Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1839-11-12

not il contains principle which ndciou.y express.
ed, ought 10 be engtaIled on every charter)
Missouri The election for Representative 10 Con
gess in the place Of Mr. Harrison. decd, has resulted
in the election of MIR Jameson ". by considerable
majority. The election has been him; bu, sufficiently
decisive The Wing majority in ST Louis county has
been reduced in this election from tha 500 about
400
BANKS AND STOCKS
The n. York Evening Post Of Saturday says, "There
was decided improvement in Stocks to day, and the
specie paying policy of our Banks will be brought
into favorable comparison with the dishonest pur
sued and advocated with much zeal by npighhors
in Philadelphia the hard money system fluids favor here
en- oil sides, and large majority willing possess
and purchase property with standard of value SO du
ruhle. Delaware and Hudson advanced per cent =
North Americana rruss3 per cent.-tiarlem IL; Sto
nns'on 4-ths being heavy settling day, U. 5 :
Bank in demand tor cash and closed RISE the
cash price of yesterday Off per cent, viz: 60 2 but
was freely offered, paysble in few days, al lower
Iate."
The New York Express, ssme date, states, that "Not
withsiandng ihe bank let out little and confidence IS
gaining strength, yet the money market is still very
tight. Good notes sold at per cent month
There are, it sirue but few ailurrs-very lew to what
were onlicipated-bul there some, and among them
men who have stood firm for the us thirty years, through
embagos, non iniercourses. wars and panics-w Sc
credit has before been shaken Suspected II Is
subject oi deep regret TO persons thus advanced,
and OF high honor and proby their latter years fall
beneath the deranged state of The nes.-hlost OF the
orders for Flour for Eng have been countermanded
by The last Steamer, aud mare sh pmen,s have been
made. Indeed Of the Flour previous ordered has
been ordered 10 be sold here. The shipments
wholly TO France and is certain The, will continue
Exchange London is dull at l04 2 10 lGa and on
Paris 30. This at least per cent in favor OF
New York
The sales Of Treasury notes at the n. Y. Board on
Friday were Sl0.0GU 90
Letters from Mpcon (Georgia) sute that the Monroe
Rail Road Bank and he OcmuIgee Bank have formally
suspended specie payments
BasKs UPrER CsxADa "A call has been made
Sir George Arthur by the Board of Trade probing the
suspension of specie payments by The Banks of Upper
Canada, which he declined The Banks resumed on
Friday; they had mol made any application
general resumption Of specie payments BY the
Banks uf Tennessee Is confidently spoken Of by the
papers Of that State. of both political parties
The debt oihat State is only 81 &C., smaller perhaps
than anv other State in the Union.
Ohio Banks OF the 50 Banks enumerated 10 the
"Mssisslpp Valley, % will iun 10 1913, when their
charters will expire the remainder 10 future years
Strange Report!-We have lately witnessed several
attempts the part of The " hig press TO revive the
question of the Tariff and The ostensihe ground nDic
taken nv Of them that will reduce balance
with England and snpercede the necessity Of exporting
specie, of disturbing The currency. aud c"nvusing
the community The preext sprcious only but the
argument is utterly fuacious. The South will
be- gulled this way. The soundest maxims Of Political
Economy, and the true principles Of Constitution,
not to be upset by such shallow phsries
ing report relative of The distinguished
zpns cf South Carolina:
The Tar-Rumo says Hamilton of South Carolina
has favor OF High Tariff having been convinced Of
its necessity by his late r,stro England II also sn That John
c. Calhoun has The We DO know what
degree Of credit is 10 be attached to these reports
Precedence Journal.
Without kno,cine any thing Of tins matter, Than
the Providence Journal, undertake TO pronounce this
Rumor unfounded. We will not believe, that Mr. Cal
houn has any such ri,uS- Even if he has,
satisfied that the South will not mbbe his
We shall enclose this No. 10 MIR. Calhoun and ask Of
him some notice Of he subject
We indebted 10 political friend for nomination
in the columns of the Globe: TO high .fce in this
Commonwealth. We are also indebted 10 its liberal
Editor for very handsome compliment which he pub
fishes the occasion We ought perhaps, also TO
knowledge obligations TO Of the hg papers,
for the notices which they have taken Of the
subject-snd especially To The Petersburg lnrlligrn
GER which says. thai MIR Richie lis The last (he
Loco Foco paf,y) would choose, for The very obvious
reason, that he is useful the party while in
his chair than he probably would br Will. dung
the honors of the Gubernatorlsl mansion However
this may be- the Petersburg lntelgencer.
that have design to leave arm chaIr-and.
the further shedding Of Wing ink, may shy
that would not accept The office, # II
feIred upon u.s. and that the Legislature cannot have the
most dsan, intention of such thing We are gun
lifted for the olfce-we are too poor 10 accept tive
have no time to devote 10 IT, We have neither preten
sions nor aspirations for such distinction. In word,
if may repeat the old expression OF the French Tailor
10 this city, we ''are not made for de panlaloon
The good county Of Louisa is becoming famous the
great Dinner ground Of the contendlng parties FIRST
dinner TO Mr. Rives--then one 10 Mr. Roane-and
nov one is 10 be given Mr. Wise Saturday II
The Wings constitute abou, 4rh of that county, and
presume the ultra Conservatives will return The com
pliment, ard asss, eking out The number Of land
lords or of guests
Eat away gentlemen-nRd if your mn gnifcent Wing
provider give you good Mutton and Ham and other
entertain have witnessed similar
you will have complain of your generousare.
Drink away, too, Srs-spnut away-wage war To the
knife-but it will not all do. The People OF Virginia
will stand firm to their principles-and all The festivals
in the world them into the supporters of
II Clay. The Little Magician will distance him at the
ne IT great sweepstakes OF lS40.
To a Gentleman in tbs City
"Sr AUGUSTINE, E. F 2Sth Oct 1899
'Our city has been suffering under The pestlIence; bu
trust il is abatng, my husband mentions only eight
his list to day. There however three other
ply sicans; and DIR P whose health does not enable
him 20 out al night has 10 make consulting room oil
his bed chamber My distress has been inconceivablr-
our number being dow the Same time, and part
Of them almost past hope; hut, thanks 10 an ever kind
Providence they have all been preserved, and are now
convalescent
"Mr. Henderson. the Episcopal Clergyman. died last
week, and Mr. Dunlop. Of the Presbyterian Church,
attended his Funeral, taken very i'll the next
dsy-Gen. Smith was severely attacked bat IS better
We are advised that II is be st 10 postpone the publ
cation in e1cRS0 Of the opinions of the Attorney Gene
rail- on The Bank Question. until they have been submit
led 10 The L.gslaure-But shall lay Sketch OF Them
before readers, IN our next
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