| From the San Antonio (Tex.) News |
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| July 14, 1862 |
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| Spirits of Turpentine |
| We are gratified to be able to
add another article of domestic manufacture to the many we have
heretofore noticed that have been brought into existence by the
present war. |
| We now allude to the
manufacture of Spirits of Turpentine, which has been commenced by
Messrs. Hayness & Pearsall, at Weiss' Bluff, Jasper county.
These gentlemen began this enterprise in January last, and are
now about prepared to commence distilling.
They have about 40,000 boxes which yield remarkably well.
They have had experience in the business in
North Carolina
and therefore are able to determine with reasonable certainty what
results to expect. They
were not able, in consequence of the blockade, to procure a sufficient
large distill, but expect to make a barrel of Spirits of Turpentine
per day with the present distill, and will soon enlarge the business.
They will probable be able to fill small orders in two or three
weeks to meet the wants of the State.
Of course they will have for sale rosin and other usual
products of the business. |
| It is hardly necessary for us
to state that Spirits of Turpentine is one of the necessities of the
country, required as a medicine, also for manufacturing and various
other purposes. The supply
of other nations as well as our won, has heretofore been procured
chiefly from North Carolina, and that supply, as well as cotton and
tobacco, has now been stopped effectually by the war, and hence other
nations are suffering quite as much as we are for Spirits of
Turpentine, and that too without the extensive pineries that we have
to make it at home. |
| We may here remark that we
understand the above enterprising gentlemen took the contract to
complete the Texas &
New Orleans
railroad to Orange, which contract is now completed.
The cars will probably extend their trips to Orange
in a few days. |
| Galveston News |
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