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life was despaired OF. and his obituary was published
| in the papers.
An interesting batch OF afidavits made on behalf
| OF the Drew wing In the great Erie Railway
litigation, and intented to be used before Judge
| Bac0m on the motion for the removal OF Frank
Work from once as q director Of the company
were served yesterday upon the attorneys OF
the Vanderbilt faction and upon the parties
to that branch OF the litigation. The motion
before Judge Card0z0 to dissolve the injunction In
the suit OF Bloodgood against the Erie Railway Com
pany has been adjourned until after the hearing OF
the appeal at General Term The bill recently passed
| by the New Jersey Legislature comforting all the
privileges on the Erie Railway Company that they
| possessed in New York was signed by Governor
eWard yesterday and has therefore become law.
| In the United States District Court yesterday the
| case of Nei vs.. The Steamship Taber came up for
trial. The action is brought to recover damages for
injuries sustained to portion OF her cargo, which
was consigned to merchants in this city. 1t is alleged
that the damage to the cotton was the result OF
conspiracy between the captain and chief engineer
| of the vessel to sink her or Key West, but which
eliminated in the ship being waterlogged. Decision
reserved.
| The Brooklyn Board OF Aldermen had several I'm
portant matters before them yesterday afternoon.
| The special committee Of the Board having under
consideration the three million loan to the Bridge
Company submitted lengthy report in favor OF the
proposed grant. protest against commission to
control the affairs Of the Fire Department was
adopted.
General Grant has promulgated the order assign
ing General Hancock TO the command OF the new
department OF the Atlantic.
The Mississippi Convention propose to remain in
session and draw per diem until the impeachment is
safely over
A disastrous riot is reported among the coal
miners in McKeesport Pa.
The Hamburg American Packet Companys steam
ship Allemania, Captain Bardua, will sail at two
O'Clock P. NJ to-day (Tuesday) for Southampton and
Hamburg. The mails for Europe will close at the
Post ONCE at twelve O'Clock NJ
The stock market was strong yesterday. Govern
ment securities were firm. Gold closed at 1885.
At the National Drove Yards yesterday the market
for beef cattle quite active and prices ruled very
firm. The number sale was moderate, being only
100 head. Extras sold at 1Shc. 19c.; fair to
prime brought 17Ac. a 1870. and inferior to
ordinary lac. q 1870. Mich cows were quiet and
heavy at $40 s110 for common to extra. Receipts
increasing Veal calves were &c. 1c. per Id.
lower and quiet, at 11,ac. 12hc. for prime and
extra and &C. a lie. for inferior to common Sheep
and lambs, though quiet were steady and in mode
rate supply. We quote prime to extra SIC. 10hc.
and inferior to good 6hc. &c. Swine were not
active and closed heavy at 9tc. 9ac. for fair to
prime and ssic. a exc. for common. The total re-
cepts for the week were 5,267 beeves, ITS mich
COWS, 1,34 veal calves. Is, $40 sheep and lambs and
q ,4so swine.
The New York herald., 1868-03-31

Daniel Drew Versus Cornelius Vanderbilt.
Daniel, in escaping to Jersey, escaped from
the lions den, and Mr.. Drew, in secur-
ing recognition from the Jersey Legis-
lature, is intrenched in his new posi-
tion. Jay Gould, of the Drew com
pany, in hurrying westward with a couple of
millions to push forward the Erie broad gauge
extension, has made a good flank movement
against Vanderbilt. Nor is II positively GER
tain that the Drew party win fail in their move
ment before the New York Legislature to
secure a recognition Of their extra stock,
although in their first effort they have been
balied. On the other hand, Vanderbilt, they
say, has been so actively buying up the Erie
stock that, If he does not now, he very soon
will hold the stock balance Of power, even
against Drews new issue Of eight millions.
By no means is the battle decided, and with
Drew intrenched in Jersey, while Vanderbilt,
the attacking belligerent, has to operate from
the opposite side Of the Hudson, there is no tell
ing how long the siege will last, what it will
cost or how it will end
Vanderbilt and Drew are both remarkable
men. Vanderbilt is perfect giant as prac-
tical, go-ahead man Of business. Great on
steamboats,, he is greater on railroads. The
Hudson River, the Harlem and the New York
Central, before he took them in hand, were
somewhat like the armies Of the Union before
Grant was called to manage thcm--they were
like balky team, one horse pulling one way
and one another, or not pulling at all, and 40
they were literally doing nothing for the stock
holders and nothing for the public. Vanderbilt
has changed all this, and the Harlem, Hudson
River and Central stockholders and the public
ere equally QharRed With big aQQcessfSl sdzaiu-
The New York herald., 1868-03-31
COURT CALENDAR DAY.

T,s,9. -
SUPREME RCouRT-CHAMB. .Rs.--Nos n, 1s3, 231,
MARINE COURr-TRrAL TBRM.-N0a 60S Gal, 642
s43 6s6 e7s, ora, CAS- 6se os7 cas- ESQ., oeo 6ei 8o2
oss ese 7o 7o3 vo4 7o9 TO- III. 1ls lle, III. Tia
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expenses" cnder his administration ne nas
managed, with the cid Of the municipal rins'.
to run up our 'local expenses - So 80
five or six million dollars increase yea.' aa1
has swelled our city taxa.tion with . masn..
cence that casts the extravaga.Hce oi '.0 -
tional government into the shadssg Is JUS. J
well, therefore, that he should "say no'npe
Of local expenses" to the saving Yankees Oh
the nutmeg State.
The New York herald., 1868-03-31

HOFFMAN on LOCAL EXPENSES. The Baron
Won Holman is trying the effect of his clio
quence and his well trained mustache on the
voters of Connecticut In speech at Stam-
ford the other evening he discussed the ex-
penses of the national government. ''Why are
our national expenses sag nothing Of our
local erpenses-so larger" asked Hoffman.
Or course the Baron ''saxs nothing 9f oly local
The New York herald., 1868-03-31

istration Of their affairs. Vanderbilt Is man
of the world, and, though railroad man, he
believes in horsefesh. He can talk horse with
Grant or trot horse or two with Bonner on
the shortest notice. His spare time in the way
of recreation has been devoted to fast horses
and hence he has become equal himself any
day to two-forty on plank road. Daniel
Drew is churchman. He believes In the
''stated preaching of the Gospel, like the model
democrat, dead and gone, Of Sandy Hill, and
in the building and endowment Of churches he
is perhaps excelled only by Jay Cooke. But if
thus far Mr.. Drew has given one day to the
Gospel according to st. Paul, he has given six
in Wall street to the Gospel according to
Mammon. In fact, under his Safeguarding
amusements Of bulling Erie one day and bear
ing 1t the next the broad gauge road has not
prospered, and his stock, at his highest fancy
fluctuations, has never reached the figure bona
Jide it ought to command. Vanderbilt has
evidently taken some of this Wall street folly
Of bulling and bearing out Of him and turned
his attention to the more practical business of
the road itself; and thus learning from the ex-
ample Of the enemy Drew may be able to make
stubborn, well contested and protracted
fight. The Bloomingdale road is certainly q
better place Of diversion for railway men than
Wall street. We care nothing whatever for
the Drew party or the Vanderbilt party, so far
as their selfish interests are concerned, but as
we perceive that from this conflict the public
interests have not suffered and will probably
be promoted, we have only to say, let the
battle 60 on. 1t pnts money into circulation
and keeps things lively.
The New York herald., 1868-03-31
THE LEGISLATURE.

The senate was not in session yesterday.
In the Assembly q resolution was introduced and
adopted requiring the treasurer Of the Binghamon
Inebriatc Asylum to make answer TO charges against
him of having procured legislation by bribery and
corruption and to state II such Is the case the items
OF money expended for such purpose Two more
Managers of Impeachment In Canal Commissioner
Jborn's case were announced
The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1868-01-18
SPECIAL INDUCEMENTS.

We direct tie attention OF our agents
and others interested in the success OF
the ADvocAfE, to the following unequal
led list of premiums, which We offer
to those sending us the requisite num-
Der Of subscribers. The watches here offered
are from the factory of the National Watch
Company, at Egin, and are said to be supe-
rior to those turned out at W1tham, Massa-
chusetts. We will send to any part Of the
United States;
To any person sending club Of Sixty-fve
Yearly Subscribers, "B. w. RAYMOND" Sill
yer Watch, full plate movement, eighteen
Jewels, expansion balance, worth $500.
To any person sending Us club of Fifty
Yearly Subscribers. an "H. O.. CuLvEE" Sill
yer Watch, fifteen jewels, expansion balance
worth $4,000.
To any person sending us club Of Forty
Yearly Subscribers, sc. NJ. WHEERER'
Silver Watch, eleven jewels, expansion bal
auce, worth $500.
To any person serd'rg rs q club os Thirty
Yearly Subscrib rs, 81. 7. RYERsoS' Sill
yer W .ch, full plate movement, worth $35
Gases, in all instances, warranted 900-100'
fine. Send money by express OF registers
letter.
The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1868-01-18

The following item from q recent issue OF
the New York Sun, will perhaps prove Of
service to those who are anxious to learn
why so many needle women lead q life of
shame
poor woman was given at one Of the largest
establishments in the city, short time ego, the
material for an infants cape, made Of white
Marseilles, TO be deliberately worked with cot.
ton. Il took her fourteen days Of hard work to
complete it. and then she was rewarded with the
munifcent sum of four dollars The work was
well done, and the article sold afterwards for
seventy dollars The material, including cot
ton, was worth seven dollars, and four dollars
was paid for the making up. leaving to the re-
taie. profit Of ifty-nine dollars on an invest
ment of eleven dollars 1t is no wonder that
dry goods are -old in marble palaces. This Is
but one sample Of what takes place daily in this
city.
Yes, and it is a fair sample Of what takes
place daily in every city in the union, and Is
also fair saRspie Il ,ftue system Which il
daily driving thousands of these unfortu-
aases from restitution to prostitution, with
out receiving even a protest from the press
the pulpitor the public. The man who COM
mitted the outrage referred to is guilty of a
more henious crime than two thirds Of those
Of which the Law takes cognizanee, and more
deserving fslon's fate, than the highway
robber who demands "your money or your
life" The father, who, in sheer despera-
tion, helps himself and family to the neoes
rites of life, is branded as thief and pun
ished without fear or favor; the william who
deliberately steals from the widow or Or
phan, who, taking advantage Of / neces-
sity and 'defenceIess condition, pay. ne sum
Of thirty cents per day for their labor while
his profits on the sams are nearly. Surteea
times as great, 10, according to the usages of
society, ''shrewd business nsnP' and, In
al probability, recognised a. th@ esteemed
vice president or the Fejee Missionary Soci-
ETY. or the trustee Of the Erring wonan's Re
fugeiii
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CORRESPONDENCE.
FROM BALTIMORE, MB.

sDALTiAOkk, Jan H. RMwmh
TRADES AssEHBLr-MARrLA PEHmMmwnmm~ Muu
BAEnxon Iaox TEADs-Tss osssE. 90 So,
PAcKIHs BUsIxRss, &c.
TO the Editor Of the woEEzssxAEsf Ap~~rmrw
There is no event Of the past y..r mrasas
be regretted than the di-solunss " u.
Trades Assembly on this eiiy. wswf GO,
I am sorry to say. withost ruuA Z bsAy.
While Ii was I'm existrucr "a rnuruip "a n mms.
al influence, and II wRs q tmrmw 40 rhu um-
ployers Of this city. bat our ira urEnminn.
tisns could not Geo q q lAaa 90. .aa eus-
seqasnily msny q shs ma~a = xs~a1.. ~Ha..
held aloof from a sna lAssI whs sswps-~a
its nsnbs rship vws runBnr M n@sr NV u.
stsribstss % fsrisw.hlp.
The rrand shi-ua m 4. rr4am Enasu wss
lost seht of uh~rm ~<a mo muns~Aavl us
feslzng sKistlnM nmn4x lha sar4raa trna~s
that sampu.-a a ks~s h@a - hzsa nplny !.
NO d<snsa& pi.n wlsr~ss s.srk - m~-s-
iur s-s~slF ~ss pssray sGs-sa-a. 80 g.
lszHi~< snslbNFAg r~H ~sst ~ Bu.l
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bus fm wnma 60 i@as~i-~. mnnax-m-us Ma
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The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1868-01-18
SCIENTIFIC AND eEOoRApHIcAl.
Ind uence Of Climate on Anlm
KumnkR SIC.

To the mind Of the geologist or geographel
no fact Is more patent than that the chsrac.
ter and Development Of animal life depends
in very great degree upon the character 81
the climate native to il Lsst week We saw
how the life and profusion Of vegetation de-
pended upon atmospheric influences. Now
We shall see that the same causes operate to
Is great IN extent upon animal as upon vege-
table life, although in m inverse manner,
upon the higher types of animals, and in
much the same way upon tho lover species,
!. g., reptiles and insects.
In those countries where We ind vegeta-
ton the most profuse, with the predominant
characteristics Of gigantic broad-leaved trees,
and luxuriant trnling vines, We find reptiles
the most monstrous and insects the most
various and brilliant In South America,
that center Of vegetable PROPULSION, we find,
along its mighty, sluggish streams, and 10
its still unexpIored iagoons, the most hideoas
distortions Of animated Life. the largest ALI
gators, the longest ssrpsnts. and the most
rspussive ard deadly Of I'll crawling things,
and Of spiders, centipsdss, tarsntalas, &c.
We may ssy, Of : literal truth, their aans Is
'slssion.s This laxuriant vegetation, Nc
-, seems 70 overcome and stifle the higher
lifs IN the animal kingdom. Animal life q,
. Il we're, ovsrruled and enfsehled; Il does
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And IN their gratitude for al the comfort nos pos
nesed,
ser 'ninEs mt he-thAt such prodace Ia worthy being
Bus there's day approaching when III. hoped hen lead
the van. - ~
And each whs strives 20 gain that day--~hv. ho', I.
Working Man. ''
Who, who shoss THAI daih IDssruet. sixAten and
ihform,A
Tbs harbinssrs Of wLAt need-prSmoters vi re-
Holding up the yees q the world to execratou strong
by every honest-thinking man, and mnnIfests the
wroEz
OF doing evil. and .tiA AnEpr-posts 70 right
DpelinE all the clouds thai rse 10 oversladov HIGHT
who Ands virtue 70 the akies gives praise % whom
lis due,
And honcrs an awards - him who's loyal, honest.
Hue.
plan
0f equal rights 10 rich and poor, aide Win the Working
Man.
Ioyw T.,u.
The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1868-01-18
A CHRONIC GRUMBLER.

We find the following lugubrious CON-
munication in the Glasgow Sentinel Of Dec.
20, 1857
SrR-When Mr.. Mcdonald promised to cor
respond with your paper during his stay in Amer
lea, | as well as others longed anxously for the
appearance Of the communications which were.
as we considered, to give US that information
regarding the mode of working, the amount Of
remuneration, the character, present condition.
and future prospects Of the American miner.
So far, this anxiety has not been satated. The
desire Of your American correspondent appears
not to be to give the miners here any useful in
formation, but to crafty his perhaps pardonable
vanity, and to crate hi,cself from the charge
Of sending hundreds Of poor confding miners :
numbers Of them known to be unadspted for
emigrasion-to q land which, at the time, was
notoriously unknown to be scarcely able to sus-
tain its own population. Mr. Mcdonald has. it an.
pears, met in the States few acquaintance, about
whose prosperity he jndGlges in . "talk," talk
and by species Of special pleading would have
US believe that all those who went ont under
his auspices were equally well to do, iusinuat,ne
at she same time thar praise Is due to him for
sending them there despite the foul caludl.
MES y OF fools and "Dhilosephers' Il may
have been foolish TO offer objections to Mr.. Nc
Donalds emigration schemes, purely % the
grounds Of justices ard humauity; but q was
foul to ensnare 90 the time, with honied words
and visionary representations Of future wealth
and Independence, into fooi'serraad trips across
the Atlantic, simple, unsophisticated men, num-
ber Of whom returned disappointed and detected. |
Joining their families In dire poverty never again
% occupy the easy pecuniary position which |
they abandoned for highly-coioied experience
dissoiying idea. II may be foolikh to a. that |
here are q nu mber Of deluded, entrapped Kiners
10 the States who have met With nothing but I
Misfortune since going out: but Il u foul 10 In.
anuate that because few hare been partially /
'uccessful ell are on the high road to opuisnce. /
I may be foolish to say that even some of the
most fortunate Of the emigrants spoken Of would
ave been shout a. wen on ii home but ii
vould Be foul to ray that there are not In every
mining village III the Lane Of Cakes men Who /
ave both houses and h0fses through working
) tho mines Of "puir sud BeofIandh lcAutjos,
our minipg readers nee 20 b called b. The
Estensn;s from America FaE JAnEs KIsa
Jdst think Of the osarags advising elass
I men Who helped to an N overwhelmingly
vessstocked labor market. and Who ccrid
ever reasonably sxpset to attain more than
bare living, to come to the fertile prsisiss
The West, 80
= s s:s - y, ~ Z: = . ~ !: e
Thew, b. thrift and .ftne,lity, N iadspsnd
aesis ops IN - 10 I'D God ys "a - Il
lyssaahtsd Minis = The 81 wsssd, ~ /
The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1868-01-18
FROM BRAlDW0OD.

To the Editor Of the woEkIsoxAx's ADVOCATE.
Noticing in your last issue, my brother,
Mr.. Lang's letter, in which he suggests that
be and should 20 into the question, and
define W. At constitutes a workingman and
feeling Ihat the subject is broad one, and
capable Of being brought down to 4 very fine
point-so much so that have not the least
pretension Of doing the subject any thing
like justice. Furthermore, il il sub'~st
on which so much is said in the columns u
the ADVOCATE, that feel confident " "
pretty well understood by nearly NV lts
readers, yet 50 far comply with he rpquuui
as 10 make bold to furnish you lhs ipnuw
ing few lines in dogerel verse. wh~Wia
labor to set forth my ideAs on H. ma Nv
however lame and iacomplate thsF maI =.
and should you CONSIDER then vgsr ~
. place, be pleased % givs y w e..
and Ipromise viii nOt ~ Epifv HF lluattiuK
you with any more proofs w my iusaniu
VINO BA woHErvc HNue
what oon.tituHs. a -utlnruauf -rteah~ taA aa
Come, shsn. ny -sEn-r -. - = ~-u~~-B---
ant task.
For w.a. lsa.sa. .. q sAsl - s---aua. =
sxplsn,
A. isA.s. % hrsuur Eu--uau- a.. uu-uua -uar uay
BE- me gao.
me world -, 90 So --~ss-- - ------
wen . s.rs-- -s-~--a~---s---
The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1868-01-18

The wages OF the carpenters OF Nashville have
been reduced ten per cent
E4PLoYEs Of the Pacl6e Vii, in Lawrence
Mass, have been notified OF a reduction of l5
per cent. in their wages after the 10th inst.
similar reduction IL contemplated in other fac
tories.
The owners Of the Leet ore beds in or neaI
West Stockbridge, Mass., having reduced the
wages Of the miners the latter, to the number
Of two or three hundred, have struck, and op
erations have been stopp,'
The miners at the lon Coal Company's
works, near Wilkesbarre, Pa, refuse to submit
to a reduction Of wages. and are on q strike.
PRETTY general reduction Of .bout ten per
cent. in the wages Of mechanics and laborers in
and about Youngstown, o., commenced on Jan.
uary LIST, notice of the drop having been given
some time previous The men are mostly acqui
escing, feeling that tile choice il between a re-
duction Of wages and the total suspension Of
manufactures.
TIE mule spinners in Fall River, Mass, have
issued q circular to the agents OF manufactures
against the twelve per cent reduction of wages,
on the ground that provisions and rents are
higher now than two years ago.
The stonecutters in some parts Of Rhode
island are on strike against the proposed re.
dlction of % per cent. in their wages.
TaE Wason manufacturing Company, q
Springfield, Mass, has decided to reduce the
wages Of their employees 10 to 20 per cent. afteI
Feb. j. The company have al the work con
'astted for on passenger cars they can do in Z
year, but help Is plenty. r. NJ Walker L Co
have aho made slight reduction in the 'pai
Of their men at their sash and blind factory.
NEARLY oil the mills at Holyoke, Mass, are
cunning on short time, and are turning OF all
extra help, and some are reducing wages Il is
almost impossible to get work Of any kind in
thar town.
The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1868-01-18

Come then, and give Jour aid and support to
a measure which demands your cooperation /;
put your shoulder 10 the wheel resolve and
re-resolve, that your future devotion viii
more than recomperss for your past dslin-
quency; make up your mind that whom the
triumph comes, % come 1t must, your name
will not be found in the roll Of towards on
deserters, and all will yet be we'll
The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1868-01-18
A FAMILIAR CHIT CHATi

''Tt is all very well taking" sail friend
the other day, while discussing the labor
question, Ebut you win find out that the
man who trusts to tLs working classes to
sustain him wlile fighting their battles,
trusts to broken reed. They are not to be
depended on. They will go back on their
best friends, Ald know it by experience.
What is the use Of man devoting the best
years Of his life to an advocacy OF their
cause, while they are either too ignorant or
too selfish to appreciate or profit by il =
Now, reader, while we did not and cannot
admit that this sweeping statement is en-
tirely correct, we fear there is more truth
than poetry il the charges, and as this view
is indutged in by many OF those who are sin
cere though faint-ho~-ted, we propose to
have little familiar chit chat on the sub
ject.
That workngmen are ignorant and selfish
is fact too well established TO require de-
ronstration. That such ignorance, and con-
sequently such short-sighted selfshness il
the inevitable result Of our social system, is
also self-evident fact. They are selfish be-
cause they are ignorant; they are ignorant
because they haye been denied me opportu-
mites required TO make them intelligent to
lead them to correct appreciation Of those
principles, thorough understanding Of
which is essential to their own and Others
welfare. Yet, while we do not wish to be
the apologist Of wrong, we prefer to point
out the means By which existing evils mag
be removed, than join in the mere hue and
cry against them.
Our friend was one Of those who expects to
accomplish great resuats With little efforts.
Nho seems 10 forget thai deep seated pre-