american Doctrine.
Mr. Abbot Lawrence made an able and
patriotic speech before the Convention
of Leather Manufacturers, in Massachu
setts. Atter estimating the amount of
revenue required to be raised for the sup
port of go, ernment, and arguing for spe-i
cifie duties, such as will protect certain
branches of industry front foreign compe- ,
tition, he says:
The difficulty now arises, how shall
the duties be assessed? or shall it be a
horizontal duty of thirty-three and a third ,
per cent. ad valorem on every thing? or
shall we adopt the principal of discrimi
nation and specific duties? From con
siderable experience in these matters, 1
have no doubt whatever of the expediency,
nay, the necessity of adopting the latter.
Ditcrtmination was adopted in the first
tariff established, and should not, and l
must not be abandoned. Specific duties
are far more safe and convenient, in most
cases, than the ad valorem system. All
practical merchants agree in regard to the
utility of specific ditties. Our experi
ence should not be lost upon us, 'Fite
revenue, I am confident, would be much
larger under specific duties, equal to
twenty-five per cent, than ad valorem
duties, of thirty-five per cent. The ef
fect of ad valorem duties has been to place
the foreign importations of the country in
the hands of the foreigners; a great pro•
portion of the ad valorem goods imported
from Great Britain are brought to us by
British subjects, and nine tenths of all the
ad valorem merchandize imported Into
New York from France is imported by
Frenchman. So it is with ad valorem
German goods. 1 deem it essential that
there should be a specific duty upon boots
and shoes. Under the tariff of 1832, you
had a specific duty of one dollar and fifty
cents per pair on boots, and thirty cents
on shoes. Now there have been, under
the reduction of the compromise act, large
quantities of French and German boots
imported: the best of French boots cost
four dollars, and the second three dollars,
end perhaps at two dollars and fifty cents,
and from Germany at two dollars. A
duty of thirty three and one third per
cent., would not give you the protection
that would enable you to pay the laborer
any thing like the wages he has been in
the habit of receiving: of course if his wa
ges ere materially reduced, he and his
family must be deprived of many of the
cotnforts they have usually enjoyed. Be
sides, you degrade the character of our
now independent laboring people, when
you reduce the wages of labor so low as
not to allow them the means of educating
their children, and clothing them decent
ly, that they may attend public worship
and the Sunday schools on the Sabbath.
We mould exert all our efforts to elevate,
and not depress the laboring classes.—,
We live under a popular government,
founded on public opinion, and it is to the
intelligence of the people we are to look
for its stability and permanency.
Sir, I am for universal education. I
have no fear of the people learning and
knowing too much. Our Government
connot, and will not stand, but with an
intelligent and moral population. Shall
we compare and place in the same scale
the free intellectual, industrious mechan
ics and workingmen of our country, with
those half-paid, half-starve parish•fed
people of Europe? No, sir, my indigna
tion is excited when I hear it said that
the reason why we cannot compete with
the old countries in manufactures and the
mechanic arts, is because labor is too high
—we must bring down the labor it is said,
arid then we shall go very well. Sir, I
do not desire to compete with foreign
labor. I hope never to see the time when
labor can be obtained at the price it is
now in Great Britain. A fair handloom
weaver obtains but from 85,75 to $2, per
week, Farmers may be hired for 20 to 25
cents per day, nod most kinds of median
ice in proportion; paid, of course, accor
ding
cling to the skill and employments. Most I
articles of subsistence, too you must re
member, are double the price they are
with us. Upon the continent of Europe,
labor is still lower. Can we, shall we'
throw open our great contry to the produc.
lions of all the world, and maintain a free
trade, which is all on one side? Not a l
country in Europe will take an article
from this country, that are not obliged to
receive either for revenue or their manu• l
factures. Cotton they cannot at present
do without, although au effort is making,
and I fear a successful one, by Great,
Britain to supply herself with the common
qualities from India. Tobacco is taxed
for revenue with a duty of from 3 to 800
per cent.—Flour, pork, beef. in short all
our great staples, with the exception of
cotton, tobacco and rice, are prohibited,
and every article that competes in the
slightest degree with their labor. And
yet they have the assurance in England
to write books and pamphlets, to make
speeches, and send out reports from the
British House of Commons upon the sub
limated beauties of Free Trade.
MF.LANcitoLy DEATH.--Wilson, alias
Runge Thompson, late of Montgomery
county, (son of John Thompson,) was out
turkey hunting, on the morning of the 30th
ult., and whilst in the act of stepping over
it log, he was bit by a rattlesnake on the
hind part of his leg just above the ankle,—
As soon as he discovered the snake he shot
it, he said, and ran home as fast as he
could. Having run near half a mile, he
fell in the road near a small Lranch. Want
ing water very much, and not being able
to walk, he rolled over until he got to the
branch, and drank as much as he wanted.
He was not discovered until about two
o'clock, P. M when lie was in a most bor.
rid condition, the blood having settled
about his eyes, and every muscle and
sinew in a perpetual motion, though he
was not much swelled. When found, he
was in his right mind, though he appeared
to be insensible of his misery, and said tie
! would soon be well again. He poiated
out the place where he had killed the'
snake, and said it was as large around
as the call of his leg. There appeared,
to be four small holes on his leg where
he was bit, and the upper ones were at
least one and an half inches apart. Ile
was taken home, but too late, every rem.'
edv proving unavailable. He expired on
Friday morning, the Bth ult., without a
struggle, being about twenty-four hours
after he was bit.—Raltigh(N. C.) Star.
THE LADIES OUT FOR THE TARIFF.-A
number of lathes of Philadelphia have'
come out in behalf of Tariffprincipals, and ,
have addressed their fellow or rather sis
-1
ler citizens throughout the Union invoking)
their aid and co-operation. They con
clude their address thus:
" Ladies of the Union: we invite your
co-operation—exert your influence—give
your preferences to the productions of
American labor, and the Government
will throw its shield around us, for there
is no axiom more firmly settled, than that
A nation cannot be independent and
prosperous, while she withholds the meed
of preference to the labor of her own peo
ple;" we shall then have the pleasing re
flection of having contributed something
to restore our beloved country to that
high and prosperous position a beautiful
and wise Providence had prepared for
her."
RETRIBUTIVE JUSTICE 07 THE INDIAN.
—An event took place at Prarie Du Chien,
last week, which strongly marks the sav
age character. Two Indians, of the Win
ebago nation quarrelled, upon which one
stabbed the other to the heart; he made
almost superhuman effort to escape, but
the moment his pursuers touched him he
surrendered and walked back, and seated
himself upon the dead body, without once
attempting to escape. The relatives of the
dead Indian placed him upon the body,
when several gentlemen interfered in be
halt of the captive, and requested that he
might be allowed to go, because he was
not 60 much in fault as the other. They
were answered, that, it " white men"
would pay fifteen dollars to the mother of
the deceased, he might go, otherwise he
must die. This condition not being com
plied with, he was doomed. During this
negotiation the savage sat upon the body
of his foe, smoking his pipe perfectly in
different as to the issue, and when told
he must dip, hp tioliberaloly removcd Dia l
pipe, giving the usual " Ugh I" His exe
cutioner then stepped behind him, and
with a single blow of the hatchet, severed
the right arm at the shoulder; upon this
the Indian resumed his pipe, and began
to smoke as if nothing had happened; in
a short time the executioner, with a blow,
severed the left arm. The Indian still re.
tained his upright position, not a muscle'
of his face changing; a third blow across
the small of the back brought him to the
ground; even his countenance wore the
same cold, serene and stoic expression.—
He was, however, soon cut in pieces by the
relatives of the dead man. This was an in ,
stance of Indian retribution and savage
fortitude.—Dubuque Express.
an affray.
The Washington Correspondent of the
United States Gazette, gives the follow.
ing account of the affray which occurred
between Messrs. Stanly and Wise on
Saturday last:
As Mr. Stanly and Mr. Wise were
coming from the race course yesterday
evening, it unluckil/ so happened that
they rode out of the yard, in which their
horses had been tied, nearly abreast of
each other, and proceeded in that way
some distance on the road, Wise, as I
understand, keeping his eye fixed fiercely
upon Stanly, and the latter, occasionally,
turning his upon him. As they were ap
proaching a large mud hole that extended
across the road. Stanly's horse which
was a headstrong, awkward, clumsy, ani-,
mal, shyed off and ran against Wise's'
with such a force as to throw the right leg'
of one, and the left leg of the other rider
out of their stirrups. Stanly's horse at
the same time passing ahead. Mr. S. en
deavored to hold up, and was in the act
of turning to apologise to Mr. W. and
state that it was an accident, when Wise
spurred forward and with a loaded rattan,
broke through the crown of his hat just
above the temple, and the rim was also
broken. For an instant Mr. S. was com
pletely stunned, and lost his sight, but
still held his horse. As soon as he recov
ered his senses, he told Wise that he had
done the dastardly act to stmike an un
armed man—one who had not even a
switch in his hand, Irons behind ; that the
shying of his horse was a circumstance he
could not prevent, and he was turning to
apologize to him for it, when he received
his cowardly blow.
Mr. Wise replied that he had called him
a coward in the House, and he had now
given bins a blow, lie might take both.
A Mr. Sparks of Mississipp i , who had
observed Mr. Wise looking at dr. Stanly,
in the way mentioned, and had rode up
and endeavored to engage Mr. W. in con
versation, with the view of drawing him
off, now fearing a serious rencontre, re
marked to both, that he hoped they would
not carry the affair any further there.--
Mr. S. said no, he should not and rode on,
Here it ended for the present, at least.--.
Whether any thing more will grow out of
it, I am unable to say ; it is evident, how
ever, that Mr. W. wishes to provoke a
challenge, that he may dictate his condi
tions. The blow given by him, was given
with an instrument, and a force, that indi
cated a determination to kill or seriously
injure ; and the first would have been the
result had the ball struck two and a half
or three inches lower, and it might have
been the case but for the hat arresting in,
some degree the force of the blow.
I make no comment upon the affair, but
give the tacts as a gentleman who had
them from the only eyewitness of the
whole, related them to me without " ea•
tenuating or setting down ought in mal
ice," leaving every man to judge of them
for himself, and to censure whom he may
think deserves his censut e.
STARVATION WAGES.—II is stated in a
London paper that the competition in what
is technically called slop work is carried
to such a tremendous extent at the est end
of that vast metropolis as to be runious to
the numerous and industrious class of
women who maintain themselves by the
needle. A few years ago shirt making'
was reduced to three shillings a dozen,
,yielding them a miserable subsistence, but
from that price it is said to have become
'gradually lessened, till many of the Jew
employers and sellers pay but ninepence
a dozen, or three farthings a shirt!
Facts for Poor Men.
The enemies of a Protective Tariff; or a
protection for American labor and indus
try, endeavor to induce the impi ession
that a tariff is a tax on the poor for the
benefit of the rich, when the very reverse
is the fact. The rich do not want a tariff
to protect them—they would be better off
without it, for having money they could
command the labor of other countries,
where a win works for FIVE CENTS a
day, and finds himself, while the poor of
this country would be obliged to work for
the same beggar's pittance or starve, or
steal and go to the penitentiary. This is
a plain but important fact, which ought to
be impressed upon the mind of every poor
laboring man in the United States.
The following extract of a letter from an
American Cotton planter in India, recent
ly published in the Savanna Georgian,
corroborates what we have stated, and
shows what a state of things would present
themselves here, if there were no restric
tions of trade between this and other
countries, where the pauper and hard
money system of labor prevails. The
runner nays :
" I can hire five men here for what
would be paid in Georgia for a sixteen
years old boy, and as many day laborers
as I want at FIVE CEIV TS A DAY
AND FIND THEMSELVES; and rent
only cost e 2 25 an acre. So you see it
does not require much means to hire a
whole village with all its land and inhabi
tants."
Tle following from the Rochester Daily
Democrat, speaks volumes in favor or
Protection for American Industry:
50 THOUSAND LABORERS WANTED.
Wanted, fifty thousand strong, healthy
men to work in iron mines and shops in
,the northern part of this
,State. None
need apply unless they can work for the
same price they do in Birmingham, and in
the iron works in Germany, viz: 11 pence
a day and find themselves.
FREE TRADE & CO.
EMIGRATION TO Oaccox.—A meeting
has been held in the western part of Mis•
souri Ibr the purpose of organizing a com
pany to emigrate to the Oregon territory.
Thirty were enrolled and pledged them
selves for the expedition. A committee
was appointed to visit the neighboring
counties for the purpose of enlisting others
in the enterprise. The emigrants take
their families with them, and look forward
to a permanent settlement beyond the
Rocky Mountains.
We notice these movements, since they
are indications of the times worthy to be
noted. Oregon will soon be brought un
der a territorial government, and will be
recognised as a part of the United States,
just as lowa and Wisconsin are. Mr.
Senator LINN has not succeeded yet, we
believe, in getting his bill through Congress
—but he may be sure of success in the
end. If Great Britian, in reference to the
Oregon country, pursues the procrastena• ',
ting course which she sometimes adopts'
in her diplomatic manoeuvres, the result
will be that the question and the country
will both be settled at once, without any
trouble to her ambasadors.
A GREAT floc.—A hog was killed at
Geneva, New York, last week, which
weighed alive 1,108 pounds, and dressed
1,040 pounds ; length from the root of the'
tail to the end of the nose, seven feet and
eight inches; height, three feet and five
inches. The age of the hog was 2 years
and 11 months. It is supposed there
were 400 persons present on the occasion.
STEAM ON THE CANAL.—The steam Ca
nal boat Black Hawk started this morning
for Lockport. This boat is propelled by
la paddle wheel fixed at the stern, and from
tall appearance will undoubtedly answer
the purpose, there being scarcely any more
swell occasioned, than by the usual man.
Iner of towing by horses.—Buffalo Econo
mia, April 2.
At a sale in New York, of the splendid
furniture ola bankrupt, who paid as much
as fifty per cent. on his debts, the auction
eer in selling a suit of window curtain
said, " Ladies and gentlemen, if the f rige
on these curtains did no cost forty' 41-
lars a yard, it is no sale. The furniture
of the house cost twelve t i liousand dollars;
a barouche and horses sixteen hundred ;
the rent of the house twelve hundred per
annum; the annual support of the whole
establishment about seven thousand dol
lars.—Sun.
Here is the fruitful cause of so much
bankruptcy--extravagance, living in a
style of splendor which a princely fortune
could scarcely maintain, and which cer
tainly cannot be supported on the ordina
ry profits of a fair business. Men have
been too much accustomed In measuring
their means by their ability to borrow, and
not by the actual income of their business.
Under a system which turned 'attention
from the production of real wealth to the
manufacture of paper dollars, it was no
difficult matter to borrow, and every body
accordingly lived upon his credit instea d
of his industry. The breaking down of
' the stem left an enormous amount of
indeliteifness, which required the passage
of a bankrupt law to enable the debtors to
wipe out their obligations. As this vicious
system directly fosterell extravagance, its
explosion will force persons necessarily
back to habits of economy ; men must live
by creating wealth instead of consuming
it; means must be husbanded to make
them meet the ends. The day of borrow
ing is over, and that of working is coin.
menced, and for the next ten years the
country will be possessed of more real
wealth than it has ever been.— U. Slates.
Tun ['Elms OF EDITORSIIIP.—An ed•
itor in Vicksburg not only has to be prac
tised in the use of the pen, but also expel t
in that of the pistol. Mississippi has been
infested with a nest of unprincipled scoun
drels, gamblers, and swindling financiers,
whose acts have been pretty well exposed
by Dr. Hagan, the most formidable oppo
nent they ever met with. They attempted
to put llagan out of the way by assassitia
ling him, but as his courage was equal to
his daring, this plan failed, and the doctor
came off victorious. He is now on a visit
to Europe, and the pipet. Is left in charge
of J. S. Fall, Esq., towards whom the same
course is pursued that was practised against
Hagan. He has already been engaged in
one duel for remarks concerning one of
the trustees of the Railroad Bank, Mr. J.
E. Robins, who sent the challenge. After
the meeting, Mr. Fall was charged with
having raised his pistol to fire before the
word, and another meeting, from the tem
per displayed in the controversy, will
in What/1y grub,. uut or flit charge. Mr.
Fall seems to be imbued with some of the
invincible spirit of Ilagan, and will proba
bly come oft victor.
IMPORTANT DECISION IN BANKRUPTCY.
—Judge Story, on Saturday last, gave his
opinion in the much mooted question as to
the effect of attachments of the property
of bankrupts prior to the institution of
proceedings in bankruptcy. The result
to which he came was, that suck attach
ments would not hold the property, but
would in eject. be dissolved by the proceed.
ings in bankruptcy. This decision is
considered of more importance by legal
gentlemen, than any which is likely to
arise under the bankrupt law, and in some
of the States, it will make a vast dilierence
in the effects of bankrupts.
SOMETHING Naw.—How much of the
puff spirit there may be in the following
description, we know not. It is from the
Boston Transcript:
Mr. Mann, the artist who constructed
the model of the Falls of Niagara, now
exhibiting at the Boston Museum, has
done himself great credit by his exercise
of mechanical ingenuity. In a space of
about twenty feet in width is combined a
very correct idea of that stupendous work
of nature. By an admirable elect of per
spective by the artist, Robert Jones, the
river appears to ran for miles to the falls,
over which pours a sheet of REAL WATER
—while below is seen the foam and the
mist, which, together with the deep roar
of the cataract—the rainbow now appear
ing, and now lading away—renders the
illusion perfect. A terrific thunder storm,
with lightning, &c., closes the exhibition.
COST OF MATOH-BREAKINO.-At Bali
fax last week, a Miss Moren obtained a
verdict of two hundred pounds, damages,
in an action for slander, against Mr. Elli
ot, of the firm of Stewart & Elliot. The
lair plaintiff, it appears, had formed a
matrimonial engagement with Stewart, but
Elliot broke off the match by the slander
ous aspersions of her character which
formed the ground of the action. His
only excuse was that the slander being
uttered to his partner, he thought it was a
privileged one. He must have had strange
notions of the laws of partnership.
~_,
TEMPERANCE CAUSE IN ST. LRCM--
There are now seven thousand five hundred
persons is St. Louis, pledged to total ab
stinence from distilled or malt liquors,
wine or cider.
The Washingtonians number 3500 and
admit persons of both sexes over ten years
of age.
Tim Catholics number 2500—and are
all males.
The blacks to the number of 1800, male
and female, have signed the pledge.—St.
LOUt3 Gazette.
Why is a PRINTF.K like a righteous man?
Because the devil fears him.
. ,
Latefl aighly Important
from Florida.
lIALLECK TUSTENUGGEB WITH ills WHOLEI
BAND Ii IN
By the steamer Col. Harney, Captain
Pearson, arrived here from Pilatka yes•
terday, we have the following hastily
written lines from one of our correspond
ents. We suppose our friends are too
busy to write us more at length.
Correspondence of the Savannah Republican.
PILATKA, May 4.
Gentlemen—l have to inform you that
the glorious news has just been received'
through Major Belknap, that Ilulleck Tus2
tenugg;ee and party have surrendered to'
Colonel Worth at Fort McClure, in all
eighty, including twenty-six warriors.-1
I Several Creeks and Sum Jones' people,
are among them.
Yours, &c
Thus, our confident anticipations, ex
pressed the other day, are fully confirmed.
We presume that the writer does not
mean to say that all of Sam Jones' people
'are in. But it augurs well that a few of
them are, and justifies the expectations,
which we formed on the reception of our
last news, of his probable surrender.—
This cheering news is fully sustained by
advices received by the Quarter Master
at this place.—Sao. Rep.
air. Clay at home.
The Lexington Ky. Intelligencer of the
3rd inst. says:
It having been announced that Mr.
Clay would probably reach the county
limits on his return home, on yesterday
forenoon, a large concourse of his fellow
citizens assembled near the bridge six
miles from the city, on the Maysville
Turnpike, for the purpose of greeting and
bidding him welcome to the retirement he
has chosen. He was attended from Mays.
ville by a portion of the committee of re
ception, who had proceeded there for that
purpose. In Paris, he was joined by a
numerous escort of the citizens of Bour
bon. Near the Fayette line an immense
assemblage of his fellow citizens and a
large number of ladies, awaited his ap
proach. Upon his arrival at this spot, he
was addressed by Dr. J. C. Cross, who
had been appointed to speak the welcome
that every heart felt. And well did he
execute his task. His address was brief,
pertinent and eloquent—every heart in
that vast multitude beat responsive to the,
words of the speaker, as he recounted the
services of our distinguished fellow citi
zen, and expressed the gratitude which
those cervices hail inspired, and bid him
welcome to the bosom of his family and
his friends. _
tsar. (lay from the open barouche in
which he was placed, responded to the
welcome which had been tendered him by
his fellow citizens through Dr. Cross, in a
few particularly happy and appropriate ,
remarks—expressing his hearty acknowl
edgments of the honor shown him by the
manner of his reception. The procession'
then moved on in the following order: the
Bourbon escort in advance—the Commit
tee of Reception in open carriages— Mr.
Clay with the Chairman and two members
of the Committee, in an open barouche,
drawn by four grey horses—ladies in car
riages—citizens in carriages and on horse
back. In this order, Mr. Clay was escor
ted into the city. Upon its arrival at the
city limits between I and 2 o'clock, the
bells upon the several churches and other
public buildings set up a merry peal, and
continued while the procession was mo
ving through the city. The procession
passed down Limeston to Second, thence
to Broadway, down Broadway to Main
street, and op Main street to Ashland, the
residence of Mr. Clay.
.1 Struggle in .111exico.
The Baltimore American has a letter'
dated April Bth, which says :
"The continuance of the present dy•
nasty in Mexico, I think, is assured until
the meeting of Congress in Jane next, for
the concocting of a new constitution. All
the Elections throughout the Republic
have gone against Santa Anna's party;
and the consequence will be a dreadful
strife between the Executive and this
burly. The President has the army, and
the Congress the people on their side, and
it is difficult to foresee the issue; though
many of the popular leaders of the Feder
al party, (i. e. the party in favour of the
Constitution of 1824, which resembles our
own,) imagine that a total anarchy will
ensue, resulting finally in the success of
an entire popular government as opposed
to a strong central one."
The Great Race.
THE NORTHERN HORSE VICTO•
RIOUS
The great race, so long announced, be
tween the Northern horse Fashion and the
Southern one, Boston, took place on Tues
day last, on the Long Island Course.
This race, it will be remembered, was
produced by a challenge given by Col. W.
R. Johnson, the " Napoleon of the Turf,"
and James Long, the owners of Boston,
last fall, after Fashion had distanced him
on the Camden Course. The challenge
was accepted by the friends of Fashion,
who is owned by William Gibbons, of
Madison, Morris county, N. J., (where
she was bred,) on the 30th of November,
and $5OOO forfeit deposited in the hands.
of J. Prescott Hall, Esq., President of the
New York Jockey Club. The whole,
purse, $20,000 aside, (New York money,)
was put up on Monday afternoon, and all
the preliminaries settled. The sum on
the part of Fashion was posted by a club
V
of her backers, consisting of some twenty
or thirty gentlemen, among whom are the
present proprietors of the course.
Notwithstandimr ' the morning was clou
dy, and presented every appearance of
rain, yet at an early hour the roads from
the city to the course, a distance of eight
miles, were covered with carriages, bat.
ouches, hacks, wagons, cabs, horsemen,
and stump . pedestrians, in almost Ail 'tin.
broken chain, until the very moment the
horses were to start. Upwards of fifty
thousand persons were present.
This is one of the greatest races that has
ever taken place in this country, and ex.
cited the greatest interest. It resulted itR
Fashion winning the stakes, and giving
the victory to the North. The first heat
was run by Fashion in the unprecedented
and heretofore unrecorded time of 7m. 82
I-2s. This is 4 1-2 seconds better time
than the celebrated heat won by Henry
against Eclipse, which has always hereto. •
tore been cousidered " the time" at the top
of the turf. The start was even, but on
the third mile the northerner passed the,
sonthron, and came in fifty yards ahead.—'
After a thirty minutes rest the rivals star
ted on the second heat. For tlw thr
first miles Fashion lagged behind he
competitor nearly a length, but paved
bins at the gate of the first quarter of the
last mile, and won the heat bllit clear
length. 'rime 7111. 335., beating Eclipse
four seconds.
Arrovt ER Crummos.—Mr. Long says
he will run Boston against Fashion toe
$20,000, $5,000, tour mile heats, at any
time to be agreed upon by the parties,
between the 25th of September and the
25th of October next.
E 2! WNW TIM
Sentence of llolnteo,
ONE OF TILE CREW OF TRH SHIP Wll•
LIAM BROWN, FOR MANSLAUGHTER.--011
Thursday, in the United . States District
Court, Judge. Baldwin gave his opinion
against a new trial for Alexander Holmes,
convicted of manslaughter in throwing
overboard a pall of the passengers of that
unfortunate vessel. Tho Judge, after
giving his opinion, proceeded fo sentence
him as follows:
That Alexander Holmes should pay e
fine of 820, with the costs of the Prosecu
tion, and undergo an imprisenment in the
Eastern Penitentiary for six months.
Holmes did not appear to object to his
sentence, but seemed rather to feel grafi&
ed that a limit was at last fixed to the du
ration of his confinement "under hatches!"
It is stated that the "Seamen's Friend
Society" or this city intend making appli
cation for his pardon by the President, and
that, if not successful, they will pay his
fine and the costs. A good - deal of sym
pathy has been expressed fur him, and he
deserves it. fie was certainly the best
and bravest of the ship's crew.
A HARD Casz.—The following case oa
curred in London, recently: An Ameri.
can lad, who stated his name to be Sin
clair, was taken before a magistrate, for
having, with two other lade, broken a gas
lamp, merely for the purpose of being sent
to prison—they being in a dreadful state
of destitution and disease. Sinclair sta
ted that he was the sun of a citizen of the
United States, and came over to London
as a sailor--but the captain of the vessel
in which he had shipped himself, had ex
ercised towards him such extreme cruelty,
that he was compelled to leave the ship,
and had ever since been wanderieg about
the metropolis as a pauper—sometime•
getting a night's lodging at the workhouse,
but we frequently compelled to pick out
the softest stone, and take the sky for a
quilt. A small fine was inflicted on each
of the unfortunate beings, but the magis
trate declared, that though in default of
payment he should send them to jail, still•
it was more for the purpose of an asylum,
and for getting them cleansed, than as a
sentence for punishment. His worship
also promised to communicate with Col,
Aspinwall, the U. S. Consul for London.
IMPORTANT FROM MEXICO.—A gentle
man arrived in this city yesterday, who
came passenger in the British mail steam
er Teviot, from Vera Cruz, which port hr,
left on the 21st ult., states that news ar
rived three days previously that the Mes
scan Government had set at liberty 0. W
Kendall and seven other of the Santa Fr
prisoners, who were ascertained to be res.
ident Americans. Letters received in
town confirm the statement.
The prisoners released in Mexico cite
were expected to reach Vera Cruz in tw. ,
or three days after the Teviorleft. Tht,
U. S. cutter Woodbury was in port, and
would wait to give them a passage home.
so that they may soon be expected to at ,
rive in our city.--N. O. Bulletin.
A letter from Washiligton to the
York Express says :
"'The leaders of the absconded inau
gents from Rhode Island, Thomas W.
Dorr, the self-constituted Governor, am'.
Dutee J. Pearce, a member of the me'.
Legislature, are now in the city. Th. /
presented themselves to the President t .•
day, but met with no favor. With nir
tenths of the intelligent people who cor.
gregate here,.they are regarded as traitors,
whose conduct is so bad, and whose ex
ample is so pernicious, that they deserve
rather the reward due to treason than any
sign of commendation or approval."
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The Village Record says ~ the otire l
power of the Columbia and Philadelphia
rail road, is at the very least, one hundred
and thirty thousand dollars in debt over .
and above all its eitroingto.