, 1861-08-28
Col. Farnsworth's Regiment or Cav.

Col. Farnsworthss Regiment or Cava
Airy1.a
For the benefit Of those In the Northsrn por-
tion Of the State who contemplate uniting
With Col. Fa1nsworth's Regiment, S. we'll rs
fot the information &f all interested In the
cavalry service, we give some particulars re-
epectang this corps and the mounted Bc1Faee
generally.
Government furnishes Horses for cavalry
only when the stipulation is made In granting
orders to raise reg;ments, squadrons or CON-
uanles. In the cases Of Colonels Farns"orth
and D:cke7. the Government furnishes the |
bo,fes Capt, Webb, Of the United ssates !
Army. now IN this city, has the contract for /
na,ehas1pc one thousand horses for Col. |
Fasrsgo1th's Regiment In all cases where |
men have volunteered TO furnish their oHn
-ho,ses, they vii have to be subjected to the
inspsc.ion Of Capt. Webb, to be purchased at
his option. No horses will be received in this
regiment TO- be owned BY the men and hired to
the Government-thc latter will own them all.
Tie EeQui.ed age for horses Is between four
and nine years; The required height between
fifteen and sixteen hands They must be in
color either black, bay OF sorre1, and every way
souId. ...
Tie equipments for the horses have been
ORDERED by the Government, and will be 11f-
nished Immediately, by Chicago Eaanuiactu-
-ers, as soon as the horses are purchased
F. These tquipuente will be the very best, Col.
Fa1rfwoith being determined to have none
bu: the easiest fitting and kafest saddles and
tie most approved brides.
Asto clothing, Col Farnsworsh has received
8 letter from firm in Cincinnati, stating that
they hare been ordered By the Government to
furnish bis regiment with theusand uniforms,
and desiring to know when he desires them
delivered. This settles the question as to
whether the regiment will be promptly aud
properly uniformed.
Inregard to atms, Col. Farnsworth has made
eytry effort possible to get for his regiment
| the very best in use. The following are the
| erns he has secured:
Cdsbiaes-uis requizitlop, signed by the
Secretary OF War, is for either the Sharpe or
Enfield rifle carbine, or short rife, which are
both breech-loading, and will carry ball hall
mile with dtadly accuracy. This viii be the
only cavalry regiment in the West furnished
with carbines.
so6Tcs-The heavy cavalry regulation sabre
Pstozs-A new patent SIX reval7es splen
/ did and most efectiFe weapon.
Col. FaTnsxo-th's Regiment will 50 ictt
c5m1 at st. Charles in abouta wsek. The
t=nls ard sfl other camp equipage will be o.
their wag th:the- ID day or t"o.
As H.4 hav5 before stated, effers Of compa
n:ts h&ve beer E.ade from this State, suf6eieu
to fcr11 tws. or three regiments, while mum
b.r of companies have been offered iron
Michigan and 1n3ias 3, w1Seh, though made D.
e1rinently responsible parties, Col. F. felt him
self constrained to decline. In all cases, bs
: fore beirg admitted into camp, the Co1ons
| desires lhat companies shall have their fn]
, complement CT eighty-fVe me7, exclusive {
G c; Commissioned officers.
+ The yeoiaan1y Of Col Farnsworth's cid Coz
: | grs Esional District are alive in this II atte
and the piles of applications Of all kinds frol
them, for admission into his regiment, atte
= The estimation in which he ia held by bis o!
constituents, and furnlsh the War Dspartmcl
r the best assurance 1t can have Of his fgatis
2 qualities: for mtn will not thus flock arou1
n the standard Of man who does net posse
J. the reauisite coo1ress CT head and stoutae
:e Of heart.
d Flax Cotton.
G. By Flar Cotton ia meant the fibra Of Flax
ot 6ueed in length, cleaEssd, carded, bl"achs
r.. and uicsly prepared to resemble in appearan
:. GOTTEN that tas been cleansed and carded, g
sdeftcd for mixture with cotton or WOO!
oe the various taE1ics Of daily wear and use.
as To accomplish this requires impro7e1ne,
n, in the nede OF breaking the Gtraw a1a scpa
or. ting the fibre from the wood, and Of
,ut csidsrg, drawing, and spinning frames VIII
a. ere ir common use, as we'll as great nicely
20 bleaching. All thtse are to be made By in
liz n:euE machin;sts end manufacturers, aad
-. quire the exrenditnre Of time and money
sn' careful experiments.
lch The Amyriean Flax Cotton GoZapa
of Organized at Boston il 1S59 under spe
nor charter hcm the State of Mass1chuse
use. adopted the patents Of Stephen Randall
dis Rhode ItlAn6, Jonathan Knowles and j.
mid ! Allen. Experimental mills were eatab!is
,oo a. WatertoE n and at Roxbu1y and Thousand
49,, dollars expended in Improving the machh
AID perfect;pg their processes. Many rieca
eano print goo6s, la11,e1s, sa.inets, crash, etc.
ane been made from the material prepared
the them, and ali been fully approved. The
fer question now made is as 10 The cost Of it.
the The principal persons interested in
lem. | COMPANY are men Ct business expeEie
,uch reputation and intelligence, whose figures
sech STATEMENTS may pe fei'ea upon' e1
,,ta Nicholson, Esq, the patentee Of the cxce!
,or, pavement upcn Clark street, and vi
Known as gentleman Of reliability an
en q tegrlty, stated last winter, at meeting
[Reo, In the L: gislatiye Hall ct the State Houa
e IN Boston, that for several months he had !
eight chsrge Of the Works at Watertown, and
they his OWE careful estimates and weights
that material called fax cotton could be sup
by their processes at from to cent!
pouId-the cost dependent upon the qt
Of the 1aw fibre and its distance from
f the nm. T. 4vas f,,tber statea that NJ
:upu- Sampson ard Tsppan Of Boston had no
ctton operation mill with 40 looms, and VICE
T hos isfled with thc results therein attained.
), Yir- The meeting recently held at Lockpo
intent T., appears to be a movement Of the cs
strife iste who own the hydraulics and real est
:, +to that place, in conjunction with speculate
terested ia q steam gun, which is said
p's'' plode the et7aw into atome, and thus
'uea'- rates its fibre. We know not that any r
LET have as yet been accomplished by that in'
econd The way to prepare fax for use in ou1
State nsry manufactures ct cost that will ren
politi- desirab1e, Is one Of the mcst Important
] men ticns Of the age. We can readily SCI
n YER millions Of money can be saved and adj
,,,,rc. the agricultural RESOURCES Of our No
,;,x ~ States when this question snail BE- solyt
is:actorily.
,tiring TIE Dhf GOODS 'oBBERs.-Among
+bo;r who appear to suffer most BY tha derang
,-a.- OF business, are The dry goods jobasng
aud particularly those at New York h
~ VIZ "soutlern trade." These latter have
nom up like tceke:. Secession has sw
'rd TIE thin, The high toned and chivalric So
OF op- tcGcr, which Was preferable in their {
States Western Trade, has shown the stuff tha
upon made Of And now that they haye los
f. that Southern connections, and the money
of tho ! II paid to Southern black mail agents
a,:ra,., is notbi1g lett them but to "fold tnei