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THE MAINE BOUNDARY.

me parallel case, VI you can, in the South.
THE MAINE BOUNDARY.
Mr.. Stevenson, American Munster at
London, has written to Lord Palmerston
to urge immediate attention to the settle.
ment of this protracted question, and sug-
ges's it the proposition Of our Govern
ment of July 1886, is not accepted, new
one be made by Great Britain.
1t is understood that dispatches have
reached The British minister at Washing
ton, containing the reply of his Govern.
mcnt to The proposition of our own, touch-
ing the boundary line.
Il is inferred by some, from the tenor Of
the remarks OF Mr. Buchanan, in the Sen
ate, the other day, that the despal ches
recently received from England IN reIs lion
to this question, arc unfavorabe to the
| adjustment of the controversy. Mr..
Buchanan. standing at the head of the com.
ml,ce on foreign affairs, is of course well
informed on the subject. ~ Y. Erpress.
ANOTHER rET BANK GONE!
The Commonwealth Bank. at Boston
has failed, With large amount Of govern
ment funds in its hands. This was one of
Gen. Jackson's favorlte pets and has been
managed, up to the present time, BY devoted
adherents to the Jackson,Van Buren, ad
mnlslra,lons, who have also held he high
est offices in Boston in The gift Of he Pres
ldent. In this bank, too. were placed The
government funds, in Boston, when the
public depOstes were removed By the ex-
President from the U. S, Bank, because as
he aIIedgcd, they were not safe in that
lnstltuton!! In the rags" Of this bank,
too, has the government paid offits creditors
IN Massachusetts, while it was exacrng
specie for duties and hostages from The very
same people, and wbilc the Members OF
Congress were paid in gold.
Gen. Jackson. by he advice Of Mr.. Van
Bur n, tried one "experiment" of EMPLOYING
The State Banks as financial agents of gov
eminent in place ofthe United States Bank.
The experiment failed, The same men
now propose new "experiment" the sub
Treasury scheme, making every petty
postmaster and other collector Of govern,
ment dues depository of the pubic Funds.
end ought we to have any confidence in
such mems cxped,ents. and are we ready
to try new and dangerous experiment and
run The risk Of it, when we may have an
| other and a tried system, which was sane.
toned by Washington and Madison, and
which worked so we'll for forty years. The
new experiment also proposes to add to
the risk OF the former one, lnasmuch as the
deposl'arIeS now proposed to be used NAV
not only fail like the pet banks and be un
able to refund the mouey which is entrust.
ed to them but they have also dangerous
appendages in the shape Of LEGS. as Prem
tlce says, and are liable to run off witt the
public money as they have already done in
several inst ances!
Now be it remembered, land it ought to
be printed in capitals as a standing answer
to the slang of the Loco Focos) while the
Dry Dock IN N. York, the Commonwealt h
IN Boston, and other pet banks have failed,
with the public funds in their hands. NOT
ONE DOLLAR WAS EVER LOST WHILE THE
UNITED STATES BANK WAS THE FINAN-
CGAL AGENT OF THE GOVERNMENT. Brat
heJoro Phoenjr.
A HARD CuRRENcY GOVERNMENTAL
will be rccoected that General Jackson,
to help on lis hnmbuggery about a specie
currency, imported goIdi from France for
the indemnity due from that country to our
merchants at a loss 10 The claimants If TEN
PER CENT. But when our government
was to pay the claimants in Boston, they
were offered he bills Of the Commonwealth tn
Bank, and although they did demand and
hac night to claim the specie which the
government had imported at their expense,
yet they were finally obliged to take the
bills IN question; and one of those mer
chants the very day he received these bills,
offered them 10 The government again tor
dut'es, and THEY WERE REFUSED and
specie eracted! i! ! A few weeks since,
also, the fishermen of Gloucester and
| MarbIchcad who were entitled to a bounty
! from the United States Government of
about S37 were paid IN the bills of
TINS now broken bank, although they were
entitled to, and demanded specle-and
probably they have considerable part of
the rags" now on hand. And yet Mem .
bers Of Congress and OHce.hoiders are paid
in Goid
~ This, then, is The boosted reform in
the currency GOLD FOR THE OFFICE.
HOLDERS AND RAGS FOR THE PEOPLE.
REMARKABLE ---The
Hampstead, (Long lsland) Inquirer, of the
i3'h, gives an almost supernatural nara,
llon OF the corpse OF young lady which
was exhumed few days since in tina, vii.
lage for re.inlerment in another spot. The
coffin was IN a good state of preserva,ion--
and on examination Of the corpse, which
! yet presented its original shape, there was
found to be growing from its surface a veg
elable substance, in the shape Of tilnmcns
OF grass, but Of whltsh color, with O
SINAI bud on The end of each one. These
plres OF grass had risen from various parts
OF the face, the forehead upper lip ant
checks. Several were plucked, and are
now IN the possession Of the gentleman
who informed US of tins remarkable fact
| and who has promised us an inspection 0