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ICLWTlOa ITEMDAY, OCT. lltk)
-WIWIAH KIWU, or Paitficld.
, UK?r. ooverx-jr,
' URI1 L 1MSI. of Allen.
SECRETARY OP STATU,
WIliUM TUT;TT, of f ratikliu.
TREASl 1 OF STATU,
JOHK 0. B11ILII, of Meuecu,
JVDGE OF SUPREME COlBT,
THO At W. BAITLIT, of Rlchlund.
ATTORNEY GENERAL,
0X0X01 W. atoCOOK, of Jeficrsnn.
BOARD W PfBIJf WORKS,
WATVX OMSWOID.off ickawsy.
The Wall of the Protectionists.
The New York Tribune of Jnn. 2Tih.,
JiolJs forth in the following language on
he subject of tho tariff:
"The iloetuotions of me iron trade,
the (Instruction of our own iron masters
fry foreign competition, anl the conse
quent rise in price, furnish on argument
which ought to open the eyes of tho
country to the ruinous folly of British
Free Tra'e."
Since the cotton mnnufneturers of this
country have been largely engaged in
shipping their fabrics to foreign coun
1ries Where they sell in tho same markets
with similar goods manufactured in Eu
rope, the advocates of special protection
have in some degree ceased their com
plaints about the sacri.fic.es and afflic
tions of the men engaged in th manu
facture ofthat article, and seem to have
-transferred their sympathy entirely to
the iron masters, ;whq, from he no of
-the Tribune and other kicilwd Sheets, for
-the last six years, have bcenxa-iuinually
on tho verge of destruction, either from
the effects of too high, or too .low prices
of pig metal. No feeling is expressed
for those engaged in .foiling Mills and
(Foundries, all their compassion is.rescrv
ed for the smelters of ore.
Xow as a matter of fact, we would
like to know who of "our own iron mas
ters have been destroyed by foreign com
petition?" assuredly not one in Ohio,
Kentucky, Tennessee, Illinois, or Mis
souri. The scene of distress irf . shifted
tfsam these Suites to Pennsylvania; al!
the ruin is In the old Keystone State-, ac
cording to the published statements in
the Whig papers before the lato election,
out of the three hundred and four furna
ces that have been built in that State
since 1730, one hundred and sixty were
."killed by the tariff of '40. The Decern
Jber number of Hunt's Merchants Maga
zine for 1851, shows that most of the
.furnaces in that State, which the New
York Tribune and other protectionist
journals were trying to convince the poo
pie were destroyed by the tariff of '-16,
Actually went out of business existence
-prior to 1845. As a matter of lact we
know from our own observation, that a
large proportion of the furnaces in Ly
coming, Clinton, Centre, Mifflin, Hun
tington, and other counties in the i uteri
.or of the State, had exhausted their ore
ind timber, and were standing idle, with
iheir cabins untenanted ten years ago.
Clarion County was tho scene of (lis
. 1nss in Pennsylvania. Now it is true
that a large number of furnaces were
broken down in that county, but we
were informed by one of the oldest and
largest iron manufacturers of that coun
ty, that those furnaces that failed were
uilt without a due regard to tho neces
sary supplies of ore and timber that
for several ot the fumsces those materi
al could not be had short of from fifteen
to twenty five miles hauling. Hence,
. under such circumstances pig metal
, .would require a very high price indeed
-to enable the manufacturer to prosper at
(he business. Under the operation of the
. ' tariff f '46 pig iron has coma up to
- from 40 to 50 dollars per ton, and tho
, ?ld cry of ruin is still escaping from the
i Whig press, or from that portion of it
jkat holds to the doctrine of the party
- which is, rpeciel protection. Really
we cannot understand what stato of
Mags these croakers desire to see cs- j
fablisbeJ ! ' ' j
' The argument has beau mode with us,
-' until it ti perfectly thread bare, that un
less the tariff was materially increased!
on iron, and on other leading articles of
domestic manufacture, that the estab-
iff, is merely In thsmodoof Jay'mg the
duty. All Sgree that wo must ral8 ,nu
money to support the Federal Govern
ment by a tax, or tariff) on imported
goods, tariff simply means tax, (arm'
law, o'nd tax law are about the sumo
in meaning. The whig says, duties or
taxes should be ipecijic, that is, we
should tax by tho ton, the pound, the
yard and the gallon. The democrat on
tho other hand says no, thai is not a
fair way of laying the tax, because coars
and An articles pay tho same duty
without regard to their value; in other
words a yurd of btoad cloth that costs
one dollar, pays the same amount of tax,
or duly dt the custom house, as the yard
that costs three Jollais, and so on; coarse
cheap silk, under the specific system,
puysjusi as much duly or. the yard, as
the finest figured article.
The ad valorem system is merely a
system of taxing according to the true
value. The democrat assumes thut capi
tal is the only true basis of taxation,
and that it should pay according to its
worth. The whigs of this State in from
ing the tax low, recognized the ad valor
em system; for cx.implc, the old tax law
valued and taxed all horses at $40 each,
but when tho whigs were in power, thoy
a here I that law, and provided that hor
ses should bo taxed according to their
value; but when the democrats apply
the some principle to the Federal Go
vernment, the whigs object to it.
Agnln the protectionists arguo that the
higher the duly is, the more prosperous
Will be the country, provided the duty is
specific, that indeed a tariff that is ab
solutely protective, is esscntiul to the
welfare of tho people.
The orgument is a singular one, to
soy the least of it; how tho people will
be more prosperous by the operation of
high taxes, is something that we cannot
foihom. We look upon what the whigs
call a protective tariff, in no other light
than that of an oppressive poll tax, that
has for its basis heads and wants, rather
than capital.
But the protectionist will say that the
foreigners pay the duties; let us see how
it will stand with the man who goes out
from New Orleans to Rio Janeiro with
30,000 dollars worth of flour, and returns
in the same vessel with 40,000 dollars
worth of Spanish hides, and of indigo;
who pays the duty on tho hides and the
in ligo? Most unquestionably, domestic
labor pays it, we see no avoidance of
such a .conclusion.
Again, take as an example the whal
ing vessel that goes out on a three years
cruise, her outfit costs 115,000, and at
the tend of three years she returns, laden
?ith $00,000 worth of oil and bone; in
this case who pays the duty on the oil
and bone? If tho foreigners pay the du
ty, why did the colonists throw tho tea
into Eoston harbor? Why did they call
the effort of the English to collect duties
in American Ports taxation, without re
presentation? If the duty comes out of the foreigners,
why are the railroad companies trying
to get the duties taken off from railroad
iron? Why are noi tea and coffee tax
ed?
The whigs say that a "protective tariff"
is a measure intended for the good, and
for the common benefit of laborers; il
they arc sincere in that, as we have no
doubt but that very many arc, wo would
suggest as tho laborers number more
than five hundred to every manufacturer,
the propriety of invoking tho laws mak
ing power to increase the wages of the
workingmen at once; as democrats we
would advocate no such proposition, fur
reasons to do stated presently. .Labor
being the creator of the entire wealth ol
the world, why should the men who per
form it, be cajoled into the remote hope
of a contingent meager, and trifling pit
tance to be stinted outby protected capi
tal? If the laboring men of the United
States, under the influence ol the argu
mcnts which the whigs have used when
trying to get their votes, should make an
issue on the question ol raising their
wages by law, and of lessening the
hours of work, the very men who have
so long advocated a ' protective tariff"
for their special benefit, would be shock
ed with horror.
The lower tho taxes, and the poorer
the government, the better, was one ol
Jefforsons axioms. All that is not taken
for the support of government remains
in the hands of the people; it makes no
difference whether the process by which
the money is gotten out of their hands,
be called a "protective tariff" or an op
nrnafliVA nolltax. So far as a tax on
imported cOuiniodities "protects," it sub
BtiHa ni'l mflaJ at home. Now if
it substitutes, it defeats import to the ex
act extent, and if it defeats imports, it Je
that'' means got those orticles for"j much
ers labor t'mn wo could cultivate them
hero; therefore we gain by sending abroad
for them.1 ; The same is also true of tho
products 6T manufacture which we are
not yet skilled in making. Thero is not
sufficient magic in a tariff law, to sud
denly convert a nation of agriculturists
into skillful and cunning artizans.
' We oppose "specific protection," be
cause it is opposed to our extended com
merce. Commerce is the only agent that
brings distant and unknown nations Into
an acquoinlaticc with each other. Il is
fast becoming a golden everlasting
chain of peoco that shall unite hitherto
belligerent peoples, into a ceaimon bond
of brotherhood. The impulse that steam
has given to commerce, on both land and
sea, is astonishing to most niiuds. ew
discoveries and applications of the
chemical and the mechanical powers
are continually boing made, o as to fa
cilitntc to a still great' r extent, both li
interchange of commodities, and of Ideas.
Ericsson's invention may yet provo to
bo the most valuable auxiliary that has
yet been made to commerce and naviga
tion. The men of thought everywhere, re
gard commerce ond navigation as the
means, by which civil and religious free
dom are to bo spread over the face of
tho globo, gladdening in their progress
tho "solitary places," and converting
the "habitations of cruelty," into places
of civilization mid humanity.
We aro sorry to see a paper liko the
Tribune, foster the old national prejudi
ces. "British Free Trade" was wrung
from the aristocracy of England by the
Democracy of that country. Tho repeal
of the corn lawj has brought bread to
thousand?, who before weie fumifthing.
Wo should hail with joy movements
that tend to the good of tho masses.
If the argument of the protectionists
proves anything, it proves that we, like
the Chinese, should build n wall around
our country, and thus cut off communi
cation with all other parts of the world,
that wp, like the Japanese, moy not be
contaminated by intercourse with the
"outside barbarions."
Wo do not see how the mass of people
can be benefitted by a "protective tar
iff," because the price of labor is regu
lated by the amount of work to be done,
and the number of men in the field to
labor, and the work to bo performed
in other words it is regulated by the law
of supply and demand; as agriculture
forms the great demand of American la
bor, the prices paid by farmers will be
the general standard of the wages of com
mon labor.
Every riso in the price of commodities
operates to the injury of daily labor, be
causo wages are the last thing to ad
vance. Within the last eight months
there has been a great advance in the
price of manufacture! articles, as well
as in the price of provisions, but labor
remains very nearly the same now that
it was when Pig iron was $25 per ton,
pork $3 50 per hundred, and flour $3 50
per barrel, while there has, on an aver
age been an advance of over 35 percent
in the price of commodities, wrought by
the hands of labor, wages have not ad
vanced more than from 8 to 10 per cent,
eaving a balance of from 20 to 25 per
cent against wages.
Under any state of the case wealth is
a strong hold; capital can lake care of
itself, can clothe and feed its possessor,
on the daintiest, and fare sumptuous cvo-
ry day, but labor cannot keep itself; it
must sell itself or starve, necessity stron
ger than law compels the sale of it, and
regulates its price. Law therefore, can
not in the way of "tariff," protect labor.
and it has never been protected; it only-
needs to be let alone. Let us have our
rights in the soil which our God, and
your God made for one as well as for
another of o children, and then let us
alone, is the true motto of labor. Who
doubts that if labor in England ond Ire
land was left to itself, if it was free from
the Lords spiritual, and the Lords tern
poral, and their rent rolls, and excises,
and the armies of tax gatherers was an
nihilatel, and swept from existence by
the potent breath of the people, that
they would be better fed, and better
lothed and educated thon they now are
or can be while their system of oppres
sive taxation exists.
Are the protectionists so smitten with
blindness, that they cannot discern the
signs of the times?
- lisbmcnts must either break down, or
"wages must be rcdnced to the standard feats revenue in the exact proportion;
of the pauper labor of Europe."
A Utile befbra every election the a-
' iir statement was sure t be in the
' mouth of every protectionist, yet the
world has gone on, and now under the
British Free Trade system" all the pro
' 4ncta of industry are in demand at high
1 prices, " with ready sale. The Iron busi
jmmUi til .it branches, wss perhaps
netef maw prosperous- than it is at the
':; "Hf ; '::
V If We correctly' understood ibe matter,
tho point on which the Whig' ididers
fnm U)t Dcaocrst in refpectto the tar-
therefore revenne and protection are an
tagonistic, for precisely to the sxtent
you increase protection, you defeat reve
nue, to be supplied only by direct taxa
tion. t , '
The protectionists say we should man
ufacture every thing at home; and be in
dependent; that would be well, if we
could do it Without peylng too dearly
for bur commodities. ' It would no doubt
be possible to produce tea, coffee, and
all the aromatics imported 'from the
East Indies; yet we can exchange the
produce of our labor for them, anJ by
THOMAS CORWM AND THE GARDI
NER CLAIM.
Some exceptions having been taken
to our remarks in the Times of Jan. 25th
upon the subject of Thomas Corwin'i
connection with the Gardiner claim, we
?rc under . the necessity of again revert
ine to that subject. Our remarks were
founded upon the report of the commit
tee of investigation appointed in pursu
encc of the following resolution introdu
ced by Dr. Olds, at the last session of
Congress: ft .;...!, , ;
"Resolved, That a committee, consist
ing of five members of .this House be
appointed Dy the speaker to invent
eate all the facia touching the eonnec
lion of the said Thomas Corwin, the
present Secretary of the Treasury, with
the said Gardiner claim; what fee, if any
he was to receive for his services as a
gent or counsel of said Gardinert'Whst
interest, if any, other than his fee, he
purchased and hold, cither -directly or
indirectly,' in said claims-anil tho a
mount paid or stipulatedto bo .paid
ihorofor at what time he cease! to act
as the counsel or agent of the said Gar
diner; to whom and for what considera
tion he disposed of his fee interest; to
whom and for what consideration he
disposed of bis one fourth interest in
soid claim,") .' : : i : '
In accordance with said resolution,
tho Committee proceeded to investigate
the connection 'of Thomas Corwin with
said claim, and mode their report. Wc
copy from the report and leave it for our
readers to judge whether wo would not
have been justifiable in charging Air.
Corwin more soriously than we did.
For the amount of those accusations
just refer to the "Times" of Jany 25th
Now for the report: , ;
"In May, 1849, tho Hon.-Thomas
Corwin. then a member of tho United
Slates Senate, was employed as a coun
sel in tho Gardiner claim by General
Waddy Thompson, the original coun
sel of Gardiner, upon on agreement thot
Mr. Corwin should hovo for his feo five
per cent, on whatever sum should be
awarded to Gardiner by the commission
ers. In February, 1850, Thomas Cor
win, in company wilh Robert G. Cor
win, Esq., purchased one-fourth purl of
tho claim of Gardiner, ond this fourth
part of the claim was assigned on the
13th of llint month to W. W. Corcoran
Esq, who loaned money ao tho Messrs.
Corwin to purchase it, ond hold the
claim for Messrs. Thomas and Robert
G. Corwin, in equal shures, as collat
eral security for (lie payment of the loon.
The Messrs. Corwin puid 22,000, and
relinouishod heir fees on the one fourth
of the claim purchased by thein, and
paid a prrt ol tawora ourtis lees
what oinount docs not appear as the
consideration for the purchase."
"The Hon. Thomas Corwin resigned
his seat in the Senate, ond accepted the
appointment of the Treasury, in the
month of July, 1850. In the same mouth
and previous to his going into the Cabi
net of President Fillmore as Secretary
of the Trcnsury, a sole of his fee inter
est in, and also of his half of the one-
fourth purt of tho Gardiner claim, was
negotiated through the intervention of
Governor John Young, of New York, to
George Law, Esq., of New York."
"The assignment of his fee interest,
in tho ono fourth pait of the Gardiner
claim, and all his interest in other
claims beforo the Boord of Commission
ers, (tl iriy-sevsn in number,) was exe
cuted by Thomas Corwin to Jacob Lit
tle of New York, in November, 1850,
and tho money for the purchase was then
paid by George Law, to whom the as
signment to Jacob Little was at that time
transferred. The money for tho sale,
630.357, was received by Thomas Cor
win, and on the 23d of November was
deposited by him to Ins credit with Mess.
Corcorau & Higgs."
"The claim of Gcorgo A. Gardiner
was a claim for damages alledged to
have been sustained by him, by reason
of his expulsion, on the 24th day ol
tober, 1840, by the Mexican authorities
from tho mines which lie nllcdgod he
was extensively cn',a"ed in working in
the State of San Luis Potosi, in Mexico
"Upon examination of the evidence
taken by them, it appears from the testi
mony of Jose Antonio Barrogan, that
he is well acquainted with the place in
the depurtnient of Rio Verde, in the slate
ot can 1-uis l'otosi, in Mexico, wiiere
Gardiner's cvi.lcnce locates his mine;
that there are silver mines in the State
of San Luis Potosi, but thot there is
none at that place, or to the department
of ltio crdc.
"Two witnesses, John Bnptiste, Bar-
ragnn and Pantaleou Gulvan, testify to
the forgery of the documentary evidence
of Gardiner; and both testify that they
are acquainted with the locality of La
guinillas, in the State of San Luis Poto
si, and that there is no silver mine there
These three witnesses ore Mexicans, re
siding in the vicinity where Dr. Gardi
ner's testimony locates Ins mine; they
ore all gentleman of character and re
spectability in their own country. The
first named, Jose Antonio Barracan,
held, from 1843 to 1840, 'ho office ol
collector of the customs at Rio Verde.
Laauinillas belongs to this district. He
now holds the office of comptroller gen
eral of the Stato of Sun Luis Potosi.
They all came to the United States as
witnesses, under an arrangement made
by George W. Sloum, Esq., on agent
of tho United Stntes Government, who
went by direction of Hon. P. R. Letch
er, the American Minister in Mexico, to
the Slate ond city of San Luis Potosi,
for the purpose of investigating tho char
acter of the claim ofGcorsreA. Gardi
ner, and the .Hears claim and obtaining
testimony in relation to them."
"From the evidence beforo tho com
mittee, (the above beins; onlv a suinma
ry of the more important tacts testified
to by tho witnesses,) tho committoo are
constrained to believe, upon the first
branch of the investigation committed to'
them, that the claim of Ueorge A. Uar-
diner, upon which an award was made
by the Board of Commissioners for the
sum of $428,750, was sustained belorc
the commissioners by false testimony
and forced papers, and is a naked fraud
upon the Treasury of the United States."
It is said by those taking exception
to our remarks, that the Gardiner - claim
"never took a dollar from the public
treasury." . '
The Commitee say: "the claim
Gardiner, upon which an award was
made of $428,750icm sustained by false
testimony and forged papers and is a na
ked fraud upon the Treasury of the Uni
ted States. 1 ' r. ' ; ; - :
Tbey say too, that "the money for the
sale, f that is. Corwin's sale of his fee
interest, and his interest in the one
fourth pert of the claim,) r $80,367 w
Hut the
wos deposited by Aim Ail credit , Vith
Messri. Corcoran & Rlggs " f l
Now what conviction does this tte-
mcnt of facts fron' tha Committee bring
to every honest mind? Simply" ihst
Tho. Corwin made a prttendednl ol nil
Interest, or. In the words of the commit
tee, "negotiated" his claim bsforo going
into President Fillmore's caoinot, ami
how that sale was made, look, bis
own evidence adduced in the case to
ascertain. . -i ':' '.
Robert G. Corwin says, In reply to
tho question ofThos. Corwin, that:
. "Your interest was sold prior to your
going into the Cabinet, and your inter
est was represented by Governor John
Vm.no of &a York. I don't know ex
actly by whom the whole orrangemcnt
was niodo wilh Governor Young, l hc
wHumnde orior to tho organization
of Mr. Fillmore's Cabinet, which wos
sometime in July, but it wos ogreed '.hot
Governor Young and mysou snouiu cs
timoto tho value of your interest in oil
tin. rlniun vou were concerncJ in. v e
wero concerned in thirly-seven claims
in all. We, Governor Young and my
self, concludod the examination of all
the miners, diid mndo out tho estimate a
short time nrioi to the next regular sos
sionof tho hoard in November, 1850."
Thus it will bo seen that tho sale of
Thos. Corwin's intorcstin tho Gardiner
cloim, said to have bcon made in July,
was no! porfectod until November, more
thon four months after Mr. Corwin took
his seat in Mr. Fillmore's Cabinet, anil
thot the value of his interest in tho cluim
wos not fixed until that time. Now wc
ask in all conscience if tho value of the
claim, or the amount that Tom Corwin
and Roht. G. Corwin, was to receive
for it, was left for subsequent valuation,
was not he, Thos. Corwin, a party at
interest in said claim until such valua
tion wos made? .
f liue It , wllle seen; thaj'tbl ,"Unljed
States bare tahjen raasuies'lo fecover
the OioneyiTfdm pardlijer, and haveA.
ti Idled a 'criminal prosecution ,igaiist
him; while' hlsr aiders' And abettors, from
the lofty position they occupy, are look
ing down in hypocritical compassion
upon the tool of their avarice.
And hero we notice one oi me most
disgusting scenes of the whole farce.
Thomas Corwin's politics! "toadies,"
ihrouahout the whole country are at-
temDtinir to create an Impression that
perhaps, the cloim may turn out to be a
iust one, in order to give their leader
1 m r 1 -I I
somo shadow of excuse lor noiuing on
to tho $80,357 ho fraudulently received
of the peoples money. And they are
devising all manner, of represented
ons to hido his lll-conceoled rapacity,
arid sewing together fig leaves to covor
his naJod deformity.
FOREIGN -NEWS.
News from Hajtl.
Corrr.pnnilrnce of the N. V. Weekly HemM.
Pobt av PaiitrE, Jon. 10, 1853
Mysterious Movements Arrivals of
Russian, Spanish, and English Agents,
The Yellow Fiver, tyc.
I do not know whether those lines will
reach your office, for we have now hero,
in cur black empire, tho same police
system as in tho Austrian or Russian
Stntes, ami in a couplo of months, per
haps, if your government docs not open
their eyes, Port au Prince will be the po
litical St. Petersburg! of island Ameri
ca. A Russian ambassador, the young
Count of Slackclbcrg, has arrived here
incognito, and, at the same tiino, tho
Spanish man-of-war Isabella 11. with
..irjuiiiuuirio uuikcuu, aim 1110 iilllinl
war steamer Albin, with Lieut. Meyncll,
Tho facts show that Robt. G. Cor- an,i ;tlioorlant things aro going on con
win was one to value the claim, hold I cerning St. Domingo, Cuba, dec.
conioinily by himself and Tom Cor- Tho Anu.ricans are treated on the
win, for tho assign nent was not mode whole island li.'te enemies, and very of-
until November, ond even ot the lute ten aro expelled from Jucmel ond other
date of Nov. 23d, tho Committo soys: towns; here, all lawsuits are decided a
"Thos. Corwin received $80,357 and de-1 gainst Americans
posited to his, Corwiu's credit. In my opinion, tho United States and
This shows how little regard is paid France should look for tho intrigues of
to truth, or to the facts in the case, by tho other powers, who have tho intcutioii
iIicpo miserable toadies that aro attempt- to give St. Domingo, Cuba, Guadeloupe,
ing to make out thut the committee ex- La Martinique, etc., to Faustin I, auto
culpoted Thos. Corwin from all blome crat of America. Tho Emperor himself
in the matter; to do which, they copy lis smarter end more intriguant than A
from public speeches sentences like the lim-ricans suppose
following. Tho yellow fever is alwwys here, in
"It is duo to him to say that he did tho most terrible manner, captains, mates
not know that it was a fraud. and sailors, dio every day. On shore
Was it not the place of Thomas Gor-1 there is not o much sickness, but 1 be
win, controlling as ho did, for tho tinu lieve all tho strangers who arrived dur-
being, tho Tren.Miry of the nation, to ing the last few months aro dead or have
know that tho claim was not a fraud, been sick; never has the island been so
before pa vin sr. out the people's money sickly. R.
nnon it. Is it said that he was unin
formed or blinde I unon the subicct? that General ITF.u.!OF.Nr.-Prcparations
would impeach his sagacity, nnd that of of a decided character, wero making in
President Fillmore in appointing h!m England, for war. The government had
to the responsible nosition he occupiod. issued a circular to the railway compa
On the contrary tho committee sov: nicking inquiries in regard to the
'The Committee, at tho same time, number of horses and the quantities of
ore of opinion that there were circum- munitions of wor they could carry in a
stances developed during the courio of given timo to specified points, in case of
the trial which suouiu nave inuueeu ine
)The bill for the relief of the poor
passed.
" The bill to suppress intemperauce,
( . . ...
was considered in Uommiltet ot tav
Whole, up to recess.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
House The bill authorising cities to
borrow monoy for. water .works and
school purposes. Passed. -' ': ' 1
The bill to amend the act in regardto
newspapers wss amended, and again ot-
dered to be engrossed. .'- : y ? ,;
The bill amending the seventh section
of the Mechanics' Lien Law, Passed,
A bill making the road law passed
this session to take effect immediately.
Passed'' " "" ' " ' " 1
The school bill was considered, in
Committee of the Wholo, but not con
cluded. ,:
Schate The bill for the suppression
of the traffic in intoxicating drinks, was
discussed during the' whole afternoon
and finally laid on the table.
Coli-mbvs, Feb. 8.
, MORNING SESSION. ,
Seiute Mr. Rox reported back the
bill for the re-organization of the Stato
Treasury, with amendments, which wero
agreed to, and pending the question on
tho passago of the bill, the Senate took a
recess.
House The bill to amend the law,,
providing for the puplication of the laws
in new-papers passed.
AFTERNOON SESSION. ' '
Senate Tho bill to re-organize tho
State Treasury was discussed the entire
afternoon, and was finally passed. Yeas:
18, nays 14. . ,. ,.
Adjourned.
House A bill authoriiing the Board
of Public Works to construct a bridge
instead of a side cut canal, at Napoleon
Henry county, was ordered to be engross
ed, after a long discussion. . .
The bill to incorporate agricultural
societies, so far as to enable them to
purchase ground for sites upon which to
hold county fajrs, passed. j
The temperance , bill, allowing the
manufacture, but prohibiting the sale of
intoxicating drinks was ordered to be en
grossed. Yeas 40, nays 38.
Adjourned.
Board of Commissioners to have given
the caso a more thorough investigation
It is in proof, from the testimony o!' the
S3cictarv oi the board, thai the claim
w?s supcctcjl by the board from the
first and that Gnrdiner was frequently
ailed on for expfanation.
Thos. Corwin was first tho legal ad
iscr, then a joint partner at interest
with Gardiner in the claim, and can it
e supposed that when questions of
loubt or suspicion arose in regard to the
laim thot ho was unadvised of ihcm? On
tin contrary, is not tho reverse tho only
onelusion, that the sagacity and diplo
macy of Mr. Corwin, was put in requi
ition at every new obstacle that lie
assisted, one after another, to remove
the suspicions that were manifest in the
minds of the commissioners, by advi
sing Mr. Gardiner, (first his client, then
his partner,) at least, if not by arguing
the claim bofore the commissioners?
Ws osk in all candor, does not the
strict censure passed by the committee
of investigation upon the bond of com
raissioncrs that allowed the claim, ap
received bu Thos. Corwin."
Messrs. Corwin paid $22,006; he., as
the consideration . ibr ; the purchase,
mating about U?nQ0 .each,. lot, which
Tiui.i Cmwin melved for his share
"$80,357, and on the 23d of November, 8m0uqt of $130,500
an emergency.
A large military station is to bo formed
near Birmingham; and no more regi
ments ore to be sent abroad. Great ac
tivity prevails ot all the navy yards.
Napier, the English ship-builder, had
received nn order from Napoleon to
build sixteen war frigates for the French
service, but tho English Admiralty can
celled the order, ond gave him similar
orders to build the frigates for the Eng
lish government.
Twenty line of battle frigates and fif
teen smaller vessels are building in the
French navy yards for tho government.
Not less than 1,200 soldiers and 23
priests hove fallen victims to the )ellow
fever at Martinique. In the island of
St. thomas not a soldier has escaped, all
having died; and many of the ships in
port wore without crews. :
Change In the Canadian Tariff.
Tho following articles, heretofore sub
ject to a duty of twelve ond a half per
cent ad valorem, have been placed in
tho list of goods paying a duty of two and
a half per cent, from the 13th inst., when
imported for the manufacture of locomo
tive engines, viz, Hoop or tire for dri-
ving wheels, bent and welded connect
lion rods, in pieces; frames and pedestals,
rough from the forge; and brass or cop-
1
per tunes.
Smoke lamed Into Fuel.
A late number of the Scientific Amer
ican states that the smoke in the factories
in large cities in England and Scotland
is now consumed, it having beon made
a penal offence, by act of Parliament,
for any factory to allow its smoke to
escape. Tho smoke is all burned by
simple contrivances of furnaces. A com
mittee of government first established
the burning of smoke was perfectly prac
ticable, and Parliament then enforced
the fact by law. Tho factory and mill
owners soon found out how to fulfil the
conditions of this law, and the result is
that they save a great deal of fuel by the
operation.
The Fakir of Siva is serving out a three
months' sentence in the jail at Cleveland
for distributing prize jewelry at one of
his entertainments in that city last De
cember. In addition to the imprison
ment a fine of $1000 was imposed by the
Court.
OHIO LEGISLATURE.
Columbus, February, 5.
MORNING SESSION.
House Tho second leading of sever
ply equally to the person pressing that I al bills, including a portion of the code
claim for allowance? : ' bill, occupiod the entire morning.
The committee was not required by I .Senate The bill for the reorganiza
the resolution to inquire whether Thos.
Corwin was cognizant of the frau 1. It
mply required them to report his con
nection with the claim, and leaves.il
for a candid and impartial community
to judgo of his guilt or innocence.
Wo ask again, was not the. reporting
a bill by the committee so stringent, in
its provisions, and its subsequent pas
sace into a law, as the -one that crew
out of this matter a direct censure upon
lion of the State Treasury was discussed
but without taking the question on the
substitute reportod from the (Finance
Committee, the Senate took a recess.
, AFTERNOON SESSION, u
House The second reading of the
code bill was completed, and the House
adjourned; ... ,z..'(-
Senate The bill for the reorganiza
tion of the State Treasury was further dis
cussed; but, without taking th question
of
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the wire workers in this stupendous on the amendments, it was referred to a
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scheme of fraud, supported by corrup- p'eci iommittee, consisung oi iuossts
tion, forgery, and a perfect disregard-on wx, AiKinaon, nice, tvmoio
tho waste of the peoples money, , hen. 0 . .: ;n i! ; , ? - "i '!-, - : . (
But it is said that this claim never Adjourned- : b rs..
took' a dollar from the people's Treasu- i -:- ! w-i Columbus, Feb. 7,:
ry,, If it has not, , why. did the United -i . MORNING SESSION- .- ,, !
States in July last, institute a . . , - House The bill to.,ujen4 the act,
suit in the circut court of the District of providing for the publication or the laws
Columbia, to enioin in the hands oflin newspapers, by which county officers
'Corcoran & Riggs moneys aiad stocks are authorized to publish such laws as
belonging to Of. Ai Gardiner, to the a-Li.Lt.v "j' lL i,:'' .: '' .
mount of between $90,000 and $100, r-- rf. rr-rr- r
000; and also in the same month., in the eding fifty cents per thousand ems, was
circuit court of the soutbrn district post, ine voir, was then re-consiusred
m XT lr-, " ' .L)J L-1' ..1 I t .1 ... i ... i V." '
Incorforatior of .Ocean Steam-
ships. Senator Vanderbilt has introdu
ced a bill into the Senate, designed to
give vessels propelled by Ericsson's cal
oric enginn the benefit of the several acta
in relation to oceen steamshipsk
YA recentdecision of the Supreme court
makes the Directors and Stockholders of
the German bank of Wooster, responsi
ble for the issues of that concern. Per
sons holding notes on this bank, can
therefore "get the worth of their money."
A memorial has been sent to congresa
from Oregon, asking fora division ofthat
territory, giving the northern part a new
organization,-under the name of Colum
bia" Territory:' Z'!Hm
The Banner Countyov the Banner
State. In . El Passo county, Texas
Pierce and King received six hundred
and fifty, votes; General ScotH-1? E'
Paso is not only the banner county; of
Texas, but of the Unioa.4 The people
there insist that there is bitt'one.solifrjr
political party in' this 'countyji an that
is all creation. ,. 'To a man ap a tree"
in Texss it 'doe's look thai way.
-X hand Of whistlers fcrtTJrginteinj in
the New EngTaM JStaiee, and design
shortly, executing national; aira Iff plain
EgUtK VhlaaHTMaie,iBnd
we shouidrnk; such performaldc woold
prove atWaetivel ' "The Columbian whist
lers, al lhey are called, re said, using a
hackneyed Shakesperianiam, to "dis-..
course most eloquent music,"