Litchfield enquirer. [volume] (Litchfield, Conn.) 1829-current, 1841-05-06

the family only saved themselves by flight. |
Mr.. b. had previously, we are told, had hts /
of insanity, and this last fatal attack took
the form, it is said, of religious frenzy, and
his alleged reason for numbering his family
was to SGue them from eternal ruin, at the GP-
preaching end of the soorld! He has been
committed to Jail in Paris.-PortlGnd Argus.
Extract Of letter, dated at ST. Louis, on
the 18th instant:
This morning we were thrown into the
greatest state Of excitement by the news that
the store of Messrs Simond 4 Merriam had
been broken into during the previous night,
and two Of their clerks murdered. After the
murder, it would appear, that the Villains
stripped the store of every thing they could
carry off, and then set fire to it. 1t was
burnt to the ground. Collier g. Peters
banking house was also consumed.
The two young men murdered were of tho
greatest responsibility, and their loss is
mourned by ALI. AT this moment there are
several thousand persons standing amid the
ruins, hoping TO find the remains OF Mr.. Ba-
ker, the name of one of the murdered men.
The body of the other was found, the face
much cut with bowie knife, and pistol
shot over the eye. His name was Weaver.
think they are from New York. One of
the citizens was killed by the falling Of the
walls.
A reward of $1,000 has been offered. The
boats are boarded by the police officers and
thoroughly searched before they are allowed
TO leave. One of the officers has just return
ed with suspected man. All is excite
ment."
PENNSYLVANIA u 8. BANK AND MIR. BlDDLE.-This
State institution is well known to be- tor the pre-
SENT able to pay only trffe beyond the redemption
Of its The stockholders will receive scarcely
dollar fog their shares This sudden insolvency.
when il is known that less than two years ago It de-
clarcd dividends the amount Of eight per cent per
annum, and that IL had millions of surplus Of earnings
after ma king those dividends, no doubt must hive &C.
casoned great establishment But the late disclosures
which have been made show that the directors and
officers, some Of heul Of that institution, have
been guilty Of the grossest derelcos, and have not
only no apology for il, but did with declared pur
pse Of the vile and guilty character. said
by some OF those officers, that Immense amount Of
drafts were drawn bv the hank upon houses IN En-
England, and which were to he negotiated so as to
tions Of the country. These bills were drawn too
without advice Of the drafts But while this proceed
ing sgnaly failed in it's object, it ruined itself Its
drafts, as a matter Of course, we've protested. And
an immense amount Of cotton, Which had been ship
ped to NEE, the ordinary demands ogains, the bank
was forced in,o the market Of any price IT wo"ld com
mand, and sosd at predictions sacrifice, th": their
blIS, so unlustlnably ara extraordinary Drawn,
night be met. Such has been the main canse which
has produced 30 amen,able dmn tuition in ;he value
of that stock. But the committee 60 farther. and
the pa" Rd H Of %
hank: MIR. Biddle has been obliged to make reply,
and from the reports Of the nstitntlon, regarding
the dividends it has declared the surplus Of profits
hand, and the resources at it's ready command-de-
clared and published annually and semi-nnnually
since Mr.. Biddle became disconnected with it-frunI
these very reports he is able to show that down into
July, 1882 perhaps later no banking institution in the
land could he saier 1t appears 10 Tag that MIR. Bdde
has .riwmphantlv vindicaied himself from, those
P~raions which have been thrown ont and published
with reckless diregard truth. II is easy
see human nature at wOsk n this instance. As the
frs. man said. the woman did tempt me- and did
eat"-and as the first woman answered, the seYpenl
beguiled me- and did ea,-so do their descendants,
whenever they are detected in the commission Of
wrong act tnrn round and endeavor 10 find some
selves well merit. We have nothing to 10 with
the State Banks of Pennsy vaniabnt the history Of
MIR. Bddle is 20 intimately interwOver with that Of
our Government, for some yenrs past, that are
glad to see him fully xcuipoted.-Norrich Courier.
A National Bank.-Senator Henderson, Of Misss-
slpp. has addressed Letter TO the People Of the
he considers likely TO he ng,ated q. the Extra Ses-
sion. Speaking Of the probability If the passage OF
| bill to incorporate Bank OF the United States, he
1.-THE remedy ofa National Bank is again, for
third time, to be resored to. and with repeal Of the
Sub. law will he adopted at the called ses-
S,ntes are in favor of this measure Of REFORM viz
Maine. Massachuse'ts. Rhode Island, Connecticut,
Vermont. New.York, Now. Jersey, Delaware, Mary.
louisiana, Indiana Mississippi, and Michigan in nil
Y, and having l59 Representatives out of PAP OF
,he remaining States, Pennsylvania Illinois, and
Georgia with 20 Representatives. | set down
doubtful upon the question. New. Hampshire, Vr.
ginia, South Carolina, Alabama, Missouri, and Ar
Kansas with 43 Representatives are all The States
hInI, h. Inn
II is not expected, however that the in the Con-
gress OF May next this measure will conform to
tins computation. On the contrary. but a bare ma
Jorfty in the Senate can be looked for at present
organized.
An important decision has recently been given in
one OF the Courts OF Pennsylvania in regard to Bank
Notes In recently before this Court of Com
mon Pleas in Danphin county, Judge Parsons decided
:" the true rule Of policy and Of law, TO be That
when hank notes are current u. the place in which
tney are paid, and they are received without Obec.
tl"n, and paid in good faith, without any knowledge
that the bank had failed; where from the facts, it
conld nA he inferred thu, il had although the ,me
the notes in the place where the bank located.
not current, but utterly worthless, still, in law, it is a
valid payment Of pre-existing debt, and when
celved and the debt or Judgment satisfied it is paw
ment. and the original debt in rehnquished" The
case has been removed to the supreme for rev
sion.
Mississppi. David o. Sha.tuck has been
nominated as the Wing candidate for Governor Of
Mississippi. We have the pleasure Of a personal &C.
quaintance with this gentleman. lie was, a few
years ago. travelling Melhods, minister, and he
ioneed To the North Carolina Conference. He is a
man Of sterling integrity strong mind and possesses
great energy nf character He is a eeEmade mam-
lie came 70 this State from New England poor ped
lar While engaged in vending his ware. he applied
himself stndionsy his hooks. He soon located and
after having established an enviable character for
sound morality and piety, he presented himself as
candidate tos the ministry, was received into the
Methodist connection, and lahored as a travelling
preacher. until the 1913 when he removed TO lhe
west He sned his way to the Bench in Missis