The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1863-03-11
observations Of q Northener in the South.

observations Of Northener in the South.
We continue from our last issue " the
observations OF Northerner in the Sou thu
The concluding portlon. as will be seen. is
On The manufacturing and agricultural iu-
terests and resources Of the South:
Eroming.
The Manufacturers, Machine Shops. Facio-
ries, -sfiiis. &C., Of The Soufh--Her Man-
ufaefuring Enterprises and Resources.
Under the imperative pressure Of the war
and the blockade, the South is developing
Der own resources, and rapidly becoming
independent OF the foreign markets for
nauy things which she formerly supplied
bv Importation. All industrial elements
are warmly fostered and vigorously EN-
plosed every resource is drawn upon. aud
every material is carefully preserved and
applied TO the most useful purposes.
Before the war the South had extensive
iron works az Richmond, Lynchburg and
D.nville. in Virginia; Fayetteville and
Raleigh. in North Carulina; Charleston.
South Carolina Savannah. Rome, Atlanta
and Dalton. IN Georgia Chattanooga and
Knoxville. IN Tennessee. and Montgomery
and Mobile. in Alabama; besides these
Norfolk. New Orleans and Nashville and
ether cities since captured BY our armies.
10 all those cities yet 10 their possession
,ll she IRON works and machine shnps add.
ed since the beginning Of lhe war are nnw
IN isli blast, turning out munitions nf war
i~r which they are adapted. and casting
aachinefy denanded by the newly awaken
81 manufacturing Interests Of The country.
Thr Tradegar Iron Works al Richmond.
have filled Government cOutrzct- since the
beginning Of the war amounting TO over se.
ven mIllions Of dulsrs, and others are
snploysd at rates propor,ionate TO their
.sspsclliss. They make cannon. she'll. solid
shot. iron plate Tor gsnbnsts. naval, sta.
iIouary aud Locomotive steam engines, and
all kinds oi machinery generally. incIuJ
ing that Tor cotton and woolen mills. The
works al Richmond. Charleston, Atlant.
add Mobile are the only ones capable o
turning out each aud all OF me variety
hut all others DO more or less in one de.
partment or another. They turn out salts.
factory work in every branch except nava
srginrs.
Rifles. muskets, bayonets. gun carriages
swords and military equipments generally
are made ia Richmond. Fayetteville AZ,
Montgomery. the FIRST aud last places re,
pairing. r well as making fires -arms
Swords aud accouirements are also made
's,eral other points. the last in allnos
.very principal place in the South. Th,
factory IN Richmond for making Singer,
sewing machines has been engaged slnc,
the war IN repairing snail srns and max
iHg equipments for the same, and hai
turned out immense quantities cf the latter
ms establishment Is yet Owned principal
yby Northern men, who have identified
themselves with the rebellion from the be
ginning. When Richmond was besieged
last summer, all Of the most valuable ma
shlnery " the city was taken down al,
part rensyed, the rest being read, tomo,,
- short notice. Since then il has beet
srt NJ and is again in full operation. A
one time during the siege The And.r.,ns. !"
The Tradegar Iron Works, lad about fuu
hundred tons Of machinery on canal boats
ready 10 travel TO Lynchburg, among ~hiel
vas a splendid lot used for rolling iror
Plates. aud valued at two hundred thnusan.
a.llars. which Is again now IN operation i,
tlislr works.
There are woulen factories at Richmond
L'nchburg. Raleigh. Charleston. Rome
atlanta, Mobile. Jackson, and oihrr place
~ Louisiana and Texas, while cotton mill
a's numerous throughout the country. ma.
- having been established recently. par
heularly IN Georgia. The machin,r. loi
~ mills j. partly Manufactured At hume
and partly obtained BY running the block
adr, several lots of the last having latel,
arrived. and j. being put up in Georgia
which-State takes the lead il manufactur
Ing enterprise. az she did before the war
though every State aud district not over
a our -.