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;. :. : : ,; r : -i ; .i'-. . f . ; - a - :xmmmy:;m- -:i 'I-' i;iri , : l ' - . - . ..! :. - - h-;: !rvr-:f Vui--1-!:.r . ! t7 - H JO II N C A.M K RON." - OXFORD; Nl C, DECEMBER. 1, 1843. .' , S .'. ' ,.. . . .VOL. Ill D. VII. ? . - - a - - m . .... . . . - - . ... .. - " I. - - . i . - r - i in -ri . . ..- , . - --tl .... i - -- . 1 . Till: .MERCURY- WlUlie isuoJ rtrrry Fri.lny at Three Dutxaws h Annum, p.yW "'anrf. , I prrnM f.ifwardmz lvo ilwcriiiorn, wilh Hie amour f.jt nil 1 nuini naitwi-ive acjiy 01 our wjr ar.iu AnvERTiKMK,T"- On !o1Ur Tor every 11 tine o"Nrent for cdcli uccilinff iiiwrlion. (Virt oflM 'l J u.lici il i JvcrtUcnicnta will Uc clinr; A Hleral UeJu'-tioii 'will -o maJe in favour of ailvr : .. the veiir. f AH toitwri to the EJitor most conic- free of Posj AftUmitnro deliberation wr have roncluJeil urri .-. Mrcurv. to lo '.o uion the csh ir'nciiI ti .Ti 1:1 ike no p aille li!feretico to tho inb.Hcrilrrg ih; Lib lf -troiiMe Htten.lin tlin collection of a nu nber J l""T T ...... a I !... ..,;ti I.. uch fiinill uelrt, ;ir ui um n j mui mir c..n liii'n w'ith oumoIvc tfc l it infic! witb ourcou ACNT?4 FtU TUli SIlfiKCUUY. J "MITCHELL,! QxlbrJ, N. C. . . r n m ! ' . . . . 1 r 11 wii.ri jbtlN II. WE015, UilUWoujih, N. C. (lEOltGK W. JONES, Red Mountain, N. C JOHN W. SYME, Esq, Petersburg, Va. KDWIN G. READH, Person Co., N. C. MICllAEt. W. FERRELL, Halifax, N. C i V KXTRACTr FROM ISVIl. WEBSTER'S; SPEECH Gentltmcn, 1 believe Inai a xariii 01 mode i atd dinie?, caftfully aiil, ii expedient f( hole countrv. . 1 " ict IWue it augments the szcreeate df naiional wealth by stimulating labor.- tVlodeiate imtiOstsUipon such articles I .1 .1. ..n.lii ra. m net !noTitnVtllii VC" Can 8I1U 11" iimiiuirt i'1' ' ii'i-iiioui furnish a stimulus to our lobor, and it is ncv the tenerai, "nearly the universal opinion v, lhnr ik the source of wealth. Canit; I is a stimulus to labo. ji Now, to me, it ap pears very plain that? if the stimulus can L e applied here with pt pater ellect than at! a distince, the' countryiwill be benefited ai - cordinp,ly. V. ! . I On this'poinl I h?ve' authority of M Culloch and Senior, I writers of the very liihest repute, both of whom I have" the The experience of all aj;es an nations prove?, that hjoh wages are at once the keenest spur the most powerful stimrjlusto unremitting and aspiduoti-tj exertion, and the best means of attachinj; the people' to the inlitutions under whicli llhev live.", ,;.;'... j .'A J': It is our gijod fortune, gentlemen, to lve in a country distioguihed over the world by! a high rate of wages j;- V,e are heie t,n the midst of al country, a ricultral, nianu fact tiring and com mercial. 'This very town ! its institutions- -show thehappy results of this condition of things. It is a beauti ful town- few are more so. In an agricul tural point of jview it is very fertile There are. streams i it which affonl facilities, im proved to the fullest extent of their capacity, to turn mills and c'rive manufactories. And what rate of Wases do we see exislina: here!? e find that female operatives anerrpaying their weekly board, receive two dollars, or nine shillings sterling per week. Is there any thina, like this in any of the manufactur ing districts of Kngland, France, Germany, Prussia ? ' Nothing. The men, after like wise paying their, expenses, clear twelve capital invested in these lis about $500,000 1 they employ about 325 men manjX cf them with families -and consume about S200.000 worth of iron antl S 50, 000 worth of coal ; and fnrnrut fabrics row to the value of about 6700,000. j --Vt; '! ' 'l ' RKCAPITUi ATION. '.. ' The' arnotiiit! invested jin the manufacture of cottoE and I iron, $977,500 ; number of persons employetl, say about Si, 000 ; value of coal, iron ?nd cotton manufactures per annum, Besides the above, which embraces cotton and iroiiialuife theie isian extensive paj)er mill, a woollen manufactojy, flouring mills that manufacture about : 100,000 barrels of flour per annum ; upwards of $1,000,000 of tobacco manufactured into chewing tobarcp, per annum., and in adJition, coach factories. manufacfories pf boots and shoes, guns and locks, one, of pianos, brass ou ndnes, &c , &c.' J list previous to the adoption of the present tarifls, the manufacturing operations of Rich mond, Petersburg, and other places through dollars a month otlier country now the West, but forthepeculhr excellence of her 1 tobacco; wouldlrrbwd f jhcii but of foreign markets, or put the price down so low, that the cost of i?s production, and the advantage of more ptofiUble pursuits she eh' joys by reason of her position, w'ould induce Jber, perhap, to abandon' entirely, certainly n ayrreai uesrep, uscuiijUre in a lew years. ljjist 'y ear there wet e received; at the port of New Orleans, from t he tobi?cof regiorK ! . I 1 . ) L L ' ' .' I ' oi tne w est, more man iwice asnany nov i : r . i . t ' - i e xt- neaos oi tonacco as tne nnrej crop.oi vir-ginia--whilt a large portion of .the! western crop was sent via the Peiinsylvania improve ments! to Baltimore and elsewhere. This is an important fact regarding the destinies r T : : : . ci - - . . lj . 1 - oi V irginia, cnie must uccumc a manu facturing Stale J j "'' .The people generally fare fasjt; giving up lueir oiu nouons on inesi arm, pr inoe no tions which once were regaided peculiarly v irginiah.' f A majority inay now be found in favor of the Tai iff 'view's- as advanced, by the people ol uichmonili in their memona : E nd I ak an v one if there isnoVanv com 1 pi int of undue high' price in any article to which thr present laiiu extend;. honor to know, and whom it is my pleasure crcatly to esteem. ; - i I Jlr. McCultoch is a-gentlerncn, who hi s contributed more tiari any man of cur age I - i ' 1 1 1 r -. ' 1 ll:' to a correct knowledge oi stausticsanu poli tical economy. But if I may venture to say so, jMhink some of lib opinions a little tc o abstract ; or, at least-jnot applicable here,--Oui State I think peculiar; .We'have i o suc broad distinction between capital ard libir as prevails in England. There is, j deed, ha subject which so "mtfch-requires a new essay to set forth all its prominence ai d importance, American labor; tnerej is nnik'.. like it on the Ulobe. ana there nevtr .wii' fAnnlause) t 4 1 Qnr labor reaches j beyond mcje ?ubisl ence In Kngland! jibe case is diflereni.j Wei know that labor augments itself ar d , crca'es capital, and looking at our country, we,! therefore,-see that her condition is, ar d wilt be, most fortunate and happy for ha f a , ccniury to come. j ' I Gentlemen, the labor of the U. States is respectable. We arcj emphatically a cou i- trv rr lahnr. L.aDor overv.wnere mixes u self with capital. 'jTlje fields around u , how many of them are tilled by thei jowrt ers ! I he shops in pur towns how tna.m' We cannot see this in any And there is a degree of personal elevation of character,, of respecta bilil', of 'education, aong our laboring classes whicv is io be "found nowhere else. Why should we wish to change this happy condition by any speculation or experiment which will not be likely to improve, and may destroy it. 1 ;;!.' . . I I confess that rriany persons . in the com rrionwealth, and peihaps in the crowd around me entertain opinions directly the reverse of those which have produced these results I'm-' and this state of things. I attribute them to misapprehension, and am therefore desir ous that our'opponents for I will notlcU them enemies nor adversariesmay hoar us with a spirit; of candor so that we may seejif our opimonsi and actions cannot be .made, to coincide. '.-j-; .; 1 ' '.j r But lei me revcit to Andover. IJtre is a. township q( about nine square miles, oc cupied by an intelligent, welLfecl, well clothed, well ! housed" population ; there are ten or twelve neat and well a-ppointd places ol worship ;;twenty of those ge r.s uf New England, free schools, where the sons .of tjie rich and the! poor meet on an equal footin and receive! ; the, S3irie useful instruction not ihp dotP v ivWpKM.:t9 lp.l nna i, -if Thv auveriei io in ine eat iv pari oi tnis review. ...w , .. ...v... ...... ...v., : .1. T . I i . e first civ xiurrieu as 1 am, i deem it o ,im eraduallyl recovered during the first I six months after passage of the taiifjf, and most rapidly during the last ei gh t months , so that t h ey a 11 id o i ng a fa i r business ii o w I w hi 1 s t some of Jiem, j.he cotton factories, are push ed to- their utniost lofupply the demand which the v are scarcely able. to do. M Richmond memorialized-Congress for.the rinsssioro Uf t h q 1 1 1 ir IT ' a ml en rliit T'olt.ct-iiir.r J believe. The memoi ial sent from Rich mondf which had the largrst number of signatures ever; put to a paper, asseiteu these propositions : 1 '';;,:.! ''U.!j; V!;! 'i I'-iMl H ::t ' 1 hat duiies should be adepuate. to. the purposes of revenue. .That they should be discriminating also-rnot only with a viejw to fa v or (1 o m es tic: prod u ctions, ;but'to be befit the consumer hy enirging !tHe 'supply, and by auling doniestic;c',,'P&l,t,onf wluciii is always active, to Co r e i 2 n co rn n e t i t o u . ; w hi ch is sometimes ; i. .efficient, 4nU! never resilar and cor.5l3ni . ; :-:ri .'- It was alsoi R-rther asserlpJlthat the Tan If policies of diflerent civilized; na- portance to give you this jidditiool sketch, showing the probable amount of jt aw cotton manu facturedlor used, by our factories i in Virginia '.- :-r Jl. h-'li-; '. . '.-I ? : In Petersliurff, ny the Lltritks Matoaca Mechauiii it ' (t , it" ;1 ' t U - II ,'.H- '" : ' U 1 In lj irliiiinnif ! I " ;t;i Albemarle Cii. " Ii! Merchaijts' Co., Canal Co J BatterseaCo., ; Washington Co ,' Eagle Co', : : Mancheti-r Co., J . Kicliniond Co., ! St.iing 0iil Co.j Ttuulwoll, Co. '. i Union Co.. i in isle ot Wight county, II ! In Fredericksburg, ; j M v In Lvnchburr, . ! 1; ' ; In the other smaller fictoru-s of tha Stafei ( 150abal 100 " . 1000 &0 " 40 J " 400-76C0 2j00 " 1400 "! ' 4004000 5i0 i , 400- D00 ' 600 CO0 600 1000 i i i 1 I 13,300 I say therefore, lo all our brethercn, that the manufacturing is notfan exclusive, but a ge.nerr.l interest, and is tolpe properly! sustain - iihilpr "i W.Y pcisuauuif sum ioriu io voie uuii! iiic ouuui. lor iear ine oouin moil n et the start, but by patrjoiism, mo(eratibh, rr aa.if..iltrU : vvaV l, ,vL,un:t ai iti -JUi; Qn9 u code iliat ionriiHr regilat ions. ptilions a portion of the labor appiied to it. atiu a - iiili i.a.1111 ' ai m. i i ic: virii wn i line, i i iir-r tin i . mestic ruarkeU lor ilsl nrcdArl, r 4n.t lihat eS,ab 'f ?ed t P"y articles embraced in .UQlrrtr uU!nw ..rL.i.;L;; -L.., provisions were considerablv act ores, 5,000,000. .S-r H!'i.:. if . ; j : If;- l he lown of Petersburg lias eight cotton manubctunng establishment now ini full operation. JShehas leasetl three flouring1 mills, a paper mdl, afwollen factory l&c,, with a fixed capital of near $1,000,000 in cotton manufactories, $185,000 in flouring o tobaccocmanu at son of over 10, are Occupied by .their proprietors for the coA vcnient pursuit iof their callings' Ilenvc, in the United States tye see labor and fa pit d mixed together in ajdrgree unequalled. in tl e world. What is tlie value t)f an hundreld acres of land at .the (opt of the RockyMouA-1 tains, or in the remote regions of Spanish South America ? Nothing at all. Theie is no value to any land till man' lias mixed his'; labor with it. But, the moment an American laborer dyives his plough through theiie acres, or fellsja'tres upon themj th t moment he creates capital, which every step he flakes and every stroke he gives, constan ly iug'rients. Where else, in this worh , shail'we' find the same stale of things to such a degree ? . .. .. ;! ; i. ; 1 have vertlured to express my dou t whether all the opinions of McCultoch are ' applicable to us ; but 1 acknowledge, wi h p'eksure, that on thc(subject of the impoi J anr'e of high sgs, ihe 1as expresseil hiint felf tn the jnstel aiul noble term. j He h $ (at r) down .maxims, which lie at the found i tiofi of natural prosperity. This is what I e ; ay :: ' '. " ' . ' 9 ' ' ! "J , ! HThe best infercst of society require tint thej rate of wei should be elevated as high US pi'd94lIU , - m mjt iui lliv, lUIIUUl luxuries ami ejiayments . of ,. human ,. lifp . slfpiuld be widelyd flosed, and if possb interwoven with Hie national habit-' an . nmudicc. A low rate?f wages, by tender in-iit imposai'de for inrVe:ed rxer;tions cblain any consuVrahlr ibcreae of comfiir and enioynients, tfl rully himiers any u h rvertions from cVt r bf ing made, and is." If all others,, the most powerful cause of thpt idleness and apathy, that contents itself with whaj can barely continue animal cxislenc Here, too, is a clasical seminary which has lry haS a clearer interest in the due encourage lu.i- oc-cu. wimi&uiiiuv ur iui ispe j anu ment and support of! hoh.ei imanu eiegaui eniars, anu, oi moie receni es- ,nari tie agricultural. taoiisnmeni, a tneoiogicai msinut . on, tne The total capital invested ir, the more im piety, learning ana taien.ts oi wnose pro- p0rtant;manuiactures of Richn)bnd,is about &.a.i i . i i - f , - ... i i.- i . , s. ti i, lessors na y B"i cuur reii ii no. en nui oniv sin the United Stales, but in Europe. (Ap plause. V 1 he taritT the tariff h:.s been largely instrumental in all this. (Cheers), ) Gentlemen, I believe .j. j: ' ':' - i 2d. That, ihe tariff favor? every interest of the countrv. The sugar planters ol Louisiana, we know it encourages. The cotton groWers of the South, I firmly believe it helps, because I deem the maintenancejof a steady maikel here, of verssential be nefit to theoi. I believe, moreover, that it is expressly favorable to the agricultural interest, but upon this I need not enlarge, Us I have recentlj in another place, taken oc casion to speak upon ibis subject. 1 I There is one essential difference between the U. S ates and England, with respect jto agriculture.; 'There, the produce of the soil does not feed the population ; consumers therefore demand 1 a free importation of foreign piofluce. With lis iV is exactly the reverse. jGur agriculture is productive jfar beyond oujr. consumytion, and .the grealtsf aims of ourvproducers are an augmented de manu at nomr, rmd as, mucn increase las possible Ini the demand from abroad. We are sellers-the English are buyers and this makes all the difference in the world; in tariff does not nrcessarilv iincrease prices.! The year after! the present pne was its lower than they had before. been, jjlere is a statement respecting certain ones.'!i. v; i : . i ' i j Jl j : - ; - il '! ' ': 'I -' !' i j' ; L Ntw YorkK, Gib Xovniil.er. 1843. My Dear Sir -In conformiiy with my pro-' miss on Saturday last, now semi y n the. an nexed stall nient if pi ireis of articles of Ameri can niauufacture in tliii city in the rnomhs .f July August mid benteuiber of 1812, and the : i- ; J. i v ? ii . wnuittg niomns oiirisi. i i j i f Prices of NaiU in"l&12. Jnly......4 to 4V cents per lb: - corres the reasoning. Gentlemen, this manufacturing interest is not a local I interest, and ; so m,nch progress has elsewhere been made in certain manu factures, that I cannot but think a more just feeling as to this point, must follow. There is not a stale at the South, that has not, Sal this moment, cotton manufactories, and fm mills, and 1,000,0001 in rac t o r i e s . ' r: i - r ' ' j ; ' ' " y j " fVheelingy w'wh a ropu 000 in I la bit a ut s h a s a bou t 1 3 G est a b I i sh hi e n t s fbr the manufacture bfv domestic goods raising annually 1243,000 bushels, of coal, and giving employment to mrie tiiarV 1700 personsj,, yielding an annual product worth S2,000,000. ; Her chief mariufactures are iron fastings,; bar iroh, ami glass i. Jear Wheelipg, and in the vicinity of Richmond, -r ' rtr rrr I Ll. . t "r . I 1 : 1 W - ' I . . ,uuu,uvvi wu&ijeis oi coai are raised annuatlv. Near Richmond alone'i the quantity raised exceeds, 5,000000 bushel. ! i ? v :. The small; town oi; Fredericksburg has several iron and wolleh'manufactoriesi which with flouring and other mills, employ a capital, cf about 250,000. f : i ) - f:"" t : Lynchburg, This large and flourishing town with nea 7000 Inhabitants is a nface of large operations in the manufacture of tobacco, iron, flour; cdttoni an.oiinting to several millions of dollars annually. I from oiner places where Imanufactones particular, inlor- l Auj;...... 44 to ti ept 4 to 4 Prices best Peini ! do I llo. ' do : do. : Pig Iron, 1842 J'dy, lig. y Sept. $30 pi r ton. il'enn.; Itolled Uaiilnm, 1842. h July. A"?, and u(Sept 10, $70.. From Sepi. lOdi to Oct., 1st $73. ' Prices of .NailVinSlS.. :; ;Jij!y..i.......3 -cents per; jb. Aiigv."t'..:..4 ;do',do. ,,'t.' '. L S-pt I...4 ; do (. Prices best Peon. Pig Iron. 1843. Juy, Aug; &. Serltl 25 ier loi 'Penn. Rolled Bar Iron, 1843. jJidy, Au. and Sjti:ii'f..$C5v 'Sica August, IS42 II K EFFECT OF W II IO M KASUR ES The only measures i hich the Whign ofibrt ast Lonjjrrss were able 't carry but an the most irnp.titaiil of ihele Iv'a majorilv nj -i J ' V . ri ,,rr" "uie8U" car' Home t, were, those designed to re-establish rrrcota aaeqiiaie-16. the want of 4he- Governinrntj and thereby to restore the public credit. TrJ J; consequence f' those v measures bus been the immediate' and now eflective ' reuicitntion of i the cretlit nf he General iwoverninrp.t. J Thn ' six per cent, slock of the United Stati?,' which . was hawked about both in thi enuhtrv ami ill i Europe twelve, months go viihoot . finding I purchasers at par, h now selling in the st'orla - market of; this country at hinetcen per crnl . above parNai.IntV ' iY- hiv- f ; j - COMPLIMENTARV. -A .te.llOW ; Wrote JlOlTlA to: his faihei as. follnirs :f-"Yu,hai boiip( conie out to Sangamon Co, ll., for alnuihiy mean meir grt offices here.- ,1 I t . , ' ' I. '. From the Qreensbornusb. Patriot: ' - j j "SPEED THE PLOUGH." ; i In passing the store of ?ilessrs J. & S'oant a day or two ago, our attenfidn ivas arrcsteit hy two or three ploughs, before their door of peculiar and improved construction, for this! I country. They ; were mnhufartiireti under the supervision of Dr. t William Ri Holt, of Lexington. Every part of the im r. plerrient which coms in; contact w'nh the eailh is made of iron4very long from '..heel f to point, ensuring steadines of motion and uniformity in , depth of. furrow, and a mouldboard of the most graceful twixt, aj parenlly adapted in the hcstpossible manntS" for Uurr.ing; over -the lanll thoroughly anct with ease bclh to team anil ploughman., Irt short, they r arc the TmeM looking plough we ever ptjt our hands 4o." By the way!, having formed ail early altachmtnl to tl.o plough-handles. and cherish. rtg still a iinceru a flee lion fcrMhesel old acquaintance, wp claim the benefit of experience .and the 'prei-r-?gaiive of judges of the arljcle. i -DrIUief -rriaiks, in a note lo Alessia Sloan, that they . are the Proiity:and Mears premium plough, now in highest rputef- Which I tar take several premiums inNewiingland They are now considered -superior lo all, other.' Piice of the article, wiih an extra land side ahdipomt.or ahtre, ten dollars -ivl" Among Dr.tH' specimens ;ofn'mpoi ted, ock, he mentions as having mi hand, now ready for; the purchaser, some fine Leicester Bucks,'yielding at one yeafc eld. from sevei ' to eight poundsof wool each. 4, ? iy; L. J I he persevering endeavors of Dr : Ilolt io ejevate and improve lhe aricnllural pursn!i pfj the country, deserve encouragement anl rewardat,lhe ands olins.fellow cilizena ' particularly from iu jbrother farmers.- Whe ther infihe cultivation f ihe soil or thi rearing, of fine .stock,, he Jina exhibited a ;dis! criminating judgment, And devoted l imsef with an.induslry.only -apprpacheilvby ;,4is wot thy, father, the, late. AIiclaelJJoajof OrangeJ If .the paying !e-:corrrct. ilhat' he who makes two.blfldes of ra'st grow ivhere only one grew, before denenVa more of .hii 1 cpunkry iban a cpnqueror,- Iheniis T' Hi petier, patriot 'nan. cowpenlul ofcHump here have teen (ut are in operation, I have qo j.-.': '. ".;' ' '.'' j-; maiUll. jjl . :i .-,.;. v :RJ: . .. GENERAL ESTIMATE. .In Wheelihg, Pefer8burg, Richmond,1 Lynchburg, redericlisburg, and Kanawha N. York tlvcre is now for sale considerable rH" ant ?u quantities ef Southern good,. , ) ployen in j the leading manufactuies of " TlO n ..IV iSrr hho ,v ill !t-o inlni-rMnl lri I , T"T. ' I 'V k,f"VUUUII lildll liv. .v.i'wt.iijiuviw itb IIMUI lildliuil very few if any, nails rna'nuLctAiredjliii this country oi imported iron.r, Prior to January, 1842 thehbulk pf nails;soKl inliiiU Jnarket we're from Snedesr iro'p ; hen: th4 whole sale price of that desciipifon of iron) seldom reachad jso low a; poirtas SQS per toiv; Sirte Augit,lS42, the ' priMihasj ranged from $70 . to 875 per ton. t 'Competition among American rnanulaclurets (aided, pro babty, uy low prices in Iruropel has reluccd itiaans. 1 1 l -5 u . : i ',1 m ' t - of the manufactures of Virginia STATEMENT OF MANUFACTURES ; IN RICHMOND. h i Cotton. Three. eot ton factories which have 14,200 spindles, 263 looms, and em ploy G10 hands or operative. : They con ii factories, blast furnaces, arid I foundries, in uiau- w cjuuue8 i v irginia has every element and every ad antae for manufactur ing Cotto ji,' iron, lead, hemp, wool, 'are diffused in each of her fourrgrand divisions, ana sau in ineisoauiwest. tier water no wer is rot( exeelled, and doubt -whether it is sume $153000 worthy of raw material, and I equalled, in t any other State in the -Union o turn out 5378,000 in value of cotton fabrics per annum w ith a capital of 6177,500, j "i ; IrtoN. :'tit-re are two rolling mills, one nail factory!, three extensive iron ;foundries, two saw. anu axe manuiaciories, ani inree The impoitaRce of her manufactures is far neiier appreciated among herilcitizqns?;lhan formeily. 1 doubt whether! so rapid, so gptierM, and; so gt eat a chtnge in fvor of hg bject has taken place any Svhere else extensive establishments forhe manufacture I tn ihe.Unite.l Slates; as has occurred ir this r : "i. .! i i-.i:r' :.'! ...i:a !J - 1 lt.! ' i.J.i. laI' : ' i : i r ' i ui ai icuiiui at mi jiiciuciii, in m ilieu i a i uiu vuoriiiuo wcauii iiunng me last two vfears, Thni I hn ivio lho f nVioAnn Slln n greater or less amount of csslirg. m :V e h a d i b e pleasure y e(er day o f e la m i tfl ing a ilpwn Cfock,:rnady Mr. B.UNI Bouford, of our Bpro.-igh.Ljt was aet tm u Cr?).qt ?f his store saruk PM? t Ootioo,7iwhcr4 it ran ihrough tbe day., It ; is one ml trw finest specimens of work that.werhave ever , witnessed in NorfolkTe jdn is origirwh with hm ; t is calculaletlp rfirj Ifjays by1 byj rh weight,, raliing 24 rett.orfc8iiJ ;r wilh 12fprt fJI ,,Th..i,t:..i " : t - ; . .iw siieiiiii' ijii x. nuvrMf the prices pi bar iron and nails jinthia coun-jes an ad Vantage over otheeUcks, which TO A's ??t ron in ; Europe have ;been: very ;es.enlial to a publia t1roe i);ec"e: vi il.A : - i J -I-.' ' t ' ; - , reel is a cirrular one whicj can behiltcd li the Vgh, hourn,wihout; racking- be clock strike ; and. .if the clock aloulitby-iacfidert -NfPiUe' io run dowii f can hciiei io the Vn5 pfyhoM1 S-Mil P be wKoleU ch a n i s m w e ! a ei e t e r; is enV--,a fid . J t re 0 ec 1 a " credit upon tc manufapiuing mechanics; cf I..;.. . 1 '1 ' - t m mm - A ecjmera of tJieir hindywp k'cld h WW yinre; puhhe ina proper manner t J he tireeirlrdfaml ;vipm(u lie Nil deniessed in consenuence of our tiritf. mil coriseqnentiyit is the operation jof tfje Tariff aione wnicn now enables the consumer, to porjcjiase these articles at iheir, present re duced rates. , I have long been satisfied that English iron, patticularly, couht,beaffor(ed t b u s e y e n u n d e r ; t h e . p"j-ese n t "t Ta 1 1 ff ; , t h e prices Tn England being regulated rather by what the article would command he re- than tlie cost of production lheref If this be i rue ihe reduf (Jon ofduties pro v hied (ot by ihe Compromise Taiiff went directly Intu - the" pockets plfVmga producers. ll; ? I ncTJvriti ng 1 h e a bo ve, a fr i n d v h as fu i r n t sh led m e i i t h th efol I o w i r. g f a fc t s r e U tive.tqtbepricefScb. an -An criict 1 S4 'X 1 Say-In Aug. I812,?he ri-e hi tJ.bvitv', was $23 per tin . ' T viJ ' 843i ; -- ) .. i 3,50 hr 7 Siy-pW JA'tr. 181-JL 'the price ofsin e iivh fl , f I 13 i-5. ibla, n wonld be V i : lb 2 tier ten. C 'rNybeiye hatthejIUs ror HaStp fex:sling bereand aviih'alitiie -itatiGn-il4 'JMPUjnat.e. -nicttetoUHif u iojI.q nil!l ,1" li rtl I ll ' y .. - : i ii cuit vi i tie Old Bcroi gjk.: , rfmirican Beacon; i ( ' w I- ' t 1 u : ,'i 4.
The Oxford Mercury, and District Telegraph (Oxford, N.C.)
Standardized title groups preceding, succeeding, and alternate titles together.
Dec. 1, 1843, edition 1
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