Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1847-03-09
,r,.u,,ay Morning, March - To- :
ao,,yruY RUINED7

;n1,srrial and productive pufsunS -
all ''ie NM. .,,,r,I commercial, manufacturing
,n.cbanical, has put 10 shame 'ne wv
anI o,;,;c;ans and their once NOISY CUCKOO
""e ..r,;r" are hushed amidst The universal
NV .,s;,ess True, here and there, We hear
wsak sickly complaint from some distant COT
-, ~ ,he Iand-and our eyes were Struck WIN
gloomy mole from Wing meeting in Logan
emmy Henry Farley in The Chair, which noml-
n,,ed william Ballard Preston as The Wing
candidate for Congress- These Wings Of Logan
lied on by Farley, whom our readers "ll well
recall 10 mind as elected rs 4 Democrat bur al
WAYS voting with the Whis> under The tender
guardianship OF certain Wing leaders, seriously
declare that "by destroying The Tariff oi IL, and
passing the British Tarifiof 1916, deatt 81 u IS
struck 10 our feeble American manufactures;
leaving the whole competition between our rich
monopolisls and his foreign competitor, which,
while il will not lesson the price Of goods, will
dsprre Thousands ot honest pan 81 employment
deyange The currency 81 tte country, and destroy
our safest and most reliable market our home
market"
We do moi know he extent Of the manulac-
lures in Logan, 10 which "deah blow : struck
but in every other quarter Of the country we heal
OF the remarkable prosperity OF manufacturers
and OF a sound, instead of "deransed' currency.
The New York Evening Post says
"The Eastern m-owners have found the phi
osopher's stone; everything they touch turn. INTO
gold In spite OF The new larlff, every Ievoiu-
lion Of lheil spindles brings money into Their col.
fers. The great town OF Lowell is sending ou
of shools along The Merrimack; new towns sprous
from her side, like bulbs from the root OF The hya-
cnth or an onion"
Here, not only The old establishments are progress
sing with success, but new enterprises are daiiy
Swinging into existence In Georgetown, D. o.
new cotton factory has just gone into operation;
and in Alexandra al meeting 10 lake INTO ooh
sheraton the establishment OF cotton factory,
Henry Dan.eifeld, Esq, in the Chair, s40. 600
were al once subscribed for that purpose.
The Boston Traveller has the following very
,;enincan U0of OF the "tealh blow" struck by
The Tariff al 1876:
"MaKiNo HASTE To GET RlcHER-Murh has
been sa III ul The rapidly with which The new cliy
Of Lawrence, or hleIImac, is progressing. But
We were nul aware, until recently, thai The WORK
was continued even on Sundays. We are IN
| formed, however, that on The mills some iorly 81
hiy hands are kept 4, work during Sunday
Here il another remarkable evidence Of The
prosperity Of the iron trade, so important I" VII
GINA, even under The operation Of the new Ia
riff. We find ii in the Wing Baltimore Paifiot
Y1THE IaoN TRADE.lt is gratifying u no.
ice The steady progress and prosperous Condition
~ this branch OF our domestic industry, which
bids fair To rival, in lis Importance 10 The pros
periiy OF this country, almost every DINER IN lhe
isl OF American enterprise recently developed.
But a lew years since, we were almost wholly
dependant on iuIeisn countries or tins atllcle III
lis various toms, !or railroads, naIls, bai non,
horse shoe. SO. bu; he skill and enterprise oi
mis- cnun,.y has hratr,i this state 81 ihnas, and
our pIr.rnl supplies ase drawn chiefly nom our
own resources Commercially and politically
This is great triumph oi American genius. and
distributes millions ofdoars annually To onI own
Pig iron, al The present Prices IN Europe. can
nul lie imported 10 pay profit, and The demand
Al home, which must continue Tor long time,
v III prevent any ciminuinn OF price IN his coun-
lry b. foreign competitions; in the meantime we
ar pleased Ia observe the ACTIVITY h-ir, IN devel-
opino The rcsonIces 81 cur mineral districts, by
HE creation Of furnaces, rolling mills, &c, and
perhaps no business OF This country may be SAID
To he in a more prosperous and steady condition
al this time.
We noIced few days since, furnaces erected
in Georgetown, ID. c., not yet IN operation,
which come nearer our views, as IL location and
beautiful construction than any we have yet seen.
These furnaces will receive supply OF wafer
from the canal, on which, as well as the Poto-
mac, will be transported the ore and fuel, al very
low prices, besides The advantage Of shipping the
- a. f,r,a - 10
drawing from Ia To i6 feet Of water. These ur-
naces mus, add greatly 10 the prosperity OF
Georgetown ant we wish The enlerprisng pro-
ieclor all the prosperity he so richly deserves 3
gut the most gratifying circumstance that we
have seen. is the fact that the Democracy Of Penn.
sylyana, the great Coal and Iron State, and there,
fore supposed 10 be welded 10 the high Tariff Of
ls42 has come out maniully, and endorsed lhe
value Of the Tariff vi 1886. Under the "panic'
cry OF the Wings, the Pennsylvania Democrats
failed 10 come 10 The support oil the revenue-po-
licy OF the Administration but time and ex-
nerience have demonstrated the absurdity Of those
predictions, and on this as we'll az on other great
uuesliuns. The Democracy OF Pennsylvania will
hereafter be true 10 The principles Of The Republi-
can party Where, then, is 10 be found the
+ "dealh-blow" stuck al American manufactures
II il not TO be seen in the workshops and iaco-
ries of New Engand-nor in The coal and iron
mines of Pennsylvania; because The lse Demo
cratic Convention Of The Keystone Stale has
adopted the following resolutions
aResolved, That the increased rosfeTty and
power OF our great country, The result 81 her Tree
institutions and The faithful administrator ol the
cove nment, are satisfactory evidences Iha, tht
accustomed war-cry oi our opponents as 10 The
ruin 10 he accomplished by The Iarif Of ls4h
will Tail TO have any other effect Than 10 excite
feeling Of riJcule towards The authors Of lhest
spnseess predictions. Our farming, maantaciu
r,np and other industrial interests III The high
est state Of prosperity a1d are MT in7wioIsiy al
feeted By he operations n The present Iar.D"
The New York Herald conta ins detailed pro
efamme oi the contemplated auack upon Vers
Cruz by land and 10y water. II states, that lh'
troops will all rendezvous on l.obos Island
which is only $ miles from the main shore, an1
whence Gen. Scott will march Immediately 10 III,
city OF Vera Cruz, which, by preconcered ar
rangemen, between him and Commodore Perry
I will be simultaneously attacked By The army an,
navy. The line-ol-baltle ship Ohio, which will
the sloop.of-war Decatur sailed from Norfolk o.
!; the Isl, will not so in sight OF Vera Cruz unit
!. the morning OF the day (20lh March. when Gen
: Scott will attack that city.
Between Gen. Scott and Com. Perry, wh
. will relieve Com. Conner, signals have been ar
, ranged that will enable Com. Perry 10 know tn
precise day or hour that he will commence iii
attack on the city. Com. Perry will immediate
: IL communicate by means Of the DECATUR or on
of the small steamers, 10 The Ohio, The comman
der,ot which will govern himself accordingly
: The moment iha. Gen. Scot commences To al
tack The city, the whole fleet will play on the cas-
1 lie, for the purpose oi preventing ine garrison
= from acting in concer; with the MeIlcans in We
ra Cruz In this manner il is supposed that holi
> The city and The castle will be taken in a shor
i time"
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