Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1859-01-22
The Mule ana the CameI.

The loli0Eing communication appears In, the q,
weston (fex-s) Esrs in relation 10 the ebaiisr =,
recently published in The UsIsE ASo AMERICAN. h,
Mr.. MARX & CocKRnL. OF this county. propos;ne
10 match mules against CamsIs, fyr the uureose n
issting which Il best suitei to the purposes Of oar
people:
GALvEsTOS, Dec 20, Is5s.-Havinr ,s., a d.
! above publication respecting canels and uu,o,
/ from such esiestabe source IS Mark r Co.tr,ii
/ Of Tennessee, feel 10 duty Il give a ebort and
correct report respecting ne packing capasity.
! 1904, etc, between mules and cameIs fhs iuper
tadon Of osmes TO this country vas frst male h.
| Hon Jefferson Davis U. s Senator from Ms =
sipIi then Secre airy Of War The great sunc+i-
ory of the eswel over the mule has h.on III
proven to the above asd present Secratary of Wa
the Hon. John B. Floyd, by undoubted and bighlI
respectable United States ethcals, suca as Major
Wsyue, Lieuts Porter sad Real ETC.
There camels that can pack two tbops.n{
ponds and travel six or eight miles with the losd
Can sny mule pack one thousand and q, half ,ba
distance T.ke any four csmes tn At will rise with
two Thousand POUNDS snd lead them with fvelvs
hundred each, and they viii lrsvel from San Apto
Mo TO FL Psse six hundred aud thiry miles AZ The
rate OF thirty miles Per day for SIX DAYS TO tbe
week. Can four OF the best mules in the United
states carry six hundred pounds each from San
Antonio 10 Ell Paso and travel fften miles Der dew
for six days in the week The answer win be in
lo'"' "a tio OdAicA me capacity OF the
camel IS fully equal 10 four mules, but taking into
consideration the expense Of four saddles for the
mules aad only ore for the camel fodder etc one
camel is more profitable than six mules A camel
viii only eat tWo-thirj, or, at the most, three.
fourths Of what mule will, ard upon the rrass
and straw upon which 8 ca mel will thrive a mus
will stsrVe. camel can bs fed by the road when |
q mule requires grain. The camel can travel |
three to five days in the summer or eight 10 twelve
IL the winter, without water, which the mule can.
not do. Camels live twice as long as mules
The tulee or mule camel, is more useful than the /
camel, and can pack l,2UO, an average as easily
as mules 900 and travel as easily twenty miles a
day as mule twelve. Cames can be raised as east
ly and as cheap in the U s. as mules Camels are not
used for drawing, butfor packing and blowing Ys
canel can draS more thsntWO horses Of mules. lew
days since, IN this place, cart loaded and drawn
BY two horses got 10 the mud, and the horses could
not pull II out. The horses were taken away from !
The cart, and single camel drew the cart out i'm
mediately, and with great ease.
The camel that you saw yesterday rising with Eve
bales Of hay weighing above l, 400 lbs, can pack
500 or 500, and that after voyage of forty DAYS
ma 6O days fed on the poor grass around Galveston
Mules fed on such grass without grain, could not
'aok much for long travel 4 gentleman from New
FORK, presidents in this State who saw the camel rise
With FIVE les Of hay, says that there is great DIFF
erenee between the packing capacities of the camel
nd the mule. He says that he had 300 packing
lules in California, and that they never pseked on
n average over 300 lbs, and seldom ever travelled
yer twelve miles even in short distances, and had
} be fed with graiR-8nd not able 20 do that over
'ur or five days out Of seven-and they soon become
seless by sore backs, etc. JUSTICE