Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1851-06-06
(BY REQuEsT.)

mentioned last Friday ha, deputaon Of the Chief Priest
hIu arrived IN Rcnond 10 present the Bull :. tie Ban
HIu'st lie otr new Directors the Executive which Ia
appointed then II happened that the Governor OF tn
'ate iau gone from The government 10 the cSidenc
y, rna III neighboring county. The deputalion wa
' M e!ea Gaunted They have upon his trail in India
hle-"ith The pernacity of party Of Mohawk braves
intent on the scnps uf Robinson Higgins Irwin and of tn
"ther man I've forget his name they hunting dow
e Executive in the wilderness of rural relaxation Wha
r success has been or will be- however is scarcely sub
Jel Vi aouo II cannot be anticipated, by any one wh
uoe NOT ouk upon The present incumbent absolute
oece tat the Governor will reace the steps which he
copleted ON long deliberations and made within the unds
aha most literal limits OF his constitutional capacity.
"at Is all the fuss aboutl Why it that the Bank
oroh ms resored TO this and extraordinary pro
eeeure-ths petition To the Governor that he turn out ou
Diec'os whom he has Just appointed? Unless there be
some strong reason why these should not hold the Of
nee o Bank Director unknown the Executive or some
great crime committed By them since thev have been an
pmn!ei The demand of the dozen Dives who control the
ofo'A Bank can be characterised by other words than
'npuuehce extreme and unexampled arrogance
a e IS me ground on which it resist Simply that the
ne" Directors will for Sharp. rha, is ali rhev
nave dared 10 exercise their discretion in the election of
h'nk PRESIDENT They have mutined against the authority
OF Dives and Bonus, and Bogus their brothers. and the
Executive ordered 10 guitoine them for that monstrous
crime.
Now for what that the Executive appon ted those
men IL was 10 represent the stock of that whose citi
Gems they are we believe How were they to represent II
The only rule which be Of is their own dsc
ton limited by the Banks Charter and the States Law
aVe the new Directors transcribed either of these limits
There Is no preencc that they have done All that they
are accused of having dune is the exercise of their legal dis
crcEivn. But that is precisely what they were appointed
do that is precisely what the law ordans the appointment
State Directors for. That precisely end an and
ect o their creation Yet for doing this for obeyng the
law In letter and in spirit; for using that power whose da-
exercise was contemplated by the Law and the Magistrate
who delegated il into their hands they be isnomin
ousy expelled from the places they occupy II is assumed
by the Sharp the Mackinoshes the Southgaes the Shields
that The State Directors legally and constuonay their
ools that their exsenceis formay their votes
must be cast according their dicaton What Is this but
lnSUtDGe-ltnDuQenCe mlt-tlp pf
wealth
They engaged the press to aid them in their uproor
ne Norfolk Argus, which kind OF demi-organ Mr.
tnry A. wise, has taken up the tune and the Richmond
Times treats the public particularly leaden article the
same theme. The first of these newspapers cautiously avoids
making any distinct statement of offence; but the other
oinders into allegations which manifest total ignorance
OF the whole matter This Richmond newspaper says tha,
Governor toyd has assumed the high preOgavc OF pro-
hbng all discounts in Of the principal banks of the
State 50 long particular President in oice"-
This he has done because the Governor be held espon
sibe for the adopted by his Directors" Admitting
this latter assertion the first, which is built upon it, sim
ply untrue, and is either wul misstatement the
Pd ignorance The Directory at Norfolk has done nothing
OF the Sort They hare discounted and o discountng
notes. nor did they do Owing to the dis
putes in the Directory the election of the President no
paper has been discounted and for that the oges are
The accountable PERSONS Bu. that financial arrangement
might hhppen both have agreed to paper already in
circulation, and thus have done throughout.
The Norfolk Argus and its humble imitaor in this city
the Queen OF England" with body guards" because the
mas chosen oSo5ey the ShaD-hayc
simultaneously made this discovery in constitutional aw-
hat the Executive must acge its the Annual
Message and prove its grounds by Investigation"
the affairs Oi The Bank before can presume to appoint its
own choice Of Directors The Norfolk Argus has 'anxous
u looked over the annual messages of the Governor
der t" ascertain he had ever made any complaint the
Gencral Assembly in regard TO the in which the
aIFs u the ixchangc Bank had been conducted" "But
our search" Alas 'has been in vanm And the Tir,es
thinks !hat the argus concusivey argues the
sn M: n,ecory cannot be changed until the Governors
ho md h.I
sends its committee and the committee makes lis re
port While this is doing, the State is 10 unreprescned
her stocks be the payhngs of Bonus and Bogus and
th law requiring the Erecutire 10 appoint Directors is to
remain dead letter Is this folly, or mpldence run
mad For what does law order the Executive TO ap
point the States DircctOrs Why does it not leave the
whole in the hands Of the President Sharp? WHY'S
made distinct qualification of the appointment, that one
o the Directors at least is to be changed each "ny
indeed there any Stale Directors at all II the Executive
10 know neither discretion nor choice in their appointment
change!
Causes for change an obscure Directory neither be
paraded in Annual Message be hi subject tor LIE.
gsatve Committee We have knowledge OF the reasons
which induced The Governor OF Virginia 10 decline the dc
:aun of Shap but causes enough for change in the Ex
change Bank of Norfolk are notorious 1t is Bank which
does mol make Us drdend While its branches are making
and twelve per CENT the mother Bank OF Norfolk does
exceed six and the stockholders dividends OF eight per
cent made up by appopratng the prots OF the hranch
When this s the epitonc OF its history the declaration
'hat cal is good is not appropriate But there IS ano'neF
ground OF objection. The Bank Norfolk Is peculiarly no
torous inr characteristic which marks all The Banks OF
this State When these institutions apply for the state
sbscrron they declare their aim and object to be- The as
of the enterpsing the POOR VINO are hones
and INDUSTRIOUS and who need only the assistance OF e
capital to become thriving men. Ihat ls their PrJesSoh.
Tncir practice all know, different thing Wnen Dives
note m Thousand and the modest bond of Lazarus Tor sou
come into the discount box nj the lmetho the endor
the last be twenty times better than those on he
ewe all know what their relative chances are. The Banks
give money those who have while from him mat mas no
ley take at which he hath away lhis the charac
cristc Of them n They in practice convenrnces 'o
burr
thvse who have none, they profess 10 De- pu s ~,
been peculiarly the character OF the BANK AZ y Norioh
Drrcrv has been hong in the hands OF moneyed arsoc
ry. thc official staff has long been family alr Its tul
lime that The State had asserted its right TO be represented
there has money in that Bank for the benefit OF lis en-
trrpsng poor and for young men struggling into
and il is the duty OF the Executive TO keep Directory
there who will that their claims are respected ano lclf
interests attended to- That could never be so long as e T
ock7yers and their President DICTATED the appointment
II Gov FLOYD do what we deem impossible -rcccde from
a nosOn which he hus aken-he seals his own RUM iot
ch nm act will blot his name from the esteem OF all men III
is State ave the unkeys OF the Banks And on he con-
nry had he pursued with all The oTanenes G P't a sn"
m has adopted with the mother Bank IN Norok, he "uo
y done NOR. to increase his popularity man and an
o.Iiccr than by all the other acts OF his terms
HORSE. E.SHOElNG.-1hc following very exceedingly
an,ibe remarks IRON the pen of Mr. Miles, veterinary
rpcon TO The Queen OF Eng lands eguads and au'hol o
rr,I valuable veterinary works. We commend tnef mos
,rrjcary the notice OF every person VINO mas tha 'au
e and almost Indispensable animal The horse IN ms cha
That class of very justly cnaracciHeu NY
lilies as Jasmine smiths" invited to give their attention
The shoes of The horse should be OF equal thickness
Throughout with Hat ground surface as those WIN heo
hrels which snin smiths make in imitation OF 'heir o"
are dangerously absurd The which ought 10 DC raiseo
i lowercd md NATURES plan reversed, which eeVa'es e
noint in order tu avoid distractions The weo shouo W
vide and of the same width throughout instead o penn
,nched in because smith likes 10 see the shoe wen 81
off NJ the heels This is both unphlosophcal and detre
,a il deceives the eye OF man. and Injuries the oo o W
The ou.er edge of the foot rests on the inner
rhr shoe and the remaining width OF the weo prIecs o
yond the hoof; 50 that the master who thinks MS os I
,ood omen foot only has be proud vi oao open %
which both cnnceas deormties underneath ano ih1ues @
omen arms bad road TO and do its worst nc M
ar, made bare lust where the nnvcuar JOINT Is 49,
and If that be inamed, what must the agony oe III
unprotected foot lreads sharp tilnf nc nsn - a
suddenly lame or drops il hc had been shot-pas I
much 100 common require explanation; h'e 80 ~ -
the pitv which The suffering animal meets WIN E T
who having first destroyed The use Of ms ,.i,ss
abuses him because he 60; and inputes IN 30
,o him us crime as if he in liquor Ike s'' ~
| in a.ony.-I american Agricuitur'st'
! ROTATION OF THE EAtTH-Ihe apa!a.n> 'pl p,ut VS.
inr the beautiful experiment Of NJ foucH'' c, 80 no.
Hin monument is now nearly completed n @ h nsesa 20 ,
inshsd ha, Professor Horsford this morning IN Inc
nf the o6cers of the Bunker Hill Monument 90 ,oo,