Weekly North Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1850-1858, 1858-10-13
RICHMOND MECHANICS.

RICHMOND MECHANICS. "
In recent canvass Of this city to obtain the sta.
tiscs of the various industrial pursuits of our c
zens, We had the pleasure of making the acquaint-
ance OF very many OF our mechanics, and were
pleased to have more than confirmed the good opin
ion we had entertained Of their intelligence indus.
try and thrift We were no less grati6ed than sur
prised to find that there about eighty different
kinds Of mechanical pursuits, which, including our
manufacturing establishments, employ about eight |
thousdnd hands, turning out aggregate of many |
millions of dollars. The mechanical interests Of |
years. as much in consequence of the general supe-
riorty of our manufactures from the combined |
advantages Of our Southern locality and convent.
enee to much Of the raw material. Only few years
ago We depended almost entirely upon the work
shops of the North for every article whether of
cessity or luxury; but now, to enumerate only q
few, we made two-thirds of the $S50,000 worth Of
furniture sold in the last twelve months; three.
fourhs Of the $24o 900 worth of carriages. and one
third Of the two and half millions of clothing,
shoes and hats sold in the same time.
So extensive and diversified are the products OF
our machine shops, that they supply nearly every
article needed at home and q largely increasing de-
mand from the interior Of our own State aud from
the South. West and South. Large orders are now
in the hands of our shops for execution from Loui
siana Texas and other Southern States, for various
kinds Of mills and machinery.
Very many manufactured articles sold in our mar
ket are made here exclusively and there is no rea-
son why we should not make ererything that is now
supplied by the workshops at the North We have
the raw material, the water power, large home,
and increasing interior and Southern demand.
In place North South does the mechanic,
whose integrity, industry and intelligence entitled
him to it, receive greater respect 10 such, all the
avenues to position, either political or social are as
open as to any other class. There are many other
inducements, religious moral educational, and in
| climate, besides those named above, and of which
We will say more hereafter, why Richmond should
be sought by manufacturers and mechanics. We
are glad to know that every month adds another
and still another to the number and variety of our
establishments. 1t may not generally be known to
our citizens that there is mandatory of Circular
and other Saws, the only in the South, located
near the Paper Mill; that within the last two months
File factory, mandatory of Phosphate Of Lime,
| the Shingle and Stave Machine of Mr.. Connell, to
| which called attention few days ago, have been
put into operation in the same locality. Besides
these, there the Paper MILL large Planning Mill
and an Iron and Steel Rolling Mill Those of our
citizens strangers who are in want of any article
manufactured in this busy locality, or who take an
interest in the growth Of our city, or who feel any
curiosity to see what ID new cannot spend an hour
more pleasantly protsbly than by visit to these
establishments. They will find the proprietors busy
but very polite, and ready to answer any question
Of the buyer or curious They will, moreover, find
in them just such mechanics they will be glad to
| welcome among us-men who understand their bu.
siness and prosecute it with ~iu, and who are
| moral and intelligent. In the rear Of j. w. Kan.
dolphs Bookstore, (where he is temporarily located0
| VIC found another new conner in Nr. John Howell,
an experienced manufacturer Of Soft Silk and fine
Beaver Hats. Our acquaintance with Mr.. Howell
dates back more than 20 years. We knoe him. not
only . good mechanic, but a reliobe man IN
erery respect The Alexandria Sentinel has the fol-
| lowing:
ELECTION OF CoUScILNAN-MR. HowELL.-An
election to fill the vacancy occasioned by the resig
NJ. H. -ofth thaN Nar,
mon Council from the I'd Ward was held yesterday
at the Council Chamber. Mr. Howell, is we'll
known to many, resigned his position because Of
his contemplated removal to Richmond. We cor
daily commend him to the kindness and confidence
of the citizens there, and hope he may make as
many friends he leaves behind him here. He will
deserve them ALL" .-.
Such men will always receive cordial welcome
from our citizens evinced in such substantial way
as to assure of success. Call and make the ac-
quaintance of Mr. howell. He is a hearty good fel.
low, besides good mechanic and good man. We
have room for many more such mechanics as those
we have spoken of.-Rich. Enquirer. ...
NoRrH. CARoLINA-In one of the recent Reports
Of Mr. Courts the able Treasurer Of this honest and
unpretending State, on its financial concerns, We
find the annexed just appreciation Of its character
for integrity and good faith.-Ndt Int. .....
"I will take this occasion to say, that, having
been for several years connected with the finances
of the State and charged with the responsibility OF
meeting from time to time the demands against her.
1 suppose my opportunities have been as good az
those of any other person for collecting the senti
ment of our people upon the subject Of our State
credit and the degree Of Importance which they at
tach to the necessity of upholding it and think
do not pay them undeserved compliment when
give it As my opinion that the great body of them
would either readily forego for season the suppos
ed benefits of any proposed public improvement OF
would quietly submit to any additional taxation thai
should be found requisite, rather than that the credit
of the State should receive The slightest tarnish from
noncompliance with her contracts. Perhaps il
no State is the ennobling sentiment of State pride
more generally felt or more warmly cherished thar
in North. Carolina; and no who loves the Stat.
would wish to see this feeling diminished. l vii
remark further, in this connexon, that while it i
not my province, and therefore not my purpose, Il
express an opiuon upon the policy that has been o.
may hereafter be pursued in relation to the 1nterna
improvements o! the State hazard the opinion
that our system thus far, whatever may have bee,
it's blunders in particular cases, has in the mail
greatly redounded to the prosperity of the State
and as these improvements have been chiefly bull
up by the aid of the State, by giving her pledges,
have no doubt that her faith and honor hitherto
soiIed, will still be preserved by the prompt redemp
ton of these pledges" .2 p r s--.. 2.
Lieut.. Maury announces that hcwill lecture do
ring the winter on the Atlantic Telegraph. Hi
charges will be $120 night, and expenses.-PAil
Inguirr. = r-rFt's $50 - % -. 80
/ Lieut.. Maury viii have ample time in which .
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