Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1863-09-01
Correspondence of the standard.

GRAHAM, August 26, 1863
The town of Graham is situated about the centre
of Alamance county, less than mile from Graham
Station, sixty miles northwest from Raleigh, and
was named in compliment to one of Nor tn Carolna's
most distinguished living statesmen, now Senator
elect in the next Congress The county of Ala
nance was formed in 1S4S, 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. AlSahance can boast of several factories sue
cessfuy 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: Aamance factory, E. NJ Holt proprietor;
Granite factory, T. NJ Holt, son of the former Big
Falls Factory, Murray & Brother; Saxapahaw, j.
Newland Sons, and Glover Orchard, II. W. Will
lard the last being on Cain Greek, near the Chat
ham line The iron interest has not been neglected
and there is large iron factory for casting and
making heavy machinery, one mile south from Clo
yer Orchard on Cain Greek, owned and worked by
Messrs Dickson, Davidson & Co. The workshops
of the n. G. Railroad between GodSboro' and Char
lotte, at the town of Saxapahaw, commonly called
"ShopS" do all the iron works for locomotives ct
eet and coaches, cars, &C., quite extensive in vari
Gus operations where mechanism is used. 1t is
some two miles from the Courthouse at Grahaul.-
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 Touring mills
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
fr ON four pair of stones, about hundred barrels
par day of good -four Mebanes Touring mill, near
Mebane Humans mills, near Gibsonville Station,
and the Company mills, in the northern part of the
county. There a half dozen largo tanneries,
located in the different parts of the county, at all of
which good leather is manufactured, Quercltron
bark abounding in its extensive oak forests. In
Graham, MessIs. Klapp and Berry have been ma
king good article Of mould candle for several
months, manufactured out of clarified tallow and
wax and make some twelve hundred day, finding
ready sale at the factory at 90 to $50 per pound
Two factories for manufacturing tobacco are 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 a 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 Feulto
DBaos country of the Queen of Antilles, Cuba itself
M G. is also manufacturing smoking tobacco,
having machinery for boiling and packing; also
makes snuff of good quality, of both kinds as dent
ifrice ard as sternutatve and has now eight oper-
atives engaged IN cigar making His cigars as
well made, look as well, smell as we'll, and smoke as
we'll 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 pade this fall in Alamance alone:
The rolling mills that are used 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 lost they were both as near gen.
eral death as possible not to psh it and both
could have been prevented BY proper caution: The
| first, near Durham, Tuesday morning at o'clock.
Too much wood had been placed on tender and
carelessly packed, large stick having been left
hanging over, which fell of, when the tram was
| lust getting well under way and became wedged
tightly between rails end of switch, throwing off
| the track cars of train next the tender, smashing
both cars, breaking wheels and injurng the track,
producing detention of five or six hours of mails
and passengers.
The other accident was on the bridge at S S.xapa
haw, Haw river where there is grade and
near the bridge" freight" ran into passengers"
injuring several seriously, but fortunately, killing
no one This happened about six, Wed eslay
morning Such accidents are entirely too common
on this road and the attention of Directors should
be called to them and the delinquent discharged and
suitably punished by being sent~to the cOnseript
camp. Yours EGIDIUS.