Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 182?-183?, 1831-11-11

the Presdent promptly called MIR. Wood
ward TO order.
Mr. Goddard rose to reply but the Presi-
dent interposed, remarking that as he h, 4
checked the personal remarks OF the gentle i
man from New York, he thought reply W.
necessary from the gentleman from Connec-
ticut
The question being taken, the motion TO
rccommit was rejected.
MIR. Roberts expressed himself at some
length IN opposition TO the report aid long
discussion ensued, which finally resulted in
the adoption of the report rs made.
We observe by the New York papers that
the Tariff Convention adjourned finally On
Tuesday
Lemnos Cutlery Factory, Chambers
burg, Pa.-We mentioned that certain
goods from this factory had been sent to
England as patterns, and the result is
shewn in the following very interesting
extract of letter from Mr.. Dunlop, one
of the proprietors. He says ''We Dun
lop and Madeira a few days ago receiv-
ed a letter from Messrs. Lesley and Me-
redith, hardware merchants in Philadei-
phia, stating in substance that they had
just received long letter from James
Cam, of Sheffield, England, to whom
they had forwarded, by order of his son,
500 worth of goods as patterns, ia which
he says--"he is very much pleased
with them, and that they are exceed
ingly neat and well finished, but that the
prices are too low, and that he cannot fur
niSh such tools at their price to suit ana
market In the United States We sold
him the goods at our RETAIL PRICE,
He wishes to know your wholesale
prices. The English workman has great
difficulty in hitting your patterns, and
asks considerable advance on any new
article. We need not fear any COMPETE
ton with the English. American tools
of the larger sort are from 10 to 20 per
cent. better than the British, any how"
Such is the prompt effect of the enter
prise and talents of Messrs. Dunlop and
Madeira. The Mr.. Cam alluded to is
one of the largest manufacturers of hea-
Wy cutlery in England and he shrinks
from the competition Of QUALITY and
price.-Niles.
Postage on NeWspapers.-We are
glad to see the general movement o.
mong the conductors of the periodical
press in relation to this subject. Post
age on newspapers ought to be entirely
dispensed with. 1t operates as restric-
ton upon the communication of know
ledge and information among the people,
which nothing can justify save the abso-
lutte necessity of its imposition, to sustain
the Post Office Department. 1t is OBJ
vious that this necessity does not exist
and therefore it is an impolitic tax on
the reading portion of the community,
as every tax is which restraints the dis
sanitation among the people of that in
formation which is the conservative
principle of free governments. We
hope, therefore, that, at the next session
OF Congress, the postage on newspapers
will be entirely taken off, and some 9TH
er mode adopted to compensate POST
masters (who, by the way, are worse
paid than any other officers of the gov
ernmenD for their trouble in attending
to the distribution of these "happy folios
of four pages, which not cen critics crit
icise. ''-Lynch. Virgin.
&rWe think distinction ought atleast
to be made between papers carried only
10, or 30, and 300 miles, if within the
State in which the paper is printed
At present, the postage is the same
Ed. Spectator.
Observation-Disclosures Hunnewell.
Jesse Wheelock and Daniel Savage,
were tried at Fredericton, N. B. on
the 10th inst 'for certain seditious acts"
The offence consisted in their having
voted for town and State officers, at
Madawaska. They appeared without
counsel. In his defence Mr.. Hume
well said that having received the war
rant, they were obliged under the law Of
the Stat of Maine to act; they would
have been liable to punishment under
their laws if they had declined. That
in the situation Of the country there was
a difficulty on both sides, and of two e.
wills they thought they had chosen the
least, as they were led to suppose from
what the two officers, NJ essrs. McClauch-
Ian and Coombes, had said, they would
not be interiered with, so long as they
confined themselves to the west side Of
the river"
The jury returned a verdict of guilty,
and Judge Chapman sentenced them TO
pay fine of fifty pounds each, and be
imprisoned in the common Jail of the
county three calendar months, and to ba
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