The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1853-11-24
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" become reconciled to the Small Our boast
ing and yaporing have cOurtcd reaction, and
we are beginning to reap the only full harvest
in the country, the excess OF discomfort 20
i5olishly provoked
As yet, the most essential concern into which
this element has entered is the ominous rupture
between Capital and Labor called Strikes"
pregnant a. PandOra's box with every i'll for
commercial community, and with u very
. gmy Hope to remain at the bottom, till
long transition through losses and disasters
has been experienced From thirty to fifty
thousand workmen have turned out for an ad-
vance Of wages and, to meet this demand,
number of the greatest manufacturers have
closed their mills declaring that their profits
do not admit of their compliance with this
dictation. End how it may, the struggle must
produce bad blood, and convert into perma-
nent rival interests what. for the sake Of all
that is good and beneficial, ought to be only
one That the operatives are much misied by
parasites, who live upon their grievances, real
or counterfeitcd, and much mistaken in most
Of their economic views is obvious to ordinary
capacity but it would be well if the capital.
lists throughout adopted more of the patri.
archal character, and did not use and treat
their fellow men as mere machines formed to
create their wealth A long homily might be
preached en- this text but the limits Of letter
forbid it. Meanwhile, the stagnation of manu-
features diminishes the request for money, and
cripples trade in every department wholesale
and retail; and the bullion is departing from
Us much faster than it comes in. The Bank
has not above twOthirds what it had last
Christmas in it's vaults.
Parliament has been prorogued for a month,
TO the both Of November, without the usual
notice that it is to meet then for the dis
patch of business The King of Belgium with
his newly married son and daughter, the Duke
and Duchc.s Of Brahant. have arrived, on a
visit to the Queen. His Majesty has frequent
ly appeared at our Court when very important
affairs perplexed its royal head and his expe-
rience and sagacity might be deemed of value
to our Councils
The Indian mail brings miscellaneous news
from China, Burmah and the Cape. From
China the continued progress of the insurgents
i reported From Burmah we hear that the
provinces occupied by us are also occupied by
some IA 600 Burmese intent on assault and
plhge so that a renewal Of the war was I'M
mnent From the Cape we learn that Ma
como and other irican kings were much dir
were baushcd and confined 70 that, even with |
the Caifres we are not sure OF remaining at
peace Even at Lagos we have had = little |
war, the gist Of which appears to have been to
support a chief who had relinquished the slave
trade against competitor, who if in power,
would have resuscitated the traffic in human
beings
ParQaB .hucaJte.-The statements Of we'll
-. 4 H.. II L. !
the Empress az much more popular than
her husband; and one story has reached us,
from AN authentic quarter, which would 90 far
to prove that she deserved the preference One
Of the most intimate companions Of her youth
iul private life it is told being sick, even to
the point Of death the Empress resolved to see
and take leave of her GRE she departed and
for this purpose desired carriage suitable to
the occasion, and not encountered with the
pagcantry of state But when communicated
to the Emperor, he peremptorily forbade the
visit, and left the Empress to weep for her dy-
ing friend without the consolation of a last
larcwel
7. S-FrOmwhat has appeared in the Pari-
sian WoHHcur, mo longer denounced, as in the .
first NapoeOn'r time, the Weneur) it is be-
leved that hOstlities have actually commenced
between Russia and Turkey, and that the al.
lied fleets in the Bosphorus are fully prepared
to mnglc in the fray.
Intelligence from Madrid, that the Queen
Of Spain was generally Kissed and booted at
the theatre, where she appeared with her i'm
beetle husband in the same box and her new
Paramour close by has created a considerable
sensation, and is truly a demonstration alto.
gether unprecedented in that country bodng
no good to the liccntious occupant of the
throne
The last few days have deluged England and
Ireland with floods of rain and added to the
apprehensions Of scarcity now, and bad har-
vest next season, rs the winter wheat sowing
Is stopped almost throughout the entire lands
which would be devoted to arabic culture