Hand Leems
are springing into use in every section of the Southern Confederacy, and the hum of the spinning wheel is making vocal the air of every neighborhood. In Henrico and Chesterfield, where spinning and weaving have for some years past been known as among the things that were, they are now carried on extensively by the good house wives, and whole families are being clothed with homemade goods. We know of one farmer near Richmond, who is having ten rooms built, on which to make cloth for his entire family, and have heard of many others who are following the same patriotic example. If the present war continues two years longer — and we can see no reason to hope for its speedy close--Yankee fabric will be entirely superseded by the more substantial and useful manufactures of our own sunny South.
