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  History 
  of 
  Durham. 
  

  

  Jew" 
  — 
  the 
  illustrious 
  cosmopolite, 
  whose 
  ancient 
  prestige 
  

   and 
  glory, 
  richly 
  embellishing 
  the 
  ethical 
  and 
  aesthetic 
  

   pages 
  of 
  history, 
  though 
  buried 
  beneath 
  the 
  hoary 
  locks 
  of 
  

   time, 
  yet 
  wield 
  a 
  salutary 
  influence 
  upon 
  the 
  morals 
  of 
  the 
  

   world, 
  — 
  finds 
  a 
  peaceful 
  and 
  profitable 
  retreat. 
  And 
  the 
  

   extraneous 
  fame 
  of 
  the 
  town, 
  as 
  well 
  as 
  its 
  internal 
  pros- 
  

   perity 
  and 
  wonderful 
  progress, 
  are 
  mainly 
  due 
  to 
  the 
  inde- 
  

   fatigable 
  zeal 
  and 
  sagacious 
  business 
  abilities 
  of 
  those 
  emi- 
  

   nently 
  worthy 
  gentlemen 
  — 
  W. 
  T. 
  Blackwell 
  aod 
  Julian 
  S. 
  

   Carr 
  — 
  the 
  founders 
  of 
  the 
  great 
  manufacturing 
  enterprise 
  

   which 
  is 
  the 
  subject 
  of 
  this 
  sketch. 
  These 
  gentlemen 
  not 
  

   only 
  laid 
  the 
  foundation 
  of 
  Durham's 
  greatness, 
  but 
  are 
  

   still 
  the 
  leading 
  builders, 
  polishing 
  and 
  fitting 
  stone 
  after 
  

   stone 
  in 
  her 
  rapidly 
  towering 
  temple 
  of 
  fame. 
  Their 
  en- 
  

   ergies, 
  wisdom 
  and 
  money 
  have 
  been 
  freely 
  and 
  lavishly 
  

   used 
  to 
  preserve 
  unsullied 
  her 
  illustrious 
  name, 
  which, 
  as 
  

   the 
  very 
  synon3'm 
  of 
  success, 
  has 
  been 
  used 
  by 
  foreign 
  en- 
  

   terprises, 
  detracting 
  from 
  her 
  enviable 
  reputation 
  and 
  pros- 
  

   perity, 
  and 
  enhancing 
  the 
  value 
  of 
  the 
  spurious 
  products 
  

   of 
  meaner 
  marts. 
  (See 
  Blackwell 
  Litigation 
  cases, 
  chap, 
  ii.) 
  

   With 
  these 
  introductory 
  observations, 
  we 
  proceed 
  to 
  give 
  

   the 
  reader 
  a 
  brief 
  delineation 
  of 
  Blackwell's 
  Durham 
  To- 
  

   bacco 
  Co.'s 
  Factory, 
  which 
  is 
  the 
  shrine 
  of 
  all 
  pilgrims 
  to 
  

   Durham, 
  and 
  which, 
  like 
  Niagara 
  Falls, 
  the 
  Yosmite 
  Valley 
  

   and 
  other 
  extraordinary 
  objects 
  of 
  interest 
  to 
  be 
  seen 
  in 
  

   this 
  country, 
  amply 
  fills 
  the 
  measure 
  of 
  its 
  world-wide 
  

   fame. 
  

  

  exceptionally 
  low 
  percentage 
  of 
  mineral 
  matter 
  in 
  Tobacco 
  leaves, 
  for, 
  in 
  all 
  of 
  the 
  

   recorded 
  analyses 
  of 
  tobacco 
  which 
  I 
  could 
  lay 
  hold 
  of,— 
  analyses 
  made 
  in 
  your 
  

   country 
  as 
  well 
  as 
  in 
  others 
  mado 
  on 
  the 
  Continent, 
  I 
  do 
  not 
  findaiiy 
  other 
  specl- 
  

   nienwliich 
  yielded 
  as 
  little 
  as 
  &]4 
  percent, 
  of 
  asli, 
  and 
  the 
  per 
  ceiitase 
  which 
  I 
  ob- 
  

   tiiined 
  in 
  the 
  sample 
  you 
  sent 
  "me 
  agrees 
  better 
  with 
  the 
  average 
  amount 
  of 
  

   mineral 
  matter 
  in 
  Tobacco. 
  The 
  proportion 
  of 
  ash 
  constituents 
  in 
  fobacco, 
  

   however, 
  I 
  find 
  varies 
  considerably, 
  and 
  usually 
  amouuts 
  to 
  over 
  12 
  per 
  cent., 
  

   and 
  in 
  some 
  instances 
  reaches 
  to 
  20 
  per 
  cent 
  in 
  round 
  numbers. 
  

  

  I 
  have 
  made 
  a 
  complete 
  analysis 
  of 
  the 
  ash 
  of 
  the 
  sample 
  you 
  sent 
  me, 
  and 
  

   embody 
  the 
  results 
  in 
  the 
  lollowing 
  tabulated 
  statement 
  showing 
  the 
  composi- 
  

   tion 
  of 
  the 
  Mineral 
  portion 
  (ash) 
  of 
  a 
  sample 
  Fancy 
  Bright 
  Tobacco, 
  grown 
  in 
  

   Granville 
  county, 
  N. 
  ('., 
  and 
  sent 
  to 
  Dr. 
  Voelclcer, 
  by 
  Mr. 
  ,lohr. 
  Ott, 
  Secretary, 
  

   &c., 
  of 
  Richmond 
  : 
  

  

  Lime 
  2^M 
  

  

  Magnesia, 
  4 
  05 
  

  

  Oxide 
  of 
  Iron, 
  wi 
  

  

  Potash, 
  ; 
  18.55 
  

  

  Chloride 
  of 
  Potassium, 
  5.82 
  

  

  (!^hloride 
  of 
  Sodium, 
  7.17 
  

  

  Phosphoric 
  Acid, 
  S.'W 
  

  

  Sulphuric 
  Acid, 
  3.37 
  

  

  Soluble 
  Silica, 
  1':.80 
  

  

  Fine 
  Sand 
  5.72 
  

  

  Carbonic 
  Acid 
  and 
  Loss, 
  I3.9> 
  

  

  100.00 
  

  

  