Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1832-05-31

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here, but it is used and sold here in large
quantities., and costs us not less than from 5
10 1000 dollars annually Again, the article
OF looking glasses, for which we are Deepen
dent on others, cost US not less than ? TO
5000 dollars annually. The article OF chairs
Of every description. we are entirely depen
deaf on Others for; there has not been a
char manufactured IN this town Tor years
This article costs us annually A TO 50O0 dol
lars. In addition 10 these we add window
glass, white and red lead, sleishs and wag
CONS, iron castings, whips, beer and ale, cho
colate. boots and shoes. With respect TO
the last articles, boots and shoes. we learn
from good authority that our production Is
not equal TO one third our consumption, to
say nothing Of expectation, thus obllging us
annually at least 500. 900 Add to
these fur and leather caps, palm leaf and
straw hats, bonnets, stockings and gloves,
buttons, lace, brushes in ~iniinste variety, uEl
brellss and parasols, jewelry to a great =
mount OF all descriptions, with buudreds OF
other mechanical productions altogether too
numerous 10 recspitulate at this time.
Now there is not, as far as we have been
able TO learn, one OF the above named
branches OF business, which may not be car
RED on here as well and as proiitatly as
elsewhere, aud in many instances there arc
superior advantages in this place. The ma
terial required for use in many cases, grows
and is collected in our immediate vicinity,
and not ~unfrequently passes through the
town. or directly 10y our harbour's mouth.
What harm would come TO us Il we should
manufacture annually $40. 600 worth Of palm
leaf hats, and supply the Inhabitants With
this convenient and necessary artIc g, and
send the surplus TO another market Are
we prepared TO answer, that the business is
not sufficiently respectable No, We believe
there are hundreds among Us who wouid be
heartily glad OF employment in this way,
and think it an honor and relief to them. We
believe, that the amountol money paid eve
ry year by the inhabitants Of this town. for
manufactured articles. (~nearly all Of which
might as well be produced here,) is vastly
more than is generally known From the
best information we have been able 10 OBJ
tain from gentlemen well qualified TO judge.
It will amount to more than tHoh hundred
thousand dollars
This estimate is not intended 70 include
cotton or wooilen goods. Now, brethren, ii
we are at all correct in our opinion OF at
fairs about US, there is much need OF an eff
fort award Improvement, and we think 1t
may be done without much difficulty
As an incentive TO the introduction Of
more mechanical business | will relate one
circumstance which has recently come to
my knowledge. In a small town not more
than Ia miles from this, containiag about
one third Of orr number Of inhabitants, and
in point Of locality, much interior to ours,
there is an annual mechanical surplus Of q
bout 500 600 over its consumption. This
yearly amount produced Tor expectation,
when compared with our amount annually
imported, shows plainly the great advantage
that must OF necessity follow the exporting
community. Ii we should follow this com
parison in proportion to the number OF inha-
biianfs in each case, we shall find ourselves
minus IN the enormous sum OF 81 zoo, GOO
annually. This is a startling fact. and shows
what may I've gained with proper manage
ment, and what may lie lost by negligence.
One Of the striking pecuiiarii,es OF our
town consists in the large proportion Of fe-
males compared with the males. This very
unusual circumstance may be accounted for
in various ways; much of it happens in con
sequence Of the great dearth OF business
here, for a long time past; our young men
have left us 10 seek their fortunes abroad; in
addition TO this, we are the only seaport in
the state, and many of our young men are
taken off by exposure and sickness 10 follow
ing the sea. Other reasons may be assign
ed, but suffice it to say, this unusual proper
ton does exist, which makes 1t the nscre ne
cessary hat some kind Of respectable en-
ployment should be introduced amongst us.
1t not unfrequcntly happens that we find Q
or 8 females 10 a family Of very moderate
circumstances almost entirely without en-
ployn,ent, and all this, not from choice; no,
far from il; but because their parents are not
willing that the morals and reputation of
their children should be exposed. and under
the protection Of strangers and disinteresied
persons. And who blamcs them? We can
not find it in our hearts to blame any one for
such a choice. What fathers or mothers ere
there among US who would willingly leave
their children thus exposed and unprotected
None, we dare say. Therefore they exert
all their powers to sustain them at home, pre-
ferring honest poverty to the loss of morals
and reputation; the consequence is, they are
unable to discharge their debts as they
would wish; they are likewise unable to edu-
cate their children as they otherwise would
do, consequently the community must SUI,
fer. -
From The Philadelphia Saturday Courier.
AN IRISH TRADITION.
In the course OF my life. business has led
me into various parts of the world; among
others, into ireland. During my tarry there,
having a little leisure time, | concluded 10
take a short jaunt in the county, for the
purpose of gratifying that most gcrmandiz
ing of all organs, the eye.
In fhe rnaree of nv ride heinv somefhiuo