The Sun.
London, England, 1842-09-24 00:00:00

A YANKEE LEADER'

(From the New York Herald.) AA)
STATE OF THE COUNTRY.—The sky is deep 0
blue. The sun shines brightly. The western breetit
from the hill tops of Jersey is as fresh as the bte!,_.
of heaven when the golden gates were opened to tf
Son of Man. Congress has adjourned—trade L 5
viving—population is increasing—the girls are wes,
ing at the watering places—the rotten banks are log
ploding—the specie currency peeping out Gf its bluti'vi
places—new religions, with fresh deities, stertio
every day—and cotton, corn, and currency, get
lower every week. ts ore
Among the politicians some curious movemen, the
coining to light. Captain Tyler has dernoliabeursta.
Whigs—and bids fair to swallow up the denrc,t,
Mr. Clay is the only candidate of the former, anti To
Calhoun and Mr. Van Buren of the latter.
Whigs have a plain road—nothing to do but tok
o
ahead with Clay and elect him—if they can. Millie
the democrats, who have gained all the recent edio
tions, a tremendous struggle between Calhoun i'his
Van Buren is approaching. Captain Tyler all/
administration have taken sides with Gilberto
against Van Buren, Benton, and their assecillo
This will be the fiercest struggle for a nominaticbg,
the Presidency that ever shook the country. .9%
houn begins the game in gallant style, by col lo
the war into Africa, and dashing his first blow at",
York. In this city, the " young democracy of
rica" are perfectly crazy for the great nullifies hie
The action of these singular elements at Wesmd
ton has produced the new tariff, the new •Piber
treaty, tho new apportionment, and various_fmei
measures. The intrigues and counter intrigues OD7e4
the class of politicians called " leaders," will be
numerous during the next year, 05"
But let them go on—the country is prospeo.o
and he who trades on the cash system—and lel
in God and woman—can always live happily elm I
rich slowly. This great republic is the ga-off
Eden among the nations. We have nearly tf."o
millions of inhabitants—one thousand millions Of
lars worth of annual produce—thirty or forty'
gions, and a new one every month—two litlt!botr
broken banks—eighty millions of specie--tvve A
sand financiers not yet in the States prisons-4111:0
quantity of fine land, high mountains, splendid°, oil
with a sun and moon, the best and brightest tliP
took the great circuit of eternity.
STATE OF THE HOSIERY -
LACE TRADES, ,mot'
The bobbin net trade seems almost in a fixed Veal
tion, as we hear but little now of the new inv7,ool
or patterns in fancy laces, or of any new improv
or demand for plain nets, or plain quillings. 1,1:401,
mand for fancy breadths is tolerably good, nu Dbr
of the machine owners are disposing pretty Tre'cori
all they. make ; though this is not generally the ,0
many finding it difficult to dispose of old or to
patterns. The plait laces keep improving, bUtl,
demand is not so great as to induces venal-113%0i
culation. We know some instances of triacalt
making plait laces, where the owners find it very er
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cult to make sales to the lace manufacturers an-facor
chants ; notwithstanding this, one of the large-4_211d
ries is increasing the number of their machines
this article.
:hes

The warp tatting and single cap branc,. ti
much the same state as they have been for some 10
past, some articles of the latter description be'.".;olo
tolerable demand. There is no material altersr bgs
the warp silk blond branch, who are tolerebli'eoff
not generally, employed. The low wages? 11°W• ' "
cause a gloomy discontent. 0
The plain silk hose hands are very assid tlfreslo.
forming a club for the protection of their lug eo'
Many of the large shops are destitute of fun;
ploymiint, and have been so for a long
scarcely any description of workmen in the 0
dom have suffered so severely as the " itle"
glove hands." We have ventured to state that 001
is an improvement in the demand ; this, ve 0
the quarter we received the information, we 0 411
doubt is the case with some of the houses ; attit •
hailed it with ',satisfaction, as this branch, with l'fori
slight exception or two, has been retrogadinge 0
quarter of a century. This increase we are 5
but very partial, being not above one or two per
but still it is an amendment, which we felt it otirtk
to advert to, as we conceive the public have a s';'so.
know these variations. Some part of the PLP'IO6
workmen have been extremely censorious Ziosier:;
subject, but we again repeat that some oft 0th.14
have had an increased demand, though, 115 "roes':
cases, they may wish to hide the matter, lest ti or 01'
should be made upon them for increased war'
remission of extra work or charges. a elf
We are sorry to say that the cotton hose an /00P
trade is still in a depressed state, which Is side
aggravated by the truck system. This 181-5, en.ilr
voured to be put down by the workmen at Sn'tt3 hi bAshfleld, but they have been much discoursg ,atife '
conviction having taken place, and the e0;011;
ministers of the law refusing to levy the PeA btill '
This is the real cause why this evil has, on"r the
afflicts and disgraces the land. The conduct 0' the
parties alluded to ought to be represented °their i
Lord Chancellor, so as to compel them to dt;fectli
duty, for in the present state of the law it is Pe oes
hopeless. The population may well be feverish, s flt
they are denied the protection of their own 10;(5%,
the mere caprice of the dispensers of such 13s
Nottingham Journal.