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“motif, Tuesday, Oct. 27, 1351.
as-_ . . , t our ob'ect be ous’ counrnv. om: WHOLE
G(.-U.‘I’l'flkIY.: AND N'(l)Tl<ll.\G BUT OUR COUNTRY, 3'15 by
the blessing of God may that Country itself become a
V ast and Splendid Monument not of Oppression and
i error, but of wisnon, of PEACE, and of Lisnnri,
-, ' 1.1 -ith admiration for
ipon.whichf_t_hewor may gaze EANIELWEBSTER.
ever. ’ ’
° Financial.
Times, like the weather continue the same as
last week, only more so. Large sums of gold
are now being transhipped back from England
but so long as the merciless war is kept up by
the city banks upon those of the country, no
permanent relief or general prosperity can be
- hoped for. If the country banks are unable
to close the insatiate maw of the Metropolitan
or Suffolk system, then business men every-
where should-combine and crush the mons-
trous tyrany that is now drawing the life’s
blood from the provincial banks and parall-
zing their every effort to relieve the commun-
ities among which they exist. The following
article is to the point: »‘
A’ Bridgeport Banker on Metropolitan
~ Redemption.
' A “ Banker” sends to the Bridgeport
Standard the following as his notion of
the principle of the bank redemptions at
New York and Boston. .
In these days when the Banks through-
out the ‘ country have suspended specie
peyments, one of the coolest “dodges”
that we have witnessed is that proposed
by the Suffolk Bank of Boston, and the
Metropolitan Bank of New York. The
Suffolk Bank: proposes to exchange their
bank bills for those of any New England
.-lank that will first place gold or New
York city funds in their hands for that
p'urpose'_l - The Metropolitan Bank pro-
poses to borrow in New York such New
A F.ngland'uotes as redeem in Boston, send
them to the Suffolk Bank, and after they
have there been redeemed in gold or N. Y.
city funds, the Metropolitan will pay for
them with its own notes or the notes of
some New York country Bank, first de-
ducting one quarter per cent. for thus
borrowing the money. The Metropolitan
and Suffolk are willing to let Connecticut
Banks contiuc specie payments, but as this
is one of the “ rules” that don’t “work
both ways,” we don’t understand that
.-either of them propose to name any time,-
cven inthe “far distant future,” at which
they will themselves pay specie I This
new way of raising the wind is certainly,
suspicious, but whether it is enough so to
cause‘ the Connecticut Banks to throw
out Metropolitan and Suffolk bills we
have not learned. Bxxxss.
, The New York Express, says that on the N.
Y. ’Change, the fact that gold is now on its
way from Europe, was greeted as a cheering
-sign.‘ They say more gold, it is now known
will be coming, and is soon to be on its way.
‘The Cotton shipped from England to meet the
-drafts in New York. Where gold is most
needed, of course, gold must and will come,
though its "exportation from England does
great harm there.
, The Illinois Central Railroad Co, has agreed
upon the general details of a plan by which
aheir floating debt can be disposed of, and the
rue finances of the Company be restored to
-=.n.-der.
The banks of New York City are steadily
zcsntracting, and will soon force themselves
izvtoa position when a resumption of specie
payments will be their only course.
Several of the city banks have united in a
meeting to confer with a delegation from the
Eiate banks in regard to furnishing aid to the
i_r.terior for the movement of produce. The
proposition was favorably received, and the
banks pledged themselves to discount accepta-
ble bills at 30 and 60 days, drawn against pro-
once, and accompanied by the bills of lading,
.-.0 the amocnt of $1,200,000.
Burned to Death.
Mrs. Mary St. John, of this town, (relict of
David St. John, a Revolutionary Pensioner,)
came to her death on Friday last, in the fol-
zowing singular manner : Mrs. St. John, be-
ing nearly ninety-three years of age, and for
:-ome time pastuuable towalk, whiled away
much of her time in her chair, smoking her
3-fipe. On Friday last, her daughter left her
52:; a few moments, with her lighted pipe as
:._~.=ial, and on her return found that her clothes
had taken fire therefrom, and her mother so
horribly burned that she survived but about
two hours thereafter. When found, she was
:~...:i.2g I 3; ‘. :. chair. in sucha natu-»
;-:r.-el _, .-,=. -. as scanned to indicate
.~...-. .-‘=2 bad laces‘. ~~:-.-zwnr.-3. from the outset,
as no oa;*.':=_‘_;' hni W-=.;i her lips, nor
the least indication visible of her having made
a struggle, and she seemed to be entirely un-
conscious of any pain till she passed to the re-
pose of death. This is one of those painful
casualities which spreads a sickening horror
over an entire neighborhood.
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The State Fair.
_ It is our purpose to give a complete list
of all the premiums awarded to citizens of this
county, should" the entire list ever be publish-
ed, which as yethas not been done. In the
haste of our notice last week of those in this
immediate vicinity who received awards, we
accidentally omitted to chronicle the good for-
tune of those Premium Agriculturists, Stephen
Hoyt & Sons of New Canaan. In addition to
sundry premiums on minor matters, the firm
takes a premium on their team of farm horses,
James Hoyt lst premium on plowing, using
Rich’s patent Iron Beam plow, which he pro-
nounces the best in use for our rough soils, and
Mr. Hoyt knows whereof he aflirms, in this re-
-spect. Edwin Hoyt takes 2d premium on 4
your old gelding and would have taken the
-1st, to which his horse was clearly entitled,
‘but for the‘ management’ of one member of
the committee who desired to bestow the high-
sest honors upon an individual, rather than on
an animal ; an abuse too often tolerated at all
our fairs. ‘ ‘ '
i We learn also, that Miss Emily Lockwood
of Wilton took the first premium on her case
-of beautiful Ladies’ Hats, but whether a di-
p'lo_ma,gold medal or good husband was aw_ar-
ded, we could not learn. The genuine good
taste evinced in their construction, in our opin.
ion, justly entitled her to all three.
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» - . par We have received the detailed ac-
counts of the large Chicago fire. It com-
:menced.in the large block Nos. 109 and
1l1iSout;h Water street. Its cause, it is
_ said, arose -from a debauch of drunken
clerks’ and abandoned women, Sunday
night, in the upper stories of the building
the fire spread down that street and
dew.-n Lake street, destroying a it went, '-
“The tall marble front of Messrs D. B.
(3e0«1.;.&-0013 building, which is a large
publishing house. fell on the low building
of Mr. Barnum, who kept 3' Variety.
store and crushed it in. There ‘W35, 9-
‘large number of persons in building
employed-in removing goods. Eleven or
twelve of this number were killed. The
number of individuals and firms -who are
losers is 33, and the loss $676,200. In-
surance not ascertained fully.
I
The Bridgeport Race.
The ‘race at Bridgeport on Friday last. be-
tween the famous Dalton nnd Taylor horses,
attracted a large concourse of people, many
of whom were ladies, who, despite‘, the ‘ hard
times’ cheerfully paid 50 cts. for one of the to-
meat entertainments witnessed in this part the
State since the days when they used to shew-
up those ostrich racers underthc Hippodrome
canvas! ‘The Dalton horse made the 25 miles
in m'-ne!y-.~n‘a.- and one-halfminutes—-nothing
very wonderful for any ordinarily fast horse
of good bottom. But so far as it was a match
between Dalton and Taylor, it was one of the
coolest sells yet perpetrated, for as our in-
formant expresses it, had Mr. Dalton broken
his wagon or axle-tree, he could have gone
down to the city, got it repaired, and then
returned in time to have easily beaten
the Taylor horse. They both being “horse
men,” however, are undoubtedly up to the
“tricks of the trade,”,and what is left after
treating their friends to champagne and par-
tridges, is doubtless divided and pocketed
equally between them. A local incident con-
nected with the race occurred, going to illus-
trate still furfher the peculiar nature of Sheriff
Van Zandt’s aberration. Like all other men
whose “heads have been turned,” his present
acts are the opposites of all his past living;
and it appears that our Sheriff, when he went
from house to house, and store to store, with
the bundle of Bishop tracts under his arm,
instead of supposing himself engaged in any
partisan work, as/ we apprehended, verily
thought himself apious colporteui in the ser.
vice of the American Tract Society,and doing
penance for his past irregularities by a zeal.
ous devotion to his new work. (We will not
say that the recent love and devotion express-
ed by the Democratic press for the present
managers of that hitherto respectable Society
had any thing to do with this hallucination;
we have only his personal assurances of the
feetg as we have stated them.) So, when it
came to be noised abroad that a “horse-race”
was to be perpetrated, Sheriff‘ Van Zandt
was seen walking to and fro in our streets
with hurried step, eyes wild, lips compressed,
nostrils distended, and his whole countenance
woefully elongated. ‘ And still the wonder
grew.’ What new conceit had seized and
preyed upon our bewildered Sheriff‘? At
length it came out: “he could not and would
not brook the im-morulilies of horse-racing.’
His official power should intervene to save
intact the virtuous soil of Fairfleld County from
the impiety of such a public immorality I
To Bridgeport, the whilo in, rollicking, cham-
pagne-drinking, 2.40 fast-horse Sheriff depart-
ed (at a faster gait than that made by either
horse on the track, as we are informed confi-
dentially), to bid “ by authority of the State
of Connecticut,” the Taylors and Daltons to
depart out of our coast. They met, our infor-
ant says, in one of those gilded saloons com-
mon to great cities ; “smiled ” together ;
“smiled” again ; and yet again, until frag-
ments of heavy tin-foil, and an empty willow
basket, were gathered up by the waiters, when
the sheriff confessed to an irresistible fond-
ness himself, for horse-racing. In fact, he is
said to have avowed, that if he had any weak-
ness upon which Satan could wreck his reli-
gious purposes, it was fast horses and cham-
pagne suppers. “Upon this hint” the Horse
Othelos (repeating their libations) propo-
sed, rather than to have the great assemblage
of people disappointed, that for the purposes
of the race they would withdraw their be.s.
The subtlety of the Daltons was too much for
the virtue of the Sheriff, and the race came
off ; more fools were probably cooped in one
enclosure than ever before, and Sheriff Van
Zandt, with a full consciousness of his igno-
minious fall, now goes about with a face that
sixteen protested notes could not elongate!
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Phrenology.
Prof. L. N. Fowler, of New York, will tie-
livera series of Lectures on this science at
Phenix.Hall. commencing this evening. Pro:
F.is a vigorous thinker and an attractive
speaker, which with the novel character of
his subject will undoubtedly draw out a good
house. See his adv-
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HAnrnn’s Msoazrm-: for November, has
been received. It is an excellent number,
and closes the fifteenth volume. The Pub-
lishers state that “ Recent events have not,
and will not interfere with the regular ap-
pearance and general business of Harper’s
Weekly and Harper’s Magazine, which were
never so prosperous as they are at the present
time.” For sale by Knapp & Lynes, and A.
H. Camp.
We have also received from Knapp & Lynes,
Harper’s Story Book for November. This
number finishes the series.
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Om: Mxsrvssn MISSIONARIES IN INDIA.
—Thc last ray of hope has been dispelled
by the late arrival of news from India,
and we must now record, with feelings of
the profouudest sorrow, that there is
every reason to believe the four missiona-
ry families of the Presbyterian Board at
Futtehgurb, have perished in the massa-
cre. They have been traced to Cawnpore,
and it was hoped when Gen. Havelock
arrived there, he would find them alive,
and rescue them from the insurgents, but
he reports but one white person saved and
her name is given ; our brethren and sis-
ters, our dear friends Freeman and Camp-
bell, and Johnson and McMullen, and
their wives, and two children of Mr. and
Mrs. Campbell, have fallen victims to the
awful insurrection in India,
The Rev. John E. Freeman went out
in 1838, and has been a faithful missionary
for about nineteen years. He married
Mrs. Beach, in Newark, N. J. who died
about ten years ago. Mr. Freeman af-
terwards married a valued;friend of ours,
Miss Vredenbnrgh, a lady of great so-
complishments and worth, with a large
circle of friends in this city and in New
Jersey. “ _
The Rev. David A. Campbell was
from Wisconsin, and his wife from Ohio.
The Rev. Albert‘ 0. Johnson and wife
are both from Western Pennsylvania.
The Rev. Robert E. McMullen was
from Philadelphia, and his wife was Miss
Pierson, from Patterson N. J. All of
them were among the most able and use-
ful missionaries of the Board, and their
loss is a blow to the work, compared with
the destruction of $100,000 worth of
property in India not to bementioued.
New York Observer.
crn (III.) R. R. sold the road lately at
auction _a,tSp1'iugfield, Ill. It brought
$110.0.-
. o,qQ>o¢—--——..—.
18" The Independent’s list of failures
this week contains the name of only one
Connecticut man, (Prouty of Winsdor
Leeks, wire drawer). - Certainly, this
speak well for old Con'ncticut, so far.-—
on,» banks. have been anxious to sustain
T ’ I who had a good bot-
e.ve.ry man or 5-"1’:
torn’ to _st_a.!.ll.1 on.
IS‘ The Assignees of the Great West-'
Terrible and Amictive Events.
The family of Mr. Philander Stevens,
residing in New Fairfield, has recently
been, and what is left of it still is, the
scene of the deepest serrow and afliiction.
A few weeks since, the wife and only son
of Mr. Stevens visited the West, and on
their return stopped in New Yor City .-
During their stay there the boy, with
some acquaintances, visited a place of
amusement, where it is supposed he con-
contracted the small pox, as that disease
developed itself in him about two weeks
after he reached his home. Soon after
the nature of the discus was discovered,
it took a violent and fatal form, termina-
ting iu his death of Sunday evening last.
On Monday, Mr. Stevens assisted his
hired man in burying his son on his own
premises. On Tuesday, the mother of the I
boy, a daughter, niece, and in all probabil-
ity Mr. Stevens, himself, were attacked
by varioloid. During the evening of the
same day, Mr S., overcome by the disease
and melancholy circumstances by which
he was surrounded, fainted and fell to the
floor. Recovering from his swoon, or re-
turning to consciousness, he retired, but
arose again at 2 o’clock yesterday morn-
ing and left the house. About 6 o’clock
has body was discovered suspended by a
rope from the neck, under the cow-house
in his barn-yard from which all signs of
life had departed. No one can tell the
terrible and overwhelming strength of
that combination of peculiar misfortune
and the inroads of disease, u_uder which
his whole family was prostrated, which
united in dethroning reason, andimpelled
the strong and vigorous man to self de-
structiou. It has never been our duty to
chronicle a case presenting more sadden-
ing details. The family are under the
medical attendance and care of Dr. Wil-
liams, of Brookfied.
Since writing the above we have re-
ceived a note from Dr. Williams, in which
he states as his impression that Mr. Ste-
vens was laboring under the premouitory
symptoms of varioloid. He had taken
but little rest for the two weeks previous
to his death, was greatly depressed in
spirits on account of the loss of his son,
and he has no doubt that his reason was
unsettled a short time previous to his
dcath.——Da'n_bur_y Times.
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36" The N. Y. Courier and Enquirer
thus states the case of Harper Brothers,
who with assets of a million above their
liabilities, were compelled to suspend-
and the-case is but one of many.
, “ The suspension of Harper Brothers is
one of these events for which those who
know them best, were not prepared,
even in these times.
With bonds and mortgages on productive
real estate in this city, for more than four
times the amount, and bills receivable for
ten times the amount, and only asking to
have their line of discount restored within
$5,000 of What it should be,-——and with
the solemn assurance that without the
aid asked, they must suspend and dis-
charge between six and eight hundred
persons in their employ—they were coldly
permitted to bring distress and want
among several thousand persons who Were
directly dependent upon them for employ-
ment ! Who is benefitted by this sys-
tem? In the merecantile history of this
city, the case has no parallel ; and mad-
ness—-absolute madness and the most
egregious folly must have prevailed at the
Board of Direction which prepetuated
this namelessgzaet. We are quite sure
that no failure ever took place here, which
has excited greater or more merited sym-
pathy ; while its consequences to their
employees are such as absolutely to make
the heart bleed. And all this has been
accomplished in consequence of a panic
prevading a bank parlor, and the Presi-
dent rf Wall street bank lacking the nec-
essary nerve to look in the face a weekly
statement which might present him in a
less favorable aspect than some neighbor-
ing institution.
0
SMALL BILLS.-—Tl]e following timely
suggestion from the New York Courier
and Evzquirer, should be generally heeded:
“ Too many people who cannot plead
necessity, are careless in such times as
these in regard to paying small bills to
mechanics and tradesmen, preferring to
retain the cash and defer the payment.-
This is a grievous wrong, and tends to
produce an incalable amount of inconven-
ience _and even distress. _Every dollar
paid to a tradesmen or mechanic not only"
satisfies his demand, but enables him in
due course to pay another, who in turn
pays his creditor ; and thus may obtain
relief from the movement of the first debt-
or. If you owe one dollar and have, the
the means to pay it, you can do your part
toward mitigating the pressure on some-'
body.”
l€' Mr. Wm. A Clark, of Connecticut
was robbed of his pocket book, containing
nearly $500 on the Hanover Bank of
New Haven Wedne: day evening at Bridge
port. A good looking man about 30
years of age who is suspected ‘of ' having
committed the robbery, jumped from the
cars near and just beyond Mt. Vernon
Station, while under motion at the rate
of 20 miles an hour. The train ran on
some distance but was finally stopped and
backed up, nothing was seen of the fellow.
~<Q>o .
E‘ The Galena (Ill) Mining Com-
pantes advertise for 10,000 laboring men,
promising steady employment.
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£*Wi_th_i,n the last thirty days 15 Rail-
roads have suspended, the aggregate lia-
bilities of which are $181,700,000.
«.>.7*
3- It has been made an inictable of-
fence to pass bank notes in Mississippi
under the denomination of fiV0 d0ll31'9-
Judge Peabody, of N. Y. City has .(le.Ci-'
ded the Street C0mln.i§$lon.er’s case ill
that city infavor of Conover, the Gover-
norfs appointee, ' 1
New York, while entering the cars for k
Foreign Correspondence of the Gazette.
' Uxrrsn Smrss Snrr Poarsnourm}.
Snsxonxs, CHINA, J nly 30, 1857.
We arrived at this port on the 15th
ult., after a disagreeable and tedious pas-
sage of nine days, during which we on-
connteredmore than an ordinary share ‘of
‘.‘ light variable airs and calms.” Al'l‘|V-
ing in the mouth of the Woosung, 1‘ ‘W3
our fortune, or rather misfortune, to he
suddenly deprived of our port bower an-
chor and '15 fathoms of chain (caused
by the breaking of the berth deck com-
pressor), and was duly recorded as “mf-
pemIe(l,” in the log-book. With this l0S-‘i
alone, we arrived safe at this port. Our
paramount object in coming here is to
have the vessel docked, as the cliicacy, if
not the absolute safety of the ship, even,
renders such a proceeding positively nccfls:
sary. During the time we were employed
in the Canton river, operating against the
forts of the “Barrier,” we were often
aground, which caused much of our cop-
per to be displaced, and as since that
period (after the demolition of the forts)
we have been kept on the constant move
without our coppc'r being replaced, the
worms so destructive to vessels in these
waters have literally eaten holes through
our oaken planking. We are now, there-
fore, in the dock of Shanghae—-which so
called dock" is simply a ditch, barely ca-
pable of containing even a sloop of 1,000
ton. -
Although it is comparatively an easy
matter to replace our missing copper, yet
the ship needs other and extensive repairs
which she cannot receive and be done jus-
tice to in any place short of the United
States, and it is to be sincerely regretted
that the Department will suffer one of
her most valuable and efficient vessels to
renmin on a foreign station in such a
. wretclied condition as our ship unmistak-
ably is, merely because the allotted tel‘!!!
of 3 years has not expired.
Now that we are docked, we are edvfied
with the usual scenes peculiar to a war
vessel when her men have free access‘ to
the shore. Pre-eminently shines forth,
tipsy sailors. With “Jack” it is one
grand gala-day, now that the accustomed
retraint of military discipline is partially
relaxed; but, although it is impossible to
prevent such occurrences altogether in
any man-of-war, yet I milst, ill .il.lstic.c to
our gallant Captain, say that» through his
example of patriotism and sobriety, and-
the emmpzee he invariably makes of those
under his command who do not act simi-
larly, that the Portsmouth has the credit
for being the best disciplined man-.o_f-war
that has yet been in China, and through
his untiring and unremitting exertions we
are indebted for the acknowledged climax
of a model Wm‘ ship.
So soon as we can get out of dock and
got all “ataunto,” &c., we will proceed
to Ning P0.” The Levant is at present
at Foo Choo. The Commodore, with
his steamer, goes to the northward to re-
gale himself in the cooler and more con‘
genial air of the J apau islands,
The mail boat from Hong Kong arrived
four days ago, bringing dates up to the
16th nit. The most joyful piece of intel-
ligence was the safety of the mails from
England of the 10th day of May last,
the non-arrival of which caused so many
surmises. The steamer that received the
mails at Aden was the P. & C. Company’s
steamer Erin, whi.c_l_1 went ashore oh‘ the
coast of Ceylon, but the mails were sent
to Guile, and brought on to Houg Kong
by the succeeding steamer, Peking, both
mails arriving simultaneously on the 8th
ult,, much to the satisfaction of all.
We have files of papers from Calcutta
up to the 26th of June, and the news
from there is of a sad nature, The re-
volt appears to be extending. Regiments -
of the native Sepoys, upon whom the‘
greatest confidence was placed, have been
the first to revolt, kill their oflicers, and
walk quietly over to the 1'9-illiifl of the
mutincers, while others, who were entrust.-
ed to escort the treasure to Multra, shot
their officers and made away with the
rupees. The English, meanwhile. have
not been idle: the suspected regiments
have been disbanded, and all the Sepoy
force at Sernmpore and Calcutta have
been disarmed, while two of the regiments
refusing duty and exhibiting other mu-
tinous indications were cut down to a
man.
The rising of the Bengalese will em-
barrass Lord Elgin not a little in his pur-
posed plans-—the major part of the re-
inforcement ordered from England to
China having been sent to Calcutta, as it
was deemed that England needed her
best men in India in this doubly trying
emergency. Thus, the large military
force which was intended to operate
against Canton his Lordship will have to
do without, and whatever hostile move-
ment that is to be made remains to be
made by the navy. \‘ “
The British Ambassador (Lord Elgin)
has arrived at Houg Kong, and a. depu-
tation of merchants have waited upon
him, with a written address, congratula-
ting him on his safe arrivfll, &c. They
appeared to be very desirous of eliciting
from his Lordship his future designs, and
in their written address, they, with one
voice, make no hc,sii:;_1ti0n in informing his
Lordship (in a polite way, of course) that
they do not approve of his proceeding to
Peking, for they remark: “We venture
upon no opinion, at present, respecting
the readjustment of our relations with
this Empire at large, thollgh always pre-
pared to hold our advice and experience
at your Lordship’s command; but upon
that part of the question which we dis-
tinguish as the ‘ Canton difliculty,’ we
would take this, the earliest opportunity
of recordipg our opinion—an opinion
founded upon long and relucta_nf., and we
may add, traditional experience-:"That-
any compromise of it, or any sort of set-
tlcment which shall stop short of the
complete humiliation of the Car.tonese——
which shall fail to teach them a whole-
onr own Government in itsirelstians with I
j.
i.
'l
to their shores for the pcnceable purposes
of trade,—will only result in further suf-
fering to themselves and further disastrous
interruptions to us.” §
In reply to this, his Lordship, through
the columns of the Hong Kong papers,
states, that he shall at all times listen
with attention and respect to any repre-
sentation that they may make on the
subject of the “Canton difficulty,” but
that the interests of the public S0=‘V|i‘0
prevent him from entering into any (lis-
cussion upon the -instructions which he
has received from the British Queen, or
the course which he intends to pursue in
the ease ; yet he concurs with them in
the opinion that no settlement of the
present difiiculties will be ss_i.tisf'actory
shall fall to teach the Cantonese
“which _ _
3 w[,0]esome respect for the obligations
'~~ its relations
of their own Government 1..
with independent powers," &.c.
I subjoin an extract from a letter of a
Chinese gentleman of great wealth, which
letter was sent to the North Clziwa. Hi»:-aid
for publication:
“It is gratifying to us to read his
Lordship's assurance that the British
Government is pursuing in China no self-
jsh policy. With this idea. he is about
going to visit Peking, and we hope there
he will have an interview with our expe-
rienced yonng Emperor, and also that his
Majesty will show, on behalf of the Chi-
nese nation, every hospitiliil-3' mill alien‘
tion, and will give aul;.on9.1‘.8hle reception
to his Lordship, coming to China as he
does in behalf of his country and the
Queen, for the purpose of honoring our
Emperor. who. be hope, will be pleased
to grant all his Lordship’s prope_r and
- reasonable requests, such as are calcu-
lated to be beneficial to all the nations
on the globe who are interested in com-
mercial relations with the Chinese’ Em-
pire, as F-Tell as to ourselves,” &c. &c.
From the tenor of the above letter you
can readily see why the _British merchants
are so opposed to Lord _Elgin’s proceeding
to Peking before the provincial city is
razed, and the Cantonese humbled : they
are afraid that some bungling compromise
will be made, which will be the ultimate
means of subjecting them to further an-
poyance from the snpercilions provincial-
-ists at Sorlth. At the present time
the English squa(_1_r_on is doing but little
in the Captor) river, save capturing an
occasional junk, or dropping a solitary
shell into some half deserted fortress,
which has the effect of sending iii‘ f‘“"'l'
son scalnpering through the embrazures.
From -the Cantonese we are led to believe,
(if we may give credit to the hyperbolical
proclamations of Ych) that “their soul-’s
in arms and eager for the fray,” but hav-
ing been no confidence in what the Vice-
roy asserts, we are unmistakably led to
believe that the “ Village braves,” unless
they show a little more bravery in general
than they did at the Barrier forts, they
will not prove such powerful adversaries
to the well disciplined English soldiery as
His Excellency seems to persuade himself
into the belief they will. i
From the rebels we bear but little, and
what we do hear is susceptible of being
constpned into many ways and forms.
the most reliable a.cc_eiints we can get are
from the .P:zlc.z'7zg Gogettg, and it would
seem that the fnshrgents are again losing
ground. The Peking Gazette of June 3d
contains much valuable information re-
gardipg the state of the country in and
about Peking. «The soldiers stationed
at the Imperial City are utteriy without
the necessary supplies, and local bandits
abound profusely, even committing their
depredations within the soccer} precincts
of the Emperor’s gardens. All public
amusements are forbidden by a special
proclamatloii, from _a fear that they may
occasion some ill .€liSpos,eg_l persons to
create riots.
peror had vacated Peking is, as I sue-
pected, false, although, at the time I gave
you that information, it was given cre-
dence to. i
I have now given you all necessary in-
formatiou concerning the current events
here, so, with 5?» few illcidejntal remarks, I
will close this letter,
This month there have been two ty-
phoons on this coast, during which several
vessels were dismasted and exposed to a
total loss. although‘ we have not heard
of the loss of any as yet, The weather
is intolerably hot—-tliermometer ranging
from 98 deg. to 100 deg. (Fnrenheit) in
the shade ; close, sultry days, and not a
cap.-full of wind to alleviate the oppressive
temperature of the atn_Io_sphere. Through
careful attention to their proper comfort,
the health of our men is comparatively
good; the greatest amount of corporeal‘
suffering endured is from the nocturnal
visits of myriads of venomous mosquitoes,
Silks andteas are rising. Freights are
at a uniform stand of $10 per ton of 40
feet. Exchange is rather fluctuating at
present; it is, at the close of this mail,
‘is. la’. sterling for the Shanghac Tacl.
The clipper ships Ariel and Celestial have
cleared for the United States, via Foo
Chou.
It is full time the " letters were posted,
as the mail closes imrnedi,ate_ly. I will
forward you another letter before we
leave herc—-that is, if there is any thing
of any _wort_h torccord.
’ Truly yours, 5}. W. H.
Q>..—_.......
£“‘The Chicago Tribune says that there
are a dozen New Yorkers in that city,
look ng after their business 1‘clations.——
They propose to take wheat at market
rates and’ half the difl'e_rep_ce in exchange,
in payment of debts due them-.—.a' com-
promise which will probably be made
without much difficulty.
Q>o
Erik penalty of 2 per cent: interest
per annnm can be collected in Massachu-
setts upon every bank bill offered for spe-
cie aud rejected.
———--~<o>-o———---
@* About two millions of sugar spec-
ulation paper became due in New York on
the 15th. The banks refused to renew
some respect for the obligations of this it-—;sugar will go down and thespeculators ted him, and he was unanimously
too.
..
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independent powers, and a more h0SPit“'
ble reception for the foreigner who resorts
days, which begins to make woolen
The rumor that the Em-.
,,....
our New York corre§fi'l_g§ol1¢8-
Nsw Yonx, October 333, 1357-
IVe have had a slight notice from up-
proaching Winter within the last few ,
clothing more agreeable, and overcoats;
and wrappers, which were thrown asid-e
last spring, to be called into requisition.
The state of the weather, therefore, is
the topic which has taken the place of
the money panic, which was as short in
length of time as it was serious. The
Banks here having all resumed, with a
few exceptions, we all begin to feel easier,
fir
,-
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~'*‘.'-'i,Y:
ALEXANI cm H- Imiitsv,
A PRO CLAMATION.
secured to l.hemsel.ivcs the revere-lice‘. and
esteem of all scceecllng generations, by-the
establishment ofcu istoms, w hich recognize
the authority mnl protecting care of a
Supreme Beilig.
Anlong those customs, time honored
and (:0l'lgcllltll to the feelin,-_rs of a grate-
l“l P0Sl<‘l'ity, was that of rr.-mlering an an-
nual tribute nl‘1.I|:mksgi\'in;_v; and praise to
and more confidence is new felt by us.
than before. 'l‘hc East River
which closed its doors on the 10th ll: ~‘ ..
decided to go on again, and will pl-
b_ly resume in a few days. The Bo‘-.-.-
conclndcd to try it again. Notliin; .
wanting now to put every one on his 1. «~--'
again but confidence from the [)ll">ii ~
“'.l,;cl,,i',;‘q wé field before, is begililline; M»
be felt. The Bank failures’ 111W‘-? ..l""' "
followed b_v a suspension of many lir.«-1'
class firms in our city, on account of the
stringency of the money market. Many
of these have offered to compromise, unil
others have assigned to other parties. A
certain writer has said that “ money is 22
slave.” Be that as it may, there is r.
large number down in these parts that
would like to have a little of the “slave,”
much as the poet aforesaid has reviled it.
The petition of the various Bank Presi-
dents of our city to Governor King, for
an extra session of the Legislature to be
called, has been refused. The Governors
reasons are obvious-—hc probably think-
ing‘ tlizitthe state of the times does not
anthori;,e in so doing, as the Banks
are all transacting, at present, their usual
routine of business. The pressure here
has affected all portions of this State and
Union, and pegs of sjrzspensipns is rapidly
coming in. The excitement, however, is
waning, and people, finding that they are
not hurt so badly as they imagine, are
beginning to come to their right senses.
The American Exchange Bank, which
stood u till the last moment, and until
the rush ceased, paying all demands
promptly—thc Teller thinking, like Dog-
berry, that persons who could conduct
tliexnselves in that manner were unworthy
of argument and beneath his notice, -
“To be, or not not to he, says Shake-
speare, and soithinks our worthy Mayor
Wood since his late nomination. To be
or not to be Mayor again, is the point
with him. Two very curious acts of ins
lately has excihli l‘h°- “l't9“ll°“ 0f mi‘
public. That of nominating Simeon I‘).-.3-
per, a Republican, to fill a vacancy in the
Board of Police Commissioners, and org-
ing the Common Conncil to upprop1'i::z.l=?
a sum of money for the relief of the r-v=:.1-
during the coming winter, both of ‘{-.'irz-1"‘:
manccuvres will readily be seen im- -9.
those who have the power to unravc;';
scheme. It is plainly a ruse to 0‘-
votes for himself during the coming .
tion, The first, the nomination of Si: .
Draper, toideceive the public into
belief that he is not sectional in his vi- l
thereby deluding the Republican pa; :. _
and the second, the appropriation for
poor, a mere farce to secure the votes oi‘
that class of our community. Very few
who 1'emeeb.er the n¢ei9:'al2le “Comp1r«i=i°
Book” with which our worthy Mayo.
humbugged the people for _a short timi-
after his coming into office, will have an;
faith in this new hoax. Fernando VVuod
is as hostile as ever to the new police ;
the fact of his not appeerigg to review
that body, at their paraclelthe other day,
exhibits this. He dared not meet a body
of prep who were once upon a time drawn
up in array in front of his pg/n dornieil in
the City Hall, to force his rebellious spit-is
into submission ; it was too gelling to his
injured self, At the coming election,
however. it is nnderstgofl we are to have
a new ballot-box, which will prevent any
stuffing or illegal voting, in which case
the people may look for an honest, fair,
and impartial _clection——a thing which is
quite rare now-.a.-days.
Maxuarrxx.
~<.>oo-——__.i
Thomas Howland, a very respect-
“ble ‘3°l°l'ed mail; 11 stevedore, of Provi-
dence, has decided to try his fortune in
Liberia. His wife and daughter accom-
puny him ; thelatter proposes to engage in
tfillchilig, for which she has qualified her-
self in our public schools, Mr. Howland
aplllied. through anotary to the State
Department at Washington, and the ap-
plication was sent back with the following
answer, without date or signature ; the
officials seeming to regard it as an insult
that a man born on the American soil, a
citizen and voter of one of the states of
the confcderacy, should have the presump-
tion to ask for a g:ertilieate of his nilllou.
ality :
“ Mr. Martin must certainly be :l\l‘lEi'€
that passports are not issued to per-.-was
of African e-xt,rn,cti_on, ‘ Such pel'Souu ,~ ,.._,
not deemed citizens of the United S‘;.
See the case of Dred Scot recently doc» 3-
in the Supreme Court,-"
cg’-
3%" At a meeting of the N. Y. I _ :
rical Society last week, Mr. Doe 1):x~...; ; -
ted a box made from the nioptl of 11.2‘
ship Emleacor, in which Capt. Cook e:Ir- E
cumnavigatcd the world. The Endemxw
was built in France, and after Col-.‘:: ‘s
voyage was turned gen; 9 whaler. She:
ultimately put into Newport, R. l., in
distress, where she was condemned and
broken to pieces.
‘-—-—-—ov--0»: .
I Seven lilfllllirlllalgingestablishmen 3
in New York—-only seiven.-.-—hav,e dis-
charged no fewer than sixteen hundred
and thirty-five girls within a few drive.
«.5. -
I8‘ Simeon Draper has been re-elected
member 9? the Bonn; of N. Y. Police
, Chi‘ g‘l'f‘:1l. llnlcr of the Nmions, for the
'i'.‘ Elk, '
and which petitioned for a Receiver, ~: l
Bank has also thought better of it, v: I
‘ .-spirations for tzuth arnrm -. men.
I
- .. , '="ustom reviv : - - 3;.» " -.
but Wommg [9 pigs? an glasses’ T”: l. e mu ice. ti ms 01 the
houses have given notice that they shall
require shorter credits.
many l)les;<in;.fs whieln he had coni'eri'ed
3 upon them. 'l‘|lo:~:e l.)lL-:<:=E‘._1;s 1,3,-e not
nnl_\' her-n mnli;.::<~d, hm «'_,‘.‘. hm.c been
zmlltiplieal in us, mill it I
_..e.oplc to pm-peliz.-:fc this 5 lowotl custom
..md to (‘|lllll:l.lf‘ the 54132.]: 0;’ g,.,,,;i,UlmU
which ar:tnateri them in e;'.~l;x;5],i,,g it
Let us hope that the iii. .24 and associa-
tions, the forms of tliongghl, anal feeling
which gave birth to such an m-.nive1'sa1'y,i
him: not been driftccl altogether‘ away
from, nor forgotten by us.
In conformity with the usages ivluieh
have ever been sanctioned by the Ex-
ccntive authority of’ the State, I do
hereby appoint THURSDAY, the 26th day
of November next to be observed through-
out this State as a_- day of public thanks-
giving, praise and prayer. And I invite
all the people of the State to assemble on
that day, with their ‘respective Pastor and
Scriptural Teachers, in their u.-zual places
of worship, and there, with sincere and
devout affections, to present their united
and humble thanks to Almighty God for
the continuance to us of the iiiestimahle
bounties of His providence. -
It is becoming in us at all times to ren-
der a grateful tribute to our Heavenly
Father for the continuance to us of gene-
ral health—of peace in our borders-of
abundance in on_1'stores—ar;d of the mu]-
tiplied privileges which so constantly sur-
round us.
But it is euiinently beconliflg us, in
view of the vicissitudes which have so re-
cently arrested our temporal prosperit -',
to pour out our hearts in thanksgiving
and false to Him, that He has not per-
mitted either of the dire calamities of
War, Pestilence, or Famine to accompany
this train of evils _: and to be increasingly
grfltellll to Him for having crowned the
labors of the husbandman in causing the
earth to yield of its increase so bountifully.
In our own strength, and in a spirit of
self-reliance, we have been earnestly seek-
ing for the _tl;ings. which perisli “in the
using. Let us henceforth. in the true
spirit. of a.Cl1ristiau people, seek for more
enduring richcs—for such treasures as
are worthy of the pursuit of imniortal
minds. Let us plead, also. for the con-
ainuance of our civil and 2 eligioiis liber-
"ics——i'01' the advancement of our educa-
ional ins'.‘itu‘.ions, and a wider extension
of their benefits throughout the commu-
.iity—and for the attainment of a. more
-ievatclil si’al1.dzrr,(l of _:n»“-‘= ;-~'. {ind nobler
'O::l(.‘S US as 3,
Let the obsewancc m’ 532:1»: venerated
;terling and m: zlly virt: - 0" :1. rs to of
non who Inaiiiiszsted by tm_ir lives their
belief in G od. And if it is refresliing to
recall the memories of such men, how
much more inspiring will it be to remem-
i her that they were our Fathers.
Let us also snpplicate the blessing of
Almighty God upon our whole land, upon
the President of the United States, and
all others in aulliority-—tliat He will im-
bue them with the Spirit oi’ the Redeemer
of men, enabling them to 1'culi'/.c their re-
sponsibilities to Hill) from wliom all powc
emanates, as well as their obligations to
their fellow men—tlmt He will preserve
us from internal disscnsions and civil dis-
cord—ll1at He will e_n_a_b_ie gs tp p_erpetu-
ate our Republican institutions, and grant
that the blessings of a free government
may descend to a posterity who shall ever
remengber that a trailer; that feareth not
God shall perish. ‘ " H
Given under my hand and the
Seal of the Stale, at Salisbury,
f_'__\ this 1"ith day of October, in the
~' ‘ yea_1' gt‘ our Lord one thousand
' ' leight lill;nLl1‘éd "and fifty seven,
. and of the Independence of the
United States, 323
second.
ALEXANDER. 11. HOLLEY.
By his Excellcncy’s command.
Onv1LLs H. PI.A'l"l‘, Sec7'eta-ry of State.
0-<.Q>a*—
n@"°The new secret order known outside
as“Moll y ._Ma_guire,” is said to have origina-
ted in Boston, from whence it extended to
NewYork, and allthe principal cities of
the Union. Itis composed cxclsively of
Irishman, or the sons of Irishmcn, and is
an agljpnct of the Democratic party, con-
trolling its nominations wherever it can,
for the benefit of its own order.
4; __.
1%“ A Mrs. Snyder, residing near
McGayhoysviilc, Ya, one day last week
suddenly fell down £lpp{li'(:x'.:l_V'(lC:l(l. The
neccssary burial clothes \~':.1'c procured,
and while her friends w 4: eiigagetl in
dressing her, in the hair? ‘cents of the
grave, shcpolitcly rcquesieti tl;em to wait
intil she was (lead _! C If. is 1'-ecdlcss to
try that her request was cheerfully com-
plied with. She is now m.r__~.’~:lly improv-
ng.
fffilh-s/.—..—_:.
@“'A curious matrixm 13:11 snarl has
grown out of the loss of 122.: Cc::tralAme1'-
ica. No less than three -.-.“vc..-' lay claim
to the estate of the colmul Stewart of
the above named steamer, who went in
her. And to add to the com;-lication of
bigamy it is found that the third wife had
herself another husband, and lie also was
lost in the Central Aineriea Z? The case
is a fine one for legal "‘ spi‘ca'.lsvo1'k.”
.-g.—-«-——-—
B®‘Sonic of ‘the im'luentin.l Boston
l
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Commisiouers, \_‘vllicli‘office he resigned a
few months ago. Mayor Wood nominal-
cho-
§"l«.’- I
5.-
P. ‘o. robber has plead guilty.
hitherto enjoyed a good reputation,
3%“-Jmnes O. Brayman, the Chicago
He had
QOVERNOR OF THE, STATE OF CON.\'l'-}C"i'ICU’I',
The Puritan Faithers of NewEngland
{A__
N EW Yomr, Oct. 23,
The Metropolitan Bank is said to have
been _hberal in its dealings to-day, disl
counting all that was offered. As a gen.
31:1}! thing, lice-ever, money, is as tight as
otluei-tune_dnr1ng.the week. Mer.
1 :_ n me slow m_makmg advances on
gram.
on
IImleI'i\’1'iters have (lthliiilbefiii tibhiirisuigengiifilji
“'0” -‘P9910 On_ board the Persia, and that
she and the Ship of Oct 21st would have
one million sterlinn-_ T}, ’ _. _’
states that the Bziiik of If] Same antb0“ty'
filled the bill brokers tl - .
discount nothing havinrr <iiiii1'tthhEii"t Shdoaulg:
to run. '3 y y
""“‘*‘**-<65. >___
From Boston.
B031-ox, Oct 23.
A circular signed by many of the lead-
ing merclmnts of Boston was published to-
«lay, llll.l0l'SlDg the good standing of the
Boston and New England banks. The
cil'cnla1' appears to have been called forth;
on ar.-eunnt oi’ the diflicnlty experienced at.
the _\-\«.-.1. and other distant sections inn
passing Ivlussaichlisetts bank bills.
O
Earthquake.
BUFFALO, Oct. 23'.
fe]£'\flthsl.liit shock of an earthquake was
th" 'lrlOllgllOllt the city at 2, past 3 o'clock
' 1_S;1_ lcliloon. i‘ he people rushed out of
blnlnings, but no damage was done
Later f
7 .
....4'.Ti.“’;t’i‘i*i“.°‘2"“‘“ wrarsrax.
1. ~ ‘ . an I‘ 0*‘ ‘sew-Wen Europe. she
“.“.‘-§r $515,000 In specie.
The American crisis was severcley felt
in England and France, and money
throughout Europe was advancing.—
Specie was being shipped to Ameeim.
Pile King of Prussia was feaiéq re ‘ 1,,
dying. ’ ' ‘ ’ " ’
I‘; ‘was reported that the Governor
General of India had been recalled,
The Bank. Of England has raised the
rate of discount from 59,- to 6 per cent,_
The London Times thinks that the
commercial revulsion in America is the re-
sult of mere panic, that it will be over
soon,
A large stone was tln'-own at a. tmin on
the Eastern Counties Railway, and struck
Prof. Rogers of Boston in the face, break-
ing his jaw bone, ‘ "
. Cathaiiine Hayes, the singer, was mar.
1-led In London to Mr. Bnshmell of New
York.
Still Later.
The Baltic, arrived at 5o’cloc‘§ S t,
“"19-.V» lillngilig V .£'—l§,62il sterling’ gig
specie. ' ' " ‘
LONDON Moxsv lVI.uzx1'-:r.—-On Monday
morning, the directors announced a fur-
ther rise of one per ccn. in thir rates of
discount ; the rate is now '1 per V
The great Handicap race at Newmar-_
ket resulted in the triumph of 'Mr.‘Ten
Broeeks. Thirty-four horses ran, and on
the first attempt there was a dead heat
between Prioress, El Habb, land‘ Quiééxi
Bess. The deciding race between these
three was won cleverly by Prioress, by a
length and a half. The success of the
American horse was greeted with great
cheering. The celebrated American horse
Lecomptc died from an attack of cholic.’
The directors of the Bank of France
had raised its rate of discount to fig» per ct.
-.—-——+-<o»....——.——--3
Iowa ELECTION.——IOWft, there seems no
longer any reason to doubt, has gone
Repnblicaii, in spite of the telegraphers
to the Associated Press from Dubuque
and Chicago. The Burlington Hawkeye
of the 21st puts Gov. Ralph P. Loyvelg
majority at 5,000 ; but we think that too
high. Three thousand will do. Owen
Faville for Lieut. Governor runs quite up
with Mr. Lowe. The Legislature is
also st'.'o_ngly ltcpublican, secui-ipg 3, fie-
publicsn U. S.‘ Seiiator for'"six iyears“‘lii
place of Geo. W. Jones. The Hawkeyé
has the following bulletin of the Legislz.»
tive returns so far ;
Repub. Buchanan In Doubt.
Senate..2'2" =12 ‘ '2! ‘--
House...37 ‘ 25 10
So, if all to come in are against us,
both branches are still Repnbliefan.
Nobly do'ne,"IoW-ll ' ’ ii "
--~——-oo+o>—:
1i@"* The son of Henry S. Gunn, of
Mississippi, ran off two weeks ago with
his father’s second wife. The “ son of a
gun” has not been heard of ‘since. " '
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@ There is considerable Democratic
bragging over what they call their
“ gains” in the recent Elections." Let us
look at them.“ In Georgia, the Democrat-
ic majority is 4000' lessthan it" ‘wits’ liiét
year. In Tennessee the Democratic vote
shows a falling off of 2500. In Califor-
nia it has decreased 4000. In Pennsyl-
vania, Packer runs behind Iiiichanan,s
vote last an: In "Ohio, their vote étolvia
a decrease, and their only “ gain” is in
the dimnnition of the Republican vote
through apathy or neglect. Iowa and
Minnesota. which they claimed befoilé
any retui'n's came‘ in, ‘so’ far‘ frbpr showiii
a “gain” for the Democrats, show a fa] -
— I I. . .. L.-- ..,_._,.a
ing off in the few places ucaul from.—-
Kansas, according to the returns, is a
dead loss to the Democraey—as the Re-
publicans will have both the Legislature
and Congressmen unless the Democratic
officials falsify the returns. If they keep
on “ gaining” at this rate, there will be
but little left of them next year.
——-—-ova.»-
Goov Emir:-F--.—+t number of young
ladies in Salem, Mass, says the Boston
Traveler, in view of the financial distress,
have determine to retrench their millinery
expenses by making bonnets for them-
selves. This is an example worthy of im-
itation. It is by economy in small things
that fortunes are made, while profligacy
in litle items is undoubtedly at the bot-
tom of much of the present money
troubles.
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Ilxvs YOU '[‘nu~:n Ir?--13.1‘.
\Vright’s “ Scrofulous Antidote ” is cunug
thoiisamis. It has already done more
than all sarsopm-illa and other nostrums
eve1'cll'ecte(lin their palmiest days ; what
was lacking in 1._llc_m is amply provided
for in this prcp:\.ration. It "is as‘ sage 1_-43
remove Cougli's, Colds, Asthma, Dyspep.
sia, Kidney Complaints, Scrofnla, Diseases
of the Lungs and Throat, Cutaneous
]4:[*ul')finllS, Blotches on the Skin, Ulcers,
and the like complaints as taken. Look
well at the advertisement, and gigs it ,1.
trial. N.’ 42
1§rT.a?s'*A pleasant little suit for the
pleasant little sum of fifty thousand dol-
lurs is pi-og1~essing between James Mor-
row,‘ r. pr.omiI1ent citizen of Albany, and
Plnhp Snyder, a wealthy citizen of Ben'-
.<e_llaer County. Morrow charges Snyder
{Willi seducing his wife, and abducting
lCl'.
But Snyder denies the soft impeach-'
ncnt,'n_n_ll threatens to stand fire, even if
it Sllohltl 'lc'ti(l to the exposure‘ of ‘some
startling secrets in high life.
-?——<.q.
Pnsxrio s’s LAsr.——As to the Democrat-
ic party, they know how the land lies on
this slavery qnesti'on.’—'—Lom'sez'I/e Dewa-
craf.
Yes, and the land knows how the Df5lll~
ocratic party’ lies on this slavery que
Louisville Journal;-*
ngland has no-{
Norwalk Chronicler