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The daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1848-1851, 1848-06-12

PUMPS AND BATHING APPARATUS, &c.
T0HN MCCARTHY, Plumber. No. l34 Camp street 4
New Orleans, has Just received new and large sSa>
OF Brass Cocks, various sizes Force and Tim
Lift Pumps Beer Pumps, &c. Sc; Cooking Ranges; lAA
Bathing Tubs and Shower Baths Also, laying and repair
d Steamboat work promptly but up and repaifed All OF
des promptly attended to-
LIZ Charges moderate mh24 1y
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I
Thus itappcars from official documents, that
during four years ofour highest tarifI,-the tar
if of S2S-we took about halfas many goods
from Great Britain, and she took one hundred
times as much of our breadstuflS as she took du-
ring four years of our lowest tariff. Yet Mr.
Walker repeats, over and over again, that our
export Of breadsluiTs has always been greater
under low tariffs than under high tariffs, and
refers to Treasury tables to prove it Has
Mr. Walker looked at these reports Docs
he know what they contain He surely does
not, or he never would have vcntued upon
such statements as these. Here it is seen that,
in 1886. we took Sc, 900, 900 of dollars worth Of
goods from Great Britain, and she took l ,6S4
dollars worth Of breadstuils from us in pay
ment Yet Mr. Walker says in his Report OF
IS45, page ! 3, that we must take more Eng
lish goods, otherwise 'ihe increased sum Eng
land will have TO pay for our breadstufls We
will not take in manufactures, bnt only in spe
Gle, and not havingit TO spare, she brings down
even to a greater extent, our cotton" Eigh-
ty-six millions of British goods will not pay tor
1854 dollars worth of American breadstufls,
and the balance England will have to pay "in
specie, and not having it to spare" will bring
down the price of our cotton Is not this
'cool"-is it not wonderful?
But Mr.. Walker SAYS the farmers are par
ticularly benefited by free trade and low du
ties; the der farmers-'the toiling millions
the '.voters"-who control the affairs of Gov
eminent; these, he SAYS, are the men most
benefited. Benefited by what? BY import
ing, as in 1886, eighty-six millions Of dollars
worth of British breadstufs, raw materials and
labor combined in the form of British goods
in avcbapOe for one fhOusand six hundred and
eighty-four dollars worth of breadstrfls taken
from US! What makes foreign goods Agi-
cultural produce and labor nothing else. The
raw material and provisions constitute more
than half of the value of all foreign goods and
the balance of the price is made up of the wa
ges OF labor and profits of capital; these are
the elements, and the whole Of the elements
of price and this is, in fact, what the Ameri-
can farmer pays his money for when he buys
foreign goods-foreign agricultural produce,
and foreign labor-while American farmers
are left without market for their wood and
provisions, and their money sent to import it,
in the form of cloth and other articles, from a.
broad. Is this not true to the letter? Yet
this, we are told, is the policy to favor Anne
rican farmers Our learned Secretary Knows
very little of the character of American far
mers and mechanics if he thinks he can gull
them with such stuff as this
Mr. Walker talks much of breadstuiis- Ills
Report is stuffed with breadstutfs, 'dd nd"seGm'
He is endeavoring to mislead and deceive the
people on this subject; but he can't do IL II
was fact susceptible Of the clearest proof,
that from the day of our independence to the
present hour, we have imported twenty dollars
worth of breadstuffs in the form Of goods from
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II Mike Walsh, the well known editor of the
New York ~Suhtcrrsnean," is also a member Of
the House of Assembly. y few days since he
made the following speech, in asking leave of alb
scnce for a colleague. in consequence of the oc-
currcnce of an interesting event in said colleague
family 1t does not elevate ones IDEAS of legisla
tive dignity; but dignity and decorum are things
that Mike never studied very deeply. With grave
so!emnity, he arose and said;
Mr.. Speaker have to snnouncc TO the House
that last evening while at his boarding house, my
colleague Mr.. Titus had the fortune 10 receive a
most important communication by telegraph
While reading the note his countenance BETRAYED
strong emotions of joy. No May morning. re-
splendent with the SUMS horizontal beams, ever
shone more brightly than the face of my friend
The bystanders anXiously desired TO know what
had caused such excitement in his mind. Utter
ance was denied him. He thrust the note into his
pocket and went into back room. One of his
colleagues Mr.. Rodman is Il scientific man. and
gave it as his opinion that poor Mr.. Titus had
hcen too freely taking that eNhiiaratins and Won
derful LIQUOR choroform. But rs soon as the
state of his feelings would permit him 10 produce
the note from his brooches pocket, the mystery
was explained. We read and were satisfied. The
telegraph brought intelligence that Mrs. Titus had
presented her husband with an heir; and not an
heir ony but a boy; and not a boy only, but
Jine boy! The EMULATION of Napoleon when Ma
ria Louisa gave him a son to inherit his empire
and his renown was tame when compared with
that of Mr.. Titus AS soon as he could command
his faculties he called for his champagne and Sc
gars. Official dignity was thrown aside. Our
friend was longer Mr. Titus the legislator, but
Mr.. Titus the father of a boy Taking kindly
leave of his friends, and rendering his heartfelt
thanks to all who could be supposed TO have con-
tributed in any way to so suspicious event, he
departed in last nights cars to see his happy
spouse and infant heir. ask leave of absence for
him of ten days"
1t is needless to say that leave was granted a.
mid roars of laughter.
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CONVERSION OF REV. JEDEDIAH
BUSHNELL.

At the age of %, Mr. Bushnell was devoted to
the world in the business ola tanner, when stran-
ger called at his bark-shop to inquire the way.
After receiving the desired information and turn
ing 10 pursue his journey, the stranger still lin
gered, and inquired of Mr.. Bushnell whether he
was in 'the way" of life, dropped few words
with deep seriousness, and with countenance
and tone indicating an affectionate concern for
his salvation. added these lines of Watts:
"Sinners, awake betimes; We fools, be wise;
Awake, before the dreadful morning rise;
Change your vain thoughts, your crooked ways
amend,
Fly to the Saviour, make the Judge your friend"
Mr. Bushnell was brought TO cherish entirely
new views of himself as sinner, andto repose his
confidence for salvation wholly in the merits Of
the Redeemer; and soon had great desire to
become messenger of salvation to Others. He
entered on a course of collegiate and theological
study, became useful missionary in the new set
Elements, then, for long term ofyears. success
nj pastor. snd finished his course" with joy.
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They were merely suspended, not repealed,
during the famine; and now, when the famine
is over, and Mr. Walker is caught in Sir Rob
ert Peel's trap, the corn laws 90 into full eff.
feet on the first day of March next, and then
exports cease, the revenue falls off, and Mr.
Walker will have to appeal to US to restore
the tariff of 1912, to replenish his empty sub
treasury, and feed his starving armies and off
GERS, civil and military, at home and abroad.
Referring again to the low tariff period,
from 1888 to 1912, under the compromise bill
and the high tariff period, from 1917 to 1882,
the Secretary says "the average exports OF
breadStufis and provisions were much larger
in the years of low, compared with high duties !"
Indeed, he repeats this over and over again,
that the "export of breadstuffs and provisions
was much greater under low than high duties"
which he says 1.-THE Tables of the Treasurer
clearly prOre." Now, propo Sc to examine
some of these tables, and will ''clearly prove by
them" Just the reverse of the Secretary's po-
sition, to an extent that will astonish the Sec
rotary himself, if he can be astonished at any
thing. / will show that, during four years OF
the period referred to, under the tariff of 1928,
the highest tariff we ever had, We actually ex-
ported to Great Britain more than one hun
dred times as much brcadstuffs and provisions
as we did during four years under the low du-
ties of the compromise bill.
Mr.. Holmes said, you mean, l presume,
one hundred per cent not one hundred times
more.
1 mean, (said Mr.. ST. what say, one hun
dred times more.
Mr.. Iolmes-Please give me the facts.
Mr.. 81 WILL and want you to take them
down-examine them at your leisure, and dis
prove them ifyou can; here are the facts ia
ken from the annual Treasury Reports OH
Commerce and Navigation" carefully revi-
sed by an officer of this House. | refer to
Great Britain, not only because she is our prin-
cipal customer, but because Mr.. Walker has
referred particularly to Our exports Of bread
stuiis to England, and says, we must take more
of her goods, or "she will have to pay specie
for our breadstufls, and not having it to spare,
she will reduce the price of cotton" But here
is the table which he would give to the gentle
man from S. Carolina, MIR. Holmes,) for Lis
special attention.
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S297,S42,211
214,SS5,S53

Difference in favor of
high tariff in 10 years, T SS2,95G,95s
Loss of revenue, in ten years, under the low
tariff, SIS, 1885, 35 per annuml
THE COMPARATIVE EFFECTS OF HIGH AND
LOW TARIFFS on EXPORTS AND IMPORTS
BALANCE OF TRADE, sc.
The Secretary here affirms that the balance
of trade is always in our favor under low
tariff; that our exports exceed our imports, and
that the exports of breadstuffs and provisions
are especially increased, Now ] say that, de-
Quoting the imports during the ten years of
high tariffs, selected by the Secretary for COM
parison, from the imports during the ten years
of low tariffs, and it will appear that the bal
ance against the country under the low tariff
was S4O1 1916, O76-equal to S40,197,607 a
wear; and, deducting during each period the
goods re-exported, the balance against the
country would be increased to the sum of
1923. 455,7 24. And how had it been paid !?
Bv two hundred millions of state bonds sent to
Europe to pay for goods, a mercantile debt OF
nearly an equal amount, resulting at the end
of the low duty period, in 1910, II, and '42,
in reputation and bankruptcy, State, national
and individual, throughout the land Yet we
The Middlebury galaxy. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1848-1850, 1848-03-07
WE ARE GROWING OLD.

BY FRANCES BROWNE.
We are growing old-how the thought will ris
When glance is backward cast
On some long Remembered spot, that lies
In the silence of the past
1t may be the shrine of our early vows,
Or the tomb of early tears;
BUTT seems like far off isle to Us,
In the stormy SEA of years.
Oh! wide and wild are the waves that part
Our steps from its greenness now
And We miss the JOY of many heart,
And the light of many brow
For deep DER many stately bark
Have the whelming pillows rolrd
That steerd with US from that early mark
Oh friends. we are growing old
Old in the dimness and the dust
Of our daily tolls and cares,
Old in the wrecks of love and trust
Which our burdend memory bears,
Each form may wear to the passing gaze
The bloom of life's freshness yet,
And beams may brighten our latter days
Which the morning never met.
But oh the changes we have seen
In the far and winding way
The graves in our path that have grown green,
And the locks that have grown gray!
The winters still on our own may spare
The sable or the gold;
But VIC saw their SHOWS upon brighter hair
And, friends, VIC are growing old!
We have gained the worlds cold wisdom now,
We have lcarn'd to pause and fear
But where arc the living founts, whose flow
Was joy of heart to hear ?
We have won the wealth of many 4 cline,
And the lore of many page
But where is the hope that saw in Time
But its boundless heritage
viii it come again when the violet wakes,
And the woods their youth renew!-
We have stood in the light of sunny brakes,
Where the bloom was deep and blue;
And our souls might JOY in the spring-time ther
But the JOY was faint and cold
For it ne'cr could give us the youth again
OF the hearts that are growing old.
tLondon Athenaum.)
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are told by the President and Secretary that
low duties produce prosperity, national and in
dividual, and especially the prosperity Of the
farmers and laborers-of the ''toiling millions, -
"the voters"-those who control the policy and
measures of Government. Yes, sir, these are
the very men they would thus deceive and ru-
in. Here are the tables of exports and imports
taken from Mr.. Walkers annual Report on
the Finances, dated Sd December, 1915, page
956:
Imports in ten years under low tariff or COM
promise bill.
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DELIVERED IN THE HOUSE OF REPREsEN-
TATIvEs, JANUARY IL, 1848.
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S214,sS5,s53
Revenue for ten years, under the high tariffs
of 1924, 1928, and 1912.
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JUSTUS COBB, PRINTER,

FL WHOM ALL Kinds OF BOOK AND JOB PRINT
ING WILL BE EXECUTED ON
SHORT NOTICE.
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SPEECH OF
MR.. A. STEWART.
OF PENNSYLVANIA,

OF PENNSYLVANIA,
IN REVIEW OF THE
FREE-TRADE DOCTRINES CONTAIN
ED IN MR.. WALKERS AN
NUAL REPORT ON
THE FINANCES.
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Fl. BELL,
HDIToR AND PROPRIETOR.
TERMS OF VOLUME XII.

Village subscribers, $500
Mail subscribers, within the State, sl,50
If not paid within the year, Sl,75
Mail subscribers out of the State, $500
individuals and Companies who take at the office,
$3.50, or Sl,75 if not paid within the year.
Those who take of Postriders, $500
If not paid at the end of tbs year, S2.25
No papers discontinued until arrearages are
paid, except at the option of the proprietor. No
contract with, or payment made 10 Carriers, cash,
keeping, or otherwise, allowed except assentcd to
by the proprietor.
All communications must be addressed to the
editor Posr PAID.
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S924,5S7, $50
Excess of imports in ten years of low tariff
S4O1,0OO,O0O. Equal to forty millions
year against the country.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1848-06-19

neral Pedro Acsntars Herran, Envoy Extraordinary
and Minister Plenpotentiary of the republic Of New
Granada on the part Of their respective
Now, therefore, be it known, that /, James X Polk,
President of the United States Of America have caused
the said treaty and additional article to be made pub
lie, to the end that the may DO observed and full
citizens thereof
In witness whereof have hereunto set my hand
r. 81 and caused the seal of the United States to be
Done at the city Of Washington this twelfth day of
June, in the year Of Lord thousand eight hun
dred and eight and in the seventy year
Of the Independence of the United States
By the President: JAMES X. POLK.
JAMES BUCHANAN, Secretary of State.
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Price Two Cents.

1t only remains to add to this hasty sketch Of the
exterior Of this city that its population near
judge from observaton-ths only means OF form
Ing estimate in the nts to about eight or
nine thousand. The city Is said to have NUMBERED
about thirty thousand inhabitants in the day of its
prosperity.
Here will close the present communic alton. intend
ing in future ones, to give account of this
public-the condition Of the country politically and
othsrwisethe character, manners and Of its
peope-and any other details which my Observa ito
may suggest and which deem Of character to ints-
rest your readers. CH.LEBS
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b. A. BIDLACK.
NJ NJ MAI All

And whereas the said treaty and additional article
have been duly ratified both parts and the respec
tive Publications of the exchanged at Wash
ington on the tenth day Of June thousand eight
tary Of State Of the United States Of America and Ge
Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1848-04-20

Geailensea--l hope that need no, pret,co a.;
dress with an apology, when inform Van ~. ~
following y he tribute OF lively .."' sie
sions Of bleeding heart humby osIsp, =, KS emu
nc IN honor OF name, the late inpen;nrs AL p uo
ed DIR. MICHAEL A. FINLEY Of Wiamsna,s NV sFoV-
ington County, Md. man wboss ,,a,a !" ASH
abilities did honor 10 his profession, and whose
lar virtues dignihed human natureopa q s ssisu-
breast glowed every tender affection 10 enaa. ~ h
band father, brother and every generous anS az nus
principle 10 adorn the friend u SOCIAL
Though fosiered BY his hand and warmed VII. a
remembrance Of his virtues, Young and incomna,. 'is
how vain were the attempt to delineate so excao.'
character in It's true colors! How vain, Il 49,,
the feelings OF that heart which never knew a
that it did not pity, and plying relieve This ~ ~
il is possbie) must be the work of some ahDe, ~.
suffice il for noe TO acknowede and lament mv ,n.
ty for task that my heart prompts me To- A. H. ~
sad tribute TO my exalted friendA Israeli,s 49,
in whom there is no guile And though mar.
may suppose tha; in having said this have ac,p;sa
myself 10 his much loved honored shade not spnno
sing that friendship reaches farther than the pr,rs
and that after death we can have no obliga,ions = A.,
I'll, few being susceptible OF friendship or the dead
But, Gas celebrated writer expresses IT, no,wi,bs,.n
ding that the noblest funeral soemny is the Tears ~
vruous friends, and their hearts the noblest Of senn
chres, yet the living friends must not SUPPOSE H.,
those tears (shed much for himself as for The de-
ceased,) acqui, him Of his vows. No, there ar.
duties yet remaining 10 his remembrance to his fame
his honor and his family. He should live in our
hearts by the warmes sentiments ofgratude and hon
or, in our mouths by his praises, and in our memory
BY our conduct and the imitation Of bis virtues.
Cedar Grove, Berkeley County, Va III.
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STILL LArrR.

The ship Chrisiiana. from Vera Cruz. with dates
10 the 3D. and the u. S. steamer Washington from
the same port with dates 10 the 4h arrived at New
Orleans on the 18Th inst The dates from the CITY oil
Mexico the 30th bringing four additional DAYS
proceedings Of the Court of Inquiry but they are en-
tIrely too long for teegraphic report
Gen. Scott had impeached the testimony ofPaymas-
ter Burns, witness for the defence.
The opinion was general among Mexican citizens
Of the first class that the Mexican Congress dare not
raufy the treaty, in the form in which il was sent
TO the United States
Lieut. John Smith, of the American Army, desert
ed from Vera Cruz the 30th, taking with him sew
en- men belonging 10 his company he offered his ser
vices 10 Zenoba, the Guerilla chief, who kept them
prisoners, and sent word to Col Wilson The latter
sent out armed escort for Them and they were car
ried back TO Vera Cruz 10 await their trial as deser-
ters.
The Free American is indignant al the Mexican
authorities for the manner in which matters have been
conducted since the city of Vera Cruz has been hand
ed over TO them by the Americans
Parades has attempted TO create revolution al San
LUIS Potosi He is said to have been arrested BY the
Mexican authorities.
The schooner Falcon arrived nj ~ Orleans on the
l2th from Campeachy, bring ndvices 10 the Sd inst
The insurecton by the Indians has rendered the con-
don OF Yucatan truly dreadful. Every town and
ranchero has been destroyed by fire, communicated by
the insurgents and the inhabitants were fleeing to the
Northern coast for safety--their condition being pta
BILE in the extreme. The Indian force is varously es-
tmated at from thirty 10 fifty thousand.
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GRAND LODGE OF ODD FELLOWS.

The following officers have been elected for the en-
suing term by the r. w. Grand Lodge of Virginia,
|. O. 0. F., at its annual communication, commenc-
ing on the 10Th inst
p. ID. G. NJ Israel Robinson, G. NJ
p. G.. Edward S. Hough, ID. G. M.
p. q. David III. Read, q. Secretary.
p. G. NJ John d. Graft, G.. Treasurer.
P. g. Robt. Turner G.. Warden.
p G. Richards on, c. Chaplain.
The Grand Lodge elected for their Representatives
to the r. w. Grand Lodge Of the United States. P.
G. M. Ed. C. Robinson, and p. G. William l.. Boak,
We understand that The Grand Lodge have had a
most harmonious and interesting session, and that the
Order has increased beyond precedent during the past
year-Rich. Enquirer.
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prranruar or mrssroNAnrn..

The American Missionary Association have lust
sent two missionaries to Kaw Mend, Yves, Africa
Rev. Geo. Thompson and Mr. A. J. Carter, both OF
them al some time members of the Mission institute.
Quincy. Illinois, sailed from this city in the bark Ado
rio, Saturday last. They took with them printing
press and materials FOR publishing books and tracts al
the mission.
This mission has BEEN under the immediate care OF
Rev. w. Raymond, whose death was noticed some
time since in paper. AT The time of his death
there were about hundred scholars the Mission
School, some OF whom have made good proficiency in
reading and other studies. We understand that the
Committee Of the Association intend 10 strengthen the
mission still farther, and 10 prosecute the enterprise
so happily commonwealth r. Tribune
Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1848-04-20
ALARMING 1Nrn1I1cpNcE..

Under this head the Philadelphia Bulletin announ-
ces that the total number Of young gentlemen who
have received Diplomas from the different medical
colleges of Philadelphia, at the session of lS47S is
4l9. or these, there were Of the University, ia,
Jefferson, u.s. Pennsylvania, 40, Franklin, 10, Phil
adelpha, IL.
The Bulletin adds that the State of Virginia has the
largest number of the graduates in both the University
and Jefferson and Pennsylvania the next largest
number. 'In the Pennsylvania, Franklin and cole
ges, The State Of Pennsy vania furnishes the largest
number. OF the total number, Pennsylvania comes
in for the largest number, and Virginia next Out OF
Pennsylvania, the South and Southwestern States are
the greatest contributors. The British Provinces,
Europe, the West Indies, and even far distant Asia,
are contributors, besides the whole Of our own Union
Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1848-04-20
q young Girl charged uah poisoning her Mother.

Susan Kane, who has completed her fourteenth
year yesterday. in the afternoon committed to Jail
upon the verdict of coroners inquest finding that
she had administered poison TO her mother Mrs Ma
ry Pinkeron whereof she died on Saturday evening.
at her residence of street and Harrison
avenue II proved that she purchased arsenic on
Friday ana Saturday for the purpose she said ofkll
had put some in her mothers food on the DAYS nam
ed Her mother had lately reproved her sharply for
being out of evenings. Coroner Pratt held an inquest
yesterday, and the result of post mortem examna-
ton, showing the presence ofihe poison in the stom-
ash, were testified to--Boston Post Of Monday.