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TELE MOET From the Union THE GRAND TOUR AGAIN. Do vou pretend to pull wool over my eyes Taint wool 'tis rabbit's fur." Walpole. " Mrs. Prim, do you know where they get ottrish feathers ?" . Oh yes, ma'm ; thev get them in Austria. Mrs. "Partington Remains. " Where do you bury your dead, Captain Thunder ?" , , " I don't burv them at all. When I knock h s delights out of them, they banish away like the skismatic hues of the rainbow, which it took the immortal and unnatural genius of New ton to deplore and examine the same." Russiter. The record of the deeds of great men, like the roll in the Battle Abbejr of En gland, is a scroll of glory baptized for eter nity. Men have lived in obscurity, whose minds were created for dominion, and whose thoughts were Orient pearls at random strung ; and those men have died in ditches and poor-houses, and have filled half-dug graves for a few hours before they experienced a medical resurrection and luxuriated in the bright regions of the dissecting-room. Men who were never made for fame's high summit have by accident been shoved into positions where they show oft' like hens upon hot griddles, or cats on a rolling cask. We recollect once to have heard the stro ry of an Irish canal digger, who worked near Richmond. Hearing one day that a-planter in Carolina desired a tutor for his children, and feeling desirous of exchang ing the mattock for the quill, Patrick re paired forthwith to the anticipated Eden. Upon introducing himself and stating the object of his visit, the planter received him with great politeness and apparent satisfaction, and proceeded to business. You desire to be a tutor in my family?'' said he. The son of Erin bowed. VVell, then," said the planter, 44 I must examine vou before making an encasement. -The Molasses candy will melt away in the mouth until the last sweet taste is no lon ger perceptible j and the most joyful season will pass away until the shadows outweigh the sunlight, and hope, like a dirty table cloth thrown over the dishes of a feast, shuts out the last look of an anxious gour mand. Our visit at the borough, there fore, like everything else but a toad's tail, had an end ; and bidding our antimasonic friends good-bye, and qualifying the lime stone water with a little old rye, we de parted for Arrisburgh, in one of the fun niest kind ofjemy-down cars we ever saw. We kept bobbing up and down also, and the more we tried the niore we conldn't keep still. The feeling', as Professor Pal frey once observed upon another occasion, was delightful, but the motion was ridicu lous. We find that the letter H is dropp ed in this part of the country altogether ; and we have no idea of being old, so we Irishman bowed again. Are you a grammarian r" said the planter, as a commencement to a minute overhauling: of the candidate's store of knowledge. No, by J s, I am a Virginian,'' re plied the Irishman ; and he made tracks P. D Q. for the canal again, and has nev er been heard of since in that part of the saint's heritage. A boy who had studied medicine, by pounding medicine only, in a doctor's shop at the north, found himself one rainy Sat urday in Albania, with a small trunk, a scanty wardrobe, and an empty purse. While there, he '.vas suddenly called upon as a physician to visit a man who was choking with a bone. Puzzled extremely, yet well aware that life, reputation, and everything holy and happy depended upon his exertions, he determined to try a new system of medicine upon the patient. He accordingly directed the attendants to stand him upon his head, while he tickled his antipodes with sweet oil and a feather. The novel treatment and the tickling made the patient laugh, and the bone, dislodged, flew out of the fast-locking jaws of death saving the patient and covering the Doctor with the highest honors. We could thus point the curious observ ers of men and things to many objects, and especially thinjrs which would seem -.:- unXunj &u in. ic it ny illus trated ideas ; but as we have got the Second Washington to attend to, as well as the universal whig party, we must descend to the common things of the world, and fay before the American people anoth er letter from our travelling Genius, who is going about trying to doood to the whig party, and, at the same time, to prevent the cholera by telling his hearers that lie is not afraid of it : On our Touh, At Sir Rocer De Coverlv's Hotel. Arnsbur, August 13, 1849- ) Mv dear Heroic Age : When we last wrote you we were under the impression thai Lancaster was a seaport, and had a volcano of pig-iron in the market-place, but Mrs Ken wig informs us that the whole country is as flat as her hand, and that the people there make more whiskey than they have water, any day ; all of which is cu rious and interesting to a homoeopathic antiquarian, like ourself. We noticed that the politicians of this borough. were rather deficient upon gen eral politics, and therefore more like us. This was an agreeable discovery; and as they approached. Mud, who is invaluable, gave us their occupations, and told us what they could talk about the best. When Hans Van Ripper was introduc ed, we asked him about cabbages and krout, and he was eloquent in the cold slaw line. Next came old Dunderstwauvel. who lived at Turkey Cock coiner. lie was terrific upon poultry, and as we never had a penchant for pigs, poultry, or the pip, we could only reply to him by clapping our arms and crowing like a barn-door fowl, which Stevens says we imitated to perfect tion. If you don't believe it, ask Mud when he returns. Old Van Butterspatter entertained us upon his dairy matters to such an extent that we could have sworn his mother was aDairyman's Daughter, aud no mistake. We, however, interested him in return by telling hi in our cow-milking story, which forthe first time, we concluded to acknowl edge before the world. He swore, after we told h.m that story, that we were the boy for his money and, cabinet or no ca binet, we should be President aain cnm. conwhich, being interpreted, means against Congress and all other ius tices of the peace coram joram or cocko lorum. We couldn't help thinking that if he had known how Clayton and the rest of us had cursed the Black Dutch durinsr the how qVick he would have changed his "i""'"" out as we came in person to speak tor ourselves, we were not troubled anwring any unpleasant questions on those subjects. Had the cabinet been with us, we should have been 44 nick and Xlfenre,Wf beSan was a capital u"irS leave the amiable fellows at vine nunc we spouted for few " in northern America. have dropped it also. It saves time and ink. Besides, when you are among the buffaloes, you must be a buffalo, and no mistake. You can therefore tell Mr Richie that he may not pounce down upon our orthography ; for, by God's grace and his attacks, that is about the only available capital we have left. r . . . . . . , it We arrived at Arnsburg pretty 'ven churned by the bounding motion of the cars, and should doubtless have had an attack of the pure asfixia but for a bottle of Surnor Carusfs amati not amative me dicine, put in pint bottles, and tucked in our pocket by the Signor as we dodged through Capt. Goddard's legs at the depot, when we got oft". Arrisburg is a venerable old place, with a town clock, a wind-mill, a tin-covered State House, and a large tavern with a small sign. It is a terrible place for con science, according to my friend Thaddeus, and was the scene of the buckshot war, when Penrose, unlike Xenophon, made his masterly retreat: Xenophon going off i..itK l ; man a iwl Ppnnip cninrr off with llll 1113 fllF,tJ, UIJU . - - Q his members. We visited the State House as soon as we cou Id pull the blue stockings off of our boot-legs, anil were there shown the posi tion of affairs on that bloody day. " When liberty triumphed and Thad ran away." It was a terrible sight.- There was the verv window out of which our venerable Assistant Secretary of the Treasury jump ed when the infuriated crowd, armed to the teeth with buckshot, pursued him like t lie 4 wicked flea " which we read of in the holy pages, and upon a rusty nail hung a fragment of those old blue breeches which he wrote upon that sad occasion, eloquent as the remains ot detunct patriotism and worthless as moth-eaten broadcloth. While here we were informed by the tavern-keeper's daughter that she had read in one ot the .National Intelligencers, which she used for curl-papers, an account ot a contemplated invasion ot the island of Cuba by some ot those uneasv devils who first settled Texas anil made the Rio Grande the boundary of freedom, and af terwards lifted the rope and carried it to the Pacific ocean. Not desiring to take Cuba, when it will be ours like a ripe pear soon, and consid ering it against the spirit of .the ii -;--..citi cabinet council devised to annex Canada and Cuba to the Union at the same time by our annual message, we have writ ten to Clayton against the invasion, and to sign our name to it. We are satisfied that the old boy will doit right, and that he will give it to the Intelligencer to pub lish first, that paper from the beginning of time being notorious tor its love and ten der care of our foeign relations in prefer ence to those of its own country, and lov ing, as we are led to be believe, Mexican blood as well if not better than our own. You need not, therefore, pronounce the thing a forgery j but when pressed close, you may admit it to be a humbug, for we are satisfied by letters direct from a flat boat man from New Orleans, that the gath- ering is oniy iiiiemieu to nt out an expe dition to iNew rrovulence alter green turtle, which natural history afirms grow surprisingly large in those latitudes. We looked out all the way from Lancas- ter lor tne American system and the pro tective policy ; but judge of our surprise to nnil it all a bam, and the greatest advo cates of both are native American foreigh ers, just brought over, who for the first time have had a snuff of liberty without fear of the point of the bayonet, and who. like the asses of the Psalmist, snuff' up the east wnui at a terrible rate, as though lib erty could be woven in a loom, and free dem melted in an iron furnace. The home squadron that sailed to Ha- vanna to punish that city for stealing Rev, ...:n 1 -j r t r," 9 win, wc aie airaiu, come uacK Wltn a ilea in its ear. We, however, can get off" by declaring it was only a voyage for exer cise and observation : and if uogood comes Ol 11. there Will be but little harm lnn From the Greensborough Patriot. GREAT EXCITEMENT! LEXING TON AROUSED!! V On yesterday with a spontaneous up roar, assembled in the courthouse of Lex-in"- a large and decidedly exasperated por tion of her citizens from their numbers, their enthusiasm and the ferocious look which sat upon the countenance of each it was evident for the most careless obser ver, that matters of no ordinary importance had called them together, and that someth ing desperate was about to be done. Long ana loud was the uproar, and great the confusion of tongue3, but high above the din resounded the cry of Treachery the Governor Plank Road, and Salisbury some cried one thing and some another, for the assembly was confused and the greater part knew not wherefore they were come together; but when they knew, all with one voice for about the space of half a second, cried out great is Nathaniel Boyden of Salisbury. Order having in some measure been restored, it was mov od by Mr Pomeroy that J'. P. Mabery be called to the chair, and that Silas Wright be requesting to act as secretary. iVfr Mabery on being conducted to the chair, ! proceeded, in a speech which will long be remenibereu oy tnose won woe tunate as to be present, to explain the ob jects of the meeting. I shall only give the substance of what he said ; for roanx parts of his speech were so full of fire and so full of fire and so eloquent, that tne re porter's pen full from his hands, and be wildered and lost in amazement, he gave up the vain attempt to record upon paper thoughts and words so bright and burning as those to which the speaker gave utter nance : It is sufficient however for those who know Mr Mabery, to say that he de livered himself with a decided improve-, ment upon his usual happy and felicious style. He commenced with a glowing eulogy upon the town of Salisbury, dwelt upon her rise and progress, her disinterest edness, that she was divested of all selfish ness, having at heart alone the good of the whole State ; and that whenever assail ed, we as citizens of Lexington should fly to her rescue, she having nursed us in our infancy, cherished us in our manhood, and always rejoiced in our growing properity ; tnat tne time nail come, ana ne gioriea in the opportunity, that we might show our gratitude, and in some measure cancel the great obligations under which we rested ; that a deadly blow had been lately aimed at Salisbury in the locution of the plank road ;that the Governor and others, know ing Salisbury to be a place of great com mercial importance, ornamented with costly and beautiful buildings and rich in the glories and talents of her sons, and greatly envying her good name had basely leagued together to stop her in her pros perous career, and defeat the legislative will by running the plank road butt up against Asheboro', a city of so much im portance that they knew with the aid of the plank road she would be able to outstrip Salisbury and thus cripple their much en vied rival: And though he exceedingly regretted it, yet truth compelled him to sav that three irntl "-" toidson. rciei ivmcy- osq., i uuiijj vjuuucj, aim ii gentleman from Fair Grove, were part and parcel of this abominable conspiracy. Oh, baseness unparalleled, cried the speaker. Our Ballard did not know why we star ted Stewart oft in such a hurry : and "she sedom asks questions, or answers them either, it is but little that he will be able to find out, we are thinking. 1 he elections are comiug in famo uslv We have carried everything, and are now the most favored of all Presidents, not ex cepting the first ; for we are the second though sur-nained ZACHARY WASHINGTON.. x nis interesting episiie, wnicn proves conclusively that we have not King Log at the head ot our affairs, came to us between sunset and sunrise, and has given us rea pleasure. We know now that we have a patriot at the helm : that we have a man of constitutional peace, and an opponent of every kind of war a second Cincinna- uis, without his plough, who rose upon red billows of war, and set upon the or wars oi peace in the last gasp f the- " HEROIC AGE." his tail erect paw up the dust therefore. , Resolved, 1st. That at the late meeting at Salisbury the Hon N. Boyden had a j right and was justified in delivering , himself with a great deal of fire and ener- , gy, Resolved, 2. That it is the opinion of this meeting that Gov. Manly thinks him- j self me punkins, but if he has any friends they would do well to talk to him in pn- ; Y3.tC j Resolved, 3d. That when the Governor voted for the plank-road to terminate at j Salisbury, it is very evident thiU he intend- j .d it to stoD at Asheboro'. And why? j because he couldn't have meant anything else quad erat demonstrandum. Resolved, 4th. That as stockholders in all roads desire that their stock should be profitable, and as experience has shown that such is always the case when they run through sand hills and terminate in moun tains, and that the contrary is the case when they run through a rich and fertile country, and as the great expense of these roads consists in the wear and tear; that Mr Boyden was correct in coming to the conclusion that the stockholders in the plank-road never intended it to pass through Davidson and Rowan, but oniy through the sand hills of Cumberland and Moore, ano the mountains of Randolph, so hat nothing could ever get on it to wear it out and put them to the trouble ind ex pense of building another. Resolved, 5th. That we believe danger is near at hand, and though we cannot see it ourselves, yet having confidence in the wisdom of our neighbors of Salisbury, from the noise they make we feel consider ably frightened. Resolved, 6th. That those who still think that the citizens of Salisbury, "are only disgusted because the road is to pass through Lexington, will please for charity's sake to say nothing about it. Resolved, 7th. That as the great suit, Salisbury vs. Governor, falls within the jurisdiction of a magistrate, we pledge ourselves to pay half the cost, provided we are permitted to share in the recovery. Resolved, 8th. That when we refer to what Salisbury was in days past and gone; view her now, with so many visible marks of decay upon her, and then contrast her future prospects, with those of the flour ishing town of Lexington, our sympathies are strongly excited. Resolved, That these proceedings be published in the Greensborough Patriot, and that copies of them be forwarded to the Gov. and to our distressed neighbors the citizens of Salisbury with a request that the Gov. have them framed, and that he will read them at least once every week during the remainder of his term. Resolved, That the thanks of this meet- are due to the chairman for the dignified manner in which he has presided over its deliberations, and to our worthy secretary for having hail, contrary to Ins usual custom the prudence not to open his mouth during the whole time. On motion of Mulholland arid Brownrigg of the firm of Schermerhorn & Co. the meeting then adjourned die. sine. J- P. MA-ULKl, Silas Wright, Scribu. 1849. the reen ourselves " a On last Saturday, three negroes, belong ing to G. W. MordecaL , ' ... .... - " etc uruwn- ed while bathing in ine nvpr noo im plantation in Johnston county. Golds borough Telegraphs Breathes there a man with soul so dead Who to himself hath never said This is own, my native land vet, added he, de gustibus non disputan- dum, and with tears in his eyes, amidst thunders of applause he resumed his seat. A sufficient time having elapsed forthe chairman to recover himself and relight his pipe, it was moved by Mr Bunting that a committee of three be appointed to draft resolutions expressive ot the sense of this meeting, whereupon the chair appointed for that important duty Messrs eiglar. Zeigenfuss, and Zollicoflfer During the absence of the coinmitte the delegates from Davidson, to the meeting at Fayetteville, were called upon to ex plain why they had so shamefully betrayed their trust, in terminating the plank-road at Ashehorough. They denied having done so, and for proof exhibited the proceedings of that meeting as published in the Faye tteville Observer but friend Reuben here stood up and in a very firm and dignified manner read the resolution offered by Mr Boyden, in Salisbury, showing that the Governor, and all others concerned had fixed that road to terminate at Asheborough. At this they became extremely agitated. changed color, and in a few minu es, con fessed their guilt ; Godfrey however in extenuation of his crime plead his youth aim inexperience ; tnat ne nau never travelled much ; that Fayetteville was a cij migc iuvv n j inai ne never saw so many stores and shops and his ideas be came confused by reading the signs ; that he felt so lonesome and bad that he had actually forgotten on which side of Salis bury Ashhborough stood. .?s to squire Kincey, he said it w as true that he had betrayed his trust, that ambition was the cause of his fall, that military men seemed to be the order of the day, that already two generals resided in Lexington, that he had long desired to figure as a military character, that Gov. Manly had disco vered his failing, approached him on his weak side, and "by nromisingr to mU Him one of his aids, he bribed him to betray his country ; he begged however, to be excused, for though he erred his errors leaned to virtue's side, for it was a mili tary spirit that burned within him. The gentleman from Fair Grove, like the lit tle boy that burnt his shirt, had'nt a word J to say he looked bad. ! The committee aonointed fr tu i - l put- pose now returned and through their chair man Mr Zeiglar reported the following preamble anil resolutions : Whereas, we view with great, satisfac tion the bold stand taken by the citizens of Salisbury in defence of their rights, and whereas we sympathyze with persecuted genius; and whereas to lovers of nature, it is a sublime spectacle to behold an infuria ted bull turn upon his tormentors, and with Uli'n August 1st THE DEEP From the Greensboronsh Patriot. RIVER FACTORIES. f . t oecome one oi tne prosperous sections Deep River, within the county of Ran dolph, affords a constant and abundant wa ter power, and numerous fine sites for milling improvements, which have within a few years past invited a large amount of capital to its banks ; -and presenting numerous openings lor more, promises to most flourishing and of Western North Carolina. Its Cotton Manufactories have become a distinct, important and growing interest, felt throughout a large extent of country. Those who only knew the coun try through which the river flows, (or rath er tumbles along its rocky bed,) twelve or fifteen years ago, and the sparse, shy in habitants along its narr.ow bottoms and the ravine-like vallies of its tributaries, would now be astonished at the improvements presented in a ride of twelve or thirteen miles. In this space there are 'hree Manu factories in successful operation, and two more going up, on a capital altogether of 8l7o,000 ; giving employment to a large number of operatives of both sexes all ages; affording a home market for all sorts ot agricultural productions, which has a sensi ble influence upon the prosperity of the farmer, for a considerable extent around; and giving spur to industry and enterprise of every descriptien. Having lately enjoyed a brief opportuni ty of personal observation, and of acquiring statistical information from the polite and attentive superintendents of these estab lishments, we conceive that we shall do our readers a service by imparting the results of our inquiries. We begin with the first one erected. Cedar Falls Manufacturing Company. The capital stock of this Company is $60,000. Ground was broke'here in 1835, and spinning commenced in June, 1837. The factory-house first erected, however, has been taken down, and a larger buildin recently put up in its stead, probably sur passing in elegance of design and finish any structure ot tne kind in the State. It is of brick, 108 feet long by 48 wide, three stories high with an attic, roofed with tin ; and a square tower at one end for the stairways and the support of a handsome belfry. The machinery is driven by a water-wheel 18 feet in diameter and 14 feet wide, geared with a snur-wheel at each side, to secure a more perfect stead ness of motion and equality of strain on all parts ot the water-wheel. The casting of the immense drum, spur-wheels, &c, was done at the Cane Creek Foundry, in Chatham county, and affords highly cre ditable specimens of the style of work that can he done in that line in our own State. There are in this Manufactory between 2300 and 2400 spindles, and 54 looms working up 1050 pounds of cotton per day and tunng out daily 2160 yai Is of cloth and 50 bundles of yarn in addition to the j quantity used in the looms. x nus in mc course of a year, for three hundred days, after taking out Sundays and thirteen days besides for accidents and stoppages,; 315,000 pounds of cotton are consumed, and 648,000 yards of cloth and 15,000; bundles of yarn manufactured. There are 110 operatives, of whose, character and habits we will speak pre-1 sently : the entire population is estimated at 300 all living in neat and comfortable houses belonging to the Company. Along the strip of bottom above the factory build ing there is a long street, with tidy story-and-a-half frame houses, built at conven ient distances on each side , and numerous other tenements, perched upon the sides of the neighboring hills, present from every point a picturesque appearance. The surrounding scenery is wild and romantic, bove the factory the course of the river is divided by a long rocky island, covered with cedar and other wild growth. On the north side of this island are the ' Cedar Falls," where the water tumbles and dashes and roars through an extremely rock and rugged channel along a descent of considerable extent. By means of a low dam at the head of the falls the water is turned into a canal of about a fourth of a mile long to supply the fac tory. A neighborhood grist mill is kept in operation ; but Mr Elliott Js making an individual investment in an extensive mer chant mill to go up about a half mile be low the factory. A durable covered bridge is thrown across the river near the factory. Col. Benjamin Elliott (father of Henry B. Elliott, Esq.. who now resides at the establishment.) many years ago became convinced of the immense prospective im portance of the Ceder Falls, and beca'ine the purchaser. In 1828 he endeavored to persuade some of his acquaintances to join him in an investment of capital in a cotton mill at this placej but it was a new thing in the southern country, aud men could not then bring themselves up to the point of hazarding their means in such an enter prise. But the idea was revived from time to time, until 1835, when this the first cot ton manufactory in Randolph was begun; and the result is the most gratifying success in this and similar establishments in the neighborhood. Randolph Manufacturing Company The establishment of this Company is on the river two and a half miles below Cedar Falls. The work was begun in the spring of 1849, n a handsome site which had been improved by Elisha Coffin, Esq., in the erection of a grain mill. The company commenced operations with a capital of .$35,000; the amount on which dividends are now declared is S43,000; though the actual investment at present, resulting from operations of the Company unnec essary to explain, is over S0,000. - The factory building is of brick, 80 by 42 feet, three stories high, with an addition 3G feet square ami two stories high. There are 1100 spindles and 31 looms in opera tion. Number of operatives 70. bout 800 pounds of cotton are consumed daily, am! the daily manufacture of cloth amounts to 1300 vards, besides 135 bundles of yarn not woven up: Making during the year, (on the same mode of calculating as for the C F. Co . ) :t4t.('00 pounds of cotton cuiisumed, and 3'jO.OOO yards of cloth and 40.500 bundles of yarn nviii'ifuctui ed . There are also in operation here a corn and wheat mill, wool carding machine, and cotton gin. The agent and superintendent of this factory is George Makepeace. Esq., form erly of Massachusetts, a gentleman of skill anil experience in the business, and pos sessing the shrewd ' sense and goaheada tiveness characteristic of(his native locality We are indebted to him for much practical information relate to the manufacturing operations on the river. Mr M. must par don this mention of his name: it is our true policy to encourage more of the same sort'' to come among us, and impart the benefits of their skill and their example of good management and hard work. Inland lord Manufacturing Company This Company have a comparatively small but neat and tasteful concern, situated about a fourth of a mile below, and in sight of, the Randolph Company's buildings. The house is built of wood, on a basement of brick, 60 dy 30 feet, two stories high with an attic. The capital stock is S20, 000. There are 500 spindles running, and as many more will be put in operation du ring the summer and fall Twenty oper atives are employed, turning out 55 or 60 bundles of jarn per day. Franklinsville. This is the name given to the village first made up of the opera tives, employers, &c , of the Randolph Company, but now extending down the river and including also the Island Ford establishment. The number of inhabi tants is not known: there -are forty-two dwelling houses near the upper factory. The river here affords a wider bottom, and the hills recede with a gentler slope than at Cedar Falls ; the streets are laid oft' in regular order, and the entire village occu pies a large extent of ground. There are some remarkably handsome situations well improved. The old side Methodists have a large and commodious church, at which, however, ministers of other denominations frequently preach. A flourishing Sunday school and bible class are kept up. The school-house is an exceedingly neat and well arranged structure. We mav here remark that at Cedar Falls there is like wise a good church, (where the Baptists, we believe, principally worship.; and III isra a I 1 - . IT'S ouuuay SCIIOOl IS kpnt- A substantial covered bridge of great length spsfns the river at Franklinsville. iwelve hours per day is the average time of work the year round, except on Saturdays, when it ta nnlv nine hours. Wages average from 12 to 37 cents" per uay, according to the age, skill and expe nenceofthe hand. Some make nothing at this, owing to their habits of expendi ture ; "while others lay up money. For instance, Mr Makepeace informed us that some of (he girls employed by the Ran dolph Company, had the Company's not for over one hundred dollars, now B0i on interest. s n5 The Market at the Factories, and t! facilities there afforded for produce t change hands, is worth a great deal to tht community, tensive stores are con nected with each Factory, where groceries and a great variety of merchandise are kept for the public trade. Jit Cedar Falls, it is estimated, by those in constant super intendence of the business transactions of the Company, that there is annually pur. chased at that place 3,000 bushels of corn 25,000 pounds of b?.con, 300 barrels of flour, 2 beeves a week, and chickens, epo.s butter, &c, in quantities difficult to eatil mate. At the other Factories the amounts bought are the same in proportion. In. deed, we were informed that the purchas es of corn at Franklinsville the past year was estimated at about 5,000 bushels While we were there a wagon from For sythe county was delivering a load of corn. Deep River Manufacturing Company. The site of this Company's operations i two and a half or three miles below Frank linsville. They have commenced with a capital of 20,000, which is to be increased to 830,000. They have put a brick build ing 92 by 48 feet, two stories high with an attic. We understand they propose to have machinery in operation about Christ mas. We regret that we did not have time to visit this situation, where we un derstand that well directed capital and en terprise are working the changes that have attended the progress of similar works, above. Union Manufacturing Company. ThU Company is building seven and a half miles above Cedar Falls, at the site of Dicks's old mill, where the road from Greensboro? to tfshboro', on the bridge route, crosses Deep river. They hail just got the foun dation of a brick building, 102 by 44 feet which is to be three stories high" with an attic. 1000 spindles and 20 looms are to be started. The Company have com menced with a capital of 25,000, which we presume will have to be increased be fore they can go into full operation on the scale proposed. They have put up a new grain mill, driv en by Howd's patent water-wheel, which, works under back water while there is. sufficient head above. It is proposed to il rive the machinery of the Factory with the same kind of wheel. Two-story frame houses for the opera tives are going up, on a plan of size and convenience superior to any others on the River, The Company's store is opened,, and apparently doing a thriving business- In less than two years, we predict, there will be over two hundred thousand dollars of capital invested in manufactories along Deep Itiver in the county of Randolph. The enterprise here displayed deserves the most extensive public encouragement ; this is our excuse f.r the length and particular ity of our observations touching these improvements. F rom the Raleigh Standard. MESSRS LANE AND STANLY. It appears, from the following article from the (joldsborougli Patriot of S.-i tun I ay last, that after all, MrStanly is not legally elected. That paper promises a further statement in regard to this matter hereaf ter. The Kditor Says : The facts, as reported to us, are these r One precinct in Hyde, giving Stanly 49 majority failed to reach the court house at the time, appointed by law, to compare the polls- The sherifTof that county, of course. had to go to Washington to meet the other Sheriffs of the district to make his returns, nil of course he vvent there with those returns, as made out at the Court House of his co'unty, in hi possession. If these returns had been made by him without any alteration, we learn that Lane was entitled to the certificate of election at the hands of the sheriffs. But to avert this, a letter, as we learn, was received at Washington by the Sheriff of Hyde, stat ing that Stanly had received 49 majority in the district alluded to, and' which 4D was taken into account by the sheriff and returned accordingly. This gave Stanly 47 majority. Now whether these votes had been polled at all; or whether; if poll ed, the sheriff was authorized by law to receive tnem at Washington, is still a mat ter of doubt, and we forbear comment un til we can lay the true statement of the case before the public, havin nothings .yet, but rumor, upon which to base our remarks. It is due to Mr Stanly to state that he is reported to have told the sheriffs that Lane was entitled to the Certificate." An intelligent corresnondent of th Ral eigh Star, traveling through Chatham coua- ty, thus speaks ot the enterprise of some w her citizens : "I ended with telliivr vam lie well as I can recollect, of thi Hon. in.r mills and wool machine at Hadley's, some 9 ! I ivr , r e ... jf nines r. v. oi ritlsDoro. It was on tne 17th July I was there; anj after the speak ing I went home with our Quaker tiiend Thos. Lindley, one of the proprietors of the N C. PomoJogical Gardens and Nur series. I fouud him to be frank and lib eral minded, and although there was an appearance of native rudeness a want of city polish you may call it there was nevertheless a freenessand sincerity in his manner, which gave a relish to his hospi tality. He carried tne over his farm, showed me his orchards his gardens, and his nurseries; and I assure you I have not spent a more pleasant evening since I left Raleigh. Friend Lindley informs me that his orchards comprise 17 or 18 acres and his nurseries 8 or 10. He has on hand at present. 3,000 choice Peach Trees, 20,000 ' Apple ' 5,000 Pear trees of all descriptions, 1,000 Cherry trees, 300 Apricot 200 Nectarine 200 Plums " 100 Evergreens, Spruces, Fits, &c
The North Carolinian (Wilson, N.C.)
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Aug. 25, 1849, edition 1
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