The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1857-07-22
corros GgowIse.-The attention ii the Englis1

CorToS GRowISG.--Ihe attention OF the English
Merchants is now directed more than any thing else,
n the growing Of cotton in other place than the
limited States The Liverpool Times, of the 2Oth oil
1une. says: "1n the course of last week, Mr. Hugh
Fleming of the Manchester Commercial as soeiatioll
rsceived from the director of the Imperial Jardirl
dEssais at Algiers (through Messrs. Boult Engl. Ii
Brandon of Liverpool, several samples Of cottoia
CROWN in that country, requesting the opinion Of th
sssocation to its value II was also stated in i
letter accompanying the samples that quantity Oh
land suitable for the cultivation Of cotton may ba
had in Algeria on highly favorable terms the Frene
being DESTROYS of attracting thfther Eng
fish colonist and capital One of the samples is d
lair quality of Sea island cotton and has been va,
ed at12Rd per pound; another variety is SIMILAR ID
quality to Pernambuca cotton, and is valued I'd
I'D each"
In the same paper we find the following para
a,aphs "Ihe few months have been rather against
he proper growth Of small cotton plantations at
More.on bay, but believe shall have some so OF
Inn bales of clean cotton to send home during the
next six months, and of the finest quality The firms
Of Messrs George Raft & Co., of Brisbane, arn very
happy to say, have erected upon their preInis-
es cotton cleaning gin; the manufacture Of resi-
dent Of this place, Mr., Longiands,) which can be-
worked by steam or manual labor, the driving AMI
paratus connected with steam engine being ready.
for immediate use on the premises The rev doctor
Long on Monday last had an opportunity of working
the ein-which upon the whole was satisfactory.
but the cotton cleaned being the time in rather a
damp state, did not pass through the machine III sd
good condition it otherwise would A little
practice and attention to the getting up Of The raw
material we doubt not will put this process upon d
safe and expeditions mode Of operation and permit
larger breadth Of land being sown with the cotton
plant than heretofore, when the mode Of Cleaning
could only be done BY hand" [Sydney Empire
Some time ago an armed mob of several hundred
persons broke open the jail of jackson county, Iowa
and hung man named GrifFord, who was awaiting
trial for murder. On the 2sih ult mob composed
Of many of the same persons, entered the town Of
Dewitt the county seat Of Clinton county all armed
to the teeth with muskets revolvers and knives and
demanded the prisoners confined iii the iail there.
who had been removed from jackson county Oh Il
change Of venue The sheriff resisted their demand
and summoned the bystanders to his assistance, Who
for cause not very apparent, refused to FENDER
him any aid After knocking the sheriff over the
head with their guns, they succeeded in getting
possession of the keys, and entered the Jail and took
out Barger, confined for numbering his wife and an
Irishman also on charge ofmurder. The mob took
the prisoners near Maquoketa. where they hung
Barger and at last accounts, still held the Irishman
intended to give him trial II is said that the per-
sons who pepetrated these deeds are organized into
vigilance committee, mbering several hundreds
and thatfew bold enough to question the author
ty or censure their conduct openly.
An aboitionst named Jolife, memberiof the
Cincinnati bar, was invited to dine with friend in
accept the invitation, and crossed over the river in
the full hope Of getting himself filled with fp4d that
had been cooked upon slave territory. When he
neart the centre Of the city he met with an old
acquaintance by the name of Gaines. Joiffe knew
Gaines, and Gaines knew Joliffe. They had met be-
fore under such circumstances as would not be like
ly 10 permit the one to forget the other.
The meeting Of these two attracted the atten-
ton Of lockers and passers BY Somewhat Of a
crowd soon gathered round. One said mob him, an
other haowed hang him, third yelled out drown
him. while the more familiar acquaintance Mr..
Gaines temporarily decided to hors whip HIM No
sooner said than Mr. Gaines followed upllis decision
by laying lashes upon the aforesaid Joiiffe The re-
cpent of the lashes, like martyr of older times.
took what came, and when all was over he returned
to the other side Of the river without having gotten
his dinner. Louisville Courier,
Rev. doct. Kirk, in n letter from Manchester Eng
land says, Il had, in the Oldest factory Of the town.
astriking exhibition Of the value Of human art and
labor. pound of cotton pointed out as worth
pound of gold. Its cost as crude cotton may have
been eight pence And curiosity of art, / was
shown pound of cotton spun into thread that
would go round our globe at the equator, and tie in
good large knot Of many hundred miles inlength y
LEserH OF MILE.-The mile varies in length in
different countries; For example, the English mile
is 1850 yards; the Russian llOO the Italian l4G7
the Irish and Scotch 2290 the Polish ADO the Span
ish 502e; the German 1866; the Swedish and Dan
ish 1888; and the Hungarian $3.50. The French
measure by the mean league which is 1865 yards.
School TAx-The last legislature of Pennsylva-
MIA passed a supplement to the common school law,
which, among other things, increases the minimum
school tax in all the counties Of the State, except
Philadelphia. from fifty cents to one dollar.
DEATH or GiPsEY.-We regret to be called en- to
state that the venerable Gipsey the respected moth
er Of Pryor (now in England,) and other racers Of
renow, departed this life, at her comfortable quar-
tiers, at Woodford TH