The Hawk-eye and Iowa patriot. (Burlington, Iowa) 1839-1843, 1840-04-09
From the Madisonian.
INDUCTION OF WAGEs-.THE ExprRrmENr

from the Madisonian.
nkpocTioN OF WAGEs-.THE ExpERrMEN1
BEGUN BY THE Government.
- was announced by the authorities a,
the Navy Yard at Philadelphia on satur.
Jay last that the proposed reduction O
wages must begin with the laboring mer
employed upon government work at tina
place. D : : 80
The Philadelphia Spirit Of the Times
OF Monday, Gan administration paper, ! il
ho'lcing the fact, uses the following Ian
guage:
winnie we freely acknowledge ourselves
the friends Of economy in every depart.
ment OF the government, we regret to see
| mat IN all retrenchments now, as ever,
Me frst 6iolc Is male at the mechanic
ana ne dag laborer: and yet, in all adj
Vances they are the very last to rise. Ad-
hitting that the reduction should take
place. at will amount to very small sum
70 the government-a mere drop in the
bncket--and that drop taken, too, from a
drain from the great Government reser-
volr that drives a greater power, yielding
a more substantial return, with less profit
to the operative than any or all others
leading from it. No: if economy be the
object, let it be general, and pass through
every grade in the service, and last OF all,
let it be made upon the laborer whose
daily plttance is seen to be barely suffi-
clent to appease the daily wants Of fam
lily; and which bank fluctuations. should
he gain dollar to day, robs him of to-
morrow.
BEAUTIES OF Loco.Foco. ISM. 1.-THE fol-
lowing abstract Of an article in the Alba
ny Evening Journal, will be instructive
to those who, like Patrick Henry, would
guide their feet by the light Of experience.
.Hlabanaa, a ocofoco State owes a state
debt of s 100000; to pay the interest
on which she relies solely on her banks.
ae--Norofoco) issue treasury war
rants payable in current bank bills.
Georgia = Locofoco) has her bonds
for 100000, now under protest in New
York.
Pennsylvania ocofoco) is Just saved
from bankruptcy, by the aid Of her banks.
and
Michigan has been we'll nigh ruined
by locofoco federal corruption and mis-
management. ;.
A few days ago. Mr.. James, the loco
foco treasurer of Logan county, Ohio, ran
away, defaul,er TO the amount of
$1,000. Before running he informed his
friends that he had not a single farthing
of the money in his possession, having
expended the Whole for the benefit of the
party.-N Loatis Republican.
FIRE IN RIcHMoND.-'The Compiler
states that the large barn and stable of Mr.
fenj. w. Green, in Richmond, have been
fired by an incendiary, and burned, dis
troying six valuable horses. for one of
which Mr. Green had refused $4,000.
The French capitol, like that of New
Eng land, has been the theater of amiUenin
prophet:
"One of our great dramatic poets" says
Paris journal, ''being on the 3lst ult, as
tonished at the agita,ed appearance of his
barber who attends to have him every
morning, asked him, what was the mat.
ter. All, Sir!' said the barber, ; it is pre-
dicted that the world is to end next month;
the betes are to die on the 18th of January,
and the men on the 6lh!'-Good Cod
said the poet, who then is to shave me on
the 5th?'''
The Mayor of Detroit just elected is
wing, having gone in by majority of ten
votes. The democrats elected their alder
men iii five Of the six wards.
The Legislature of Virginia closed its
session on the 10Th.
New potatoes, about the size of walnuts,
have appeared in the Baltimore market.
The Boston Ccntine records the death,
by apoplexy, of Hon. John Lowell, at his
koxbury, on Friday morning.
Mr. Lowell died at the age Of 70. He
was one of the most distinguished and
talented men in Massachusetts,.
The WOODEN manufacturing establish
ment offs. P. Brown, and The grist mill
of Cochran and Vaughan, at Dover, Me-,
were burned on the 18th instant. Loss
$40, 900.
The number of Irishmen who have taken
the tee-to,al pledge, under Father Math-
ew's preaching, is stated at over a million;
and not 2 hack slider discorarod en- far
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