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begun, and Sou—tern communities and Legisla tures should leave no effort untried to stim late and strengthen it. At the same time, our native people may turn their own attention ie manufactures with profitable result. The late contest dcv oped a degree of mechanical and manufactu. ngskill and enterprise in all the Southern States which astonished those who supposed them destitute of the ingenuity and practicableness required in such enterprise.