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The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1855-10-04
THE LIQUOR QUESTION.

A STATE CONVENTION OF LIQUOR DEALERS.-THE
"A liquor dealers OF the State, including importers, hotel
keepers dlers saloon keepers joDbers
boes makers Of cider and dealers therein requested TO
their number from each Assembly District and
York md Brooklyn three from each ward delegates 20
liquor dealers convention be held al Syracuse the l0t
the purpose of adopting such
with the platform adopted at the State
convention held the 9th OF August last
will best secure the mnnanance of the naenabe personal
rights people, and the constitutional and just rights OF the
ouor dealers the defeat election of all cand
daes who no! alphabetically and opposed 70
any oppressive liquor law whatever by order OF
the LIQUOR Dealers State Committee.
K. FRENCH Of New York. Chairman.
o. II, BOOTH. of Duchess, Secretary.
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The payments to-day include $500 900 sent to the
United States Mini. ana the receipts to-day include
$50, 600 from Chicago.
Albert H. Ncoay's regular semi weekly auction sale Of
stocks and bonds Will take place tomorrow (hursaay)
at I2h O'Clock at the Merchants Exchange.
AT the meeting Of the directors Of the Mechanics Bank
this morning. Mr.. Gideon De Angels was elected by
unanimous vote cashier, in place Of Mr. 4. W. Edmond.
resigned. Mr De Angels is at present cashier the
Peoples Bank
The advccs by the steamship Pacific al This port
Liverpool with seven days later dates are in CONNER.
csl view rather uniavorablc. The decline in cotton
not expected and the business OF the market for bread
stuhs notwithstanding the active demand for shipment
TO France, shows the tightness of the msney market
The condition Of the banks Of England and France Is daily
becoming more precariow The return from the Bank
OF England Tor the week ending the 18th Of september
ives the following result when compared with The pre-.
vious week.
Public deposits 81 sos, 531 . Increase eai7 loi
Other deposits. IL 1i6, 1872 incrce Sc Ia ia
Rest ................ 3,6ii 7oi.. Increase II al
On the other side Of the account
Iovment securities. .si2, 100 3os Decrease e23o 10
Notes unemployed. 1895, 500. Decrease IL, loo
Other securities 1883, 1874. Increase 557 5j7
The amount of notes In circulation is fl9, 1880 be.
ing an increase Of EST 1885, and the stock Of bullion In
both departments Is els COS 455 showing decrease OF
aSi7 s2i, when compared with the preceding returns
The London Tines Of the 22d of Sept, says
Although there general expectation OF further
advance IN the bank rate Of discount to-day there was
sumeens uncertainty upon the point TO the break
@ up OF tne court to be waited for with interest The
emand at the bank during the past week il 10
I've been as nesvy as during the two preceding weeks
NJ tor the circumstance that much az Il 80 80
scaused by the caution q the discount houses in reus
NJ agc transactions while there might be prospeot Of
asos'he Immediate change as well by the desire Of
lie pubie to provide themselves against such can,,.
acy, there would have been ground 10 entertain IN
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1855-10-04

A CHOICE SELECTION OF BRANDIES, WINES, IA
~ nsca rum Scotch and Irish whskeys Holland gin scht
serving Scotch ales London and Dublin porter. Ac
,orner II Crosby.
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ABBEvLE H. CAROLINA, FRIDAY MORNING. OCTOBER 49, 1856

Sardinans had $1,000 men operating in
the Crinca.
23.-Thc French carried on severe
fight with nearly the entire garrison of Sc
vastopoI, who were defending a place dc
armee near the Quarantine bastion. The
French took part in it. The battle lasted
all night, but the losses were not given.
24.--The French carried the remaining
portion Of the works The Russians had
$500 men hors dc combat, and the French
seventeen battalions) nearly as many.
The Allied squadron entered the Straits
of kertsch and commenced the destruction
of all the houses, food, supplies, public build
ings, DC, near which the ship could rcacll.
2s.-Up to this day the Allies, i'll the
Sea of Azotf, had committed great ravaccs.
June 6.--inother bombardmcnt of Sc
vastopol. The French made fierce attack
on the Mamclon.
7.-Capture of the Mamclon and White
Towers, after dreadful fight Russian,
loss 1850; French 1000 men Aors du
combat English so men and / l officers
killed, $40 wounded, and l5 missing.
l4.-The Allies, in the Sea Of Azof,
had taken Kcrtch, Arabat Anapa, Gcnichi,
Bardiansk, Mariapol and Taganrog. Most
Of them were buried, inhabitants plundcrcd,
and the country devastated.
lS-Assault on the Mamclon and Rcdan
by the French and English. They were
rcpulscI.- lost 81 officers killed, 10
desperately wounded and II prisoners L.
544 men killed and missing, and 1914
gone to ambulances. English officers kill
ed 10; wounded "a; men killed and
wounded 1898. Russian lost-killcd, .
general officers and IS men, and 4.79s
wounded.
July 1O-Fourtl,. bombardment of Sc
vastopol. =
14.-Russian sortic on the French.
lG.-Anotler sortic. Estimated losses
Of these operations Allies 1000 killed and
wounded Russians 5000.
August l.-Bombardment of Sweaborg,
Fory-tive Russians killed, and 2GO wound
cd.
16.-Battle of Traktir Bridge French
loss-9 officers and 3l9 men killed, Off
GERS and 1853 wounded. Russians-3
generals, and about 5000 men killed, with
over 5000 wounded. English loss, none.
Sandman loss, 600 men hors de combat. e.
Sept. 5.-lsencwed bonbarlment. Con-
tinued until the morning of the 9th.
s.-Succcssful assault by the allies, and
evacuation by the Russians Of the South
side of Scvastopol.
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WHOLE NUMBER l3l.

her citizens has felt it his duty to present it,
4 We have no fears of the result.
AS to secret meetings for police and 9th
or consultations, we have never questioned
| their right to exclude citizens on such occa-
sIons-but in our case; at an ordinary pub
llc meeting, distinction was made between
our personal self and that Of other citizens
iii attendance-andt that too, when we claim
ed to be there as "a citizen and corporator."
The publication of the letters of Mayors
in relation to the publicity Of their meetings
and the usual rules as to reporters was not
to create opposition to the Mayor or to the
Council, but to show facts to tile citizens rs
to their extraordinary assumptions the
comments OF the press were given, and will
be continued, to let them see how the case
Is viewed abroad.
The outrage Of election by the Council
was not the less an indignity because it was
premc@'itatcd and anticipated land had re-
slstance been made, which would have been
done If personal feelings had governed us,
the amount of force ordered by the Mayor
may have been a subject of serious results
TO that officer and to the community. It
was always our intention to bring the case
before the judicial tribunals in such fo,m
as might hc necessary to test the principle,
and furnish warning to "men clothed in
little brief authority"
AS tic Council has attempted to attriL-
ute our late issue with them to "angrv feel
ings excitement aud irritation Of tho
moment" and recommends to us "a more
dispassionate review of the affair" we think
it due 10 self respect to say that, however
deeply we felt our position, we never acted
with more calmncss and deliberation-
have neither shown anger nor irritation in
the matter. The Mayor was informed be-
fore hand that the act Of expulsion would of
course be considered an indignity, and this
in the presence Of Witnesses, In relation
to the elaborate effort to make it appear
that "only ceremony" was arranged, the
only notice we deem necessary is to call at
tcntion to the reply Of tile Mayor. to our
protest:
"ion may protest rs much MS you please,
but you have got 10 leave"
The Mayor authorized this report of his
reply, which is inconsistent with the state
ment of the Council ,s.
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Sam Sticks Last.

Here is Sam Sticks last, and one Of hi.
very best:
81 shall never forget rise once took
out Of set of jockies at Albany. l had
an evcrlastin' fast Narragansct PAGER once
to Slickvillc. was considerable proud Of
him, do assure you, for he took the rag
off the bush in great Style Well, our sta
bic help Pat Monaghan (him Fused to call
Mr.. Monaghan would stuff him with fresh
clover without me knowing it, and, as sure
as rates, I broke his wind by driving him
too fast. 1t gave him tic "hcaves," that is
made his tlanks hcaye like 4 blacksmith's
bellows. We call it"hcaves," Brittishcrs call
it "brokcn- n-wind"-Well, there is no cure
for it, though some folks tell YOU hornets
nest cut up fine, and put in their meal will
do it; and others says sitt the oats clean,
and give them Juniper berries in it, and
that will do it, or ginger, or what not; bnt
these are all quackerics. You can't cure it,
for it's a rupture of an air-vessel, aud you
can't get to it to sew it up. But you can
fix it up by diet, and care and proper usage,
so that you can deceive an old hand, pro-
vidin' you don't let him ride or drive the
beast too fast.
swell, I doctored and worked with him
SO, the most that could be perceived was a
slight cold, nothing to mind, much less to
frighten you. And when got him up to
the notch, / advertised him for sale, rs be-
longing to person going fdown East, who
only parted with him because he thought
him too hcavey fora man who never tray-
clcd less than :.sIniic sin two minutes aud
twenty seconds. We'll, he was sold at auc-
ton, and knocked down to Rip Van Dam,
the attorney general, for FIVE hundred dollars
and the owner put saddle and bride on
Fhim and took bet, of two hundred dollars
with me he could do q mile in two minutes
fifty seconds. He didn't know. me from
Adam, personally, Mt the time, but he had
heard of me, and bought the horse because
it, wasssaid Sam Slieksowned him. u. n ~
Well, be started off. and lost his bet (;
for ~her be got near the winnin' post the
horse shoked fell, and pitched the rider of
halfway TO Troy, nnd nearly died himself
The umpire hand me the money and
dug out for the steamboat, inteDdin' to- pull,
Just as. reached the wharf I b card Niny
name called out, but / didn't let on /, noticed
Eit, aud walked ahead. q Presents IAN Dam
seized me by the slronld der, quite souk of
Ebfeatl puff and bloN |, ljjie 4 porrS6sss;
NJ fsaid Hi &. ~
iaiss left ots me but,
good gracions, 66s lsa
besyes
81 ssYn lsa s;yii0df s
hoss aDd ncaf ke ny 5a
tarda de f2e 2eefneal men ss:
nast siassa. gasse spg asfi
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row-chested, slabsided, narrow .soulcd, Ian
ern.jawed, Yankee cheat.n ...-

NJ
! tern jawed, Yankee cheat" go
"Well, said I, that's considerable Of. ;
long name 10 write on the back; of letter
amt it? 1t amt good to use such a swat
OF words, it's no wonder YOU have thu
hcayes; but I'll cure you, warn't brought
| up to wrangin' I han't. time to fight You
and besides" said I, "you are broken-win,
ed,.;;" but iii heave you over the wharf te
cool you, boots and all, by gravy.
"Didn't you advertise" said he, ''that Tho
only reason you had to part with the horse
was, that he was too heavy for man who
never travelled slower than a mile in two
minutes and twenty seconds"
"Ncver," said l, II never said such a word
What will you bet did !'
"Five dollsrs," said he.
'Donc," said |. And Vanderbilt (l,e
was just going on board the steamer at the
tine) Vanderbilt" sails I, "hold these stakes
friend" said 81 won't say you lie, but
you talk uncommonly like the way I dc
when I lie. Now prove it."
"And he pulled out one Of my printed
advertisements, and said "Read that"
"Wcll, read it. ut amt here" said I
"Ain't it 2" said he. Il leave it to Van
lcrbilt."
"Mr. Slick" said he, "you have lost-i
is here"
"Will you bet Ave dollars" said I, "thougl
YOU have seen it, that it's hcre?"
"Ies," said he, 81 will"
"Done," said /. "Now how 10 YOU spell
heavy?"
"H-e-av-y," said he.
"Exacty," sais l $50, do I. But this is
spclt heovey. ! did it on purpose. scoril
TO talk. a man in about a horse, SO pub.
lished his defect to all the world. said he
was TOO heapey for harness, and so he is
lie amt worthy fifty dollars. weulln',
take him as gift-he amt worth nondcm.'
"Well, did see. that,' said he, "but
thought it was an error of the press, or that
the owner couldn't SPELL"
"Oh J" sais I, don't take me for one o
your Dutch Doors, I&bcg of you. can
spell, but you can't read, that's all. You
remind me-" says I, "of Teller in Slick
vllle- when the sixcent letter stamp came
into fashion. Hc licked the stamp so hard
he took all the gum off, and it wouldn't stay
on, no how lie could fix it, so that what does
he do but put pin through it, and writes
on the letter, paid if the darned thing will
only stick Now if you 60 and lick 4 stamp
eternaly that way, folks will put pin
through it, and the story will stick to you
forever and ever. But come Oh board, and
let's liquor, and will stand treat.
Il felt sorry for the poor critter, and told
hlm how to feed the horse, and advised him
to take him to Saratoga advertise him and
sell him the same way aud he did, and
got rid of him. The rise raised his charac-
ter as lawyer. amazing. lie was elected
governor next year."
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The City Council of Columbia.

The following rs from the Columbia Car
! olinion, in reply to the recent manifesto o
the City Council in relation to the eject
mcnt Of DR.. Gibbes from the Council
Chamber:
:. We are indebted to the courtesy Of tn,
Mayor for a copy, of the address of thu
Council to the public ON the late. issue
There are some points in it relative to SUP
posed personal hostility which might. ncct
comment, but we let them pass, with tl,t
statement that we think we have clearly
shewn rather an humble temper in The mat
ter, and that feelings of irritation had no
thing to do with the determination to tes
the riyhtf the Mayor to question as az
to purpose at a public meeting, achich mas
the special point made Nth him in pripat
conversation and at the public issue.
We have no. secret influences to prevent
our giving publicity to the document, how
ever arrogant its claims, or abored its ex
plantations. 1t is a very bold paper in the
face Of the aecumulaled and unanimous ey
idence of every other Municipal board We
have heard from as to herHcommunitics
and we arc more than ever satisfied witt
tile proprietysof our position, since the
Council openly avows-
~The,present city printers do not report
our proceedings, and have never applied 70,
permission to do so. tfHad they applied
their. applicationswoilld have Been rejected
as DR.. Gibbe'stwas, for5reasons which will
hereafter be giSen."& i. s. tsss.,.
1fthey are to adopt the rules 81 d secret
order, to sieby the light ofea dark lantern
in their legislation, and thusisolate Goluln:
bia from other cities, whether larger .,
smaller, let the people know Is and bow
their pSks TO authority since they cllaYe
not the privileges EMO yed elsewhere. q In
the language Of The, Charleston Mercury:
s,N.e claim II as fund damental principle
g Il. e Its'5sgs
|saI that s 8 yiahts to be
1T dad ions sof shis & govern.
psnt whsth States al III pniicipai
seefsk Court Il sa iliiDei eiii.
Ek6oW M kfef tiis ioiisl e,,
t6niisiiS 81 more 81 y fbs
81 sfsls i'I sstafe shss sbo
aAesti ioH hsy been sls Ssit ok asfoaS Sge
from The Shars En- pf II ofle 81
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MISCELLANY.
FOR THE ISDErENpENT PRESS.
Sober Second Thoughts About Intemper


FOR THE ISDErENpENr PRESS
Sober Second Thoughts About Intemper-
. - ance.
WHATEVER our enquiries may be, VIC
ought to arrive at tho truth. Therefore
we recommend to the friends of the ''Mainc
Liquor Law" IA sober second thought" We
beg them to look back into the history Of
ages past, and in the experience Of the pres
ent Temperance movement, and compare
1t with its first humble aud ''respect;blc"
object, that of rcclaiming tho Incorporate
by moral suasion. The teachings Of those
days are not the present intolcrant doc
trincs of total prohibition-of the "Maine
Law" If they would look back, Il flash Of
truth might pass through their minds and
dispel tile darkness that ob!uscatcs their
dim pnjudiccd vision. We have reached
mt last, the climax Of sumptuarics fanatical
laws, (at the North, } calculated only to do
!: harm to the good cause Of temperance.
We must confess in candor that the
friends oftempcrance, at first with the prop
empower Of moral suasion directed to the
! habitral drunkard, was crowned with great
.:s success as long as it was confined to its le-
= gitimate object--the reformation of the
drnnkard by moral suasion.
:: 4 cs, let the temperance advocates 20 back
!, otheir first and honest principles, <and then
no opposition will attend their praiscwor-
thy efforts. :: Under those principles, was
among the first; in Philadelphia, where they
had their origin, toadvocate them. But as
soon as they departed from the principle of
moral suasion, and .passedsinto a law intol-
tolerant measures, | quit them. could
! Snot countenance fanatical lectures, which
: only started up "a fresl, supply of drunk.
I :ards, aud created discomfort among all
classes and .discouragement and disgust
,tamopg..lIe best friends; Of the temper ancc
!. reform - Il. . 3, ss2 -. =
i 4 We alIsee and agree as TO heshorror Of
5: s$s:lntemperapce, and as o;the abuse Of eating
drinking, we agree as to the existing evil.
The question is: show sllali we 20 about
to.assists@itll ill our moral power to cradi-
cate its at least inits greatest extents f.
=. Our legislature, IN their wisdom, have
!; d passed Lr,o,n which in its spirit,
: is:in.Ande 30 regulate, and not prohibit the
. sele ofsall Kinds Of liquors, wines, &c. Tie
& peopleby that lawssare made to elect who
shalt be tllepeIsons who are entrusted with
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RATES OF ADVERTISING.

ES Advertisements inserted for n shorter
period than three months will be charged 10
cents per square 2 lines or lcss) for first inscr-
t'on and 81 per square for each continuance.
sY Any one advertising by annual or semi
annual contract can change his advertisement
monthly, if he desires.
E3" Subscribers to the paper who do not
pay their subscriptions within tl.e year will he
charged 81 80. [April 20, 1855
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[Fron the PRESBYTERIAN Advocate. I
Something Playful: -

! IHr. -innan--The Minutes Of tile Gen
eral Assembly Of the Presbyterian Church.
have just come to hand; and the. list of
names Of ministers presents these laborers
in an encouraging light. q | :
| ?. AS husbandmen, which they profess to
| be, they have several fields9for sowing the
good seed. To break mp the following
ground, there are three Golfers; to reap
the harvest, two Sickles; and to clean thie,
grain, two Riddles. That they are good
farmers it would sccnIt from The fact that
among all the field, there is but one Weed,
and tllissis medicinal, ID. D., ),onc Root and
one Bush. Connected Will, the landscape,
are Boggs, and Woods, and Hills, and
Dales, and Parks, and Glens. Sharon is
there, with his Rose, a Hawthorn,sand
Lilly :, i. ,4:ssxs4 E ,s$i;gSsS
All builders, (Which these ministers also
profess to bc) there are among them Car
penters, Masons, and aPainter.y. T or build
ing material they have Wood sa1d. Stone.
|They@havc already House. besides. Hill.
houses, with Walls and Halls@ They have
Fa Town with one Street, an Oyerstfect,
IStone-road, and five Lanes. They have
two Churches, with six;Bells. TIleY have
also two Banks beloved to he sound; also
a 1Iattery, but no halter. There afe men
Of various trades among them, viz: fifteen
Millers with their Mills, a Weaver, Wag.<
oner, three Carriers, three Pottcrs, with
-Coopers, Wrights,and greatmany Smiths.
There is a Sailor also, with, Helm. but no,
ship to launch from the Quay: Though
they hold to ministerial parity, they have;
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IS therefore offered to the mercantile and busi
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