Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1859-12-14
AFTERNOON SESSION.

! The Speaker being absent
Mr. LANE called the Senate to order, and on bis
motion Mr.. RICHARDSON look the chair.
HOUSE BILLS ON SECOND READING.
No $40 elect tax collectors by the people.
Passed. ayes Is, noes 4, as follows:
Ayes-Messrs Allen, Boyd, Braifo-d, Hidreth,
johnson, Lane, Mickey. McNeily. Richardson.
Stanton, Stokes, Stokely, StOval, Thompson aud
/ Wood--l5.
Noes-Messrs Bumpass, Horn, MINIS, and Trim
| ble-4
! So the bill passed its second reading.
! No. 37-Tg change the names OF John c. and
/ Howell n. Edwards ard others Passed
SENATE BILLS ON sECoND READING.
No go amend the laws in force IN relation to
em nci ated slaves and free persons Of color Pass
| O, motion of Mr. STOKES the consideration of
| the bill on its third reading was made he special
order for Friday, January 6 1860.
| No 67-To aulhorizs the appointment of pat
r IN eacn county, and Tor otter purpo-es. Passed
aud referred d tue Clmmit'ee on he dietary
No. 1877, Incorporate the Memphis Cotton
! SEED Oh, Conuany.
Mr.. PAYNE 81 d he desired to cali the attenti n
of S=na ors lew facts about cOltJn seed before
the bill was pur upon its passage.
The average err p of cotton of The United States
is estimated Ut g. $50 600 bales Each bale vii yield
fr IN thirty to thlrty-fve bushels of seed Tao
bushels of seed will yield one bushel of ke' nal
or meal THIS is worth, in this country 81 10 in
England $l.75 per bushel The demand in NV
Orleans nos for it, is equal to Is, 900 tous per
week In England, Belg um, France, &C., it is un
limited Making liberal allowance of seed r
planting the succeeding CROP and there is left FIR
commerce forty millions dollars worth of this anti
Gle. But each bushel of this kernel contains q
gallons of oil, worth 50 cents per CALM, and has
left 38B pounds of oil CAKE worth two cents per
D und. rhe value of this seed thus developed,
becomes enormous.
Eogl4nd, the great ma hiOe shop of the world,
Is Ler seed frJm Egypt. We are too remote to
upply her, hence the seed are hulled to reduce
bulk and freight, in order that we can do 30.
The oil cake, TOO, Is shipped to England, France,
B GUM, and to the North, in this country 1t is
known to possess more fattening properties than
n-seed cake itself. 1t is chespGr than corn at
nty five cents, for hogs and COWS. In the hill
country, the seed used fertilizer, dear one,
it must be conceded, when their intrinsic value is
considered. In the rich bottom lands they are not
used or needed for this purpose.
The corpOrstors have erected machinery OF Ca
pacity sufi cient ~ work 5000 tons of seed per
nun, all Of which is promised, as stock, by the
TAI in til, vicinity of Memphis, of seed of
he present crop, with an understanding they thus
secure preference in the sale Of their seed Of sub
seque crops, this company for cash-a company
of watch they the chief sJockh )lders and Hnicn
they aid in creating 10 secure market for the fu-
turt.
Three new articles are thus Introduced into COM
seed; ali the proceeds Of tie sta:e of Teal
As yet a mere fractional part Of cotton seed is
rendered of use. There is one mill in St Louie,
ore 10 Montgomery, Ala, one in PrOvid Ice, R. l.,
and three in New Orleans.
The multiplication Of machinery all over the
world, and the great diminutiOn in the supply Of
whale OIL causing advance in the price of all
oils. This oil comes Ill most oppOrtunely. 1t is
used in all the arts-paintiDg, tanning. so&p-mak
ing, lubric ting. burning, and for the table, i'll
place of olive oil, from which it is impos ibe TO
distinguish it. 1t is also used in medicine for |
burns and as he basis of many liuim' rs, oint- |
menta, vermruze &c. All railro Dads m .chIne shops
fOundr'es. stosmboAs ra1neries--he who uses |
soap or lamp, or has hou paint or m chine |
- TO ubricale-sli interested in he PRODUCT
0 his oil on lsIg scale as tending TO in a'e |
the quaint and thus reduce the price Of article |
Of uuive-,a AID n iispen ale sity Why !
shOulJ Tennessee, which proIuces such amaunt
of this aItic'e allow it 10 be manufactured beyond |
her limits The farmer is benefited ~ rendering |
of value an article which ha, hitherto betn suf red
to rot The eamb va has its freight doubled
The laborer is hentf tel All are benefited
re I'd (ssid Mr. PAYNE) iion the Prac.icay Ma
ctnist:
.'Cyton may be said to be the great staple product
of the Souh but singular as 1t may seem, planters
have not hitherto awaited them, YES of one-haIf
even Of its value. The plant is cultivated for The
fibre alone, the s'slk and sre beiDg brown assy,
or ed only as manure. Whereas the seed which
in weight of the fiber, need, but to be prepared to
yield oil worth from sixty cents to one dollar
per gallon valuable alike for burning and lubrica-
ion, and a sa'sd oil far surprising the bes olive
oil from Seville.
TIE subject is one to which we have devoted
sons ,dersble attention, and We hope present. from
lime to lime such facts and figures in relation TO it
is shall lend to awaken interest in the matter on
every plAnrstion IN the South
Il requires but he necessary machinery for hull
nd viVnv fho oaan md |
,ari ying the oil, than double the income
rom that crop 50 its value is sufficiently
veil In Wn 10 make marker for 1t.
Several large esab ishments are now engagedin {
PRODUCING the oil, but the business may be still
idered in its infancy.
sour mschiuists have yet much TO do to supply {
be demand which, at no distant day, must arise
Or their skill aud labor in that direction" .
The bill then passed its second reading
No, l69-To repeal the set incorporating the