Democratic banner., 1849-08-27

INDICTMENT OF Mr.. CHILps.-The Grand
Jury, at tiIer session Saturday morning, re-
turned a true bill against ~ ChiAds, J.
charging him with feloniously and fraudu-
.lently ~embezzling from the Bank of Mis-
souri,, the sum of 1921 600. To this iLdict-
ment, Mr.. Childs appeared and pleaded not
guilty, and the trial vas set for the first
Monday of September next, the first day of
the next term of the Court. The Court
then, after some explanation of its views in
regard to the amount of bail, fixed the sum
at $4,000. Recognizances for this amount
were Immediately entered into by Mr..
Childs for himself, and E. J. Gay, ]. F. Dom
aldson, E. BredelI, ]. H. Hall, and J. G.
Shelton, in the amount demanded; and
the accused was discharged from custody.
Mr.. Ciilds has, We undsrstand,sretained
the services Of Messrs. Gamble, Bates, Polk,
Wright and A. P. Field. The Circuit At
torney will have the assistance of Nessrs.
Ryland, (ths Bank Attorney Willis L. VIII
liams, and others.
Nearly all the Directors of the Bank, the
Officers, and several other persons, are nam
ed as witnesses who were before the Grand
Jury, and who will testify on the trial of the
merits Of the case.--TRepublican, Goth inst.
WHAT KossUTH THINKS OF FRAscE-IHe
Hungarian Leaders.-Ths following por-
ton Of a letter from Hungary, dated Pesth,
July !, will be read with interest.
81 send you the present by the wife of a
trader of Vienna, who is about to Join her
husband, and who, thanks to her German
may perhaps with inpunity pass the
hedge of bayonets that separates us from
take this opportunity Of warn
ing you not to believe the accounts which
may reach you from the seat of war in Hun.
gary. You know that for a moment our
is an oasis of liberty, bsthed by a
desert of oppression, and that the nature Of
events in our land is at the mercy of our
enemies. So, every time you hear of VIC
gained either by the AustIians or the
examine the story twice; and re.
collect that a retreat is not always defeat,
and that even if we ~evacuate Pesth, a town
Of little use to us in an administrative or
'tratagetic point Of view, the Hungarian
cause is not lost.
We no longer count on the aid Of France
our supreme struggle with dsspotism.-
When the French Republic is spoken of to-
he says, with a smile Of pity, 'Let|
Us leave old men to die in peace, and ask
not from dotage what we can only expect
rom YOUTH In the meantime, this aston
sbing mar displays an energy of which
ian scarcely give you an idea. Despite his
'recarious state of health, he does prodi-
,ies of activity. Seated on a country car,
With his wife and child at his side, he cross
IS the country, calling the people to arms,
Ind communicating to the whole nation that
ardor which beams from his i'm
Mortal face. Sometimes he arrives in the
lamp of his warriors, where, thanks to the
inconvenience of every popular war, want.
provisions and ammunition drag discour-
in their train. Then he rises in his
,ar and speaks, and at thu departure ofthe
.liciator, the soldiers have forgotten their
Misery and fatigue: they are full Of snthusi-
Ism, and ready to fight and conquer, were
t only to give repose to LOUIS Kossuth and
is family.
He is admirably seconded BY his l~ieutsn.Ii