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The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1855-11-30
,UCs OF TEE CoPPBR MINES Yos THE PAST
From the Chicago Press, Nov. 81

We had eau yesterday from Samuel W. Ill., Fsq.
geoosst and mnipg engineer from Eagle Harbor Lake
Superior from whom We learn that tho mining business
ha. been prosperous during the past season. He had
previous 10 leaving lake Superior visited all the mines
and learned what their shipments have heou and Also
how much they will send forward before the close OF
navigation. The total shi prnents will he a. souovs-
Prom tho
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1855-11-30

ARRIVED.
Steamship Crescent Cfy, Gray. New OreAns Nov a. vim
Havana Path with ndse snd passengers, 70 Roberts Nov
& 1870 Am lat 50 e. lon IA S. spoke three masted ehr
sails
Sesmship Jamestown Parrish, Richmond &C. with md q
fnd passengers, 10 Ludlam Pleasants-
Bark lie Coco (of Boston, Carver Charleston days. with
yellow pine order 10th inst lat rs Ion 70 S6, spoke brig
Matanxrs. Of and from Portland for Baltimore
Brig .iliIAm Swnd Or Of LiverpooD Smith, Bahia, 10
days with coffee TO order.
Brig Alma io Bosinn) Jernigan Gate Branscomb Port
au Prince H. viii log wood and coffee, Peters.
Died Port Prince Oct 70 Capt Charles rsnsooMb Nov
I'D 1harea Madison of Denmark knocked oyerboaad ~
the hocm aud loe bio wing heavy and sqiay at the
going through Turks Islands Martin Carey OF Ire
land, jump ed overheard and VIA drowned
Schr John G Hecksch<r 6 mased Mandue ApalAchicoia,
d days. with naval stores &c 10 Peter Clinton. Has expe
rierced heavy Norbery winda.
schr Almeda, Nickerson, Fredericssburg, 10 days
Schr Yorktown, Woslum, Petersburg.
Echr Mary Jane, Gibson Norfolk.
Propeller Pot6 mtka, CushmAn, New Bedford.
Propeller Hachem Thrasher Hartford
Propeller Shetucket Geer, Norwich. Left npt Of 9th
inst after starting hroke three fans OF one wheel and one
the other and put back consequence Night OF 18th
Propeller Chas osrood Smith, Norwich 2ah inst AM.
derrick opposite the Dry Dock, 10 tow Of small steam
boat apparently bound the East river TO the sunken achr
Eudo.a
Propeller N Harris. smih, Now Haven.
BELOW.
Brig Cape Fear from Wes Indies, with loss Of opsa-bJ
Capt Parks. of seau,ug Tian)
Br Brig Cordeia 90 days from Malta and a4days from 81
braltnr having hoard number Of wild beasts(by pilot
boat Christian Berg, No l6)
Wlpdd uriY he day
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1855-11-30

LAUScHEp-At Bath 18th ult by Messrs Levi Houehtou
Sons incl modelled chip OF about HOO TONS called the Po
cahonas intended for feieher and to be commanded by
Capt Cotter Boston ship by this NAME 1t viii be recoect
ed launched recently at Charesown The Bath ship hss
fine full length fgnre head Of the noble Indian princess
AT place 9Th lost, by Messrs Sewell, fine
white oak Ship 800 ops called the Kneo owned by Messrs
Clark Sewal. Of Bath NJ Reed Esq OF Phipsburg and
others.
AT Portland 9th inst by Mr. Ralph Kelley. ship Of about
700 ttns owned by him and not yet named
IN Mathews co, Virginia recently by Mr. Sheppard z
the Revolution, owned by Messrs II Curtis Co. OF New
York the builder and Capt Barrett who superinended
her construction and will command her.
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-12-18
CHEAP IRON-RAILROADs.

All men desire happiness; the generous aud up
right do not dsdain il; the evil and selfsh strive
for nothing else. And nearly all might for the
most part be happy if they would only seek Alright.
Yet we all perceive that the world ia full of
wretchedDess ard woe, and that those who most
Accordingly, exclusively, seek their own personal
enjoyment, are in the main least happy of all.
And why
The answer of Reason, of Scripture, Of Expe-
rence is this: The libertine, glutton, prodigal,
criminal, reveler, sot, seek present qualification,
regardless of permanent or ultimate consequences.
They would clutch pleasurable sensations this
Instant, though by doing they expose themselves
to certain misery through the long years of the
future This truth can need no further elucida-
ton than every mans observation will supply.
-Iron-cbeap Iron-is one of the primary needs
Of our advanced civilization. Aside from its old.
familiar uses, we are beginning to employ Iron ex-
tensively in the construction Of Houses, Ships,
Fences, Bridges In little while we shall use it in
paving Streets and our Grain bins, Railway Cars
&c. will in good part be made Of it. "a floor Of
iron kept gently and equally warm by some heat
ing arrangement beneath would be great CON-
fort in our passenger cars in Winter, and would
save much waste Of fuel and risk of health through
irregular and excessive hestitg) Rapid as has
been the increase in the consumption of Iron dur
log the last half century, 1t is probable that during
the next it will be still greater.
Nobody can be more DESTROYS than we are that
Iron should be cheap and abundant but the i'm,
| provement we desire is not local and transient
but general and permanent. We would have Iron
cheap not merely in Wales, Glasgow and New
York, but in Texas and MINES ,ta not merely ia
dollars and pounds sterling, but in bushels of Pc
tatoes and tuns Of Hay not merely in 1856, but
liz the years to follow. And to effect this, We
m,st earnestly believe that the true way is fol
each country that possesses the elements Of 1T
production-ore, coal AID lime-to encourage ant
protect the Home Production of the metal b,
iudicious and effective duties on its importation
We have no interest in Iron but that Of an exten
1--WE consumer; We recomn end this polio
not to our own country especially, but t
every country. Let each give a fsi, su
cOurseement to exploration Of its soil for ores
the So seem to be deficient, and to the opening IN
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-12-18
THE Cny,rEAS CAMPAIGN.

According to all our advices by the last steamer
the relative position. of the Allied and Russian
armies in the Crimea remain unchanged. Nothing
bad occurred On the Chernaya, where indeed the
Allies, in spite of their boasted superiority, appear
to be more afraid OF hostile attack than the
Russians. Desultory firing still went on across
the Bay of sevm,opol with no other result than
to prevent the Allies from takirg up quarters
in the half ruined town and to enforce greater
caution upon their working parties in the city
At Kertch some diminishing had taken place, but
without the slightest Importance. At EuPatsria,
the Turkish cavalry, under Ali Pashs, accom-
panied BY four Anglo French squsdrons. and sup
ported by strong reserves on its flank and rear,
had carried out successful surprise against the
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-12-18
uhe Tribune tlats WING, Almanac for Is5

WILL BIZ ISSUED IN FEW DAYS.
In addition to the usual Calendar pages and As
Economical Celcu atoms this work viii contain
CLAssnnD LISTS OF TIE MEMBERS or THE SENATE
AND HoUsr OF REPRESENTATIVES,.
GovERSmEsT oY TIRE UNITED STATES, EXECUTIVE
AND JUDICIAL.
THr LAWS EsAcrKD BIZ THE LATE SESSION OF THE
XxXIIID CoSoREss.
REVIEW or THE WAR THE CRImEA
A CARFyULLr.wRIrrEs HISTORY or KANSAS TERRI
TORY.
Al ARTICLE on WrIoHTs AND MEASURES.
SrArE GovERsMESTs "A list Of the States with their
Capitals, Governors, times Of holding Elections,
Meetings Of Legislatures, &c.
THE POPULAR VoTT FOR President By STATES FOR
1874, IS aud so.
ELEcrIos RETURNS FROM ALL THE STATES IN THE
UsoS, wherein elections were held for 1857
carefully compiled and compared with former
elections. expressly for The Tribune Am,nsc.
A LIST or TIE CousTRIks. capitals and ruling ssver-
elgrs Of the civilized world
A LisT or TaK PRIScIPAL Cries OF THE WORLD,
with their populations, Sc.
SmoLr CorKs isi cents o. per dozen; o. per 100.
Postage on the ALMANAC, cent each prepaid, or 2
eenss each when not prepaid.
Orders respectfully solicited BY
GREELEY seRLRAyH
Tribune Once, New.Yofk.
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-12-18
DOINGs IN CONGRESS.

SENATE, Dec. l7.-Noti,e was given of q bill for
the modification Of the Patent LAWS. Incidentally
the weak Of the Naval Retiring Beard came up, and
was empbatics'Iy condemned BY Mr., Foote.
HOUSE,, Dec l7.-THE NEW YORK TRIBUNE was the
thine Of comment In the opening Of the sessi n, Mr..
DUMP, o. Indians, decidedly declaring that be did n,s
care fig for that print. Mr.. Barks al.o took
sion 10 declare that be not responsible for the
tees Of him which appeared in the NewYork presa.
Mr.. McMullen proposed that the Appropriation bills
thould he passed and that The Members should then
resign After some delicate pleas sntrs including the
giving cf the lie by impl cation the idcu resolu-
tin was laid on the table, end the House went into
bAllotirg for Speaker. Nobody being elected, Mr..
Brocme moved tia. the question Of the power Of
Congress over Slavery be referred to the Supreme
Court the decision Of tbst tribunal to be final,
elusive, deinie satisfactory, immutsble, eternal &c.
nveIeot Men bers laughed right out, bat Broome de-
carej the motion TO be too serious for cacchinaon.
Afer the fan IVES over, Mr.. b. Withdrew his resolu.
ton. Another ballot was had for Speaker, Banks
having 106 Richardson 49, Fuller 49, odds and ends
6. Pending a motion to choose by plurality, the
House adjourned.
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-12-18
FROM WASIIfNGTON.
From Our Own Correspondent.
the State.

From Our Own Csrespondent
WAsHISGTO Dec. 10, 1855.
Chief Justice fancy still remains absent from
bis seat on the bench-a seat which he has filed
with so much honor for nearly quarter OF cen
tury. At the last intelligence from him in BalH-
more on Friday hope was expressed by the at
tending physician that he might be able to appear
In Court during the next fortnight Still there IL
much painful misgiviog among bis friends, not 70
much as to the ful6llment Of this immediate or
pectation as to the future. Judge fancy Ii now
about 70 years old, and constitution naturally
feeble has been severely tried by disease and thS
unIemitting exactions of an arduous profession.
superadded TO these almost life long difficulties, he
suffered an ID reparabe domestic affection during
the last Summer in the loss of his wife and dsugh
ter, which desolated his Preside and withdrew con-
rolstions that, at his age, hsd become necessarss
of existence Under the most favorable eireum-
stances it is to be expected in the nature OF things
that his connection with the Supreme Coufs can
not be very prolonged; but come wheD the separ%
tion NAV. il will be attended with deep regret ~
tbe public and by sense OF serious loss 70
TIE highest tribunal known 10 our laws
IA tie Court is nov consht tied, consisting Oh
nine Jndoes. he has held and exercised porai
balance of power Of vast adVan'aee III too inD,
nretation Of large constitutional questions, whils
= ssrved AZ an Effective check upon the latlta1ins
risn dogmas Of some Of bis colleagues. The in
noItsncs Of this restraint may not be sufficiently
ees,;Jnated BY the country at large, because many
ouestiops of magnitude which come up to this tfib-
mai for final disposition gain only limited pub
licity. But the value Of such service is sppro-
ciated by the Bar as it must be by members OF no
Court, who sympstbize and aid in the effort 20
protect the Constitution from the invasion Of via
theories and nullify ing notions wholly inconssteo'
with its spirit and letter. The loss Of Judge IL
ney at any time would be a public calamity; oos
it would be peculiarly 30 now, when political cen
siderations are pressed with 80 much Pernnac;;v
as almost to deprive the Executive Of the exereise
of that discretion which he might otherwise % in
clinsd TO apply. Judge fancy was not On 70 =.
bench when elevated to the Chief Justiceship y
Gen. Jscl son. The precedent in the ease ~
Judge Marshall was cited as Justification ~, -.
overslaughi the senior Judge, who was eqI
bly, entitled to the promotion But those WHY ~
tilted him on that score omitted to state thai -
vacancy which was filed by Judge Msrsasn ~.
frtt offered TO Judge Cushing, next IN succos
ard declined beesusc Of his ego. IL s's'
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-12-18

are consistent. We hate sristocracy In the old
world and we hate IL in the new; We hats it In
England and We hate it in Alabama; aud We war
against II equally in both places AS 1t Is not the
Brtisb people, but tie British aristocracy, which
Tie Register thinks 20 badly Of, 20 we wish 1t TO
be most distinctly understood that IL is not the
Southern people,-we love the Southern people
ybite. black and brown-but the little aristocratc
knot OF Southern shareholders, against whom our
ptilppics are directed and even the saveholders'
though we hate ihem as ariitocfsts and domestic
tyrsuts still we love them, or are ready to love
them. az nen and felOw-citizens.
From the opinion which The Register expresses
Of Mrs Stowe we spprebend it car have 20 person
81 lnov edge of her writing we are certain that
il has none of tee LADY herself
As TO the value Of the Southern trade, The Regis
ter ia at least ten years behind the times. The
Southern trade used to be an object Of first rate
importance, but with the marvellous growth Of the
West, the springing up of the California commerce.
and the vast Developments Of trade and navigation
generally the Southern trade has become matter
of quite secondary importance. If they could do
without us, which they cannot, We should find 1t
quite easy to do without them-though our pstri-
otc devotion to the Union and our fraternal afiec-
ton for them prevent Us as yet from making such
calculations, except TO show the folly of Southern
pssconade upon the subject.
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-12-18

working Of such mines az are known to exist
The inventions and improved processes Of one ma
ton will be patented and brought into use 10 9TH
ers while competition for the markets of coun-
tries which possess no ores or only certain kinds,
will iDcite healthy strife to cheaper aud perfect
The inventive genius of forty nations will nevisa-
bly, produce more improvements than that Of any
three or four among them; we shall b. less likely
to exhaust the ore-beds Of apy country or dis.
trict; skil)fal workers will migrate from country
to country sddiDg wha. was peculiarly excellent
in their native land 30 what was already known in
The country of their adoption aad 30 knowledge
will be difIused aud RAPID progress insured
"Well: if this is so, why don't the Railroad
men understand it, and stop boring Congress to
let them import rolls duty-free'"
That is the very question we have answered in
our fundamt ntsl statement The railroad builders
who will soon blscken the lobbes of Congress are
not in quest of the ultimate but Of the instant
cbebpeniDg Of Iron They are not tn mixing of the
price of Iron FIVE years hence, but Of the price at
which they can obtain it to lay their tracks next
Summer. And they want to buy it of capitalists
who can afford to take bonds for it-shst is to sell
it on long credit-wbich our iron makers cannot
afford to do, because the American production OF
Iron is still relatively in its infancy, and has not
yet served either TO accumulate large capitals or
to secure the confidence of those who yields them
Money is scarce and interest high here, because
we import the useful metals and export gold !
money is usually plenty and interest low In Britain
because she exports iron and usually imports gold.
Let us reverse these currents on our side Of the
Atlantic, and we shall soon have money abundant,
interest low, and no excuse for running in debt
abroad; but our Railroad.makers refuse to look
abead-tbey insist on being cured by"a hair Of the
Z" same dog that bit them" They are sharp men,
but unfavorsbly situated for dispassionately re
gardiDg the country's true interests; and, though
they will exert great power in Washington, we
trust their efforts will not prevail
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-12-18
FOOLS LEGISLATIVE AND EDITORIAL

A recent debate in the Virginia House OF Dele
gates affords curious instance Of the reign oil TER
TOR which prevails in that State, against wnica
even members of the Legislature are not proof ana
BY means Of which donkey may hold tne wno'o
Assembly in awe. 1t seems that fooil'n ieHo"
by the name of wellman, who appears to have been
nut up to it by some wags out of doors introduced
a resolution into the House that the Governor be
"suthOrized to tender to the President Of the
aTn;,sd States A.. regiment Of volunteers for the
" purpose of preserving law and order in Kansas"
This hit. of which wellmsn had been made the
uncop,eious and unmeaning instrument, at the doc
trbe Of soustter Sovereignty, was received by the
House with laugh. But the mover Of it wa
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-12-18

ouite too use. TO be laughed at 10 submit 10 b
laughed down, and % he began to urge IL In . -
rious manner Then came the rub Gentlsmss
might laugh at such proposition they might
offer al sorts Of sufficient reasons Tor quietly
giving il the eO-by they might urge that The Leg
islature had plenty Of home business to dispose or
they might argue that ii was the affair OF thc
General Government, not of Virginia. to preserve or
der in Kansas, and that Virginia hsd better val
till she was called upor they might insist that no
facts were yet known showing that Law aud order
was in aIy Danger in Kansas they might cay. ~
some of them did, that Kansas, being yet q mere
Territory aud not State, was in the predlcainons
oil foreign country having no claim on Virginia
sympathy they might have insisted upon the doc
trne Of squatter Sovereignty and the right Of the
people OF Kansas to manage their own affairs in
their own way but whatever they might say, or
might have said, or however they might pretend
that they were not to be frightened at tho threat
sfbeng bel dup to their constituents a.
not single one Of them, especially after the yeas
and nays we're called, dared vote for an inde6uits
postponement; and finally, after much debate, this
foolish resolution was referred to Join! Commit
tee to consider the present troubles in Kansas.
and to inquire what action, if any, the Gen
ersl Assembly should take in regard to them.
This proposition to send regiment to Kansas
where the Free-State men are already so greatly
outnumbered by the border rufiians Of Missouri.
might lead one to suppose the yireinians to be
pOltrooDs who do not dare to fgh. except with
odds of ten to one in their favor But If any person
should be inclined to this derogatory view, we bog
him to read The Norfolk Daily N,rs of Deo 10.
After quoting the larger part Of recent article Of
ours on Negro and Irish Immigration, tina, print,
having nothing to say by way of reason, argument
answer goes into q sort of epile ptic fit Of vtu-
peration and abuse OF THE TRIBUNE, which winds
up with the following passage:
"THE NEw-YoM TRIBUNE, in tie extracts no
have quoteo above, air OF def snce that lie
tie BELTS the cowardly and crioging spfit with VII oh
Aboliiionsm skuks into our kitchens aud negroq quar-
tiers at night. Horace Greeley may hurl his thunder
bolts at the South from The TRIBUNE Office in Neg
York with impunity; he may sit safely in his
um and bark biz hungry hounds TO the CD NO. But
unless the troubled waters Gained even the
mammoth metropolis of New-Yo Tk may reso md with
the CLASH OF 5 sutbern arms.
ave hope for the bes., but fear for the worst"
Mayor Wood will please take warning, and
make such arrangements for the defense Of tho
city as he may judge necessary. For our part.
the only clash Of Southern arms which We expect
to hear in New York, is the clash Of the bowie
knives Of Southern gentlemen, so cslled-such -
we occasionally hear in our fashionable hotsls-
too drunk to distinguish between their friends aud
their enemies.
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-12-18

GIs Cas- DEcLISKs THE PRxsDEScY.-Gen Cas-
has written the folow wing note to AndIes j. Webster
eso., and others, Of Philadelphia;
IGEErLEmES: have received your letter, asking
me II am caodidae for the office OF President Of
mid give 10 support me for that high station
"Wkie thsrkbg you for this msnifestaton Of your
k,rarsss And confidence Of which shall always pre-
ssrye 4 grateful recollection, reply that sn mo-
candidate for the Presidency, nor 90 ass.e ma my
r.1, shoud be pres snted in connection with ~ 70 the
con.Serstion Of the Democrats party OF the Cnion
Il sm, tshusmsh' WI" a LEWIS CAsS"
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-12-18

The great glacier of the South is at last begin
ming to melt and to move. We have noted many
recent indications of this Interesting and imports,
phenomenon, but none, perhaps, is more striking
than that referred 70 in the following paragraph
from The National intsiigencer:
"a bill has passed The Senate of South Carolina, by
vote of % 70 49, by which lie provided that instesd
Of The whole Legislature appointing Presidential Elect-
oIs such members of the House Of Ropresen Aaves
a. shall meet on the day fixed for the election shsu
appoint them. The objection urged agsDs the pres
eLt method Is, that portion OF tie Senate IS chosen
two years before the Presidential election. The body
mott fiesh from the people, II is contended should
alone have tie power TO elecI. A cgresJondent OF
The Choriestos Mercury thinks this saendmsnt ia but
precision 10 the popular party that thers are bat
two parties In the State this question the i'd
yooa,ipg the eleoion by the People aud the o.her
supporting the established policy Of eectng by tbs
Legislature. Any departure fom the latter win justly
be regarded point gaihe1 by the former, and on
encouragement TO press TO the complete Of
their ultimate scheue II l. supposed the bill sill paW
tie House vithOu Uca Objectionable Legislature
berg tired Of the yearlJ agitation of the subject"
The motion here is almost microscopic, but the
great thing for South Carolina is to begia 10
move at all. In time she will come to choice OF
Presidential electors by the people. The real OBJ
.tacle to this conformity to the usage OF all the
other States il. that by the basis of representation
under the existing Constitution Of South Carolina,
the seaboard counties, which are chiefly Inhabited
by slaves, with a very small minority Of the white
votes, choose, however, majority Of the Legislsr
ture. Of course those few slayehOlders are very
reluctant TO part with the privilege which they
now enjoy of RAINING the Presidential electors for
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The Tribune for Europe.

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We publish to day letter from one of our Kan
sas correspondents but dated at st. Louis going
to show the ferocity of the Anti-Free-Ssste cru
SADIE set on foot by Gov. Shannon and the alarm
which the mastering Of so many and such mis-
creaDts had naturally occa,oned to the Free.State
men. The President while issuing his proclama-
ton against fllibusteriDg to Nicaragua, might
well have added another against armed expedi'
tons into Kansas, which seems at this moment to
stand much the most in need Of interference
Doubtless the courage and Sharp's rifles of the
Free-Ssatc men have saved them from outrage
but we looA with anxiety for the details.