The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1861-09-18

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New York News says the Lowell mills have
stopped, and in ten other corporations and
towns the mills have stopped, OF are working
at half or third time. Wool has fallen
thirty per cent. in six weeks, which is loss
Of $4,000 600 on the clip. The import Of
dry goods into New York tor the week was
s59s, sos, against q. 446, lI9 thee orrespsnd
ing week OF 1860. and OF these imports only
sl6s. 600 were entered for consumption.
WHAr IT CosT.-The cost OF the Federal
Government Of taking Fort Hatteras is esti-
mated at about one million dollars. The
loss OF the Harriet Lane alone, could not
have been much less than half a million.
Can they steal negroes, pigs and chickens
enough on our coast 10 indemnify them .
Some body will be apt to get hurt when they
try il.
1'HE BLOCKADE FARcE.--The Pensacola
Observer says: The ineihciency Of the bluck.
AIDE oi Southern ports by Abraham Lincoln
Is so notorious and established BY so many
instances that II the British and French Gov.
eminent eniorce their definition Of q block
ade, they will soon declare il no blockade al
all. In the last month fourteen vessels have
entered the port Of Charleston aud thirty.
three the port at Wilminglon, N. q. During
the same period slS0,00O have been paid to
the Collector Of The port Of New Orleans in
duties on goods imported IN spite OF the
blockade! This ough, TO be enough 10 prove
that il Is utterly Indifferent, aud ought. ac-
curdIng TO the understanding VI France and
England. TO be declared migratory, aud mol
10 be respected.
AFFEcrise.-L Lieut.. Bryan Whitfield. Of
Alabama, who died recently in this city. Of
4 typhoid lever. had been married but three
weeks when he elt his beautiful aud accom-
plished bride Tor Virginia. Hearing Of his
illness. she started for Richmond to joIn him,
but only arrived after his burial. Lieutenant
Whitfield was the son 81 General Whitfield,
oi Florida, and vas yOBns msn 81 great
ability and promise. Richmond DipaieL.
CusFscATIus or NgssELs. The seizure oI
several vessels, in New York, heretofore reg.
uIarly engaged ~ trade With Richmond
should open the eyes d our people IN respect
10 any iulurr intercourse. Commercial of 9th.
erwise, with the people Of the abolition
country. As we have already stated, the
Roanoke, the Clara HaxaIl. the Virginia. the
salle Msgee. the Parthian, The Wineired,
the Pioneer. the Fannie Currie. the Marshall
Censhaw, Manchester. Lynchburg aud Hax.
all. all familiar names To Tie citizens 81
Richmond, have bern bounced upon by the
LIncolnites, and will all be sold. 70 help
raise money for carrying on the war against
the South. All this might have been expect
ed; still. We hope there will be no more part.
ner,hIps with merchants in New York o.
elsewhere al the North. This war will learn
the people u The sOath many useful lessons,
II uley choose 10 profit By them hereafter.
RiehaoaS DspaisA.
i The BUst0nians are comforting themselse.
with The idea lhaIby the seizure ii iis,terss,
aud The fOothold thus obtained. they can es.
tract rOsin, turpentine and even cotton froIn
the South. They are rejoicing as the rogue
doe, who has made hand hole into lar.
mrr's corn CRIB. They will be made "a
mourn a he did when BipPed By the steel
tran inside.