Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio) 1856-1865, 1861-09-19

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dicted that the masses of people in Our
populous cities would be reduced to such a
state of wretchedness and starvation, that
mobs would be the order Of the dav and
the terror at night-lhat their cry for
"bread" would cause the streets 10 flow
with "blood," and that the distress would
be such that our whole population would
cry out in thunder tones against the war.
There is much distress in the country it is
true, but patriotism rises so high above all
other considerations that the people in ev-
cry part and portion of the free States
freely offer, not only their property and
their personal comforts, but their lives up
on the altar of their country. They know
that "lhese light Affections" which for the
time are grievous and cannot be avoided,
will work out for themselves, their posteri-
ty and the country ''far more exceeding
and eternal weight of glory"
Instead of the cry for "blood or bread
as predicted by the South, we hear the
deafening shouts borne to US on every
breeze from all classes of the people in all
the loyal States, for vigorous prosecution
of the war, and speedy punishment Of
the traitors who are the authors of it.
To show what ground there is for dis
tress among the masses in our cities, we
will take Philadelphia. The Press says
At one establishment in town, six hun
dred women working with machine and
hand, are employed continuously upon
shirts and drawers. Another firm employ
almost the same number. The stacking
makers are all going, and the demand for
army flannel has made the wooden mills
extraordinary active. Cornelius & Baker
employ their whole force $500 men) in
making mountings for military uniforms.
Our car works are all busy, and orders
from all parts of the non-seceded States
are awaiting fulflment. At the foundry
of North, Chase & North are being made
immense quantities Of shot and SHE'LL
The work this week is TO be increased by
the manufacture of canister and grape
From three to four hundred men find
steady employ in this establishment
Messrs. Burterfield d Co. are altering five
thousand stand of arms for the State of
Pennsylvania, of the old Harper's Ferry
patent -rifling the barrels, altering the
locks, retempering the bayonets, applying
their percussion-cap arrangement, and reno
vating them thoroughly. so .3''a. ....
Mathews q Moore are casting monster
guns, and Sellers & Co. are rifling them
as fast as produced. In the manufacturing
of knapsacks vast quantity of material
is being worked up, while the entire bar
ness making trade is more busy than ever
before known. Lacey & Phillips, and
Meyer & Brother, in particular, are en-
ploying all the hands they can procure,
and with rs little prospect of abatement
in their work as when it first commenced.
The construction of new vessels for the
navy is also employing vast numbers Of
people. ,...y..r -.555 g.,..~7-,.
At the Gray's Ferry Arsenal, fifteen
hundred men and women are kept busily
employed all day long at the manufactu-
ring of cartridges, accoutrements, small
arms, tents, camp fixtures, &c. aaI .gI.
Bement d Dougherty are working at
over time, with a force Of over ten hun.
dred men, in making machinery for making
guns and small arms. ..
In fact, hundred testimonials join in
assuring US that labor is seldom SO univer-
sally employed, and thrift and means are
in abundance. The making of articles of
luxury has scarcely perceptibly decreased.
The country seats about town are beauti-
fully adorned. Folks have gone travel
ling in all directions during the summer,
aud applications for admittancs to the
Almshouse are fewer than ever.