Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1841-12-23

s, debt created ny the sais cfBohds from the picaeeds
| RI which ac,iirg has beer received.
Iayinx MADE Ire statement. the message Proceeds
To fenaIk, trt "suc The actual Condition OF the
state ard cundor and justice TO ourselves and to our
creditors require US acknowledge, that have nei-
Their under control, in prospect, Tor some time 10
come the means to discharge the interest on the whole
of our public debt.
uNcgrriheess it becomes Us TO leave no efforts un-
tried 10 recover former position. Indiana possess
es an enterprsing and rapidly increasing population
The natural resources of The State they shall he dc
veoped BY the industry of her citizens will add con-
lnuay to her wealth, and This very addition III re-
suit in constant relative dimnnton OF the burdens OF
the public debt II is our misfortune that we cannon
preserve The faith of the State uniu,parsd. SILL we
should not despair of recovering lrom our dlcutes
while any means remain within power with wnich
we can work Although whatever means available al
present. cient to pay all the interest on our m
tcrnal improvement debt, yet can We not win these
and such other resources us can be reached, properly
and prudeny applied place the State IN condition ~
pay her Debts and finally redeem her sunken credit
| This is putting The question on The right ground
1t is idle to talk Of the honesty dishonesty OF paying
these debts, long IL is absolutely Impossible Tor
the State 10 pay them The issue to the NOR
al but to the pecuniary ability Of the people. II
they have not the means wherew TO discharge their
Obligations, it is useless to ply them with moral prnc'-
Piles. When the specializing scoundrels, who run The
Legislature, it lime to urge these moral principles
| it is now too late-N. Y Post
THr GRASp JcRY PRrsrsrNrxr--Tbr pcnn$yva.
Man of yesterday says: The motion 10 quash the
sentiment of the Grand Jury against y. Biddle and
others, argued yesterday IN the Court o General
Sessions. The filed by MIR. BIdde were gene
rally that the Grand Jury had acted contrary 10 law
that it was not authorised administer oaths, which
were argued at length by him. lie was followed by
Mr.. Williams the side, and By the Attorney
General for the Commonwealth, and IN favor OF the
proceedings and action of the Graud jury IN the mat
ter.
The individuals presented by the Grand Jury, were
all represented by Counsel, except Mr. Cowperthwa,
yanst whom bench warrant was issued John NJ
Read, Esq appeared for N. Dddle; III. NJ. Phillips
Esq, tor John Andrews; WIN. H. Meredith anu i n.
Price Esars for Richard Price; John CndTa!.acer,
Esq for Samuel Jaudon and Law rence Lewis; and II
J. Williams Esq, for Alexander l.aEdaer, George
Handy and Thomas Dunlap.
The argument was concluded, and the Coart holds
the matter over until londay, when it will give It's de-
cision.
The Philadelphia Ledger after commenting a, length
on the proceedings in the case, says: "he Attorney
General was speaking with much force, when we we're
compelled to leave the Court fully satisfied that no de.
termination would be reached during the day, but Of
the belief from various indications OF the Court, that
the motion 10 quash would eventually prevail and the
ahors and praseworhy research ofo OF the most in
dependent and interchangeable grand ures that convened
in this city would be thrown 10 the winds.
The VIGOROUSLY guilty wi! escape for the present,
we feel quite assured But should they; Should the
consistency" Of Judge Barton, which was
dwet upon yesterday great length operate TO check
the march oustce It's pd strides To ferret out The
authors of of the most notorious and stupendous
frauds that ever went UNPUBLISHED in land OF law
THr WmrELIye BaSK NorEs-Sa,urday, the bill!
for the relief OF the Shers ordered 10 be cngross
cd bat the relief in our opinion was carried little
ton Ii cil bn
ported, prescribed that receipt should not be granted
Sheriff. until he should swear that he had received
the notes Of the Wheeling Banks in his possession, at
par for duas 10 the Commonwealth. This oath "as
stricken cut A few days since Mr.. Jackson, one OF
the North western members, acknowledged that from
what he had heard, it would appear that Sherlts IN
some quarters had been specializing upon the notes. py
exac,ing the discount Of the taxpayer, expecting that
they would be received at par here and his only obec
lion 10 the oath then, seemed 10 be, that ii would be IN
,nvenent in many cases. where members OF the Legs
ia,ure brought the revenue for the Shers. We feel
satisfied that many Sheriis have been carrying on
beautiful shaving business in the paper OF the wheeling
Banks and we think il but fair, that they should be
made TO hand over their shavngs. At all events, it
not fair that the conscientious Sheriff should not be dis
tinguished from the sharer.-Compier.
FIRE Ar SARAroGA-A letter in the New York |
Herald states That the T. States Hotel at Saratoga, was
completely destroyed by fire before daylight on the
morning Of the 18th inst. This splendid edifce was
Union excepting perhaps the Astor House. The fire,
is supposed to have been the work of ncendiay as
the house unoccuped at the time and the fiames
appeared simultaneously in the main edice and in both
wings.
Destructive Fire in ST. Louis-On The night OF the
4h instant, destructive fire occurred at ST. LOUIS
Mo- which originated in the store OF J. Nj. Rogers, on
Front Street. and consumed an entire block. The block
bn OF stone, three stories high consisting OF SIX
stores Loss estimated at 10 or $4,000. The stores
were occupied By Stearnes d Springer, J. NJ. Rogers
r. La Beaume and Jonas Newman, grocers, and -
Wood leather merchant Stearnes and Springer had
stock valued al $1,000, insurance S3oOO Rogers, about
S60OO-books and papers all lost Amount OF insurance
unknown. How, about S700O-a portion insured La
Bcaumc, Sl0,000-insured Newman, S6oO0-lite or
no insurance considerable portion Of the goods
were saved, but in damaged condition
WAsnlyGToS, Dec. lI--The Chaplains TO Congress
were yesterday elected by the Senate the Rev Sep
tmus Tuston, and BY the House of Representatives the
Rev. John y Maflilt.-.Nat. Int.
GREAT SroRM-yery seldom do expert.
ence here a storm of violence and duration Of the
Norheaster which began on Wednesday night, and
continued 10 rage with little lntermisson up TO the
time of this paper going to press. Beginning with rain
and continuing rain for twentyfonr hours, with an
interude Of thunder and lightning and hail, it then
turned to snow, and is still showing when this para
era p is written though the earth saturated with
water that much Of it melts on reaching the ground.
II must have been great snow Northward OF u.s. and
terrible Storm On tue coaSt we ca"ho. ia'i 70 th'nh,
in such season. Of The perls which environ the hardy,
honest, and adventurous seaman.
[.lat. Int, Dec. is.
We learn from the New Orleans Advertiser, that the
Bank of Louisiana has resumed specie payments
The annunciation Of the fact was made as follows
BAsK OF LOUISIANA,
New Orleans, 9th Dec. 1871.
Notice is hereby given, that hence oruard this Bank
,oH pay its notes presentation in specie and that il
withdraws from the association Of suspended Banks
BY order of the Board,
Wa f. LEyERIeH, Cashier.
FROM FLORIDA.
SAvAYSAH, Dec. l6-By the steamer Gen. Ciinch,
Augustine .Nt,cs of Saturday last. We subjoin ex
tracts.
We have received through the attention of friend
the following:
Extract from Dispatches reeeirsd ct Pilatka.
"Wacahoosy has come in with 81 Indians, and the