Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1870-04-18
Tho RucISIand WOODEN Mills Of >. =.
Eguuton & Co. at EsHckland. FFfHcS
XV,,, o.. Va.

This mandatory vas established more than
twenty wears ago by the senior partGcr, whose
ambition until recently appears to have tecn
bounded by desire 10 manufacture on'y pa'n
md substantial fabrics But the doors and
u;ndows of that modest establishment were
w,ntonly smashed to pieces hy Federal soIdierg
and all OF its ante beilum machinery was ms
,cr;allv Injured by exposure TO wind aud storm
ior nearly four years, and he had not means
aItnr The war OF retitting the factory and pur
su;np the even tenor Of his chosen way. IN
c,s,inr about as to what was most advisable
under his disastrous circumstances, rcsolVt.u
To associate with hin self gentlemen OF PuoHc
snirit and capital, and with them Jointly 10 en- ,
Iaroe the factory building procure improved
machinery, use the best material, AID turn OUT
Goods that should successfully compel" with
those made at the South, or at th2 Nor'h.
RI dav he experiences the reaz 'li"n OF 'na'
nnrnosc, aud on the foundation OF the o.! 9i'''S
a statclier edfcc is reared, and the "hlr anu
bnsy hmm OF machinery, counting the thrcauS
of warp and wool anu seeming Il '''''' ''''''
with life, greets his ear.
Tho goods which the firm are now turning
our wc ar, assured arc superior 10 every pa!
,;orl.r to anv heretofore manufactured 10 tbe
Stafs have an advantage over those introduc
od frnm the Eastern cities in all save >ho",aHu
Or, ALWAYS precisely what they are represented
Their texture and finish are such that We can
not nerceiye Why our people should not prefer
them, When purchasers have such aSsuraEce3
| and are told that they can get the Buck anu
Goods. acknowledged to &c honest artc'cS' 10!
the same amount OF money that they give io'
doubtful goods, il is surprlslpg that these l'Ii-
arc not more literally encouraged In this sec
| ton of eur country. The mills 10 rot uEu,'f'
sell the retailer; and they fiji orders ioF suits
of clothes only because the goods are not leu cd
on other shelves accessible to those who desire
to buy them. II moro literally putrun!Zsd rs
the merchants the proprlctors would turthci
utilize their almost eXhaustlcss water prlVl!eg
es, give remuueratlvo employment to SUI
larger number of operatives, and keep 10 the
conntrv thousands upon thousands OF dollar:
which are now sent abroad 10 purchase wooies
fabrics and DOVER return until the products
the iarm are shipped to restore depleted CIT
culatlon.
Other portions of the State au;i the 'a:the
South arc sending ia orders, We are Informed
for these goods, and are more alive 10 the I'M
portance of building up enterprises thar serve
to render US really independent, than cur owl
pcopir, who are to reap the immediate Hcncut
flowing from the accommodating gains Of tHeS'
industrial pioneers or the expenditures the.
and their employees necessarily make. Th'
first step towards rclieI is to keep eapl,a a a
home factories, among which that V' john Is
Huptou Il Co., may be numbered, couir'out
70 this end, ard should be encouraged ty act
rs well as kid words Wure"ton lal,r.
DISASTER AT SEA. NORFOLK, Va, Apr
ia messenger has just arrived from ia
school ship Mercury, heretofore re- ortcd ashor
near Cape Henry He la!c tn, bach earl
this morning. The ship lie. bow t" tt'e a'or
and we'll up on the beach. Nothing has hce
landed from her. No lives were !rs: AID her?
no present danger The captain i awAi'lH
the arrival Of steamer from Norfolk t, tax
the boys eff. There are two hundred and : zt
persons on board the Mercury, two hundrc
and thirty OF whom are apprentice boy y
steam tugs lett here carly this lncrnl"g. Tor IN
wrcek The boys will be brought IN NGiiojl
and quar,cred on board the receiving shl!
New Hampshire, until arrangements are mad