New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-02-15

ton. with fuheart r.s ySo for That PURPOSE.
fear we are eL now zen IN and done for. Have
We NOV rs e ss% authority for refusing to desplse
'ne u"y " , ii things, and do you not know OF
.oui ~ sowledge, that that contemplate crea-
.uIe, Wv musketo, has been known TO move man
VIZ l .ng 300 pounds, and keep him moving whole
N t at that Beside being the organ aforesaid
l"e Honitor is acting second fiddle to The Rich
,non'4 Enquirer, in gathering up Northern adyer-
tbs ng which, BY agreement, is to be published III
10th papers. While The Enquirer Is breathing fire
and fury against Northern manufacturers, to tickle
the ears of non-nterceuSe gr0undlings at home, 1t
il cunnngly victimizing the same class into adver
Using goods for these same groundlings to buy.
Now, was ever a bigger game of bOsh enacted
than this, But undoubtedly, the thing
pays; and is it possible to present any
the exhibition of such facts as these Yet must
admit myself surprised to in The Monitor Of the
oath u.iimo sentence which says, We would adj
wise Northern merchants who sympathize with
"the Abotonists not to be too eager to sell them
| son time" That IA, take care how you trust
goods to the South, for when you ask for payment
you will surely De Iynehed. Now this is candid. IL
| is thoughtful II is even kind Its the advice OF
a Moaiiey---a Southern Monior-who advocates
Gov. Wise, the African slave-trade, and plenty OF
Northern advertising / think that Vanity Far,
il not Punch himself, would find it worth while to
have this paper their exchange lists. LUIS con-
tinuOus joke, rich and inexbaustble.
I do not think the Constitutional Union Party
movement will amount to much. Their great meet
ing was got together by the common trick OF an
nouncng great men as certain to be present ana t9
make s1reclrs, Thus Fillmore, Crittenden, End
Everett were promised to be on hand; but nelther
of them cane, nor did it appear that there had
been any warrant for announcing them. On the
| contrary it must have been known by the managers
that they would not be present. Yet the nope OF
seeing and hearing them drew together large
| crowd out of mere curiosity, without single ieel-
inc OF sympathy for the movement. However, as
the managers had succeeded in extracting letters
from the ustriOls trio, these letters were read
ard il was curious to witness the general SIAM
pade which followed when the reading was
| over The audience moved of by dozens, feel
ing themselves hugely taken IN, and evidently
| caring nothing for what speaking might happen
The meeting held till only little after nine O'clock
Yet, ia that time il was formally resolved that the
partv should be established, and that it could lick
all creation The Chairman Mr.. John ). Llttell,
il genuine Sir Forcible Feeble, q good, clever,
quiet enough citizen of one of the rural districts;
but utterly deficient in prestige, weight or position
II his calber is to be regarded as an index OF that
Of the movement, thtn it may be set down as small
indeed In addition to the meeting beginning in
this small way, it closed in smaller one yet, by
speech from Jacob Broom once Member Of Congress,
but never to be such again. Beside these Names the
call was signed by numerous patriots about tow,
most of whom had goods to sell, and you know these
Unon-sayng meetings are capital advertising
lodges. But it is to be remarked, that of our
whole daily press, the Democratic journals alone
commend this movement. They understand the
trick and so help it along. The others which do
notice it, speak of it most contemptuously. Take
it altogether, it as great failure, as can be
| agined, and will neither make nor mar the pros
| meet of am those xyh in no hfla
thing is really below contempt.
Tell il not in Gath that speculation is dead.
Speculation never dies Like the snake which be-
comes torpid in Winter, it has its own seasons for
ALTERNATING. Yet it is a strange mysterious inn
pulse of no other animal than the human one, ever
latent, even in the most disastrous times. Look at
the gaunt caravans TO Pixies Peak or the furnishing
purchasers of lottery policies at our own doors.
Speak gently of the Stock Board, or of paper at
two per cent month. 1t il all speculation. There
is constant straining of necks to get the first
glimpse of the next advancing hobby Then comes
the straining of cOnsciences. Even now, when
business, money, and public industry itself, are all
hyberDatng, there is new speculation begin
ming to electrify in certain circles You know that
in Western Pennsylvania they began the other day
to pump up oil by the cargo from wells which it
cost mere trife to dig. The cry here is
that owners there can't get barrels enough
| to hold it. The idea of limiting the
pumping to the number of barrels to be had
don't seem to be entertained. So proposals
afOat here, quietly enough, for gigantic purchase
of oil the ObeariDg region, the pumping process to
be frst tried on our pockets and afterward on the
Oil-fountains. The thing is said to take well, it
being very tall speculation. 1t may be added that
this lake Of Seneca OIL which it is alleged exists in
the bowels of the EARTH must be an extraordinary
| affair. i have seen letters from that region which
give most marvellous accounts of men growing sud-
denly rich from a single well. Thousands of gallons
are pumped up daily, new wells are being sunk
spectators are fOcking in, mountain gOrges that
never were worth the taxes on them are selling at
fabulous prices, and the times of coalland specula
ti0n in Schuylkill County and gOld-hunting in Cal
ifOrnia, or pearlhunting in New-Jersey are being
reenacted. The Government may destroy industry,
but it cannot destroy speculation.
liquidation of railroad Indebtedness continues in
some of our Western Counties under new aspect,
in spite of repeated decisions against it. In one of
the townships of Washington County, the tax levied
by order Of the Supreme Court, to pay interest on
bonds issued to railroads, attempted to BE- col
lected of one Grayble the other day. The officer
levied on his horse and advertised him for sale
Meantime the people met, adopted strong anti-tax
resolutions, and denounced any man who might bid
| for the horse Sure enough, when the hour of sale
came, though a big crowd collected, yet no one
dared TO bid, the horse returned to the owner,
and the new dodge at reputation was successful.
| Things generally have settled down so quietly,
since the election of the right kind Of Speaker, that
some Of our doughfaces encouraged TO think it
would be safe to repeat the operation with Presl-
dent. The election of the former has been followed
| by spasm in the stock market, which has sent up
some descriptions to point at which there will be
| general unloading and then a spasm the other way
| Money is down again, and plenty enough at low
rates. The hotels are filling up from all quarters
with buyers from the South while the impoverished