New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1856-12-11
F,NFf ANCTHISEHHENT WITHIN REACH.

te different Southern States to encourage home ship
building, well as the spinning OF cotton INTO yarns
for European expectation, by offering such poul1es
as would awaken enterprise and tend to facilitate inc
commencement of operations. And we maintained
then as we maintain now that without the successful
establishment of general system, OF which the tore
going branches constitute but part, the South can
never hope for enfranchisement from the commercial
financial and industrial incubus that now weighs upon
her. making her labor more profitable to her rivals
and enemies than it is to herself holding back every
onward movement towards emancipation, ard keep
ing us unwilling v2ssas to those who use us and grow
afluent and powerful by us, only to heap contumely
| mountain high upon our heads
The proposition is incontrovertibe, that the South
can never become Independent, in the true sense oil
the term until her people become sclfsustalnlng
people, by practcing all those branches OF industry
thrift and commerce, that have made our Northern
| brethren and England rich, prosperous and strong
beyond any parallel afforded by the history OF the
| earth, ancient Or modern.
| Since our Mondays article was written we nave
| received the New York Journal Of Commerce. which
| contains a communication giving detailed account
of the working of the important patent granted 10
Mr.. Georee G. Henry, for the ''Manutacture of I'M
nroved Cotton Yarns on the Plantations which, in
connection with its advantages, is considered at
,anoth IF onehaf that is urged in behalf of the in.
vont;on he weI.founded it is destined to bring i'm
mepse advantages upon the cotton planters OF the
Southern States and upon the States themselves in
every department of industry commerce and traffic
for as natural consequence, the enhancement OF the
prosperity of the producers of our great staple would
be benefciay felt in every direction The production
is too long for the crowded state Of our columns and
it is unnecessary we should publish it at length as
we can easily present its meaning in bricfer COM
pass, by giving a concise yet comprehensive review
aofit
r Cotton it is now admitted by all, forms the main
basis of the extended commerce of man. During no
five centuries has the progress Of the earth eQualed
that of the last half century, about which period the
production and manufacture Of cotton was fairly in
augurated-and the extension Of trade has only been
naralleed by the increase Of its growth and brlca-
tion 10 illustrate the value Of the improvement, the
mode in which cotton is gnncd and baled on plan
tations is then described. This portion We omit as
nne-tentlls of our readers are practically familiar
with the operation. We now bring the baed cotton
to the domestic ports to which it is transported and
sold Each bale is sampled by the seller to sell by,
and by the buyer to buy by-which examinations are
only reported in foreign ports After being compress
sed it is shipped via Liverpool to Manchester in the
factories there it is opened and about one bale short
staple Sura cotton is added to two three bales of
American cotton, and thoroughly mixed together BY
this process of baling, packing and mixing, the cot
| ton becomes tangled aud matted. 10 eNtrcate the
fibre from leaf trash, dirt, ETC., which must be done
to make good yarn the cotton is first run through
machine styled picker. The cylinder Of this ma.
chine reyolyes about thousand six hundred times
a minute. 1t is then taken through what is called
Lap machines. These often have three bearers, re-
volyng about two thousand three hundred times a
minute In many factories the cotton is passed through
two of these, thence taken to set of carders, anC
often through another set before it is finished for tho
drawing heads, etc.
We now quote several paragraphs from the commu
nication above mentioned:
The improvements ari;. from this The lap machine at
arranged in connect ion sha1 from lh gin "a1 lap 'ne cotton
spinning without any handling from the time enters the gil
" Tie .' the process Of Mr. Henry required
hrd he Spa'iy IT, no S do cS,,, ot s SN a ~,
ginned day, Chat is clear of seed md is three to to
months ginning er" off and on The , syms planter be
+ $40 lbs a day, viii gin and spin this Sron ~ r ..
# functions UInt Of han
expected OF it, when the Ereat dvsidern;un is 10 gin r"pi!
Soore bad ro.S Interfere With its hauling, etc
y fave said above that the cotton when taken by the r''s
yGGi OF o" the "T ey YIN Wn m sI'g ar IL
T. through he lap and other nrel"tnon and spun w'o'
EoII MI S s,re eyery one very f@reby int t" he b
when open and loose 10 have the impurities aesacte
IS from it, this fibre has not grped tangled Itself ao
|, thcn tile trash and impurities fan e.iIy freely and '@nta
aud pnScri1ins rnanpuaon j, requires cean>o N
open it, wiiha which still yer! nerccily done D
and works n Ely into iho than Il eyer ate
will. II be here stated, that III running the