The Hawk-eye and Iowa patriot. (Burlington, Iowa) 1839-1843, 1840-04-30

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/. regard to the late disturbances on
/. Cpton Water works near New York
!, The Jonathan says
II NJ whole history of the matter APP
:, .. io be thus:-The contractors, who
sle their bargains when the price Of la
IVA, I'D, high, and when provisions, ma
I'M. J. etc. commanded the heaviest pri-
!, ! have cut the wages Of the operatives
i h,nto IS cents per day. For this sum
M are expected and required to begin
! ! i,ylight, having first dispatched their
|srIfas!s; work till noon, and then, af-
J, uking twenty minutes only to dinner,
.ame their work and continue till star
AL With the reduction of their wages.
e. has been no corresponding reduc-
a IN the price Of board, which is taxed
.hish as when the laborers received
hl,r . day. Their present pittance
t,,.s them two dollars week to clo.he
,h.nsres and support their families, if
thr t,ve any. Under these circumstan-
g here has been very general strike
i dong the line; and the ringleaders
he compelled and enticed those who
,nld work if permitted, to abandon their
Enjoyment. Some threats of violence
slhe works have been made-but no
Iehief has as yet been done or attempt.
d
TaE Pill WoRK1NG.-Under this
I'D the Carrolltonian says:
"Since the avowal on the floor of Con-
p..s. by the leading supporters of Mr.
In Buren's administration, the prices Of
~ manufactures are too high and the
lges of labor are too great, 10 enable
NJ PRODUCTS to come in competition with
h manufactured goods Of France, Eng
I'd, Holland, and other countries, where
boring man barely receives enough to
urent him from starving-the Working
la Of the United States have become
armed for their own safety, and to aid
i checking the further advancement of
rin,iples which if carried out would ruin
Them, are deserving the cause of Mr. Van
Buren, and rallying under the banner of
H,mson, who proved himself the poor
Mans Friend, when in Congress he OBJ
lined the passage Of a law authorizing the
leof eighty acres of the public Lands
every poor man who was not able to
lrhase a larger quantity.
Correspondence of the Baltimore Patriot.
NEW YORK, Wednesday, 9th, 4 PM.
You will receive in the papers the full
rails Of the Connecticut election. The
ghig majority for Governor over all
hers, will be more than 1900, Last year
ise candidates run; Ellsworth, (Whig,)
helps, Conservative and Niles, Loco
bso) and the Wing majority over the
aer two was only l659-and there is
hrefore now a WING GAIN of about
hrss thousand uotes since last spring!
he Legislature is two-thirds Wing, and
1.-THE 81 Senators the Wings have elect
die.
This, you will agree, is decided enough,
nd is, we may all well be assured, but
ign Of what will be done for Gen Harri.
on, when he is brought directly before
he people at the fall election.
WHAT'S here shown, to be the tenden-
y Of popular opinion in Connecticut. ex-
Aibl's the feeling Of all New England,
md, If possible, there is more en,husi-
sln on the subject in New York State.
Tam sorry to say that about thirty fail
res in the dry goods business have taken
lace since Friday last, some Of them
'usss Of high standing.
Washington, .ApriI 8.
We mentioned in our last the illness of
. two Senators from Connecticut. The
st thing we heard yesterday was that
Y Of them, the Hon. THADDEUs Belts,
y NO more!
The other Senator, Hon. Perry SMITH,
% has been i'll, has sufficiently recov-
g . be able to attend, in part at least,
bis duties in the Senate, and yesterday
laounced in that body the decease of
: eolleague.
When the annunciation Of the death of
fBsrrs was made by Message from
y Senate to the House of Representa-
veg, Mr. OSBORNE, one Of the Represen-
'aves from Connecticut, rose and de.
Hefed brief bu. very appropriate eu-
~ on the character of his departed
lend.
no business, of course, was done in
lier House yesterday, nor will there,
'presume, be any done to-day, in con-
lnence OF the Funeral of Mr. Belts,
ugh Is to take place from the Capitol
half past IL Observation-Disclosures.
TlxRs IN NEw YoRK.-Our exchange
pers give most fearful accounts Of the
lte Of affairs in New York. About
MY dry goods houses, some of them
hong the heaviest in the city have failed.
letter writer enumerates the following
Among them are Hall, Johnson & Co.;
earing, Swan & Co.; Adams, Cunning
M & Co. &c. l am afraid half Pearl
'ee' will go, for there is no spring BUSH
y doing.