Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1816-08-24

~ -S''''~' he child appeared hourly 10 r'ena
5es She goi perfectly vel! in a few days.
s'eris.p' ,se preea.iSg statement contains in!or-
mSsin' ~hieh may lac rss.ul. The SUI ce oil 1t
was iennei down By th- SIDE of the patient it is,
theref re, more worthy Of attention. Iii alb
siracied rom a wor'; called Medical Philosophy,
once anoo1-ee'l 1" the public though not yet quite
ready Yer ,heprcss. J. MORGAN.
~ The deficit of stock, subscribed to
the MAJ -?el Bank according to our latest
rene $, was ab II, S,2.854, 7OO-N. Orleans,
Nashville. & Burlington not heard FROM
he lexington Reporter states, that at
n. Ore ms only $3.50 600 were subscribed.
and at N2shvill' $40 900 IF this infrma-
ton b correct there will be deficit #
at ieast tag m,Hions.
IL The y. Orleans Gazette Of the 9th
July which reached us last night, states
the entire subscription there at any S3l5-
coo.
The whole country rings With iennncia
tons of the aboninable C0mh c7,sation Bill;
but there is one piece of private history,
which ought to be as generally known---it
speaks an avaricious disposition, and dis
regard of public spirit, utterly unworthy
OF a republican people. II is reduced al
most TO proverb, that Virtue is The basis
u Refu5Hc-the great essence of this
virtue. is public spirit disregard of self.
and love of country. For the Inst Of
j a0rcHfhere is some excuse-Because, il is
someo pes generous < high -mindel---anI
when is So. it becomes the parent OF
bold. cnlerprisng and TOWERING achieve
ment. But the ~: II money, when CARR.
ed into the scenes Of public lie. paraiizes
all public spirit. and grNyels in the dust.
Woe be to the Republic which toll
crates It If it is not secuted at once hy
the people, it may gradually steal into
fashion, and instil its loa,hsome poison all
around it. II is then the peoples repre-
sentatives become ripe fer the principles Of
Walpole--many OF them having a price,
and ready so sink into the slaves of Exec
utive patronage. Arrest it then ut the
Observation-Disclosures at every thing in public
officers, which indicates A mercenary and
groveling disposition. These reflections
are called forth by the following fact:
Some of the members Of Congress hav-
ing secured themselves by their own vote,
3 1890 per annum, did afterwards receive
in payment of it. not the deprecated dis
trict money, which was urged as one apo
logy for the augmentation of the pay, but
Treasury Notes, bearing7 per cent inter
est-the greater portion of which were
sold in the District of Columbia at pre-
minm of from to 10 per cent.--and with
the money thus shaved. and not their Trea-
sury Notes. they discharged their own bills
in the District
Mr.. Dallas. it seems. rejects the Propo-
sition OF the Banks-apd expects the Matt
onal Bank to be in e an organized and ac-
firye' IN 70 hot tbs Of Ell
But still lie is mistaken in his object
Grant that the National Bank will be or
gained by the Goth of February-will it
be i'll so actiUe state as to supcrcede the
nse of the State papers 1t will nett will
find it unsafe to issue many of it's notes
what then will the Treasury do for a me-
dlum in which to collect the mass of its
taxes ?-He had better reconcile himself
at once to the only e8pedient which offers
take the State Note s. and persuade Con-
gress to postpone its resolution to the LIST of
July.--If Mr.. Dallas could refuse the notes
OF all such Banks, as were not regularly
curtailing its business and calling in fhei,
frazer. his course would be wiser one
and the sense Of the country would go bet
ter with him. But, the proposition which
he has made is indiscriminate and unjust
because il places all the banks on the same
footing, as well those VINO are calling in
their paper, as those who are not those
VINO are honestly striving to comply with
their engage ments, as those who are not.
Even the A eXandra Banks are now cur
failing their accommodations and calling
in their paper-We are glad to hear of it
for it is the best means Of doing their du
ty. If they will moreover dispose of their
public stocks for their own paper, it will of
Course come in both ways; 1t will grow
scarcer, and more valuable. 1t is by cal
ling in its paper, that any bank can expect
to comply with its engagements. CT COM
mand the confidence of the public, and
the forbearance of the government.
I'll EMENT DDINNIDr l.