Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1841-02-27
From tie Commercial Bulletin.

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From tie Cpmmsrrtal Bulletin.
Tho malt eHms through again yesiesday, bring.
Ing it,ea from Mew York as Iaso ss the 9th inst.
aud Washington ef Tho sth. The aasettss
sh,und in remarks and animain ef-lois on The
suspensions IN Philadelphia. IL was tho engtess"
ina topic Of conversation in all tho EASTERN cities.
Ua many accounts tho failure Of The u. States
Bank 10 sustain itself in tho late crisis may be re.
gatded 81 a serious calamity. The results arc
70 he deprecated, mot SO much because Of the
'ismase..the interests Of tho bank will suffer, "S
OIL account OF the inean ye,,snce and loss6s 10
which The puilic MAY DO subjected. The eaiass
tfaphe Al o,es puts sa end 10 all hopes Of a TO-
sumption Of specie ayh'en's for Tho present Tho
interruption and arrangement which the business
of tho euuftry must IN consequence HuHst cannot
fail 20 be vety great. For another year perhaps,
# no; longer, the nation will be forced to WORK
afaug' .. bea, they can with Ell unsettled currency,
Tho finishing blow IL now given 10 nll expeeia-
ton Of a teturu TO u sound and permanent stats Of
things in the monetary world, without The estal'-
ltshtnent of u naiionni bank, we must be content
10 Nv iii the action Of government IN The remov-
al of ~esiating obstacles and ths creation Of The ne
eessaty facilities, before The restoration Of sound-
nasa aud regularity in the financial department
need be looked for. An accurate observer of
events during a few years paa', must have IT,
marked The extraordinary efforts that have been
made 10 i~ta,rpae with tho service OF a national
batlk. Esuty possible shift and expad,ens has been
escorted TO. experiment afet experiment has been
Ifiei, and oil have proved a auceessieh If iaii~
ufra. Our most experienced fnancters have de-
clatpd IN vain the l,npe4stbilty Of regulating The
currency without A central aud predominant ,iiss'
tuition 10 control Tbs rest. The aIseraaries OF she
measure have still peraisird in their infatuaiion.
II is 20 be hoped that the failure ofthis las, espers
itnent Of the efficiency Of local ,ns'itnl'ons, may
result in openins the eyes Of many. 10 tho com
p5eheusinn Of truths, which the financial history
of The county should have taught them before.
Fer oufsclyes, we consider a national bank indIs.
pensihic, for tho solid establishment, and proper
regulation of our fiscal aod monetary interests; as
much so NJ is ~nattoDal government for the reg
tIstion and aufofd,nation OF the many states, con-
shutting our Federal Union. - diaunion, dis
organization aud political ruin would enaue.
should The power, which controls The complicated
machinery Of the American coufederacy DO sus-
pended, it 10 30 inevitable, that our fnanciai rc-
litions and interests must remain in the present
crippled aud derangcd condition, until Tho coun-
try returns to the policy under which 1t fourished
twelve years ago, by the e"estnhiishmen If the
only fiscal systom, which ever yet succeeded in
-s,. FL. ...o.,, oF Tho TInsioI lt,ta.
Sdader.-H Is a poor soul that cannot bear
Islander. No Jccen, man gets along without it
at least none that ale actively engaged IN the
struggle Of bu siness. Have you had a fellow in
your employment, and discharged him, he goes
round and ISLANDERS you; refuse another some very
modest boon, which be asked, he goes round and
ISLANDERS YOU; 10, your conduct be such Of 10 cre-
alto the envy Of another, he goes round and sian
doris you. In fine, as we said before, we would
not give q cent for a person who is not sandered;
il shows that he 10 either a miiksop or a fool. No
-no-carn & bad name, from q bad fellow, (and
YOU can easily do so by correct ~condnct,) it ia
the only way to prove that you are entitled to a
good one.
When and where shall the ingenuity of man be
stopped. BY a late English paper VIC are informed
of 3 singular machine used on the rail road line
between London and Blackwell. "On the line
there was a talking machine; constructed with gal.
vanic wires, by means of which conversation
could be carried on between London and Black
wall with the greatest ease and precioion.-By
way of illustrating The efficiency Of this talking
machine, Mr.. Stephenson has said that he went
to the station in London one day to inquire for
one of his assistants. He was not there, but the
attendant said that he would inquire if he was at
the other end of the line: he did SO; in a few sec
onds the answer was, that he was not there. But
about five minutes afterwards the talking ma
chine informed him in London that his assistant
had arrived in the Blackwell terminus; upon
which he instructed the attendant to say, by the
same agency. Tell him to come here Directly
In ten minutes from that time he arrived, the dis
lance being nearly seven miles. If the distance
were 100 miles the conversation could be carried
on just as readily: for the communication travel
led at the rate of29 miles a secend.'
We should he well pleased to hear ofthe intro
Oh THIS IldCAiHe aUto lit Cuiieu saies.-
We might then have the heads of the most impor-
tant news transmitted from Boston, Yew York,
or Washington, in almost TO time at all. Could
it be SO far improved as 10 do the thinking anl
of our great men at Washington, it
might be productive of infinite advantage-saye
money, time, and the sacking of brains,
BY an act of congress passed June 25th, "a, the
Eagle was ordered 10 contain 232 grains Of pure
gold, aud to weigh 25s grains or 10 dwts Is grs.
BY which regulation the purity of the federal gold
coins was reduced from 9I5,6 to s99.3 fine or
about l.75 worse than British standard.
The British assay report Of the new half eagle
makes the full weight 8 dwts 9 grs and the puIi-
ty 8 ers worse. Hence their standard weight is
5dwts G o6 gIs the fine weights 1866 grs and the
value 26s 5 ID. sterling.