The Hillsborough recorder., 1876-01-05
NEW YEAR.

NEW aE6h
We greet our readers on the opening Of
smother year. We wish them peace, and
prosperity through its course They can
look back upon the past year with less ot
Ssd retrospect than Of late. For though
there was the continuance Of commercial
depression. there was health and peace and
abundant yield Of the productions Of the
earth. Aud they can look forward with
more of cheerfulness than has been per-
mitted them for years. There is improved
political prospect. there is the approach 70
the turning 81 the commercial tide that has
70 long been adverse. and there is the pros.
pect Of that universal good feeling between
the different sections { the country. 50 long
postponed, but 50 much longed ior. Let
us hope that alltEese prospects will be rea-
lzed. and that the coming year will be one
Of individual and national happiness.
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EDITORS sC0RRESP0 P0EDENcE.
'a'a wILNlNcroN, Dee. 29th.. /.
Ny annual visit to this charming place
brings with il its usualre-unionwith pleas
ant friends. some casual participation inthe
pleasures Of the Christmas holidays. and !
renewal Of that interest which has always
attached to Wilmington and almost every
thing connected with it. Early associations
and impressiens have left their indelible
mark. and though one generation has pass
ed away yygand another has replaced il.
though many familiar faces 20 longer
greetthe eye, and strange eyes peer into
mine with the faintest response Of recegnis
tion. still there is enough of the magic Of
old "reminiscences to invest sxen othe Vii
mington Of to-day with its old charm, and
keep unbroken the chain which unites the
present with the past. @ss..@,,a ~,
Each succeeding year shows some mark
ed and decided step towards that position
Wilmington is destined to take as d city,
Citizens are hardly 50 sensible Of this astbe
visitor Of rars intervals, since each step IS
taken singly and use makes familiar. The
visitor is better able to make comparisons.
One Of themos striking demonstrators Of
progress is in the harbOr Improvements
which illustrate themselves ia the increase
Of vessels Of heavy tonnage a the Wharres.
These are The foreshadosing Of that heavy
foreign trade which these improvements
make probable at an early day. Before
the works On the bar and in the river we're
begun vessels drawing more than II feet
water could not load st the whsrves - II
they took in cargo that increased theft draft
over that depth, they finished their lading
outside the bar. Now. vessels are loading
drawing At tie sharyes fourteen ieet. Tie
effect Of This Is felt already. Vessels of
FIVE and six hundred tons are laading for
Liverpool and other ports IN Europe with
cargoes before obtained elsewhere. The
cotton exports have been directly affected
by the increased depth Of water. Before
1870. certainly not Eve hundred bales had
been shipped to foreign ports. Last year
about six thousand bales wore shipped. Up
TO date for the season begiauing on the fst
Of October, upwards Of thirteen thousand
have been shipped. and yevessels are load.
Jug nos. which wild take SIS thousand more.
The total receipts st the port for this sea.
son are estimated At rs. 600 bales.
The cotton business increasing 50 rspid-
ly Las demanded increased faeiIiiies, and i
cO,toh company was formed last yesr for
the purposes Of stVrage and comprising.
The eomPary bought tract lying on the
f,vsr in the upper psrtO the city. ahrepghI
whiea tracks connecting with all the rail
rOldspassea. Upop this, they erected. ! large
brick warehouse. divided ihto. Ere proof
compartments. with platforms all round
convenient for unloading and with six or
eight hundred fsstof wharfage along side Of
which vessels drawing lG feet load. e..
They also erected p9werrul compress,
which reduces bale Il once % the thick
ness Of about fourteen inches. and making
ss soIid Ss log Of wood. The Compress
reduces about Eve hundred bales day.
SbOut one tbird Of cargo. -.
The whole works cost about sixty tl,oas.
and dollars. sndsre said 70 Be che most
complete in the country, spd they GIL .
want . long felt, tI,at tbey are largely Ps-
,rOaiEed. Nese butte fpr foreign sr.
port is compressed. Five foreign yessels
are now loading atthe ecmpaby wharvss.
Another improvement here j. The cotton
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