The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1853-08-14

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RELIEF FOR THE PooR LABoRER.-Cannot
something be done by extensive employers and |
contractors, in this city to guard their work |
men from the peril Of sun stroke The fear |
full number of cases Of that character which
have occurred here and in the nsighborins
cities of Brooklyn and Williamsburg, during
the last few ALPHABETICALLY YESTERDAY
when there was the number Of fifty deaths
registered with the Coroner-enjoin the sierra
necessity of ceasing from work, in places where
the laborer is exposed to the suns rays, Tor al
least two or three Of the midday hours. II
canopy or awning cannot be raised over the
work so as to shield the operatives from the
| fierce and fatal beams Of the sun. then Ia the
name of humanity let there be o cessation from
| labor during those hours when its effects are
the most severe. To make up for this loss OF
time work might be commenced an hour or two
earlier in the morning and protracted an hour
later in the evening. But whether such an ar
raneement as this would entail triling loss
| on the employer or on the employed. is of little
moment, contrasted with its saving consequences
| on the health and life Of fellow being. An
| African could not work safely under the in
tensely scorchng sun which has pursued its
fiery orbit over this city for the past four or
five days, and to many unacclimated foreigners
it is certain DEATH Let something, therefore.
be done, if this weather continues, so as that
our already high bills Of mortality be not in
creased by cases of sun stroke at labor. In
week or two, or perhaps in few days, all
danger from this cause will have ceased; but
in the meantime, let some such plan as we have
suggested be generally adopted. As to the
omnibus drivers who are SO much exposed we
| can only express our surprise that themselves
or the proprietors Of the stages do not put DIP
over the drivers seat a sort of temporary
canopy or umbrella, capable Of being moved
! from side to side at pleasure. The arrange
ment would suggest itselfto the least inventive
Imagination, and we only wonder some such
plan has not been adopted. Gentlemen en-
ployers, do evince little more care for the
men whose labor is your wealth.
THE LATE CONGRESSIONAL ELECrIoNs.-There
| were two democratic brothers in the last Con-
| gress. of the name of Stanton-the one from Ten
nessee. and the other from Kentucky-and at
the late elections the Scriptures in their case,
| have been fulilled-the one has been taken
and the other left The Tennessean was too
progressive for Western notions in behalf of
ocean steamers and the ebony colonization line
to Liberia; and he is left-at home. The Ken
tuckian expected, if reelected, to "make a
great deal of money" and his constituents have
generously agreed to give him chance. Such
are the ups and downs of politics.
The result in Missouri leaves 'Old Bullion
SOLITARY and alone" in Congress. The wings
have slipped in between the beligerent demo-
cratic factions and CARRIED off the victory.
Yet "Old Bullion" if he survives, will be
more than a match for them ALL His two
years in the House may prove to be more in
teresting to the democracy and the adminstra-
ton than his whole thirty years in the Senate.
But let the brethren Of New York remember
the consequences OF the Missouri squabbles, and
profit from the example.
In North Carolina, Father Abraham
otherwise Hon. A. Venable, talented and
useful member having in Congress taken
strong ground against Cuba and manifest
destiny" strong ground was taken against him
in the turpentine country, and another demo-
crat put up to run him Off the track in his dis
| trict; but between them, in slips another wing.
In this case we have double warning-first,
there is warning to all democrats to be eau
tious how they trihe with Young America
even in North Carolina; and secondly, there is
the old apothegm illustrated, that between
two stools We fall to the ground
| All how important are such teachings of
| experienced And yet there is every reason to
fear that the old split of 1913 in New York will
be opened again in 1868, from the impossibility
of persuading the reunited democracy to forget
the spoils and dwell together in unity. All
me!