Lexington union. (Lexington, Miss.) 1838-18??, 1840-11-14


negotiation 10 in progress between the United
states Bank Of Pennsy lyania md the other banks
Of Philadelphia, by the slipulatious OF which the
latter agree to return, 10 the former, nolo' pay
abe on demand, 10 the amount Of 81 ,000,0O
each, and 10 receive in exchange therefor, post
notes having twelve months to run, or longer
should the United States Bank require. These
institulious indulge the delusiye hope, that by
this shuttle OF the cards. they viii te enabled to
revive public confidence, aud bring about gen.
eral and permanent resumption OF specie pay.
ments in that city.
Such negotiation may facilitate an apheme-
raj resumption, by Diminishing the present liza
bilties of the mammoth Bank bnl theif pcrma
nent resumption must .depend on the revival Of
public confidence. This confidence, they haye
once grossly and wantonly abused AMI aye, con-
'equently no less unworthy Of It, than the public
mind is prepared to best lw it.
When the United States Bank, by fraud and
corruption, obtained its present charter from the
State OF Pennsylvania, its President Mr.. Bddle
asserted that il was more powerful anderiu State
charter than il had been under National one ;
and yet, notwithstanding il retoine NIL its origin
al means, and acquired additional powers by itS
new charter, il has, by sy.tem Of po.iry chara"-
terized by an uubrillod rccklessness, rather than
financial skil, engulfrd Itself in ineAtncabe
bankruptcy and ruin and is begging assistance
at the hanls Of those very in'titutions which il
would fan have us believe, il can regulate and
States Bank regulated the State banks, behold
their mighty regulator einking under the ruin it
has brought upon itself, and supplcatlng Stale
banks for aid and say, if tey can longer boast
offs regulating powers, ~. say they, this is
not, in fact, United State, Bank True, it bas
only State charter, but your great financial
high priest, Mr. Biddlc, ooastel that II bad moe
power under its pre.ent, than its icrmcr charter.
If Their, il cannot uith the same means, ana with
power, curb and regulate the State
banks, how nit possible that it coald have done
so, under its national charter which. according
10 its President, conferred less power.
The idea ia verify preposleroua
CoaFLAaRArIoN--O the morning Of the 29Ih
nltima, the Empress and the Monarch, two Of the
most mJestio boats that track the Western WA
ters we're consumed by fire :, New Orleans upon
The bosom OF the Mississippi Between three
and four O'Clock in the morning, the Empress
was discovered TO be on FIRE, all efforts 10 extir-
yu.h the flames proving abo.tive, she was GU.
loose and suffered to foat into the steam, and
lrifing to the opposite shore she conveyed the
iro to the Monarch. Both ycssels were soon
SrnpcI ia danes. The lou sustained by The
burning OF the Empress is estimated at $4,000.
The Monarch was valued AT $4,000 she was
iowcvcr insured to tie amount Of $25,0Oo
Tua- -camEi TnEr conE The number Of
oreigners nn,uralized in New YORK, during the
months Of September and October, amounts to
,406. Thus nre the oppressed Of all nations
locking to Ills Gsylum of liberty, where man
nay enjoy unrcstramcd, the tigh" with which
aturv's Col endowed him, being accountable
My for the infringement Of like tights ia others.
"Open your ears, Tor which of yor will stop
be vent Of hearing when prophet speaksm
The Editor Of the Yazoo Wing, speaking Of
he Administration party, says, in his acou'ton-
d pro, hctic m inner, "They never can rally as
party on tho same ground which they have
atcy occupied"
There shall he ia,e prophets snys tie good
,onk, and yeily this is one Of lh'm. There yet
t.nds upon the same ground patriotic band'
who, unlike their political enemies, possess unity
II principle, unity Of purpose, and unity Of ac-
ion. Thus united in one body by the golden lig-
lmen's Of republican principles, and ever con.
Icous Of the rectitudo OF those principles, they
yill stand their ground rs firm AMI redoutublcas
he Spartan band at Thernopyla, And there is
10 traitor who eau bctray them into The hand, Of
heir enemies.
CHEERING TO PORTION or rnE FAn.-The
New Orleans Picayune says that the number of
White males in that city, exceeds the number OF
white females lo,292.
This istruly cheering to those OF the fair, whose
,ymeniaI hopes are growing dim, bat who have
not lost all susceptibility of the tender passion.
To su,h say, hcye thither while it is yet call.
ed to day.
tits said that in some paris Of the country The
fair have taken mn active par in the cause Of
Gen. Harrison. This is no moro than might have
been reasonably expected; forshouli they succeed
in the plp notion OF the petticoat candidate, there
WILDE but ono step to Gyn@ocracy Cor which,
some ofthose designed for more delicate sphere,
seem devoutcdy to wish.
A BANK MAN,-It is said that Downing, Of