The Ohio Democrat. [volume] (Canal Dover, Ohio) 1840-1900, 1841-01-15

ham, TWENTY HOURS A DAY. The chill
dIen are up at all hours oflhe night, when the
lace machines are at work. They are general.
ly at work Twenty hours Of the day. The chill
dren, from nine to fifteen years ofage, are o.
r5ged to be in the mills during the whole night
and the day too. They very seldom get out Ill
ten or eleven o'clock, and when the lace mill.
are at work, TWENTY FOURS A DAY: thu
children must be during the whole ofthat TWEEN
ty>f0ur hours, either on the premises, or where
they can be called out of bed whenever wanted
This is not only their condition in Noting
ham, butthroughout the Manufacturing districts
And we have scarcely an arrival from England
but brings accounts of deaths from starvation, il
these very factories. Yet England is a Manu-
featuring aud Commercial Country, and we arr
called on by the Wings 10 copy her-to levy t
III oh TarifE-to abandon Agricultural pursuits
to erect Factory in every village, and set ou
children and OURSELVES to tending lqco mills, and
winding bobbins twenty hours day, if we wish
to become prosperous and happy. May Heav.
en- ever avert such curse rom our land. "Lel
no man in this country talk OF freedom, or hap-
pIness, or national prosperity, who advocates
shuc huge and corrupt system. 1t is the great
est deluson that ever entered the head, ,Rath.
er would we see every fsniy grow their own
corn, and weave their own garments, than that
ours, or any portion oft. should be country
exclusively manufacturing and commercial"
Go At go CrYptes. Franklin Bank of
| Baltimore, has gone into liquidation, which
means in western language that it is about "burs
ted up"
To dug, is The day fixed on fer resumption
ofspeCie payments, by the Banks of PeEnys-
vania. The U, S. Bank has notes in circua.
tion to the amount Of II, 100000, 1t is indeb>
ted to other institutions and deposites, about
S,D9O,O 900. To pay this sum, II has in specie
about two millions and quarter, little more
thln one dollar to pay every nine with. This
lukeS like resumption, yetil is the great regu>
lalor of the wings Or rather the great pipe
layer. She is verify in a sound condition, end
ought to have charge of the public detosites.
Eighth Of JaNuary. The Democrats Of CO.
lunbus, and the Democratic members Of the
Legislature, celebrated tho glorious 9Th, by a
splendid supper at the City House. ofcourse
i, went off well, None carried home On a win,
dow shutter.
Coming HOms.-Mr. Stephenson, enr Min
is.er at the Court Of St. James, has requested 10
be rcCalied. lie will be "to Lum" in March.
Chi@ justice Meiicn, of Maine, one of our
most distinguished jurests, died recently, at the
age of76.
THtre is arumOr, in the New Orleans papers
that the AleAicans intend invading Texas in the
spring. and that the inhabitants of San Antonio
are inaking tracks," in consequence.
Tie Mormons. are said to be increasing very
fast. 4 bill 10 incorporate their city Nauvoo,
has passed the IllinoiSe Legislature.
The Buckeye Blacksmith. Mr.. Baer who was
an unsuccessful candidate for door keeper in the
Ohio Legislature, is now in " asIingon see-
king for an office. If this rul'an does not get
an Office shortly, The way he'll "d-m the
wlligs' won't be slow,
Eis generally allowed that man who has
not paid for his hat, is orer head md cars in
debt.
No usetor Ne,cspapr Ell "A man to whom
we lately sent our paper, asking him 20 sub
SCRIBE returned tho following answer on the
margin |
"Ihaint no use for nusepaper, besides am
somwat indet"
Master please TO let me 20 out.
1t is estimated that there is about eighteen
hundred thousand pounds of black pepper, an.
nuaH consumed in the United States.
Porricide.-Au old gentleman il Brentwood
n. II. was lately killed by his son, lie was
insane at the linie and, in one ofhis fits rushed
on his son, when the latter raised his hand to-
wards him, and struck HIM on the nose, which
commenced bleeding nd.continued so until he
died.
John Quincy adams once said
''Ifwe cannot alter things,
By Cd we'll change their names sirs."
We heard it itsuggested, that the name of our
enterprsing town should be altered from Canal
Dover to something more appropriate. 1us-
awawa, the original Indian name OF our river,
has been mentioned. itis pretty and romantic,
but it has too much Of the Tomalawk about it
for US.
The Bankers at Columbus are busy in getting
,,, 4, ,ro;oct oc Rank ReCnrnn In cend min fL.;r