The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1845-08-21

al Is the poor, those least able TO bear public
burdens. who consume the greatest quantity Of
articles Of the first necessity, there being Cor them
no other substitute. How exceeding cruel, then,
the enormous duties upon articles Of indispenss-
bic use all over the world"
The above is paragraph from The u
ni,td States journal. and !. part of an AZ
tack upon protective isrff. We copy Il,
10 order TO illustrate ils ruth. We, . few
days since. heard some fsp,l,cs ia New
Enel,nd complaining b,,ie,ly Of ,hrr To-
ability 10 &c, help. mesn ng domestic ser.
vans. We inquired me cause.
"The guls are al dawn away 10 the
factories.
.Isut ~hy DO YOU not detsin them p
1--WE cannot sfMh 20 psy a. much IS
they can earn Of the factories; besides.
they have hours Of leisure. reel. ard I'm
prosemsni there. And u 70 stated in the
report oil the Swings Bank of Lowell that
The amount Of money deposred by female
operatives in ihs, ins,ilutrn il tqusl To
twelve hundred and fifty dollars for every
factory g,rl in that ciiy; and that is mol all.
factory girls rank with o'her independent
people. They are not CONSIDERED SER
ssnts."
All! thought We, hov cruel i, 10 TO az
1Ict me poor, and make them bear such
burdens. And, ~hsl 10 an additional
grievance, these very females noU clsthe
themselves Al half The price they could
effect ,hs, inpo'lan, part Of economy be.
fore they multiplied the fabrics Of the
country. and thus reduced The price. How
exceedingly cruel!
We stopped few moments on The mar
row side sslk Of MIX street. in Boston,
unsble TO mnve either way. excepting dl-
rerlly intoa very muddy street. our course
beiag heierd in by long truck & drs,
on e,ch side, heavily laden each viii,
twenty four bales Of goods. -
"You get job then, occasionally"
said We 81 the ,ruckman.
"Hsrdly GET lime to eat" said he.
''there - such a continual movement, Of
goods"
"W.ll. these would be good times for
Won il you could h,e as chesp a. yonr
fathers did, when goods c"uId be iu Dor.
ted nearly free of duies."
I'VE pay now one dollar less week
for board than wa, paid .srn'y years ago.
and clothing does not cost bsIf ss much,
while the manufacturing Of goods in this
nerghborhaod gives y. twice the employ.
ment that was had in other umes."
"a uuekman now may not earn much
more than he did thuty wears ago, BIT be
can sane twice az much"
Oh. the poor! How exceedingly rru.l!'
We lorked around tina. busy hive. The
mason was plying hrs trowel, and the
painter his brush; the carpenter showed
his forepiane. and the shoemaker Dire "
his thread with constant industry. with the
inspiring kno Wedge tina, his serv c-s were
10 demand. Did they suffer from .'eno,.
nous duties" on "sugar" or clothing!
Their cottages in Chelses, Dorcbe..er,
Rnxbury, Chsrles,own, and Cambridge
looked very little like suffering. Poor
men, what cruel times! U. 8. Gazette.
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INCIDENT IN THE LIFE OF A PRINCE.
A New York correspondent Of The
Iineinna,i Gazette. noticing the ariiy a!
o. Prince Canine in this country. TO take
possession Of The Bsscentown estates OF
.ns late Joseph Bonsparle, relstes The
following:
"Tnsrs 10 quite a romantic ineidsn,
connected with this, for The truth of which
you may safely rely. The estate Of Dor.
dentawn was bequeslhed to the young
prime, with the exception of comfor,s.
BILE farm which sas left TO M.illard. Bu,