Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1857-11-20
From the Raleigh Standard.
Wilmington.

Wilmington is the most Cnylke town IN the State
It's principal streets and sidewalks are wen paved ana
the buildings on its thoroughares OF trade are compact
" constructed and crowded closely togeter furter up
from the river there many handsome residences some
If them, we learned quite costly. The residences
IF Jobn A. TAYLOR Esq, is of marble and brick,
and cost some thirty thousand dollars That OF John
Dawson ESQ in the quarter of the town. VIII De-
when finished model of architectural taste ana skill
We saw several handsome and imposing church edLcS
also, the new City Hall, large building, ana WINCH
when completed will be at ornament 10 !ne tOWh
and creditabe to the lberalty and Puoc spirit vi Ito
citizens Its estimated cost from first to aSt lncludg
iron railing for enclosing ana Improvement VI viz
ground is about $4,000 ,,,,a;
lilo appearance at night. It's hotels are well Conduc
ted and while we were there they were crowded ny
in attendance on the meeting OF the stockholders o inc
Wilmington and Weldon Road. w stopped at Ilo!leS
Hotel Where we found good room, well 1urnlshed
table, and gcntlcnahly anu attc"''' ''''i' ~
clerk. .. H.
effects of the existing monetary pressure BUSINESS ol
all kinds is dull We observe a number OF vessels IN
mort but owing to the decline in prices and the unWl
Dgness ohoder8 of produce to sell just now the owners
of vessels do not obtain such cargOes they dd month
or two since The pressure however. cannot continue
long.
We saw with our own eyes that of which we have so
often heard to wit cabbages onions, apples irish potatoes
market not from the interior Of NOrth-C arohna but
from the Northern States. No sensible person will
blame the Wilmington people for this On the contrary
we know they anxious to trade more extensively
than they do with the people Of their own State west OF
them and way for this trade has been opened as Tar
west as Charlotte yet they still dependent to large
extent on the Northern States for their vegetables their
hay their butter and other articles Of daily domestic
HO We agrcuturists, ye farmers and gardeners OF the
interior and western portions OF the State Go ye wish TO
II to- -O1rT IDtpT
So produce surplus of these things and send them to
Wilmington. Go there and trade Sell for money, or
exchange your products for groceries and dry goods
Wilmington is said to be the cheapest market in the
South in the way of groceries and West India products
generally Her merchants enterprsing and honest
and her citizens have abored for years and are still la
boring to build up commercial City, worthy of the
State If you cannot do quite we'll by going there to
trade, which do not admit, nevertheless 60 for
your Olrn State. What Wilmington exports she gets
the specie for, It's equivalent and this specie or It's
equivalent is Just much added to the wealth OF North
Carolina. But you send or carry your produce to
markets out Of the State, you are compelled to take
bank paper for 1.-THE bank paper of other States and
thus it is that other States not only bit bank for
US to q large ertent. Is not that so?
While absent we had the qualification OF meeting and
spending pleasant hours with contemporaries OF
the Journal and Commercial, and the Herald, Whining
ton, and Of the independent Clinton. We wanted to
know Of Burr where he got the humOr for his Editorials
when he solemnly pointed by way of reply to row OF
Patent Office Reports and Congressional Globes Going
into the Journal Office and walking through it with Full
ton we at no loss to account for the thoughtful
character of his writings seeing that his editorial chair
is placed directly the boiler of the steam engine
which turns his presses. And for venerable co
temporary Of the Commercial his patience is tried anc
made perfect by his having to ascend two three
flights Of steps before he reach his Office, anc
when up there his wits constantly enlivened anc
sharpened by the music of one of Hoes cylinder presses
which rotates within few feet of him. May these ou
contemporaries always make as good impressions OF
others as they made us and may they ALL collective
y and individually escape the great "lock p prepared
for Editors and Other bad people down below