The examiner. [volume] (Louisville, Ky.) 1847-1849, 1849-07-07
Life and Energy in she Free states.

Strange would be our emotions II, after an
absence Of three years from Kentucky, or our
return We should find on Piece Of land, which
was employed, at the lime Of our departure, as
pasturs-ground, a large and fourishing city
with a population Of ten or twelve thousand in
habitants. The change would seem magical,
incredible. The account which We subjoin Of
the city Of Lawrence shows that such a change
has been effected in one Of the States Of the
Union. Where three short years ago visitor
would have seen only "a desolate sheep pasture
with not more than two orthree houses In ZIG ht,"
he would now hnd beautiful city with church
Is and schoOl-houses, gas-works and Libraries,
and all the evidences Of life and prosperity
And in what part Of the Union is II that this
wonderful growth can be Witnessed Surely
one would say IL inust be in the most highly
favored portion, where Nature has so lavishly
bestowed her bsst gifts, the portion rejoicing in
tie mildest climate and the most fertile and.
Not so, but in Massachusetts,, with its cold air
and IFS thin, rocky soil, in barren, old Missa-
chusetts, in which Southern planter wonders
sninT life, and there has sprung up this yaung
city, whose history seemed to belong to the mar
wells of Fairy life rather than to the realities Of
ordinary existence.
To what is this astonishingly rapid growth
owiDg7 How shall We account for III Shall
We attribute il to wealth, wealth which, in this
money-loying age, is thought TO possess almost
miraculous powsrl But whence came the
wealth. How did barren, desolale Massachu-
sets become wealthy She has no mines of
silver or gold which have suddenly revealed their
treasures; hers is not n Californian coil
Whence then her salthl We have the ans wer
in one word-la6Or. In labor, intellge nj, per-
severing, wsll-drected labor, we have the cause
Of the wealth and prosperity Of Massachusetts,.
She knows that labor is the source Of her great
ness, and therefore she honors labor. She
knows that labor, TO be efficient and successful,
must be intelligent, and therefore she educates
the Iaborer. She places the means Of education
at the door Of the poor mans cottage. We
honor Massachusetts, for her care of the poor. |
We honor her because she regards the humbest
child within her iborders the possessor of an |
immortal mind and therefore entitled TO snioy |
opportunities of mental culture and impreve-
nent. We honor her because she regards eau-
cation not a. the privilege Of the few but ss the
light of all.
THE CRY OF LAwEESCE.--A correspondent
" the New Jersey Advocate gives tbs follow
ng account Of the new City OF Lawrence, ard |
ts unparalleled and rapid growth, in q recent
etter to that journal:
"ln l645 company Of capitalists in Boston
made purchase of.some 300kcres Of land about
welve miles above Lowell, on the Merrilntck
liver, as \ site for new manufacturing town.
The next year, or Just three years ago, opera
ions were commenced. The land was occupied
rs a sheep pasture, and a poor one at that--only
wo or three farm houses seing in existence in
IN area Of miles. Just three years ago, Capital
aid the foundation of the town Of Lawrence;
observe what found there to-day. The incor.
'orated manufacturing capital In operation
here, is six and a half millions, and sustains a
population already from 10 TO $4,000 The
mills are furnished with water power from an
immense dew costing $3.50, 900, and is In itself
me Of the most splendid pieces OF masonry In
his country. Running from the canal, one
nile long, from so 10 100 feet wide, and 10 fest
eep. The Essex Company have spacious
Machine shop OF stone, 404 feet long, and ga
ride, stories high. Also forge shop, 232
set by SIS feet, foundry l54 by 80 fset.--wa-e.
ouses, &c, il5 feet by 43--and pattern house
so by l52. Stretching upward from this i'm
tense mass is a circular stone shaft or chimney /.
~ feet high. These works will furnish en-
loyment for about 500 men. a square or brick I
rnement has been erected for their work mon
so houses. ,
The Atlantic Cotton MilIshave now built and !
70 completing 4 mills, each $50 feet long, S
cries high, picker houses, each 70 feet long, q
stories--$ cotton houses, aggregate lergih Z
70 feei.--eloth and counting rooms, Sc, 400 !.
ct long, 2stories. Also 10 blocks of boarding
buses for their operatives. making q range Of p
sndsoine brick buildings, stories high, run g
ng over $500 feet in length. Itmay give sone :,
ca Of the extent of the buildings 70 say That
ere are four and half acres of slate roofing.
The Bay State Woolen Mills have spacious L
ocks of boarding houses, $50 feet In length C
stories. They have three mills, each 300 feet >;
ng, eight stories high, or los feet to the ridge =
lie. They have also a building 96s feet Ia &c
Myth, with Two wings at right angles, each la
o feet long, from to stories. When fully
mPlete, there will be a parallelogram Of al e,
Oct selid masonry, 1000 feet by 400, aad will :
the largest wooden factory in the world. 1t as
II consume 2Aoop0o pounds Of w',ol per pl
mum. .EG8 ~ sfss.s,,,E ii | +
But can hardly give you a idea 81 jhs i'm. w
'nse factories and machine shops which tower M
In every direction. A word or Two OF thu m
gn proper. Its laid out ir brssd and rexuar u,
eets, the sidsn planted with tIsss A hand. | A.
ne park Of 3 acres occupies the centre oil IN
town. There ara now 1000 dwsIlinsps-.l vi
ny OF them elegant residencas. Nine riEIl IN
~ socistise arti orsnnised, several Of thsusl ~
nag erectel hpndOme char,h sdifioes ID -