Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1846-02-27
FROM WASHINGTON CITY.

FROM WASHINGTON CITY.
fcoyyc,,onseuee Of he Richmond EnqutrT.l
W.sp,SoroN CRY, February %, lS46.
The effect of the news BY the Cambria isjusi be
ginning to develope itself in extenso. yo'
in nv last letter that our friends were evenhen,w VIII
I but the measre amount ofintelisence before then
embraced in The Extra Baltimore Sun, as mucl
| delighted as were the Ultra TariffIes chasrined
TIE mass OF extracts from the English papers
| which has been since spread before the Washing
ION public, have served 10 increase those senli
mcnts with either party, respectively. Th'
Wings. that is, the whole hog-"high duties make
low pricesn- Wings, are most essentially dowt
in the mouth They are as completely AoTs al
combat even in advance of the effect on Con
oress and The country of the details Of Sir Ro
bert Peers Free Trade propositions 10 Parlia
ment. as lhey were Immediately after The las
Presidential Election Every body is struck with
The extended and gloomy faces OF those who
usually shout loudest and longest in Inc Halls OF
Congress in favor of The capitalists monopoly and
special privilege. Every one OF The statements
OF The British Premier, showing h0U The late re-
duc,ion of the impost duties in England on each
article heretofore protected, has operated lor Inc
benefit OF Inc mass of society in that country,
strikes dagger into The heart OF some one OF lneir
favoriie humbug sophisms. 10 almost every con
lest with The friends OF liberal commercial resu-
la,ion, when driven TO The wall, tncy have de-
tended their policy OF robbing Peer 10 pension
Paul. by an appeal to The experience OF the Eng
lisb Government, MS exhibited By The peril
naciiy with which her rulers cling 10 "protec-
lion" How often have | heard il said on
the stump and in both houses OF Congress,
Whenever England abandons the protective
system. as against our asriculturaisis, then VIII
it be time for us 10 cease levyins an extra tax
on British manufacture" (Which extra Tax, bye
he-bye, falls on the agriculturalist especially.)
That day has arrived. The Premier has knock
ed The foundation IRON under every protected
interest in the United Kingdom, il BIZ, BY the
display Of facts embraced in his cogent arsu-
ment upon the subject The Tariiil!es see clear
". that, according TO their own o-relieTated ST.
pulalion, The time for The downfall in this coun-
iry Of robbery, under The specious name OF pro-
lection. is a, hand (: is sur,n!sed here iha, the
National lnelligencer and its kindred prints will
no, Law The commercial news brought by the
Cambria. as important as il is, rsrjnt'm Ct ltr@-
lin. before their readers, because Us every SEN
tencc will prove The lai>iiy OF some one OF their
cherished humbugs with which 10 tickle their
eulibIe followers. was struck this afternoon
with the absence OF many familiar TaIiife
Congressional face which IS 10 be found on Penn
sylvania avenue Of 4 bright afternoon, like that
OF to-day Poor fellows! they are fasting and
prayng-they are past watching.
Much excitement is existing in the Atlantic
cities in relation TO a proposed change in The
laws specifying that when seaman RECEIVERS
verde, Tor wages due, costs shall Re paid by ihe
defendant, ;;nirss the amount OF the verdict IS
one hundred dollars or more; and, as This excite
ment has extended 10 Washington city, | will
give YOU ske,ch Of the subject matter.
Early n the session, batch OF lobby members
came on from New York city, and represented 10
the Judiciary Committee the Senate, that great
abuses were prac,iced in The United States
Courts more especially in New York city, in
levying costs in suits against ship owners, where
very small amUun,s were in issue. Il was said
that The clerks OF The District Courts, being APP
poin ,ed BY the judges thereof, and being, more
over, generally relalice The natural inclination
OF The cours IN layor Of allowing costs for The
benefit OF tie clerk, worked rank injustice aeains!
ship owners. In consequence otthis Gcrnsati0R--
ior can fairly call il by no other name-on the
2Gin ulinlo bin was reported 81 The Senate's
Committee as follows:
BE Il enaetsG &C., Tia; in all suits brought
for seamanS wages in Inc courts al the Un!ed
States tie party .. parties prosecuting the same
shall mi be entitled 10 any costs, unless the re-
covery in such suits shall amount 10 or exceed
one hundred dollars"
Ii this accusation is true, which | doubt the
remedy should be applied in another way. The
appointment of clerks should be taken from The
Judges, and, as general principle. il will be de-
cidedly best 10 take away all official patronage
from the Judiciary However, as the Courts OF
Admiralty have entire jurisdiction over The sub
lee, Of costs, and can allow or disalow them at
discretion, whatever The even, of The suit, il seems
10 me, 1.-THE Judges are men OF principle, as be-
lieve them 10 be, The law ia AM shape is wholly
unnecessary. Those opposed 10 the enactment
aegc, ,ha; its real obec; is 10 take business rom
the Y. S. District Court and 10 place !: m tac
hands OF the petty marine courts Q! New YORK,
in order 10 increase The einolumenis OF the iater,
which, 10 say The least OF it, is plausible, as some
of,hose concerned in The profits OF such tribunals
OF New York city are quite active IN procuring
tne passage of The law, understand.
The enactment oil this law will do more'harm
10 our commercial marine than any thing alse that
could be dvioed, that know OF. lis eventual
result mus, be, to drive hall the American sea-
men from the business Of following the OCEAN
An India or whaling voyage may al times fnd the
vessel in debt 10 The sailor al Jig termination
in The amount Of one hundred dollars--sedon
more than that sum. When an ordinary Euro
pean voyage is cup" twenty dollars will usually
cover the average sum due each man before Inc
mast, and, if jack is 10 pay costs in the Court q
Admiralty before he can get his due, that's, u The
owner or master chooses TO withhold payment
there is an end al once 10 his prospect OF being
paid-for, the twenty dollars unjusi!y withheld, il
al least five times on, Of ten, is all that Jack owns
except his chest OF clothes and pound OF pig-tail
In sezing upon the common sailor, TO deprive
him of rights which every other class ofci'izen
have, the, the act, 10 my mind, is much more fla
sious, because, of all others, he is least able t,
pro!ec, himself The precise operation OF hi
law if enacted will be equivalent 70 aulhorizin:
ship owners and masters to pay those VINO Wort
their vessels or not, if they please; and only il
suits them
was informed this afternoon, by friend VIII
| has an extensive correspondence with all parts o
Florida, that emigration is rapidly crowdiDg I,
Inc peninsula. lie showed me letter from al
intelligent gentleman Of hal region stating thai
in The course oil fifteen days, seven hundred wae
obs passed through the town Of Newnansvill
East Florida, } on their way further South. II
supposed that lbe increased population of the ne'
State, this year, will exceed thirty thonsan
souls MACON.