, 1841-01-23

still at a considerable distance from the pro-
posed end of his journey. lie was so much
harrassed and tatigued that he determined 10
put up for the night at the first convenient
house. lie al length entered an old romantic
building on the road side, inhabited by a man
and his wife. The former a stout muscular fig
ure, with a swarlhy counteHance almost
wholly shrouded in 4 mask of bushy whis-
kers and muStachios. The traveller was re-
celved with civility, and after partaking Of a
hearty supper, was conducted up an old crazy
staircase, to his apartment for the night
Not much fancylng the appearance Of the
place, he fixed 4 char against it.; and after
printing his pistols. put them carefully under
his pillow. He had not long been in bed.
when he heard i noise below, as OF persons
entering the house; and. sometime after
ward was alarmed by the sound OF 4 mans
,oot-Step on the staircase. lie then p~erceiv-
ed 4 light ihro the crevIce of the door. IL
gainst which the man gently pressed for ad-
mIttance, but finding some resistance. he
thrust If open sufficiently 10 admit his hand.
with extreme caution removed the chair. and
entered the apartment. The chevalier then
saw his host with Il lamp in one hand. and a
huge knife in the other. approaching the bed
on tip-toe. The hevalier cooked his pistols
beneath the bed clothes. that the noise Of
the spring might not be heard. When the
man reached the side OF the bed, he held the
light 10 the chevalIer'S face. who pretended
10 be ina profound sleep. but contrived new
ertheIess. 10 steal an occasional glance At
his fearful host. The man soon turned from
him. and after hanging the lamp on the bed
post. went to the other end of the room and
brought 10 the bedside Il chair. on which he
immediately mounted. with the tremendous
knife still IN his hand. 1T The very moment
that the cheva!ier was abou. To start up from
his bcd and shoot him. the nan in 4 hurried
manner cut several enormous slices from Il
piece of bacon that was hanging over his
bed>tead. though il had been wholly unnnti-
ced before by tie agita,ed traveller. The
host then passed the light before his eyes
aLaIn. and left the room IN III SINE cautious
WAY IN which lie had entered il. and uncon-
sCious Of the danger he had escaped, return
ed TO q crowd OF new and hungry guests be-
low stairs. who were of course not very SoT-
~ to perceive that lac had Sarrd his bacoH.
The following extract Is taken from 4 let
ter from that prince Of Loco locos. Thomas
Jefferson. TO his son-!n-law. Mr.. Eppcs, da-
ted tie oath June. 1918. The reader will
perceive from it. that Col. Benton was not
the first politician in this country who favor
ed that greatest OF all hmbugS, a specie cir
culution.
But it will be asked. are we 10 have no
banks! Are merchants and others to he de-
prived of the rcSourc OF short accOlImuda-
tons. found 50 convenient! IanSwcr, let Us
nave banks; but let them he such as are
alone TO he found in any country on earth.
except Great Britain. There is not Il bunk
of discount on the continent of Europe (at
least there was not one when ! was there
which offers any thing but cash in exchange
for discounted bills. No one has Il natural
right 10 the trade of "a money lender, but he
who has the money 10 lend. Let those. then.
among us. who have Il monied capital. and
who prefer employin" it iii loans, rather than
otherwise. set up banks, ana give cash or ma
tional bills for the notes they discount. Per-
haps. to encourage them, Il larger interest
than is LEGAL in the other cases might he al
lowed them. on the condition of their lending
for short periods only. Ii is from Great Bri-
tain we copy the idea OF giving paper IN cx-
change for discounted bills: and while we
have derived from that country some good
principles of government and legislation. we
unfortunately run into the most servIle imi-
,ation of all her practices, rulnous Us they
prove to her, and with the gulph yawning
before us into which those very practices are
prccipilating her. The unlimited emission
of bank paper has banished all her specie,
and is now, by a depreciation acknowledged
bv her W statesmcn, carrying her rapidly
to bankruptcy, as it did France, as 1t did us,
and will do us again, and every country per-
hitting paper to be circulated, other than
that by public authority, vigorously limited
10 the lust measure for circulation. Private
fortunes, in the present state OF our cIrcula-
ton. are at the mercy of those self-created
money-lenders. and are Frustrated by the
floods of nominal money with which their
~ayarice deluges us. He who lent his money
to the public or to an individual. before the
institution of the United States Bank. twen-
~ wears ago, when wheat was well sold at Il
dollar the bushel, and receives now his noml-
nal sum when it sells at two dollars, is chea-