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7XI KMPhKANCE.
A Clinical Lecture upon tort* of (he hjfcCts of In
t’ vnprmncr delivered at the Au frusta Ctfy Hot
pilot, by L A. Dioae.M D., and written out
by sprctal request.
Gwtumis :—'fbe c.we< f ta- woman we Lave
ufct. left in a moribund condit ion, i* well em ulated
to irrwt our attention. Tiff* woman, woo now
fi-einn to be about 40 yean* >t age, ard who pr- ,
ua so lamentable a picture of the effect* ‘*■
vice, if one of the frail sister hood, who, ha\ ?• ft il
her youth forfeited her social position, tied from * lje
parental roof to a den of infamy, and ha* been v ' :r
docs endeavoring to.drown her remorse in aicoho u
and other naicotic potations. She wa a abor imt
sinc e taken from ami* rabienegio hove! ana
here to die and to be buried at ti ot the
i ity Ym may have observed wi-en we nrwsaw
her, a few days ago, that eh* ‘ ‘ apcaa.
although berartauiationwa. and .jomew :a
difficult—that she- lav up-o )< r bwk witUout Ui~
pover to move either ter limbs or her trunk but
•till retaining her sensibility an well u her mental
tenuities comparatively unimpaired that abe w a
not laboring under paralysis, properly so called,
but that *h war suffering from a real exhaustion oi
nerve.u* power througuoutthe whole system, which
had been gradually progro4rc, and without any
indication whatever of local> organic disease. She
now appears to be asleep with her eyes half open,
but breathes quietly, and piv-tiiLe none of the phe
nomena of apoplexy. She La J pa* ed into t n state
gradually since you lact saw her, and her strand
rapid pulse indicates an early termination of this
process of resolution. The energies of life, long
uud-rmined by djsaolute habits, have gradual >
yielded, and she now dies evidently from mere
nervous exhaustion.
It i. in the presence of cases i ke it. ae that tbe
physician realizes m ibi fullest lorro out of :r >-e\i -
-perhaps, ala*. a ws-'-trjr evil—Of the social ►> ‘•
teal of refined civilize-h>n I m-iui ti.x *u<-h c .n
----demns to perpetual infamy the uni rtunete letuwe,
who, m a moment of infatua-iun yie*da -o t..e ‘■
signs us an artful arid hearties- deceiver. Sue
Boon real.zes her dreadful error, i.nd yet cure* not,
a. ha bad always done bes. re. appeal to the parent*
who would affectionately overlook any other guct
and endeavor to palliate it for sue knows that t.i a
man unpardonable n. even m the Mgbt •1 those
who gave her birth ! Oh, if she cou.u oniy be al-
Jowed to throw herself upon her kneed,, implore
their forgiveness, and receive from them even a
look of kindness, hue would do so, continue to
dwell Witu them, and probably lead a virtuous ite
the remainder of her days, llut, no ; she imi-d fly,
or be driven from the midst of those ehe loves, and
beau outcast among the ‘ t re;..*- : *•*>< jty.
where, with a broken heart and lacerated cou-
Moienoe, she naturally &eek* reffef in tue ob.undiug
use of narcotics of one kind or another. Ihe et
feel fa of these are before us—we here behold, how
ever, oniy one of the nad consequences of intempe
rauce, and, if you will pardon ne for dwelling upon
n topic, perhaps trite, i will take this opportunity
to make a few comments upon some of the evil* of
inteinperan* eto the individual who indulges m
this vice, to his offspring, and hi bis race.
I beg leave. Geut.einau. a* once to .-.ay * hat 1 am
not one ot those who think that a good cauce a ever
henetitted by exaggeration and by position** unsus*
taiued by truth. 1 would not therefore l ave you
to give credence to the ri ffouloUß stories about ul
cohol being found in the venU'icicrt of t.je brain,
about the spontaneous combustion of drunkard-,
Ate—nor w uld I tell you that a moderate and well
regulated use o 4 intoxicating L\er*>gei‘ is always
injurious, when the most casual observation ought
falsify the assertion. It is of internp •ranee Iw i ito
speak, and not of lemperam , —and >et, I am tree
in say, that if a man * annot drink without drinking
100 much, he ought not to drink at at!.
There are two forms of intemperance—the one
periodical and the oilier continued, i to wad fic-ted
to the former will drink profu - y for days or weeks
until the stomach rebels and rejects the potatu -h.
Hiid thay cannot t like anymore, fhey will then
suffer greatly, mentally and physically, *• f* w days,
stud gradually get *ve; their *'fjree, to resume n
again alitjr the lapse ot weeks, months, or even
years. This is the most inveterate, the mv.-l m’ -
rable form of intemperance. Indeed, I may say
that I look upon inch cases as utteriy hop- less, for
1 have never known a r ngla insiance of perimmeu!
reformation, in those addicted to periodical intem
perance. The victims of this form are mom violent
and uncontrolnble, more disagreeable and danger
tus to society, more subject to delirium tremens,
fiiid rn*ire liable to permaueut insanity, tisio habitua.
inebriates.
Ihe continued form of internperai.ee is that in
which the invidual habitually t ike.- too much ; some
will attend to their business during the day more or
lehn efficiently, and yet be surfeited * very night—
others are sober enough to attend to busincf H only
in Ihe forenoon —and, finally, there ar-i oiawy who
can scarcely ever be found entirely sober. I re
oollect a case m court in which a will was *et .*nide
upon the testimony of the neighbors that tbe maker
had not been sober enough io ten years to know
what he was about’ The will had been executed
mix or seven years before his death. AndyetMib
man lived seventy-five years, and had been intern
perate all hts life ’ I believe it to be a gen- rvt rule,
that the habitually intemperate live longer than
those who are only periodically so. Hut tl * J; •
tual inebriate is more liable to liver disease, to drop
*y and to rheumatism -neither of which affections
have 1 ever knowucureduudorsueh circumsture.s
The periodical drunkard is more apt to be < arr:e'i
.ff by an attack of man.a a-potu, ei ot c.n, • other
tkcuie disease. VViiite, with most j ersoti■> intempe
rauce induces more or less of plethora and corpu
lency, there aie eonie in whom it produces an oppo
site effect, and wo find these pale or sallow, and
thin. When it terminates in dr j,-y, this .< i y>
be in consequent e of hyp* rtrophy of the eitular 1 1.*-
sue of the liver, by which the jurtai vieiw are coin
pressed to such a degree aa to impede tire free pas
sage oi blood, and to cause its undue accumulation
in the intfstinal can a! and its nv. ting membrane,
in such cases the ves-ieLs may reliev inein-elves
by an abundant secretion from the mucous surface,
constituting diarrho*-i, or by an exhalation into tie*
peiiuuical cavity, ho to produce dropsy. Either
of these symptoms may be, in general regarded a
the prwursor of early dissolution.
Intemperance deeply affects the nervous system
of animal life, an ia evinced by the uncertain gait,
the tremulous hand, convulsions, and various pain
tul diseases. But the brain, this great scat of intel
lect of the moral perceptions, reveals it A baneful in
flueoce under the forms of inania-u-potu, perverted
leason, and moral depravity. Who lots not seen i;.
stMic.es in which the noblest intc loot and the mop*
u-fined sen Hoof propriety have beem thus changed
mostupid vagaries aud knavish as well a.- brutal
propensities t With reaton dethroned and tha nio
ral perceptions bluatad, th® victim drags a mtecr
able existence liimnelt, and embitters that ot al who
loved and esteemed him !
Let. us now look at soino of the*fleets of Intom
perance upon the offspring and upon the nic. I ‘
think it susceptible of easy demonstration, tU"’ tire 1
i-tiildreii of an habitual inebriate will have but
<lamina— that is to nay, that their powers of ivt*
Ullll- t,. morbid ii*l 1-. w ill b <,r fr.-.j. flTl- 1
paired, Mil lliat, th.y will fticrrfore be limre IFabli
lu iliiwßMf than they wmiid otherwise have be. i,
dial they will often t)e uerofulmd, mid oetiasionaily
iimane, or idiotir. Tin ne effects will, moreover, be-
I.lino more and more apparent tbe longer the parent
luu been a drunkard —rot Lat if lie have a large fam
ily daring hit. intemperance, the deterioration of bin
children will be progreanive, anil fin lam may be eo
pony an never to reach lnalurity, aithotlgh the tirat
may be ramiparativety hea'ttiy. Nay, iliere are
mime drunkard’, w Ihibo own conmitution being poor,
will rear ale r children, and tlien J. -e in ii.tiney or
childhood all they may 6ut sequently have. .Just ie-
Meet a little upon the co ill um <>t the fain lies in
your respective neighborhoods and 1 think that
each one of you will recall to nriiffl some illustration
of the correctness of these propositions.
Well,gentlemen, what is true with r. gard to t lie
iiiliuenee of intemperance upon the offspring of the
lirst drunken parent, becomes ninsl painfully no if
tbe offspring himeeif follow the exauiple ol Ida fa
ther and become also a drunken parent. The issue
of this second generation of drunkards will, in all
probability, be few in cumber, and their stamina
will be ho much impaired that it will be with the ut
most difficulty that any iff them can reach maturity
Let US tollow this thud generation, ant if it pel
chance also take to the bottle, it w,ll be the last ot
liuct family—for Ido not hesitate to proclaim it m a
j tltc ~t utmost universal applicability, that Mire
successrre genet tiltons of drunkard* mil irtirr no
i The third generation may have children,
but uot one of these will be reared to manhood !
This may appear to yon a startling announcement.
hut 1 believe that you will find it based upon truth.
Ah 1 have loug some entertained these views ot ilte
effects of intemperance upon families. I would lik
to adduce some of the evidence i have collected
troin personal observation, Were it not manifestly
improper to lilt Ihe veil from Ihe private history of
(amities who have passed away. But we can, with
out the least impropriety, study the history iff fami
lie*, in connection with that of the race to which
they belong, ami it you will bear with me a tew
momenta more, 1 trill endeavor to illustrate my
proposition by a reference to the sad history of our
aboriginal savages.
1 ned not repeat what you all know-that tiibe
alter tribe of tbe children of the forest have vanish
ed trom before the sue—and -till continue to do so
With awful rapidity. \\ liy is this so ’ lstliereany
thing in their physical organisation that incapaci
tate* them for tbe perp-.u-rtion ol their species, or
rate, if yon pretet the teimf Certainty not. Then,
I again ak the question, why is it so / In order to
answer this, let us examine the influences that have
been brought to bear upon this : i ■ in the d.tler
ent portions of our continent, and let us s. eit they
have suffered equally in these s veral iv_ i us.
America has been colonized by Iwo classes of
people ; iu the one we tiud the Spaniards, the ,lVr
tuguese, and tbe Kre. ch; ill the other the British
and their American descendants Now how have
the Indians fared under the dominion of these two
classes ’ I’uderthe former they have increased and
multiplied—wher ae. under the lat'er they have
been annihilated ’ The Spanish, the Portuguese,
andthe French, are tempeiate peop’e.'and the Ur\
tishand Anglo-Americans intemperate—and wtnie
th- former have propitiated the gor'd will it the
savages have fraternized wit ‘.hem. have civilized
had christianized thjm, probably , far us t i -ir na
ture wiU permit the latter have done neitner, but
have ou the contrary, introduced among tuem their
ow.l vioes and iutempeiauoe. and drir -n them trom
their hunting grounds to perish like ou.cash C om
trast the history of tlie Indian m Mexico, with that
of tne same rare in the l cited Sta <s or . veil in
Ucvi gia Tow arils :he close of the, ..v-t v ’ury tl e
population of Mexico was about four irtnioi.-. ol
which the pure Indian element constituted aliout
two roiUione. The population of that Kepublieis
now about seven uni.ions, ot whr ‘in at. least lour
millions are pure Indians, two out.ions mixed races
and one million pure oastt'tians. Sixty yean ago,
one half of the State ot Ocorgi* was p> ■ * ’ >-l
savages—and where are they now s Whth’ e ex
ception ot a smaii ietnnant of t herokeesardt .ole
who uar e been driven ai - ss the MUsi.-sippf, t!t.-e
ruighty tritn-s Lave e.:--- - ‘ exu-’ In u* .Ae --
rw'a, it is highly probates t ..i, fni -u p.,,u.a
----lioo• fully as great as it ever wus, it r - greater.
I’noer the Freneii detain -u. ■>.< ( an.....s ! . s
prospered as they do in v nth Ann’- at., tuev
Lave been deteriorating aid dwimnu g . “ . raf
dly ever since the British have acquired those p
Liook at the influence ot the ooasieo .vui.-a.iou
mtrodueed by the drinking races among too Nand
wich islanders! ihe ti.noget- ration . t drttnKxrcs
is now living Uiero, and it es unated m u:
teen or twenty yeareuv’re taers u.; cM,< .sit a
solitary representative o: tnat peopl* i at or
with hie bottle has doubueee had_ more founwere
than the uiMHonary with ! is t'.b.e in .tiat uni. ppy
land lea kat the di**o 1 tt-'t ottmken u*bus_ i.
. ur frontiei Indian- “
covering the true reas>"-- ol meir ex iuo,..m. ice
same baneful influence . perate# upu: : e free
bia. ks Who set as rrtuge in t: e iKc s>ites at the
v ,-th The eliwai<\ uiay. ’* is irut, ROi*ouii! in
degree, tor the great mortality am itb -m but m
’emperance is unquestioi. -.t •> . : .-re • i.tmy
■hepbilanthropiat wUha-um vnini.: a so.ut. •:! ct
... r stubborn facts, un.ess he attr mne them to
temperance, the most potent destroyer ot mac |
gentlemen, that von will pardon the
n,tb ot the digression into which I har e l-.-en m- j
TadbH led from the case uncer our sr>eeiai eon- .
deration 1 did not inteud to make you a ttanpe-
wddrese—but I never see a victim oi this aw- |
“: without fcelling that w.'methmg ought
“Sedore to put •<“? u ’ u 1 en
dravoredto Arect your attention m asm. e a
niMiuer as 1 could under the tnspnjtton of tl • mo
n eot to now of its pernicious effects, lot. are
drsiffied I trust, to exert ne influence upon the
r.lauuunities in which you may bx your abod.- No
member of society has it more in his power to do
toed than the intelligent ano. mora, physician. The
Mhtei't before us affords a m ils heiu lor the exer
L J 1... enlighten and benevo’enee l mte your efforts
I .Extirpate this, as von will CW to stay the ravages
of other tiieeases. Lotus toe-k u>j.n ; in emperai ■■
usiksss and treat it as h. Must it mu , ....
he a veritable men -m \ ;
inftdiaUuy. w ,?i i -hi, L be *
Tfat lnttmperMK-e • - & * a .
r eiv genera .- I
nk* other morbid cond.'kns, it may be .uhented.
~r aoquired- Whende.ivodb, tnberiiASCe. Ue pv
. *j** mRV m.t l*- muck to bl&ure e w -?-• ***
“ !, "iuired bv Improper indulgence. It uevMttwdeM.
reveals a morbid condition ot the brain
r” MiaUke that which oonsmutee otbM forms of
tiscuouiau ia The paUeut is re tuipeb
( e 1 to drink, azj-ome mon .mnnUoa a e to thieve.
, , : . ‘••is- < i education aaa
{ Jtood conduct. Sune will say
‘at it is only a depraved a P pW He, or a wan of
: r,.. t ;. j* Qfx*s not auMige the
’ . -piav.-'t ai i'-'i e. tr this inability
J ., ie*, isamorbidKate—often
I “ends'. I i-ivefre-v i.- v heard these patients in
their lucid intervals, declare most st’emnly that
jJ . % Wt >ald < betrlui-y all they to get
’ r*ti of |*roptlsfcity. Ami 1 belreve that
I they were eiocere.
lJut kow nhaU we treat each cases 1 Place ttern
i ia au &fyium hr you do those affected with other j
J forma of itnanity : let them undergo such treat- ;
’
sat'onof toe brain aud iitwohr eyaitux
: roper and normal fuactioue.
lam aware that, ueder cu*cumatanc,
this cannot be done. We need legislation upon the
subject, before we earn airy ot:’ ca views anUl
can *ee no good reason why some men should be
sent to the lunatic aeylam. and their property be
.trvfltul
r injurioui to society, and un'abie to manage
U-n affairs in consequence of intemperance
auoUier species of incar.it 7— a-re affowed to™* l
e uaLddriii£ thtir estate, einbi t..e
lives of their family, annoying wiioie communities,
“oMff ting every variety of crime. I veniy
“d-ve that a majority of the Inmates of lunatic
asylums wouid be found !- dangerous and Icm
annoying to the communities from whicu they were
sent t han any equal mm. bar of dnu.kar.L
----[ * i.k that tie legislature of New koik has ta
Pen‘to* initiative in chartering a voluntary Asylum
7*n l, ebriiVes. This L-. a step ia the right direction
■r-i and iaa‘’ ol u* productive of muck good. But
ir tthnr'ea ought to be put upon the a&sne footing f%a
other lunatic*. lAt * writ of lunacy bring them
beiore a jury—and upon conviction, let them be
ordered to tbe asylum, and their estate be placed in
tl, . custody of trustees until their recovery r ai.d I
firmly believe that permanent cures may in very
many iastancee be the reeult
xhe sufferers fro 11 intemperance are entitled to
our feytnpaUiy, at.d ve tshoui<i some to their
however ioatUk,me they may be in the eight of the
non-professional members ol society. Lotus not
apply to them degrading epithets and treat them
like brutes but ot. the contrary, extend to (heir,
the laud of kindrien? aod the offices of Christian
f It in thu? alone that we may obtain their
confidence and become useful to them. . . .
q ), e iict being o*tce establiiihed by the legislation
of the country, tnat intemperance ns a disease, and
that it can only be treated successfully m ®- n insti
tu:.k-u humanely and properly devised for tnia spe
cial purpose, much of the odium that now’ a laches
to 0.1- condition, and which might otherwise Jesuit
from ti e confinement, will be removed. I believe
that ru, ti a *ystein would do more good man all our
ternpeiaoce sccities. The combined influence ol
tx tb bow v*r, would in all probability erase from
our -national tscutcheon one ot its foulest biota. If
you agree with me, let us unite our endeavors to
brLag about in our respective communities such a
state of public opinion a* may result in the legal
estaicisbuicut, in every slate, of Auyiums for the in*
ebriate.
Bo cue in the Wilderness—'The I'lantern.
BY T. XV. THOMAS.
Here once Bene trod, the Lardy (.i.-ncer,
TLe only white mau in the wildcrness—
Oh ‘ ■ ow he loved alone to hunt tne deer,
Aione at eve his siiop.e mea todresr.
No mark upon tne tree, nor print, uortiack,
To voile h.m forward or to lead him hack,
lie SoLed the forest, king by main and mi got,
Andlo< hod up to tne sta.s and shaped hie course aright.
That mountain there that lifts its bold, high bead
Above the forest, was, perchance Ins throne;
There has he t .od and marked the woods ouiopread.
isik** a griLat kingdom, that wajs ail hia own,
In hunting hkirt and nK>cca*iti3 arrayed, ,
Wi h bf*.ar-akin ■]>. and pouen, and needful blade,
How c*reiely he leaned upon h s gun,
That aceptre *i the wild that La i ho oitea won.
Those Western pioneers an Impulse feit,
Wnich tbe!i leas bard y sons scarce eomprehend,
Alone ia nature’s widest sceneath'y dwelt,
Where crag and precipice anu torrent blend,
And -fetched around tho w ilderncas, and rude
Aa the red rovers of its colitude ; -
Who watch and their coming with & hate prefound.
And fought with deadly strife for e very inch of ground.
To ahun a greater ill nought they the wdd t
hi-, they hft happier lk&de behind them fr,
An iV-ought the uur.-ing mother ani her child,
To share the danger of the border war.
TLeir log built cab.n from lb - Indian barred—
Their httle boy, perchance, kept watch arid ward,
While father# oughed, with rifle at his back.
Or TOUfeh the glutted foe through many a devious track.
Aud it was happiness they taid, to stand,
When suiunier smiled upon them in the wood.
And see their little clearing there expand,
An J he the muter a of the solitude.
Dauj'or was but excitement, and when arne
The tide of < migration, life grew tarn: :
Tl)m would they seek some unknown wild anew
And -(son above the trees tbe smoke jv as circling blue.
[•'rom lire Hartford Evening I'm**, Fib I.
Tlic Hurl torH Bunt. Robbery.
TTio favorite simile, “like thumb r from a clear
sky,'’ i althuagii too weak to express the surprise
wiih which cure iizoiis liave heard or will hear that
.John W. Seymour, Secretary ami Treasurer of the
Hartford Bounty Savings Association, (office 810
S e street,| h°s appropristed to his otvn use, i. e.
stolen, the stocks and collaterals of various kinds in
the hands of the company to the amount ct about
$! .1 ■ 1 and haslb-ff. lie wi s lasr Friday
evening, January ff't.
The annual meeting of Hie assocmtien was lieid
on Tue Lay la-t, and though we are not aware that
there wile any euspioions of Mr. Seymour’s integ
rity . a ceintnittee was appointed to make a thorough
examination of tlie stocks, bords, mortgages, etc.,
held by the association asyseourity for its loans.—
The usual examination of notes ami collaterals pre
, I ban bnl partMlly
made one of theg etlan a wboesdnty It wes to
mag, it havii'g been compelled to leave town on
Monday.
An exaii.inati'.n had been commenced on the
Saturday pr-vi-ui, (Jan -.’.1) but Mr. Seyinonr had
in ,11.1 way avoided binging forward thesecuri
lies. On Friday, one of tlie directors told Mr. bey
limin’ that iie wished to have an hour’s conversation
with him on Saturday, (the doth) and they agreed
In meet at‘.l A M., ou that day. This was ti P. M.
M. .-'-.‘ymour told a friend that he had used about
e ICO i„iii belonging to the Association , that he was
go-ng-away, and that his friend would never see
him again.’ VV Ifch way he has gone no 011 c knows.
He trugiiH-i ssibly-have left hereon Friday even
ing, and reached l'urUand in time Id take the North
American, which was to leave that place ou Satur’
day l.w Liverpool. - ,
An moompletc examiiralmii discloses tae loss ot
between Jtitl.t (M> and biO.OiKI. but we hear that the
total will probably exceed the ligun s named by Mr.
Seymour. . #
Mr. Seymour is a native ot Hartford, a lawyer
iiv nudes Men. and formeriy law’ partner of Tims. V.
i'Vikins, h>q. I'nboonded coumleuee has _ been
pia.i, and hi his intwrify ud ability. He quil the
proicii.-o ol hi A about six years ago, to take eharge
id this assr elation. A y'ear or two siune he was
elected, and still holds the office of, President of the
Mercantile Bank. That iuuimticn has, however,
we aie reliably > ssured, lest nothing whatever by
Mr Seymour, and care should be taken that his las
cnlities should not damage its credit.
‘I he secret of these transactions is probably tlie
same us that ot many other similar frauds which
have been perpetrated during the last few years in
the mad race for money, ami which the financial
crisis has brought to light. Mr Seymour Ims been
.. qm olator in fancy stocks, and to a much greater
extent than most of his friends were aw are. Among
his speculations were tlie Bristol Copper Aline, (oi
which he was trea-urer.) a silver mine in Mexico, a
stone quarry in Chicago, a luruace or rolling mill iu
Pridevaie, Va.
Jt is $-rofiable that he has been for a long tune en
gaged iu the gradual conversion of these securities
into . ash, as his necessities deinauded. It must have
required great ingenuity to dispuse of them with
out exciting suspicion, or to replace them wheu de
manded by borrowers paying their loans.
Kuinors have been iu circulation that the .F.tna
Lila insurance Company, of which Mr. Seymour
was vice president, has lost also, but we are assured
that ail investigation concluded at noon to-day
shows that it lias not lost a dollar by him.
Upon the capi at of the association sixty-two
cci.t- on tlie dollar has been paid in. The balance
is we,! secured, and will be forthcoming. Tlie losses
will use up the capital, and it is uot probable that
the (lepe.-itors will lose anything.
Mr. Sc) incur has probably taken but li'lie with
him of the large sums stolen, as they piobabiy have
bem mostly invested -iu Ilia speculations, lie ia
largely interested in a reul e lute speculation iu
Brooklyn, and in the “Great V\ ‘-tern Stone Com
pany,'’ at Chicago, and has lost heavi.ybytbe
Pridevaie, Va , adventure, wiiere two blast fur
naces have devoured a large capital. His leal
estate iu this city was transferred to a relative last
Friday.
The following certificate has been handed to us
tor publication :
Mkrcantu.k Bank, February 1, 1858.
J. W. Seymour has resigned his position as Presi
dent and Director, and is longer connected with
this Bank. •
This Bank is ui no way involved by the late
alleged defalcation of said Seymour at the Hartford
County Sa\ lugs Asscc.atiou, nor is he a defaulter to
this Bank. ..
J. B. Powell, Caebier.
Mr. Seymour left but little property here subject
to attachment, but the officers have been busily
gathering that. He has had but three shares ot
Mercantile Bank stock tor some months past.
He ia about 40 years old, and unmarried.
A Theatrical Incident. —Some years ago the
manager ot a -well-regulated Theatre,” some
where along the line of the Erie Canal, engaged a
good-looking and brisk \ oung lady as a supernume
rary. It happened that the young lady in question,
had formerly officiated in some capacity as a
•‘hand * on board a canal boat, a fan which she
was extremely anxious to conceal. She evinced
much anxiety to master the details of her newly
chosen profession, and soon exhibited a more than
ordinary degreeot comic talent. She was duly pro
moted, and in time became a general favorite with
both manager and public.
(.tee n’ght she was announced to appear in a fa
vorit t part, a couple of boatmen found their way
into tlie pit, near the toot lights, particularly anxious
to see the new famous eonrnnedieiine. The house
was crowded, aud after the subsidence of the gene
rai applause which greeted her appearance, one rl
tbe boatmen slapped his companion on the shoulder
and with an emphatic expletive txclaimed toad
enough to be heard over halt of the house :
** Bill I knew that gal!
** Pshaw!” said Bui. “dry up.”
“But I’m and i if I don't now. Bill. Its Sal
Flukins, sure as you're ocm. She's old Fluking’
daughter that otea to run the Injured Polly, and
ehe used to sail with him.”
“Tom,'said Bill, “you're a fool, aud if you
don't stop your iuiersaf clack, you'll get put our.—
Sal Flukins 1 You know a sight if you thick that's
hex ?*’
Tom nas silenced but not convinced. He winch
ed the settees m all her motions with intense is
teresi. and we i< : *r. broke out nes.ii :
’ 1 ten ve. Bid. test'* her—l i-s.iv tis. Y'ou can t
fool me—l know her too weii !”
Bin. who ws good deal iuiwested in the play,
was out of ad patience at tins persistent interrup
tionon the part of Tom. He gave him a tremen
dous nudge iu tiie ribs with his elbow, as an em
phatic hint for him to “keep quiet. ’
Torn.w .hour minding the admonition, said, ‘ You
jus! watt—Tii ti* tier, keep, your eye an me.”
Sui.- enough, he did n* her. Watching his op
portumty when tbe actress was deeply ab.orbed to
her pi-.rt. lie eung oat iu a voice which rang through
the galleries.
“Low Bridge!”
From force of habit, ti e ai tress instantly ami in
▼oluntariiy decked kerktad to avoid the anticipated
collision. Down came the house with a perfect j
thuader of applause at this “palpable hit/’ high ]
above which Tom's voice comd be beard, as he re- i
turned Bill s punch iu the ribs with interest
“Didn't i tel ye, old boy. 1 know’d ‘.was her.—
I Youcoukin't fool tne.’
t Tn BjtviM £at Ne” Y'. Hk.—The New York
! Courier girse titeanseunt of revenue received at j
the custom-house iu that city for the tast seven j
i months, as compared with the same months ot two j
[ preceding years, as follows :
1555-6. ISSB-7. ISJ7-&
July ftt.Tsfr !MI 1..M1 Jo.'.iS'.O-JO
Augtts* .V-SfrllS
September :l :-4,t.!179 3.7tk!,135 “ ‘JtJ tksi I
October *.*-1.1.0 3,:5*1,H31 5.7.3a5 |
N\ v< mb.-- .... --’.171 7“,771.H-lfi 1.1ti1.793
December -1 i t -J Its I ..70 1 KVjhCi ‘
January I 4,637,375* i .tii 1.47., j
Tota!.. . $ ‘ • o.fild t-T.u 13,‘.kH $17,967,0*’
The above ei'ubif, it must be eontesred, is strong j
.y suggestive of economy in the administration of
tl.. >< tirra* Gov.-romtii’ T(ie receipts fi r the
| cufront fiscal y, ar must fail at V-ast fifteen millions, j
■ i i } thirty percent . bic.w last year, and way j
r.-ae:. thirty tiv*. per cent which, taken in , -junec-. ■
non with tW circumstance that the decrease at oth- i
ei nor?, is !is-ly to be proportionately greater, is !
| evidence, U tke fact were not already certain, that |
a senous diminution will be eanerienced in the re
sources of Uietienetai tSnveintoent —Cimrur.
| SnaRT ltr i.t.—'“i thought y-.u were bom on tie
| Ist of April,’ saida Benedict tohis lovely w.tV, w! o
j had mentioned (he dlst asher birtfiday ‘M..I per-
I suns would think so from tbs choice 1 have .
’ ot a husband, .he replied.
Correspondence of Ike BaUmore American.
THIRTY-ITI'T!: CONOKKSS—Iet •*es-!on.
IN SENATE Ffcb 1
Mr. Doolittle presented the petition of uin ._w
seven citizens of tbe I'nited States, praying .not
measures be taken for the purchase of the ieianu ot
Cuba, and ils annexation to this country
Tue Senate then resumed the consuleratrou of the
’ M ; Houafon opposed it. He said he saw no ne
cessity fi r large standing armies m time of peace.
In the course of his remarks he alluded, m dis
paraging terms, to the West Point Academy, saying
thatgraauates from tnat institution were often pro
incited over tne beads of old and well-tried veterans
and arguirg ’hat it was a bar to honorable military
ambi ion on the part of civilians. He advocated
the ia -ing of volunteers, as being preferable to
regular-, and not more expensive. Some years ago.
four regiments were raised, the expenses of which
were probably like the twenty millions of dollars
and. licit in tbe Treasury. W'hat have they done .’ —
KLled a tew Indians or warriors, but mauv women
and children. .Such conduct reflects little credit
Upou civilization. It would be better to treat tbe
Indians like men. and elevate them than to de
ceive aud rob them, and then hunt them down like
savage beasts. Do justice to them and you wiil
need no standing army on the frontier.
Mr Wilson gave notice of an amendment he in
tended to move at the proper time, namely :to
strike out all after the enacting clause of the bill,
aud insert a substitute to the effect that the Presi
dent, for the purpose of enforcing the laws of the
United States, maintaining peace with the Indam
tribes, and protecting our citizens on the routes of
emigration to tbe territory 01 Utah, and to be em
piovtd oniy in said territory, be and is hereby au
tuorized to call for and accept the services of any
number ct volunteers, uot exceeding five thou
sand, in all, officers and men. who may offer tuetr
services, to serve for twelve months, unless pre
viously discharged—aud appropriates —— dollars
for tae purpose ot carrying iU pro vision 8 into effect
Tbe further consideration of tbe bil was postpon
ed untii balf-paat twelve o'clock to-morrow.
Mr. Douglas moved to take up tbe bill to admit
Minnesota into the Ucwn.
During the debate. Mr. Ma*oa said there might
be circumstances when it would be found necessary
for the Southern States, in order to determine \* here
they eland in the UcioD, to take up the Minnesota
and Kansas questions together.
Mr. Wilson spoke of the injustice of such a con
junction, and gave notice that he and his friends
would avail themselves of a l legitimate means to
resist the admission of Kansas under the Lecompton
Constitution. , ...
Mr. liaie said there never had been a propositi n
that so seriously threatened to disrupt the Lmon as
t hat of the Senator of Virginia.
Mr. Crittenden spoke earnest y in favor ol the
immediate consideration of the Minnesota bill. He
thought it too late to raise the question suggested
uv Mr. Bayard. Long and established precedent
had authorized the Territories to anticipate, in the
way Minnesota had done, the rights of State sover
eignty. He could see no reason for identifying the
case of this Territory, to whose admission there is
no serious objection on the part of any one, with that
of Kansas, respecting which there is doubt and dis
pute. Why complicate the admitted claims of the
nc with the contested merits of the other. Tue
very fact of such a contest was rather an argument
against connecting the .fortunes of the two Territo
r; ■in their common application to Congress, ror
himtelf he pr ferred a direct decision upon all ques
ti -us which came before him, and to vote upon each
according to hia convictions of duty in the piemioos.
He deprecated in eloquent terms the prognostics
and threats directed against the permanence of this
Union as a means for strengthening the force of ar
guineuton the floor of the Senate. *lhi d was an omi
nous eign of the evil times upon which we are fal
len but he thanked God that the Union lives in the
hearts of the People, and could defy ihe threats of
those who employed it as a mere make weight in
excited oratory.
The earnest utterances of ’.he speaker drew tortli
a spontaneous expression of applause from the
crowded galleries; where, however, it was soon vol
untarily checked in respect for the decorum of the
Without tsking the question up the Senate ad
journed-
HOUSE.
Mr. Stanton offered a preamble, setting forth that
J. B. Williamson, of the city of New York, was, ou
the ‘ffth of January, duly summond, but refused to
appear before the Committee appointed to iuvesti
gate the charges against the members o rofticers of
ihe last growing out of tbe expenditures of
Messrs. Lawrence, Stone, &. Cos., to influence the
parage of the Tariff bill of 1857, and concluding
with a resolution that the speaker issue this warrant
directed to the fcergeant-at-Arms to take into custo
dy the .‘■'Hi l J.B. Williamson, wherever found, and
bring him before the bar of this House, to answer
for contempt of its authority.
?.ir. Stanton caused to be read a letter from Mr.
Williamson in which he respectfully declined to ap
pear before the luvestiga’ing Committee, for rea
sons which his attorney advised him were sufficient
for hia not leaving New York.
The resolution was then adopted.
The House proceeds to the consideration of the
bill to supply an omission (caused by a clerical er
ror) in the army bill of the last session, making ap
propriations for the support of the National armo
ries. The original amount was $361),000, and the
bill passed in that form.
On mot ion of Mr. Boyce, it was resolved, that a
a select committee cf seven members shall be ap
pointed. to which shall be referred, to inquire into,
the following subjects: A reduction of the expenses
oi the Government; the navigation laws of the
United States; the existing duties on imports, and
the expediency of a gradual repeal of all duties ou
imports, and a resort exclusively to internal taxa
tion.
The House then went into Committee of tlie
Whole on the stated the Union, and resumed the
consideration of the bill appropriating $790,000 to
supply a deficiency in the expenses lor printing pa
per, lithographing ami engraving, for the thirty
third ami thirty-fourth Congresses.
A debate resulted involving the question of ex
tra vagauce, aud without coming to any determina
tion the subject was passed over.
Mr. Lane presented the Constitution of Oregon.
Mr. Parrott presented a strong protest from the
Kansas Legislature against the admission of Kan
sas with tlie Lecompton Constitution, and in favor
of its admission under the Topeka Constitution.
The House then adjourned.
IN SENATE Feb. J.
Mr. Wilson presented the memorial of E. K. Liv
ingston, of Massachusetts, to be appointed to super
intend and aid in the preparation ot a catalogue,
abstiact and index of the original documents and
papers of the United States. He said that Mr. Liv
ingston hud indexed the official papers of Massachu
setts from 1774 to 1857 on an original plan which
had met the commendation of the official authorities
and literary men of that State. He hoped that the
committee on the library would agree to the propos
ed plan which would be of immediate vaiue to pub
lic men and historical students.
Mr. Mason, from the Committee on Foreign
delation*, report* and a bill to indemnify the mas
ters and owners of the Spanish steamer Amistad
and her cargo, involving the payment for alleged
slaves.
Mr. Seward, in behalf of Mr. Foote and him
self, submitted a minority report being of the opin
in that the claim was not supported by the facts or
law.
Tlie House bill appropriating $360,000 for the sup
port of tlie Nat mini Armories were passed.
The Senate then resumed the consideration of the
Army bill.
Mr. Seward said he would grant this increased
force if he knew that the troops now in Kansas
would be withdrawn. He was unwilling to do it
wi:hout assurance to that effect. He could not con
sent to have the army used to enforce a Constitu
tion which a majority of the people of Kansas re
ject. Such a criss has now arrived that he doubted
whether the President would dare to use the army
for that purpose, but he wanted to be sure about it
before he would vote for the increase. Congress
must pass the bills for paying th*- army, and he nev
er would vote a dollar to be used for such a purpose
in Kansas, no matter if the wheels of Government
shall come to a dead stand, as was the case two
years ago. He, however, favored the increase, for
the purpose of putting down the rebellion in Utah,
but only tube used so bag as it is necessary for that
purpose and then disbanded.
Mr. Hale had listened with extreme pain, die
appointment and mortification at the Senator from
New York—equal to that with which, ten years
ago, he had heard Daniel Webster put himself
at the feet of the slave power to be spurned by
them.
Mr. Seward explained that his course was influ
enced by a regard for the interests of the whole
country. He know nor cared nothing for party. —
lie thought the error of Mr. Ilale and others was in
thinking (he battle was not yet over, when it was ;
and whatever the administration might do, before
another year there would be nineteen free to fifteen
slave States.
A message was here received from the President,
wh ch w >s read (enclosing the Lecompton Conetitu
lion.) The President speaks in severe language of
the city of Lawreuce as being the hot bed of aboli
tion, and says that the dividing line in Kansas is
not between two political parties, as in other places,
but between those who are loyal to the government,
and those who are endeavoring to destroy it by
force and usurpation. lie says Kansas is at this
day as much a slave state as Georgia or South Caro
liua, and recommends the admission of Kansas into
the Union under this constitution as the only means
of restoring tranquility.
Mr. Bigler moved the printing of the message
and its reference to the Committee on Territories.
Mr. Trumbull said he looked upou the message as
a perverted and incorrect history from end to end.
There was co usurpation in Kansas worse than that
committed by the President with his army in that
Territory.
Mr. Douglas presented a prote°* against the ad
mission of Kansas under the Lecompton Constitu
tion, signed by tbe Governor aud Stale officers elec
ted iu that Territory, and moved its reference to the
Committee on Territories
Mr. Toombs paid a high compliment to the Presi
dent for the signal ability displayed in the message.
He earnestly supported the propositions assumed
by the President, aud contended that the Lecoutp
ton Constitution was framed in persuance of law,
while the Topeka Constitution was framed without
law.
The Senate then adjourned.
HOUSE.
Mr. Harris, of Illinois, gave notice that he would
on to-morrow move to take up the contested el. o'ion
c-tse of Mr. Vn iandigham against Mr. Campbell,
in order to dispose of tbe preliminary questions in
voived.
The House then resumed the consideration oi
printing deficiency bill.
The biii apprept iateu $790,000, and was amended
by adding that the j.iintcommitteeon Printing shall
inquire into the.right and expediency of discontinu
ing the timber publication of army reports ordered
to ne printed by the thirty-third and thirty-fourth
Congresses, and which have not yet been printed iu
whole or in part. that hereafter it shall not be lawful
to order the priutieg of any extra copies of any re
ports or other writing untii the joint committee on
Priming shall first estimate and report the extent of
the cost and the probable costs and that no extra
copies shall be printed except when ordered by joint
re olution.
The t.iii being put upon its passage was rejected
yeas 07, nays 1 jo.
The Speaker laid before the House a message
iron, the President of the I'nited States, transmit
ting to Congress tbe constitution adopted by the
Convention at Lecompton. Kinsas Territory.
The meseage was read by the Clerk, and w ill be
found in another coium. After the reading bad been
concluded — .
Ylr Stephens, ot Ceorgia. moved that the mes
sage be priuted. and referred to the Committee on
Territories.
Mr. Hughes, of Indiana, obtained the floor,
Mr. Stephens. As the hour is late I move that we
adiouro.
Mr. Hughes. I yield for that purpose.
Mr Harris, oflilnois. I appeal to the gentleman
from Indiana to give way tor another purpose, and
allow me to present another motion, not out of or
der. It is proper that it should be made and
placed before the House, and theu the House can
choose between the two.
Mr. Hughes. Wiil tbe state the na
-1 tnre of bis motion 1
Mr. Harr s. I will send it to the Chair. My mo
| lion is in the term of a resolution.
I Mr. Hughes. 1 will not vieldfor that purpose.
Mr Harris. Very well. We shaii aii have a ehow
; at this tiling by and bye.
Mr. Letcher, of Virginia. If the gentleman frem
ina.m.a wi.. yitid for the purpose I move that the
1 House adjourn.
Mi. Grow, of Pennsylvania. I appeal to the gentie-
I man f.\ m Indians if he does not wish to discuss the
i met-age to night to yield the floor for ethers. There
| are plenty of ns teady to discuss it.
Mr Hughes. lam ready to go on now if it be
! the pleasure of the House.
Mr. Jones, of Tennessee. lithe IT. use adjourn
now will uot the message come up the first thing
to-morrow !
Mr Washbarne, of Illinois. I hope tne House
will not gcj .urn 1 want to say a few words upon
this matter myself. .
The Sneaker put the question on the motion to ad
’ i. r.ni, and it appeared to be iost . whereupon the
yeas aud nays were demanded on aii sides cf the
House.
’ The yeas aud nays were then ordered, and the
motion to adjourn w as i.et. Y'eas lbh, nays 109.
Mr Harrie I *.-.k the gentleman frum Indiana to
! give way to allow are to submit my motion. I will
then renew the motion to adjourn. 1 ouiy desire
that the motion be submitted, in order that it may
be understood, and then the gentleman can have {
the door to-morrow morning
Mr Hughes. If it will i.biijje the gentleman to j
have his propos tion beiore the House, side by side j
with the proposition of the gentleman from Georpia,
and wiii communicate it to me, I will submit tiie
motion oi.. self; otherwise I decline to yield tlie
floor.
Mr. Harris. I raise no queetien es to tbe gentle
mai.'e to the floor to morrow mornfntr, i t wdl
lay-between him and the Speaker, who wifi doubt
less award it to him. Ail I desire is that my propo
sition may be submitted. I decline tossy what my
motion ia at this time.
Sir. Hughes. Ido not wish to interrogatd the
gentleman aa to what bis proposition is. From iu
forma* ion received I suppose it to be a prop sition
to refer the message to a select committee. I there
fore submit the following re-olatiou before p .reced
ing with my remarks, so that the two questions may
be be*"ore the House ’u;etiu-r :
Resolved, That the message of tbe Pre..d nt be
referred to a select committee of thirteen, to report
upon *he propriety of the admission of Kan=&.- as a
State into the Union, with power to report by bill or
otherwise.
Mr. Harris. Now, if the gentleman will give me
the floor to move an amendment to that resolution,
1 will then move that the House adjourn.
Voices. “ What is it ?” “ What is it V
Mr. Harrs. If the gentleman declines to jieid,
then I hope we will hear his speech. Let us hear
him after refusing that courtesy. When he is dene
I hope I may get ihe floor to move the amendment.
Mr. Bocock, of Virginia, moved that tlie House
adjourn.
Mr. Grow, of Pennsylvania, raised a point of or
der that no business had intervened since the same
motion was voted down.
The speaker overruled the point of order.
Mr. W&sbburse, of 111., called for the yeas and
nays on the motion to adjourn, which were ordered,
and the motion was ioet : Yeas lffii, Days 10’J.
Mr. Harris again appealed to Mr. Hughes to al
low him to introduce his motion.
Mr. Barksdale, of Miss., asked if the gentleman
would give way for a call of the House.
Mr. Hughes declined to yield to any one. lie said
he did m: desire to detain the House against its
will, aud therefore had yielded for the motion to ad
journ, although be was indifferent on that subject.
As to yielding the floor for the purpose of permit
ting a proposition to be offered, lie simply asked
before yielding unconditionally to be informed what
the nature of the proposition was, aud receiving no
answer, he did not feel bound to yield.
Mr Harris said be did not feel bound to tel! what
his proposition was. It was Lis own motion, and
he did not ask for it the approbation of the gentle
man from ludiana. The nature of the motion was
his business.
Mr. Hughes said the gentleman asked for courte
sy, and at the same time declined to return it. He
then modified his resolution so as to read hs follows :
Resolved, That the message of the President be
referred to a select committee of thirteen.
Mr. Hughes said as it hau been suggested that he
offered tlie resolution so as to make himself chair
man of the select committee, he disavowed any
such purpose, and declared that he would uot con
sent to occupy the position or serve on tiie commit
tee.
In order that he might not be embarrassed for
want of time in the remarks on the President s mes
sage which he was about to submit, he asked leave
ol the House to print, without leading, some pre
liminary remarks which be had prepared in refer
ence to affairs in hie own State.
Several gentlemen objected.
Mr. Hughes said ne hoped he would hear no more
..pout courtesy. He then proceeded to read from
liia manuscript in relation to frauds upon tlie ballot
box perpetrated in 1856 by the Republican party in
Indiana.
Mr. Grow, of Pennsylvania, interrupted by sayiug
that frauds perpetrated iu Indiana were not’ per
tinent to the message, but frauds in Kansas w ould
be.
Mr. Marshall, of Kentucky, moved that tiie
House adjourn, Mr. Hughes yielding for that pur
pose.
On motion of Mr Washburne, of Illinois, the
yeas aud nays were ordered on that motion; where
upon it was withdrawn.
Mr. Hughes then proceeded with his speech, lie
recognised no liberty in this country except that
obtained legally, and protested against the fanati
cism which in the name of freedom incites to anar
chy aud turbulent and corrupt practices. Tbe peo
ple ot Indiana had had enough of that fanaticism
within their own borders, and would do well to set
tle their own account before undertaking to su
pervise tlie eff lire of the people of Kansas. The
State Government of Indiana had been carried on
in violation of all law, except mob law. The Re
publicans had been guilty of frauds unsurpassed by
any thing in Kansas, while at tiie same time they
were howling about border ruffianism iu Kansas.
He predicted that tbe time was coming when no
Kansas clamor would save those “apostles of free
dom ’ from the indignation of an outraged people.
Passing from this he proceeded to the questiou,
W hat was the true construction of the Kansas-
Nebraska bill, particularly in regard to tlie manner
in which the people of Kansas should ratify their
constitutin ? He agreed with tue interpretation
of the resolution that the people had a right to dele
gate the power of framing their constitution, aud
differed from the construction placed upon it by the
distinguished Senator who framed the bill. That
gentleman, as well as others who had supported tlie
great doctrine of the bill, had, however, a right to
except, to the construction of the President, but lie
denied the right of those who had always reviled
tiic3e doctrines to go before tbe country now as the
champions of “popular sovereignty.’’ Marching in
solid column after this new light, of popular sove
reignty was the old party of freedom, ueder their
(lag of sixteen stars, a company made up of rene
gade Democrats, stark abolitionists, and strong
minded women. lie was responsible for his course
to no such parly, but on y to his constituents.
He maintained, as matters of law and history,
(for he would place no new construction upon the
Kansas Nebraska bill after it had been approved by
tbe people,) that the section iu that bill repealing
the Missouri Compromise, anil defining the Legis
lative power of the Territory, never had been un
derstood to refer to anything but slavery. The ob
ject of the bill was simply aud solely to place the
Territories of Kansas and Nebraska upon the same
ground as that occupied by the old Stales, as to tbe
formation of their constitutions. He read from the
original draft of the Nebraska bill to show that tlie
question of slavery alone was iutended to be sub
mitted iu tlie first place. To carry out tiie construe
tion that all subjects were to be submitted to popu
lar franchise would be to overthrow the principle of
representation and prevent the enactment of any
jaws except by conventionsot the people eu masse.
He contended that sovereignty could be delegated
by the people, as had been done iu Kansas, and op
posed the views advanced in the late speeches of
Senator Douglas. His own views, he said, were
expressed in the President’s message much better
than he could state them himself. He thou ,argued
that the Lecompton Convention was ‘legally called
and organized, and fairly represented the will of
the people of Kansas.
Mr. Sherman, of Ohio, said lie was prepared to
show by the lav/s of Kansas that the statement up
on which gentlemen relied to impugn the velocity
oi Gov. Walker in relation to the disfrai closing of
certain counties was w holly incorrect. He asked
oniy two minutes to point out twelve errors in the
space oi eleven lines.
Mr. Hughes said he would permit the gentleman
to do so it he would first answer whether or n<d he
would acquiesce in good faith in cerryiDg out tiie
decision of the Supreme Court iu tlie case of Died
Scott, that the Constitution of the United States
carries slavery into Kansas.
Mr. Sherman declined to answer a questiou which
was not pertinpnt.
Mr. Hughes went, onto accuse the free State men
of Kansas of rebellion aud treason, and to charge
the Republican party with fanaticism. The whole
party was aiding and abetting the rebellion iu Kan
sas. lie attacked the statements of Gov. Walker,
who lie said had suddenly become a great and shin
ing light in the Republican ranks, aud pointed out
the inconsistency of tlie Itepubheaus in clamoring
for popular sovereignty when they had heretofore
aii along repudiated and scouted the doctrine.
Mr. Harris, of Illinois, then obtained the floor and
.moved to Amend tlie resolution offerad by Mr.
Hughes,so that it would read as follows:
“That the message of the President, concerning
the constitution framed at Lecompton, in tlie Terri
tory of Kansas, by a Convention of delegates there
of, and the papers accompanying the samfi, be re
ferred to a select committee of thirteen to be ap.
pointed by the Speaker.
“That said committee be instructed to inquire in
to all the facts connected with the formation of said
constitution, and the law s, if any under which the
same was originated, and whether such laws have
been ooraplied with and followed.
“Whether said constitution provides for a re
publicon form of government, and whether there
are included within tiie proposed boundaries of
Kansas sufficient population to be entitled to a re
presentative in tills House upon the basis now fix
ed by law, and whether said constitution is accepta
ble and satisfactory to a majority of the legai
voters of Kansas.
.“Also, the number of votes cast, if any, wh n, iu
fav. rofa convention to form a constitution as
aforesaid ; and the places where they were east, and
the number cast at each place of voting and in each
county in the Territory.
“Tile apportionment of delegates to said Conven
tion among the different counties and election dis
tricts of said Territory, and the census or registra
tion under which the same was made, and whether
the same was just and fair or in compliance with
law.
“ The names of the delegates to said Convention,
and the number of votes cast for each candidate
for delegate, and the places where cast; and whei h
er said Constitution received the votesof a msjority
of the delegates to said Convention.
“ The number of votes cast in said Territory ou
the ilst of December last for and against said Con
stitution, and for and against any parts or features
thereof, aud the number so cast at each place of vo
ting in said Territory.
“ The number of votes cast in said Territory on
the 4th day oi January last for and against said Con
stitution, and for or against auy parts or features
thereof, and the number so cast at each place of
voting in said Territory.
“Tlie number of votes cast in said Territory on
the day last named for any State and Legislative
officers thereof, and the number so cast for each
candidate for such offices, aud tlie places where
cast.
“That said committee also ascertain, as neatly as
possible, what pi rtiou, if any, of the votes so cast at
any ol the times and places aforesaid were fraudu
lent or illegal.
“ Whether any portion, and if so, w hat portion of
tlie people of Kansas are in open rebellion against
the laws ot the country.
“ Aud that said committee have power to send
for persons and papers.”
Mr. Grow, of Pennsylvania, obtained the floor,
and at 6 o'clock the House adjourned.
IN SENATE Feb. J.
Mr. Davis introduced a biii for the relief of the
officers and soldiers of the army who were stationed
at Fort Kearney, in Nebraska Territory, previous
to March 1. ISoJ.’
House bills were passed to alter the time of hold
ing the United States Courts in South Carolina, and
for the payment of invalid and other pensions.
The unfinished business of yesterday was then re
sumed.
Mr. Wilson offered an amendment to the motion
to refer the Kansas message to the Committee o
Territories similar to that submitted yesterday by
Mr. Harris in the House.
Mr. Trumbufi desired to eali up a question of pri
vilege. being the teport of the Committee on Ju
diciary on the contested seats of tie sitting mem
bers from the State of Indiana.
Mr. Bayard objected to the consideration of that
subject now. He thought the Kansas question far
more important, and it ought to be seUied first, as
it involved considerations. wL ch might affect the
stability of the Union itseif.
Mr. Trumbull thought the reason assigned by the
Senator from Delaware was the very best reason iu
the world for settling the question of the right of
these gentlemen to the seats they now occupy. If
the Kansas question is so important as that Senator
represents it, the first thing is to determine who has
a right to settle that question; and it is so much the
more necessary that it should be settled by a Senate
properly constituted. It had now been a question
penoiug for nearly a year, as to their right to seats ;
and in order to have an understanding when it
should be disposed of he moved to make that sub
ject the special order for to morrow at 10 o'clock.
Mr. Bavard replied that if there were any ether
gentlemen contesting the seats it wonid present a
different case; bat these members have taken their
seats under regularly signed credentials, which con
stituted prima fad: evidence that they were enti
tled to them. He also remarked that inasmuch as
they represented the public ser’ menc of Indiana,
they ought to retam their se..ui untii the Kansas
question was disposed of. even if there should
turn ent to be irregularities in the inode of then
election.
Mr Bright said that he was anxious to have this
question disposed of as soon as possible. At first he
cooid hardly bene ve that the Senator from Illinois
was in earnest m insisting that he and his coleague
were not entitled to the seats they now occupied;
tgit since that Senator had passed the matter with
such pertinacity, he was ready and anxious to meet
the investigation demanded.
Mr. Brown said that if the design was to make
this subject the special order for to-morrow to
•be exclusion of ail other business, he should ob
ject to it.
Mr Hale argued that as a question ot privilege,
the Senate were bound to consider and disp .re
of it for if a question of this kind could be post
poned by the action of the Senate, what advan
tage had a question of privilege over any other
question
! Mr Trumbull withdrew his motion, bnt said'tlisj
j fie would rem-w it to-morrow Kiorniutf.
Mr. WiLou made a speech strongly condemnato
ry of tiie President's positions, and spoke of the Le
compton Constitution as a contemplated fraud on
the people of Kansas.
Mr. Brown made a speech endorsing the conclu
sions arrived at by the President in hia Kansas mes
sage. and advocating the admission of Kansas un
der the Lecompton Constitution. Adjourned.
HOUSE.
The Sergeant at-Arms informed the Speaker that.
pursuant to the ord-r of the House he had caused
the arrest of J D. Williamson and had him now iu
custody.
Mr. Stanton offered a resolution that Mr.
eon be arraigned before the bar of the House, wh§p
the Speaker shall propound the following qri*?Hona :
First. Wiiat excuse nave you for not appearing
before tlee select committee iu pursuance the
6uinmonsof the 27th of January.
Second. Are yon now ready to appear before tire
said committee and answer such proper question es
may be propounded: and that the answers be made
in writing under o&th.
The resolution was adopted.
Mr. Stanton theu moved that Mr. Williamson be
remanded to the custody of the
anddhat he have till tomorrow at 10 o’clock to make
his answer. He said thri was agreeable to the pris
oner with whom he had a conversation on the sub
ject.
The motion was agreed to.
Mr. Giaccey Jonee from the Committee of Ways
and Mean?, reported the army appropriation bill.
Mr. Boc#ek from the Committee on Naval Affairs
made a report from the majority of Commit See,.
concluding with a resolution that the act of Com.
Pauidiug in arreeiing General Walker and hi - fili
busters, was noi authorized by the instruct ions giv
en him by the Navy department.
That while the committee have no reason to be
lieve that Commodore Paulding acted from any im
proper motive or intention, yet tiiey regard it as a
grave error which calls for the disapproval of tue
American Congress.
Mr. Sherman from the minority of she Committee
reported a substitute to the effect that Commodore
Paulding* iu arresting Waiker and h=s associates
and returning them to the Uuited States, acted
within ,fae spirit of his instructions and deserves the
approbation of hia country.
Mr. Seward remarked that he had his own views
ou the subject and would express their, at another
time.
The reports were referred to ‘he Committee oi the
Whole ou the the state oi the Union.
Mr. Savage, from the Committee ou Invalid Pen
sions, reported a bill granting pensio4*s to the officers
and soldiers of the war 1812, aud those engaged iu
the Indian wars of that period. Aftr some debate
on the subject of reference it Was pc-kponed.
Mr. Harris, of Illinois, from the Committee ou
Elections, called up the report of the majority of
the committee against allowing Mr. Campbell further
time to take supplementary testimony iu the con
tested election case cf Mr. Valiaudigham, against
Mr. Campbell.
A loug debate followed, but without concluding
the matter, the House adjourned.
IN SENATE Feb! 4.
Mr. Jones presented tbe joint resolution of the
Legislature of lowa, instructing the Senators arid
requesting the Representatives of th?.t Sra’e to op
pose the admission of Kansas into the Union uTider J
the Lecompton Constitution, for tlie reason that
that instrument has not been submitted to a fair
and honest vote of the people of tiie Terrritory , and
requesting the Senators from lowa to resign if they
cannot obey the foregoing instructions.
Mr. Jones said that he presented the resolutions
ai a matter of respect to hia State, and not because
he had the most remote idea’ of obeying the in
structions. lie believed the people of Kansas had
ample opportunity of expressing their views'at the
ballot box, and ff they refused to do so it was their
own fault.
His own mhid was made np to vote for the ad
mission of Kansas under the Lecompton Constitu
tion unless some stronger arguments could be made
against it than any which lie had yet heard. The
resolutions he'presented’ were adopted by a strict
party vote, every member of tlie Democratic party
iu the Legislature voting againt-l them.
Although he wa.? inclined to think that a majority
of the people of lowa might now endorse the reso
lutions, he believed that after a thorough examina
tion of the subject they would come to a different
conclusion.
For liis own pail he intended to do everything iu
his power to sustain the administration upon this
question believing that Kansas and Minnesota
ought to be admitted as twin sisters, iu the same
way as wui done with Florida and lowa.
Ou motion by Mr. Mason, a resolution was adopt
ed, •instructing the Committee o.i Foreign Relations
to inquire whether it is in contemplation of the go
vernment of Turkey to send to this country an of
ficer of their navy with a view to obtain naval ar
chitecture, aud to procure the c instruction of one
or more vessels of war, in some of the ship yards of
this country; and if'so to inquire what testimonials
of respect should be made to the government of
Tuikey by givii g such officer au appropriate re
ception.
1 in motion, by Mr. Stuart, a re?->lu: ion was adopt
ed, instructing the Committee on Printing t< in
quire and report to the Senate what, amount Lins
been paid annually during the last five years to
each oi the establishments of the city of Washing
ton, for printing and advertising'of any kind lor the
United States, ether than tnat ordered by either
House of Congress, whether coue by the direction
of any department, or civil or military officers there
of, and whether the same has been paid under the
provisions of existing laws, aud also to inquire
whether any ameudmen s in the existing laws are
necessary in order to secure proper economy in the
expenses of the Government for those objects, and
to report by bill or otherwise.
The question of referring the President's special
message and the Kansas Constitution to the Com
mittee on Territories being next called up—
Mr. Brown concluded tiie r marks which he had
commenced to offer on this subject ; t the session of
ihe previous day. He held that the Kansas Const!
tutional Convention was not bound to submit any
portion of the Constitution to popular ratification.
The Piewdeut, iu arguing that i* was bound to sub
mit tlie question of slavery, bad fallen into an error
which involved the whole doctrine of non-interven
tion by Congress in the affairs of the Teiritories.
For, if tke Federal Government would have had a
right to intervene for the purpose of constraining a
submission of the slavery article of the Lecompton
Constitution, ihe Territorial legislation of 1854 would
have failed of its object, which was te t.*ave ihe
Territories perfectly free to mould and regulate their
domestic institutions without any Congressional in
terference whatever. According to his view of the
subject it we a competent for the Convention of
Kansas to submit any part, tbo w’hole, or none cf
their work to popular approval, as they should
themselves deem expedient or proper. If the
Lecompton Constitution should be rejected, it
would be because of its recognition -of slavery.
Tlie fact could uot be disguised from the Ameri
can people, an i its consequences would he mo.*t
portentous. He had expected that the compact en
tered into by the members of the Democratic party
would be kept. He had accepted the Kansas Ne
braska bill with some misgiving and reluctance.—
The clap-trap of “popular sovereignty,*’ employed
in one part of tlie Union to defend that measure,
had never imposed on him, end he apprehended
that much of our present difficulties grew out. of
that perversion of the bill—a perversion .aptly illus
trated by the conduct of Brigham Young in Utah
and of Jim Lane in Kansas. He had yielded his
support to the Territorial legis’ation of 1851 bo
cause he then believed that its friends would carry
it out in practice as well as in promise. He thought
that Mr. Douglas, as the author of the bill, was es
pecially bound to abide by its legiinate results.—
He had no disposition to read that distinguished
Senator out ot the Democratic puriy, bat be could
not fail to see that, upon a question in which the
National Democracy occupy one side and the Re
publicans another, Mr. Douglas was found arrayed
with the latter. If the Lecompton Constitution
should be rejected by Congress, it would be mainly
through the instrumental: y of iha I Senator; and if,
in consequence of that rejection, the dire calamity
of disunion should be precipitated chi the country,
the responsibility would rent on him more than any
other man throughout tlie laud.
Mr. Brown, during ilia delivery of his remarks,
was interrupted by Mr. Douglas, who earnestly re
pelled the charge that he w as influenced by the ques
tion of slavery in hi* opposition to the Lecompton
Constitution. He had taken ground against that
instrument at a time when it was almost universal
ly supposed that tbe slavery article would be voted
out, and when the President himself was assuring
his friends that the Constitution would, in all pro
bability, come beforo Congress with that clause re
jected. He opposed the Lecompton project, solely
because it did uot embody the popular will, and
not because of personal objections to any of its pro
visions.
Mr. Stuart, of Michigan, united with Mr. Douglas
in affirming that hie opposition to the Lecompton
Constitution was in no degree influenced by the
question of slavery.
Mr. Wilson reviewed the frauds of tlie electiona
held in Kansas, sharply replying to Mr. Brown, and
denying the charge ol sectionalism in the Republi
can party.
Mr. Green defended the people of .Missouri from
Mr. Wilson's strictures, aud said he wanted facts,
not mere assertions.
Mr. Wilson responded that he had pro'M for all
that lie had baid.
Sharp shooting continued until a late hour, when
finally the Senate adjourned until Monday.
HOUSE,
The Speaker announced the appointment of
Messrs. Boyce, Quitman, Trippe, Garnett, Mott,
Wortendyke and Spinner as tiie select committee
to consider the navigation laws of the United
States, the reduction of the expenditures of the
Government, and the existing duties on imports end
the expediency of a gradual repeal of ail dutie3 ou
imports, and a resort, exclusively to internal taxa
tion as proposed by Mr. Boyce's resolution.
The Seargeant at-Arms brought into the House
Mr. J. D. Williamson, of New Sfork, when, in pur
suance of a prev ; ous order ot tbe House, tiie Speak
er propounded to him the questions why he had
failed to appear before Ihe select (Tariff Corrup
tion) committee to answer such questions as misut
be propounded to hkn; and further, whether h
was now prepared to answer.
A reply, in writing, from Mr. Williamson, was
read, stating that he was under bonds not to leave
the State of New Yoik, and that it was his in ontion
to test by au appeal to the Court tlie right to arrest.
him, and denying that there was any authority un
der the Constitution to compel him to reveal private
transactions with which iie was entrusted.
A discussion followed as to what course should
e pursued under the circumstances. Several were
in favor of immediately Bending him to jail until he
should purge himself of contempt, while others weie
in favor of giving him further t rue. Fm&ny a
resolution was adopted aurin rising Mr* V illiameon
to withdraw and amend his answer, and that he be
allowed until to morrow morning for that purpose,
meanwhile to be held incuHtooy.
The House entered upon a long discussion on the
propopoeitiou to grant Mr. Campbell, of Ohio,
further time t j take testimony in the con tested elec
tion case from that State.
Without coming to a -conclusion the House ad
journed.
Washington, Feb. s.—The Senate was not in
session to day.
HOUSE.
Ou motion of Mr. Quitman a resolution was
adopted calling on the President to communicate
the ntnnbar ol soldier? engaged in the late war with
Great Britain and the Indian wars of the same
period. Also a statement nhowirg the proximate
estimate of the expenditure in extending to them the
benefits of the Revolutionary pension JnWd. This
information is desired prel’ininary to action on the
bill pending tor that purpose.
Ihe lltone resumed tbe conekterat idn of the re
solution reported from the Committee on Elect ton?
against giving Mr. Camp be'the sitting member,
further time to take testimony in the Ohio ejection
case.
The question waatakec on the amendment re
ported from the msjority of tbe C’otmni’tee —that
Mr. Campbell, the s ttiigmember, and Mr. Vailan
digham, the contestant, be allowed tbe further time
of forty flays totake supplementary testimony. H
was decided in the negative—yeas lUO, nays 113.
The resolution of the msjority of ire Committee
was then adopted—yeas ill, nave lbi —tbat it is in
expedient to graut lurtber time’ rr> take testimony
as asked for by the sitting member.
The speaker laid before the House the fo’kiwing
letter from J. D. Williamson, w hich was addressed
to h in.
Sir :—la answer to the question propounded to
me by the House, I would r spectfuily state that
when the subpu-aa was served upon me, summon
ing me before your committee, 1 consented to ap
pear and prepared to do so. but being under ueavy
bonds in New Y'ork not to leave toe ivl limns of
that city, I caiied upon the Sheriff and toid him I
had been summoned to appear before the commit
tee, and desired that my boud3 should not be Cprtei
ted during my absence. He replied that if I left the
city voluntarily my bonds would be forfeited, and
my pledge ofiaitn broken, but if my attendance
was compelled, it was his opinion, as well as that of
my attorney, that ,my bail would not suffer less.—
Upon this advice I acted supposing that it was
right, end never knowing or attending to commit
any contempt to your honorable body. 1 would
have cheerluiiy and without hesita'ion have appear
ed before the committee, and answered aU the ques
tions put to me touching the invest gation they w-ere
pursuing, had it not been for the restraints thrown
around me in New York. I now hold myself in
readiness to answer all such proper questions ar the
committee may put to me.
Mr. Stanton said that the witness had promptly
: and unequivocally answered all the questions which
had been propounded to him. And on his motion,
Mr. Williamson was discharged from custody.
Mr. Harris, of Illinois, offered a resolution provi
ding for a select Committee to euquire generally
into the fyeU attending the adoption of tlieLeeomp
ton Constitution. He moved the previous question
with a view of bringing the House to a vote on the
various propositions to refer the President’s Kan
sas Message.
The Democrats commenced the parliamentary
tight to prevent action by making motions to ad--
i jonrn, etc.
The question was finally decided negatively by
yeas and nays, there being considerable confusion
and good humor prevalent.
il t/eluk P. 31.—The House is stiUui session en
gaged in the pariiamently contest of calling yeas
and nays on motions to adjourn, etc. There is every
pros pert of the session lasting till daylight.
WEEKLY
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Th* PrexMent’M Message.
The Message of the President, transmitting the
Leooznpton Constitution to Congress aud urging the
Admission of Kansas, will be found in out columns.
It is a plain history of Kansas affairs, and ia writ
ten in an earnest and forcible style, though it presents
no new fads to those who have watched the pro*
gress of events in that Territory. The reception of
the Mo.M-.ge by the two Houses, indicates very ccn
cliLsivdy, that we are to have another very gaseous
demonstration upon this subject, and the peope
would do well to prepare themselves for it ia ad
vance.
Tux Tennessee Bank Law; —Under the new
Bank law of Tennessee, just passed, the Banks in
the State, are required to resume specie payments
in full by the Ist November, 1858; the Ist of Sep
tember, 1858, they are forbidden to pay out or issue
at their counters any but notes payable where issued;
after thte Isfcot July, 1858, they are to issue no note
of a. denomination less than five dollars, aud after
Hie Ist of January, 1859, none less than ten dollars.
From the date of the act no bank is allowed to py
out for circulation the notes of any banks not char
tered by Tennessee, utider a penalty of from SSOO
tos2oodfor each violation ot the act. They are
forbidden to buy or sell bank notes, or to sell specie.
We find in an exchange the above synopsis of the
bill reoentiy passed by the Legislature of Tennessee.
If it is correctly reported, the bill is a most excellent
one, and if enforced, will give to Tennessee a better
currency aSd sounder banking institutions that the
Stale has ever had. The only objectionable feature
in the bill is, the suppression of the issue of small
bills. The effect of this will be, that as fast as the
small bills of the Banks of Tennessee are retired,
the vacuum will be filled by the small notes of the
Banks of other States, which will be only converti
ble at a sacrifice to the holder. If the bill had re
strained the issue of small bills to ten or twenty per
cent, of the capital of each Bank, it would have
been a wholesome restraint, a wise regulation, aud
the entire bill one of the most salutary and discreet
we have seen passed by any Legislature during the
present crisis. The regulation compelling t hem to
pay out only their own bills, redeemable where is
sued, is a most excellent one, and it will secure to
the people of Tennessee a better currency than
they have ever had.
The contrast between Georgia and Tennessee
Legislation, on this question, is very great, and is
any thing but creditable to Georgia. The action
of the Georgia Legislature betrayed an ignorance
of the question aud the great interests of the peo
ple, beyond parallel, while that of Tennessee
evinces yi tel li gene e, sagacity, aud a comprehensive
view of the subject,
K. W. Thomas, JE<|.
We had tke pleasure of taking by the hand yes
terday, F. W. Thomas, Esq., so long and favorable
known as a writer of distinction. Mr. T. is now en.
gaged upon a work, on the South and iis resources,
for which purpose he is making a tour through the
Southern States, and purposes sojourning a short
time in this city.
As Mr.T.has aln acquired distinction as a Lec
turer, we sincerely hope the Library Association
will avail themselves of the opportunity thus afford
ed, to have him deliver one or more lectures during
his stay in this city.
Mr. T. has bSen spending some time in Charles
ton, his native”place, where lie has troops of friends
aud admirers, as will be seen by the following lo
tice of him from hia friend, the accomplished
editor 6f the Courier :
A Welcome Visitor. —F. W. Thomas, Esq., a
native son of Charleston, is on a visit, after years
o£ absence, but not of forgetfulness, to the city and
scenes of his cbtklfiood. Mr. Thomas is a son of
that wcH-remembereffeditor, E. S. Thomas, a grand
son of Isaiah Thomas, the father, in a good measure,
aud historian of the American j rese. Our friend
who now re-visits us Rill be better known as the
author of the popular and widely known song,
li *Tis aid that absence cf-nqaers love f*
which has been sang aud adoiirui wherever the
jviano ha*? found it- way through tffe earliest open
ings of American forests, and has found a general
anooptwice and admiration equalled in the instances
of few other American songs.
In literary heraldry, Mr. Thorites has an accepted
and deserved position as the author of “Clinton
Bradshaw,* “East and West,” “Howard Pinckney,’*
“Southern Sketches,’ sketches of Randolph, Wirt’
Bascom and Poe, and a variety oi songs and mage.
zine sketches.
One of his works, “ William Russell,” an autobio
graphy, was more hastily and hurriedly written for
the demands of a periodical press, but presents
| many elements of interest and suggestive value,
| and will be specially interesting to Charleston
| readers.
‘ Mi. Thomas has .labored ably, zea'ous
i ly and trust fully tn behalf of the literature of the
| south and Southwest, and is now, and has been en
i gaged fur some time iu a general, adequate and
comprehensive urvey oi thd resources and institu
tions of the South. He is now on a tour of obser
vation and preparation for this work, which will as
jjume the plan, ia some degree of a southern tour ;
and from affection and inclination, as well as from
duty, he visits Lis ancient home and birth-place.
Hank of Fnlton —Spurious Bills.
A kpußiccs ten dollar bill on the Bank of Fulton
- signed E. W. Bollard, President, and W. W. Wil
liam 4 , Cashier, made iu appearance in this city
yesUrday. The we are informed, is genuine,
and the bii's were stolen from the Bank before they
had beea signed by the officers. The public should,
therefore, refuse to receive ail ten and twenty dol
lar biiin on that Bank, signed E. W. Holland, Pre
sident, as they are all spurious—he having signed
no bn is of those denominations since he wa3 elected
Presided.
Copper Pen*.
Yesterday, we were shown, some Copper, Ero
dium pointed Pten?, manufactured by S. DeWolf,
Cincinnati, Ohio. They are, to us, an entirely new
article, and are recommended as being much more
darab’.e ar.d cheaper than the steel, because they
do not corrode, and much cheaper than the Gold
Pens. They are pointed with Erodium in the same
manner a-* the Gold Pens, and are either flexible
and elastic, or stiff, as may be desired. From the
very limited test we have made of their qualities,
we think it quite probable they will get into exten
sive use, and supercede, in a great degree, the Steel
Pens now so generally used. An Agent of the
manufacturer is now in this city, for the purpose of
establishing an agency for their sale
The Mnccti Veto Meeting-—Wise Men In
Council.
At the late meeting of the faithful in Mrcon, call
ed for the purpose of endorsing tike “ wise and pa
triotic Veto* Message of Gov. Brown, the follow
iug among others, some of them equally
ridiculous, was unanimously adopted!
4th. Resolved , That by this action of the Legisla
ture, (the law in reference to the banks) the planter
is subjected to the power of the speculator—the
merchant and trader to the shaving shops of the
Broker, and the poor mechanic is deprived of em
ployment, and is compelled to pay nearly a double,
price for all the necessaries of life, by reason of our
money being worthless rags beyond the limits ot
Georgia.
It w juld be difficult to crowd into any paragraph
of equal length as many positive and direct miarep.
resentations as are contained in this one resolution:
The resolution avers positively, that the act of
the Legislature has caused the “ planter to be sub
jected to the power of the speculator, the merchant
and trader to the shaving shops of the broker, the
poor mechanic to be deprived of employment, and
compelled to pay nearly a double price for all the
necessaries of life!” These are the consequences
which the committee and meeting aver have result
ed from the action of the Legislature! But how, or
iu what manner, these terrible results have been
produced, the public arc not advised, and we think
it would puzzle the wise men of the committee to
demonstrate, ludeed, they cannot be demonstrated,
because they are not true. So far from their beiug
true, the plauters aud speculators, and the mer
chant sand brokere occupy precisely *the same
relative positions to-day that they did before the
law was passed, or the Banks suspende I. And the
“poor mechanic has been deprived of employment,
and compelled to pay nearly a double price for al l
the necessaries of life!” Verily, the bill passed by
the Legislature was a terrible thing, and most terri
ble have been the consequences. Wo thought it a
miserably stupid cnactmeut, but we had not the re
motest idea, that it would ever indict such terrible
consequences upou the country, aud especially up
on the “ poor mechanics.” Poor fellows, they have
a hard time of it, and their fate must be a terrible
one, indeed, unless the profound and long drawn
out sympathies of Gov. Brown and these veto
meetings can relieve them from the sufferings
which the Legislature have indicted on them. By
the way, there is something touching and eloquent
in these demonstrations of sympathy for the “ poor
meek a nic"— they are so artless, so unaffected, and
so uatural, that the unsophisticated might readily
imagine, that the whole Macon committee, Chair
man and all, w*ere either “ poor mechanics,' 1 or had
eat, slept, drank, lived and associated with no other
titan “ poor mechanics ” all their lives ! But enough
of tltis. Such efforts to mislead and deceive the
mechanics and laboring men of the country, while
they serve to excite the just indignation of the in
telligent and discerning men among them, cannot
fail to recoil upon the authors aud their abettors.
Is it true, that the action of the Legislature has
deprived the “poor mechanic of employment? It
so, how, when aud where? Where are the men
who have been turned out of their workshops by
this bill? We repeat, where are they ? They are
not to be found in the broad expanse of Georgia,
and the committee knew it. But the most remarka
ble declaration of these wise men in this celebrated
resolution is, that the law of the Legislature com
pels the “poor mechanic” to pay nearly a double
price for all the necessaries of life! 11 This id in
deed wonderful—and demonstrates to a remarkable
degree either the intelligence of the committee and
meeting, or their regard for the character of their
assertions. Mark you, reader, the meeting assembled
to endorse ‘‘ the wise and patriotic veto” of Gov
Brown. His Excellency said, and no good Demo”
crat questions his knowledge of banking and
tinanee, that the resumption of specie payments
would increase the price of produce! The act of
the Legislature legalised suspension, and the wise
men of Macon say, that it compels the “poor me.
chanic to pay nearly a double price for all the ne
cessaries of life.’’ Poor fellows, how they are down
IrOdden by the Democratic Legislature, notwith
standing the yearning sympathies Os Gov. Brown
and the Macon committee. That there is an issue
between the Governer and his friends, as to the es
sects of suspension and resumption, no man wilj
deny. What then must the people do, when such
learned doctors in tinanee and Banking disagree*
The only true plan is, to enquire whether the po
sition of either is true, aud their assertions justified
by the facts. Apply this test and it will be found
that neither the declaration of Gov. Brown or the
Macon Committee ia sustained by the facts. Every
man knows, t hat every article, a necessary of life,
is to day cheaper than it was when the law was
passed in December, or when the Banks suspended
in October. Compare the price of corn, wheat,
Hour, pork, bacon sugar, coffee, and molasses, and
every single article will bo found lower now, than
when the law was passed; aud yet they are no
higher*relatively in Georgia, than they are in New
Orleans, New York or Boston, where specie pay
ments are maintained. Whut then becomes of the
reckless assertion of the Committee, that the law
compels the “poo/ mechanic ” to pay nearly a dou
ble price for all the necessaries of life ? Is it sus
tained by the facts ? We ask any and every intelli
gent and candid man in Georgia, if it even approxi.
mates truth ? Os the same character, ia the declara
tion of the Committee, that the bills of the Georgia
Banks, are “worthless rags beyond the limits oj
(Georgia.” Alter such a demonstration, one would
think there was no limit to the capacity of the Com.
mittee, for amplification. They are certainly a
cool party—a very cool party.
There arc many other things in the, resolutions,
the absurdity of which we might expose, but
we have already extended our remarks beyond the
limits we had designed. We desire, however, in
conclusion, to say to the people, for whose interests
aud welfare, we feel no less solicitude than the Ma
con Committee does for the “poor mechanic that
these resolutions are iu keeping and character with
all otherd on the same subject we have read. The
resolutions show that they do not understand
the question, upon which they essay to enlighten the
people, and subject the actors in these meetings to
the iinputatio .sos being totally ignorant of the sub.
ject,or wilfully seeking to deceive and mislead the
people, and sacrifice their interests for the aggr&if
disement of party. They can choose which horn of
the dilemma they please, one or the other they must
take, however unenviable their position.
The Southern Medical and Surgical Jour
nal. —The February number of this valuable Medi
cal periodical is promptly on our table, freighted
wiih its usual variety of original and miscellaneous
matter. We have so repeatedly spoken of this
work and the ability of its Editors, that we only
deem it necessary to say that the number before us
sustains the high character of its predecessors, and
we cordially commend it to the Profession.
It is edited by Prof. F. 11. and It. Campbell, M.
I)., aud published in this city by J. Morris, at
per annum, in advance.
Russeli.s Magazine for February is on our ta
ble, punctually with the first of the month. We
have not yet had time to peruse this number, but
from a glance at its contents we should judge it to be
one of more than usual interest. We are pleased to
learn from the Courier that applications from a dis
tance are increasing, that the Magazine is rapidly
growing in favor.
Marine Bank.—At the annual election for seven
Directors of the Marine Bank of Georgia, held at
Savannah on the Ist inst., the following gentlemen
were elected, viz Charles F. Mills, George Hall,
Noah B. Knapp, Edward Padelford, Aaron Cham
pion, Noble A. Hardee. Francis T. Willis.
At a meeting of the Board, Chas. F. Mills, Esq.,
was unanimously re-elected President.
Wreck of the Steam-Tug Ajax.— The steam
tug Ajax sprung aleak in a heavy gale on Monday
night last, off the shore of New Jersey. The crew,
finding it would be impossible to save the boat, run
her on the beach, aud barely escaped with their
lives.
A Wise Decision.— -Judge Closser, of the Pro.
bate Court, of Windsor, Vt., has decided that a
good family newspaper is one of the necessary arti
cles for the support of a family, during the settle
ment of an estate, and, as each, the administrator,
in insolvent States, is justifiable in paying for one
—the widow to make her own selection of what pa
per she will-fcave.
Merchants’ and Planters’Bakk of Savan
nah. —At an election on Friday, the following gen
tlemen were chosen Directors of this Bank for the
ensuing year H. Roberts, John Boston, E. Moly
ueaux, T. W. Neely, J. W. Pearson, E. F. Wood,
I. W. Morrell, J. P. Screven, J. Murchison.
The Bank has just declared a dividend of three
per cent, from the operations of the last six months.
Two hundred and sixty-eight coroner’s inquests
were held at St. Louis during the year 1857. Os
these, twenty-six were the results of murder, and of
nicety-four who were drowned seventy of the
bodies were not recognized. The suicides were
twenty-eight.
Snow. —There was a light fall of snow in our city
on yesterday morning, says the Atlanta Intelligen
cer of Saturday, which was soon dissipated by the
sun. From our window, however, we see the tops
of the cars that arrived yesteiday from Chattanoo
ga covered with snow ; and in the Chattanooga pa
pera we see also that the snow storm there on
Wednesday was “faatacd furious” for several hours
We learn from the Memphis Bulletin of Saturday
that there are at present over 3,000 bales of Cotton
at the depot of the Memphis and Charleston Rail
Road, all at the owner's risk. The number of bales
offering for transportation over this road at this
point amount to one thousand or twelve hundred a
day.
Important to Newspaper Publishers.—A few
days since a copy of the Indianapolis Journal, in
which a prospectus of the paper bad been enclosed,
was returned to the publishers, charged with letter
postage. The person to whom it was directed bav.
ing been in the habit of sending prospectuses in the
paper, and knowing that it was common to trans
mit handbills, notices, &.C., in newspapers, could not
see the justice of the punishment in this case, re
ferred the matter to the Postmaster General, through
Mr. Colfax. The Department sustains the Post
master, and decides the practice unlawful, and that
every offence subjects the offender to a fine of five
dollars.
Snails vs. Oysters.— The consumption of snails
in Paris has increased to such an extent as to seri
ously injure the oyster trade. A whole side of the
new fish market is devoted to these delicacies.
&sow .— On Tuesday there were four is dee of
snow at Indianapolis, Ind., and Oswego, N. Y., and
six inches at Toledo, Ohio. On the same day there
was a heavy snow-storm at Portland, Me., snow
also fell at Boston, and at various points in Ouio,
Indiana and lowa
Foreign <•- Vrjo
The Savauuah Georgian, De [
wocracy, no one familiar with its r iara i r will
question, published the following corns. Station \
commenting on Gjv. Brown’s Veto oft ! . bill !
passed by the Legislature prohibiting the A o .<
c.f Foreign Banks, within this State. T!vj art.
is, of course, from a Democrat; one v. ho, u. . 6
great mass of his party aud par y organ?, b th
ndepeudence to speak out boldly and ft- you j
this great question, and to expose th . ; o |
stupidity aud “malice” of Gov. Brou n, in the p r- j
petratiou of this reckless, self-willed ad. The arg
menta and facts submitted by the Correaprm * nl.
so forcibly presented that the editor of the 6 ,; Aia
is compelled to admit, the Veto “was a so /<;”
ror 1 ’ but seeks to excuse the Gov. nor on !’.
of patriotic motives! What a miserable subterfuge,
to talk of patriotic motives, as influencing Gov.
Brown’s vetoes Os the Bank Bilfs ; .when lie sdmi*
ted in his interviews with bis political fr'ci.-’s v, ho
sought him to remonstrate with him a, hi th
propriety of his vetoes, “that he did no! u nderskind
the Question;' 1 aud yet, regardless of the counsels
aud remonstrances of suck friends, men cl-c, ■* in
telligence and experience than himself, (whl.'ibv
the way, is saying very little for them.) mb. . ly
and iu a spirit of the lowest, grov :irg denmgo
guisin, persisted in the determination U> \.tot’ *
bills. Can such a man, under such eircv.in. bus
be excused before a suffering people, ( uifierii too,
from his reoklesanes, stupidity and fgpor,°.nce ; ) on ihe i
score of patriotic motives ? We thiik not. So iar
from it, all intelligent men will decide that, pat riot;.- i
would have dictated, that he heed the and j
counsel of his friend?, men of more experience and >,
intelligence than himsalf, especially as Lo admitted j
that he did not understand the question. We arc *
however, being led off —our purpose wa.-> -imply, to
introduce the views and opinions of* aD. \, ;\ f, i
expressed through a democratic paper, and to invite
its careful and attentive perusal, although w do not j
concur with the writer in all his views, puiticularl; j
the opinion that the restrictions impo. Iby tbo-8.-v h j
bill were “ wholesome for we regard th \ m > >s !
very litrle less stupid and ill-advised than G v
Brown’s Veto. Both relied severely v n the
character of the State for the intelligence ofi:slcg;s* !
lature and Governor. But to the article,* here i
is—read it:
Gov. Brown's Veto of the Act of the l.< gtslature, I
prohibiting foreign Bank Agencies within U<
State..
The whole action of the Legislature on tK. sub
ject of the Banks, was contained in two Acts, ex- |
istiug together, and dependent on each other -he
one provided tor the preservation of the cunt ncy— 1
by wholesome restrictions upon the Banks t cm
own State —and the other prevented any inter it*- |
reuce with it, by loreignßank Agencies— th us hu’u- ‘
iug our own Banks responsible, tor any Uepfccia- i
tion of the currency.
Gov. Brown disapproved of the one, aud rt toed
it—as ho had a perit ct right to do, and be and hi.-
advocates had all sanctioned and approved : h other,
and he vetoed it too, because the Legislature had
passed the first over his veto, as they had the Consti
tutional right to do. It is lor this veto of the bib
prohibiting foreign Bank Agencies within thi:> State,
that I hold liis Excellency responsible, aud by it,
for all the depreciation of the exchanges witliu th;
State.
When the Legislative act had become the law of
the laud, it was the duty of every good citizen i<>
obey it, aud ic was the turtherduty of Gov. Brown,
‘to see that it was faithfully executed.” With
these sanctions in hia mind, nnci with v. rigl jutr <
standing of both acts—could he h ve nullified tin
one, whilst intending to give efficacy to the other ‘
Assuredly he could not—for how coni* l the cum wy
be preserved, intact, whilst foreign Bauks had t ■
privilege of polluting it without control ? and it 1 a
fact well known in commercial circles,- h it the
Georgia Banks continued to furnish sight Ex.
on New York at half per cent, ('//<• sani
tate as prior to the suspension,) until the foreign
Banka flooded the markets with their notes—ami
bought up all the Exchange uid immediately ad
vanced the rate, and from that hay to this, :
Georgia Banka have riot been able to obtain any
desirable time bills on New York, for the very > 1
son that these outsiders take all at higher rates, and
not content with the interference, it is now the prac
tice of these foreign Bank agents, not only to pro
cure all the Exchange from the .interior, but . -y
are exchanging their own foreign Bank notes l- r
those of the Georgia Banks and paying a premium.
Under such circumalances, how could the G o. - .
Banks preserve a stable currency, or prevent the
rise on the rate of Exchange ?
Would that the evil maybe arrested here—-but
unless His Excellencyc.au exercise tome potent au
thority over the non-specie paying Banks*- f his na
tive State, aud restrain these issues, he will find the
couu ry flooded by a currency, not only irredeema
ble now, but likely to be irredeemable fore ter, and
this judgment is not formed .rashly and p .-ion
ly, aud without foundation like that of Hi Lxcyl
lency in regard to the Georgia Bank s but u. *n .!s
own recent statement of one of them, showing $1
690,000 of notes in circulation and only sll,floo m
specie with which to redeem it. Aud if it bo true,
as has been charged without contradiction, that
$200,000 of specie was borrowed from tho New
York Banks, on which the returns were roc ntiy
made by the Banka of his native Stair, anti then
sent back again to New York, it ia leghly prolmbh*
that these favorites ofllis Excellency, tliese ■ •
cies of what he rails , specie-paying Banks , will im
pose heavy losses on the holders ot tiieir notes belli
in this State aud in his own, also Certain i‘ h, t! .
will counteract the policy of our own legislature,
and delay the period within which the Geargiu
Banks would otherwise have been prepared for u
resumption ol specie payments.
Nobody cau read this Veto Message, without be
ing convinced that we are indebted ldr if more to
the malice and prejudice ofllis Excellency, thant >
his good sense and patriotism, else why such re
marks as these, “I withhold uiy sanction from i . •
bill for the treason that our iiarc legal
ized in our own Banns a suspension of specie-pay
inents.” Is that a good and legitimate reason for tin
exercise of his veto ?
“I do not think it wise to drive out th(* agencies
of specie-paying Banks of other Stales.” \V ic told
him that they wore specie-payingßhukl Had *
not seen the statement of their condition recently
published (but alas! Accould not comprehend that)
showing how weak and rickety some of them were ’
Did he not know that, notes of specie paying Banks,
would not circulate, iu common with notes pf n- .
speciepaying Banks, aud consequently none such,
would come into ourSfate? “And thereby give to
our own Banks , which have acted m such bad faith
to the people, aright to monopolize their busivt s>.
Our own Banks were the special aveisiqp i our
own Governor, they had acted in bad faith ‘ by hir
ing 50 per cent more ability to pay .'peoie for their
notes, than those of his native State* an 1 hence in
curred bis wrath aud condemnation ! 1 leave them tv
a fair competition.”
Whatever may be said to the contrary, it cannot
be proved the Banks of this Stat e have acted
“in bad faith to the people.” they suspended specie
payments at the request of the people nearest t*>
them and best acquainted with tho necessities of the
case —all of whom w ithout exception Could com
prehend aud did understand the statements of their
conditions, which had been recently published.
They preserved the currency from depreciation, till
the agencies ofllis Excellency’s foreign specie pay
ing Banks inflated it, and they declined th * com
petition left open to them by the Gov* rnor in thii
race for circulation without responsibility.
They have furnished for fifteen years past a cur
reucy at all times convertible into coin, up to Onto
her. 1857. They have furnished the credits to buy
twenty millions of produce annually, in this eurren
ey. If they incurred losses, (which they did, nv.d
which were not few nor small,) they received no in
demnity from the planter, who always received hi
money before, or token lie sold his produce—nor
from any other source—and because, iu coirniM!
with all the Banks of other States, and almost • ifh
out exception, they suspended specie payments
October last, and that at the request, of and for the
benefit of the people, they are stigmatized by l.ri
Excellency—whilst those of his owirinative Stale—
in all respects inferior lo them —receive hit special
favor.
If there has been any injury arising from the
preciation of the currency, or if any occur hereafter,
Gov. Brown, and he alone, is cbargable with it, and
that because of the interposition of this veto—of the
bill prohibiting foreign Bank agencies —for tk&y
have, done the deed.
The Georgia Banks are conducted as fairly and
honestly as those of any other State ; aud, though in
a state of suspension, it did not necessarily follow
that the currency would be dyrredialed, so long as
no redundancy of issues was made, and only fbc
current wants of trade were supplied, as they had
been prior to the suspension, ana no appreciable de
preciation did occur, until hundreds ol thousands of
foreign bank currency were thrown on the
for cotton and exchange within a single we; k. The
dfleet was inevitable and a depreciation the conse
quence.
The Georgia Banks having decliu- a competi
tion in that line of business, find no preventive bu :
iu a resumption of specie payments, aid the.:
early as practicable. They do not wait the < od
eum of the Legislature, nor tte menaces of Gov.
Brown ; their own interests, and the good of their
own State currency demand if ; and of-their own
accord, t hey have t aken measure* for a simultaneous
co-operation, by which it is hoped it may be done
without much injury or inconvenience to any. But
if those foreign agencies continue to fl<* and the State
with their notes, and do not prepare for resumpt ion,
?lis Excellency will find, to his shame and horror,
that the people are caught with an immense jnaoun)
of depreciated currency, for which be is to blame,
and they will begin to suspect, when too late, that
he is neither a Solon nor a Solomon in financial mat
tors.
If the resumption proposed, produce any
sion of business operations, any failur or tny in
convenient tightness iu the money market, or any
fall in the price of produce—they may all be traced
back to His Excellency’s partiality for the Banks of
South Carolina, ‘nstead of that of tis . ; aa*
his veto of the act of the Legislature in excluding
them, and on him and on his fiiepds and adv ‘ r .
aud not on the Representatives of the people, be j
the blame.
Had he deferred to the wise counsels of the many
who passed tboee Acts, it is easy to .show that, the
resumption would have been easy and uatural **<
an earlier day, or it would have been deferred tili
the whole crop was sold, and would hava pro dm * 1 ;
no depreciation in prices, no shook to bui-i/r . ope
rations, and no failures, except to insolvent-*. Such
a deference, would have been t'ur. course of any one :
else in the same situation, with the same lack of J
knowledge of the subject, and under the same < ir
cumstancea, but conceit and ignorance are nearly
akin, and they generally act in concert. If a „ |
currency be preserved in any degree,the bank- 1 and
the banks alone will imve the c.edit of it. “L.”
The American Express Company, having bi - >
entrusted by Messrs. Marshall Ilisley, <. I Milwan
kie, with $7,500 to deliver to the State Bank In
Madison, Wisconsin t made a tender of tbs money j
after banking hours, and the Bank refused to re
ceive it. Daring the night the Express safe was j
robbed of its contents, Including the $7,500. Suit j
was brought by Marshall &. Ilisley lo recover the ;
money of the Express Company, who claimed tho
once having made a tender of the money, they wei e j
no longer responsible for it as common qarri r q and
that they kept it over night as a mere matter of ac
commodation to plaintiffs. In this view the jury ;
coincided, and returned a verdict for the Express
Company.
High Prices for Negroes.— At a sale of pro
perty in the vicinity of Prattville, Ala., h-A week,
says the Montgomeiy Confederation , negroCS
brought most extraordinary prices, reminding ns
foicibly, of the “flush times of Alabama. ’ Likely
young fellows were bid off at fifteen and sixteen
hundred dollars, while girls of the same description
reached nearly the same figures. One girl was Hold
for sixteen hundred and sixty dollars. The land
belonging to the estate realized its fu’l value. The
terms of the sale were twelve month’s credit. Are
the times really hard? or, are they merely imagined
to be so by general consent ?
Marine Losses for January. —The New York
Courier publishes a list of marine losses for the pa.-t
month, showing an’aggregate of eighteen veesels, of
which five were ships, three were barks, two were
brigs, and eight were schooners. The total value
of property lost was four hundred and ninety-three
thousand five hundred dollars. This s the value of
the property totally lost, exclusive of damages to
vessels not amounting to a total loss and of partial
losses of cargo. As compared with the month of
January, 1857, the above shows a decrease in the
number of vessels lo*t and missing of one hundred
and seven, and in the value of property lest amount,
ing to three million and forty nme thousand two
1 nodrsd dollars.
T!:e ltfnr.on l.'oi.v f ; or—l*, s> >- of P visions.
dentiy greatly lat the Idea tthe Bai k
bill, passed by too Legislature, had “compelled the
| poor M chanic to pay nearly double m \ <• for all the
| necessaries of life* ’ The Committee mid Meeting
!w. re evi iei t.ly laboring under p, rt of monomania
i They probably had a theory on the subject, and were
1 determiu and to estal.Vsh the corrcctne3 of that
theory, it assertion, !>.<> !, uusupporie i assertion of
! I>u ’ d "' ,! -“y opposed to ah hia t- v.n.ny (hat could
j be . :uuc and, would bj r. wived l.yi> tVople. Un
1 juriunafcly for tho meeting, the tv:ople are beenn
ing bmihUr wiUi tW intrigue, un 1 :.riek* ot the
:d. .nig-.gun. of Ms day, nn.d they j,- .■I ly require
j something more than hrov.l an< rtioo to sustain
I their statement-. Knowing t: - have taken
the trouble to coosi.lt our tiles, .. .. . rl(iia t h o
: price of tbs necessaries of Ufa, when th • Banks sus
pended, October Sis', 1867; when I,i;i WM pMp .
j ed, Decembert£sd, 18,7, and when to..- noting as-
I setnbled in Mac:n, January 27th, IS.>B, and here ia
| the result of our investigation :
Bar. D II 9 it; lv .. |6 In a 131
Lard IT „ 30 U 9 13 lt|9 12
Corn -. .. 70 a 77. t.n , i.i ( ;:i d> 70
| W heat.. 1.V.. l v . e l On I 10 „ I 17,
CoffeeV.’.’.W.. ili.c V’ II ■/’ )V> 11 Ti?|
j Sugar • II It 9 !•*
) Melanee J? • 40 37, a 37 & a 30
, These are facts. Tho Uomiuir.e -L statements are
simply broad, imsupum-ved Which will
| the people believe i
j Jlorr VctotUeetioga A Vo- i.n.n i ■■ Jloui:-
| A gentleman wriling , n bnsi.iv,,• from Jasper,
j Pickens counly, Un., gives us th foil., v„ K h, r
! matiou in reference to tli. progress ~f Ihe \ , o
1 meetings in that section of the S!; e. \\V . . y
mountains, elucidating ‘■■■■• win !■, !)■■ c’ •'fin <<o
I ana Juahking -. ’ tali’ ■ iclo. d> is tli ■ M e on meet
The writer says: .
” Jaspeu, heb 3,1858.
i “ Uol. Ai.itKO, the Governor’* M. , ■ ;;er i|„ re,
] and on yesterday a met ting was nailed In ratify the
I Governor's veto on the bank question. What was
I done I do not know, as I was r-i jw. s -nt, but top
j pose Mr. Gregg and other financiers were laid in
I tEe shade, or l h i I their opinious ‘
! Resumptiun i>’ Baltimore. —The f nr, nan of
| ISiifurduy, 6(li inst., say*: Tin* i*ie übnls of the
1 several banks of the city of Baltimore, empowered
by the Directors of the institutions they represent
j ed, hiet at the Union Hank y< M:y n . reiug, and
unanimously adopted a readutieu dtc’ar.ng that
‘‘the Hanks of Baltimore rct-ume the payment of
specie on all their liabilities fortbw ith.’ Tht reso
lution was iinmeduilely cairieU into est- ■*f ind coin
paid w r henever demanded over the cemitefH of all
the banks. Though the immure was an important
one, aud liecesfeary t place our exchacg- ’ on a par
with the cities North and West *•! vs. whos- banks
had nlunrty resomed, its reel]
noticeable. Out banks have fi r s**m time past
met mil the local do:nand tm :p: \n ; ’ tiu-refore
no urgency was exhibited upon the part <*• r.ny one
yesterday to obtain gold or rilvcr !’ rt l ir notes
The suspension of our Banks, following immediate
ly upon that of the l*iii!udtdp!nn institmim occur
red fn the latter part of Sept.t-mbvr and lasted
therefore about four month,, a u-..-p. ri.,i ,hi
any previous suspension, and piovbvg that though
the di.-ws was Be vet s tie recovery hi a been i ropor’
tionably rapid. Tiie pv.anplo of -tLe Ualtiuiore
buoke will no doubt In 1 oifly I, “■•■■■ -4 I v those of
Marylnnd, Virginia : >:I ,\ ith Catooi::. itndtluvn
m l'cntioDS of n turif g r lillUf.iiv , i,i g vo vigor
in time to the slowly progn sing r. \ ival of trade.
We also learn the’t: . f Bohm-ore, through
their Cashiers, have under em , • ~ the expo
ilienoy of establishing’ a “Clem g Homo.” A
movement in thl.: direction is equivalent. {• the* ao
complishmcnt cf tie purpo ; o?. Nt . \ - li *tou
Clearing II- u-e mid th*- publication . i v.v* My • t..
ments necessary (o the proper conduct of th bank
ing system of those cities, and tho time is propitious
for, Baltimore to f>!l..-w in the li .<• of r, !,)m nnd
pr own*.
journals of m- dicino iu regard to the ir e cnee ot
nails tmd linir in muu. From the Hatemcnfs mad ,
it appears that the growth of the nails is m re rapid
iu children lhau in adults, aud .-!-,v, tiu the aged.
It goes on more promptly in summer t! ?in in winter,
ho that tho earn*; imil which is renew*-*! in one hun
dred and thirty-two day 6 in winter, requires only
one hundred and sixteen in summer—a facd depend
ing on the “vis vital s,” vrbiob sjcms to b propor
tioned to it. Tim iiw . f nails of th- il.-l t hand
s more rapid than tVr t!.c Ii ; it. diflV iv*, al., for
the-differenl tirg ru,: nil i.i order correspondiug with
the length of the finger—being me. I; rc.pid for the
middl finger, nearly equ r I for the !\v . e.llwr side of
■ this, slower for the lit-tla ling? r, and slowest, for the
thumb. The gnv.v'h of the hair h well known to be
mueh accelerated by ► ineiit cv in 1 forirn
more rapidly in the day than at r.urii'l nd in hot
seasons than in cold.
The Coluns Stkaeiuus not io re Noi.p.— The
New York C’onrier says: We bav< . - •!, rity fo r
contradicting the report published in t!:e Joujuhl Os
(Commerce reepec'ing an ‘ .tend- I- !e i tin* Collies
steamers to the British Government The Compa
ny is somewhat eniburrassed by ti e witliholdii g of
the money due them by the Government for cairy
iug the L>ails, but they have no i 1 a of ahandor-ing
the enterprise which has r lb ctedso o uch honor on
. the American rraiine. ('-.u. *qucntly tie.* ‘ *y that
Capts. Comstock and We t have gm - t- England
.for the purpose of making sab.-of th Baltic and
Atlantic is untrue. The Atl.-adio will ha ve New
York on February J’t, and the other .-■!> f.ern will
follow iii regular succession.
A Stranuk Phenomenon.-•■'the sle;> Arctic,
which has just arrived at New York, (Vom Liver
pool, reports that on Nov. 2fit!j,l;d.sl 16', long. 11
HO', a ball of fire struck on tho deck, when it butr-t
with a tremendous report, knockiug down the third
mate, carpenter and boat, wain, a 5 romeoftke
Beamon and patgengem, but not Periounly injuting
any one.
A P.u.M L(. Case.— lt. VV. Voung, a young man
most respectably connected in Washington, was
arrested there on Tuesday, on charge of oaihc-zzlh g
money from the eify post office. H- vi'iifl In. Id to
$6, MO bail for his appearanoo at the u- si term of
the Criminal Court.
A Two Mile Bkiix*k. The Vic'ori . Bridge
across the St. Lawrence, at Moutr.jal, which has
been in course of erect-ion for v< n*l years, will be
the largest and finest, in the world. K ■ : •I: . two
mAeu long. Tho total am ant of i iaso ary in the
bridge will be 3,o(lo,ooocubic feet, which at l b; f ct
to the ton, gives n total weight of about “.‘,600
tons. Fourteen of the piers unr coinpleS 1. cud it
i-i expected that eight more will tie finished next
season, leaving only two to er tin IR.V.). The total
weight of iron in the lubes will be 10,400 1 ■ u.. The
bridge will cost about $.>,1)00,000.
The New llav< of th^•• New York
Express states the Americans of Connectjt ,I, are
organizing a National American parly and prepar
iug fora State Convention and for a restoration to
pa-rfl n Lari:*; cud eutln ti<-. i<• f n.;- b*ve
been held, and the great* -it tnUu appears to
prevail.
Th e Mor Mon WaftFKV KR 1 N CA LI FOR NI a .—The
San Francisco Herald pays: “The M nr on war
fever is progressing very rapidly throughout the
Stale and hopes are very g nerally entertained the 1
jr, tiio event, (.fa rarioiH war, tbn I'r i;idenl will make
a requisition for troops on tliix StH'f-. There is no
doubt thpt a splendid army could be mired in thin
State on a very short ootwe, vliHi would number
-in its ranks men who have seen u rvtoe already iu
the tented tiefd.’”
The Czar's Starts s. -Tie cavalry riables of the
Emperor of Bursia are tie w >mler aid astonish
menl c 1 those who foive obtained “One-—l’ !| t r , them
The encloea-'C of stone wall- and i ■<u frame s covers
an area ofct'-n toiler in length by five irw. :i;.. The
stalls are twelve feetrquare each, white in the centre
five thoiisand htadcf the finest bore. - in the world
are biokau, trained and exereired daily by ‘.noth, r
army of the mote skillful traiuers, j has, Arc., in
he Emperor’a rk minions.
i There arc four lad>': in the Utah inilitar vezpedl
j tion egainsr the Mormons, T. y ar. Mrs. Gov.
fjyi cm. Mrs.Cel .ohy, M. Tyle , and Mrs
llurn". Mrs. Cummings troae one oi her feet w hile
crossing the mountains.
A hill ia now before the Virginia - ature to
provide for the enslavement of fn-engroaa under
certain eircumetances. It propo to hike them <ut
for a period of three yeara from the data of the pae
eage of the act, the proceeds of their hire to be ap
preprinted to their traneportat ion from the State
The hiring shall be inaungtd hy anfovers’ r.r, to be
clawen oy the county court” ot the several counli.s
of the State; but it shall be competent for any free
negro within the limitation above assigned, to emi
gia'o voluntarily or enslave himnelf at his disore
tion. A’ the end of three yean all fffl. ,;ro found
in the .Stale are to b>- soldjnto slavery, the proceeds
of thieaale lobe depotited to the credit of the State
Irish EmioraTion to the United States.—
The Kilkenny f Ireland) Journal, sey r: For the laat
few months peraona who lefl this city as emigrants
have returned to their old employments in Kilkeu
ny, and caution their neighbors rc:.:n. 1 venturing
to America at present. Several mopibers of the
families of those who have left our any have fallen
victims to American fevei. The story of desola
tion and death which tl ■ p < eiMi.T.iiil* relate is
fearful, stud we hope it may serve as a caution to
others to turn their thoughts fmm emigration and
cling to the rock ol the old country.
Hot. K. W. Chastain— Wears gratified iu br
ing authorized to announce, says the Atlanta JnUI
hgenctr, that the ofiieo of Attorney for the.S'ato
Road, tendered by Gov. Brown to the Hon. E VV
Chahtain, of the county of Fannin, !••. been ao
ccpted by that gentleman, aud that he will forth
with enter upon the discharge of it dnti-
AjuuvAr. or U'oc. Andf.p.son.— Col. Frank
Anderson and bis party l ave arrived <-t Now Or
leans in custody of the UniUd Staten Marshal. They
were released on parole unlit morning. All 1 udly
r yroplain of unjust treatment by.Corom.store I’auld
ing and Cap'. Hau l? G-v Walker has gone to
Nashville.
Suicide.—Mr.Hamilton Capps, residing pome
ten milts west of Americua, committed suicide on
the night of the lath ult, by hanging himself.
Suit Decided —The City Bank of New Haven
has obtained a verdict of £1115,000 againHt the Bank
of Akron, Oliio, in the Supremo Court of New York
city, the suit being brought to enforce payment of
four bills of exchange of that amount in the Ameri
can Exchange Bauk which the cashier of the Akron
Bank Bad pledged as security for a loin of $30,000
in imail bills,in 1861.