DAISIES wranzati, poses JANUARY 25, 1843 vm...urribug.--That snow storm yesterday morning. Ittnade a tremendous fuss for a few minutes, but all was over. We have been ;:waiting patiently for weeks for a : sleigh ride, and thought that we were a— bodt to realize .the object of our dreams; . but as the fellow said in the play "all hopes afle4i" There is not as much snow on &iound now as would sprinkle the of— _icor in the morning. - , Theloourierists* of this city had another very large and interesting meeting at the Ztlftut st. School house, on Monday night alnistroug determination exists among them Wgiiidiead with their project of cornmu , -1111ftrsehielt is with them nearly original.— edifying speeches were made on 4 . :cietasion, and the cDmmittee appointed .at the .previous meeting was continued. •We call them Fouriepirts hecause we know of isfs otber name by .which tho idea of their eammu tidy Cap be understood. Slcilad Ward Election. —The follewing is the result of the eleciion for a 'member Pltati;Conarnon Council held in the second •ward yesterday. It will be observed tha the Marquis Lafayette Irwin has a major ity of 4: George Fortune, M. F. Irwin, 1 1 , Fitzsimmons, Assessor of 2d W. 1 J Mcllroy, 1 .1 blcWillisms, 1 To morrow our readers may expect a reporeof the "Tippecanoe case" which is now in prngress in the District court. .Ftri.—Lait- night a fire broke out in a stable en Evans alley, on the bank of the ;.Allegheny, which was entirely destroyed . Theflames communicated to the !umber . . ,yard of Mr Lenuatd, end before arrested Al the exettior,s of the firemen, a large 1-3 t wof boards were consumed. AlkTh the engines were on the ground 40 . 4 performed their duty as is their wont. • .The Vigilant men say that they threw the Itrit.stater on the fire. - the firemen mot wishing to leave -without a little fun, kicked up several fights, . their weapons being water generally and fists in particular. P. S. We are informed that at' five per sons were crossing the river in a skiff'. bitittitt the time of the fire, their boat was 7 - ;4plised by a gust of wind, and three . ;persons. John Corn Firs, Gdrtett Vapors -'lfnn, alias '•Black Hawk," and a thi r d •*. 4steon, whose name we did notleatn, was ••"..tk'owited. The. other -two were picked up. much exhausted. rear the point. RIVER NEWS. at*:V•9 ARRIVALS 94—B.Irnont, Poe, Vl heeling, Mingo Chief, Devirinv. Oe!la, B iwman, Brownsville, xti He-schell. Allen, Brownsville. Embasty, —, New Orleans. DEPARTURES. Alpine.Cockburn, Brownsville•, Minn Chief, Devinny, Wheeling, . - New York, Smith. Lnufsvilie. irer-8 feet water in the channel What is the effect of Usury upon a *,grontitryl This is an important question. -It is one in which I have no personal . strterest, and, therefore, I have no motive bet to get at the truth about it. I will take , up a controversy with no one, but throw toot reflections, and let each one judge fur f. It is paid that any usury, will, in the lapse of time, concentrate all properly, in the Usurer. Let us see. 'We may as well take a small capital as s large one; the effect or principle is the sieve. Say that in a country, there is no capi— Aid but only 100 dollars, and that is all in ;,-ths hands ofone person. The account :Abets stands thus. capitalist. ' 100.00 ..Suppose, then, that the Capitalist lends Awl , en usury, and suppose that the total fruits, profits or productions of the loan, is 'tap . if twelve per cent., and that the capital 4iet has 6 per cent., anj the workingmen the lather 6 percent.. then at the end of 100 -imam the account would stand* thus: - ,lElWoriginal cap ital. $lOO,OO ttittry 600,00 $600,00 $700,00 You may carry it on for any number of A theueands of years, this rule would never Alwaßeentrate all the wealth in the hands of capitalist, altho' his original advantage 4e:wealthier than the rest, would never be holly lost. Suppose now that the total productions piressam the same, but that the capitalist gets 401 y 2 per cent,, and that the other 10 per Amu. remain with the workingmen. Then *the end of a hundred years the account - `4iould stand thus Ca pitalisL Workingmen .41miginal cap sloo,oo usury 200,00 *300,00 $lOOO,OO * rce capitalist now, is gradually loosing lisaaperiority. verse the scales, and give the 2 *.. - taints* =workingmen. and th ik, Ittrtitts capitalist. Then I Ilimmigtry, the result is u fo TOR lOU POET t.P=UEIT. Rest of the poopte 000 Workingmen Capitalist , "IP l talish Wetknigato l - • .1110911VAINII1 443 e This I -1444 • • . ungina P I PRINTIN OFFIC 1820 ti ital. SlOO,OO His usury 1000,00 0,00 ' N. W. Corner of Wood 4- .Flyth st.. SIIOO,OO This is wretched enough in all con— science. But now suppose another result. Suppose that Abe usury exceeds in any In the above calculations, noamention is made of the expenses of living, or the con sumption of productions. for the capitalist would spend as well as the workingman. and would spend more, as his wants would be more artificial and numerous. It is a subject upon which I did not think, until a few evenings ago, when my attention was drawn to - it, at a meeting of highly intelligent workingmen. Perhaps some othet controlling ptincip'es may ex. ist to remove these results in the combina tion of society. Let the truth prevail, whatever it ia. A FREE INQUIRER. amount at all. the total productions arising from the loan; say that all the productions from the loan are 12 per cent. hut that the usurer charges 14 per cent: Then at the end of a century—(il6e people would continue to live in that way) thefr affairs would have this aspect: Capitalist. Workingmen His otiginal cap ital. $lOO.OO His usury 1400,00 $1500,00 $200,00 in debt or less • than Moth, in? ! ! It is easy to calculate what the condi tion of the world would be at any greater excesq of usury; but the above is bad e nough. as it enslaves all labor; anti we need not go beyond that. And it enslay. sit at once. You need not wait fur the centu ry. L'lN' T. X 7 47313 OP V. S. MAIL COACHES. FOR WARFILIVOTON CITY. n.evrrmoßE, PR ILA DELPHIA AND NEW YORK. /VMS line I. In full tiperat ion, and Ituves cluilr al 6 o'clock, A al, via Wathington ra. and the Nallocel flood, to Cumberland, connecting there with Rail flood Co.s to all the shove ['hires. Travelers will And !hi- a speedy and comfortable route. It bring a sepo. rate nod dietiort Pittsburgh and Cumberin rid line. fecili• ties will be afforded which have not !wet' heretofore en. Joyed• Rasseneers will by taken up and set down at the 4leirliant4.• A Me. lean and Exritotexe flo els. or at airy lott.e in it.- viriptt I, of I , ere Ext ra roacheq foritti.lmil at the . 1 .1, - 11,1 eol lee, with the 'civil , :zeof :ointz through 4/tree'. or of taltinx one tit;ltt.'. , test, at their °Winn. Mir seats apply at the Ohre in St Clair street, corner or the Earllamle !Inlet, or at the offt .e in Water et, next door to the Moitong theta Itott-e. W I'OCKTON, President of the N:illolial flood Stoxe COmpar.e. 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