The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1860-03-08
tier The d cf said decree tie esii Lewis wetherspocn
BAN be tnS slave and uropertY q he sd Xam ofQe

sne "o wv slave ana property o. he ska william eros
Sec p And DO It further enacted, TIA. from ind seer
he addition Of the decree Aforesaid by the Probate Court
OF fAe said county Of Pike, the tile 70 the said Lewis
" etherspoon shah rest Gbsoiniely in the said William
trosvsD, and the said Lewis weherrpoon shall
10 ali he AVS Of hs .ts an ,S .ub,ecs Of ssasr sna
slave, as the owner Of said Lewis wetherpoon.
Sec. And be IL further enae.e., that he fees Of
The Probate Judge for the services above imposed
upon him by this act shaII be the esne as the fees
now allowed by lsw tor similar ssrvces, fhal be
paid by the said William Cfoswel.
Sec g. And be II further enacted, tina. Cora free
negro woman, DO allowed to become the property Of
application 10 the Judge Of Probate Of Chambers c,ansy
Wider me regulations and requirements he,eiOSefors
resolution proposing to call state oorvsnacn IN
the event Of ~ ce:ton Of black republican President
70 confer With other Southern States as 10 the bes; course
has already passed he Senste and VII. PROBABLY be
concurred M by tho HOMe this week Tue rerolaion
isesn the election The laaagrrson The us.e havs
also pafsed series CT resolutions nc the sooae
sovereignty doctrine IN strong and uoeqa.vocal
very doubtful whether they viii be acted upcp a Tie
Horse though. The reporto, the joint committee Of both
honsen on the South Carolina resolutions st in che hand,
OF the committee, but viii come up before the ,ecla
tnre Just az soon ~ the resolutions referred
The military bill, besides reorganiznz tho ml. OF IL,
Sate appoints 5000 specisl mon fully srmed and eorp
ped for the field who viii be under the in mediate contro
Of the Governor The bin hss already passed seosss
and will probably come up before tho Hose 20 Inoyros
committee Of the Senate has reported 10 fesor Of e..io
lshng State assersi and mannactory 'or the
Of making firearms. This subject VIII sso be opposed O.
this week warlike proceedings, these, ve.y.
OUR SPECIAL HUNTSVILLE coRRssr0spKScE.
HUNTSVILLE, Ala Feb. 10, 1860.
Cotton Mn Worked BY Sire Labor Ysi, 8, Bel F,cory
on the Flint Ri,ey-condicn Of the Block Operaius Ooss-
pared 10Th the Whae SHARES Of Neo Eagland-r,e D.,-
psion Sssimcrt-Fe.Iins IF the People.
NOT generally known, perhaps to the people Of toe
North, and the Inhabitants 0. New Eagiara especially,
that slave labor can be applied 10 the A-:ase Of
cotton goods ~ well 10 the production a the raw nj.
tera, and hat the South actually IN her power to
compete with the manufacturers Of Lowe and Lawrence
The proprletors Of the Be Factory, toe Fin, rver
about ten miles from this city, have successfully densu
strsted the fact For thirty years they have had an
extensive min opersou which has always been worked
BY means Of slave labor Complete success hss thus far
attended the experiment Through the poIteress Of Dr.
Charles Patton the principal Of the ee:sbshsn.
was enabled to visit the factory yesterday, and ses for
myself this feature 10 negro slavery in al is mi
nutest details.
Bell Fscory has been operation since 1899 under the
Management Of Nesurs Patton, Donegan and Tabor In
1sAe he premises destroyed BY Hss but they were
rebuilt the following year. The m s 100 feet long and IS
broad, three stories and basement high, with foundation
rails % inches in thickness From ninesy-nve 70 one
hundred hands are employed daily In the manufacture Of
shrtinss, dripgs, ginghams kerseys jeans and p.ds
The varsity Of goods greater perhaps than you win and
in any factory In tho country On every floor 10 large
csern Of water and large number Of buckets % that in
Of IRE the means Of sxtingushng may be near 1t
hand Al night lthe building n guarded by wsschnaaa
who tolls the bell every hour visits every nook and
corner o the building every half hour during hs watch
william Tabor, Of The propristors lives in the i'm
mediate neghborhood Of the mill and has the general su
psrntendsaoe Of The ssabhshmsns allotted to his care
The first 1oor = occupied - . cardag room. fond
Abeut twenty negroes employed this floor, who ap
peared 70 perform their work with - much accuracy sna
- white people. The operatives wore hap
and oontentsd look compared with the white slaves Of
New England, and clothed better and far neaer 10
appearance Ths told No that IL was not more
di1cuh 70 teach The black operatives than Was The
white cnes, and hat tho men and women under his
chasgs did their work better ane were more easily ma
nsesd han the general of white operatives nsced
several he chNdren about ten years Of sgs, who were
o0o and attending the ossl sssds T.s - i ss sis
way that The young ones commenced their apprencsshp
are nfty-two looms here, employing some hEy-thres
hands, one-fourh OF whom are women, and |
UNDER the an me vss
sesured me hst he never had charge OF better hands 10
hs NE The negroes he sa;d did their work cheerfaIy
operatives The warpng and co.h is also On toe
second floor. Here al the goods are messured tckeed
md prepared for bang, which gives employment
The third floor is occupied Is a spnnlng room The
manufacture Of thread and twine Is also carried on
Some forty hands, mostly girls and boye, It worx
BraI ch Of The negroes acted overseer and rxht
good one be makes, TOO There $500 spades in
thread, twisting twire, and making rope konroe boy
about fourteen years old, attended The thread ana
goods per day He ,wss the m..srsl. avs A + out
and winds Il al himself: The operatives were quite
expert al their business and the little NO
trouble Branch to whom nave already sde Aluaon
z about 40 years OF age, and 10 fine, nssgen. fellow
lie makes al the machinery belts covers the rollers and
Journal and renders ha employers every
Saturday Aer business hours be makes seEes for The
nsheImen, and derives an income OF $3.50 year from
In connection with the factory e a -four mill. also dye
acvse .nd drying IOO| giving employ msns o soma hf
CURED 70 work eleven hours per Gay ali the year round
The greater portion o. them have tasks 70 perform,
BY saturday noon Mr. Tabor informed me the work
not performed any cheaper than would be be- Whites
rcUoes they cou.a not "a along With White ope,.,ves
nraI az wel be said rs they could with their s.xves
Tor the reason tha the former xsys disconented
and unhappy and rot 70 be depended The negroes
on the contrary took quite piie their tssiness aui
we're wiling and able TO work from end Q. the year
10 the ether. There nothing he thought 70 proven.
The system being carried much success Ia ali the
Southern Satcs, especially where and the raw
material 10 DC had on the SPOT lie scknoxjedeed
though, that was quite task 10 take care Of all the
operatives but on the WHOLE he preferred the negroee to
The Whites and would not exchange his operatives FOR
any gsng OF whites, no matter where they came from
The Bell Factory goods fnd a ready market In nearly
an the Southern States but especially ia Alabans
Mississippi, Tennessee and louisiana. The goods are |
highly spoken Of BY planters and merchants aad airca4y
The company have received thirteen prizes different
lairs At the South Carolina sA;c Fair held at Cnarles
Ion year o. TWO ago, diploma ana silver medal were
the propretors for the best checks ooonades
Md snshams, while u Tuscumbia and Decatur in this
State the company Was equally successful The stu aen
1t the law school 1t Montgomery have recently ordered
large quantity OF the jeans for the purpose Of making
their uniforms aud every day the demand for the goods
Increases By and by Southern manufacturers vii be
trying their hands 1t ne goods and II they shoud be as
ancc SAUL In their undertakings Nessrs Ps.on Eco have
been IN theirs, what powerful blow viii be struck |
at Northern manufacturer With slave labor well con-
troued splendid water power, and the raw material On
the ground, there NO reason why Southern mauuesc
tureys could not successfully compete with their rivals IN
New England and all requires flew Of enterprise
Ike Aessys Patton Co., 70 bring about such result
The excitement srowng out Of fhe Harpsrs Ferry foray