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To the Editors of the Union and American:
WAvRRLY, Tenn, July 81, 1S71.-A
| letter from this section of the State may
not be uninteresting to many of your
readers. The County Court of the coun-
ty of Humphreys closed its session here
on Friday night last. Quite 3 number of
lawyers were in attendance from the diff
| ferent circuits. The Chancellor of the
/ District, the Hon. Geo. Ii. Nixon, pre-
sided, who is giving general satisfaction
! in his district. He is man of clear,
strong native intellect, and very readily
draws distinctions between cases and ar
Tives at correct conclusions, and ere his
term of office expires he will rank with
| the first CharcellOrs of the country The
Hon. ]. E Rice is now presiding here in
the Circuit Court, and giving general sat-
isfactiop; he is courteous and polite to
all, and has won the confidence and es-
teen of the citizens.
CROPS AND FARMERS. N
Many persons are in attendance upon
! the court from various sections of the
| county; through them | learn that the
corn crop is more than an average one;
they have had fine rains in many sections
| during the past week. The wheat crop
| was failure. The peanut crop is above
an average. 1t is supposed by some of
the well informed citizens of this county
that the yield of that crop this season will
beat last one hundred thousand bushels;
| this is the most productive crop in the
county, good lands yielding from sew
| enty-five TO one hundred bushels per acre,
aud they are easily cultivated, the vine
| affordiDg excellent food for cattle and
horses. The good lands OF this county
are principally found in the bottom of
| the Tennessee, Duck and Buffalo rivers
and their tributaries; the uplsnds are we'll
adapted to grass, clover, etc. think our
friend KillebreW's agricultural address
here ''hsd fine and profitable effect"
among the farmers, as they have organ
lied Farmers Club, of which l.. S.
Goodrich is President, and quite an inter-
est is awakened on all agricultural ques-
tons.
MANUFACTURES, STREAMS AND ORES.
The streams here are well adapted to
manufacturing purposes. l.. s. G1Cd-
rich J. Co. have erected on Amer
lean creek woolen factory in which
they manufacture jeans, linseys,
blankets, etc; so Touring mills attached.
Theic water power is equal to any in
State. They have about $50 acres of fine
land attached to their mills. 1t is ro-
mantle place, secluded in the hills from
the busy care and hustle of the outer
world, but cheerful within itself, afford,
ing the most delightful sport of angling
for trout. The hills of this county are
rich with iron ores, aud the time is not
far distant when the scream of the steam
whistle will echo and reverberate from
many of these richly iadened hills.
NEW INVENTION AND IMPROVEMENT IN
BLAST FURNACES.
L, S. Goodrich, of the firm of Good
rich Il Co, has made great improve
ment in the manufacture of iron from
blast furnaces. 1t consists of an inverted
cone, which is raised by lever, SO as to
distribute the charge equally with the
throat of the furnace, for which he has
obtained q patent. He exhibited to y, ur
correspondent his glass model, in which
the whole matter of charging and setting
of the stock in blast furnace is clearly
seen, by the use of shot representing tie
ore and rice the coal. By the old mode of
charging the narrow top, or throat, the
coal and ores were thrown in promiscu-
ously, and there was comparatively little
mixing; and it is evident that, by the old
process, the ores would chiefly remain in
the centre of the furnace, and the gases
that are so necessary for preparing the
ores for reduction find an easy and free
passage near the in-Walls, and are not
brought in close contacs with the ores,
as it should be; hence the great eonsump-
lion of fuel, and uncertaia and meagre
production and yield of iron. The use
of the cone bottom box, it is true, by
some manufacturers, in charging the fur
mace, oYercomes the escape of the gases
next to the in-wall, or places the ore ia
the path OF the escaping gases, but as
soon as this is done, the gas passes up
through the centre of the furnace, because
there is no ore or flux 10 retard its free
passage. By GoodIich's patent, there is
an even spread of the stock, and the
gases come in contact with the ore, fux
and coal. IL is all important in
the successful manufacture of iron,
TO keep the gases, namely, csrbonic acid
and caIbonic oxide gases, once brought in
contact with the coal, ore and flux until
all their reducing properties are absorbed
By the ores. BY this improvement you
can charge the furnace in the center and
tden sgain by the inwall, thus leaving a
passage for the gases by lateral move
ments, and it is manifest by this charging
the furnace that the gases will have to |
escape in q zigzag course. This improve |
ment will certainly reduce one-third the |
quantity of coal heretofore used and |
increase the yield of iron. He has an
apparatus attached for ascertsining the |
pressure of the stock in the stack. The |
improvement is simple, easily constructed
and can be readily understood by any
fouudryman. l am satisfied it will soon
be brought into use, and will greatly in
crease the production of iron when used.
From my limited Knowledge of the bust
ness, think it well worthy the attention
and careful Investigation of the iroa men
of the cnuntrY QRsERuRp