The Daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1845-1850, 1847-01-09

The following from Hon. Andrew Stewart, a
member of Congress from Pennsylvania, is cop
led I'm the Uniontown Pa. Democrat
WASHINGTON, Dec IA, 1876.
had delightful trip to New England. The
Yankees are wonderful people. | soon discov-
cred, however, that "Brother Jonathan was a
great man, and hadn't half his growth. The tar
if of 46 as said last winter, instead of destroy.
ing monopoly has established it in New ENGLAND
it has checked investments every where else
broken down the weak, and stopped the new he
ginners in the Middle, Southern, and Western
States, where they must have protection to helm
them forward. But in New England. where
they have unbounded wealth, skill, capital in.
vested, and machinery in operation, thew can and
will go on; and perhaps there never was fine
when more capital was being invested in manu-
features than at this moment in New England
they are erecting them not by the foot but bv
the mile. | saw whole city building up in the
midst Of snow storm-not hand stopping or
descending from the house tops Three or four
incorporated companies, with three or four mill
lions of capital at work erecting factories by the
dozen, and houses by the hundred-one mscbine
shop 1000 feet long; and single factory. the
floors of which would cover seven acres ofground
another which will consume the wool Of 500
600 sheep annually, and one OF cotton which will
employ 1909 girls-and countless buildings go
ing up IN this new city on the Merrimac. half
way between Boston and Lowell, not vet named.
In Lowell they are opening a new canal, at the
cost OF half million to drive new set of facto
ries building, perhaps equal in power and ex
tent to those alrnady in operation there | saw
in one factory 1900 beautiful girls. with
cheerfulness, happiness, intelligence, and con-
tentment, Iegbly written on every countenance.
In another wooden factory Samuel Law
rence's) in looking over the pay roll or book, |
found on % consecutive pages containing 500
signatures, nearly all girls, but single one that
made mark or an ID, all written in good. and
many OF them in most elegant hand The clerk
observed to NE that Lord Morpeth, when on
visit to this country some years ago, happened
10 be present on pay day, and with some surprise
inquired, g what do your operatives write %
''Certainly, sir,' said the clerk, the Americans
all write" Directly there came in a man who
made his mark, "Ahl" said his lordship, with
a smile, 81 thought you said all wrote' "AH
Americans, your lordshp, but this is an English
man" Whereupon his lordshlp 'sgrinned a
CHASTITY SMILE
They talk of millions of dollars as familiarly as
We talk OF hundreds yet originally their coun-
try was land of barrenness and steriity, With
out coal, minerals, or soil. not equal in fertility
aud productveness to our mountains between
Unontown and Cumberland Yet this country
of rocks and sand banks is now the Eden of the
world, enjoying more wealth, intelligence re-
hnement, and happiness, in proportion to its pop
ulation than any other portion eff Gods earth
and all this is the result of industry and the arts
BY the aid OF labor saving machinery, their pro-
luctive industry is executed with forty-f fold
power, and i'll some operations with hundred
told.