The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1859-01-19

the south can produce in that line, even at its
best, will be agreeably disappointed to hear o.
an entire village in Alabama devoted exclu-
sively to manufactures. 1t is called Scots
vile, and is situated in the north western por'
ton of Bibb county, near the river Cahawba
between Centreville and Tuscaloosa, and tc
the southeast of the latter place some fifty Oh
sixty miles.
The editor of the Selma Ala. J Sentinel has
been travelling, recently, in the nelghborhood
of Scottsvile, and from what he heard of it.
was induced TO visit what he calls this thriving
manufacturing little village.
Scottsyille was originally known as Tusca-
loosa Manufacturing Co. 1t was incorporated
by the Alabama legislature in 1887, with g
capital stock of S36 600. which sum was quick
| ly subscribed by number of capitalists in
Tuscaloosa
In May, 1897. the mills got to work, making
coarse cotton cloths, but for some years they
made no money. The company and the 10,
cality soon changed names and management
the latter coming into the hands of Mr.. Scoe
as principal owner and director, and the place
| itself took the name of Scottsvle. He imme
diately went to- work making improvements
and additions to the buildings and machinery
and the mills soon paid dividends. The frs
$4,000, realised in 1841, was expended in ;
family of negroes to work in the factory
| This family has so increased that the company
values them at $4,000, and most Of them ar,
now working in the factory, and are very use
| ful. The company have made several pur
chases of negroes with the profits of the facto
ry. and negro labor is much employed by them
The principal mill is large brick building
of three stories, with two wings, filed with th(
best machinery and employing over one hun
! dred hands, of whom three lourths are females
| A large over-shot wheel, driven by water, i.
the principal motive of the machinery. There
are about $4,000 spindes and SO looms a
work
Wool and cotton are both spun. The con
sumption of cotton averages $4,000 pounds pc
month and $1,000 worth of yarns in the same
time, together with large quantity of linsey'
and superior article of cotton sewing thread.
In 1841, the sum of $4,000 capital stool
had been paid in Every year since then ;
! dividend of ten per cent. has been declared
which has been laid out in buying negroes
land, &C., adding to the buildings apd machi
merry in the village, until the capital stock ha
/ increased to Silt, 900, of which $4,000 is il
negroes and about $4,000 in goods in tht
company's store
Tie company owns 5000 acres Of land anc
all the buildings on the place, which consist o
the factory, large hotel the store, blacksmith
carpenter, wheelwright and boot and shoe
shops, a saw mill, grist mill, large FIGURING
mill, church and large number Ct cottages
No liquor is permitted in the village, and th'
company will not sell an inch OF its land t,
any one Its stock has long been over par, ant
its dividend this year will be at least twely'
per cent
Somuch for enterprise, governed by steadi
ness, perseverance and skill.
ALEXANDER HAMI1roN,-In his historica
novel, entitled The Rivals, a tale Of the time
of Aaron Burr and Alexander Hamilton
now being published in the Huntsville Inde
pendent-Jere. Clement gives the fcllowin
graphic picture of the celebrated Alexande
Hamilton. This presentation of Hamilton
character will no doubt cause war of word
in the circle of our small historians. Th
author, after speaking of the SANDERS circula
ted concerning Burr and Miss Adelaide Clifto
thus pictures his secret enemy:
"If be BURR had known who was his enem
who was the life and soul of the conspiracy
it might have been different since it is certain
that he could have no excuse for a contempte
Gus disregard of assaults from such quarter
The name Of that eGemy-that rival has be
come inseparably blended with the history of
continent A West Indian by birth-a soldie
by nature-possessing talents of the highes
order-a commanding person, and mos
agreeable address, there was no station 70 whcl
he might not aspire, as there was unquestiona
bly none 10 which his attainments were NO
equal. Happy would it be for his own fame
and happier still for others with whom he wa
associated, if the pen Of history could rest here
But.with that brilliant intellect and manly bear
ing was blended moral baseness that Chart
has no mantle broad enough to cover. Wit
him, every aim, eyerv object, every aspiratio
/ in life, ccntcred in self A soldier of liberty
he fought not to establish human rights, but t
gather laurels for his own insatlate brow. Th
intimate friend of Geu Charles Lee, he desert
! ed and betrayed him, upon tie first appearance
of cloud above above his horizon. Indebte
10 George Washington for thousand fayor>
he complained in private of the asperlties c
/ HlS ltulpcIJ anu iuColIollSd llS Juo'iSe' = a.
avowcd partizan of John Adams during hi
presidency, he yet denounced him in his privat
correspondence as ''unft and incapable" an
habitualy spoke of him to leading federalst
in terms of harsh injustice. Boosting of hi
chivalry, he did not hesitate to polIute the MAJ
riage bed, and add to the crime of debaucher
the despicable infamy of betraying the woma
who had trusted him. Whatever might hay
been her guilt,
"Her treachery truth to him."
/ And when he rewarded her erring affection b
pointing her out as mark for the public seorr
he became himself an object too low for scor
itself 10 reach. Jealous. vindictive, unscrupu
lous; ready to employ any means, howevervi vile
or resort to any artifce, however disreputable
! Alexander Hamilton was a man whose enmt
it was dangerous 10 excite, and whose friend
ship it was dangerous to trust.
The Augsburg Allemeine Zeilung, of De
cember 9th, publishes the following extrac
from private letter, giving tidings of the ad
venturous explorers Burton and Speik, and in
telligence, which probably needs corrobora
ton, of the existence of white races in thever
heart of Africa: "Zanisbar, May 9, '58. Da
before yesterday I heard from captain Rurto
and Mr.. Spiek They haze reached the grea