New Orleans daily crescent., 1858-05-25
srR. nENRY,s GREAT rNvESrIoy.

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The following letter from Mr.. George G. Henry,
the Inventor of the process for converting cotton into
yarns, cu plantations, appeared in late Mobile Tr
bune;
GEoRaE s. YERsER's PLANTATION,
Near Yazoo City, May 9Th, 1858.
Mr. Edfoy-I have not chosen 10 press my nven-
ton for spinning up the cotton crops planters
til should put ii into operation some plantation
have been perseveringly engaged for some time
In doing this, and after many delays, which were
rather calculated to excite our impatence am happy
! now 20 inform you that we have nearly all the ma
chinery mp aud running to spin Col Geo s. Yergeris
crop into yarns and il works finely. Col Yerger has
been up TO il, aud he Is delighted with it. am
now ready to invite cotton planters especially those
who wish 70 avail themselves OF my invention to spin
up the growing crop, % come at once and see the
process and judge for themselves They will find it
simple in its adaptation and easy to put into opera
ton and offers them the most extraordinary return
on their investment ever known to be produced by
any former Invention. No parallel to 1t exists on re-
cord 1t is 10 its results to every planter adopting it
equivalent 70 bis buying Of me plantation and ne
groes which will yield him as much as those he now
owns and cultiyates My invention tcM double their
incomes.
We are very glad to hear of the practical success
Of Mr.. Henry's invention. We had faith in it from
the start and when Il first brought TO the aten
ton Of the public, we alluded to it at lengths COM
niensurate with its Importance. The benefits of the
Invention may be set forth in few brief sentences
ny machinery, constructed according TO Henrys
patent the cotton crop OF any plantation may be
spun into yarns by the power that gins the seed
cos1on. In otner words tne power that y required
now 70 gin the cotton VIII suilice 70 run the machin
cry by which may De spun into yarns the fibre thus
prepared for the spindle The cost OF obtaining this
machinery is represented as comparatively trifing
NOT amounting 20 more than fifteenth or a TWEEN
uetn ot tne capital requisite TO carry on plantation
ana women and children, not available for active
labor, Will suffice to operate the machinery.
II this Invention turns out to be all that is claimed
Tor IT, as we believe 1t will, tremendous revolution
IN the commercial and navigation interests Of the
earth viii be the result England will be more af-
fected than any other nation, although the New Eng
iand states VIII suiier materially There will be no
use for cotton spindes 10 Great Britain; no use for
cotton spindles in the Yankee States no use for cot
ton spindles anywhere All, or most Of the raw cot
ton on the large Plantations. from which comes the
bulk Of the crop, will be converted into yarns before
i is transported from the gin houses 1t win come
n smaller state, and In more valuable state.
Inc yarn, worth more than double the raw cotton,
w'ii not begin 70 occupy 1ne-half its space. This
VIII probably operate 70 the detriment Of steamboats,
warehouses aud ships, which bring here, store for
time, compress, and finally carry away to foreign
parts the snowy staple Of the lower portion Of the
southwestern valley OF the Mississippi And what
VIII prove true In regard to New Orleans viii,