New-York daily tribune., 1858-11-10

| goods machines, DC, was extremely sat.'fact0ry,
yet if seemed impossible to wake up the old time
| interest in the public mind. Every exhibitor l
ton.erssd with called out for Protection. and sore
of them went of into elaborate particulars o;
! how their business was prostrsted By the Free
| Trade policy of the Government. Yet in the midst
! Of this disastrous experience. there il now and
then bright spot to be seen. Many Of the n-r-
Grant, and manufacturers. who obtained extern
sions year ago. are brayely working through
their difficulties. Some Of them have paid off
eycrythiag and are now clear Of debt A single
wool houN in this city was the holder of sus-
pended paper to al amount exceeding s3C0, 600
Ill given BY manufacturing firms in New-England
This paper WIS extended, and all but So 600 has
been paid at maturity with interest When this
house commenced business thirty yesrs ago. not
more than -, 900 worth of wool could il pprchsse
west of the ALeghenies. But the same region
now ran furnish wool exceeding million Of dol
lars in value. Facts Of this description indicate
the existence of n vast recUpcrative power in the
country which needs only moderate stimulant to
set sll IT. arrangements in order.
But our gold continues to leave MS for the pur-
chase of foreign railroad iron. The Missfsppi
Central Road has contracted in England for the
rails for = miles of track and rails have also been
ordered from Belgium for 10 miles of the road
from Houston to Henderson Three tuns of Amer
lean gold viii go abroad to pay for this worthless
al work during the whole Winter. and their work
would feed their families. But it is now intimsted
in quarters that Congress must keep lis hands
off Of railroad ronthat the railroad interest of the
country is now strong enough to shape legislation
on this subject, and that combination is in con-
temptation to set aside the late popular verdict III
favor of Protection. | know thnt this is not new
idea, and that formidable union did exist few
years since, in which ancient Wings whose whole
lives had been spent in advocating tariff were
deeply and dsgracefully implicated. But when
that combination was formed, there had been no
popular uprising adverse to Free Trade the Gov
ernment had not plunged itself deeply in debt; nor
had the railroad interest of the nation been exposed
a. hopees-y nsoyent. All these controlling events
have interviewed The people demand Protec-
ton and will have il; the Government cannot be-
carried on by borrowing in time of profound peace;
and the railroad kings no longer WELD a despotc
scepter. They may make the effort to choke of
Protection, but they will find the pressure too
strong for their powers Of resistance.
The Banner Of the Cross, High-Church EPis-
copal paper furnishes list of p 'perverts" to
the Romish Church. all Of whom Episcopal
clerNmen. OF these II entered the priesthood,
and one is a Romish Bishop; were originally
Congregationalists originally Presbyterians,
and ; originally Methodsts Many of these men
have been so remarkable for their changeabeness
that the last step OF going to Rome was only IN
keeping with Their dnIecedent3. One Dtgal n
Unitarian, became a Low Church EpiscopalIan,
then Catholic, and is now an Episcopalian. An
other went over to Rome, returned to the Epi..
copal Church. and has 4 second time gone back
to Rome. The Episcopal Church in the United
States contains 5000 clergymen who have minis
tered therein since its establishment more than
two centuries ago; yet only 3 of these have de-
serted to Rome. and Of these about twO-thirds
were not educated as Episcopaisns. The general
belief in widespread detection in this Church is
therefore proved erroneous.
Our Navy is a very different looking place
to what it was q month ago. Voters who were
kept there at - day moving logs and gathering
chips, have been discharged by hundreds, and more
will be turned loose at each succeeding pay day
The Paraguay expedition causes some activity IN
fitting out one ship; but the work on the frigate
Congress and the recently launched Lancaster has
been suspended. Plenty Of money before election,
but none after!
Letter boxes have been placed in some of the
passenger railway cars and on the latter reaching
their terminus near the Exchange the contents Of
the boxes are deposited by the conductor in the
Post Office. 1t is found to be so great a conve
nience 10 suburbans, that ali the numerous cars
will probably BE- supplied in the same way.