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veuient size ; and if the filling be slack twisted and neatly 

 carded after being wove, the blanket will do no discredit to 

 the bed of a gentleman and his lady. My family have made 

 their blankets for many years, and those Avives and daughters 

 who feel a desire to excel in the manufacture of their carpeting, 

 will find such a sley a great auxiliary : and so far as the home 

 manufacture of these articles can contribute to our indepen- 

 dence and comfort, we can accomplish it ; and I hope that our 

 wives and daughters have both industry and patriotism suf- 

 ficient to make the effort, provided they are seconded in their 

 exertions by their husbands and fathers. 



Yours, respectfully, 

 Gwinnett Co., October, 1843. ANSELM ANTHONY. 



SECTION V. COTTON RIGGING FOR SHIPS. 



THIS article, we are glad to see, continues to grow in public 

 favor. The Delta states that at one time, during the month 

 of April, there were the following ships all new, and of large 

 tonnage in the port of New Orleans, with a part or the whole 

 of their running rigging and hawsers of cotton cordage : 

 North America, Escort, Shakespeare, of Boston ; Knicker- 

 bocker, of New York ; Erie, Liberty, St. Patrick, of Thomas- 

 ton, Me. ; Walter Scott, Civilian, Saniscott, Robert Lane, Sea 

 Breeze, Sewell, of Boston. The officers of all these ships were 

 unanimous in their testimony in favor of cotton cordage for 

 running rigging, and many of them thought it would be adopted 

 for standing also. 



The Delta states that Donald McKay, the celebrated ship- 

 builder at Boston, the owner and builder of the famous clipper 

 ship Republic, is adopting cotton cordage for all his new ships. 

 The large new clipper ship Caleb Gushing, recently built at 



