The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1843-07-24

NOTES ON AMERICA, BY A "MAN OF BUSiNEss. -
The Liverpool Times has published very interesting
letter from an Intelligent English merchant who Is
present travelling in this country They give evil
dence OF great good sense, much liberaty and no
small powers OF accurate observation on the part OF
the writer. Plain, common sense, Practical men OF
business are the tourists from whom the people of
the old world are most likely to obtain correct no.
tons of the condition of this country. As for your
egostical, conceited, spaneiic book makers and
zinc-writers-Pshaw! We annex lew pas
sages from the letters of this correspondent of this
Liverpool Times, which will not be read without
| Interest,"
LowELL-When at Boston, the other day, I vi
sted the factory and engineering establishments at
Lowell. This place, which has sprung up within
the last twenty years. is nov MADE INTO city, with
its municipal corporations, &c., and beautiful CITY
it swide streets laid out at right angels, excellent
buildings, mostly OF red brick and as clean and neat
as though they were built yesterday The young
women In the factories, are altogether different
from our factory glTls they are well educated,
sdy-like Ia their appearance, dress and manners
some OF them he daughters o elergymen. and
! many the daughters oi respectable farmers from
! the country around Lowell they earn two aud
halt three dollars per week. aud live at boarding
houses Each factory master has q number OF these
boarding house some have thirty or forty, and he
| takes care to have no persons placed IN them but
board in the houses belonging 10 the master tor
whom they work, but at liberty to choose out
OF these Tor themselves, The keepers Of these board
ing houses earn their living by it, and there aie
not girls sufficient 10 fiji them ali, those who treat
| tie girs the best have the greatest number. They
pay dollar and quartz per week or board, wash
| lug aud lodging. Provisions are cheap, and they
live well for this money. thus lea wing them from 65.
! 10 63 81. per week aett for clothes or other
The emp loyed 1T these factories generally earn
| a dollar per day
| CAPTAIN Tyler gPEA14--THE HERALD -Presi
dent Tyler was here this week he is az plain aud
| arse-looking an old farmer. He was attended
by several OF the heads OF the Gov. rnment, all
| plain az himself and there vas very lutte more re-
spe ct paid to him Ill the processon, or at the theatre
than to any other Perscn-'hey ;eat. hun civlliy,
and that was all He is not a popular President
He is too honestfor both Wings and Loco zoos, and
therefore pleases neither. Very few OF the citizens
bu large number Ut soldiers with bands OF music,
joined the procession the day oil his arrival. The
Irish repeaers got up large procession, which toll.
lowed the other, but itaIpeared to be their object to
show their numbers, rather than to show their re-
spect to the President. The lrishmen here foolshIy
fancy that OConnell Is the point Of revolution.
| izing all Ireland; that England will soon follow
then France, Germany, and other States, and that
in comparatively short period all Europe will be
| under Republican Governments. The New York
| Herald, which appears to be one OF their organs
br ably states these to be their objects, and gores
in the magnificent project. very large meeting Is
now being held in the Park in front OF the City Hail.
and the rishnlen are speechityipg in grand style -
They are raising great deal OF money here to send
to Ire land. Aoout 1000 dollars raised at one
meeting. and they also talk of sending oyer men
and arms if these shorld be necessary. The IRISH
! men here are In earnest ABOUT Repeal, whether
O'Connell is or not, and they universally hate the
English as ihe.t tyrsntf and c?aressors The recen
| process ngs of the English IN China, Aghans'an
Scinde. at tiie Sandwich l,lsuds, ana their claims
on the Oregon Territory, have excited the jealousy
and fears OF all Gle sses OF zoe Americans They be-
leve that TIE policy OF England Is universal EN-
, pire.
+ GRAVITY OF THE YANKEgs.-The people of Bos
ton are remarkably grave, scare, y smile is to b,
seen on their couatenances, aud all their converse
ton is o. the same chsracter. The Americans
learn all they can from the English. and Try To &c
beyond us IN every thlog; they value the good OPT
| mons OF Eosllshmen, and feel acutely wbene We
we speak i'll of them; but they do not Tor the
good or bad opinion of any other people on earth.
TRAVELLING In travelling the universal practic,
at the inns is common table for all, and common
| charge for all you get meat, drink, lodging, ant
| attendance tor two dollars, or less, per day. h,
travelling here is immense; the whole country
seems in motion, every body as busy they can be
and the CELEBRITY with which they eat their meals i
surprising; bre akfast dinner, tea, is from
quarter to half hour, with four or five courses,
and, soon as they have done, they instantly rise
from table and 60 away there Is very ite social
in eating to have time to speak to each other, and
the passengers on the roads appear taciturn
own countrymen II Is seldom you can get the
Il
| of political and social freedom and exemption from
| excessive taxation and military force are every
where apparent every public building, and almost
every public institution, is open tor every person to
| go IN aud examine without charge, and without IN
PRODUCTION. The working classes cannot be oppres-
sed here as they in England; there is no craw-
Ing servillty the part vi the poor, nor naughty
manner in The wealthy and yet there is respect paid
where il ls due, by all parties, except 10 the poor
African race, who are treated with great contempt,
by nearly all. Peace and good order every where,
and yet there is neither policeman nor soldier to be
| seen.
MANUFACTURES AND BUsrNEss.-The Americans
are pushing their own manufactures in all direc-
| tions and are competing with each other, that
with their immense resources o iron and coel, they
will be enabled, in comparatively short period, TO
| manufacture as cheaply, and in much larger qua0i-
| ties than ourselves Wages are higher than with
VI, but they are trying TO reduce them, and they
| would soon be equally low but TIE workmen leave
and travel into the vest whenever II is ate mpted
| Every person ! have conversed with, connected
with business is crying out again. g. the present Ia.
riff. IL ls dong the Americans an immense amount
o. mischief, ra!y Zlng trade ard lessenlng
| sumption, aud although the act was cassed 10 cup
port aad encourage native manufactures, those paw
! ties complain that they have more coInprti-
ton, lower pr.ces and less profits Than they ever
had before. There will be little done IN English
goods TIL the tariff is modified, and il is generally
| expected this will De done next session of Con-
gress.
| AN AMERICAN r oPE- WALK. Il saw the States ma
Wy yard, stores, aud engine, and machinery for
| spinning and twisting cables, whicn is ilr superior
| 10 any thing of the kind have seen in I'gland =
| The Americans are growing their own he mp on the
| MssIssppi aud the foreman of the rope walk says
| that II IS much superior, and will stand much
higher test than the Russian hemp, and thai he ca
| bIes they make very much better and stronger
| than the best they can get from England He told
US Of two curious philosophical facts; the first on
| bis authority, the second we witnessed He stated
that If you heattar, such as they for their ca
bles, 100 degrees above boiling heat, you may dip
| your hand in it with the greatest impun,ty, aud
without the least injury. and that they are In the
constant habit of doing SO the other Is, that the
leathern straps coming from the engine, and work
ing the machinery are highly charged with elecIr