Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1868-01-11
[From tho Charleston Daily News.
8 Southern Mechanics.

4AaTho progress of tho late war and the en-
fOrcement of she blockade Of the Southern
ports made the South depend on home insc-
nuity, and home manufactures, for such things
as could not bc imported at price that placed
them within the reach Of all classes, or which
could notbo obtained in sufficient quantities
or at the time when they were most required.
Without warning and without preparation the
Southywas thrown upon her own resources
aud the ingenuity of her people in every de-
partment Of manufaotures,tt Z and in suggesting
substitutes for articles which had been con
sidored altoge;her indispensable, gave ample
evidence that the Southerners were no less
practical and ingenious than tho artisan and
mechanic Of tho Northern and Eastern States.
Appliances Of war of course received the great
estsattention and the iron clad Virginia, the
g Brooks ",gun, the poroussion-cap machine,
the fuseignitor, the breech.loading rifc, the
riaod gun, powder mills, foundrics and ma.
chino shops wore born of the innate though
sometimes dormant inventive faculties OF the
people. Manyminor manufacturing matters
were modified or improved, and the whole war
went to'show that it only required that the
Southern mind should be directed to mcchon-
ical subjects to insure results equal to, If not
beyond, any Which have ever been attained in
the North. Tho war gavo the impetus and
spropcingr force, and thc new life and new
syigor live, though the war itself is over.
1, y AT tho late Agricultural Fair, in Danville;
Virginia, there we're on exhibition variety
Of mechanical Inventions, two or three Of
which were regarded as not only worthy of
special mentiop but also as fully deserving the
gold medals which were unanimously awarded /
them. 4 MA, I'd .5iE,
# Onotof the most important Of thoaeinven-
tions vas q hydraulic press, with improve
mcnts ingentedfand patented BY Mr.. NJ. II.
CLARK; ;of Da,lyllle. IL was built in tho town
and was, q mastcrly eieceof work. The press
itselfiis;stationary, the pressure is relieved by
cheek valves, and q pressure of FIVE hundred
and forty tons oan{b obtained by two men in
two minutes. Its W wiolc management has been
smplifcd ,and tho machinery docs not occupy
MORE than7a thirdyof the space required by
the ordinary Hydraulic press, nor does tho
seutherustprcss require moro than half the.
usual powor to work it. 4,a
Thepress is, however, surpassed il inge.
unity BY an engraving machine patented by
Gastra,tb " &Fields, of Pittsylvania aad Rock
inShaIm 6 MACHINE had ever ksfore been
iatansad Which, would successfully take the
Place off The hand ID the process Of engraving.
Hundreds of efforts in ethat direction have
bsen t1aads and have failed, but, by patient
labor, two Wiyginians,. have solved the prob
lem and invented q machine Of which the
accuracy and precision are wonderful. On
the iu9er surface of gold ring was engraved,
,by. this tsashihoIa piece Of music With accom-
pauying words Of such size that strong lonso
j was eauiredS TO make it lcgible: The depth
of,she,eut can be regulated. at pleasure, amy
metal caf, tie engraved with equal facility, the
ilrlaohihs will copy any mode. it can ongtaye
e iintpglio. sevepty;fye
,thouasi,f dollars lasc already been:refused for
stiis iaSshst3 d aana ~ hanst remembered
J. that it swas linvshtdd by soutboFnera, made by
BonthsrnsrstnaS seathsrn SUITE, and isownod
@hy2 South hern q iensS !. sssa ,ssFs4ssa 'Aasi
Blr. Js 10 4 llacbarias, of Leesbarg; hasin.
geated d maschias for directing; nowypsppts
&hich will work evolution IN fhis depart