Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1829-06-30
q tUHN0ND, JUN s. 40.
MANUFACTURES

kagucts " Free Trade advocate" a sufI3rtsrS
number oil subscribers to pay the 'expsnces of
has been obtained and that this inter-
esung Journal Is therefore 10 bs continued Va
hal this event as Propi,ious the success of free
and liberal principles.
The present condition of the Manufacturer de-
cidctly proves, that the American Sustain" has
been carried to a ruinous excess: and that ths
ariif has had the effect. Of ocer-1oing the pro.
auction oil goods ia our country, and Of en-.
souraginS the smuggling OF foreign articles Tho
In Massachusetts,. III K. Island and
In Philadelphia, are suffering from both thssn
causes.
The "Froe Trade Advocate OF the 18th inst.
states same
inst ny friend, who him,sf the proprietor of mesr~
pinninE so,ton ,ad hands n nans:r a. .sr
Cotton wo%In AID s of q. 10. pes
cent: per pound ar number Gsen Kiasssn essi
and sSas. sS, 70 make pound Of yarn requires pound
S u ss Il n. p:,a as %
lie stated ysy great aassr Of , Rssn ssp
opn"n thai ,sIn5 5aus ~ S s, 'nS .sssss aud
been employed u,a;~ ,sar pa he Ta "a
particulars ~hsh 10 hi. es.ro5ss a. ioIIos, p
we're IN the praeie. 81 demanding cash wssve Tor
yarn; ~" Pi.ees Obliged the eonsas the
the pureh,.. Of but about .as.
3 ~ On is.S the quantity Of usehnefy in oPess,sa
qaaters, produce thai,
could dpi res,h sale. c..slt wa. that In, H.;
tnenIo coer credits
th, naturally led the into ovst.dns soms Of n.,s
we:vef, had r. fsY City oon other. less and Get oSu.
they extended their business Furnishing yarn for o.sof
weays' that Is for these who have ,inxs loon 10 then
WE'VE OF even sixteen thousand dollars IN the eou.s Of Tie
ioar months Tor which til. eed,~ss allowed. som. Of bs
bought yarn tim and BY thus eonvertiss
,S ;l n., mater .m.auias;us took upon thsHss
The Advocate" Of the goth states also, tina,
near Ss eh sY 81 is,s. cotton spinning shlhuent
were suspended the is,h and the psr.o.s erne.
to .sou four hundred discharged We learn s,.s
sinty Of Philadelphia hs,. aoied their hand, that ~,
pesssd 81 wages nH be Submitted TO- or the work. be
he following is picture Of tls condition Of Il.
island, drawn by Providence paper:
EmoarTGssmenfs-Th enbarraasments Whit.
nave been realized in this im,net naisbo, b,pS
tor the last ten days. have had no parallel In the
history OF the republic. Men OF repu,ed capitai.
anu VINO have wiihstool the shock of forrner chan
ges AMI 'iines;-nen, who for the lsst forty yexrs
nave stood irm, erect, and un,i;.maycd befors th
tempest OF the times ;hat have assailed than re-.
no" lettering on the verge Of bankruptcy and rn.
~ iheir iaii bears excessively heavy on TIN.
poor and laborihg olarsss, who by the yyiy. ar, In
reality the principal sufferers. Deprived Of en-
p'oyment ieshtue and frendless, they are thrown
upon the world. and know not how to obtain a i've.
nhooa. within the last ten days, within ,hs elf-
Gle oi ten adjacent miles, upwards of twenty i've
nuuireo feopie have been suddenly and unex-
Ia
tress that such event has produced can hs hst.
ter imagined than described;
Ano,her frovidence paper Che Herad) gyeA
inc ioiiowing melancholy account:
j" The present distress of the Manufactures ia
England, swithout example in the history
oil Tins country. We have cautiously avoided rny,
mention oil their distressed condition beratof,rn
as we are sensible that nothing can be more de.
uI.neh'ai 10 their sa.cty than hasty and mistaken
newspaper opinions. We should have Continued
silent, had not the fact become matter Of nukin,
no'oriey, both hers and abroad The f.iinree
winch nave already taken place, accor,,jpr Ia o,,,
es'in,ate haze suspended The Operations of o6o.,s
$1,000 spindies and turned out of enrnlo,, Et,Js
short o. 300 families, ,chose sole depe,,e,e, ,,a
upon fheir daily earnings. The situation of some.
and indeed most of these families ia miserab,o ~
me extreme; reduced almost to state of aotual
starvation. In nome nj deprived of all their 10.
pendence and thrown upon the world ,v;tho,, thc.
opportunity Of gaining even a scanty subsi.t.,,rr
IL Is hoped that the charities OF eur citizens vif
not be withheld. Never were objects raors IN
neeu OF Their humane assistance. We hope f,a
MORO" wiii not pass without suitable exertjons
being made in our churches 10 contrihute m th~
alienation OF their distressed condition In the
town oi North Providence, alone, hundreds mr..
almost sforcins; and those who are in the habit
Questioning their charities in all Of forei1n p,ie
sions with the bare hope ofsayng one inmorfa, 81
may now be ceriG,n OF being abba TO save ,r.sye
man ono human being from horrors wor.e ,l,ar
dea,h ny timely aid. Let them reflect and iaaqs,
Tor themselves which will rcdouD. most TO their
Godl' - '"o s's"' OIL
The same paper calls upon tl,c General Assem-.
oiy,Whch Is now in session, '';o suspend for I'm.
itsd ll'ns' sly six months, tho hank processes
the only measure which can save the few &c ~,
manufacturers that remain, from csr,,;n 80.
nose VINO arc really solvent, by such a course
may ne able in short time 10 mt their atr,rs &,
secure shape, and get over their prsscn, cnbsy.
rs,s'nss b'it II 1t is continued az il now is We
can see no end 10 the distress that must ensns
The Providence Literary SubaI,ern sS ~;
DAY, says" Wrhin the last ten DAYS, within ,bs
circle oil len adjacent miles, upwards OF twentv.
hVe hundred people have been suddenly and M.
9xpecsea.y 'hrown out OF employment and The
distress that such an event ;,as pro!uced. car hS
better Imagined than described
he last no. OF Mr. Nes's Re gistsr has an az.
t,cie on This subject, which is intended to s,,ongrt
, ,, SPIRITS OF the manufacturers. Blu. he makes
the following admissions:
ut IS 10 DO regretted that thore IA ,oo ,,r.i
truth In these sta.emen,s-tbat the cotton ,n.nu
iao'urcrs have been, for a considerable f;re
Closely pressed, by the continually recedioe uricc
81 'ue'' goous and increasing quantities Of theme
u"' VIII nor crafty some to be informed Thai
they are already beginning to recover tbemsaiy.-.
-tha' The Pswturket bank desires TO receive ;,s
own notes IN payment of debts duo it-fhat a.
redemption oil its bills is expected 10 be speediv
'na, me three iaetories which had sus.
pended operations, would be at work as usrsI z,
a lew days, and that tie owners of them onI,, q
sired Iiitie time TO ljgnija'e The demands ,o;t
mem. While II must be admitted that The en.,nr
business, generally, has not been pyoffobJesnr
some months past, IL seems 10 us manifest tba, ~
ihcuiues under which The eastern mannfactn'
fefs rave iahoted were cousuinnated bv a smdJs,
ana ruinous contraction Of the cire,,lofino o., 80;
u" IN that qu Ger; fos IL Is no less rems,Lahfo
nan rue that others, less favorsbly cir~omo
'tanced, have, With apparent ease. resisted or ~
pelcd ms pressure and maintained q fail and m
Interrupted operation, in The midst of racrif;css 80
goods by forced sales. But ie tbev ear d. -