Daily national era. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1854, 1854-01-21
JOHN MITCHELL.

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In q more recent number of Mr.. MitchePs
paper, that apostle Of liberty gives utterance
to the following meek, rational, and truly phi
lanthropic language language from which
we cannot but infer his supreme and entire
fitness for the task Of rescuing Ireland from
the superstitious darkness and the evil appe-
titles and passions that betrayed her into bond
age, and that have perpetuated that bondage
to the present hour. Read:
off there had been, as there ought to have
been, an instruction in Dublin, in l848, and
if the women in the upper stories could have
rained heli-fre upon the enemies OF their coun-
| try, they would have watered the revolutionary
garden till it blossomed ike the rose."
Having, as we believe, presented to our read
ers sufficient samples Of the spirit Of this "elo-
quent advocate of freedom" we embrace this
occasion to say that, if in nothing else the
British Government has surely shown much
true regard for the welfare Of the Irish people
in inducing his departure from their midst and
upon such terms as insure his continued resi-
dence in distant regions
THE Hours OF LABoR.-A proposition is
before the Massachusetts, Legislature, to estab-
lish ten hours as legal days labor. Why
not? The Legislature has fixed the number Of
ounces that make o pound, the number Of
cubic inches that make gallon, the number
Of square feet that make an acre: why not de.
clare how many hours labor shall make a
days work? IF all men were to labor, three
hours would be more than long enough to COM
plete the necessary task Of each; and the
nearer the human family can approach to this
state Of things the better. Ten hours should
therefore be fixed as the maximum, and the
sooner this can be prudently reduced tho
better.
HoT Coma writer in the Pittsburg Dis
patch has read this work by Scion Robinson,
and condemns IL as heartily and emphatically
az does the Courier des Etats Unis itself He
says:
@After careful perusal, we have come 10
the conclusion that it is an entirely unfit COM
panion for those who have proper regard for
morality and politeness Some parts Of il are,
we admit, calculated to incite ms 10 great and
noble exertions in the relief Of down-trodden
and poverty. stricken humanity, but there are
other portions which cast q stigma upon the
whole work, and blight with upas-like destruc-
ton those lcs-ons which tend to do good. In
one chapter we find dialogue which would
bring the blush Of shame to the cheeks Of the
virtuous and refined, and the fire Of indigna-
ton to the hearts Of all who profess TO have
any regard for modesty. Such passages are
entirely uncalled for, and calculated 70 have
an injurious effect upon the minds Of the young
and inexperienced; and we consequently con.
denim this work, being convinced that the bad
will overbalance the good In another chapter
the reader is conveyed through capacious
radiation which we well Know are every day
being enacted in our large cities. But whence
the necee5ity for thus portraying human de-
pravity in such glazing colors Are such de-
scriptions calculated TO elevate mans nature,
! or make him wiser and better? Certainly not.
They tend TO pollute and degrade, instead Of
invigoroting and purifying our nature. Other
scenes portrayed are sickening in the extreme.
We think the author has not only colored his
| pictures Of crime and pollution too highly, but
catered to vitiated taste.
Ray, the celebrated botanst, counted go, 900
seeds in tho head Of . puppy --Cheaer Herald
This, we think, is an error. twas the head
Of poppy that taxed so severely the natural
lists arithmetic and the readers credulity
A pair of Gray Shanghaisn were sold 70.
Gently in England for 5000.
Extensive beds of porcelain clay have been
discovered near Alton, Ga.
The Rothschild Brothers are estimated to
be worth about seventy-6ve millions Of dollars
An extra session Of the Illinois Legislature
will be convened at Springfield on the 10th Of
] February.