The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1856-01-02

TnE ELoeuENcE OF CoTTos.-The materials
| Of eloquence are certainly very abundant Every
now and then, fine speech on some unrecog-
nized topic surprises US into discernment of
the hidden stores Of thought, that await the
magical touch of mastermind. Burke made
a great speech on the hardy habits of the Eng
landers, and Webster, found inspiration in
steam engines. Sir Humphry Dayy would
| grow sublime over description of gas, and
| the poet Wordsworth was famous for taking
any common topic and investing it with the
hues of creative fancy Our countryman, the
hon. William Elliot, commissioners. of South
Carolina to the Paris exhibition, has made an
address before the imperial and central agr-
cultural society of France, on cotton and judg-
ing from the extracts which we have seen, we
should say, that cotton ought to be hereafter
considered a legitimate subject for literary and
oratorical treatment. eve have authentic in
formation" says Mr. Elliot, ''going to prove
that the sea island cotton, which in our opinion,
should exclusively be known as the gossypium
Barbadense, was cultivated in South Carolina
as early as the year 100, aud can it be matter
of indifference to you, gentlemen, 10 know that
the field selected for the first experiment in the
culture of the fine material in Carolina, includes
the very spot where Jean Ribault (the pioneer
of French discoveries in America,) planted his
column of stone in 562 and claimed the terri
tory fer the crown of France! ~s-
"On that very spot on which Ribault planted
| the standard of France, asmarked down on the
charts and maps of Ladonicre, now preserved
in the imperial library, the cotton seed from
| Angullio came first to be planted, which i'm
proving from year to year under the JOINT m
huences of the climate and culture, came to
supply France with the material for her unrl-
vailed cotton fabrics, and has thus proved the
indus or nursery bed from which Algeria has
drawn the seed from, which she has raised those
beautiful specimens of sea island cotton now on
exhibition on the palas de l'industrie, and which
rival the finest specimens of Carolina product
After having mentioned the various modes
Of culture practiced in Carolina, Mr.. Elliot,
spoke of the benefits cotton renders mankind.
! Let us trace out this delicate fine fibre, from
its very origin to its final disposition, and OBJ
serve what benefits it has dihfused through its
course. When brought to the domestic market
and sold, it pays or should pay rent of land,
cost of labor, and transportation, and leave
profit to the grower. When sold it pays
profit to the merchant. In its transfer to a
foreign port it pays the freight, to the ship
owner, including wages to the mariner. Ar
rived at foreign port, pays for C 1mmisslon and
storage, and cost of transportation possibly to
Rouen or to Alsace to be transformed into la
ces and muslines, possibly to Lyons, to be woven
in with tissues of silk. Arrived at the manu-
factory, it pays the carder, spinner, weaver,
printer, embroider, all engaged in the process
!, of fabrication-and lastly, the manufacturer
who vends it at profit to the dealer, from
whose hands it passes i'll the consumption of
the country, cloths with rich draperies, the gay
saloons Of fashion bysa happier destiny encir-
cles with its gossamer folds the rounded forms
of female loveliness, embelshing and height
ening whatin itself is perfect, as floating clouds
0y the happy distribution of their golden tints.
: may supposedto have enhanced the splendors
even of the terrestrial paradise.
In trial at Jackson, North Carolina, in the
supreme court, Judge Manly held that person
protesting the doctrines of universalism was an
| incompetent witness, and in accordance with the
, decision ruled out two or three Witnesses. The
decision gave rise to some feeling of indigna-
: ton among those who profess the doctrines of
the universal church, and at a late state CON
vention of the denomination the following pre-
amblc and resolution were adopted:
) Whereas we have learned with surprise and
regret through the public press, that his honor,
Judge Manly, at the last superior court of Jack
son. North Carolina. decided that universalists
} are not competent witnesses in court of JUS
{ tice, and whereas we believe such decision is
not only fragrant outrage upon the increasing
and respectable denomination of christians
called universalists, but unconstitutional and
inimical to this republican government.
f Resolved, That this convention proceed forth
) wilhto take such measures as they may deem
expedient to have their claims and civil rights
protected in this our boasted land of civil and
religious liberty. ".@
A correspondent of the Scientific American
gives the Paris process for protecting sheet and
wrought iron by means of thin cost of glass
The articles are first to be secured bright, and
washed with dilute acid then dried ,and brushed
over with asoution of gum arabic. The glass
is then busted over them by means of a sieve.
The ware is next dried in an oven heated at
800 degrees, then putin another oven, where it
is brought to bright red heat until the glass is
in a melted state, which is ascertained through
suitable openings in the furnace After this it
is taken out and put in closed chamber, to
prevent sudden cooling. Ifnecessary,a "a second
CUtt I!dy Dc put oL III tIlt SdtHc lldUHcI. lHC
glazing is composed of 1870 parts of flint glass,
201 parts Of carbonate Of soda, and le parts
of boracic acid carefully mixed and melted in a
glass house pot. This glass, after casting and
cooling, is pulverized under steel peste, and
sifted through boiling cloth, it is then fit for
use. This covering for iron is transparent, and
does not scale off nor split by the action of heat
and it reslss sudden changes of temperature
/ 49, 4, l. i
! notable manner on the iron coated with this
composition. On the other hand, boiling solu-
tons of caustic potash or soda seem to dissolve
small portions Of the silica and boracic acid
Among the manifold applications of this pro-
cess, is the very useful one to cooking imple
ments, as substitute to timed wore, its advan-
| tages are the cleanliness and absence of me-
tallic taste in food. Stovepipe is by this means
kept from rusting. Among the latest applica-
tons is the coating of nots for sugar reinerles,
crystalizng vats for fetsy acids, and other arti-