Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1845-07-10

matured by ARKwRleHT, what wonders
are now wrought il branch OF industry
that once required the patien, toll OF years.
10 single factory at LowELL-- the NAN
CHESTER of America Str hRndred sil.
lions Of feet OF cotton Mreaa are produced
every dayl fifty millions every houtl and
nearly one million every minute 81 work.
ing time that pasSesl Thus cord Of suE--
ficieni length 70 belt, grea, Earth st The
region Of the Equator, is produced, by
this magical invcn,ion, 10 tie short period
oftwo brief hours Such is the bew Iier.
ing scale upon which this one branch Of
human industry is conducted in single
adjustment!
But lhe thoughts excited by these mar
velious results, are los. "a the siill more
wonderful invention OF MoRsE--fhc EIRc.
TRIO TELEGRAPH--by means OF which
communication may be held between the
most slant portions az the country, with
a speed, oulsiii2plng ihe WINDS, and keep
ing Pace with the swift lightnings of hea-
ven, thus investing man with a species OF
ubiquity, as miraculous as though be ex-
ereised the mysterious arts oi the msgi-
ciabl Well may he expect TO realize lAo
fantastic vision If the Poet, and place
eirdlc around the Earth within the short
4 period Of forty minutes,
/ Such are The luumghs ofLAnoR, gui-
ded by Genius, and directed to the higher
branches Of lie mechanical arts IL is
sphere in which the mind Of man may
range 10 its widest reveries. In il, lie
| becomes exalted IN character, and exei-
cises The high power and prerogatve Of
originating new combinations, oil making
new creations! By il he possesses fac
luliy inferior TO none ia the range OF bis
powers which properly exercised, plaes
him among the benetactors OF bis race.
| There is no higher o. nobler fame upon
Earth, than that which Genius, manifested
IN INVENTION, can attain Who would
wish more lasting Immortality among
men, than to have Inscribed upon the stone
that marks the spot Of his eternal sleep "he
was the inventor OF the Printing Press
or the power Loom; or the Spinning Jen.
ny; or The Cardng Machine; or any of
those useful inventions that give weight,
ard Influence, and dignity, 10 the enter.
prize OF menl
Upon these, and kindred considerations,
II becomes the people of Virgniato ponder.
When they shall have done so--when
they shall fully appreciate the true digni.
ty, and position, of LABOR, The time may
arrive, tina, the Genius Of Invention, fee
ing from the colder regions Of the North,
may take up his abode in this more ge-
NAL ard more favored cline.
But bow can Virginia obtain high ex-
cellence in any ofthe pursuits olhumsn in
dus,ry-in Agriculture, Manufactures, or
the Mechanic Arts-so long as she re-
mains cold aud insensible to her best ir..
terests upon subject that surpasses eve.
ry other in agnitude--TnE EDUCATION
OF HER SONS?
The state Of Education in Virginia is
burning seal Of disgrace upon her brow,
wlkerng the laurels she has won by the
glorious deeds Of the past. 1t is a strain
/. upon her escutcheon, which--ifnot spec
dly erased--will become an mmedca-
be wound upon her fame Virginians
can you believe that every treJM person
ADORE the age Of twenty, oil her entire
white popuatlon, is unrestricted in tho
common rudimenls OF learning-is una.
BILE 10 read and to writel And yet tho
records Of the country publish The damn.
ing ruth, and tie presses Of The world,
daily herald II forth, asking with unsup-
pressed sneers, what is the number Of her
citizens below the age Of twenty who
are in the same benigbied condition
II is maxim now universally scanow-
lodged, that Government is good or bad
10 proportion TO the wisdom and virtue of
those who rule Now The whole theory
OF our Government rests upon the virtue
and iniellgence--not OF particular por.
lions and classts- but upon the virtue
and intelligence OF every free born citizen
ofihe American Republic. 1t is evident,
then, that Education is indsrensaby ne.
cessary not Only to a proper compIeben.
sion Of duties, but TO ar eventual perpet.
uation of rights. 1t is palpable that the
freedom OF the people cannot be preserved
unless by general diffusion OF lnteIli.
gence among The masses, including all
ranks, pervading all conditions. Nor is
the general diffusion If Education-sl-
though once so regsrded--a mere Utopian
dream Of fancy; for we already behold
within our own borders, a populous Stale
Of tine American Union. in which not
single male or female orer The age Of ten
gears is to be found, who IS not instructed
IN the rudiments of knowledge, seho can
not read aud aerife
Alas ! for thee, Virginia Alas thou
proud mother OF States For brief
moment Of political power thou hast cast
aside the enduring elements Of eternal
renown For deathess page in bsto-
rvs story, thou hast sacrificed lifetime
of richer and more substantial joys
Once the CoRNELIA of states, thou
couds't point to thy sons as thy jewels;
but now thou art like NIoBE, all pale
and weeping, because they are no more
Too much TO fllrg awayl too much alas
| Life, JOY and hope, fof but CLEAN o. power!
q meteor CLEAN whose transient elories pass,
Meath the cold shadow, like summers flower,
Leaving upon the brow cloud Of care;
AdIesm Of darkness Ger The strong heart farled;
! I'LL the bowed head, with an its faded hair.
Is laid in dust far from the knocking world