Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1842-01-22

10 ge.y a..S aaioahts-dfts" u II. t''a'aeat a"a
cashier sad placed andss tils Eead c: permanent a.
,.nzcs One bill lnf slough hi.e Nc amounted 10 up
wards cf 5000 1t sEs 'aa 70 d. "son y -" ~.
ypresscs as presume, as several were run ~ 'he
Rank between Harrisburg and tins city, whiie Tue up
,iic,,ioa for 4 charter pending.
fPhiia Iaqa;rer, .jaanary IA
A Correspondent cf the New ork Herald, thus de-
rr,rs he opening Of the investigation Of line Btddie
CASE: ~,
syassrday for some time before The hour named ins
The defendants appear, the Con!; rooin was ;'ed
and every favorable position To oh'an view Of tit
r.ea; accused occupied by those aeslfous oil wac
~ the csrn.enance nf the "grsa,rst hnancer OF the
~ under tie various shades the case might assume"
Considering hos grca. and universal the sGiiern. III !.
has flowed ;son tn. improper acts al these me- t.ft
was much less OF cyn'iaiion a. thef present criminal
position. than might NATURAL; nave been expected
An were crave and looked IN more IN sorrow than IN
anger.
eii. Bdd!c was dressed III sur'out overc'ai, bu'-
toned 10 the chin, aud looked, II least thought he did,
mnc, more depressed than either OF his fellows lie
oocuned sea, i:nme datey i'll front OF the Recorder,
ba,ween hin counsel, and nearly in the Of The
bur He spoke not ha, saw, TO any one nor smiled,
- vou know is natural with him all occasions Of
mce,inr witt, his acquaintance. He sat STILL though
il was cviden. there raging within such storm as
visits W only ahcut the equinox. There is horror
comes oyer those who have been well-bred III first
taking criminal stand in court that is unrqaalIed,
and which tie strongest nerves cannot resist
ceal An old criminal lawyer who sat beside yes.
,erGay cmake THIS, rs lie closely watched The chang
me countenlnce and wandering eye Of each Of the de-
t-udanis m this accusaiion-but especially Of Messrs
Biddle and Jaudon
n, exci:cs same little surprise 10 Mr. Biddle and
Mr. JOHN II Read his counsel, now check By jow
soccaIly viii, those who know the political relations
IF The gentlemen. Sr Read has ever been one Of the
most determined opponents Of tie Bank and IL man
agement By Mr. BidI'ehe has, probably, next 10 Ge
neral Jackson ard Col. Benton, done more than any
other 10 bring the injurious do!ngs 9. ie monster,
N It's IN ); hdeous proportions niy before the public
~, MIR r. was, several years. the United States
District Attorney TOR Ike Eastern district nj tins STATE
nd for IL, considerable length ot tme III The last ten
wears. has his pen been idle, the matter 81 le Bank :
abuses bat viii, lie ski! Of experienced angier ia>
lie been continually drawing the ncied forgotten far
business transactions OF the concern 10 the Ugh. ofday
in banking matters fact III all matters that require
thought aud great abor Mr. Read IS without rIval IN
tie legal profession in this city, and has lew, any sn
perors in the country He is 1wery debate, and
rarely eloquent though always strong ard logical ltblt
allowed position 10 place his ba,,cry-ii any position
Of his premises admitted-he invariably carries his
point by storm. Suh,crtuge and tinesse are no wea-
pons of his. 1t is for the above very essential reiu
sites like this, IS well as Tor his party post
ton that Mr. Read occupies il is supposed the Official
relation 10 the great tinanceT that lie now does. By
early retaining Mr. r., Mr.. Btdle Was wise, and ct-
ccied two important oticcishe secured an able law
ser, and took from ms Opponents the very strongest
spoke III their wheel.
The examination Of Mr. Taylor til:e present casher)
occuped tue court until II adjourned over until yes,er
day at o'clock, to meet al The Supreme Court room
The witness brought forward large mass OF loose pa
pe.s aucsiing the irregular expenditure Of immense
amounts Of money, in sums from Sl,0ao II S3,Oou,
! so 600, S60n0, S2Gona al a time The bits OF pa
per on winch THIS expenditure Is noted are recorded no
where. and marked with the letters L. T. +, which,
translated by Mr. Taylor, cashier, mean, charge per-
nanent e1pfases. Under these significant al hahelca
s,ns are covered all the moneys LAID out 1t Harrisburg
and Washington and throughout The Union, in paying
7 The political train bands.
! Before aGournina over the reporter notices the i"
lowing occurrence, which concluded Tie last Day ex
animation:
4 aAlr Cadwaliader here requested 10 address the
conr, before adjournment. The Recorder having pre-
r;ousIy said that lie vas DESTROYS Of concluding the
examination in another sitting, as lie did not mean 10
pu5sre L any farther than 10 satisfy his own conscience
az to tie amount OF bail he should hold The parties Mr
G. sai he wished - have the warran.-he wanted to
Lnov; in what position the defendants, and especially his
Client, stood lie tree 10 state that, for his CLIENT
he meant TO move for habeas corpus As yet, no evil
dence had appeared against MIR. Jaudon
"'Thc Recorder answered that the defendants we're
b,oucht into court BY warrlnt-that they were IN
r,rme5 hy the o,icer--although he wrote them note
That they were bound rccognzlnces 10 appear from
Gay 10 dav and he should require them to be IN attend
ance RI, briefly and hurredly rccaplluated The rise
and al
same time lha, he meant .tarlessY to o. his duty in
,bis precisely as every niher that vas brought
before him Of like criminal character. 1t these re-
marks there was quite loud demonstration OF popular
i.eInr. which, however, the Recorder Instantly re-
buked with much warmth, threatening TO commit the
FIRST who should so offend again \ few words were
ben said bv Mr. Campbell and Mr. Brewster, for The
nrosecu,ion, which drew brief rejonder from Mr.
CadwaIiader, SIR Read, and Mr.. Meredh-a!l ny
way Of explaining misapPrchcnsion-w an
adiournrnen, took place, above announced.
LETTER on SLAvERY-DrJ J. J. srGrp.
We have read, with much pleasure, this letter from
the nen Of our es:mahle townsnian Mr.. Speed We
hal with satisfaction every welI.drec,ed effort 10 ad
vance tie literary reputation Of city and we know
not any good reason why Baltimore may not be as dis
,insui-ied f.! her literary men, as she has long pre-
c.ninen,ly been for her beautiful women. The style OF
this letter is good without any attempt at display and
answering the end Of laugnage-a medium for the con.
yeyancc of thought. The arguments are well concelv
cd and forcibiv expressed nothing extrancous, hn, all
bearing directly on the question. Mr. Speed Is Law
yer and he argues his question he would case IN
The Chancery Court. lie has passed equal portions oil
lis fe South and North and IS thus well qualified 10
JUDGE Of fars the section, and Of 0pnioas IN The
other "I've seen, and sure ought 10 know, IS nm
old ument and the well known cnndor of Mr. Speed
will give weight to any statement made on his own cb
servaii'n
\ Mr. Specd has given very able cnl.ocaon OF the
Arguments 10 be derived from lire Bible on this bec
Tor view Of which We refer the reader 10 The letter
lie next gives cnrSory statement OF TIE rery prnnt
neai part which Grca, Britain acted in the establish
nent IT slavery il exists IN this country; COM
menclng with the year l562 and continuing for more
than two centuries: aud reference is made 10 numerous
Of Parliament relating Ia this subject. Great Br