The Middlebury people's press. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1841-1843, 1842-02-01

them my provisions, and hire what work | wis
to have done. In this manner pay then
five hundred dollars, which eat up and con
sumo. At the end of the summer | am 81
much the poorer in my purse, and they so mucI
the richer.
/ In the illustration, am America-they the
rest of the world. Now were America rich in
gold and silver, as my friend is, it would be o.
little consequence, provided the mines would
yield rapidly enough, if the experiment were
10 be carried on little longer but unfortu-
nately, our wealth consists in exactly what
other nations will not take, viz: the produc.
tions of the SOIL They will rot on the ground
while the few glttering coins that are left us
10 set our own energies in motion, to supply us
with the means of making other products val
liable, are raked up and shipped to foreign
lands.
We talk of return of specie payments in
this country, as lift were only necessary for our
Legislatures to vote that it should be done.
Could correct return be made of the coin in
the impossibility of the thing would be appa-
rent. The truth is, our specie has left the
country, for the plain reason that we import,
under the free trade system, in the face of an
impossibility TO export under the very same
system, any thing but specie, in settlement of
large balance. If England would receive
flour, pork, lead, and the various productions
of the West, in payment for the manufactures
that are poured in here, we should never have
beheld the humiliating spectacle of rich and
productive State in the Union, bankrupt and
dshonored. IfCongress would make Tariff
TO- morrow, sufficient TO set in motion the man.
ufacturing industry of New England the price
and demand of the productions of the agricul-
turists would be doubled in one year. II, on
the other hand, this branch of national industry
shall be neglected, the following consequences
may be safely predicted "Agriculture NTH
out marksi-Indu,iry dnguishing and de-
cHning-the country drained Of sPecie-and
Commerce paraly=ed and destroyed.
ANOTHER LowELL-About eighty miles
from Boston, near the Western railroad, and
within short distance from the ConnPctlcu
river, on n small stream in Massachusetts, is
the second Lowell in embryo. The place Is
called 'Cabotville," having a stinted soil. with
but Little verdure except hemlock about it. and
for any purpose but that Of manufacturing.
utterly worthless. The whole region now
occupied by the village described below, but a
few years since was bought for few thousand
'lalIars. The followi y is from The Cabolvllfe
Chronicle:
"Ten years since, this was wild spot, the
habitation of frogs, quails, snipes, rabbits,
&c.
Now it has six cotton mills. built Of brick.
four stories high. 100 feet By 50 feet wide.
Near the mills are eighteen large three story
brick boarding houses for the operatives, and
several smaller ONES for the overseers.
forge ard two machine shops, where all the
machinery for the several mills has beer made,
and some for foreign market. Just above
these shops is the sword and cu'l' ry ma ufrc-
tory, and bell and cannon foundry of N. P
imes g. Co. Also. a shuttle and bobbin shops
lash aud blind factory. saw mill. grist mill, and
paper mill There are in the village six re-
gious societies. Universalist, Congregational
st, Baptist, Roman Catholic, and five neat and
spacious houses of worship The Unitarian
Society has been lately organIzed. and will
probably erect church next Summer. There
IRE seven schools, and large school house
IF the most approved construction is now being |
erected for scholars ofthe highest order; Thirty |
seven stores and shops, printing office, and |
a weekly newspaper. Six clergymen, six |
physicians. and one lawyer, form The pro-
fessional corps. Dwelling houses over SEQ, |
and more than 100 have been erected the past /
year. the population about 3.5000."