The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1840-06-05 00:00:00

BAD NEWS FOR AMERICAN EMIGRANTS.

The Preston Chronicle gives the following as an extract
from a letter received a few days ago by a person in this town,
from Pittsburgh, in North America. It gives a very gloomy
account of the state of affairs in that district. The writer
emigrated from Preston a short time ago, and does not ap-
pear to gratulate himself much on his change of country :
" Pittsburg, April 16th, 1810.
" DEAR SIR,—I take the present opportunity of writing
some particulars respecting America. I have travelled in it
something liketwo thousand miles, so I know a little about
it. 1 know this, that any man that gets twenty shillings a-
week ought to stay in England. There are thousands here
now working for about two shillings a-day, and there are
great complaints of the times, which they say is owing to the
hanks. In Pittsburg two-thirds of the works are stopped;
and as to the cotton manufacture is not worth any man's
while to work at it, as I have seen and talked with scores of
spinners, carders, and weaving masters. At the place I
worked at when I first came, there were seven spinners, two
carders, and one weaving master, dressing castings, and
striking for the blacksmiths, and there are several others that
are come over, who have gone back quite disappointed.—
You will say this is an unfavourable account; but I speak as
I find. Where they pay four or five shillings a-day in store
pay, you have to sell a ten dollar's order for six or seven
dollars, as I have done when I wanted any money. lam
now out of work, and have been for the last two months
past, and am low enough at present I can assure you. I have
been to Cincinnatti and Wheling the last places, and I am
about to go to Buffola. My reason for writing you at the
present is to prevent any of my acquaintances from getting
fixed in the same way that I am. Your's, &c.,

THOMAS SUMNER.
To Mr. Geldart Dobson, Spinner, Preston.

RELIGION AND SLAVERY IN THE
UNITED STATES.

The following examples will serve to show the manner in
which even religious persons treat their slaves in the United
States :

1. A baptist minister in Laurens district, South Carolina,
whipped a slave to death whom he suspected of having stolen
60 dollars. The slave was in the prime of life, and had been
purchased a few weeks before for 800 dollars. A few days
after the murder the minister's wife found the dollars in a
place whither she herself had moved them, ant knowing it,
as the money was wrapped in a thick envelope. The daughter
of the murderer proved that her father after the flogging gave
the slave water, of which he drank freely. The judge on the
trial told the jury that if they thought drinking the water had
caused the slave's death they would acquit the prisoner, and
the jury brought in a verdict of " not guilty."
2. John M'Cue, a presbyterian minister, tied his slaves
up and flogged them frequently on the Lord's day, and then
went to the meeting-house and preached the gospel ; and on
returning from his sacredotal duties he scourged them again.
3. Mrs. Pence, of Virginia, always flogged her slaves on
Sunday mornings, because she said they could get well
enough by Monday to resume their labour, and this woman
was a communicant of a chapel.
4. Dr. Stoughton, of Philadelphia, said that he could tell
the doings of one Baptist MiniSter by his prayers at the
meeting-house. If he bad flogged none of his slaves on the
Sunday his words were cold and heartless; if he had flogged
a man he would pray with life, but if he had flogged a female
slave, and determined on his return to flog her again, " oh !
how he would pray."
5. The Rev. Mr. Lewis married a woman who bad slaves.
He intended to move into another part of the country which
the slaves disliked, and one, attempting to run away, was
shot by the rev. divine.
6. A planter said to another that all the religion of the
slaves was hypocrisy. This was denied by another owner of
some slaves, who said he had one who, lie thought, would
die rather ian deny his religion. This led to a bet, and the
slave in question was flogged to death, but would not deny
his religion.
7. In another case a slave bad been sold to purchase the
cups and plates for the communion.
These cases, stated as briefly as possible. will suffice to show
what state of religion is in the Southern States of America.

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the teetotallers, who were then holding a
effrontery parties
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sessions and assizes, WITNESSES.—With what indifference and
frequentlylnus volunteer evidence (,n oath, at
This
is Lhave struck any frequenter of
an
alibi,. more apparent where witnesses
courts of justice.
(x or to speak to the character of
des. We were struck with
are brought to swear
speak
yesterday week.
prisoners—often their own
an instance of this at the sessions
relative to a ciriim-
October, the day,
election of town-
Several persons were called to isonts..,:.,i
. very. glibly by the
at their
stance that occurred on the thirtyl-j%
as our readers are aware, precediirtleo,ii
councillors. These two dates were
tshtiteceeed...
parties in the witness box ; they swore positively to ti . day.,
as they, according to their evidence, took notice regularly o
the day of the month, and really seemed indignant
chronological knowledge being questioned. Upon
examination,cross-
one of these worthies called the thi)ci
ing day the /Hy-fourth of October, and did know name
of the preceding or following month. The other appeared to
have forgotten the day ; for, on being close questioned l v
counsel, he called the date the twenty-jirsl of October, and
the day preceding the county election ! Though both swore
to the circumstance of the election, neither had seen any
stir; neither knew where the elections were held ; and both
confessed that they knew not the meaning of the word.
" councillors." - Of- course such .evidence, served not their
friends, the •prisoners being found guilty. Were witnesses
fully aware of the punishment to which they are liable for
false evidence, either for or against their neighbour, we think
we should not see so many exhibitions like those to which
we have alluded.—Preston Chronicle.

DESCRIPTION. IRE- [ COAST- PO- UNITED I
Tor At.
LAND. WISE. REIGN. sTATEs.i
Wheat Qrs. 6 64 482 2005 ' 2557
Barley Qrs. • 17 17
Malt Qrs. 2 637 639
Oats Qrs. 2879 210 I ;1039
Rye Qrs.
Beans Qrs.
Pease Qrs. ' 27 I 27
Shelled Barley
Indian Corn
Rapeseed Qrs.
Oatmeal .... Loads 1779 3 1782
Floni . Sacks
Ditto . Brls.l ' 3734 . 3734
Into Runcorn, Ireland and Coastwise, Oatmeal, 504 loads.
EXPORTS.—Foreign. Barley, qrs. ; Oats. qrs. ; Pease, 8
qrs.; Figur, 821 brls.—lreland. Wheat, 1711 qrs. ; Barley, 69
Rye, 19 qrs. ; Indian Corn, 1117 qrs.; Oatmeal, 532 loads.—
Coastwise. Wheat, 2357 qrs. • Barley, 165 qrs. ; Oats, 87 qrs. ;
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Pease, 37 qrs. Oatmeal,. 100 loads ; -Flour, 444 sacks, 861
Average Prices of Grain, for the week ending May 29, 1840.
Wheat 675.10 d. I Barley.. 37.5. od. l Oats.. 275. Id. Rye .. 378.3 d,
Beans.. 4 is. 6d. Pease, 413. I Id.
Aggregate average of the six weeks.
Wheat.. 68s. 3d. I Barley.. 38s. sd. I Oats.. 265. Sd. I Rye.. 375. 2d.
Beans .. 435. lud. I Pease 41s. lld.
Duty on Foreign Grain, &c. this week.
Wheat 16s. Sd. I Barley 48.1041. Oats ...... 9d. Rye .. 14s. Od
I
Beans, ss. od. Pease. Sc. Od. lndian Corn 45.10 d. I Floorl6s. Odd
Liverpool Averages, week ending 2nd June, 1840.
Wheat. Barley. Oats. Beans. Pease.
Qr 5..... B4O 229 260
Prices.. 433. I Id. Os. od. 275. gd. 50s. Od. Os. Od.

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

FRIDAY, JUNE (.—Wind N.W.

ARRIVED.—Ocean, , Irom Philadelphia.

&man. —Astrea. Le Collier, for Vera Cruz—Ganges, Jones, for
Hampton Roads—Potomac. Drew, for Baltimore—Brunette. Robin-
son, for Boston—Eleanor, Pemberton, for New Orleans—Tamer.
lane, Theobald, for Savannah—Gossypium, Brown, for Demerara--
Albion, for New York—Sarah, Kinney, for Quebec—Riga,
Smith, ror Boston—Sullivan. Brown, for Charleston—Abeona,
Esson, for Quebec—Anna Eliza, Mattison, for Madeira—Williant
Henry, Crawford, for Ilarlinz•en—andJessy, Harvey, for Newfound-
land.

Creole, Stephenson, from Monte Video, at this port ; sailed 26th
March. The Victoria was to sail the next day for Bahia Blanca.
The Augustina and Reward were to sail the 'end of March, and the
Middleton early in April, all for Liverpool
Dash, Huntress, from Newfoundland, at the Cove
Duchess of Portland, Kerr, hence at Trinidad
. . .

Sarah, Adolphus, and linh4rse, Booker, hence at Berbice
Tapley, ' from China, at the Downs. On lath April, in
lat. 21 S, long. 3W, spoke the Herald. On 17th May, in lat. 35 N,
long. 40 W. spoke the Gazelle, for Liverpool
Daniel Grant, MintL, hsace to Lima, was spoken 29th Jan. in lat.
11 30 S, long. 32 W
Eliza Stewart, Miller, from, London at Canton, 18th Dec.
Thames, Marquis, from Calcutta and Singapore at ditto, 21st Dec.
Orwell, Hughes, from Sydney at ditto, 23rd Dec.
Glenelg, Shettler, from Bombay and Singapore at ditto, 25th Dec.
Harriet, --, from Sourahaya at ditto, 2sth Dec-
Jean, M'Cutcheon. from Manilla at ditto, 4th Jan.
TELEGRAPH OFFICE —9 a.m. The signals cannot pass beyond
Ililbre Island for thick weather.