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The New era. [volume] ([Portsmouth, Va.]) 1845-1847, 1846-09-05
CARPET MANUFACTURERS-THEIR


A convention of carpet weavers from different
factories in the United States, was held at Tam
many Hall. New York, last week, for the pur-
Pose of regulating the carpet trade, and securing
the aid of the whole body employed in manufac-
turing carpets against any inroad that nigh, he
made, on a part OF the operators, by any unprinci-
Piled employer. From documents and personal
knowledge, it was proven, that a piece of super
fine carpet. measuring 90 yards, the whole cost to
the manufacturer for raw material, dying, wind
ing, warping and weaving, &c., S54 81, or fifty
nine cents per yard. Now, at the last carpet sale
in that city, the same quality of carpet sold at so
cents per yard, and the Thompsonville COMPANY.
who recently discharged their weavers, who would
not work for five cents per yard less than the old
price, are not satisfied with a profit Of forty per
cent.
Who can wonder that the w1ollen and cotton
manufacturers made such strenuous efforts at the
last session of Congress to put every obstacle in
the way to prevent the passage of the reform tariff,
when their profits vary from 20 to 80 per cent on
the capital invested.
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GOOD ADYICE-

Somebody lays down the following rules to 90
vern young men in business. They will apply
equally, we'll to young and old. Let the business
of every one alone, and attend to your own
Don't buy what you don't want use every hour
to advantage, and study even to make leisure
hours useful; think twice before you spend a
shilling remember you will have another to make
for it; find recreation in looking after your bust
ness, and so your business will not be neglected
in looking after recreation; boy fair, sell fair. take
care of the profits look over your books regular
ly, and if you find an error trace it out sbouId
a stroke of misfortune come upon YOU in trado
retreuch-work harder, but never hy the ,,,cL
confront difficulties with unfinching perseverance,
and they will disappear at last; though Won
should even fall in the struggle, you will be hon.
orsd bot shrink from the task, and you will be
~despised.
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From the Pennsylvanian.
JOHN DAvls-THE TIME. KILLER

In our whole editorial career we have not wit
messed a more whitening condemnation than has
been poured nut by the press and people on the
head Of . honest" John Davis. for the despicable
means he took 10 defeat the appropriation asked bv
the President tn effect a peace with Mexico.-
There is not an honorable man of any party who
at all hesita,es 10 characterize his course az super
'a"veiy mean and unworthy. We have in our
DAY seen fleet race horses run against time, and
once or twice agile pedestrians ,calk in opposition
!" IT, nut never before has il been our fortune To
near a man talk the minute hands out of counte.
nance. IL It's not uncommon for trained legs, be
'hey two OF four, to contest with seconds, but until
now the tongue has maintained no such rivalry
sorry enough are we that the first example of the
sart has been set by a grave senator Of the United
States on a question involving the peace of two
nelghboring nations. We envy not the ~notorietv
which Senator ID. has gained by his conduct, but
90 marvel greatly that he should retain the SOU
oIlquet OF /" honest" But that's nothing. Iago
"A lady once a monkey had.
And a thieving scamp was he,
To make his fault appear less bad,
She dubb'd him Horesfv % -
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THE MURDERER EpES

The Lynchburg Republican Of The 3lst ul,.
states, that a letter had been received in that
place dated a, New Orleans, from Capt. Talbot.
one of the Police. who is in pursuit of Epes, the
murderer of young Muir, stating that satisfactory
assurance had been gathered that the fend had
continued his route to Galveston, Texas, under
the assumed name Of B. Davis of North Carroll
na," which he had borne the entire way from this
place. Capt. Talbot, not despairing of finally
arresting him. was to leave the day after the date
of his letter in pursuit for Galveston.
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ATTEMPTED PIRACY AND MrJRDER

On the 20ih of June the Governor of Porto Ri
co despatched to St. Thomas a man of war schoo.
ner Tor The purpose Of conveying to St. Juan a
party OF his friends, to spend the holidays of the
feast OF ST. John. and for the better safety of the
vessel. twelve soldiers were embarked on boar Of
her. Under the impression that there was a ouan.
tlty OF specie on hoard, some of the soldiers plan.
ned to murder the officers and crew and run tbs
vessel into st. Domingo and sell her; about half
way between Porto Rico and ST. Thomas thew
made the attempt and having secured the cabin
doors upon the officers, and the scuttle forward ON
the watch below. they very nearly succeeded in
overpowering the watch on deck when the first
mate having accomplished the breaking up of the
cabin fastenings. a most desperate struggle took
place, in which four Of the soldiers were slaugb-
tered and pitched overheard with the pixies fast in
iheir bodies. The vessel. in consequence Of the
occurrence. returned to St. Juan, the chief officer
and two or three ofthe crew being severely woun-
ded.-Haiifdr Recorder.
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THE SALE or OR RAII Roam

look pace .o' erdT y under the mortgage of
the State. as p evic ,usly advertised. and was
Knocked Gown t tt.e bid Of s6O.OOO-,he State
oeco%'"S w0 Pu .rchaser. We understand that
'ne 0o.'u" Pr. olic Works, now here, have very
'"o1'~"s : cas-, ID the use of the Road to the town
:" nor tn for a nominal SUN, until the meet
lug y the Legislature. and that it will be kept
't"' .ning. until that time, or until definite action is
'5Isd by that body.
There were several gentlemen present from
tIe interior, along the line of the Road and a few
from Petersburg, but there was no competition.
Our own citizens, Of course, were somewhat ex.
cited, when they saw that which cost them so
much. and from which they had anticipated every
thing, passing from their possession, but every
thing went off quietly-they had before relin-
quished their own claims, and they now rested
with confidence on the liberality of the State.
The Governor, and indeed the whole Board Of
Public Works appear disposed to do all they can
to favor the town, consistently with their duty to
the State at large, and we have no doubt they
will do all they can for US.
The New era. [volume] ([Portsmouth, Va.]) 1845-1847, 1846-09-05
WONDERFUL. PEDESTRIAN

MIR. Eaton the aged pedestrian has completed
the extraordinary task of walking 1000 miles, in
loO0 successive hours, and has done other fea,s
equally remarkable:
In 1918 he walked a quarter Of a mile in every
successive quarter of an hour, Tor the space Of
ak weeks. He has also performed the follow
ing Dec. 26. 1915, on Blackheath, HOO miles
on the Barclay plan. viz: a mile every hour
July ~, 1916. at the same place, 100 miles,
commencing each mile within 90 minutes after
each hour. Dec. S. 1876, on Brixton Causeway,
1898 half miles in 1893 succeeding half hours
June 10. 1917. on Wormwood Scrubs, 1000 miles
IN AZ days. Sept. g.. 1917. from Colchester to
London In one day, and returning TO Colchester
the next, being 81 miles daily for 90 successive
days"
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Y. M. S. |. S.

We were more than pleased with the exhibit
ton of oratory, given by the young men ct the
Town Hall, on Thursday evening, and we only
regret that ,here were not a larger number of the
aged, and ladies present. The efforts of these
young men at elf-instructionh have been eminently
successful, and they would have done credit 10
the teachers of our best Academies a compara-
tive trial of elocution would have given the need
of praise, TO these young men. against an equal
number of the most approved, of the same age,
that we have witnessed from the schools. The
original production of the first speaker, an histori-
cal eulogy of JACKSON, was worthy ofhigh praise,
and proves the author to possess a sound and dis.
eliminating judgment, which if he properly cul.
~tivates, will distinguish him in after life. The
selected addresses were nearly all well delivered,
and showed that most of the speakers possessed a
true idea of the person represented. We say en-
courage these young men-how much more pro
itable and creditable is it to them. than to the
multitudes who nightly meet in our streets, block
up the corners, and disturb the quiet of our town
with unmeaning. unseemly, and discoFdant songs,
that annoy the neighborhood and add anguish to
the sick couch.
We were informed at the close of the Exercises
on Thursday evening, that the object of the So
ciety, inithe public meeting they had just closed,
was to show to the young men of their own age
what could be done by study and perseverance,
and a handsome appeal was made TO parents and
guardians, to induce their sons and wards to ioiu
with them. We hope they may have many ad.
ditions to their society, but if they should not, wa
would say to themselves-PzRsEyERE-the gold
On harvest will be yours, and you will be rich in
intellactual stores.
The New era. [volume] ([Portsmouth, Va.]) 1845-1847, 1846-09-05
INTERESTING "REMINISCENCES.

The Baltimore Argus says the 10Th Regiment.
stationed at La Prairie, near Montreal, and which
rendered such ~effectual service in the recent FIRE
at that place, have some "reminiscences, connected
with them OF special interest to every American.
The Montreal Courier, in speaking Of the reno
val of this regiment to Montreal, says:
There has been for upwards of a century. a
Freemason's Lodge in the 10th in this Lmtgc.
George Washington was made a mason. a,uns
the time the Regiment was stationed in Tie Cob
MES before the outbreak of the revolutionary wsf.
The register of this Lodge contains Washington's
signature in his own hand writing, and still I~s
sesses the Bible on which the great man iDok rhs
oath of initiation. The cbes, containing ,hrne'ks
and regalia of the Lodge was captured by the
Americans during the war and taken 10 Washing
ton, but when it was discovered what it contained,
it was Immediately sent back. II underwent 8
similar fate some years after, being taken by the
French at ST. Lucia. 1t was then carried to Pa
ris, and its contents being examined, was imme-
diately returned to the regiments by the French
authorities. We believe a detail Of these facts
with the dates and full particulars, is to be found
IN the FTeemason's Magazine Of a few years
back"
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is THERE TO BE A CHANGE?

This is the question asked US on every hand,
in relation TO the Secretary of the Navy. We
cannot answer the question farther than rumor
enables MS. which is equally open To all. The
Baltimore Patriot speaks of the retirement of Mr..
Bancroft, and the correspondent of the Sun, of
Friday merning has the following:
" Secretary Bancroft is getting better. He will
leave the Navy Department as soon as his health
10 re- established. II is said that his successor,
Judge Mason, will, when he takes charge, make
numerous changes among the Clerks"
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O

We have received information, on which we
place implicit reliance, that Commodore Sloat took
possession Of Monterey on the 9th July last. On
the 9th July, Commander John b. Montgomery.
of the Portsmouth, summoned the commandant of
Yerba Buena to surrender. What the result of
this summons was. we are not informed.
A few days previously to the 9th July, a de-
tachment from Col. Fremont's force took posses
sion of a frontier post called Sonoma 10 the north
of San francisco. Genera! Castro attempted to
~dislodge them; bot. after a slight skirmish and
the arrival of Col. Fremont in person, he, Castro,
retreated.
There appears to have been as much dissension
among the Californians before the arrival of Com
Sloat, as existed in other parts of Mexico. On
the 18th June a junta met at Santa Barbara, head
ed by Governor Pico, TO declare California indie
pendent which movement was met by a procla-
nation from the Commandant General Castro.
declaring martial law throughout the country
Union.
The New era. [volume] ([Portsmouth, Va.]) 1845-1847, 1846-09-05
A STURGEON IN HARNESS.

The New York Evening Post has the follow
ing " good one ."
a person who lived East of the Hudson, a lit
tie back of Tivoli, caught. last spring one Of these
fish, (Sturgeon) which weighed about l60 lbs
He carried it TO a large pond near his house, the
longest diameter Of which is about a mile, and
without taking it ont Of the net in which he had
caught il. the knotted part of the meshes closely
around it, and attaching them to a pair Of lines,
put the creature into The water. To the end Of
the lines ne had taken care TO attach a buoy, to
marx the place of the fish in the pond. He keeps
a snail boat, and when he has q mind to make q
WAFER excursion ne rows to the place where the
buoy is floating, ties the lines to the boat, and
pulling them so as to disturb the fish, is drawn
backward and forward with great rapidly over
the surface. The pond in its deepest parts, has
only about seven feet water, so that there is no
danger Of being submer0ed.O
The New era. [volume] ([Portsmouth, Va.]) 1845-1847, 1846-09-05
CLOCKS MADE nv STEFAN

Messrs. SPerry g. Shaw, Of New York, have
lately introduced machinery for the manufacture
Of brass clocks in that city. Until very recently
they have always been made in Connecticut or
Massachusetts. They have quite a large esiab-
lIshment, employing twenty FIVE men, and turn
ing out IN one day one hundred clocks in com
Ple'e order, bea%ulifuIIy finished. The wheels are
pressed ont OF sheet brass. In other words, a
large roll OF sheet brass is put into a heavy press;
alter a few twistings the brass comes ont in the
shape OF hnely finished wheels, at the rate Of ~
per minute. The motive power is a large steam
The New era. [volume] ([Portsmouth, Va.]) 1845-1847, 1846-09-05
T FROM YCCATAN.

Accounts to the 9Th Of August have been re.
ceiveo at Havana from Yucaian. There was A
,qmo',uous outbreak a few days previously at
Vailadolid. It was excited by an individual.
whose name is not given, who was anxious to gain
the seat occupied by Gov. Barbachano. The grito
or popular cry of the sedi,ion was Down with
the Taxes The insurgents obtained possession
OF the quarters of their troups. seized their arms
and were terrifying their position, but abandoned
II stralghtway upon learning of the approach Of
Col. Gambia at the head of 200 troops. They
Instantly retreated to Tixhualactum, two leapues
distant from ValIsdolid
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THE GIRARD

The manner In which the magnificent fund of
the %testator, Stephen Girard, intended for the
education of the orphan children of Pennsylvania.
has been shamefnlly squandered by the city of
Philadelphia, and the open and reckless violation
Of the will, by his Trustees, calls down the un
mitigated of every right thinking
individual and press in the country. The names
of those Trustees and every one connected with
the vile fraud that has been ~practised upon the
living and the dead, should be published at short
intervals. that the scorn they deserve might be
poured down upon them for all time to come.
The New York Sun in referring to the comple-
ton of the heather temple erected with that fund
in Philadelphia, INDUCES in the following caustic
report of what ought to have been said on the oc.
casion -
The GIRARD CoLLEGE.-The act of PLACING
the cap or finishing stone on the Girard College
was performed on Saturday afternoon, with i'm
posing ceremonies. One of the members of the
Philadelphia Common Council made an eloquent
speech, which was, or should haze been. some-
thing in the following style -" Stephen Girard.
who commenced life a poor boy and felt the want
of education, and the care which tender years re.
quired, amassed an immense fortune and died .leay.
Ing the greatest portion of his wealth TO the CITY of
Philadelphia, and a most munificent donation to
build a college for the maintenance and education
of orphan children. He directed by his will, that
the college should be a plain brick building, sur.
rounded by a high wall. But we, fellow citizens,
have construed brick into marble, and instead
of erecting a plain, substantial building, which
could have been completed and dedicated in three
years, we have taken sixteen years TO erect this
group of massive and costly buildings, with huted
columns, truncated pedestals, and a massive stone
wall, ten feet high, and an iron railing in addi-
ton. Mr.. Girard having no taste in these mat.
ters, we have anticipated him in that in which he
was deficient. We have expended all the money
and mortgaged the property for the balance. The
orphans have waited thirteen years for this boun-
ty, and must wait much longer, but we have en-
gagged and paid professors, and hope in a few
years more to throw open the doors, and let in
the wbite-headed countless children, who NAV
hereafter point TO the statue of their benefactor,
and say, there is the good man who intended to
make the city fathers the fathers of the orphan,
but they have proved but step fathers, in the in
yestment of his bounty : and now, fellow citizens,
having finished my remarks and placed the cap
stone on the College, let US partake of the splen-
did banquet prepared for this interesting occas;on -
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ELECTRO MAGNETIC POWER

The correspondent Of the New York Herald.
gives the following account of an experiment made
by a DR.. Page of the Patent Office, Of the Electro
Magnetic Power applied to the propulsion of a
boat through the water -
On Friday a number Of scientific men, and The
Mayor Of Washington, accepted of an invitation,
extended by DIR. Page, to witness his improvement
in an application Of electro magnetism to boats now
propelled by steam. The model was one horse
power, but the principle can be extended to a
thousand, with a like happy result. The exper-
lment was successful beyond a doubt. A few
years only must elapse before, instead of saying
steamboat we must repeat { electro boat or
magnetic boat Strange sounds, but we will
soon become familiar with them. Who can cal
culate the advantages Of this revolution ? Who
cannot see, at a glance, the comfort which will
inure to travel, and, what is of far more conse.
quence, the safety Of life2 The electro-magnet
will not explode, and blow up boats and passen.
gers. Instead of tons Of coal and cords Of wood,
to cross the ocean, a hogshead, or a barrel only Of
the acid will be required and this will be an i'm
mense saving Of money, and allow of room for
freight. Steam will have to become an exploded
system, and those deprived of employment by the
new motive power apply to Congress for pro-
lection. 1t 10 to be regretted that the exhibition
was not public bot it may be accounted for from
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HAYTI.

Late accounts from Hayti say that President
Richie was expected TO arrive at Port au Prince.
from Jacmel. about the Goth of August, when the
new Constitution would be proclaimed based m.
on the old one, with slight notifications. which
the President had promised that he will abide by.
Political affairs in Hayti, at the present time,
are IN a very tranquil state. The French govern
ment are on the most friendly erms with the
Haytiens, and will not acknowledge the indensn.
dence of the Dominicans.
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THE BOSTON POST.

This most excellent sterling democratic jour.
nal comes to us much enlarged in dimensions, and
1t that were possible, improved in talent, but we
can only say improved, because there is So much
more matter in it. 1t is now one of the most
valuable papers that come TO our office, and we
cannot but rejoice that there is one place where
democracy gives evidence of approaching the
labors of their oroan.
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THE GOLDEN RULE AND ODD Eel
LOWS FAMILY COMPANION.

We acknowledge the receipt, from the enter
prizing publisher. E. Winchester of New York, of
the Golden Rule and Odd Fellows Family Com
panion." 1t is issued in weekly numbers of IS
pages, at the very low price Of two dollars per
year. Each number is embellished with wood
cuts illustrative Of the principle tales, which are
we'll written and appropriate. To the "Odd
Fellow, ;" this work is invaluable, as a means Of
conveying Information to the brethren, of tho pro-
csedings of the different lodges in the Union
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THE GULF SQUADRON.

The steamer Princeton, frigates Potomac. and
Cumberland, sloops of war ST. Mary's and Fal-
mouth, briggs Truxtop, Porpoise and Somers. and
schooners Refer, Petrol and Boneta, were oil off
Vera Cruz the 10th Of August. The steamer
Mississippi. and frigate Raritan. had gone to Pen
sacola. The sloop John Adams was blockadiug
Tampico.
The New era. [volume] ([Portsmouth, Va.]) 1845-1847, 1846-09-05
SOUTHERN LITERARY MESSENGER

This interesting Southern Review, for Sep,em-
Der, came to hand in good sessou. The present
number contains a biographical sketch of the life
of Major William Cunningham. of South Carroll.
ma, a continuation of the interesting " Confirm.
tions to the History Of Virginia, " and several well
written original prose articles. and original poetry
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NAVAL.

The Revenue cutter Spencer, at Kensington,
Philadelphia, received a good deal of damage on
Wednesday, by her boiler falling upon her. The
Spencer was taken to Kensine ton to receive a new
boiler from Raney, Neafie & Co.'S establishment.
and the shears by which her old boiler was being
bolsted out, gave way, causing a crash.
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the fact ths, DR.. Page cannot take gu, a patent
tie is an Examiner in the Pa,en, office, and the
law Will not Permi, him to do so. His friends en-
deavored. at the last session of Congress. to have
a special act passed for his benefit. exemp,inp him
BILE effort.