New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1858-05-24
NUMBER 6S.
Telegraphed to tbe New Orleans Crescent
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wAsHrSeros, May -senate,-In the Senate
Mr.. Masons resolution was passed asking the Presi
dent for information respecting the seizure Of our
vessels at Tampico, and on the coast OF Africa, and
also for further information Of the Gulf ourages per-
petrated by the same insoIent power.
Mr.. Wilson's resolution requiring the Secretary of
the Treasury TO report specified estimates for re-
trenchments and reform In the expenditures Of the
Government was passed.
Maorys Naval Committee Of 33 reported hin.
which was read twice, for the construction Of six
small war steamers.
The Homestead bill was discussed There was no
action taken upon it. Adjourned.
Domestic Markets.
New YoRK, May 22.-Cotton sales 900 bales,
quiet. Flour firm Wheat Western Red, 81 to 81 06.
Corn firm. Mess Pork, SIT 20 to s17 80. Lard,
III to llac. Sugar -Muscovado, 81 to 81.
Bacon steady. Hams, picked dry salted, 81 to 9ic.
Shoulders, 81 to &c. Rice, 81 to 4c.
CIscrsNArI, May 22.-Flour, choice and extra, 50
20 to ~. Whisky, lie. Bacon in hhds., to sic.
Shoulders, SIC. Mess Pork held at sl7 Lard held
at lie. Corn, 40c.
River Intelligence.
ST. LouIs, May 22.--The river has risen fifteen
inches in twentyfour hours, and Is still rising. All
rapidly. There has been heavy rain all day. Ar
rived-the steamers Swon and Kennel DEPARTED
the Imperial and Anderson.
LOUISVILLE, May 22.-The river here Is falling
There are ten feet of water on the falls.
WHITE SLAVERY IN NEW EsGLAsD.-We extract
the following from letter Published in the Rich
mond Enquirer, and dated the 5th inst, at Lowell,
Massachusetts,:
As a freeman u of the North-a laborer-I de-
sire 70 pen few lines for the perusa of your readers
You know that we all freemen here in name.
You are also aware that we have great army OF
champions. Now to show you how they practice the
heoftes oil freedom they ready TO prech allow
me'to cite few facts: We have in New England a
large class Of people who are necesstated TO hire
away their labor for livelihood. Many of them es.
peeialy the operatives in cotton mills are as
Hon. Jas. II. Hammond, Of South Carolina has said
essentially slaves And at no time has this fact
been more true than now. Our cotton lords" who
own our cotton mills" all good black republicans
u take advantage Of the times and actually force
their operatives, making necessity their fugitive
slave law TO work for starvation wages. These
very people, whom they oppress are so poor that
they cannot get away, or do otherwise than submit
! ask what kind OF slavery can be " blacker' than
this for the time being None, when we consider
the professions (hypocrisy) of their oppressors.
To Illustrate allow me to cite the case of Hon.
Daniel Ca k, of Manchester, N. n. A short time
since he made hfalutin" speech in the senate, in
reply to Senator Hammond's so called attack upon
free labor, in which he endeavored to make appear
that the laborers Of New Hampshire were very free
and independent free labor TO the skies.
am well acquainted in Mr. Clarks place of residence
and know that the operatives of his own city are as
free as those OF Massachusetts free to labor for starva
tion wages or become beggars And the more glar-
ing Inconsistency in Mr.. Clsrks case is that he dare
not make such speech in favor of free labor in his
own city because it would kill off his constituents
notes.-the moned ones--those who do the wire-pul
ling in political matters. This know to be true
because three years ago, this present time while the
operatives OF his city on strike- for theil
rights, he was invited 10 address them, but car
assure you he made hiiautn p free labor grafton
| he merely addressed them as | have heard Aboli
ZIONIST lecturers say Southern clergymen preached i
| slaves.
All very true. as we happen to know from persona
observation. The factory operative of Massachusett
or New Hampshire in seven cases out OF ten is NOR,
slave than the ters OF the Southern plantations
with none Of the great advantages the latter class en-
joys The slave is protected and cared for in sicknes,
and old age. The operative is consigned to the tender
mercies Of the poor-housel Such is Northern phi
lanthropy."