New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1848-02-25

affords me the most grateful satisfaction loieeit ha
the curtain of Peace must ere long fall upon this
bloody rsgedy-thst its potiers, promP'ers ana
scene shilters. reeking with disgrace blood ana
ipfalny. will soon be consigned To the righteous
retribution that inevitably awaits them The
whole community are satisfied with blood, and the
universal cry at the South is Peace GIVE Us
Peace The Presideu, and his Warhatching- Cab
met are fairly supersnnu sted in their puere JOdg
men, Of estimated capital to be gained by an IN
HOLY War Of Conquest. They may not
Wade through Slaughter 10 thrsne,
And ,5ut the gates Of mercy on mankind.
The lsst lingering nope Of such award OF .heir
infamv has deserted them and they must besr into
disgraseful retirement only trophies Of blood non
"a of sacked cities de.olated homes, widowed
,,;yss and murdered women and children. An
ola and obscure poet (MsIetl forms correct est
mate Of their true position. and ! will quote him
d. When those whom Heaven distinguishes Ger the
Asd slower. rrofase.y power and 'pleudor on them.
Whatever the expanded heart can wi'h-when lh1y'
Aecsntins the reward. elect the duty,
or worse. pervert those gifts 10 deeds Of ruin
IL there wretch they rule 80 Base IS they
Guilty At once. Of sscrilese 10 Heaven,
And II peftdious robbery 10 Man.
But, says Shakespeare very charitably
iseruelty to load falling man
Therefore [ leave them. Ii is necessary Tor a
man to travel to witness the misery and devssta-
ton caused by this wicked Wsr. You may LOOK
upon many desoate family circles deprived oil their
head widowed wives struggling with penury ana
orphans cast upon the world without n protector
| Nos, of those whom the brand and bal nave
SHARED are so wrecked in constitution as to render
Them firever useless 70 themselves and burdens
upon their friends or society IL u common ssh'
on the Levees nj New Orleans to witness the cast
oil victims from the crippled else ssed nome
less and destitute after having spent the plttshce
granted them for travel begging ~ VAN ior pass
sye n their homes, and even Tor daily ioOd.
Hundreds perish by the way and on the ROAD
q. ;de from hunger debility and exposure. do
not sneak M random. From the section IN whlcn
date NV letter. five discharged soldiers nave aleu
within the last nine day s-men who enhsteu III
Cant Kellvs Florida regiment; two more nave
AGA AZ Pensacola on their return home, and others
are expected 10 die another on board vessel
eomipg M the Blackwater, and another at Milton.
These were men, too who had been turned away
from the over crowded hospital at Vera Cruz and
have some OF their discharge papers before me
"a confrmatory evidence. | witnessed funeral
procession in Milton OF young man but II years
Of age. who had escaped the chances OF battle,
and had come home u die. Had been summoned
on a Coroners Jury in his case, ] would have
unhesitatinev rendered a verdict OF murder by
acts OF Polk aud his abettors This youth. too was
turned away from the charnelhOuse at Vera Cruz,
while almost too weak 10 stand. much less 70 bear
the fatigues Of a severe Journey home. This IS
the grateful reward Of the State 10 the common
soldier while the tones Of an officer must cost thou
sands "to pillow in ssrcophagus,' some thousand
miles away from the field OF his glory. Surely the
tones Of an officer are accounted OF more worth
than the life OF soldier.
There is a general stagnation 10 all departments
10. sfpfa frr
Sonth. There are now nearly 400 vessels y ing
idle At New Orleans awaiting anxiously some
movement in freights. The numbers are proper.
tonallv large at Mobile and Apaschlcola as well
as all other Southern shipping ports. There IS a
very large proportion OF Florida Cotton ~itnheld
from the market and small Planters bring only so
much in AZ will suffice 70 keep them IN the actual
necessaries of life until a change IN the market
value shall enable them 10 realize better prices.
National RffOrn is received very warmly here,
and meets with universal favor from the andless In
the towns as well AS the pioneer settlers who exPe'
Renee the injustice OF grasping non occupy lrg spec
ust0rs holding the best lands IN the state thereby
retardng emigration and brclng the honest toler 10
take 10 with poor land far removed from neIghbors.
school dist, cts or markets. There are 10 DC sold
in this State ia a few days 4ji JO7 acres public
lands being part OF the batch OF nearly Six Million
acres advertised in the UHiOR the proceeds OF
which are required 10 furnish the banquet % btood
in Mexico. These lands will nearly all iall
into the hands OF speculators and ! am using
this fact with convincing force to sho" the
palpable necessity of guarding in future against
farther encroachments from these devourers, by
opening these lands for the free and ercStre use Of
actual settlers 0AlV and have forwarded petition
10 that purpose to Mr. Cabel the Representative
from this District at w ashiDgton, signed by over
100 citizens. and expect to forward several others
from Florida and Louisiana before the close OF the
present Session OF Congress. Florida presents
glorious harvest field for National Reform The
prosperity and future well-being Of the State de
mands an influx OF immigrants % enable her 10 de-
veOp her resources and establIsn common schools
throughout her very sparsely populated settle
ments and the presence OF tna non-improYing and
non producing speculation, snothers the wealth
retards the growth aud cripplos the energies OF
thrifty little State, populated toy hard.toiling and
industrious yeomanry.
With gratitude TO the good Samaritans OF the
world wronged aud outcEst criminal, chronicle
another OF the thousand noble and truly Christian
acts of your New York Prison Association. the
history OF this case reveals the most gianng act OF
wrong and injustice ever perpetrated upon De
ienceless victim, and brings to light the want0n
neglect OF duty on the part OF Government
IL is the case OF man now incarcerated IN
the City Prison at Pensacola, chained 10 the
floor IN solitary cell He was arrested on sus-
picion Of Mail Robbery, on the evidence OF only
one witness and has now been in close confinement
for nearly three gears, awaiting trial protesting
bis innocence, and demanding a hearing. He is
quite an intelligent man, and had hitherto borne a
good character. A member OF your Prison Asso-
citation mas lately paid an angelvis Of mercy to
his lone cell, and promised 10 beirlend him-which
promise will be faithfully redeemed Some citizens
OF Pensacola have threatened 10 hberate MIN by
force should toe next U. :. Circuit. ColrE pass him
over Is II not cruelty unjust that while thou' auds
are being expended IN tarcica COur. Martial over
an upstart officer jealous OF honor, private citi
zen, as yet innocent before the aw should suffer
three years incarceration without even obtaining
ahearingl But Corporations have no souls mel
ther have the time serving minions Of Government
who S basely neglect their duty toward helpless,
chained victim, whose voice may not be raised
against them from out his desolste prison cell.
Richard p. Robinson, OF Ellen Jewett memory,
every one must remember him-I am convinced
in my own mind has chosen a last resting
place here in County West Florida.
young man bearing his name, died there no. long
since. He kept small drug store, and was very
recluse 10 his habits, s.udousy avoiding all men
tion OF bis home friends. After his decesse, his
little stock Of medicines were divided among the
county ppOulp as there was no claimant for Thorn