THE JOURNAL.
HUNTINGDON, PA.
Thursday Morning, April 17, 1451.
WILLIAM H. PEIGHTAL-EDITOR.
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FOR THE PRESIDENCY IN 1&52,
WINFIELD SCOTT,
OF NEW JERSEY
FOR VICE PRESIDENT IN 1852,
GOY. JAMES JONES,
OF TENNESSEE.
SALUTATORY
To the Subscribers and readers of the Journal.
Having purchased the " Huntingdon Journal"
establishment and assumed the Editorial Chair,
custom demands that I should lay before you a
programme of the principles I propose advocating
ip its columns, and the manner in which my edi
'l(od duties shall he discharged. Before doing
this, however, I trust I shall be pardoned for us
ing a short paragraph to express the grant diffi
dence I am made to feel in assuming so arduous
and responsible a station as that of the editor and
conductor of a public journal. A consciousness
that I possess neither the natural or acquired tal
ents so essential for the perfect discharge of edi
torial functions, almost induce TOO to view my un
dertaking as one of arrogance and presumption,
and excites a belief that it would have been bet
ter to bare permitted others, snore competent, to
take the reins I now hold; for
"Sparta !lath many art abler son than I."
But, as it is, I derive encouragement and am
stimulated in my self-imposed task, by remember
ing that when the illustrious Cowper paints the
character of Paul and holds him up as the object
of clerical imitation it is not done with the expec
tation that any of the divines of this day can fully
emulate the grandeur of the Apostle's character.
As a knowledge, therefore, of my very humble
abilities will not permit me to aspire to the exalt
ed position of a Chandler or a Seaton, as an edi
tor, it will, nevertheless, with such standards of
perfection in view, be an incentive for ambition to
strengthen its pinions and excite emulation to im
prove whatever talents I may possess.
To their) of you with whom I am personally
acquainted, it would be superfluous to say that T
am a Whig, but to those with whom I have nut
that honor, it may be proper to assure them that
the great and glorious national principles of the
party as expounded and defended by the illustrious
Clay and Webster shalkand.in me at all times,
and under all circumstances, a determined and
fearless advocate ; and the State policy as pro
mulgated by our patriotic and noble Governor, I
shall ever battle to maintain, with the courage of
Truth and the fidelity of Faith.
The experience of others admonishes me that
an editorial oarecr is not the primrose path of
pleasantness, and that its ways are not the ways
of peace. lam also made aware that it is a sin
uous road, leading amid mingled thorns and flow
ers, and that I may expect to get a sting fur every
pleasure. But, be this as it may, 1 shall not count
the cost of defence when a cherished principle is
assailed, nor seek the shadowy vale of repose
when the trumpet sounds for battle. If I am van
quished, my wounds shall all be in front, and this
paper bear proud testimony that truth was the on
ly weapon, and honor the only shield used by me
in the contest.
That my course will prove entirely satisfactory
to every person I do not anticipate, nor do I do
sire that it should. To entertain the idea of
pleasing all where so many varied interests are in
volved would be a little too Utopian for this anti
=Menton age. It is impossible to discuss ques
tions of public import in so abstract a stunner as
to avoid giving offence to individuals; and but
few men have the elements so sweetly cominglcd
in them as to entirely separate their personal feel
ings from what relates to their public or official
conduct. But, one thing you may rely on and
that is, that so long as the Journal is under my
auspices it shall sins to prove by its example, that
strict decorum and a nice regard for the inviola
bility of private character, is not incompatible
with a proper vindication of Whig principles. I
cordially reprobate the pernicious course pursued
by too many connected with the press its catering
to the low, vulgar appetite for personal abuse and
scandal. It is productive of no good, but on the i
contrary excites the worst passions of the human
heart and sows a seed which quickly germinates
and produces a harvest destructive of the peace
and happiness of communities. There is no reason
why this base desire should be gratified, or why,
in advocating the cause of truth the rules of good
breeding should be violated.
Its conclusion I may say that I will exert to the
uttermost my very humble abilities to commend
the Journal to your favorable regard, by making
it the vehicle for the conveyance to your homes of
the latest and most interesting intelligence, =reli
gion, politics, literature, the arts and sciences, , ( I.e.
and trust that my efforts its so doing may meet
with proper remuneration.
WM. 11. PEIGIITAL.
Gr We send our paper this week to a number
of our friends who have not hertofore been sub
scribers, and for this ream we republish our sal
utatory so that they may sec the chart by which
we intend to direct our course. If the paper
pleases they will retain it and we shall be most
happy to place their names on our list. If, on the
Contrary, it should meet with their disaprobation
they will please return it and we shall then under
stand it as it hint not to send any more. We in
tend, al: o, sending thil number to some few whom
we du not expect to be subseribers.—They will
Bud alfir prefixed to their
Inadvertence.
In our paper of last week we inadvertently
omitted publishing the name of Ma. Cnnswrisx
COUTB in the list of borough officers elected for
for the present yenr. Mr. C. will make an excel
lent officer, and we are sure our citizens should
feel proud in having a man of his extensive ex
perience in their Councils.
iler We are prevented noticing the proceedings
of the Scott Meeting, on Tuesday evening last,
by want of room. Notice next week.
New Advertisements.
Particular attention is called to the advertise
ment of of B. & W. Snare, who have just receiv
ed a large addition to their previous heavy stock
of Clothing, Boots & Shoes, fashionable Hats, &c.
The correct business habits of these gentlemen
warrants us in saying that articles purchased of
them may be relied on as being precisely as rep
resented. Their motto is "we strive to please,"
and it affords as pleasure to find their efforts so
successful.
Mr. James T. Scott, it will be seen, is again
prepared to furnish the community with Clocks,
Watches, Jewelry, &c., at his old stand. Our in
spection of his stock justifies us in saying to per
sons iu quest of such articles, that a more splen
did assortment cannot be found anywhere or nt
fairer prices. Mr. Scott deserves to meet with
large sales ns well on account of the elegance of
his stock as the amiability of his ehtolteter.
Mr. Jacob Snyder has also just received a
splendid assortment of ~r eady-nrade Clothing,
Cloths, Cassimeros, Vestings, and gentlemens'
furnishing goods, which he is now opening at his
new room for public inspection. That he will
meet with large sales wo have no doubt, for his
taste in selecting such commodities as he keeps is
very superior, his prices low, and, withal, he is a
whole soul'd, clever fellow.
Mr. Edmund Snare.—We are glad to welcome
our young friend into the business world ns well
as into the columns of our paper. Mr. S., having
bought the stock of Watches, Clocks, Jewelery,
Musical Instruments, etc., of the late firm of
Neff & Miller, has just returned from Philadel
phia
with a very large addition to the same. He
is now prepared to furnish time in any quantity;
keep things well tuned, regulate the wheels of
society, and furnish ornaments for every-body and
all their sweet-hearts. We bespeak for him a
liberal support.—He deserves it.
Dr. R. A. Miller, Surgeon Dentist, whose can
will he found in this paper, has opened an offic,
under the Journal establishment. The Doctor ii
a gentleman possessing a thorough knowledge o
his profession, and we can say, from our own ex•
wince, that entire satisfaction will be given to al
those who may have occasion for the exercise u,
his skill.
J. & W. Saxton have just received, and arc
now opening a rich and varied stock of Spring
and Summer Goods which they are determined to
sell very low. Advertisement next week.
James Maguire has also just recruited his stoek
and now otTers great bargains at the old stand of
Dorsey & Maguire, which has been newly fitted
up and is now one of the most handsome stores
in town. Mr. M.'s assortment embraces every
thing usually required by the community, and we
are auto his prices are quite reasonable.
Dr. Henry K. Neff's card will be foand'among
our advertisements this week. We cordially re
commend the Doctor to the favorable regard of
the citizens of Warriorsnmrk and neighborhood.
He graduated, with distinguished honor, at one
of the best medical colleges in the country, and
we have no hesitation in assuring the people
among whom he has located that they are fortu
nate in having him as the successor of the lament
ed Diller.
"Premature MovementWr
We are not among those who believe that the
spontaneous outburst, all over the country, of pre
ference for the gallant old hero, Gen. SCOTT, is nu
evanescent flame, gotten up to subserve in accom
plishing any other object than that of making it
certain that he will be the standard bearer in the
next Presidential campaign, and the leader of the
Whig hosts to victory. But, even though it was
conjured up to he made auxiliary in redeeming a
State or a County, from the thraldom of Loco
focoism, we cannot, for the soul of us, sec what
gross impropriety there would be in that, or why
the anathemas of certain persons should be daily
hurled against the people holding Scott meetings.
We are hold to say that those who are continually
harping about "premature movements," &c., that
their fidelity to the Whig party ought not to be
placed above suspicion. Persons who honestly
prefer other candidates may say so and their can
dor will be respected.
But, we confess our entire inability to see the
correctness of the policy, or the honesty of those
who ore endeavoring to thwart the people in their
laudable endeavors to place the gallant old hero in
such a position as will ensure his nomination
against all contingencies, merely because the doing
• it may, incidentally, promote the sucess of a, com
paratively, local good. To those, therefor, who
stigmatise these movements as " premature and
injudicious," even though they have for their object
the more effectual commotion of so desirable an
end as that alluded to, we cannot refrain from ex
pressing our opinion that it would not detract from
their dignity to come out boldly in oppositiou to
our noble State Executive, and thus avoid the im
putation of gross duplicity which now attaches
to their paradoxical course.
We would have you " either cold or hot,"—for
or against—for we do not really like to be stifled,
one moment, with the heat and redolence of a
tropical clime and the next be chilled to the heart
by the blasts which have been in dalliance with
the icebergs of our Polar Seas. Our political
wardrobe is too meager to permit us to accomo
date ourselves to such sudden changes.
However, we think we know the quiver from
whence these poisoned arrows are burled ; but, as
they have not as yet reached their aim, we shall
content ourselves by saying now that even the in
fluence and patronage of a United States' Sena
tor cannot deter the people from going on in this
movement as they have begun. And he may rest
assured that they will never seek his nod or soli
cit his approbation of their course, that it may
have the
" Stamp of fate or signal of a god !"
Our National Flag.
• We this week place at the bead of our column
the names of General. Winfield Scott for President
and Governor Jones of Tennessee for Vice Presi
dent, subject to the decision of the people and not
that of mere politicians.
• " Coming events casts their shadows before"
and he must be stupidly blind indeed who does
not see that the signs and portents in the political
see that
indicates with mathematical precision, that
the noble old hero of Chippewa should be the man
to ensure victory in the coming contest. The
people are for him. Those who doubt this must
turn a deaf car to the daily evidence uttered from
the frozen North and the sunny South; from the
teeming East anti the mighty West. We are
heartily glad that these "premature movements" as
they are styled by some few pseudo Whigs are ta
' king place in our own State as well as in New
York, Ohio, and Indiana, for it clearly indicates
that the people have taken the old hero's claims
into hand and that justice will now be done him
in despite of the machinations of political trick
sters. He line been the favorite candidate in this
State for the last fifteen years and the enthusiasm
which every where prevails shows a determination
that his great claims shall no longer be defered.
It is utterly absurd to characterise those move
ments as 'premature and injudicious' on the ground
that by bringing his natne forward so early in the
campaign it will be impossible to keep the flre now
so prevalent, alive until the season when it will
be required to consume opposition.
—We indulge in no such apprehensions. This
might be the ease with a man who possessed no
real merits, but with Scott we conceive it will he
different, and that so long use the exploits of Chip
pewa and Lundy's Lane glow on the pages of our
history and aro remembered by the brave veterans
who shared his toils and mingled their blood with
his on those ensanguined fields, there is no danger
of the flame being extinguished until ho receives
the reward of his noble daring. A recital of his
glorious triumphs in the conquering of Mexico we
think is not likely to dampen ardor or repress en
thusiasm. Oh no! And just in proportion as he
is talked about and the more generally his worth
is made known, just in proportion will he be made
stronger in the affections of his countrymen. Gen.
Scott's character is made of no such gossamer
materials that a breath can mar it, or composed
of such incongruous elments that the- severest
scrutiny eau detect aught bat beauty. His fume
is not written in the sand which a wave may oblit
erate, or twined upon an icicle which the sun may
kiss and dissolve ! Even though the pages , el his
tory were blotted out there are still enough of the
survivors of Niagara and of Mexico who are wil
ling and anxious to bear testimony, not only to
the wisdom and sagacity which characterized his
every act in the council; to his valor in the
smoke of carnage, but to the far more ennobling
and endearing traits of soul find heart manifested
among the wounded and the dying.
Illustrated Works of Josephs's.
We have before us the first part of the above
work which contains four splendid steel engra
vings : Ist, a likeness of the author; 2nd, Elijah,
Ahab and the False Prophets, illustraive of than
passage where the lira- came down from heaven
consuming the sacrifice and False Prophets; ad,
Jaol and Sisem mentioned in Judges 4th cb. 17 &
22nd verses; 4th, the ten commandments illustrat
ed with figures of Moses, Fth,Hope and Charity.
Those of our citizens who prize an edition in which
elegance and cheapness are eminently combined
should not fail to secure a copy, as the agent
will only remain in town a few days. He will be
found at Mrs. Hampson's. A magnfieent Premi
um plate of our Saviour Healing the sick will be
given gratis with the work.
Reprieved by Telegraph
A despatch was received at Jefferson city, M 0.,,
by telegraph from Washington city, signed by the
President of the United States, on the 14th,
directing the marshal to postpone the execution of
the Indian See-sec-soh-ma, convicted of murder,
until Friday, the eighteenth of April, He was to
have been executed at 12 o'clock on the 14th ult.
The despatch of the President wasdated at Wash
ington at 9i o'clock on that morning, and it woo
received at St. Louis at 10 tninntes before 10o'
clock. The Indian was not executed, notwith
standing all the preparations were made, and
thousands of peisons congregated to witness
the scene. Many of the citizens of Jefferson city
do not think the Indian grnity, while a largo por
tion of the community opposed the execution on
the ground that he ought not to be dealt with like
a white man, who is taught from infancy to fear
the consequences of the commission of crime.
Pauper Emigrants.
The Now York Evening Post states some very
curious facts regarding the emigration of paupers
to this country front Great Dritan.—lt is said that
the majority are taken from the poor houses by the
land owners in the south of Ireland, on whose lands
they are settled, and for whose support poor rates
are levied on the property. The owners of the
estates, on which they are a dead encumbrance,
are of course anxious to get rid of them, and the
captains of English vessels are employed to trans
port them to some port in the United States, at a
reduced rate per head, in consideration of the
number.
The Marquis of Lansdowne and the Knight of
Kerry have been most extensively engaged in this
buieness, and they are represented by some oftheir
fomer tenants, now in this country, to be making
arrangements for the deportation ofall the paupers
charged upon their estates, numbering between
two and three thousand persons. These immi
grants are for the most part landed on our shores'!
inn strving an diseased condition, filling our hos
pitals with invalids. The evil is certainly a very
serious one, end is more or less felt at every impor
tant seaport on our Atlantic coast. At Now Or
leans it has even attracted the attention of the mu
nicipal authorities, and on the 20th February, a
resolution was adopted by Councils to consider the
most advisable means of preventing the system of
pauperism practised in the cities of New Orleans
and Lafayette.
The New Orleans Daily Crescent, speaking of
the subject, says that " forty thousand emigrants
have been landed at that place, many of whom are
paupers, whose passage has been paid by parochial
authorities, and who are landed on the levee with
out a cent in their pockets, and prostrated by the
weakness and disease incident to a long voyage in
the crowded holds of our emigrant ships."
!MEAT SCOTT MEETING.
Pursuant to public notice, the friends of Gen.
WINFIELD SCOTT met in the Court House in the
borough of Huntingdon, on Tuesday evening, the
15th instant, and organized by appointing
JOHN WILMIAMSON, President.
WILLIAM DEAN, CHRISTIAN WIOEITON, N.
LYTLE, JOHN SNYDER, SIMEON WRIGHT, DAVID
MOUNTAIN, JACOB FRANK, B. HUTCHISON, A.
STIEHL and Jos. bI'CRACKEN, Vice Presidents.
B. C. Lytle, B. F. Glasgow, E. L. Plowman
and John P. Ashcom, Secretaries.
On Motion of Mr. Cornyn, the following gen
tlemen were appointed a Committee to prepare
find present a series of Resolutions expressive of
the sense of the meeting, viz :
A. K. Cornyn,John Householder, B. C. Lytle,
Wm. H. Peightal, David M'Murtrie, Thos. T.
Cromwell, John Ashman, David Mountain, John
Garner, John Crossley, B. F Glasgow, Jacob
Creswell, James Steel, John Watson, James M'-
Donald, Alexander Straub, John Brisbin, John
Gayton, John B. Logan, Henry K. Neff, Benja
min Leas, Charles Mickley, William Christy and
William Ramsey, who reported the following :
/No!vad, That Gen. WINPLULD SCOTT, the gal
hint Captain, the great Statesman and the good
MAN, who in•two wars led our armies to victory ;
whose-deeds and whose glory are the common
heritage of our country, deserves at the hands of
a free and grateful people their warmest affections
and their highest honors.
Resolved, That in him we recognise all the
qualities of a truly great man—that whether we
view him bleeding on the terrible field of Niagara,
conquering, on the blood stained planes of Mexi
co—or in vindicating the integrity of our glorious
Union, when Sonth Carolina, in her madness, was
about to set at defiance its high obligations, Ice
see in hint those traits of head and heart that emi
nently fit him to preside over a free people.
Resolved, That his history is not alone the his
tory of a scar -covered and war-worn Veteran—of
a scientific, daring, nod successful General—but
the history of a noble, self-sacrificing and devoted
Patriot, whose high aim is his country's welfare,
her !Amor and renown.
Rewired, That with him as our lender in the
Presidential campaign of 1852, we will go into
the contest with a confidence that inspires hope,
nail a zeal that wins victory.
Resolved, That we agree with the Whigs of
Union county in relation to the importance of
holding two Muss Conventions on the 20th of
August next—one fur Western Pennsylvania in
the city of Pittsburg, the other for Eastern Penn
sylvania in the city of Philadelphia—and that we
will send any required number of delegates to the
latter.
Resolved, That we view any attempt to prevent
an organization in • favor of (ice. SCOTT, at this
time, on the ground that the movement is prema
ture and injurious, as disguised opposition to his
selection as the candidate for President in 1852.
Resolved, That we approve the conduct of the
Whig members of the Legislature in respectfully
suggesting and recommending to the friends of
Gen. SCOTT the importance and propriety of an !
earlymovement in his favor, throughout the State.
Resolved, That we heartily approve, and cordi
ally endorse the measures of our distinguishedt
Executive, Wilifina .1 , 1 Johnston, marked, as they
are by a sagacity that rarely errs—a courage that
never falters—a putiotism that none question, and
an ability that excites the admiration while it con
vinces the judgment.
Resolved, That to him the thanks of the Whigs
of Pennsylvania are eminently due for his steady
adherence—his unwavering fidelity and lofty in
trepidity in the defence and maintainanec of our
cherished and time honored principles.
Resolved, That we look to him, and him alone,
as our standard-hearer in the Gubernatorial con
test of 1851. With Johnston victory is certain;
feeling well assured that a generous people are
never without the sagacity to perceive merit and
the gratitude to reward it. "
Reseved, That J. Sewell Stewart be, and he
is hereby appointed a Delegate to the Whig
Convention to be held at Lancaster city on the
24th of June next, to place in nomination candid
ates for Governor, Judges of the Supremo Court,
nod Canal Commissioner.
nesolecd, That Wm. P. Orbison, S. S. Niter
and A. K. Cornyn be, and they arc hereby ap
pointed conferees, to meet conferees appointed by
the other counties composing this Judicial Dis
trict, at llollidaysbnrg, ou the first Tuesday in
August next, to place in nomination a candidate
to be supporred at the next General Election for
the office of FiTsident Judge; and that the other
counties be, and they are hereby respectfully re
quested to concur in the selection of the time and
place now designated.
_ _
Reso/red, That the said conferees be, and they
are hereby instructed to support in conference
by their votes, and by all fair and honora
ble means to secure the nomination of the Hon.
George Taylor the present Presiding Judge of this
District; whose unblemished character, acknowl
edged integrity, firmness, impartiality, strong
common sense, Sollfili judgment and legal ability
well fit him for the office, the high and responsible
duties of which he has discharged so faithfully
and to the satisfaction of the people for the last
two years ; and whose position in view of his com
mission from the present Whig Executive of the
Commonwealth being terminated so soon after its
commencement, by the Amended Constitution, it
it respectfully suggested to our brethren of the
other counties of the District, that courtesy and
fairness entitles him to the nomination.
Resolved, That John P. Ashcom, J. Creswell
and S. L. Glasgow be, and they are hereby ap
pointed Senatorial conferees to meet other confer
ees from the counties composing this Senatorial
District to select a Senatorial Delegate to the
Whig Convention to be held at Lancaster city on
the 24th of June next, and that the said conferees
meet for said purpose at Hollidaysburg on the
24th day of May.
Resolved, That the Delegate to the Whig Con
vention to be held at Lancaster city on the 24th
day of Juno next be, and he is hereby instructed
to use all honorable means to secure g l ie nomina
tion of John G. Niles, Esq., as one of the candi
dates for Supreme Judge of this Commonwealth.
Resolved, That the proceedings of this meeting
be signed by the officers and published in all pa
pers friendly to Scott and Johnston.
The Wages of Labor.
Inequalities of Position—The Remedy for the Evil.
Congress has again adjourned, without taking
the action that was clearly demanded by the peo
ple upon the subject of the Tariff, and the Legis
lature of our own State has again refused "to
give expression to the well understood wishes and ex
pectations of the people" upon the subject. But
still we do not mean to let the matter sleep. The
interests of Pennsylvania. and of the laboring
classes every where throuhout the Union, are
too deeply involved in this great question, to suf
fer it to slumber even under the potent mesmer
ism of the Legislature.
P As labor is everywhere recognized as the foun
dation of all wealth, it should certainly be regrad
ed as the most important interest in the nation.—
In truth, the toili millions of every land should
he the true aristfAvts. Ft is they who create
whatever of wealth and magnificence blesses the
country. They rear the temples in which we
worship--the.palaces iu which we live—build the
navies upon which we traverse the seas—the roads
upon which we fly front one point to another—and
the canals which bear the vast resources of the
country to the great marts of trade and commerce.
And yet, the laboring portion of almost every
country in the world, are proscribed not only from
all social intercourse and equality with the rich
and great, but also from nearly all of the com
forts of civilized life. Instead of travelling upon
railroads, they travel on foot. Instead of worship
ing the Almighty in the magnificent temples which
they rear, they worship Him in barns and out
houses, in low-pitched rooms and dirty bethels.—
Instead of dwelling in the palaces which they raise,
they dwell in hovels, in cellars, in chambers reek
ing with the pestilence and the plague, in dark
alleys and filthy lanes, where the light of religion,
the light of education, and the light of the day,
are nearly always equally excluded. If we should
inquire into the causes which produce this most
untoward and unhappy state of things, it would be
found that they originate in, and grow out of the
low prices ofluhor, exclusively. Steady employ
ment at fair and remunerating prices, is the great
fundamental source of all happiness ands comfort.
If laborers have not these grand essentials, it is
impossible that they should be able to avail them
selves of the refinements and comforts of life. It
becomes, then, an important inquiry, how this de
sirable state of things may be brought about—
how steady employment may be obtained, .d
bow fair and remunerating prices may be secu
red 7 And it seems to us that nothing can be more
plain and self-evident than the answer. Under a
system of unrestricted commerce, the Amercan
capitalist possesses a great advantage over the la
borer, in the fact that he can avail himself of the
pauper labor of other couniries. Something, then
is necessary to equalize the interests of these two
seemingly antagonistic classes. If natural means
are not sufficient, legislation must be resorted to,
to protect the weakness of labor against the ad
vantages of capital. Foreign labor must be pro
hibited, (or at least clogged anei fettered with high
duties,) and domestic labor encouraged.
PROTECTION TO TIIE LABOR OF THE.COVNTRY
is the Archimedean lever which will revolutionize
the fortunes of the laboring classes,. and place
them inn position of independence, and of equali
ty with the capitalist. Without this protection
the wages of labor in this country, must inevita
bly sink to the miserable standard of Mr. BUCH
ANAN, and the other great companions of Free
Trade and Direct Taxation throughout the coun
try—the contemptible pittance of ten cents a day.
Tide is tla•European standard of wages, to which
the leaders .d capitalists of the Opposition party
seek to reduce the laborers of this country.. And
hero the instinctive despotism and oppression of
those old Federalists shows itself mom plainly
than in any other aspect of their lives. Here their
true principles are disclosed, and they stand forth
as the enemies of labor—as the enemies of refine
ment of education and of social progress, in far the
largest portion of society. They would doom
American laborers to a competition with the serfs
and slaves of Europe—a class oflaborers but little
less degratitd, and much more oppressed than the
slaves of our Southern States—a class of laborers
who by the laws of their country, are chained for
ever to the very soil upon' which they may hap
pen to be born. These are the laborers who re-'
elite the glorious wages of TEN CENTS A DAT,
who by an unrestricted system of trade and com
merce, come into the American market, and com
pete with the free labor of this country, by the im
portation of every article of manufacture and con
sumption not the natural growth of our own soil.
There is no class of laborers or producers in this
country who are not directly or indirectly, and in
a greater or less degree, affected by the adjustment
of the Tariff laws of the country. There is no in
dustrial interest, whether of agriculture, manu
factures, or the mechanic arts, that can claim an
exemption from the evils of an unresticted com
merce. They are all brought by Free Trade to a
direct competition with the slave and pauper la
borers of European countries, and cannot escape
the inevitable results of such a competition—the
ultimate occupation of the same moral and social
position.—Dally American.
Singular SuieWe.
A Frenchman named Chas. Roussel', a tailor
b y trade, who kept a shop at No. 37 St. Charles
street, committed suicide yesterday, in a manlier
equally stange and horrible. It is said that he and
his wife had lived very unhappily together for
some time, and yesterday he proposed to her that
,they should put an end to themselves. She ac
corded with his views, and went to an apothecary's
and procured arsenic. the divided the deadly
drug into equal portions, and put them with water
into two tumblers, offering Rousell one and keep
ing the other for herself. lie hesitated to swal
low his share,and she charged him with cowardice,
challenging him at the same thine to show her an
example of determination. The infatuated man
swallowed the draught to the dregs, and when he
had done so his fiendish prompter laid aside her
tumbler, and cooly went to her cupboard and
helped herself to a pleasanter and less dangerous
beverage. Such are said to be the facts, as stated
by the deceased himself to a friend. A warrant was
issued by Recorder Caldwell last evening br the
arrest of the woman, who, if not legally is mortal
ly guilty of intirder.—N. 0. Bulletin, April 1.
Mr. Fillmore% Cabinet.
From the foundation of our republic up to the
present time there has never been a set of men
associated with the•cofstitutional head of the Gov
ernment, in the administrative functions thereof,
who individually and collectively have commanbed
more general respect, or whose ministerial acts
have been less obnoxious to public censure, than
the present able and patriotic Cabinet.. Here and
there, it is true, occasionally a solitary croaker
raises his lugubrious voice at some alleged griev
ance; but the selfishness of his complaint so soon
becomes manifest, that it ceases to bo beard amid
the chorus of general commendation. Speaking
of President FILLMORE'S desire to give the coun
try a faithful administration of its affairs, the Rich
mend Whig justly observes:
Towardi'doing this thifirst and most iudipen
sable step was the selection for his Cabinet, as
heads of the several great branches of service and
his immediate advisers, of a body of gentlemen al
ready high in the public esteem, and known for fit
ness iir their respective trusts. This ditlicultermice
the President accomplished• greatly to the public
satisfaction. A Setter ministry the country has
perhaps never seen. And as it has long since pass
ed into an admitted truth that the test of a ruler's
i wisdom is his choice of ministers, so Mr. Fillmore,
by his selection, took possession at once of the
added reputation ofsuch names; of a wide public
confidence, and of the precise means by which to
prove that he deserved it.
" Accordingly, every officinl step which be Imo
since taken, whether tbreign or domestic, bin pub
lic conduct in all its parts, not less that of each
Secretary in his proper Department, has complete
ly confirmed the popular expectation, and fixed the
general belief on all sides that the present Admin
istration is n highly able, and means to be a per
fectly fitithful one."
Bounty Land Warrants.
By the appropriation bill of the 3d ultimo, Rays
the Notional Intelligencer, aWesolution is imposed
relative to the location of Bounty Land I:Varmint,
which, from its being in so inappropriate a place,
is not generally known; and ns many holders nro
now making arrangements, and some of theta ex
pensive once, to hale their warrants located' upon
the valuable mineral and other lands about to be
brought into market the ensuing summer an& full,
it is suggested that it be made more public. We
therefore publish the provision, as follows:
" That no laud bounty for military services
granted by the act of 28th September,lB3o,entiled
'An act granting bounty land to certain officers and
soldiers who have engaged in the military service
of the United States,' or by virtue of any other act
of Congress heretofore passed granting land boun
ties for military services, shall be satisfied out of
any Wilk land not heretofore brought into market
and nose subject to entry at private sale under ex
isting laws."
Tut: Ihsevssiox is still going on between the
American and British Missionaries in China, as to
the proper mode of rendering the word God in
translating the Scriptures into the Chinese- lan
guage. A letter from Bp. BOONE, dated Mengel
21st, informs us that the advocates of the word
"Shin" have had their views strengthened by a
recent publication• of sue of the most learned' Chi
nese, in which he invariably uses it to express the
Christain idea of God. The subject is one of un
common interest to the Christian and philologist,
and we the shall note the progress of the discus
sion with considerable solicitude.
'l'lle Difference:
There is a remarkable contrast between the lib
erality displayed by the Whigs and Locofocos to
wards their respective opponents. When Whigs
are in power, if they have patronage to bestow,
we very frequently find them appOrtioning m rc
spectible portion of it to the Locofocos; but when
the . Locolbeos bold the reins, ouch 6 thing as• giv
ing a Whig part of the patronage is not thought
of. We have a striking instance now before as.—
Our Whig Board of County Commissioners ad
vertise the same in the Locofoco papers in this
place as they do in the organs which fight the
Whig battles, while the Locofoco Councilmen of
our Borough patronize exclusively their own party
papers. We do not mention this to complain;
but we do wish to draw attention to the fact, that
our Whig friends may consider the policy and
justice of the course they aro pursuing. If there
is any virtue in giving the County printng to the
Locofoco papers, there is certainly the same vir
tue in giving the borough printing to whig papers;
or if Locofocos find an advantage in withholding
their favors from the Whigs, the Whigs might ex
perience a similar advantage by withholding their's
from the Locos. The sante virtue is applicable to
to both parties, unless a Whig is bound to patron
ize a Locofoco, while a Locofoco is justifiable in
proscribing a Whig.—Lebanon Courier.
Census of New Mexico.
The St. Louis Republican of the 2d inst., pub
lishes full returns of the census of New Mexico.
The entire population is 61,574, and the whole
number of farms in the territory is 6,715. The
number of deaths during the past year was 1,157.
Capt. Merritt, the U. S. Marshal, who took the
census, states that sines the American troops first
entered New Mexico under Gen. Kearney, some
twenty manufacturing establishments, of various
descriptions, have been started, and aro now in
successful ()operation. In Rio Ariba county the
census taker registered the names of a father and
mother with a family of twenty-four children, all
of whom were living in the same house, and all
of whom apparently were in the enjoyment of
hale health. The father and mother promises to
live yet many years.
Mexican Claimants.
The National Intellignncer is authorised to say
that the Secretary of the Treasury has appointed
no house its Washington or elsewhere, to pay the
claimants under the treaty with Mexico the amount
which would be respectively awarded to them by
the board of Commisioners now sitting in Wash
ington, but on the contrary, has not decided in
what mode those payments shall be made. The
Board of Commissioners, adds the Intelligence►,
have nearly closed their labors, and will by law
finally terminate them on the 16th inst. The
whole amount of their awards, it is said, will come
within the three and a quarter millions stipulated
in the treaty. The awads will not be payable un
til thirty days after the Commissioners have clos
ed thAii proceedings.