The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1840-04-09

io.;nc Case" which we copy itom Ion
a.c,cn, paper, as showing the effect of the
s,h Treasury hard. money system, and the
.rguments used by lis supporters, deserves
attention from the mechanics and working
men Of every State in the Union.- Bait.
more Patriot
Caa.-We are Informed that in tho
o;,y of Hartford there is certain mechanic
xbo has in his employ something like eight
:, ten iourneymen. The whole Of these
rs,sous we're nominated as delegates 10 the
focoloco Young Mems Convention, and
e.Icula,ed 10 attend. But leader of the
I,ocoioeo party, happening at the shop
a,v or two before the Convention met, be-
aan to speak with the boss upon the subject
ef wages, end, as an argument to convince
him ina, he ought TO be Loco too, said
,ha, the effect of carrying into full opera.
,on the sub Treasury would be TO reduce
,he orces he would have TO pay his jour.
nevmen one half, SO that, where be now
maid SIG a month, he would have to give
bu, IS. This he said IN an under tone
uoon which The employer raised his voice
90 that AL his workmen might hear, repeat.
ed xhat the Loco had SAID, aud asked If
thai was his belief! He replied, yes
Well. said the employer, will the price of
tea. coifio, sugar, &c. be also proportonally
reducedl No, says the Loco, still 10 low
tone bu, flour and mea, and other domestic
ptoyisions will fall considerably. The en
mover again raised his voice, and caused
ibe Loco TO repea, wha, be had said, so
,ba, sll his woikmen nigh, bear what was
the doctrine promulgated by the Locoiocos.
The Convention was accordingly held, but
moi one of these rorkmen attended
We have names for these facts, und one
Of them bearing a strong affinity TO Judge
Nhes.-Liteh. Eng.
Dreadful Mortality among Children
We learn IRON an eye witness that the grent.
ss, distress prevails among the helpless lit
tie orphan children OIL the Long Island
Farms. Up to Friday the 9th March, there
bad beer, according d.ihs Register, seven
~ eight deaths, since the first Of January,
1910, and there was lhct, on tho sick list
pearl;iwo hundred--there we're then three
ii The little sufferers dying. II IS the op'n'
ion Of our informant that this unprecedented
mortality v owing to the want OF milk aud
vegetables, and the bad quality Of the pro
VISIONS; the bread is both sour and mus,y.
Facts ike these ought TO arouse the I0dig
nation Of every individual in the community.
II IS distressing beyond expression, thai
these little orphans should be shu, up To de.
We trust tina, sorne gentleman IN the Com.
mon Council will move an immediate lnqui
~ into The ma,ier.--N. y. Express.
A TAiek Population. Tho " American
Journal Of the Medical Sciences, speaking
Of Malta, states thai the warmth Of the Oh
mate, and the double crops annually, enable
this rocky Island TO support vast popuia
tot. The number o. inhabitants IS about
one hundred thousand, or nearly six hundred
to the square mule. Including Goza, se
ry small Island IN the immediate vicinity,
it is said the population equals 63s TO the
square mile. THIS Is eigbt times as great
IS Ea2land. and more than 20 times as great
az that Of Massachusetts, the most dense
y populated State Ia the American union.
Torsddo.-ENtract Of letter 10 the
Editor Of the Mercury, dated 81. Lukes,
s. G. March 2l.-Oue Of the most violen!
Totnados ever witnessed swept across a
portion NJ lhis Parish from West TO East
on Wednesday lust. | have not heatd o!.
any injury done 10 man or beast, but what
ever came within its reach must have been
devastated. crossed It's track 90 tho pub
lie roed only an hour or 50 after u had
swept along, aud as far as tho eye could
reach on either side. road some hundred
yards ia width, was perfectly clear Of every
Impeachment 10 the wind. Every one Of The
hrges, pine trees was either uprooled or
broken like pipe stem, and tho road for
that space was impossible. ] do not know
how great was its extent, but have this
/ momen, been informed that al the negro
hoe-es on one plantation we're blown down.
II was accompanied with hail"
The gainesville gazette says; Wheat
has gone down within week from 5O
cents 10 "A, and thence TO 40 cents per bush
el, at which il now rests. Flour Is retail
ing at 81 IS, no wholesale price. Corn
remains at % cents. Oats l2l 10 10 cents. p"
At Cincinnati, on the 10th, -four was
quoted at so 90 TO SO o6 per barrel. -
Large sales have been made at So 90.
The Wheeling Times Of Thursday last
says "Oae thousand bushels ofwheat we're
sold las, week at Bridgeport, Ohio, opposite
this city, Tor irenfy fire cents per bushef =
The Romoey (vlrginIa) intell'seneef Of
The 9th says " Whea, is selling at Mid
dIeiowu, Monongalia county, IN this State
for thirty strea and half cents per bushe
and the Morgan,on paper says II VIII mol
command the cash at that"
The Pt,sburg Advocate OF Thursday las
quotes flour a, So 6? to 50 IS. S;oall sales
subject 10 Philadelphia inspection, at 80.
Tho Exeter N. H.) News Letter 70
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