Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1866-11-10

STATE FINANCES. The following exhibit,
obtained from the Office of the State Treasurer,
shows thatithe State finances are ina flourish
ing condition, and much more prosperous than
they have been for many years:
Received in the fiscal year commence
ing lst October, 1865, and endihge ooo o4a "A
Balance on hand list October, 1866. IS, o83 y
Balance ON hand LIST October, 1866. $3.50, 81 50
The balance on hand nyesteroaY".;>. aoz9, "a -
There is much more Of revenue due and /, un.
paid, but will be paid in this month. -h'c|''
monI Pines IL '-,ie.-- 80
A large meeting Of Irishmen and their &c de-
scendants, was held in Washington last night,
at which resolutions were passed condemlng
rthe action Of the canadian authorities, and the
Canadian courts, in reference to- the recent
trials of the Fenian prisoners, and approving
the course of the President of the D. S., in his
efforts to prevent the sentence against the
prisoners from being carried into effect. The,
meeting was addressed by several speakers h.
zu Reports from all portions of Iowa indicate
that settlers are focking there faster than ever
before, and that while houses are very scarce
in the towns, the lsnds;are being rapidly taken
up and settled upon > In 1860 the population
of Iowa was GA 9IS, but it now estimated at
more than 100000 sBla5 5a..L .no4aa ra:3o
COMMUNICATED. -
Our MANUFACTURING INTEREsT.-A local
in the Gazette, noticed, in avery deserving and
appropriate manner, the spoke factory of Mr..
Rosenthal His foreman is MI. josiah Ford, OF
this city, well.kDown wheelright, who pos
JseSses all the energy necessary Tor such posi-
|.tion. The same local in the Gazette gave
another important hint, and that was, that we
cannot only make spokes, hubs and felIoes at
home, but have the worthy mechanics among
us who can make the requisite machinery IN u
better manner, and consequently at cheaper
rates than can be made in any city north OF the
Potomac. Let us all determine to encourage
each other, live more within ourselves and not
| spend 50 much with those who use the gains OF
their dealings with Us, to crush us. Every dime
that can be spent equally as well at home, that
j., spent north OF the Susquehanna, Is adding
50 much to the pecuniary strength Of many OF
those WHO HIVE CVcl 10, 'tLu H'io "iC
now striving to poison the world against us, and
weakening those who have always sustained
and formed the very basis Of our wealth and
prosperity. The radicals of the North own
almost three fourths Of Northern wealth, and
that wealth has been accumulated in virtue of
the patronage Of the South. Let that at patro-
mage be spent at home, and Mr.. Northern
| Radical, finding that his political bias will not
pay, may be induced to turn conservative, and
be kinder to those whom he can neither force
nor deceive Therefore, let all who start man:
ufactories in the South, be heartily sustained
by the South, and it will not belong ere we will
have all those elements which constitute strong
and thriving people. Let US have Southern
manufactures of all kinds, and if needs be, let
us have "tSomhe,n Notions at every corner.
Nought will ever build again the South but
determination Of the Southern people to spend
their money at home and the way to do this
is to build manufactures, and to encourage
them after they arc built, for he who makes
two blades of grass grow, where but one grew
before, is public benefactor, and deserves the
gratitude of the public. 10 f.. .l.s.rEg Is. IT,