Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1850-06-07
RICHMOND ENQUIRER.
FRIDAY MORNING. JUNE I, 1880
Ea,,ortal correspondence.

"a h;s can;,a NJ The Empire State last evening" py
from Boston, 200 miles, The first 100 miles 10
had already gone over but the other man, l'o'
ho,a u,.s new and astonishing To the New orK Ha'e
line f3s miles from here) il is among the to"s"e
md most broken countries ever saw For near. " '
tho Wes,6eld noisy little river, dashes against Tue "o"
,ains which hem il in each side and the
ing il, of filling the ravnes and 'uhhehi''S '"N
fhe rocky excrescenccs, are almost NV Tt,
railroad can be made successfully any whe'e' 90"
from what | saw along this line There arc SUM-
d ,so zoe, 70 the mile) which passed over CASH!
bpt Al n less rapid pace. Frenchs nvehlo" " ~ ~
mirably here Our friends in Southwestern" '"s'''' w
,har poriions af the State, nceu not aesa
- o,r;ro .ycelent roads after the experiment On "he
rho "western Railroad" from Boston TO Albany ihe'e
mich picturesque scenery on this ron'e-oi' 'he
s. valleys near the Hudson excepted Is poor ana tut VIVA
,ss soarse and small though was surprised 10 hu cA
.;.e factories in the very heart OF the mountains
i however very pretty and furnishing place we passu
in sight of Kaderaoos but did not The residence oil the
Free Soil traitor some miles from the village. FROM
,hs mint however we had distant but beautiful VIZ"
the famous Caskil mount,ius. As We approached Aoa''
skr,ne the Hudson enjoyed several exquisite landscapes
tha, would inspire painter The scenery ana tue u"
view OF Albany strikngy reminded me OF our own oeauu
civ The Capitol similarly situated and the
the cy are not unlike the Falls Plantation. ms oe'hs
Sunday and Railways and Steamboats, being quescen a
Isr a
were Governor Fish and other gandees stroed over e
,,b;cb bos now about $4,000 inhabitants IS well oul,
ray.d and lighted and is indeed very attractive ana rapidly
imnroyinp place The Hotel, in which am, ~ most co'o'
table and overooks the Public Square on which are eu
toaeher the Capitol o handsome reddish iree-siohe Win
front of white marble Corinhian columns ana on the 'oP
circular temple Of the order and Materials su'hou'e"
nv white marble Of Justice)-ne STATE House a"u
the CITY Hall doth elegant buildings OF West Chester white
nd danes
is more blessed than other States She has no; only Ia
noI where both Houses meet but State House, wner-
;hc pubc officers keep their records and transact their bust
neas The old House State Street his and Broad
way and Washington beautiful streets ls very pam
brick building and is appropriated TO the a'e ,oo
pica Rooms" and the State Agricultural Rooms In us
rear i. an enormous brick building devoted TO that noble
monument of New York, the State Normal School io
the education of Teachers diuse knowledge throughout
her broad imts May Virginia catch some OF the spirit as
invoked by Mr. Wise and similar temple to education
This afternoon | jumped into an Omnibus (in the North
they call them Stages and for l2e cents was conveyed
along the Hudson and the great Erie Canal 10 Troy
and East) about six miles From "the Cottage a very
elevated hill in rear of the the vew superb embrac-
ing Lansinbug three miles above the Hudson and Canal
1he Mohawk which comes in there, fine bridges &c. Eas'
Troy has about the population Of Richmond and West Troy
this side of the river s vl@c with fnc residences
does duty.
cannot begin tell you of the objects OF interest
that enoyed in Boston cannot, however, forget TIC
fine Opera of La Favor and The Concert TO the Poor Oh
the next night both OF which occasions, the Italians =
payed all their strength hung with deieh, the i,
bu, clear and ringing Sa said to be the enor
that has ever been in the United States and TIL gush-
inn strains Of the Pma Donna Steiianoni whom Willis
STYLES the "Havanese Cleopatra. She has colossal and
llrA a,.th aa fin
and acts with effect she sings most swee'y and
soriously Badiai has splendid voice. and popular favor
is placing him nearly level with his rival Sasi The
other singers the corusss and orchestra all Of superior
order and the Bosonins showed their TASTE in crowdine
TO their delightful performances. They now in Ne"
York ---e--~':- 'eius'u 10 orihe
letters But the Opera friend
Roberts, of the popular and spirited Boston Times,
nized, and kindly covered me with attentions dined with
him at the fremont House. capital Hotel which stands
higher with the Bostunans than the Revere House In thu
afternoon took drive Of Is miles passing through
The rapidly growing Roxbury and threading number oi
beautiful villages and tasteful cottages and
the p-incely Boston merchants and manufacturers. i am.
that city in the world presents lovely environs
Boston. Taste, and luxury all brought bear An
accident occurred carriage the gate of Mr. Chick
sng of the great Piano Forte manufacturer. We
tered his beautiful grounds, which neatly enclosed with
white pine sapiings in their native The stable Ia
Gothic buildng is curious aud interesting The stalls
clean and filled with straw, the edges pai
ed. Up stairs is handsome Cabinet, hung with sporting
print. and pictures and surrounded with glass cases, in
which suspended harness. saddles bits brides &C. in
beautiful order-wth here and there Of the
ing calendar, such shoe OF Fashion, &c In u bark
covered rustic far OIL shcks fine American Ea-
gle 81 years old and in their respective departments
may see living specimens the Alpine Chamos noble dogs
poultry &c. The whole affair is tilou in lis line.
a interesting day spen, Lowell. Roberts kindly
introduced James Prince ESQ., gentleman of great
intelligence and SKILL engaged in the Mertimack Print
Works and he most politely showed me all the wonders of
the town. which is growing with extraordinary rapidly Not
great many years ago was small village but lis popu
,ation now equals that of Richmond. The Merrimack
Work. are the most extensive in Lowell. Their capital j.
s25OOoOO and they employ 6i5 males and 800 females
village in itself They have six splendid mills for making
the cotton cloth and several large buildings for printing
in every variety of coors and patterns. had glimpse
every operation from engraving the cylinders 10 packing
and labelling the prints The cloth is printed BY copper cyl
endars revolving in tho dye, in the form OF paste Thepa
tern is first carved with The hand small soft steel die
which afterwards hardened and by ingenious machinery
lie made revove and transfer the pattern the large cop
per cylinder With the latter the cloth i. rapidly and beau
.ulIy printed Bat shall not bore you with all The pro
cesses of Washing dyenC &c. &c We went next to the
Carpet Manufacturing Ccmpanys magnificent works The
process here still curious Is il not almost micu-
ous that machinery piece Of carpet of variety o.
pattern and color, should be the moment 2
The machinery ian American inven,ion) is regulated by
series of wires working in holes pat,erncard above,
which moves the time. As the wires move with
each hoe they operate The shu,es Of different coored
thread which dashed through the loom. and thus the
singular operation goes The looms tended BY
girls and here mus: say, that saw some lovely girls
in tho mills Lowell brsht-eyed, rosy, with finely
chseed and Roman forms They live in long
of excellent boarding houses attached 10 each establishment
There are in Lowell IA male and $3.50 female operatives
Lowell contains III manufacturing companies $50 mills and
spindes and 9SS5 looms with capital of upwards
of thirteen millions of dollars. The mills worked BY
canals from the bold aud rapid Mernack, which they
are all situated visited the new Gam and canal great
work Nashua and Manchester above, md Lawrence IN
town which sprung like magic IL miles below draw
the motive power for their immense factories from the aer
rimack also.
was Hospitality treated TO dinner BY the family OF
Mr. Prince, whose venerable father came from England