The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-08-10
TEXTILE FABRICS.
The: kxhib,tlon In cinoinnati.

The exhibition of the manufactures OF the
Western, Southern, Southwestern and North
western States, now opsn in Cincinnati. is re-
ported. to be superior in point Of numbers,
both of sample, and exhibitors, to that held in
Chicago in 1853. Circulars wero scot to every
mill, and according to tho Cincinnati papers.
aud exhibition has been prepared containing
the largest variety Of cloths and the finest dis
play Of woollen and cotton goods ever co..
lected together at one time and in one place
in America. A description Of the ex5ib;-
tion states that goods include cotton
fabrics Of various kinds; fannels, from the
heaviest, coarsest grades to the finest opera
goods beavers of exquisite finish; jeans, one
sample Of which is said to be the finest ever
made in America fancy cassimeres, that bsve
the finish and texture Of foreign goods; doe
skins, cassimeres, twseds, hoods, machine kuit
stockings, yarns, blankets, mittens, gloves,
flnnel ,jackets, blaids, underwear Of all
kinds, shawls of every pattern aui quail
ty, clrpets, wool. hemming. cotton wad-
ding, sewing SILK, and, in fact, everything
connected with the manu- acture of cotton
or wool into fabrics. The correspondent Of
the New York Post notes, among the new
and commendable things iu the Exposition, the
IMPROVEMENTS IN COTTON CLEANING.
It is the patent OF L T, Clement, Of Tennes-
see, obtained but this present week, the re-
suits of which are shown in tho beautiful
1ibbOu Of spun cotton produced, at one opera
ton, from the cotton bols a5 they are brought
from the field, and from whenc, superior even
yarn is produced by the ssmo mill. Tho
patcntee shows that the cotton, while yet in
the seed, is in its most perfect condition.; the
tilament cannot be heightened by working. but
that every additional handling wastes and de.
stroys the regularity OF tho hbres; and that
cotton. as now brought to market, Is seriously
injured in all the processes it goes through,
rendering it o tangled mass. 10 be again torn
and its fillmen;s cracked, II no. broken.
by its repeated handling and hacking. Tie
lint, too, is mingled together in every con-
CO ;vable direction. Though parallel to each
other when stripped, their parallelism is I'M
mediate!y lost, they become mixed aud matted
together; and all these evils are increased by
PACKING and the severe pressure 1t ls SUBJECT
ed to wnen baled Tor shipment Most OF the
machinery IN present use is for tho purpose OF
restoring the fibre to Its original condition,
and the fibre Of cotton is harmed by such over
work, but even then the object cannot be fully
accomplished. The new machinery it ls claim
ed, comprises 10 the one movement six differ
ept stages to which raw cotton is now SUBJ
jected. consequently the expense is con-
slderably reduced, aud two out OF every
three laborlng hand, are saved in the pro-
cess. Tho cotton in the seed Is submitted to
the new machinery, which removes tue lint
from the seed and stalk, preserving the natu-
raj parallelism Of the hbres, cleaus it, cards it,
removes every m Jte or dirt in the boil, aud de-
iyers 1t in one continuous aud uniform silver.
or ribbon ready for i,nmedlate drawing, aud
With such rapidity as that twenty pounds can
be thus cleaned and rendered ready for spin
ming IN one hour, while by the present modes
fifty pounds day is considered good work. 1t
Is estimated that fifty per cent. is saved in the
labor, freedom from waste, aud in the I'M
cotton. *.
No drawings Of the. machinery were SUBJ