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New-York daily tribune., 1856-05-24

The progress Of Civilization and that of the Iron
manufacture are substantially identical. The races
that do not produce Iron barbaAnns the nations
or tribes that do not require and consume it are
sayages. Let this metal be blotted out of exist
ence tomorrow, and mankind must inevitably
retrograde to condition little if at all superior 10
that of the BritOns when CRsar landed on their
coast, or the Aboriginal Americans when Colum-
bus FIRST sought these shores. Arts sciences, re-
fnement, LAWS, manners religion, pOlity. all would
suffer disastrous eclipse from the loss of this tena-
cious and rigid yet duetile and plastic material.
As Iron is the most necessary so is it the most
universal of minerals. There is hardly corner
of the globe in which the ore is not abundantly i'm
prisoned in the rocks or imbedded in the soil.
Providence seems TO have designed that every peo-
ple should not only consume Iron but produce it,
and thus enlighten and stimulate every other nation
in the good work Of cheapening the process and
improving the results of Iron making. And though
Iron is Iron the world over yet there are such d.
versties in the character and qualities Of its ores
as 10 render each variety necessary to Others, and
all conducive to human well-being. Though Great
Britain produces immensely more In quantity than
all Northern Europe, she cannot do without the
product Of the Swedish and Russian ores. Our
own Housstanic Valley and Lake Champlain pro-
ducts, though limited in quantity, are peculiar and
admirable in quality and for certain uses are nearly
indispensable. That of Lake Superior is hardly
Yet known, but il is likely to prove of especial and
exceeding value. Doubtless other varieties, OF
diverse properties but not inferior worth, will be
discovered as Iron making is extended for as
vet three.fourths of the ore-beds within the bound
aries of the Union are practically If not utterly un-
known. II Great Britain could and would supply
us for nothing with many tuns Of her native Iron
as We would consume, on the single condition that
We should never make any for ourselves, but keep
our ore-beds unopened it would be great, fatal
mistake on our part to accept the offer. Not
merely suffciency OF something called Iron, but
an abundance Of all possible kinds and qualities OF
Iron, is essential to the progress Of civilization
and the well. being of mankind.
Iron is now relatively one Of the cheapest OF
metals, costing from about a cent pound In its
crudest and lowest estate, (pig,) at the points
of ts cheapest production, up to i've or six cents
per pound for its purest and rarest qualities. In
its refined and carbonized form OF Steel il was no.
long since worth twenty five cents per pound at
retail in tits country; but the cost Of the Steel
making pr cesses bas been rapidly reduced by re
cent discoveries ali improvements, until Steel IS
New-York daily tribune., 1856-05-24
MtmIork Daar ariba,ue
SATURDAY. MAY "a, 1856.

The Senate yesterday, after statement by Gen.
Wilson, on motion Of Mr.. Seward, resolved to
raise Select Committee on the outrage perpe-
trated by Brooks Of S. c. on Mr.. Sumner; but took
care not to place the mover, nor any other Free
Soil Senator, on the Committee, which is composed
Of Messrs. Cass Of Mich, Allen of R. l., Dodge Of
Wis, Pearce Of Nd, and Geyer of Mo. Several
Of these are moderate and generally fair men.
Though they guilty Of gross discourtesy to Gov
Seward and unfairness toward the minority, we
are not sorry that the majority have taken the un-
divided responsibility.
In the House. Mr.. L. D. Campbell of Ohio moved
q preamble and resolution recitng the reported
facts in regard 30 the attack on Mr.. Sumner, aud
moved an investigation. The Southern members
resisted and raised the poin! Of order, which the
Speaker ruled against them, and the House, on
appeal, sustained the Chair. The preamble was
then so modified as to omit the name of Mr. Keitt,
and passed under the Previous Question-Yess,
93; Nays, 6S. The Speaker appointed Messrs.
Campbell Of Ohio Allison of Pa. who declined
and Mr.. Pennington of n. J. was substituted, !
Cobb of Ga, Greenwood Of Ark, and Spinner of
n T., such Committee. Adjourned to Monday.
New-York daily tribune., 1856-05-24

We give in another column letter from the
originator of theplan of facilitating the delivery OF
letters in California, which we noticed few days
since. We approved the plan, but insisted that the
expense should be borne by Government, and sug-
ge,ted plans for accomplishing the same thing
which Mr.. Wood proposes to do upon what he calls
&" q sef-sustainng principle, which simply means
sustaining itself by an increased tax upon letter
writers, without calling upon the Post Office De-
partment for funds. Until Government will do
what it can and should do, we wish all success to
Mr.. Wood and his enterprise on private account.
New-York daily tribune., 1856-05-24

The Journal Of Commerce comments with exem-
plsry mildness on the ruiaDly assault on MIR. Sum-
ner. II declares that "this disgrsceful affair
finds, in our view, no sufficient apology in the cir
"cumstances which occasioned it." Such is tho
condemnation with which this organ OF CONNER
cial Christianity regards this unexsmpled outrage.
But, as if fearful that even this degree OF censure
might compromise it's good fame, The Journal pro-
ceeds to qualify it by counterv aling declaration
"At the same time" continues that print, "ws
sswould be the last 10 countenance the Wholesale
"denunciation and bitter personalities which Mr..
"Sumner is said to have poured forth during bis
"twodays speech in the Senate, thereby disgracing
"that august body, himself and the country" 1t
will be obseryed how much more sensitive our
Wall street cotempOrary Is, and how much more
decided its condemnation, for the speech ofs Free
State Senator than for the invasion of the Senate
chamber, and the attack, at disadvantage, on an
unarmed man. But The Journal ought to have
known that the premises on which 1t undertakes to
condemn Mr. Sumner are untenable. Ills speech
was published in full in The Globe OF Wednesday
last, where every one Of the words which provoked
the brutality of this Carolina slayedriyer could DO
seen and examined. In all those words there was
nothing trsnscending the prOprieteso debate They
were severe, no doubt but altogether gertlemanly,
and justifable; for more so indeed than tho re-
marks of Mr.. Senator Butler, which called them
out. Why did not The Journal refer to the repert
of Mr.. Summers speech, to see whether there was
that in it which "disgraced that august body.
" himself, and the country to any extent, and
above all TO an extent which could serve ss an
apology, however indirect partial for the crims
of Brooks Did The Journal not dare to let its
readers know the truth about this matter
New-York daily tribune., 1856-05-24
II OSTE L T L Il.

The premonory symptoms Of Dyspepsia are fulness ana a
after estiog then fsverish lips an unpleasant oIea
ness pptson the heart constant pros,iion ana exhaust
nm eareworn counenance. and awful dependency OF
mind With the approach of this bod disease all pleasure Of
life hes pleasures Of appetite society and the exiernA
world .Ye ALI turned Of torture. Dyspepsia
by foul stomach and diseased hver IN fact LVei
complain. h part the disease Since the inhuesces ad
these been uDde rstood article has
ever been 50 certain effects speedy in its action ana
90 appreciated HosIrTTERs STOW
cn BITrERs they are particularly adapted TO the decse
con atutyon of emalea II requires no extra must sod
by all Groeers Hoelkeepsr and prnsgsts bakss, 49, 20
Cincipnsti; and Mrs. HAYES, Brooklyn.
New-York daily tribune., 1856-05-24

ia sopures.ed q ith most Infamous internal sdminh-
trat;ou. Anv 4 chems that would remove power
from eficisl hsnA' at Naples woah be suprene
benefit. A worse set of leeches does not exist;
while if any country could be turned into terres-
trial paradise by the Infusion of order capital and
enterprise, it is Naples.
Some time since We gave N outline Of the Credit
Mobiiier Of Austria. Though the original scheme
csme to Vienna from Paris, the natives got tho
start of the foreigners. and the Ccmvany was
wholly formed Of Austrisns. In Spain the French
capitalists were admitted, bat several Spsuiards
joined them.
Doubtless many Bdropesn State needs only tae
liie.sving impulse Of capital and industry to ing
into action and expansion her varisus resources, 1
pass from filth and poverty to cleanliness snd prSs-
perty This is especially the case With the Roman
States-Nsples snd Spain Though the Credit
Mobilier will create new monopoly succeeding
the Government one, still the swakesed spirit and
action of the people, caused BY this new agent,
must prove benefit. Such material smelioratioa
will precede social and political change. Nevertko-
ess, the caution of certain States, especially Ger
many, where considerable Industrial Development
already exists, is worthy of commendsticn. This
caution is the more commen6able as late ac-
counts from Paris indicate high money fevee.
Notwithstanding the business exhaustion which
succeeds such over Observation-Disclosures
the rich made beggars and the beggars made rich
By these bubbleS-should an explosion take place,
still an impulse to enterprise and industry viii have
been given Besides, any shock destructive OF q
part or of the whole Of the unsound and unwhole-
some European society may contribute to emanci-
pate the poor proletarian masses; and, therefors,
We hail such speculations.
New-York daily tribune., 1856-05-24
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New-York daily tribune., 1856-05-24

"An Onondaga Farmer returns TO the discus
sion Of the WOol-duties question on another page.
We should be perfectly content to leave his article
unanswered, resting on what we have already sd-
vanced; but he will probably consider brief cri-
ci.m more respectful to himself and more consis-
tent to the kind relations which have for years Ok
listed between us. We will endesvor to grasp his
points without considering all his words.
/. He constantly assumes that "the fsrmers"
"the wool growers" think and feel as he does.
We have recently printed the letter Of William
Jarvis, one Of the most eminent wool growers In
this country, taking exactly opposite grounds. We
believe many Of the most intelligent wool growers
think likewise.
2. He assumes as seifevident that each pursuit
or branch of industry is benefited BY Protection
only so far as its own products are shielded from
foreign competition thereby. We object to this
view as narrow, mOe-eyed, and essentially false.
We consider ourselves as much benefited by Pro-
lection as any body, though our own immediate
product is not shielded by mpost from foreign com
petition, and does not desire To be. But Whatever
increases the general prosperity and thrift OF tho
country extends our patronage and enhances our
prosperity. We consider effective duties on Iron,
Wooens, Hats, sc. just conducive to our
prosperity as to that of the makers Of those articles
and to the farmers as to ours.
g. He deduces from the Census that only about
forty thousand persons were engaged in tho
Woolen Manufacture. We say that while this
was probably the number actually employed in and
about woolen mills, the whole number Of persons
abstracted from Agriculture and transformed from
competitors into customers Of the farming inter-
est by the wooden manufacture (ncludng children
and dependents) was doubtless much nearer Half
q Million. Some of these were making OF repair
ing machinery; others building or renovatlng mub;
others mining coal; others cutting and hauling
wood, and so on; but they were none the Less so-
.tracted from tillage and benefciauy Transmitted
into customers Of the farmers.
4. We understand our friend 10 be ashamed Of
bis citation of De BOWS census tables to prove that
Manufactures paid an ayervge profit OF torfy-f"f's
per cent. in 1850, and are glad he has the grace
to feel compunc.ious vsltiDgs on that ACCOUNT
We know, and doubt not he knows, concerns now
carried On at profit Of twenty -6ye to fifty per
cent according to De Bows mode Of computa1'n'
putting the value ofthe product on one SIDE cnars
ing against it the cost Of material snd OF 'aoor
subtrac,ipg these from the former sum- ahd count
inc the balance a..net profit, without allowing
cent for rent, repairs new machinery postage ana
80. .lo,..,a other eleme nts Of cost, when 10 fact
they are not making one cent
5 "An Onondaga Farmer" argues that, because
.u, mill. ere making woOlens at profit, there
fore all might be if well managed. According |"
m. logic. ere never was any need Of Proteeaoo
for anything, siyce in tie darkest days Of ni'u'
f.cturipg rull-in l-90, or il l3il-2-lheTe weie
New-York daily tribune., 1856-05-24

thwart his wihes-no mater whether they Be
Irish walters or New England Senators. Once Nd
NIT the idea Of the predominance Of brute force
of the right of individual appeal from words to
blows-sDd human society becomes state Of war,
diversified by nterludes Of itfu and hollow truce.
And they whO as Legislators, editors public speak
ers, or in whatever capacity, suggest apologies for
rufian sssaults or intimate that words can excuse
them, make themselves partners in the crime and
The infamy
New-York daily tribune., 1856-05-24

MissouRi.-Francis =. Blair, jr, Is candidate LOT
Congress, not in the jefferson City Distinct a Inc
Telegraph reported, TO FL the sea; IN the present
House vacated by the death of the Hon John u
Miller, but in the St Louis District now represented
by the Hon Luther NJ kennttt h. NJ
Prof J. VI WINES is the American candidate for
CorGr,ss in the Nth District, ssanst the Hou. JoHN
:. FHILPs, Dem.
New-York daily tribune., 1856-05-24

i
Iron. New steel.msking processes-severd OIL
them originating in this country-hsve recently
been patented and are nov being reduced to prsc-
tice, BY which it is believed that the price Of Steel
will be still further reduced and the qualities Is
sentially improved. How any one Of these pro-
cesses may succeed, We know not; but there Is
great inherent probability that Bar Iron may with
in q lifetime be converted into Steel at least as
cheaply pound for pound as Pig is now trans
formed into Bar.
Mr.. Abram S. Hewitt. practical and successful
ircnmsster of New.Jersey, recently read before
our Geographical and Statistical Society paper
on The Statistics and Geography OF the Pro-
duc,on of Iron," which has very properly been
printed at the request of that Society. We pro-
pose to use its leading facts in series Of brief
articles on Iron, while We deduce therefrom such
lessons as they seem to US orcibly to inculcate.
We do not imply by this tnat Mr.. Hewitt's deduc-
tions are essentially unsound but there is want
of directness and point in his dealing with the
,ubect which is to our mind most unsatisfactory.
He seems not so much to misspprehend the
bearing of the facts he collects and marshas, IS to
avoid frank svowal of his convictions; and, as
Secretary Guthrie urges the policy OF Protection
under the lame of Free Trade, so Dir. Hewitt
points TO the same end under the mask of a zeal
for impartial revenue duties. But let us postpone
discussion for view Of the material facts:
The production of Iron is older than History;
but the early processes were so rude and lnef-
hcient that the product unless in the crudest form
and of the poorest quality, was so costly as to be
of very limited use. Homer unconsclously attests
the extreme rarity and value of Iron in his day
and Alexander received from Porus as mos! pre-
cious eift piece of Indian iron weighing forty
pounds. Cast iron can only be traced back to the
18th century of our era. Previously, the ore and
charcoal were placed in alternate layers in rude
oven, and there smelted by blast injected by
bellows worked by hand. Even so late as l74o
the total annual product Of England was but 1880
tuns made by SO furnaces at the rate Of 294 suns
per annum to each furnace-say one tun per fur
mace for each working day. Mr. Hewitt estimates
the entire annual product Of Europe at that time
at 100, 900 tuns, $4,000 of which were made in
Sweden and Russia, and one half of this exported
10 England. The total consumption OF Iron in En-
gland at that day, (ony ll6 years ago. or since the
birth of some persons yet living, was not 10
pounds per head per annum, and that of all Eu-
rope but pO pounds per head. The whole human
race did not then annually require or produce so
much as one pound of Iron per head. Now Dir.
Hewitt produces data showing an annual prOduc-
tion of srentsen pounds per head for the whole
human family, or Seven Millions of tuns in the ag-
gregate, of which Great Britain produces rather
more than one.half, and consumes at least one
fourth. The total product of 1856 is estimated BY
Mr.. H. from imperfect data as follows:
New-York daily tribune., 1856-05-24

The Republican County Cow met last
night and elected strong delegation to the State
Convention at Syracuse. Resolutions were adopted
in reference to recent outrsges upon Free Speech,
ard much excitement was manifested in the matter
of the attack upon Senator Sumner.
New-York daily tribune., 1856-05-24

The exciting trial Of John Fox at Sew-Bruns-
wick for the murder of John Henry, near that city
in December last closed last evening-the eleventh
day of the trial He was convicted of murder in
the first degree. A report of the proceedings will
be found in another column.
New-York daily tribune., 1856-05-24

For additional testimony before the Committee
of Investigation into Frauds at the elections in
Kansas, see second page.
See same page for letter from Turkey.
New-York daily tribune., 1856-05-24

The rest of the world too little to be computed.
The intimate relations of Iron to industrial pro-
gress and efficiency, as exhibited by this table,
need here only be suggested.
We must reserve comments for future article.
New-York daily tribune., 1856-05-24

TO CORRESPONDENTS
No notice can be taken Communications Wnst
ever Ia intended f be authenticated oy the
name and address Of the wreI-Dot necessarily sf paon"s
ton but as a guarantee Of his good faith
We cannot undertake return rejected opmunicAeons.
New-York daily tribune., 1856-05-24

pro ptoue these prue articles Of domestic consumption a
,aoisse prices the BowEKY TEA WAREHOUSE, No llS
oOvry ot 81 the CHELsEA TsA WAREHoVSE No ia Ninth
,ce These well Known establishments are identical in
H. .ysem OF management and BY combining themseves TO
articles possess slyantases retailing
- SeH snown 20 need conment Please examine be-
br<~ GSss y B-Ihe Bowery Tcs W Arohouse is located
h, ,b aTf,,, 70 us Eas; side aud may be distinguished
t, b>h,. DsAnt IN the window who surprises every
rA,,of so and Industry In supplying the numerous
a. 4. 70 81 A, dan, 10y wh fresh ground Coffee, in qaAn
New-York daily tribune., 1856-05-24
N,w.xnpxc,uuyy-F FROM INDIA.

= u.v
-0ssIs THIS DAY inodsees bs E1J \. h. secured tho
sr.v f.hre Of uaequaled bssniy q shea e n "a -
monopoly the present seAson tns u.. mate
- h.h h.xe evsr becn imported into ne oni'ea 49,
h1 ~ncn - h,nsss II stands sloDe flseed IN tne ecaV
ih poa ~ e,sst lssorr chip straw OF grass isone soia
sssips soe In fact weight scsrcey psreepsoe
n - - hand or on the bead The texture OF zoe pI
sbsi NJ ess and ventilation perfect no one VINO eos
he t n dub, that the beau deal ot ooones rsshe
n Iii NOT its shape In order 10 suit all t.ste ana
,b. FasT HAT hiss been made Up IN varety OF
a. Tbe crown in hight to assnate with the
rc. NJ youth, maturity and cid age Although the
~ he Hans in this country exclusively IN
- ,oss,s.ion of undersigned and not single specimen
obaire cd outside Of his establishment, the prices In
sor1snce With bis proyebis policy viii be found extremely
J,st. GESiS, No. 214 Broadway
opposite ST. Pauls Church.
THE WHITE CASHMERE HAT.-FOur Dollars
KSoxs charge this splendid fabric designed expressly for
sumner Call examine and make purchase ct once al
No. 2l2 Broadway.
The HOSIERY ESTABLISHMENT
or
TrIRTYTHREE YEARS STANDING.
While thanks for constantly increasing patronage
would again invite attention 10
THE OLD STAND,
No. l04 DOwery,
Where will be found ssheretoore most extensive and varied
essortynent Of
HOSIERY AND UyDER-GARMEsTs.
A. RANKIN Co.,
lOt BOWery.
New-York daily tribune., 1856-05-24
LACE AND MUSLIN CURTAINS FROM AUCTION
CHARLES AHRESFELDT,
Nc. IS MpDES-LASE, (up stairs) NEW YORK,
Offers for Sale

FRENcH PoRcELAIS
Dinner Tes and Toilet white ded and decorsted Porce
lain Vases Satuettes and Gard Trays in great variety Gt
Shell Work China Ware, Terra Gotta Articles, &c. Also,
CUT-GLAss WARE,
from Bohemia aud Belgium such Water Gobes Champagne
and other Wine Glasses, Tumbler Dishes, Fnser-Bows
Celery Vases Decsnters aid Wine Bottles Of different cOor
engraved and plain. Also the Lar assortment Of
PARIAS MARBLE STATUETTEs,
jugs, ard Vases. to be found III the city.
The French China Ware sold n sets or separate pieces
Glass Ware Engraved 10 order Of desired pattern
Dinner Sets decorated and imported 20 order commission
New-York daily tribune., 1856-05-24
CRIsr poRos AMR. pYE. WIGS .xn ToIrrrs

pohos HAIR DYE, WIGS AND TOuPEEs
rsss rsss % 81 % r. msns ~ b1S the 3. ssas.
syls % WIG and ToUPrss p-rer,,oa Noud MS new
al re- Al CIsTAooSos No Astor Hou s'I wholesale
HUSBANDS CaLCINEp MAGNEsIA !, ,L--.
IL 81 'h- sireng OF the common Ms<aesA and 'nree
n 4ssrf FOEr ffst-prenium der n,ss., oi an'
" ris FiT ri. sWsrce1 a. e~iis ih- brs, ~. ,ss
- ess D. ih' Dr. ;ssis SenersS A. Sbossa. ss uss
f,1t.ssr T. }. HUSBAND. PhlAir sha
New-York daily tribune., 1856-05-24
The HOSIERY ESTABLISHMENT
TIE HAIR.-To prevent its being bald, and to

The HAIR.-TO prevent its being bald, and to
PIUD. should color be unpleasing BoGLEs ELECTRIC
HAIR DYE viii massy change it 70 black or brown OF tae
description For the boGLEs BALM
CYTHEKBA s unrvsled For shaving BoGLEs ANoLE
To be had wholesale and retail of the proprietor VIM BoGLE
Boston; aud may be had in this city Of BARNES PARx
d. SANDS Fultou.st, and Agents throughout the world
DELIGHTS SPANISH LUSTRAL will make Hair
srow Bald Heads II is the discovery of the 18th
sentury toilet article il Is superior 10000 bottles sold
months Ia New England Prepared from recipe
orought Andausis Spain by H. WADLEIGH Lawrence,
hass Sold in New-York by BARNS PARK.
VERGSE's ELECTRO CHEMICAL BATH.-Dr
Prince Brooklyn proprietor and Prof Vergnes are In attend
ITO Broadway They guarantee To cure Rheumasm,
Neurslgs all arising from the imprudent OF
mercury other metallic substances Special department iJ
ladies'
LACE AND MUSLIN CURTAINS FROM AUCTION
LEypIp BARGAINS A great rush being made 70 kelly
FuRGUsoSs No 81 Broadway 20 some OF the Lace
ts,ion Go early largest of Window Shades in
New-York. cheap
BOYS CLOTHING DEPOT.-A stock of BOYS
CLOTHING uneqused In variety elegance and chespnes in
this city and the latest styles attracting parents
TO p L. Wholesale and Retail Clothing Warehouse,
corner of Fulton where every species Of Mems
prices that viii sui: the of the most economical
A DRESS HAT FOR WARM WEATHER.-For
this ar cle Of costume KsOx No. 22 Broadway He is
Acknowledged the Halter and bis stock is larger and m're
attractive than ever.