What Manufacturers Achieve

Codo tuerce has rearad -ome splendid citics iq America, but it should not be forgotten that manufactures have done I thoir fu 11 libare just as nuil. II' , merce can claim New York, Chicago, New ürleans, acd San Francisco, manufactures claim tlie lion's sharo of building up Boston, Philadelphia, Cinciunati, Baltiinore and Pittsburgh, and the entile credit oí' suoh towns as Lowell, Lawrence, Manchester, N. H., (wliy do they not find mime original mime for so olever a place) Troy, Wilmiugton, Del., etc Indeed if tho manufactures wore taken away f rom New York, the chiuf emporium of coinmerce the city would be so much roduued as hardly to kiiow itself Manufactures, tlierefore, do not play tho merely meudicaut part whicli souie freo trade votarles imagine in our political economy. They uudoubtedly eup port a much larger populatiou than corr merco does, and givo a greater straajfth to the whole counnuniiy. II trado has built its oruamütital structurcs, have not manufactures done moro in the same line 'i So, while wo are asking to proteet ibis great homo interent, it points us on eveiy hand to ita noble achievemenls, in proof that the encouragement wc bostow upon it will uot be throwu avvay. VVhen we advocate the devotinu of more care and attent ion to manufactures, we ask our people to do that which will enlai'ge vilhiges into citieH, and expaud sinall cilies iuto imtnensu metropolita centers of popuktion and business. In such a rnovoment as this every class of the community is direc.tïy intoreeted. It givos the farmer a better horno inarket for his produce, the tradesman an incrcased dematid for his goods, the real estáte owner an ampie return for bis investment, the building trade a constant employuiont, and, in fact, all kinds of civilized craftsmen the means not only of making a good living and accumulating a couipetence, but of rcaring up splondid fortuues. Let a cotton factory or an iron foundry be put in full operution in a country village and immediately the village becomes a town of very dapided importance. Let it be loeated in auy 8uituble part of a city üke Philadelphia, and ïinmediately every house in the neigh borhood acquires an increased value, on account ol the dernand for dwelüngs by the operatives. A commercial city may be squeezod iuto a very limited space, as is the case wiib. New Yoi'k, whilo a manufacturino; eity inevitably rcquireH a great deal of "room and verge enough," The operatives employed in thd latter live ia ooinfortable dwellings, while tho sitilors, the loog shore meu, and the hangers-on of coinmerce seem to ignore sueli advantages. Manufactures give patronage and support to the schools of design ; thoy eucourage the educación of the masses ; they are the soul of all improvements in agriculture and eouiinere. If we understaud the teudenoy of civïlization manufactures constituía its predcnninaut truit, and should reeeive the chiei attontiou of any people aspiring to the h'igbest devel opement, as we do in the UuiU'd Otates. The policy whieh vvould induce us to neglect tbis great interest and h;nig uur hope of greatiiess rnerely upon agricultura and couinierce is such as miivht please the great iudustrial interests of England, but should be regarded as opposed to our permanent prosperity. The Westeru States, we are happy to perceive, have at length entered fully into tliis polioy of eucouragiug douiostie industry, and the V est is now not less anxious for protection than any other seotion of the country. The vast copper, iron, and lead resources of Michigan, Illinois and Missouri have led to the establishment of industrial works ia those regions to use the ores dug from thoso mines. So, too, the enormous deraand ior woolen goods during tho war eaused a grent iucrease of the wtolea milis at the West, as the Kentucky tobáceo trade lias iuduced the establishment o: flourishing tobáceo factoriea in the Weetern cities. What manufactures have done foi New England and the Middle States in former years, they are in process of doing for the West; and tho Westeru agri culturists, fully appreciate the value o: the home market for the produce whiel is thus needed, understaud the subjec far better than they ever did bofure, and are investiug their spare capital in the maoufacturing concerns startiug up in their viciuage. 80 it should be everywhere and with every man. Our capital should go toincrease the productivo capacity oí our industrial establishments, and our pollcy should foster this interest. Philadelphia North American. An incident occured not long since, near Galesburg, illustrating the adage that " tho.se wbo live in glass houses should not throw stonos." Mr. P. was wont to seek roereation occasioually by cbastisini his better huif. Mr. K., a neighbor, was indignant that P. should thus misuse bis spouse, and entercd a compluint before a Justice. Sotnetime beforo the trial took place, it leaked out that K. had another wife, besides the one he was living with, and P. threatened to complain of him for biganiv ; vvhcreupon K. skedaddled, leaving P. to enfcrce faraily discipline at pleasure, without fear of the iuterference of a higher power. The prefent iashion of tho hidies' head dresses doos not come up to tho fashion in Franco in Maria Antoiuette's time. Maria Theresa writing to her, says : - " They teil me that "from the root to the topof your hair measures 3G inches, with featherB and ribbons abovo it." The ladies will mo that they can pile on a foot inore without boiug too top-heavj.