Weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1858-1865, 1863-09-02
Correspondence Of the Standard.

GRAHAM, August 26, 1863
The town of Graham is situated about the centre
Of Aamance county, less than mile from Graham
Station, sixty miles northwest from Raleigh, and
was named in compliment to one of Nor tn Cardinals
most distinguished living statesmen, now Senator
elect in the next Congress The county of Ala
nance was formed n'lS48 being cut off from the
western portion of Orange county, SO miles north
and south in length and IA miles in width east and
west Alamance can boast of several factories sue
cessfully carried on at the present time. Some of
which l will mention five cotton factories, three
making both cloth and yarn--and two yarn alone,
viz: Alamance factory, E. NJ. Holt, proprietor;
Granite factory, T. NJ. Holt son of the former Big
Falls Factory, Murray & Brother; Saxapahaw, j.
Newand & Sons, and Clover Orchard, H. w. Will
lard the last being on Cain Greek, near the Chat
ham line. The iron interest has not been neglected,
and there is one large iron factory for casting and
making heavy machinery, one mile south from Clo-
yer Orchard, on Cain Creek, owned and worked by
Messrs. Dickson Davidson & Co. The workshops
of the N. G. Railroad, between Goldsboro and Char
lotte at the town of Saxapahaw, commonly called
'"Shops" do all the iron works for locomotives ct
cet and coaches, cars, &C., quite extensive in var
GUS operations where mechanism is used. 1t is
some two miles from the Courthouse at Graham
Alamance county is celebrated for its extensive mil
ling facilities producing upon its rich, red alluval
lands, upon its rivers and creeks, good wheat in
abundance; there are at least twenty fouringmi
now in operation, the most important among them
will mention; at nearly all, -four is made as good
as any in the country. The largest is situated on
the Saxapahaw river, on the railway, and is owned
by F. Fries Co., and is capable of turning out
fir ON four pair of stones, about hundred barrels
per day of good -four. Mebane's Touring mill, near
Mebane Humans mills, near Gibsonville Station,
and the Company Mills in the northern part of the
county. There are a half dozen large tanneries,
located in the different parts of the county, at all of
which good leather is manufactured, Quercitron
bark Astounding in its extensive oak forests. In
Graham, Messrs. Klapp and Berry have been ma
king good article of mould candle for several
months, manufactured out of clarified talow and
wax, and make some twelve hundred day, finding
ready sale at the factory at so to 90 per pound
Two factories for manufacturing tobacco carried
on in the county north of Graham owned by Messrs.
Murray & Corbin. and W. B. Vincent & Son. Mr..
Clark has established cigar factory in the town of
Graham, and manufactures from Florida grown to-
bacco, as good cigar as perhaps can be procured
in the Southern Confederacy; in fact his finest
"Colorades" would puff their own fragrance in the
world along side of the Tobaccos Puros Of Veulto
pBajos country ofthe Queen Of Antilles Cuba itself
Mr. G. is also manufacturing smoking tobacco,
having machinery for boiling and packing; also
makes snuff of good quality, of both kinds dent
irieeand as asternutative; and has now eight oper
atives engaged IN cigar making. His cigars are as
we'll made, look well, smell as well, and smoke as
WELL if not BETTER than any manufactured at home or
abroad-pretty good for Graham. N early all the
planters of Alamance cultivate the sorghum, for
making syrup and from what have seen and been
informed, there will be at least twenty thousand
gallons Of syrup made this fall in Alamance alone.
The rolling mills that are used are of cast iron and
are manufactured near Glover Orchard.
You have probably heard of the recent railway
accidents There have been two this week already.
Though no lives were lost they were both as near gen.
eral death as possible not to accomplish it. and both
could have been prevented by pr oper caution: TIE
first, near Durham Tuesday morning at O'Clock.
Too much wood had been placed on tender and
carelessly packed, large stick having beeE left
hanging over which fell of, when the train WIS
Just getting well under way and became wed sed
tightly between rails at end Of switch, throwio off
the track cars of train next the tender ss ashing
both cars, breaking wheels and njuring ttle track,
producing detention of five or six hours Of mails
ard passengers.
The other accident was on the bridge at. Ssxapa
haw, Haw river, where thsreis gradeand water tank
near the bridge" freight" ran into "psasseeu,ers"
injuring several seriously, but fortunately, Killing
no one. This happened about sizs> " ednssday
morning Such accidents are ehtirsly To-, common
on this road and the attention Of Direc tors should
be called 10 them and thedeiineHsnt d scharped and
suitably punished by being sent u, the eonscript
camp. Yours, 103D2US -