Richmond Indiana palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1837-1839, 1837-10-28

NO, be relied upoo to form exclusively a banking
systsm for the country, although they were es-
seniiai paris Of general system.
The amen imcnt Vi the senator, considered as
a measure to bring about The resumption OF sPe-
Gle payrncn,s 50 m ,ch desired, think must fail
The II, tive which il holds out of the rece,vabiii-
" in all p,ymenis 10 the Government OF thePa-
per of such banks as may resume by gwen oav'
copied with the conditions proposed. - wnay IN
adequate !, is an otter to eigh; hundred BANKS;
and Inc revenue, payment OF WHICH IN thcis notes
~ held o,t as the ind3ccment, amounts to twenty
o. twcnty-Eye millions. To cntii'e them 20 Tue
iu:onsiIerabe extension Of their circuia:.oo,
which wo IL result from the credit gwen by Gov
crnnent to tho paper ct all o. tncn. 'ney arc re-
quireJ 20 submit to suppression o. all notes DC
low twenty. Tho enlargement OF thcis circiia-
tim. proIlcci by m1kng it receivable BY Cavern
mcnt woul be much less than the contraction
which would arise from tho suppression of the
prohibited notes. BESIDES, If the quality propos-
a a0,in 10 be attached to the notes Of these 10"
cal banks was insufficient to prevent the snsPen-
sion. how can it he cfficacious enough to stimu-
late a resumption Of specie payment!
I shall. nevertheless, If called upon to give
vote bet the project Of the Administrator ana
the amendment Of the Senator from Virginia,
vote :or the latter, bcciu 1t IS hirmess' IL e'-
c..,. no good, AMI looks to the preservation OF
the State, banks; whilst the other is tTaught with
mscbicfs. as 1 believe, and tends, If It be not
DESIGNED 10 the utter destruction OF those insti-
ta,ionz. Bit prcfcrfng to either the :ostponemeni
bv the Senator ON Gcorgil, shall, IN the moved
first instance. vote for that.
Such NJ. President. the views winch
entertain on the prescn, state Of public all rs
II is with the deepest regret that car perceive
n, remedy. but such IN the h1nts oil the
People themselves. Whenever they shall M
press upon Congress n conviction ot that which
tx.lf afnIn at
fore In the mean time, let US 60 home, ana
mix with and consult constituents, and 10
not. cn;rcat you, let Us carry with US the birn-
ing rcproach, that measures here display n
selfish solitude for the Govcrnmcnt Itself. but
cold and he1r,less inscnsibility u the sutcrings
of bleeding People.
ExoRn,rs BIap--Mr. Temple, in his ''fravcis
in Pcrs,, that he once hid an opportunity o!
shoofin. n Con,lor. 1t WAS Sd satiitcd win us
rcpast on the carcass oil horse, as to s:iifeT INC
to approach, within pistol shot before 1t excnded
its enornons wings to take flight. which WIS 10
nc the signal to fire; and having loaded with an
ample charge Of pellets, my aim proved effect.ial
and fatal What formidable monster did lbchnld
screaming, and f1tppng in the last convu!siVc
struggle ofIifc! 1t my be difficult TO bceVc TINT
the most gigantic animal which nhabits the earth
or the ocean can be cquailed in size by tenant
of the air; and those persons who have never seen
n larger bird ih1n our mountain eagle. wall prob
abv read with astonIshment Oi Il species OF TN
same bird, IN the southern hemisphere, being SO
large and strong TO seize an OK with ITS f1ions,
and lift il into the air. whence IT lets II faii to
the ground. IN order kill it and prey upon the
carcass. But this astonshmcnt must in great
measure subsidc. when tho dimensions Of the bird
arc taken into consideration, and winch, lncrcd-
IDLE as the. may appear, now assert, from note
taken down with my own hand. When the wings
are spread thew sixteen PAGES. forty iect,
II
eight PAGES, twenty feet. in length. and the quill
part, two palms, eight inches III circumference
II is SAID to have strength enough to carry of
Il living Thinoceros.
Barr ApDREss-Thc follow ing is the briet. but
ptby address of the - takers to Jamcs II. on his
accession to the throne of Great B.italn:-
.Wc come to conIoIc the death OF our friend
Charles; and glad that thou art come TO DC
our ruler We hear that thou art disscnfcT
from the church of England, and so are We We
beg that thou would grant the same liberty that
thou takes. myself; and SO wish thee "cll-
FAREWELL
Official vIcrLAScE.--Thc following instance
of official vigi!cncc referred to by NF. Dry "a"
in his late speech in the Senate.
.sThcre is ono among these which CANNOT
suffer tn pass without more particular notice. cA-
hibiting. as it docs, curious feature III me &c
tails of official vigilance. 1t is that IT Francis
II. Blair, the editor oil inc uiODc. Wno was u''
surety Of Samuel Il. Crockett, OF Frankfort. Nv
The balance due from Crockett on tho first oil A
priI. 1922. was 81 ,395 81 and the following note
is appended to the case:
'.S,it ordered, and Judgment obtained May,
1891, f,r 81 ,S27 OIL credited by $i3l II; pen
atty scinttcd by Postmaster Genera. leaving
balance stated: application for relief refused
BIZ the Department, December 3d. 1928; fcri facl-
as issued and returned NJ lrch, 1875; 10 estate
found; information sought by the Depart
mcnt relative to II the parties November 30, 1880;
also wrote to him February l3, 1887"
8, that it seems. Mr.. President, here Is cause
originating in 1922, moro than ID years ago. IN
which ,dgmcn. obtained moro than IL years
ago. and gravcly told that on the Both OF
November, 1885, the Department was seeking in
formation relative To the parties; when ono Of
those parties Fran-isP p. Biai, the surety. was
living under the vcrv eyes Of the Government.
in habits of diilv social and political intercourse
with the President. and with the head of the
Department, and receiving thousand OF dollars as
the printer to the House of Representatives and
yet the official eyes OF the Department could not
sec him.
The following is list Of the acts passed at the
extra session OF. the 25th Congress.
BILLS OF THE SENATE PASSED INTO