The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1837-12-19
From the Boston Mercantile Journal.

- "o' yer, DeNcFc, more than two or three
centuries since the on mode ofspinnng known
was 10y the rock and spindle The sin1uIe snin-
/ nlhS wheel, moved by the hand and which was
| 'nouSht, IN the times of our grand parents. TO
snow graceful form and well turned arm To
"on'iy us huch advantage as harp at the pres
/ tiL Gay, anu to make music almost rs cheerful
i ~ at once an abSoIete and modern invention.
! Inc Greeks and Romans are said TO have been
| ''hacqunnted with the Spinning The
hloharchS heavy purple and the nymphs airy
issue were alike manufactured by twirling the
"'s.aH, aIlG drawing our thread with the fingers;
Hhi 10 improvement made on this tedious
process, III Great Britain, before the fifteenth
century. 1t is evident that much more labor
must nave oeen requisite, with this rude machine
ry, TO supply the Indispensable article of clothing
IMAM With the modern improvements. The in
PRODUCTION of the spinning wheel nroduced n
great economy OF this labor; but the introduction
OF the spinning and weaving machinery of the
last century, has pushed this economy TO an ex-
tent, at which 1t IS in vain TO attempt to calculate
H. ms economy operates, first, To multiply the
comforts OF the existing population, aud then by
necessary consequence, to increase the popula-
ton capable of living within a given circuit Yes
the man who, in the infancy of the arts, invented
the saw or the plain, the grindstone, the vice, or
the handm and those who, in later periods
have contributed to the wonderful system of
modern machinery, entitled 10 rank high
aiIoug ttle DeneIactors OF mankind, the fathers
OF cIyIiaZaton,-the creators had almost said
OF nations. No, it is not the fabulous wand of
the enchanter, it is the weaver's beam, and in
Struments like it which call thousands and tens
OF thousands into being. Mind acting through
the useful arts, is the vital principle OF modern
civilized society. The mechanician not the ma
glclan Is now the master of life. He kndles
the fires of his steam engine-the rivers. the
lakes, the ocean, are covered with lying vessels
mighty chain pumps descend clanking and
groanIng, to the deepest ahysses Of the coal mine
anu rid them of their deluging waters and spin
dies and looms play their task as if instinct with
lille. 1t Is the necromancy ofthC creative machn-
lst In moment happy thought crosses his
lmaginatlon,--an improvement is conceived
some tedious process can be superseded by a
chemical preparation, as in the modern art of
bleaching. Some necessary result can be attain
ed IN halt the time, by new mechanical contri-
vance another Wheel-a ratchet-a screw will
effect the object; he tries Il few experiments: it
will succeed; it is done. He stamps his foot
and thousand men start into being : not like
those which sprang from the tabled dragons
teeth, armed with the weapons OF destruction bur
furnished with every implement for the service
and comfort of man.
Mn kING's LETTER. The Richmond Wing
publishes the following extract Of Il letter from
the Hon. ]. p. King, late Senator from Geor-
ga, to a frend:-
The great mass has found out that their dis |
tresses have been caused by Executive misrule |
in the finances, and they cannot be convinced to |
the contrary. For many years they quit thinking
for Themselves on the subject, but when it be came
necessary to gut eating also, their attention was
aroused to the necessity of reasoning on their !
own interests; and when they do this, from party
Influences, it is very plain If we do not
ease the people, then, on this subject, what is to
become of us? Ohio is gone. New jersey is |
gone. Rhode Island is gone. Maine is gone.
Indiana is gone. Pennsylvania is almost gone
and Georgia, n. Carolina, and Arkansas thought |
TO he IN danger, and 10 cap the climax, | shall
not be surprised, if we lose New York. The .
City know is gone. And what have we gain
Calhoun has taken Il fancy to us, to be .
sure; buff we give him control, he will ruin US:
and if we do not, he'll leave us in less than ~ .
mouths. We know his own opinion, given last
year, of the cohesive power that binds us to-
gether. Mr. {. is great man, and in private
lite most exemplary one; but he is so eccentric |
and changeable that, guide, there is no conf
dence to he placed in him. Look back to his
opinions on national bank, and hear him at
the last session-hs former opinions o? the pro-
tecuye system united with complete system of
internal Improvement, as necessary to secure the .
permanent prosperity of the country, and hear
hm intely talk about State Rights
Then there is Pickens; it is said he has come
over to us. And what sort of Il OUer is it /?
lie votes tor the divorce, and makes speech for
It, III which there is denuucation and bitterness
enough To kill ten administrations. He abuses
US as pick. poCkets-we have to take it as SPAN
leIs and recommend MIR Pickens' able speech |
to the perusal the public p don't want such
allies as these. had rather he in the minority,
and fight UNDER would say Master Pick
ems that if he wishes to Join the democracy in |
IFS present weakness, let him do it like IL gener-
Gus man, on equal terms, and not come to our
rc!iefliEe an Ocracock wrecker, to abuse and in
suit 4 shipwrecked crew, and claim all their
goods for salvage. Mr. P. has taken it into his
head, that he is and must be very consistent, be-
cause, with little squod Of ultra opposition, he
voted for The separation in 1884. But was it not
notorious, that the only object then was to embar-
rass the administration in the Experiment
which was then great favorite? NotC he seems
to glory in his position, because it enables him TO
abuse the administration with impuuity. Why,
Ia ms soon depend on Bezebub to defend me
against Satan, rs on Pickens to defend me against
the Wings. However, Pickens is a gentleman
and man of talents. And he appeals alroltly,
does he not?-as does Mr. Calhoun, to the sec
tlona' feelings of the South, to sustain that, which
he fears their reason would not approve. But