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New-York daily tribune., 1861-02-18

fectiy adapted TO the production of every variety
of steel We have wit enough TO successfully
use them, ard the industry and the economy
to do so, if these qualities are not oyerlaid
and sti fed by combination between British
wealth and o Free Trade Customs system. The
public does not know, but we do, that under the
competition forced already by our struggling steel
interest, the price Of the best imported English
Steel for tools, axes, &C., has been forced down
from 16I cents TO IA cents per pound, and that
instances are not few where inducements have
been offered to parties using American Cast Steel
at II cents pound, to transfer their orders to
British houses here, to be filled at IL cents. But
the most Of our readers do know the inTariable
effect of au increase Of duty upon foreign man.
ufacture. While tie influence Of duty of 25
per cent upon line of imported hardware, for
example, is to lessen its importation say to one
tenth. in every instance, without an exception,
the quality Of the domestic article has been i'm.
proved BY an improved manufacture, and the
price to the consumer reduced by subsequent
competition. Locks, screws, hinges, carpenters
tools scy ythes, axes, pins agricultural implements,
table cutlery, and shOvels and spades, are wit
ncsses in behalf of this principle of economy, fn-
miliar to all. Cast Steel will surely obey the
same law. Fostered by the tariff Of 1861, its
production will be increased. Long before the
struggle for the supply of the market between
the native and the foreign article viii be ended,
the contest over quality will be at its height, and
the speedy end in this land Of quick action will
be, that only American Steel will be sold in
America, and that at prices which would bank
rupt an EUglishman to sell against.
New-York daily tribune., 1861-02-18
sOITRERN PALACES.

For more than thirty years a complaining ciJ
has come up from the Cotton States that they
have been impoverished by the commercial ra.
qrasping traffic that belongs egitimatcly to the
South. The people Of South Carolina have been
educated to believe in the truth Of this allega-
ton. With politicians and the press it has been
staple complaint. The vast trade of this city
is declared to be the creation Of Coton-that
Cotton builds our ships, erccts our palaces, en-.
riches our merchants, supports our foreign COM
merce, and causes this city TO grow while South
ern cities remain stationary. As we have seized
the Cotton trade, so We flourish. As they have
been deprived of it, 30 they fail to flourish.
Hence the Conventions which have go often as
sembed to break up this Northern monopoly,
and the various schemes to establish direct in-
tercOurse with Europe.
1t is difficult to understand how so enormous
fallacy could have obtained crcdence among
our Southern brethren. But coupled with it is
another equally surprising, that the surplus which
the South exports is all profit, and hence that as
she exports some $500, 900, 900 annually of our
entire export Of ray $500 100000, the surplus
of Northern profit being thus SlOO,O0O,0OO, is
only half of hers III other words, that 70, ,000,-
900 of industrious Northern people make only
half as much money as half the number of lazy
ones in the South Yet This singular proposition
has been grayely put forward by Mr.. Hammond
the late Senator and appears to be received with
entire faith by bis constituents. But the first
named position is exploded by merely quoting the
table of cotton exports. They were last year as
New-York daily tribune., 1861-02-18

at last fearfuI> ruinous. Why, thon, should
South Carolina wait books? There is no author
of unquestioned abihty upon her side. For her
no poets sing, no mora,ists persuade, no econo-
mists calculate, no philosophers demonstrate. Stop
every press, if you can; write no more books
and destroy every library; bring back darker
night than that of the monk-ridden ages; blot ont
every great intellectual discovery frSm Bacon "a
Kant; imagine a world without Dante
Shakespeare or Milton; LET living letter, be
wholly lost; aud yet Human Slavery, The Derf,e-
tion of civilization, as it's admirers call II wo,a
still stand all the more firmly for the ruin. The
South, bent as it is upon laundering imopines that
unless book says: "Slayery is contrary to
Goods Word and Mans Right y" in so many
words, it is perfectly safe book. There never
was more laughable deusiOn Any book faith.
fully recording human history is " incendiary."
Any book adapted to the cultivation Of the
human mind is " incendiary." Any book moving
the human heart to pity and sympathy is :" iu-
" cendiary.' Any book teaching the naked ele-
MEETS Of Christianity is " incendary" These
are tue facts which should lead in the Slave States
TO the Punishment or burning Of all books, THE
BOOK included; and 10 the establishment Of
social relations completely and symmetriealy
ho rharous
New-York daily tribune., 1861-02-18
Aetppork Daily gribnore
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1861.
NO OMPRONIISE I!
NO CONCESSIONS TO TRAITORS!
The Constitution as tits
moVTOEs FoR THE DAY.

I,,iH sg6cr death before nsW consent or 0dr'Se ny
friends 10 consent TO any concession or co"P'o~'se
sckick looks like buying tie Prraege Of taxing posses
sion Of the GOrerHHeat 10 rh'eh nc A0re CoHtla'
tonal right; because, 'chaterer Tnigh1 M'1R q me
merit of tie rarious propositions before Congress-
should regard ony concessions IN the face Of menace as
tLs destruction Of the Government ITSELF and consent
oo oN hands hat our systcn shall be brought dorm TO
Irel ,, lie ersting disOrgani=ed state Of affairs n
Aferieo. But his thing ,eH hereafter be- as d IS nor,
,a the hands Of hepsCpe; and j hey desire TO e0H
Con,enti,a 10 renore any grirances complained Of o,
10 eiye ae,r guarantees for tie Permdneaee Of reSed
rights, its not mine to oppose. GABEAnAN LlNcoLN
New-York daily tribune., 1861-02-18
,hibitory." Here is its statement:

II is BY the fraudulent practice Of "undervalu-
alton" which the present Gd roloein revenue
system MAS expressly framed to permit, that the
second quality Of German steel is made to stag
ger under Morrills bill with an increased duty OF
24I per cent. differentiation cOrrupts the en-
tire tabular statement from which the above
testimony against protection has been fabricated
But accepting the values put upon the above
twelve descriptions of steel by the British manu-
facturers who reside here for the manifold ad-
yantages of being their own agents, the arith-
metical statement of the amount per tun OF the
duties proposed by the Morrill, bill is outrageousy
false in every one except the " Extra Ak Tenn
I" per" aud the d-Quality German"
The proposed new duties are: |. son steel
valued at cents per pound and under, d
scents per pound" The average cost of steel
of this description would be about cents, and
the proposed duty equivalent to about % per
cent ad rdlortm. III. The next rate ia,
"on steel valued at cents and not
over II cents 2 cents per pound duty"
The average cost of this grade will be
. cents, and the proposed duty will be p per
cent I'D ralorem. III. The third and highest rate
is, "on steel valued at IL cents and over, "A
" cents per pound duty The average cost of
this quality will be l2I cents, and the duty upon
il will be 20 per cent ad ralOrem. These duties
are all revenue dutes, and not probibitory, as
The Times has alleged. The Morill BILL prop
erly sweeping away the classiiicat.ons OF steel
into twelve varieties, because they favored un-
deryauations and fraud, Classics in three simple
descriptions, according TO value and excellence
and imposes upon the value of Importation of
each respectively, a duty of s33 60, s4i aud
$50 per tun.
British manufacturers Of cast steel do not en-
ploy bookkeepers who blunder in figures to the
extent Of 50 per cent. Ten out of the twelve
calculations of Proposed Duty" in The Tmess
tabular statement above, are desgnedly false.
Taking the valuations which these importing
manufacturers have given to the public as the
correct basis VI the estimate Of the duties under
the Morrill, bill, the true statement will be a.
fllOWs.
New-York daily tribune., 1861-02-18

We ask all the metal-workers and quarry.men
in the nation to compare these two statements aud
Judge of the character Of the warfare made upon
the Steel Interest Of the United States, by the
six or eight English firms who have grown rich
and fat in the shadow Of our irce-trade Custom.
House. The Interpretations we expose are
of the plain provisions Of the original Morrill,
bill. But the bill has been amended in favor Of
the British ste,-makers by the Senate Com.
mttee Of Five, who have had il in charge.
They have stricken out tue duty Of q cents
pound on steel inyoiced at over IL cents, and
substituted an al rdiorem duty Of 20 per cent
and have inserted in the bill a provision, which
recognizes the fact that the several specific rates
on Steel will be equivalent only TO 20 per cent
on the foreign valuation.
"Only very small amount is manufactured
" in this country, while the best kind of cast
Z" steel is hardly produced ut oil, either owing to
Il want Of suitable ores, or tue requisite skill
" in its manufacture, says The Times. But the
metal workers all over the United States know
this is untrue, and Congressman ought to know
II. There are nine manufactures OF steel in
Pittsburgh, four in Philadelphia, three in New
Jersey, three in New-York, one in Connecticut,
and one in Massachusetts. The aggregate pro-
duction of these twenty-one establishments is at
least l3, 500 tans year. The very best CastSteel
in the world is of American manufacture. The
make of one of the three New-York establish
ments has been thoroughly tried in the Govern
ment arsenals and nayy-yards, in seWlngmachlne
factories boiler shops edge.tool factories, screw
factories, nail works, and in quarrlcs oil over
the country. For mainsprings, for gun and
pistol locks sword-blades, bayoncts aud Tamrods,
for saws cod.chisels, files, lathe tools aud drills
for rock cutting il has been pronounced better
than the best English steel, by an amount Of
concurring testimony which leaves no doubt
about the superiority Of the domestic over the
foreign article.
Ii is high time that the profitable monopoly of
the American steel market by half dozen or So
of British manufacturers were brought TO al end.
They have all grown very rich out of it, and We
have endured the spectacle of their combining, i'll
one and the same person the functions and
profits of manufacturer, importer, and merchant,
uhlh ~ h"s c'usco W Oe Pi''s"ht' IL 10 iuOi"-
tive, quite so, for the maker Of cast steel to
charge his invoice at naked cost, or two-thirds
cost to himself, and to pass it through the Amer.
lean Custom.lIouses at his own valuation, and
to rigidly exclude every Yankee in the country
who deals in or uses the article, from the priyi-
lege Of importing it directly. But this is not ad-
vantageous to the American revenue. Nor is it
advantageous to American industry, and the de-
yelopement Of our elements Of wealth. Our
country superabounds in oars and Goals, per-
New-York daily tribune., 1861-02-18

The steamship Africa, with European dates Of
the Sd inst, being three days later than our
previous advces, arrived at this port yesterday
morning. The English Parliament was TO be
opened on the 9Th inst, and the French Legis-
lature on the 4th. Garibaldi had left Caprera,
and it was thought he had gone to Da!matia.
lie desires to visit England, 10 thank the English
people for their moral aud material aid. The
siege Of Gaeta had been continued with vigOr,
and serious damage had been done to the town.
The elections in South Italy had resulted largely
in favor Of a moderate policy. 1t ia said that
the Emperor of Austria las decided to leave the
Government Of Venetia 70 the Italians, and
Venice to be the seat of the province. The
Prince Primate Of Hungary counsels tle Conf.
tats to svoid precipitation. The Great European
P,wers have requested Denmark to grant con.
New-York daily tribune., 1861-02-18

lore Il 10 myself, Tore TO truth Tore a 10 tie SUB
;e to state that no earthly p0er could induce me TO
cote for spscifc measure for the Introduction o.
Slarery iEere st had moi 6oTe e1sted either south or
NORTH Of that Inc. Coming as do from Stare
Stcte, us nay solemn, deliJeratc, and ''elma!ared
determination Mat no po'roT-ao earthly Poror-StaH
compel ne 10 cote for ne possire introduction Of
Starry cither south norti Of that line. SIR shae
gov rfprOac, and JUSTLY too, our British aRcestorsJor
The Introduction of this institution upoa the continent
Of fAmerica, am, for one, uHrHiag Hat tie posteray
of Tie present iakaJitaAts Of California and Ne'e-
Merco shall reprOaeh jon doing Just 'ghat ace re-
prOach Great Britain for doug 10 as II he cHi:ens
of those Territories choose 10 cstaJiSA SlarerH an
for admitting item uh SaoL prorisioaS IN their C0a-
situations but then, uW Ie G.eir orR 'eOrl, and not
Onrs, and Aer posterity 'rH hare 10 reprOach them,
aad mol u.s. for forming Constitutions ailoriag Ae m
shtattoB Of SlaUery TO erist aB.0Ag Glem.
HENRY CLAY.
New-York daily tribune., 1861-02-18

Mr. Guthrie clamors in the Old Gentlemen's
Conference at Washington for compromise that
will save the Border States. He means CON-
promise that will destroy the Republican party
and give him chance to be President in 1864
But this we think, he can't have. The day for
compromises is over, both as general thing and
as a special remedy for present Disunionism.
The Border States have determined that it is
better TO stay in the Union; and in fact, we
have no doubt that had the question been iairly
left to popular vote, no State but South Caro-
lima and Florida would ever have seeded Mr..
Gutlrie's own State of Kentucky has wisely
made up her mind to wait and see whether the
new Administration is really going to proclaim
the liberation of the slaves, before she opens war
on the United States. And when she secs that
nothing of the sort is contemplated and THAT Mr.
Lincoln will treat the South not Only Justly but
generously she too will conclude that no new
compromises are required, and that the best thing
to do is to stand by the Constitution as 1t Is.
New-York daily tribune., 1861-02-18

An important estimate of the various proposi-
tons to restore the Democratic party to power
by means Of new Compromise to be made with
Slavery by the Republicans, is set forth in the
following passage Of a letter from Mr.. George
Peabody, tie great London banker to a CORE
spendent in Boston:
carrot conceal from you he ii, that the credit oithe
United s.sles Government is trial IN Europe. by the
sst steamer hear Of plans Of concession and compromise
with hose who ae openly deyms the laws Now It Is NY
ruIo 10 Discus The merit the motive Of any Of these pro
ect but tell you that your Government enetsin any
plan the present momenif have to purchase
the peacefully nslsate the lawfully elected Pres
dcnt-,, credit win receive fearful blow In Europe. You
must EXPECT to have Federal stocks bach m large quantities
from Enilsnd and the Continent People will not trust
orntut c when Ia foundations attacked instead
ho ling law ard order compromises with traitors We have had
.norgb OF Peruvian and MeIcsn bonds and shall be eaciu
to retain hose Of government who,e policy l. concession to
snarcby."
There can be no doubt that this is perfectly
true. Nothing could be so ruinous to the credit
Of any Government, and especially Of such Gov
crnment as ours as buying of rebellion. If we
sliccumb to the traitors, TO those who threaten
to become such unless We snccumb, we simply
prove that ], our Government is worthless and,
2, that we ourselves ore more worthless than the
New-York daily tribune., 1861-02-18

The idea of National Convention to amend
the Constitution does not seem to find favor with
the Old Gentlemen's Conference at Washington.
They evidently suppose that such a Convention
may possibly make alterations in favor Of Free
dom, and not in favor of Slavery. Hence their
reluctance. We must say we think they are
more than half right.
New-York daily tribune., 1861-02-18

Our Baltimore correspondent states that Mr..
Justice Wayne and Mr.. Justice Campbell Of the
U. S. Supreme Court, the one from Georgia and
the other from Alabama, have both determined
not to resign their Offices, Notwithstanding the
secession of their respective States. 1t is wise
and patriotic determination, and must be product
IYe Of good.
New-York daily tribune., 1861-02-18
srr;yaI Of the North AneT1ciSsSI,' Ius = isS,

POR1LASp, '0I - lila uor,-
z s snI pssage She passed. Fob - ship aie'
GalIan bound west lhh, teanihR hlIRuo. dates Il
ISd east east lis Tss a, NSs tStse by e4S Sae Africa
rsT Tbe newspaper bag Of the Associated PIess ws.
=, sorwaded by the Monday morning. train 70 pc.
and vii be due At New.York at 9idnish! OF @'A'''
New-York daily tribune., 1861-02-18

We hardly need ask attention to the copio1s
extracts from our correspondence and from the Re
publican press Of the country, bearing on the ques
ton of a new compromise with Slavery, which
we have for some days been publishing, and of
which we this morning give a large installment.
Never was there more emphatic or more
unanimous manifestation Of public sentiment. II
there are still any Republicans in Congress who
are willing to rcnounce their principles and de-
stroy the party, and to expose the country to
dangers far more serious than those which now
threaten it, let them learn what is the VIII Of
the People and govern themselves accordingly.
Let there be No new Compromise
New-York daily tribune., 1861-02-18

Government. 1t is only by standing for the
Union, the Constitution and the Enforcement Of
the Laws. without conditions, and without CON-
promise, that we can hope either TO preserve our
self respect or the respect of other nations.
New-York daily tribune., 1861-02-18
STEEL IN mGRRILL,s TARsFF BILL.

We have seen nothing more dishonest in the
opposition to the Revenue bill now under debate
in the United States Senate, than the tabular
statement presented by The N. l. Times on Fri
day last, to sustain its monStrous assertions that
the duty imposed by the bill on Steel had been
increased over the present rates "all the way
'' from 81 to 24l per cent" and was entirely
% nrOhibitOrY." Here Is ita statenent
New-York daily tribune., 1861-02-18

cessions to Schleswg Holstcin ard have hinted
that they would not suffer a blockade OF the
German coasts. The Infant Don Juan Of Spain
has relinquished his pretenson to royal rights
reserving only the eyentuaty Of his being elected
by universal suffrage Breadstufs quiet, but
steady. COnsOls 93b
New-York daily tribune., 1861-02-18
TO CnRRESpONnENTS.

no notice can be taken Of Anonymous Communications Whist
ever Il intended for insertion De authenticated by the
name and address Of the wri.erno necessarily for pubca'
tiou, bu as guaranty for his good faith
All business for this Office should be addressed to The
TRIBryE." Eew.York.
We arnc nndcrlske 70 reurl reeeted ComralL iaions
New-York daily tribune., 1861-02-18
Weather Fables.

TBK TRIBUNE ALMANAC for 1861 contains the Smith
sonian table of temperatures for North America,
prepared from the reductions Of observations at more
than one thousand places for an aggregate period Of
several thousand years, by the Smithsonian Institution,
Washington 1860.
New-York daily tribune., 1861-02-18

The following memorial has been prepared for
signatures by some Of tie sound Republicans Of
New York:
To the Hon tc Senators and R>p,e,caaGse Of the uHf
Statff, IN C0Hgrets 0Hemtitd; 49,.
"hsysas only incompatible with honor End patriot,
is but coWtrdy and base for R'Pnscanl TO ssHende under
the Of fcccsOn and recession thrats and rhereat
thew have done wrong bnt have in the last election
ceeded BY csgsuiens by addressing The enlightened
reason md Cgnce o. the people In view OF og yeaIs OF
misle and T4pACity Of corrupt patty and Admni'lrson end
heTogt & Incumbent upon g good citizens 90 maintain the
supremacy Of Constitution and the laws tho unteguod
CIEEss USrED STATES do respectfully bus earnestly
and firmly, recommend 20 Senators and EeTe utNes IN
Congress and al others In authority sTAsD ~ TIE toNT
TUITION IT IT, G0yEENyEsT or TEE CoUSIEi ind
toNAKE No COMPROMISE Whatever
This expresses the feeling of true Republicans
everywhere. Persons wishing TO attach their
names to it, will find an opportunity of doing 50
at the Publication Office Of The TRIBUNE. Dur
ing the past week 20 feet of signatures were at
tached to this memorial in our Office alone.
New-York daily tribune., 1861-02-18
rire nf New.IlaveB.

NEW-liANEN, fep' - /, 80,
The Daly Morning. Ners office took Ire d.siroyeS iass
The materials, except the press, wero u'o'''"N'
insured. Tie building was saved
New-York daily tribune., 1861-02-18

The case of Anderson, the fugitive slave from
Missouri, whose extraditCn to the authorities OF
that State on a charge of murder was on Dec.
18th last ordered by the Canadian Court OF
Queens Bench, Chief Justice Robinson presiding,
was finally disposed Of on Saturday by the Court
of Common Pleas of the same Province, under
the presidency of Chief Justice Draper, the result
being the release of the prisoner. The hearing,
which was on writ of habeas corpus, was had
at Toronto on the 9th inst, and the release of
Anderson was ordered on the ground of technl-
cal informally in the commitment, while on the
points of law the previous Judgment of Chief
Justice Robinson was sustained. What TINS
technical informally is we are not informed by
our telegraphic correspondent; but we presume
that the demand for cxtrAdition is not susceptl-
bic of being renewed, and that Anderson is thus
entirely ont of danger. II, however this dis
charge does not conclude all proceedings against
him, we presume that measures will at once be
taken TO secure his escape to England, where be
will be perfectly safe.
Our readers will remember that this is the
case in which Chief Justice Cockburn few
weeks since ordered writ OF habeas corpus TO
issue from Westminster Hail. This writ has
been substantially disallOwed by the Canadian
Court which issued its own writ after that from
London, and has now settled the question with
out allowing the case to be transported thither
The conclusion of the affair is not encouraging to
those who anticipate that the establishment OF
the Cotton Monarchy will suffice TO compel the
return of all fugitive slaves that may escape to
any part of the British empire.
New-York daily tribune., 1861-02-18

Iuaag,ration fret; adjustment glLerI.ard. go
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RUMORS OF A REBEL ADVANCE.
A FALSE ALARM NEAR ALEXANDRIA.
WAsHNGTOy, Tuesday, July 80, 1861


MANY rumof5 are Swing about this city concerning
tbe reported advance Of the rebels, but il is believed
tbat none Of them are worthy Of credence.
party of rebels was observed last night engaged
in sounding the depth Of the Potomac River at Coon
Ford, above Great Falls.
Beauregard has cent parties Of troops into Lou.
dOun County, Virginia, to procure provisions and
wagons.
General Mcclellan has issued an ORDER forbid.
ding the departing soldiers from taking their arms
with them.
A false alarm occurred this morning among our
troops. four miles back II Alexandria. The men
were under arms for an hour, but nothing happened
Two companies of Federal troops went out yesterday
en- the Fairfax road, 10 distance of ten miles from
Alexandria, but saw no traces Of the enemy slave
who has just arrived here from Springfield Station,
Virginia reports that there rebels at that point,
but that considerable numbers Of the enemy were
posted at Burkes Station, five miles above.
Gen. Robert Anderson paid bs respects to the Score
tary Of War to-day.
Gen. Mcclellan is on the Virginia side Of the Poto-
mac actively eng Iged in the Reorganization of the
amy.