded tho cxtcntion OF Us
growth. Among the early cultiystors, the
fibre was usually separated from the seed by
tho hands Of laborcrs. Rollers and the bow,
string were subsequently, introduced, but this
process with their assistance was exceedingly
slow and expensive. From this process the
upland cotton took tho name In tbe English
market OF I" Bowed Georgia., and it Is now
soise.imc quoted by that name, iilthough the
instrument has beer entirely out Of use more
than fifty years. =
Tae Noarii CARoLlsA Twixs.- We have
visited this most extraordinary tusus netttrds,
now to be seen, every morning, evening and
afternoon, at the Hall of tho South Carolina
Society in Meeting street 1t consists Of two
negro children, both girls Of a brownish color,
aged two years and four months, and vol
grown for their age, whose bodies arc even
moro strangely united than those os the Sia.
mcsc Twins. Chm and Eng, the Sinincse won
dcrs, who arc now farmers, uith wives, twin
81 : :.is;s en- Hay.
perfectly distinct and soperatc bodies, Joined
only by cartilkginons ligamcnt. projecting
from their sides or breasts but Christian and
Mily, tho little objects now referred 10, are
united to cach other at tho lower extremity o
the spine, tho rtrfs6rsss, OF what anatoiiists
call tho ~ saesssm, being so blended aa appar,
entity 10 form but one bone, comuon to ths
two children. Tho pelvic organs arc entirely
distinct with the single exception Of cosnlnei
Termination of ilsc intcstinai canal Believe tIsi,
Junction.. their thighs, legs. and lower extre,p
cites arc again sepcrate and distinct, and the,
can stand OF walk, or occupy sittis.e or recum
bent postures. at viii; and either can lie iowr
while the other u sitting.
Their perpoAsiideasiis does Hos seem io be Al
ali coniounded, or affected by their mysterious
anatomical union. They have no eoinmun;ts
and cry, ard peffcfm al eihss faitstio;ss, OK,
etpt that al loSotnossen, 80 sny dsSiaacs, IS h.
dependensly as Any two rsssan<, ssSiag easite.
ly disconnected The puise ~ enc. however,
Is asid 50 bsat eesldsgebly raeNp 10 che snlauss
thzn tho nlhcg. So tia, We may eensItde GhriS.
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