The Charlotte journal., 1848-03-23
ROW 1T WORKS

"hile tue iinpor,aiions oi foreign mer.
chandize are 50 gre1i as to yield, with u
tarili oi ~ per cent, a revenue, in one
quarter, Of $4,000, 900, and while the
eSporiation of bullion TO meet the enor.
nous demands necessarily arising from
such an excess Of imports, is so large +,
To irIghicn the merchants on the other
side OF HE water, our home interests are
already beg nnlng 10 feel the effects Of de.
in"cfatic wisdom and democratic Iegsla.
ilon. The Philadelphia North Amsrcan
oi the 23J, published notice sipned by
the principal IRON masters of Prnns, Iva
MA, 1t Cunsru'ioD 10 be held ~ Harm.
burg On the 22d al next monib (Narch, J
to Consider The present distress al those en-.
gagged 10 ihut business. This distress they
ascflbe expressly To the taffi' Of '46, aud
say thai when the pfice is high abroad,
the tafi,i increases the duty on impaired
iron three dollars u ton for every advance
ot ten dullars, aud no protection IS wanted
and when iAe piice is how, dinlni,hes the
duty three dollars for every fall Of ten dol.
lars. Or 10 pher words, encourages the
domestic article by an extra duty when M
cncouragem"n IS required; bal when pri
ces az. ru, ou>ly low. invites the inpor,a
lion ot The iofeign ariicle by diminishing
the protection on the Aamrtcau.'
The signers then proceed to stale il a,
well known fact thit owing 10 he fall il
the price Of iron IN England, orders "iol
Engli-h rails To the aurun, of fire m'ii'oni
of doliars are gone abroad from the East
ern States alunr."
In New York, the grea, iron house o
Murdoch, Lea,i,i h ca. taiied shori lin,
since. ley were agents OF the Mon
tour works. Blush cnttun goods have =,
u i'o'led The country under the tariff oi '46
that The cotton t,ciory al Augusta Ne. wa
obliged 10 stop, AID The larges, aud hes
managed mills IL. lowell have lost uouey
entirely wasted their surplus and reduce
the wages # lh-f hands. The brs, mill
oi Newbur, port b we made nn dividends
the largest priHi works nf New Englan
have failed the + Il river works ar
closed IA numhfr Of failures 10 The irn
bnsiuess have occurred IN Worcester Ma.
sachu.etis 10 fine, the whuIe mauuiaclu
ri0g interest IL the great manufacturing
Safes is threatened with tnin.
How long viii TIE coun'ry stand this
state o! Wings ?-Richmoad Wig
! A KIDNAPPING CASE.
% Ffida, las, a maa whrss name
supposed 10 bs Elisha kirkman, arrive
, here by way of The Rail Road, in2ir
with him y black boy, ii .r is years
nge, whom he represented tn be his siav
The next day he sold the bay fnr 1925,
Mr.. X q. Grant, of this town, giving III
usual ~srranlee little To him, and signin
the bull Of sale John Parker. Soon afe
the purchase was made aud a check {,
the amoun, had been gwen, Mr.. Gra
: questioned the boy as 10 where he can
from, &C., when the boy declared he W
fec, aud gave thus account q. hImse!:
That his name is Edward Bailey, and is
native OF Guiifnrd county, N this Stat
.-i'oSa has father. s..i..=es aan,e as Sanpu
: Bailey, and is a hricklayer by trade, no
lives. That The County Court 0: Guiiior'
some 4 or 3 months since, bonnd him u,
II, II years of aye TO one Alvin or Aiy
kTkman. That the man who brought hi,
here is the brother Of The man to whoI
he was bound. and that he bought his Oh
hoy's) time from his brother, with tw
horses and few dollars 10 money. Tha
r after he got him into possession, he bro
him down the country, travelling with
horse. wagon, pretending that he was goin
in the sea.shore Ia get load Of oysters
That after they struck the Rail Road
: somewhere near Rocky Muuni, KiTkma'
threatened his life If he said olheruis'
than lha, he was his slave. and leaving ,h,
wagon, they Game on here IN the cars
kukman selling him as above mentioned
After heaIing this statement, Mr.. Gian,
went IN pursuit uf krkman, aud demand
ed 10 have the check which he had given
him for the hay returned. He returned
( II rendilv. MIR. e. then got out n process
for his apprehension. H. ives arrested as
he was going ou board ons of the Charles.
ton steamers. To lake passage on h~r, and
committed To jill. He now acknowl.
edges that The bny is free. On Monday
he was examined before Justices Nichols
aud Peden, and in default of bail, was re.
m,nded 10 j,,i, Ia siafd trial before The
Superior Court of New Hanover county.
-IPilmiaeion Chronicle