Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1877-03-24

prosperitv. and there is no loss equal
to that which follows enforced ldleneoS OF
thp producing classes. There isno music
so till of Joy and peace and good Will to
men Ms the song of labor and the music OF
machinery. Better far that all other
songs I've hushcd aud every note be stlled,
rather than those, and to them we now
introduce the reader.
on ruE pu,K
ofthe Clark Thread Company, which Is
five hundred feet long, is a mountain OF
two or three thousand tons of coal, drawn
ont Of boats at the whartby Il donkey en-
zine, and the bales OF cotton find their
way from the same wharf to the brick
house for the storage Of that precious ma
terial, one pound of which will make one
hundred miles OF thread, containingabout
forty. two million doublings. The mind
cannot grasp the numericaltact But four
gradesof cotton are ordinarily used IN the
manufacture Of Clark's "O.N.T.' Spool
Cotton, and known u, "Sea Island Cot
ton" This comes principally from south
Carolina and is grown on the small IS
lands along the coast. Considerable Is
raised ON the penirsulas and around the
BAYS aud inlets, but it is not equal to
that of the sea islands, which is the finest
in the world. The first bag of this sea
/ island cotton of the crop of 1876 was pur'
chased by tho Clark Thread Company at
fifty cents per pound. The inland cotton
is not used in the manufactured thread,
being too short in the fibre. On these
sea Islands were the richest planters OF
the South in
THE OLD SLAVE DAYS,
many of them having as high a. six hum
dred slaves, and compared with whom the
teudal lords Of England were children in
luxury, hospitality, and elegance. But
to day all is changed, Those vast estates
are cat up into small plantations, many
of them owned by the negroes, who now
call no man master. They bring IN their
seasons product, sometimes on q mule
and again in large quantities. Brokers
ON the ground or at the landings, buy
and pay the negroes for their cotton, often
ulNlullg luc iIlVlVF ''NNl''"- "
labor performed in raising the crop some
lease the land of the former ownCrs, but
the old statcof things is dun clar' gone.
This trade and traffic, it may he fairly
expected, will in a few years largely IN.
crease the wealth aud intelligence of tic
race in these localities.
THE SEA ISLAND COTTON
brings treble the price OF inland Al
acre will produce III the nelghborhood o.
three hundred aud fifty pounds OF see'
cotton, which when ginned weighs abot'
scyenty.fye pounds, or one to hye' l9'
negroes without doubt Will eventually
grow all the cotton, a. not one IN i've o
the Northern men have thus tar succeed
ed in their attempts. Let the reader re
member that we nave ho' !ooNeu az a SUI
gle piece OF machinery veV' anu lll'I car
culate the number OF people anu il'
amount OF wealth., thes' "otE' c"lP'o.
and produce, before we reacI 'op ,'''o'S
The san, the mlnc, commerce ".I' ll'lIp
features, all hhd employment 'of"PP''
The Clark Thread 'ompahy "o'E'i "n'
when they stop tne tol'oh may "'oon
and tall unPlucEcd the coal In'IIc' ma,
%starveon bed OF oIacK u~lala0ho'' inc 9'li
on the rivers be spread to the orecls 1t
. more, and the Iathes IN a hundred NhoP
I've left to rust IN silence ne m'No''c
turc of Clark go, \. /. NpooI Cottol
, embraces the islands ct the ser ana pen
ctrates the hoWeISo o the earth, utlhzini
I the treasures OF wealth on ever.
hand, enriching and blessing manElhi
, at every step, from the womb OF ages t
| the spindIes at Newark. NewIInoW eS
1 anime into the immediate sources OF tn
power which drive the endless machlr
| cry of this vast hive o. industry, with 1t
c sixty miles OF betting and about Sevcnt
. miles of steam pipe tor heating purpose
WE ENTER THE ENGINE HOUSE,
= itself large enough for an ordinary ia,
tory. Here is a mighty production {
b human brain and Drawn. In the presenC
of this monster, with its majestic treac
& one feels his own inSigniticancc and frai
e tv. This vast piece OF machinery, mON
$ inr silently, save the sharp click of tn
improved steam cut-otis, is equal in pow
err to the combined draft of SIX hundre
P horses, and is two engines in one, usual
termed a double engine. The fy-whee
travelling at the rate of forty-cight revo
h buttons per minute and carrying thrt
huge belts on its surface, each two Tee
h wide, is seyenty-cight feet in circun
y ference. twenty-five feet in diamete
!, and weighs thirty tons or sixty thousau
pounds. The shaft is fourteen inches
thickness the double cylindersare twent,
1t six inches in diameter with condenser
and astrokeo Of five feet. They were hui
S, by Corliss, in 1874. Oneof the three bel
q on the By.whecl is one hundred and htt
! feet in length. but even this double mo
K stcr could not run the works. 1t has
big twin brother, and together they tray
every day for ten hours on their endle
y journey, and never get tired. They a
wonders of power and elegant workma
y ship, worthy OF 4 visit from any one vi
W wants to see the
BIGGEST PAIR OF TWINS
re in New jersey. They are supplied vi
steam from nine immense tubular boilt
N and four large upright boilers, Corli
ne plan, They consume twenty-five tons
IN coal ner day. which will give some idea