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ViSBimTON, D. 0., March 3, 1864.
TO *0* JttlTOK OF TBI HKH4LD.
I like my new quarters very much? far better than
living at Mr. Matter's Western Hotel. I have a Lice
little room, with two windows looking into the
street. I buy my own wood, hive a cheerful fire;
and all inside of two dollars per week. A very good
natorsd colored woman fixes my bed and ar
ranges my room. I buy fifty cents worth of
crackers and cheese about once a fortuight.
This, with luncheons at the hotels, keep
me hearty, even did I not dine or take tea with
somebody every day. It is unnecessary for me to
mention these details; bat I do so in order to show
you and the rest of the human famllv that I am
perfectly independent. But I am not alone; hun
dreds here live even cheaper than I do. I know one
very gentlemanly man here who only pays twenty
five dollars a year for his room, as he does not have
fires in it ? is extremely fashionable, goes into mixed
society a great deal, and constantly dines out. His
crackers and cheese, and herring too, don't cost him
fifty cents a month ? then, his lights are cheap, as
he never leaves a hotel in the evening without prig
ging one or two small pieces of spermaceti. But I
am digressing. Still, sixty-two and a-half cents a
week is cheap living, with a nice room, lights, good
dinners and sappers, and great respectability. I
could live equally cheap, but I must have fires and
an extra looking room.
I have mixed very little in general society sinoe I
last wrote. Except a casual interview with Mr*
Marry, a call from an eager diplomatic Frenchman,
and three visits from Geo. Pierce, I have not seen
anybody. I have been around considerable, hewing
what was going on, as they say here; but as I knew
all the leading facts befoia I was told them by com
mon people, I gathered nothing new in that way.
On Monday morning I called over at the white
House. Gen. Pierce had gone out to ride. I left the
mansion, snd was strolling leisurely through the
grounds, when I was overtaken near the State Do
partment by a gentleman win, after staling at me
very coolly, finally made up his mind to address me.
" Rather a tempting morning, sir," insinuated the
polite stranger in soothing accents.
" Very."
" I noticed you earning from the President's.
Pray, sir, if I may be so bold, are you not the Presi
dent's friend?"
" Well, I hope so. I am an American, and ought
to be friendly with the chief magistrate "
" Ah ? jet? but? I mean? in fact, I believe I have
the very distinguished honor of addressing ' the Man
wot nominated Frank Pierce;' " and here the gen
tleman reipectl .lly uncovered.
- I coi the itidivicual. Pray, who are you, sir?"
said I, rather severe like; for my new acquaintance
reminded me very much of one of them witch
stnfieiH that I had pointed oat to me by a policeman
when I came through York.
" Really, I am beyond measure delighted at this
meeting, Which way are you proceeding, Mr.
Green ("
I became qnite confident that the man had a de
sign upon me, and so I replied? for we had jast
nached tie western entrance to the State Depart
ment ? " In the opposite-direction to your own.''
" Ah, indeed, I would ask you up to my room, if
" Your room !" I exclaimed. " You don't mean to
tell me that you have got a room in that building,
do you?" And I pointed at the State Department
lnuce.
" If yon will do me the very distinguished con
sideration of entering with me, I shall have the
Sleasnre of doing the agreeable civility of the build
ig And I don't know what else he would
have said, for I cut it short, by Baying "Agreed;
but will you tell me your name ?''
" Presently. This way, if you please." I followed,
and my feet were on the bricks of the first floor.
*' Higher," Baid he; and I followed him up a flight of
stairs. Here a chap with his bat off opened a door
for my friend, bowing with awful respeot to me as I
pasted, and 1 waa in? Maroy's own deq, for aught
that I knew. He shut the door, and putting his hat
down upon a large table oovtred with papers, and
taking a seat in a splendid arm chair, as though he
was at home: "Now," says he, " Mr. Green, can
you guess who I am ?"
" 1 cannot," said I.
" Very well, then, my dear sir; I am Mr. Mann,
and very happy to see you, Mr. Geeen. Bake a seat."
j'jww'&'i' ~ ~ * ? '
"Ana supremely gratifying upon mine, I assure
yen. How is yonr very excellent lady?"
" Qnite will, I thank you. And ho v is yours, and
?11 the little men 7"
"Hal ha! ha! Capital- just what I expected.
Wall, yoa are 1 tinny. Is there anything I can do for
r, Mr. G.? It will give me extraordinary pleasure
serve you." I was looking at his magnflcent
writing arrangements. I took op a pen-knife. "Well,
the government gives you a nice set of writing mate
rials," said I.
In a moment he was upon his feet, and before I
could guess what be was about be had taken a ream
of different kinds of paper out of a d raver, three or
four hundred envelopes, half a pound of beautiful
cealiDg wax, a splendid fourbladed knife, a dozen
chunk* of green ribbon, an ivory paper folder, a port
folio, a ponnd of wafers, a hundred quills, and a pair
af scissors; and when he bad piled 'em all on the
table, says he? "Is there anything else, Mr. Green, I
can give yon?"
" Wbat! do you mean to tell me that all these
things are for me ?"
" For nobody else, I assure you. You would con
fer everlasting gratitude by accepting them."
"But?"
" Hi ot a word? they are yours." He rang a bell;
a messenger entesed. " Tie these things np hand
somely? by the way, I had forgot? inkstand and ink.
Ueie, messenger, add them. Carry the bottle of ink
in your band, and when this gentleman leaves, go
with him to his residence, and carry the things."
The messenger took out the things. I was amazed.
" Oh, I can't think of taking all these things as a
present from you. I will pay you for them," said I.
" Really, Mr. Green, this is unkind. Don't wound
my feelings. We are obliged to famish all ttiese
things to diplomatic functionaries, and you come un
der that bead. I am confident. You hold a seat of
diplomatic confidential relation to tbe government,
or could do so if you chose, which is the same thing.
Why, sir, is Governor Marcy" ? at this moment a
big, six foot, chuckleheaded old chap entered.
" Morning, Mann," said he in a rough voice.
" Good morning, Governor; how do you do? Al
low me to pretent you to Mr. Green ! the ' '
" What, the h? ; What is he doing here? How
lie von?"
"Well, Mr; I did not call to see you Mr. Mann
invited me in, and I came; and, as I suppose you
have business to concoot together, I will leave,"
said I.
" Don't hurry yourself on my aocount; I am
going." _ And he did go.
" So that is Mr. Marcy, is it ?" I asked.
" Yes, that is our Great Secretary. By the way,
Mr. Green you ought to be extremely flattered."
" For what?"
" Why, because Mr. Marcy treated you so extraor
dinarily civil. I don't know when it has happened
before; be was very polite ? for him."
" Well, upon my soul, Mr. Mann, if jou call that
politeness, I should like to know what you call hoc- |
gishness. "
" I do assure you, Mr. Green, upon my honor, that
the Governor treated you with quite unusual cour
tly? for him."
u It don't make such difference." said I, " for I
mint an now."
"I am extremely mortified that job can't be per
suaded to stay longer; but now that yon hare found
the way, pray call again, and as often as yon pleaae.
Anything that the Secretary, Mr. Marry, or I, can do
to promote your comfort during yoor sojourn in the
capital, we will bolh do with the greatest pleasure.
Good morning? God ble?a you!" I was quite taken
down with rach uncalled for kindness, and that, too,
when my letter had reached here the very day, in
which I had spoken rather harahly'of Mr. Mann. I
have doue, him great iniuatioe. There is ouch real
bona fid* sincerity and rrankneaa about Mr. Mann,
that one can't help being pleased with t im, and
then, I daie *ay, he la to everybody el-e jaat what
1m Is to me vet How oil wUl make things go, and
?how essential and hamaniaina It is ia a place Tike thi
OUte Department! When I left the building, the
meetenger accompanied me with quite a load. He
waa awry pleasant, chatty fellow: and when we got
to my room, I offered him the knife, aa I thought he
would like it for hie trouble.
"Thank yon, for nothing, Mr. Green; I have got
doaena o t those things," said be; "bat if you would
five me a specimen of your handwriting for a young
lady of my acquaintance, it would be a great favor."
"How shall 1 write it?*
"Wall, jaat write yoor name, 'B. Green, Jr.,' the
nao wot nominated Frank Pierce. Hhe will keep it
choice, and hare it framed." I did aa I waa request
ed, and he took his departure. I was four honra sur
?eying my plunder, and yon will not now be surprised
at bearing this deapatch ii written on the regular
State Department diplomatic paper. About six
o'clock I heard foot/alls upon the stairs, and ia a mo
ment the President entered, and sat himself down in
a chair, as though be was quite need an.
"Thank God, Sam, I am hen at laSt?'
"What ia the matter, Frank?" I asked.
"Matter."' and he drew up another chair and laid
both legs across it ; " there, I am oomfortahle now,
flam, my fine fellow. I dont intend to leare this
loom lor four hoars."
"Make it flro, six, seven? atay all night, if yon can
aleep two in a bed, if it will make yon happy."
"Mo, pot exactly that, Baa ; but I am so glad to '
get hew. I Am bo glad to get Into a rang, eoay little
room like tbia, with a nice, w*rm fire and? (Here his
neaieatcd upon a'imy new writing amusement*) ? I
Why, where the hell did you rake up all them
things? Been purchasing stationery, eh f Going to
rtartastore?"
"Oh, no," said I, laughing and lighting a segir ;
"Mann gave this to me at the State Department A
little bit of public plunder? that a all.'
"Bam, will you do me one favor? only one ?"
? Yes."
" Tben pack all these things in your trunk, or
hide 'em away. I want to have one spot kept sacred?
one plase that I can go to ani see no evidence of !
gpuih. They would taint the very atmosphere of |
this room." . .
I said not a word, bnt packed every article in a
new trunk which I bought only two days ago, jost to ?
show that I bad baggage. I caved out only a few !
sheets of paper, that I hid in a eopy of the Hbbald.
When I bad finished, the President said, with much
feeling:?
"God bless you, Sam! He will reward you for
this. You bare spared my feelings. I don t want
to ever have for an idea in my breaat, that you may
or can be bought up."
"Frank, now, that is all settled. What's out?"
" You have been out, for I have called here four
times, aid twice 1 stayed an hour, and each time had
a comfortable i? one Them pair of stairs is quite
an elevation to go up for a President, eh; but I al
ways feel better for It"
" la there anything new. Frank?"
" No. It Is all comprised in one word?' Ne
braska.' Nebraska at the Capitol, Nebraska at the
^ bite House, Nebraska in the departments, Nebras
ka in the mails, and d? n me if our females ain't
1<> 'led with Nebraska. There is but one word every
w ere? it supersedes everything else. The very
wiids whisper 'Nebraska.' Take a seat, Sam,
am) let's have a quiet talk upon it You are bo
nes'."
" Thank you, Mr. President, for that one word.
It gees home to the heart. Surrounded aa you are
by mercenary, unscrupulous, designing, intriguing
kcavfs, I can easily f ancy that it must be a great
relief to you to have one friend who is honett and
who, whatever may befall, will tell you the whale
truth, and nothing butvbe truth."
" It is, my dear boy. How about that letter flrfflh
youi wife, Bam? I wan't to see that."
" Not to night, Frank. Let's have a quiet talk
this evening aoout Nebraska."
'? D ? n Nebraska?"
" Don't swear, Frank."
" Well, it's enough to make a saiit swear. Have
it as you will, then- What do you thiuk of this Ne
braska bill and business?"
" You may well say bnslneaB, for it will be a pre
cious business before it is through with."
It has set everybody mad, Sam. What do you
think will be the upshot of It ?"
" I will not tell you now. It will be awful for
politicians and 10 called statesmen. But now tell me
now you got so damnably mixed up in it."
" 1 wan forced into it by that d? d Herald that
you write letters to; Bennett baa gut me into this
infernal muss. and I wish he wouW help me out of
it"
" Explain yourself, Frank; you are rather severe.
I have heard yon say that but for the Hbkild you
would not have been elected President. Now, how
can the Hsbai d have got you into trouble ?"
" Well, to convice you. it will be necessary for me
to give jou the entire private history of the Nebraska
business."
" I wish you would."
"I will; and bere goes: You know, Sara, that
whenever that subject of 36 30, or slavery in the Ter
ritories, has been let loose, it has played hell and
Tommy with everybody. In 1821, it broke out,
after the Missouri arrangement. Monroe, when Pre
sident, Crawford, Jackkon, Calhoun, and Adams,
were candidates for the succession. The first three
were Southern men, and as they and all supposed
the anti-slavery feeling reigned paramount in tbe
North, they kept quiet; but this question smashed
parties Into .bits. Crawford, the caucus candidate
of the democrats, was (oil out Adorns was elected.
Politicians of both parties were glad to get rid of it,
and it lay still until Oregon was obtained from Eng
land. Then Polk signed the bill keeping slavery out
of Oregon, although be knew it was unconstitutional;
but he satisfied his conscience by his belief that
A'rican slavery would never be carried there. Tben
the cursed question was opened again by the Wflmot
proviso, which was drawn up Dy the van Borens,
led to the Buffalo platform and nomination, which
killed off Cass and elected Taylor. In 1850 it was
patched up again, as was supposed, by leading poli
ticians of both parties, who hoped to have got ni of
it altogether. But the convention in Baltimore was
selected as not being suspected with being infected
with the taint Scott was supposed to be leagued
with Seward, and tbe Union men elected me. Now
cornea the third uncorkincr of ??-**>-> ? ?* **
utvii uctui lew loose again.
" But how was it done? The bill as originally in
troduced by Douglas was very harmless? amounted
to nothing."
" Exactly so. But what does that whig Senator
from Kentucky do ? Mr. Dixon, whether conscious
of what he was about or not I cant say, says to him
self, 'now, I will try the honesty of these Southern
administration men;' pop goes the weasel, and be
introduced his amendment, which, fiatfooted, abol
isbed that internal Missouri compromise."
" That was a crowder, wasn't It ? But tbe Union
came c ut against Dixon's proposition, and called him
ali sorts of things."
"So it did; but hold on, a moment We could
have backed the thing down, bit Stephens, Toombs
and other Southern Union gents stool up, and said
'No, by God, you don't; now we will test the Secre
tary of the administration and its supporters'? and
my Southern friendi came to me in a rush? it was
Sunday."
" An! now 1 shall learn ail about that Sundav
business, of which so much was said in the patters."
"It took me a1! aback. I refused to talk; said it
was Sunday. Tbey replied: 'That be damned? the
better tbe day tbe better tbe deed. Sunday is as
good a day as any other to talk this matter over.
Can't see what is to be dene? You must show your
hand.' Look at my position, Sam. What had brought
all this about ?*
"I fee very clearly."
"No you don't. You found Bennett hid roused
the Southern members about that scarlet letter and
my free soil associations. They suspected me, and
made the bold issue to go for the abolition of the
Missouri compromise in an open fight. Forney and
all bands were called in. Oar course was a plain
one. I went it to satisfy the Southern men. It was
rank poison. It was an awful dose to swallow; bat
lam not alone. Nauseous as it is, Cass, Douglas,
and all the Presidential aspirants, have to swallow
it We may all make faces, but the dose has to be
swallowed. It will go through the Senate like a !
rocket. Poor old Case, I pity him. The chasm
gapes before bim; but it's jnmp or die. He don't
!ove it any better than I do. Douglas himself is
caught in his own trap."
"I pity you, Frank, from my heart I do. And how
easy all this could have been avoided, and you at
this moment could have been as snug in the Presi
dential chair as a bug in a rugl? yes, for anotner
term."
"That's what you always say? if I had got you to
write my inaugural, I suppose!"
"Not exactly, Frank; but yoa had it in your power
to have made your own party, and your own opposi
tion "
"Well, that is a curious idea."
"If you bad have called me on to Concord, as your
private secretary, you would have carried it out."
"Well, perhapa it ain't too late now."
"1 don't know; but don't interrupt me for tsn
minutes. The moment that I heard the names that
were to compose your Cabinet, I said to myself, whom
God wills to destroy he first nukes mid. Can it
be possible that he intends to destroy my friend
Frank?"
"Well, that is desidedly a moat deliberate ?
"Don't break in upon me. I thought to myself, if
I only bad been at Frank's elbow, h>w different
would have been the result. I should have spread a
blank sbeei of paper before you, and Haid:? Frank,
tbat administration gets on best that has an opposi
tion, because the opposition d.ives the friends of the
administration at a close and compact supp rt You
have been elected almost unanimously. You have
your choice of who shall be your friends and who
shall be yoar opponent*. Take a pen and write on
tbat paier, and as you no* write, so shall it be for
four yrars, and four more if you like."
?'Tiiat is all very nice to talk, Sam; bat how to do
it?"
"Will you be quiet a minute? You would have
raid the wings are killed. 1 won't select them as
my opponent*, for they are too weak to strengthen
me by their opposition, I am elected by the general
Union sentiment of the country. The tree Rollers
and the secessionists aided my triumph , no doubt
They did not mske It. Now, then, I will take my
Cabinet from the main Union men North and South.
They aball be my party to carry on the government,
and I will give Union meu the offices in both seo
ttons- that will make me a tremendous powerful
"&it hold on, Sam. What would have become of
the free soilers and secessionists?"
"Tht j would have been your choice for your op
position. They would have been furious, and op
posed you like damnation ? just what you wanted,
for tbey never oouli have united] to have strength
enough to wcrk yon harm, for they were directly an
tagonistic upon every other subject; but they would
have been strong enough to have kept your party in
a (olid phalanx, ready to have whipped out or met j
any real opposition to the great measures you wished
to carry through for the good of the country.*
The President held down bii head for a moment
and then raised it. and in a perfectly calm but frank
mai ner remarked? "I see the foroe of it all now.
You are right, and I made a sad blander."
"Indeed, indted, you did, Frank. Let me review
your course: You selected for yoar Cabinet? who? ?
let of 4? d ambitions offloe plunderers? a secession
M at one end, a free soil abolitionist at another, a '
mongrel, Tyler wblf democrat in the middle? and
rocb a blessed p'ece of tea?iated work was nenr is
laid to a Cabinet before. Whet would yoo have
thought of tbe Chief Ruler of the Universe bad he j
selected the angel Gabriel as one and Lnclfer for an
otier of hi* government? Why, the latter waa no
thing more than a superior sort of Marcy. Our j
bleated Lord kicked him down to hell because be
went in, horns, hcof and toe nail, for spoils and plun
der."
"Served Lnclfer right t ? I
"Then follow a good example, and kick out Marcy.
'?Who will look out for our foreign diplomatic cos- ,
tomes?" 4 .
"Oh.pshaw! with such trash.whlle great and start
ling events are looming in the distance. Daauny
must be fulfilled. In twelve months thia country
will be in alliance with Russia, and at war with
Fiance and England."
??What?"
"I have said what I believe; and do what jou ?n.
do what Marcy may, it will be ao. "The destiny of
b th Russia and the United Statee lies side by side
(when England is oonoerned. While Russia is remsv
in if her interfering, domineering power in Burojw,
we will end her meddling with slavery on this side
by driving ber from this continent."
"WTio will do tbat ?" ,
"The South. The first gun? the first aggreeslon
?the first menace? the merest trifle said or done by
England, will raise this continent. The powder u
laid and dried ; England baa only to furnish a spark,
and she will be blown oat o ( these latitudea. Aye !
bad Buchanan C'tne home when he waa grossly in
sulted by the English Ministry, he would hare oome
heme and found an immense war party ready to
choose him chief."
"And the result?"
" Canada and Cuba would have been added, with
tbe other British possessions on this continent and
neighborhood, and Spanish Porto Rico. A day may
bring on a war with England, and if Marcy under
stands his business he has, era this, assured the Czar
oi Russia wbere we are to be fonnd, and tbat it will
not be where the English flag waves. To hell with
ten thousand Turkies, if ajmpathy for her Is to lead
us into alliance with meddling, overbearing Eng
lar d. Aa for France, Louis Napoleon's head would
not be worth a crown, or any price, if he d&rei to
push France into a war with tliis country on account
or an alliance with Bnplaud. France can stand con
siderable frm a Napoleon, but a war with us would
be coming the monkey rather too strong."
"I fay, ?am, can't you Bend out and get some
thing ? 1 am thirsty. Don't go yourself."
" No; I'll just go to the head of the stairs, call a
boy, and send bim to the corner for a bottle of
Monongahel*." . .
I sent the boy, and while he was gone I con
tinued: ?
" These are rather startling Ideas, are they not,
Fr&i'k
?? Yes; but I see their force very clearly. I fib
think a war with England would be popular."
" It has to come, and the sooner the better. Ne
braska nor nothing else can save the slavery agita
tion and bring about a dissolution, unless England
and English influence is dug out, root and branch,
from North America and the West Indies. The
tconer the better. A sagacious statesman would
hurry on such an event aa speedily aa possible. A
national debt of a thousand millions would be a
Union blessing. It would keep ua united for a thou
sand years, and we would get rid of English influ
ence cheap at even that cost."
"Now. Sam, what will be the result of this Ne
braska bill ? Will it pan both houses ?"
"It ia a terrible political steam horse, with mil
lions of power; when, how, or where it will brin?
np. God only knows; but it will drag all connected
with it to political perdition. It is the devil loote;
and who will chain him now? Cass, Douglas,
Everett, Clayton, democrat or whig, will bo run
down by -it; whether it passes the House or not la
of do consequence. The lb 6 has been drawQ? the
issue made, and it has got to be met. There is no
shirking it. There it ia, black and white? on one
side the institution of African slavery, on the other
abolition. The leader will be chosen on that one
iseue. If the Nebraska bill abolishing the Missouri
humbug passes the House, the abolitionists will then
open the next Presidential contest upon the ground
of its repeal, and they will have two candidates.
Seward will be the light colored abolition candidate,
and those of a darker shade will select either Wen
dell Phillips, or, perhaps, woolyheided Douglas
himself. The South will of course select a leading
Southern man? net one djed in the wool, be he
democrat er whig."
'?But, Sam, where will the democratic par.y be aD
this while 5"
"Where ia it now? There are none who talk of
whigs or democrat. Who has broughl all this
about? Frank, you are not alone to blame. Cohe
sive iove of plunder and spoils has led other men
astray. When you went wrong, and supposed that
ton. Hunter, and Southern Hena ors, had have
signed tbe platform offered by the New York hard*,
there woula have been no fieud named Nebraska
running a wild muck among statesmen and leading
men. Those true N jrthere men appealed to Son*
tis. Old '"'ass said? 'Ob, no! I don't want to m ik*
war npon tbe administration juat now.' Douglaa said
tbe same. Southern Senators saw tbas there were
a few more loaves and fishes yet in y?ur gift, an 3
tiey said, r o, not jet. Even tbe whig leaders said
Ob! no, wait. And they have* all waited until the
wild fierd Nebraska waa let loose, and they began
to feel his heavy hoofa trampling down right and
left; and where now are those true hearted Northern
men who would have atood by you and by the
Swntb? They are gone. Their arms are folded
Their strength is exhausted. You have aucked their
life blood, and you can't give it back to them; and
tbe fiend Nebraska will rush from Maine to Califor
nia ui checked and unbridled."
"Well, Sam, you have given a fearful state of
things."
" l think it is a veiy funny state of things. The
next Presidential canvass will be extremely ao."
" Who will be elected?"
" Not yon? nor Cass, nor Douglas, nor Evsrett,
nor Crittenden, nor any one named man. The issue
wi'l be between slavery and its abolishment, and
npon that fair and square issue every f/ee State will
be cairied for the anti-alavery candidate, be it Billy
Seward or Wendell Phi'lips. the South would stand
no cbance, and your administration has bronght
things to such an issue."
? ?? But I ray, Sam, if an out-and-out abolitionist was
to be elected President, wbat would the Sou'h do ?"
" Secede or stand it Yoo can judge as well as
I wbat they would da"
" But. suppose two abolition candidates were run
in the North? what then 7"
" xben there would be a scrub race. The three
highest, from which tbe House of Representatives
would have to elect, would be two free Rollers and
ore Southern man. And when such a cbance is pre
sented, you and me will see such a state of things in
this city 98 was never witnessed in any other, except
it wss in the throes of a revolution."
" That whiskey and water is first rate, Sam. What
did you psy for It ?
"Fifty cents. I bave had a queer proposition
made me to-day."
" Wbat wss it 7"
" A Frenchman met me down at Brown a Hotel:
he was introduced to me by Mr. Button, the reporter
of the Senate, who said, when he presented the
Frenchman, ' That is the gentleman you want to
see/ "
' Aha, 1 am vere much glad to make de acquaint
ance of so pow crful Monsieur.'
? What can I do for you V
' I want to kj ike de acquaintance of de members
of de lobby. Cmnassjzmus de lobby '
? What do you want ? I am the lobby, myself.'
' You de Monsieu r Lobby, de great Lobby.
got one proposition to make to you.'
' Heave abeid : what is it ?'
? His Highness Santa Anna, be ?ay to me, ' You
go to Washington Slty; yon see de Lobby, and yoo
to 11 him 1 shall give bTm one. two, tree million dol
lais, if w lobby shall make de Congress pa-* de bit
for de Gac'aden treety. which shall make me present
of twenty million dollar. I am 3antus glad to
meet avec yon.'
'Oh, oh, my boy, that's wbat yon are. 01<1
Santa Arra will give me three miilhna when the
Gadsden treaty passes? It won't do. I must have
the money down. 1 should bave to spesd a million
among mj relations, tbe other members of tbe lobby
family, to get th? Senate in working order.'
' And jou will no undertake de iob ?'
' No. sii-ee- Give my love to Santa Anna, when
you write, and tell him I hope l>e will make both
ends meet, ontil he gets the millions, (iood bye.'
And then I came away."
" Ah, Sam, ' said the President, "you will have ,
jonrfun, come what will ; but U Is now late, aad I
mart go. Good nigbt" And now I must clo?e.
Tub Maw wot Nominatko Fm*nk Pisko*.
LAMKHTABLE OtCrSBKNCB AT C NClNHATl? L*W
IB Goldsmith Accidbstallt DBOwrotn.? About
Ave o'clock this morning Mr. Lewis Goldsmith,
wholesale clothier and importer of dry goods, No. 72
Main itreet, left his residence near the corner of i
Third and Elm streets, it is supposed with the inten |
tion of crossing over to Covington to collect rents
from some of nis tenants in that place. His wife i
wondered at his absence from breakfast, bnt suppos
ed he was detained on business. Bnt abiot 9 o'clock
* mestenger called at the store, and informed the at
tendants that a man had been found d roamed in the
river at the foot of Walnut street, just below the ferry
landing, and that having Mr. Goldsmith's business
card in bis pocket it was supposed some information
concerning him might be obtained at his store. The
body was ceen by the clerk, and to his astonishment
found to be that of Mr. Lewis Goldsmith himself
From the fact that Mr. G. was near sighted it is
supposed he mistook the Champion wharf boat for
that of the ferry boat's landing, and as it was early
dawn, he made a mis-step, which precipitated him
it to the river. Mr. Goldamith leaves a young wife
and four children to meurn his untimely death. Du
ring several years paft be has conducted a snrcess
fal boafoesa, and has made a wide circle of friends,
who will bear of his deoeasa with much sorrow*? .
Cincinnati T mt*, Ftb. W.
Our Washington Correspondence.
WAHHi>orav, Feb. 26, 1854.
Preadmt Pierc t's Pretended Support o/ iht Ne
braska Bill ? Existing Relation* Between the
Cabinet and the Anti-Douglas Me* ? The Public
Printing? An Aet ve Canvass and its Conte
quentes ? The New York " Hards" in the Hon? ?
Theatricals in the Capital, jc.
Your intimations regarding the duplicity of the
administration in their pretended mpport of the
Nebraska bill, u* perfectly oorrect, u any person
here on the spot can testify.
The personal friends of the President, and Marcy,
Cnshing & Co.? such as Paul R. George, Dean,
Hughes, and others ? are violent in their denuncia
tions of the bill, and openly avow their determina
tion of breaking it down. If the President was
sincere in his support of the measure, such language
on the part of these men would at least induce a
coolness, and prevent them from attending con
stantly at the White House, and being consulted by
its cccupant on every occasion. Such, however, is
not the case. The Kitchen Cabinet is still in fall blast,
and Paul R. George has audience of the President
at all hours of the day or night. Sydney Webster
and other messengers from the Presidential mansion
are continually bearing missives to the George and
the Dean. In a word, the most intimate relations
continue to exist. What inference, then, can be
drawn from such conduct? la it not plain that the
articles in the administiation papers, denouncingthe
Nebraska bill, the offiotal support given to the Seward
organ? the Times ? and the secret efforts of the
Prekident's bosom friends to defeat the bill, are all a
Ext of a scheme to betray and defeat the wishes of
e South, and to keep alive the alarery excitement?
Mr. Nieholson, the present editor of the Union, is
in great tribulation for tear the House will not elect
him as public printer; and so anxious is he, that he
oould not wait till Gen. Armstrong's remains were >
in the tomb, before begging for the pieifion, and !
publicly parading an annoincement that he had i
entered into an arrangement with the family of the ;
late printer to divide the profits wita them in case he j
was buicestful. If the printing of Congress is to be !
given out, as a matter of charity, to the mist neces
sitous, then Bhould all fie poor make application.
We do not belibve the announcement wan made with
the knowledge ol General Armstrong's children,
who are well off, but simply as a means of exciting
pity, and tbuB putting money in Mr. Nicholsona
puree. If Beveily Tucker 'a elected printer, then the
Union must go down. It is only now sustained by
the public pap, and If this is taken away it will be I
as destitute of means as it now Is of subscribers or
influence.
Several of t>e national democrats who represent
New York in Congress, have already done good ser
vice in the cause, and made both it and themselves
respected. Messrs. Walbridge, Wheeler and Cutting
stand >>igh in the esteem of the House, for their bold
and manly conduct in exposing the turpitude of the
present administriUon. Mr. Peckham, of Albany,
ras been bepnflfcd a good deal, and heralded as a
man of great ab lity. We in Washington, how
ever, can only judge of his wisdom in the same
way the owl obtained its imputation for a similar
1 quality. Be has not opened his mouth yet. When
i he does, we may expect a perfect avalanche of
; wisdom.
The truth is. with the exception of Walbridge, I
1 Cutting and Wheel?r, the "hard" de?ega'ion of New '
| Yoik is miierably weak. Were it otherwise, more I
I attention would be paid to the party, and better re- ;
1 suits would have been manifested. But of the three ;
I gentlemen named, two have been object) of ;
jealousy and backbiting on the part of thoee whom {
they had a right to lojk to for support, and hence 1
their efforts have measurably been neutralized by the
defection in their own household.
Miss Davenport has been playing an engagement
during the oast week at the Variete here. In conse- j
queue of the number of balls, as well, perhaps as the I
fact that Forrest was placing at the National, her
houses were not crowded, but the audiences were
highly fashionable. Whilst Miss Davenport acts
with even more Bpirit and grace thau ever, we regret
to notice she was very badly supported bv Mr. Good
all. This is the more unpaidonable, as that gentle
man is talented naturally, and does himself great
injustice by his want of study. In nearly every part
be has playel with Miss Davenport he has been defi
cient in the text, and also in stage business, so mnoh
so aa to embarrass Miss Davenport and seriously im
pair the interest of the play.
Miss Davenport'B engagement extends for ssveral
nights longer. Meantime she receives every atten
tion at the hands of ladiea and gent'emen here, who
i x Mtihud
with her talent in the pr Mansion she so moth adorns.
American Genius
L'et of patents imitd from ihe United SUte
Patent Office lor the week ceding February 28
1861, each bearing that date:-.
8. B. Bachelor, of Lowville, N. Y.? For improvt
me itt in pcjt.be faster tag*.
John W. Cbitteddon, an 1 William C. Mead, of
Veray, Indiana? Foi Improved machine fur splitting
hoops.
John P. Conger, of Newark, N. J.- For improve
ment h fair ki'ns.
IjtwiB W. Colver, of Louisville, Ky For improve
ment in seed planters.
K 'beit W. Davis, of Rodgersville, N Y.? For im
pr v< mi Dt in churns.
A. K. Eaton, of New Yorr, N. Y.? For improve
ment in machines for pulverizing ore i.
Timothy D. Jaekton, of New Yoik, K. Y ? For ,
improvement in dies for making seamless metal
tabes.
Bsmcel W. Buliock, of New York, N. Y., a??ignor
to Stillman Allen A Co , of tame place? For im
provements in quartz croaker*.
Michael M. Gray, of Philadelphia, Pa ? For im- ,
provement in railroad chair machines.
Thos. D Henson and Geo. Rohr.of Chiilestoarn,
Ya ? Ft r improvement in seed planters.
We Burnett and Jno. Absterdmn, qf Boston,
Mass.? For improvement in the use of fusible db-ks
in steam boilers.
James Beiiton, of Newark, N. J For improve
1 ment ir> zinc white furnaces.
Frank G. Johnson, ot Brooklyn, N. Y.? For tab!e
to bold bank notes wnen cut.
A. 8. Lyman, of New York, N. Y.? For improve
' ment in air enginea.
Wm. Mc Bride, of Brittolville, Ohio For improve
ment in u achinea for makii g bed pins.
James Pitts, of Lancaster, Mass.? For improve
ment in cotton picker cylinders.
Joseph Sawyer, of 8?uth Rcyalston, Mass.? For
improved socket tor bench hooks.
Wm. Sumter, of Worcester, Mass.? For improve
ment in organs.
Solomon Bell, of Marseilles, 111. ? For improvement
I in harvesters.
| George A. Rollins, of Nashua, N. H ? For im
proved tool rest for turning lathes.
J. G. 8nyder and Joseph Young, of Wheatland
I township, Pa. ? For improvement in teed planters
Linns Yale, of Newport, N. Y.? For improvement
. in btnk locks.
Jacob Zook, of Harrisburg, Pa.? For Improved
carrier for lathes.
L. Otter P. Meyer, of Newtown, Conn.? For im
provement in vulcanizing India rubber and other
guma.
Jkmes F. Brodhead, of Rondout. N. Y., assignor
to Thomas Ritch, of Napanock, N. Y.? For improve
ment in foice of saw sets.
Stephen P. Ruggles, of Boston, Mass.? For im
piovtii.eiit in piiming pre pes
Abijan H-.Jl and Hylvanus Stortevunt, ol South
Paris. Mitloe ? F'?r improvement in snow ploughs for
railroeos
si ifstis.
Joi'Sw Holn.es and Kpbraim French, of Lee, Ma s.
? F? r improved piocese of manufacturing vartega'el
roving. Patented M*y 18, 1862.
William. F Ketctium,of Btifialo, N. Y. ? For im
provement in grass baivesters. Patented Feb it),
1862.
tSFIOKP.
Fiedrric R'arr, cf Rochester N. Y. For de>ign
for r? hi Iron legs lor pianoforte?.
Fieduic Starr, of Rochester, N. Y. ? For design
for cast iron ptdal lyre for pianofoites
ADDITIONAL I uPRGVBMRNT
David Swartz, of Tom's Brook, Va.? For Improve
ment in ploughs. Patented June 22, 1862.
Yah* tikis a?d TBI Ci. wnmc ?The old custom
of sending amorous missives to lovers on the Uth of
February, though kept up to a certain extent, has
sadly degenerated of late years. Now vulvar carl
cature, set off with trash/ and Indecent doggerel, are
more frequently circulated than the true and genuine
outpourings of affection. Not a few of our most
worthy citizens, female as well as male, are annua ly
Id suited by vagabond valentine*? the selection of
some silly or insane acquaintance. And this, to the
sensitive, Is no trifle. They woader who could thus
select them as a butt, wbile the sting of the senseless
missive is frequently more keenly felt than the reci
pients are willing to acknowledge. A case in point
occured on last Valentine's day. A gentleman re
ceived a va entlne which he considered studied in
sult, and after some investigation, concluded that it
came fln>m a certain elerk of a store on Canal street.
He thereapon resolved to punUh tie supposed
offender, and yesterday, armed with a oowblde, be
sought the clerk and attempted to inflict summary
vecgeano* on his person. The meeting took place
on the sidewalk, at or near the corner of Camp and
Common streets, and for a few minutea the raw
leather weapon was vigorously applied. Eventually,
boweveT, the cartigator fell Inlo the gutter, and then
came the triumph or the clerk. He, being upper
most, obtained possession of the weapon, tore the coat
from the back of hie antagonist, and belabored hint
with a fhry which his friends considered to be ex
tremely refreshing. Indeed, the party who com
menced the attack got by (Isr the wont of It in the
end? Airse Orlta** Trut Dtlim, Fib. 19. J
Lun?Uri?cP?*?i
A
of Pari! was presented to the lu^oemher
Heine at lulwt sew ion. On the 31*11 Iteownne^
1852. the number of lunatic* under tre*tm?ni ?.j.
3,182. In France there were 16 71^Th.h"^
one in eveiy 2,123 of the total population, but m
Paris at dtne department of the Heine, the ProPl'r"
lion waa one in every 47 ?. Thtowa* owiogtO the
fact that at Paria Idiots are readily admitted Into
asvlums In order to prevent them from becoming a
anictacle or being ill treated in the streets; whereas
in the oountry great numbers, not be'.ng dMgerou*.
are allowed to be at large and are ?eueralij trea ?d
hv evervbody. la fifty- one years the number
S to RS" Md the department of the Heine
? ? In rn.n^ frr 946 to 3,182. The number
5f JdmKf? totbe eouree of 1862 was 1,50'J
Skmw: .tr;i
61 to foreign countries. Amo?fBl^f?,rei^Qerprttl^
i Ki, 21 Belgians 1? S*rdtola?3^ 6Png
.;hn# ut <* 5 Germans. The number of ptraooi qui
charged to We ??>"? of ">? J?"
Paria and tha department are not treated in
Sfi^for men. an< I lflr.Wc g wmaen; and in*.
Lte^eieTf'the year waa 1,438 ,432fr. 78c., of j
ffch ffifr weredisbursed in the aaylam >f
Bicetre 5?2,542fr. in that of LaSalpe trier.
?es?to the p'rovincea. P*rt of theexpe^.howerer
has been repaid by the families of the patieits, tne
Prefecture of Police, and the rural communes, and
anoher part by forelgn goveramen^inoo?Ht
which government. that of Engl* >d owee 711fr. 30
It of SttDi 6,344fr. 50c., and that of Pied- ,
mont 2,807?. 80c. By a law Xwod"
nf admissions into lunatic asjlnms are allowed.
om calfed "voluntary." is that of non- dangerous
lunatic. on the demand ef their families; vne se
nt^d called ' official,'' is ordered by the Prefecture
r?,wirr^tto <*??-,
are dangerous to themselves or others. Betore lb.
J*?.Plefcit from'lSs to" 1661, j
official. Up to the commencement
of the nineteenth century, &e laws did ^tt 0CSVp^
themselves with the condition of Sere
founded with thieves and vagabonds, ton*Uca were
coffined in the prisons and hospitals. ?r?in a re
p< rt presented in 1791 to the National AaaemWy, by
I ft. deLa Rochefoucauld Liancourt, it a ^aw that
at tlie time the number of lunatic w\? a.*
that neriod two wards of the Hotel Dlcu were re
1 ?ivedto the curdle; but they were of tea placed
three or four together, in the same bed; the more vi
rrtent were even bound with chains, and the other
natients heard all day long their cries, or wituei-ed
naiuful scenes. The incurables were placed at Bl
S&SfMW
b 1? V"r'XS bid.
cowred with ?tj?? ?d f?t?iied
g ml fz !
wardB of La Balpctriere put an end , to this fitful
atotA nf thinafl The creation of tbe Cou?eil (*eQ" ,
eral dee Hospices in 1800 completed his undertak
ing Stow t2*t time the regard due to rtfem
the care which a suffering being requires, and the
protection of individual liberty, have beentbejwle
principles by which legislation relative to lunatic.
svs ? a SUB*
pS'n . th ie.pect to ?U tte to?
Of kindness aud of guajdianship wltti reaped
to the iif-ane, and a law of Pub^h.^a"?
?i4K to the uof irtunateS whose po
sition and that of their families leaves them with
out resources " Sirce that time, however, * good
"SCSA
vlVdi. % a chair and a table form the ftarntture of
eaah rcom : tbe number waicK
ovtrand aStei^lVe pattenT/h*s almost been doubled.
The old praoce of making ihe jmtiente dine in their
, - jooni has t>een Buppre?aed, and they t?k9 the r
n.ealu in common in vast rete tories, cozifortab y
Ssbed. Tbe horrible wooden bowel., in whicn I
food w is forn eilj served up, have dUap^ared, and
Cjltientfe aie served in eariheuware vcsaals ; each |
has un iron a poor, atirt fork.* kn fe and ^cnP
meal "are preceded and followed by
ij:..Atrp the prayers sr? ,'binted in coram iu by the
patient Ibese prudeot innovation ?, by ojliglng
Ke Q.tients to control tl euistlves m eich other s
pre-ence, have not ali'.le contnbi^dtothe estab
lifbuent of order i?nd tbe respect ofru^ For
meily the clething allowed was male to U?t three
vtar* Thii, however, w is carrying economy U?o
L. The state in which the cl.thes wm aftersuch
long service, esnecial'y t? oso worn by tbe infirm or
the aged, who are generally
cleanltoe?s, may be imagined. In 1841 only tnu
wn fran 's a vear were allowed it L* 8*lpetriere,
aid eleven francs at Bicftire, for the c1o?dBg ?f ??ch
patient; but at present nearly double the sum is
granted, and tbe clothes are replaced *ben for
nse wi tout regard to ibe length of time they nave
been worn. Xk is the moet s,lutary and most
efficacious means of action that can oe employed in
Wiic asvlnms : it calms when it does not cure, and
that cobs' itutes a sensible amelioration-, I n 'be^0
asylums at Bicttre and ^* 8?Jpe^?eJ|f3
tients work with acn tones* which aatoiiahee *11 visl
ters; in fact, the silence they observe could certeinly
not be obtained to the woikihops ofmenin wund
health of boiy and mino. Mfor^?r' therebj
thite unforuaates * source of profit, and tnereoy
thev are able to procure some litMe comforts not in
cluded in the ordinary rdgimt of ?be
Finally, to amu>e the patleuts and break the m^npto
nycf tW stay ?t the hospi^l games, ringto^
gymnastics, drives in the. country, Ac , ?'o^
Tliese experiments have already produced the beat
results, and all physicians advise Ui*t they shall be
continued.
John Htvrlty, Iht *? corul ConHetcd Harder i
er in CltTclmid, Onto
[flora tb' Cl?i?Un! Plain e*wr, F-b 28 ]
John How'ey is the second man who has been con* 1
victed of "murder in the first degree" tn trie county |
of Cuyahoga. On Wednesday, April 29, 1812, the
first case in tie Ohio Supreme Court for Cuyahoga
was tried, Judgss W W. Irvin and Ethan Allen
Brown presiding ^ It was thit of John O'Mick, oth
erwite called "Jobn, the son of O'Mick, aliw Beaver,
an Indian of the Cbippeway tribe/' who, on the 3d
of April, 1812, 'at Pipe Creek, town of Cheats bo
rough, Cuyahoga county/' with a tomahawk, murder
ed David Hut I. The trial took place under a cherry
tree, tear the comer of Water and Superior streets, I
Alfred Kelly protecut'og and Peter ttitc icock and
Mr. Parkman defending. O'Mick was oouvioted,
and was hnng by Sheriff Samuel S. Baldwin on the
26th of June, 1812. The beam from which he waa
hong was afterward* u>ed in building, and is bow in
a borne jet standing in thla city.
Cuyahoga was at that time composed of a tract of
country which now embraces nine coiatie*. We
msy, therefore, assert with trnth that this is the first
ccLvictiob for murder in the first degree in Guya
na oointy proper. The case of Howley, wide
from this i ecnliarity, is aa interesting and impor '
taiitne involving delicate points of law, and teach
ir.g forcible iesvon* to the community. The evidence
s^airst the imiortnnate man is most conclusire and
the jory ha?e rendered their verdict of guilty, bnt It
is rot impn per to say that without doubt, this man i
owe* all bis troubles to Intemperance. Whiskey
modeh'm what he was before he committed the mnr
der, and no one knows what influence it had on him
when he did commit the deed.
We visited Howley in his cell this morning. He
was lying in his bunk when we entered, bat soon got
up and stood before ns with the same stupid, sallen,
idiotic countenance as before. He seems scarcely to
have any appreciation of his fearful condition. We .
obtained a few facts of his part history from his own ,
Hps.
He was born in Ireland in 1816, being now in his
thirty eighth year. He emigrated with his pa
rents (rem his native land in his twelfth year, |
going direct to Toronto. He resided there twenty L
years. Part of this time he was a fisherman, living
on an island near Toronto. Afterwards he was a
pedlar, selling oranges, he., on the streets, and ear
rying his pack out into the neighboring conntry.
He was at first bnt slightly addicted to the use of
intoxicating drink. He, however, became a con
stant drinker in time, and for seventeen years has
been a poor, miserable drunkard. He left Toronto
some year* since, went to oewlston, where he work
ed; then ran on the lake for some time. He has also
worked on the docks at Buffalo and Detroit. At
Detroit, by an ascideni, his back was hart, and he
layln the poor honae for a long time.
He came to Cleveland in November last, and was
a complete drunkard. Earning a shilling or two by
working on propellers that were discharging their
cargoes, he spent ereir cent for Honor. He says
that on the Saturday or the murder he was in two
drinking housea on River street He got two gtaam
of liquor, and paid for them by splitting wood. Ae
cordlrg to his aceount, on Saturday night be found
tome barrels of liquor in front of Crawford A Chast
berlain's warehouse. The hung wu out, and he
drank touMderately. "I didn't know anything
more about it till I found myself in the watch
bouse," were his enact words thla morning.
Worn rn'? Big tits In H?w Jersey.
BXIOBT 0? TBI COM HI M SB 0/ TUB MW JMBUW
H< C8K (IF A SKulSLY, 10 WHOM WA* BIKBBB >
THE rfeTiT'OM X B "WOBW'tj RIGHTS."
Ibe committee t-> whom was referred the petition
OP "Tlottf 's Right*, ' * herein they ask to be re
lieved fp>m the many mud van oh legU disabilities
under which they i-ufl'er, and requesting the Senate
?od House o' Assembly of the State of New Jersey
to appoint b joint coamittee of i??th houses to re
vile the statutes, and propose such amendments
thereto m will fully establish the legal equality of
womea with ineu, beg leave to gay : that in
view of pant precedent And present eonvictiona
your eommittee hart, after careful, delibe
rate, and respectful consideration, given it that
attention which they ?onoeive n character
and importance demand, coming as it does from
the refined and intell'gent of the sex, and bearing
upon its face an earnest, and a* the undersigned
are induced to believe, sincere appeal for a redress
of grievances imposed upon them by the present
laws and usages of society, and which, is the opt
?i< n of the memorialists, is but a relic of a dark and
benigl ted age, engrafted upon the spirit and laiti
tutioni of tbe pre>ent It hu long twin a subject of
auz ous inquiry to the philosopher and tbe philan
thropic to attain that acme of perfeotion so long
dreamed of, and to carry into practical operation the
great end of human piogrees, which would not only
furbish adequate remedies for existing evils, but in
all future tiae tecure to mankind, without regard
to sex or color, a panacea for all that should follow.
Other important ooisiderations, specified in tho
" Bill of Rights," have claimed the respective atten
tion of the undersigned, to all of which a due re
spect for social and domestic duties, based upon
convictions derivei from past history and experience,
recommends and enjoins upon us the propriety and
necessity of a strict adherence to those feminine du
ties upon which the well-being of society depends,
and which sends so pure a halo around oar firesides.
By these firesides our statesmen, philosophers, mm
ot letters, men of genius, receive their first impres
sions, siid the impetus to a faithful discharge of
their after callings, as patriots and Christian ser
vants of the Bute. Happy is the countrv? oontsnt
ed are the people? where tbe laws of nature, religion
and re asm are held in reverence; when each sex
fulfils its peculiar duties, and renders its sober* a
santtuary! Surely, such harsony is blessed. Fur
while tnere are those who writhe in imagintr '
slavery, our instituting extend with widespread
arms 10 receive all who seek protection or need
repose.
Admitting there are instances of celebrated wo
men, who, inspire 1 either by circumstances or th)
irresistible resilest-uees of geiiius, go forth to minxl)
amid .be ttea'ie and strife of public life, and battli
with the world? a tew ot whom we are justly proud
? women of such well balanced minds that their
labors in public and perilous piths have not inter
fered with domestic and social duties, but, on the
contrary, have been fulfilled with a diligent aad
faithful care, as though the world had sever enjoyed
the labors of their feminine wisdom, yet this doee
not stale our belief that despite all this the well
earned reputation they eqjoyed, they would have
been happier bad they ooatinued enshrined In the
Dpvaey of domestic life and domestic duty.
in conclusion, then, your committee would express
their belief, and with aU due deference to the opinions
of those whose fair bands penned and endorsed the
memorial, t tat the strength, glory and future pros
perity of America depends, and la in the keeping of
the wive? and mothers of its men. And when the
question is asked touching our "celebrated women,"
we may refer with just prlie to t iose who hare
watcoed over, moulded, and inspired our "celebra
ted men."
With reflections like these, your committee deem
it inexpedient at ;be present time to recommend the
revision or enactment of any law that would remove
frem the sphere of social duty those who were des
tined and ordained, after the manner In the old time,
to "learn in a meek and quiet spirit, with all subjec
tion which beenmeth women professing godliness,
with good works."
H. Ei.woop Latmtka,
Job H. Gaskill,
Jacob M. Mkrablm,
Anuuarus A. Habdbnibbg.
Davip Riplbt.
?we* ?????? ??dUM
American T??*?
fFroro tM N-?? l??:t?r.J ?_
We devote a considerable port! moffcrigMtej
i s JsrMh. <B arts isSnSk ;
j^s^^srggg i
', S? 5?SS5T3r *,?"? community a
^be referred to the
taS&r 5 x jss ?-? ??** ? ss
i wth'Le alteration about to be "ni lgj
RtnUb tariff Our readers are alrtaiy
; ESSE ?"E^iSi'tSJSfc? Sfi?
'. 2? *5T ITS SUT2 JSSW Ag :
? SrSLS {^JCttr^S-SS
&&atxtasst ft&a?g
IV. red to, as being gf iWjW J"*"??" wA|
:cs?tisrc^?g^;
saJS^^S^SSrSs
benefit accruing from it/WgLgSi Ume
Uuited Btates revenue, and w* ?Ju
for such vindication, the Chamber NftftMM P?
forward V claims, not merely upon MH??nnf?
the United Bta'es government, butupon HjMV*
snrung up Uongst ub peculiarly adaj*d to the cul
ture or habits of don.es ic lndnsUy. when machinery
had nearly exlhusted .u the previooB^ meth^d8
whereby household labor became available J**"*
ti n ?l W??. Thin trade has almost more than atoa
ed for the banishment of the old spinning wheel from
the cottages of the poor. Hundreds
Indus trims females are now daily ptawMM MV
neeole in hoc.es, which a quiet, contemplative ana
tasteful occupation has rendered hapoy an
for table? boon's which," but for tt?*Ukl*
need'not^peaKr the giwll mer^tiler^ltwitr
5SA&S&??S^SB
i Hsh ssiSftSSSSSnS
7*" ,- in m? land, moat necessarily create. Wt
?re?r to glance at the great
ferred opon to large a p mum of Oi "gyjE
titute fen. ale population of our nat.ve
SS S had the rare merit ofcomblningi^uoUon
with industry through t&e medium of thoee benev
lent exerUons whiclfbave established ? t?>gjP
varkmi and remote districts of Ireland. It nae acieo,
sstimi ss?? ?sft'ssartte
reception; for it sterna to be the fact tbat thc w>
n.en of the Celtic raee have a n atural aptltuje .^
the production of beautiful embroidery, in which
they are not surpassed by the fema'es of any other
country. We might multiply similar proo^ of the
? rent blessing which this trade has conferred npon
ESS} but we baTe surely enoughtoshow
that if *ny product al ould, on
thefe, claim an esem |. tjon frotn an impon doty of
thiity per cent In the United 8tates, or at >aasta
coi s.derable reduction of that duty, it ia the ae wed
"?tiSit# the comparative inrigniaeanoe, when
laS government of a foreign lu,d, of all
2S!m& based upon ttie advantages conferred b?
tr.f trade upon oumlvea at home, when contrasted
with thoFe which it is capable of conferring noon the
United States population , if the product be admitted
free of duty, or under a modified tariff? not that we
don lit the sympathy entertained by our transafaantio
cousins for tbe Irish poor, whom they m MMHHfrly
relieved during the periodof famine. IJJW
right that we ahonld show that, in abolishing, or
greatly reducing, the duty on sewed mtulips^tho
United States government would mMnmwmm
much benefit aa it would confar. The giaat
market for our sewed ma win mtnuactawi m we !
United Statea, and It ta
demand for the article In that oonntry, and the con
sequent circulat on of money amoM tM peoeweri,
nothing I ke the tide of emigration to America,
whShaeiO greatlv benefitted the Statea,^
bave taken place. The greater cheapne? ?lwl^
cle in America wonld be felt aa a wQooae boon by
the ladiea of the Statea, who nae H in wch immense
quantities thai, aa we hare heard, they new wear a
S'rastrggKgg:
to such a considerable extent ast) depnvethe^re
^JC5?StS?
Mgtfig gtf* raSSTESg
S e purpose of selling on y to the
of the 'Mobber" who *1 s to the retail haoaea-aao,
on the cash dutiee which the/
equal to that which they pay ?r of ^fhe consider
fir?t imtanoe. Theae an iW ? \m JtbeAa??ri
atlons which appeal to the the whole
SSSaSf S Will soon be laid
gSSa doubt that It wi.l be sueoesaful