New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1861-12-05
The Old North State.


Inc Hon. Mr.. Mckay, of North Carolina aa-
dressed the late Macon Commercial Convention.
From his remarks we take the following
Well, sir, while may boast of what nv State
mas gone, may boast OF what the Southern Com
iederaey Is determined to do, may be pardoned
Il !. lahe up Few moments of your time in show
ing you what the city hail from has already done
and Is doing, for the of the Southern Confed
eracy. W Whlle cannot say, as has been remarked
6y a gentleman from Charleston, that his city was
,hs nlst M N Ins great cause may say certainly say,
mat sae Is second to other Sir in the CITY of
fayetteVi!e we captured 40 1000 stand of arms that
were used in almost all our batte-ields. having
m oeen supplied to soldiers from Georgia. Florida.
noG'n Gar0lina @ and Virginia, and, think, Mississ-
lPpi Well, sir, after securing these arms, what
else have we done? My city, on the vote Of ina
Ordinance of Secession, did not appear to do
hn much she only polled between six and seven
she came to furnish soldiers to fight in the cause.
she sends out eight hundred and sixty, that ara
now upon the soil of Virginia.
wen, SIR, there are other things which we are
cong; we are manufacturing things that the sol-
dlers IN our army need, and that are wanted all
over this Confederacy, and stand here TODAY to
let you Know what we are doing. In the first
Place, then, will show you something that has no
l 1ahRee about 1t. Mr.. Mckay exhibited a bundle
OF OF SOCKS that appeared to be very substantial.1
Ihese can be afforded at 81 Is per dozen, eheaper
than those we have been in the habit of receiving
llpn % Iuose VINO were drinking up your life blood
pockets. " ''ii
In doing this our ingenuity has not been ex.
nno nuseeu' Hefe Is some sewing thread, containing
eUu thuy yar1s W 10 the ball This beats your Yankee
~ ehreau, Wilson, Seward d Co., and is afforded at
"a cents per dozen, as cheap as the spools that
contained but 200 yards, and as friend behind ME
reminds reminds me. that while they professed to run that
AMOUNT ae OF yards run only IS! They did not run
ers were after them
Mr. Mckay exhibited some cloth suitable for
ladies' dresses-the patterns of which were SO he
coming that gentleman, whose wife had clothed
herset theretrom last Sunday remarked that he
had never seen her look SO pretty in all her life
also some iron, called the black band iron, which
ne showed, from passage he read from the report
OF geological survey in North Carolina nv Pro
lessor Emmonds to exist in neyhaustibe Quantities
ana to lie on the surface of the ground. He also
referred to the coal mines, which he said were able
to supply not only the whole Southern Confederacy
the whole world. In the city of Fayetteville he
SAID, there were seven cotton factories with nm
aggregate capital of 1854 ,000 and the carriage fac
tory OF A. A: Mckethan, who did a business in
1860 of $4,000. He also alluded to the lead minea
OF North Carolina. He also referred in conclusion.
to the immense Importance that North Carolina
would be to the Southern Confederacy. PENN
syiVana was not more important to the old Com
stitutonal Union than North Carolina would he to
the Southern Co1federaoy:
bisTENEAU SALINEs-We have conyersed with
several gentlemen this week, who were we'll in
formed as to the localities of the sanes on Rste-
neau. They state that the quantity of water. if
Golected IN reservoirs, is amply sufficient to supply
the wants or the country. There is an area Of
over an acre from which the water rises to the
surface of the ground and runs off in bold stream.
II IS strongly impregnated with salt, as is shown
by the yield when evaporated
The demand being much greater than the snn
ply, and our stocks being too small now to meet
the wants OF the country, fine field is open for
entelprising capitalists to erect suitable machinerv
on the lake to make salt for this market There IS
an . immense scope OF country west of Shreveport
that would be supplied if our stocks were large
and our price reduced. To accSmplish SO desira.
BILE an object, salt must be manufactured on Lake
Blsteneau and sold to the planters who trade
with us. - 'A''NAe
Patriotism and selfinterest unite to induce eeni.
tallsts to go to work making salt and the amount
OF meat TO be salted is much larger than it has
peeh, and greater quantity of salt is required to
save the bacon and to pickle beef. Bisteneau salt
IS excellent for saving meat as it has been tested
thoroughly by the planters in Bossier. Ten thous-
and sacks of salt can be sold in Shreveport in the
next three months. [Caddo Gazette.
COTTON BURNING Come ON.-The plantation of
John Raven Mathewes, Esq, situated on Bear
Island, near the mouth of Ashepoo River, was
visited by the Lincolnites on Wednesday last. On
their approach, the proprietor, with noble patriot
ism, set fire to his entire crop, and was about
placing the match to his residence when detach-
ment of our cavalry arrived, and he spared the
house for the troops to quarter in. MFR. Mathewes
is a most extensive rice and cotton planter, and
we learn has made splendid crop this year Mr.,
Edward Baynard, of Edisto Island, has likewise
burned his whole crop of cotton, as well as his
residence and the other buildings upon his planta-
tion, Such noble sacrifices TO the cause of the
South deserve the highest praise
harleson Mercury, 29h.
FURNISHED HOUSE WANTED.-Au advertiser this
morning wishes to rent small furnished dwelling aud top
buggy. See advertisement.