Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 182?-183?, 1831-09-23

cloth which Sells at 23per yard to an Amc-
rican, can he bought bya foreigner at SO,
and so on for others ina similar proportion.
A foreigner can come 10 the United States
and buy three suits of clothes for the same
price that an American can buy two.
/ HJndo,v Glass, ifwantcd TO keep out the
cold from The house or cottage of an Amer-
can farmer or mechanic, sells at s so TO 50
9per box of fifty feet, according TO size,
! higher than the same glass can be had for TO
! be sent abroad.
Cotton BGggjpg, ifwanted by an Ameri-
! can planter, TO pack his cotton in, is sold at
! II TO 20 cents per yard, according 10 the
! quality and material, whether flax or hemp
/ but, il wanted for Brazilian or West In
/ dian planter, the same article is sold at five
cents per square yard less
Giuf, PoIrdcr, if wanted by an American
| farmer, 10 kill game or venison to blow rocks
in his well or quarry, TO shoot at mark, or
10 fire salute on the Fourth of July, sells at
| scents per pound more than foreigner has
TO pay. Thus, there is now English Gun
Powder sold here at 81 per licg of twenty
! five pounds, ifuscd at home, which can be
| had for 81 per key 10 20 abroad
ingram Carpets, for home use, are sold at
81 10 to 81 30 per yard for foreign use,
| they can be had at 20 TO so cents per yard
Wrought Ncls, ifwantcd by an Ameri-
| can farmer or mechanic, for purposes for
! which cut nails are not adapted, sell at 10 20
10 cents per pound; the same can be had for
expectation, at TO Il cents per pound.
j*hds or Red Lead, il wanted by an A
merican farmer or mechanic, TO paint his
house, his roof, his barn, or fences, is sold ut
| ~ per one hundred pounds higher than the
same article can be had for 20 90 abroad
This list might be greatly extended, but
1T will be sufficient TO show that Political p
| economy is not so difficult thing TO he I'M
I dcrstood as some people imagine. Now, if
itappear, as is shown in the preceding state
ment, and ne challenge its rctltGfion, it
must be evident that the present Tariff law,
instead of enabling the American people to
enter INTO competition with foreigners, in
the foreign market, produces precisely the
opposite effect, by rendering it more cXpen-
slve for them 10 live-in which account, the
prices Oft the articles they produce must be
augmented
1890
Mr. Haynes has announced that he is no
longer candidate for the Office of Governor
, OF Georgia. Mr.. Gilmer is now TO contest.
single-handcd, with MIR Lumpkin-and we
presume, will beat him.-Ena.
Winchester RaiE-road.- Cant. Graham
and Lcuts. Mckay and French ofthe Uni
/ ted States Engineer corps, commenced the
reconnaissance OF the Winchester and Polo
mac Railroad on the Both ult II is suppo-
sed that the road will be located in all next
month The Parkersburg road, il is under
stood, will be located in the same month.
'JoS. y. Carson has been appointed Trea-
surer of the Winchester and Potomac Rail
road Company.
The election for municipal officers in the
CITY Of Charleston, which has been so warm.
Pa 11J>i,f Il. =, IIrst1T -
guiShed nuliticr, has been elected Intcndant
OF the city, in opposition 10 J. r. PRINGLE,
( the present lntendant, by a vote of 1910 TO
~ The number of votes being greater
IMAM ever given at any preceding election
We regret 10 learn that il has become w.
ry sicliy ut Augusta, since the LATE ITresb
IN Savannah rivera letter OF the 9TH inst
by last evenings mail, says ''the sickness ia
truly alarning-indeed tits far worse than I
ever knew 1t in ChareSton-it is said there
are 4UO cases on this side the river: cimht
ueaths last nlght-every person who can is
leaving the place We sincerely hope that
the reports referred TO are greatly exaggera-
ted, as frequently occurs in such cases,
Charleston Courier.
vSN
The proposition for an Anti-TariT Com
Yention has produced call of a Convention
OF the opposing party. tits proposed TO boldso
Convention OF Manufacturers, A rric,I,tIroI-
ISIS and Mechanics in the civ oc No.,
YORK, "on the second Wednesday in Octo,
her next, constitutionally TO protect tbeir
rights. '-Lynchburg Yirg. w
90
- init TariG Neeting.-8yessrs Carrier 7,
Stevenson, JohnL. Nlayre, John y Hon
day, Oscar Nj. CrutchGeld, and John 'o,yis
nave Dcen appointed by meeting oftl,e RI
iiHens OF Spottsylvania, Delegates TO aftend
the Antl-Tariil Convention of Pbil,do,,J,ia
on the 3Oth inst-Rich. Com. i'''"'
An Notwithstanding was held If tho
courthouse, in the county of Albemarle on
the 9th inst, when Hugh Nelson. Thon,as
w Gilmer, DIR. Charles Cooke. and n'
Charles Everett were appointed TO renrcsca,
That county IN the Convention at pLil,dai
Phia. ''i'"'Yi-
-93gsc-
CHARLESTON, Sent. 10
CEsfom H0Vse BopJ-We are incr.,
that Mr. Tazewcll, who was invi,od ~ ~. ''Ie''
que this cause, has replied in Won, ~ ar
and kind letter, regrctling diet bc is IonP
to come, although his aid would t.Loo onaGie
have been afforded TO The cause if jb,o'ilul ,I
roneeD i cJ , o az 'ls lIo' and could have
having Tor many years relinnuisbod" ny T
practice of his profession. NjnrdI ",s,'eu the
80 es-
Correspondence WiH Nr. Eaton. -Tbe
Albany Daily Advertiser remarks. JrI