The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1858-10-20

IMPROVED CorroN GIa-We have received
from Mr.. Alfred jerks description of his i'm
proved cotton gin, which We publish for the ben
eft Of planters. The cylinder is constructed in
a peculiar manner, and operates in combina-
ton with stationary straight-edge and a spi
rally grooved roller, denominated the agitator.
The straight-edgeis fixed in position parallel
with and tangential to the cylinder, with its
thinner edge almost in contact with the upper
side of the same and the agtator, SO as to rotate
rapidly at a short distance above the parallel
with the straight-edge, The periphery OF the
cylinder consists of numerous steelwire teeth
imbedded in babbit metal, in positions inclined
in the direction of the cylinders motion, SO that
after the cylinder is ground or finished each
tooth presseGs & separate, sharp and smooth
point, tangential to the cylinder surface. When
IN operation the cotton and seeds are together
carried by the cylinder against the straight
edge, where the seeds Immediately drop down
through grating into the receiving box. The
lint is at the same time being continually re-
moved from the cylinder in the usual manner.
The teeth Of the cylinder are made of fine steel
needle wire, rolled into double razor-edge
section, secured obliquely around the cylinder,
with the sharp edges in directions transverse to
the axis of the same; consequently after the
cylinder is ground off in finishing, it presents a
serrulated surface, or surface studded over
with sharp and smooth surtangental teeth adj
mrably adapted both for entering and leaving
the tbres. 1t will gin any cotton however
trashy it may be, and take nothing through
but the lint; neither cuts nor maps the fbres in
the least, leaving them nearly as long as when
by hand; whilst it will thoroughly
clean as great quantity in the same space Of
time as any other gin and runs as easy It will
also last as long as the saw gin, and cost no
more forrepairs These are the claims put forth
by Mr.. jerks in behalf Of his gin, and we have
no reason to doubt his statement; never
theless, would advise our readers whenever
they wish to purchase a cotton gin to get one
made at the south, by mechanics who have
some knowledge of the character and cultiva-
ton of cotton. There can be no excuse for
sending to the north for machinery that may be
readily obtained at the south.
WHAT IT Cosrs.-The cost to Sir Edward
Bulwer Lytton of his election for HEREFORD
shire, following Immediately upon his appoint
ment to the office of secretary of state for the
colonies was f1147 12s. d. lover $4,000 y
The election was uncontested, there being no
opponent in the field; only eight days interview
ed between the issue of the speakers warrant
and the day Of the election; there was no poll
ing; the nomination took place in field in the
vicinity from wagon, thus dispensing with
hustings; and yet, despite circumstances so fa-
vorable to an inexpensive return, this purely
formal proceeding, consequent upon his accept
ing an Office under the crown, subjected him to
an outlay of near f150 day for each of the
eight days, Sunday included, or nearly one
fourth oFhis annual salary of $4,000 as coloni-
al minister
By the foregoing it would appear that politi-
cal life is even more expensive in England than
in the Unitee States. Here the extravaganza
which has become customary in electioneering
and the profligate habits in vogue at Washing
ton, in many sections of the Union drive con-
scientious and capable men from the field. A
in these days, must have an am
pie private income, or make money ilegiti-
mately out of his position, or be an individual
of extraordinary gifts, integrity, and will that
sustains him superior to social Establishments
Alas! but few such are to be found in congress-
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OCRACOCK BEATEN" Jacksonville, )" n c.
We presume that when the compiler was
giving the expenses of collecting the revenue,
he purposey omitted the case of Jacksonville, ,
in the county of Onslow. Ocracock does pay
the huge sum of eighty dollars collected at the
expense OF more than $4,000; but Jacksonville
does not pay one cent, and the collector of that
port so called upon the principle of lucus non
Iucendo, gets two hundred and fifty dollars for
not collecting anything. Jacksonville is port
by act of congress, passed at the instance Of
that intense statesrights democrat, hon. VIM
5. Ashe, who got Jacksonville declared port,
in order that he might Ego in for an appro-
prlation to improve New River up to that place,
on the old Jackson principle that 1t IS constitu-
'ional for the general government to improve
rivers up to ports of entry. This Onslow port
is well named jacksonville
The above is copied from the Raleigh (N.Cl
Register, and throws a little additional light
upon the way inc which the peoples money
goes. But the gist of the matter is, that the
very conscientious, ''strct constructionists" de-
mocratic congressman from the south eagerly
voted an appropriation to improve the little
creek by courtesy denominated s'New River"
while they, in the same breath, swore that it
was Unconstitutional to improve the Misss-
sippi and its tributaries, down whose current
floats nearly one half the internal commerce of
North America
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Too BAD.-The New York Courier and En-
luirer states that the democratic board of coun-
,iimen of that city awarded the corporation
printing to that obscene .hash' weekly sheet
the Police Gazette: and that too, in face of the
fact, that the News and the Day Book, two re-
spectacle democratic journals, are issued in the