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The return rcm the Bank of England the week end
ing the 22d Of September gives the following results
when compared with the previous week.
Pupc deposits $780, s2 Increase. 1851 1851
Other deposits. IL, 6,S77 Increase 12O, l15
Rest.......... 3,657,207 Increase. ....... 1865
On the other side Of tho ACCOUNT
Government securities. 4os 067 Decrease S01
Notes unempioyed,..... 2SS zig Decrease. log eS6
The amount of notes in circulation is f19 40s, 435,
being decrease of f3o5o35 and the stock of bullion in
both departments is f13 627 showing decrease Of
f429 s2s when compared with the preceding return.
The 10 ndon Times Of Sept. 2sth says:-
There intelligence to-day of any intended
private letters from Paris, however, mention general
conviction among the mercantile classes that, upon
of the Bank Of England having gone up to
per cent similar measure will be speedily forced upon
them.
The large amount of Australian gold brought by the
Frances Heny and the Northumberland il expected to be
in course Of delivery tomorrow, but 70 the astonish-
ment Of every 1t Is alleged that the Bank of France
in order to create temporary confidence to the extent
of their supply continuing to make heavy purchases
at loss and that consequently great portion of the
arrivals-probably about half-wl be unnaturally d.
verted to Paris According to reports the total
amount which the Bank of France originally arranged to
obtain from this side 81 0o0 of which the largest
part may perhaps already have been despatched With
the certainty that in The of few weeks when the
by which the operation must have been carried out
shall mature the whole must be returned the affair
appears of the most nexplicabe recorded That
1t should have had the result of disturbing all cacua-
tons this side inevitable since person capable
OF forming opinion on the probable and legitimate
Of business transactions would have been likely to
entertain such contingency. If commercial panic
had prevailed in France, merely requiring a palla-
tive to alay unreasonable fears the step might have
been accounted for; but at moment when the
binary course of trade is sound, and nothing SEEM
requisite but advance in the rate OF discount
NAL point it is wholly unlike what might have been
expected from establishment managed with the pru-
dence Of The Bank Of France that the greatest curiosity
is felt to learn if any explanation exists which may not
be Immediately apparent Many persons, seeing how
have been disposed to fancy that Russia whose need for
bullion is probably desperate, must have set foot
the statements regarding the Eank of France merely
hcons nten led to cover It. This superstition seems al
together improbable but If it to become prevalent
it would be highly desirable that every should be
exered to ascertain the real character OF the
ticn
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storm occurred in st. Louis on the 9Th inst
The Court Of Claims begins its next session in the SUI
pIeme Court room, Washington on Wednesday next 18th
inst
The following post offices have been established in
this State and the following named gentleman appointed
Postmasers :-Fggertsville, Erie county, Christian Eg
CERT: @arinsviile, Niagara county, William Dornteld
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me returns Of tho banks Of Boston for the last two

says
The sudden rise in land warrants WILL no doubt bring
many warrants which the warrantees have hereto
fore been unwilling to dispose of II supposed that
than two-thirds Of the land warrant issued
under the late act have been Sold but still In the
bands Of the warrantees me demand At present from
probably continue until after the sales in Minnesota
which commence 22d inst, and the closing of navi
exceeds five hundred per day, which win average
hundred and twenty acres EACH or sixty thousand
day from which some idea Of the vast locations
in the Western States may be formed, when 1t is
that this large issue does not supply the demand.
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<yAIIFoRNTA DIAMoYDS.-THIs NEW ASDEAU
fui article sl takes the lead with purchasers jewe
The beet Judge cannot tell them from the real dsJnd.
prices within The reach Of every one. Ciusfertns
III a. and - rings Is 10 e2D rings Is toD; sts
ADDE'S pins. crosses lockes buttons, braceies Arh
made order set with tho above diamonds 10 anyyle
sent by msi to any psr q the Unrcd states ens'
amount, addressedto L. H. JACOBS, tWW
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A LARGE QUANTITY OF SECOND HAND wEsI
IA apparel wanted--Gentlcrneu having any to dspoeof
obtain the highest cash price for them BY calling opr
dressing, JOHN MURPHY, 122 Nassau street, basems.
B.-Clothing cleaned and repaired All orders promiy
tended 10.
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CLOTHING, &C.

d q n0n WORTH OF CAST OFF CLOTHING v
pA.OOO ed.-The highest cash price literally gSn
large small lots Of goods LEFT Of and supcruous c!on
every description. Address call on JAMES MORN
IL Baxter street. nth house from Chatham street, eas &C.
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T 0sT-ON WEDNESDAY MORNING, BETWEEN I
~ hours Of and TO- pair Of rich point lace under see
partly made trimmed with ribbon, lost in Fo
avenue. between Seventeenth and Twenty second strs
Twenty sect nd street.
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II black enamel in Amity street stage, or going f
broadway to LIE Boutiliers store in Canal street. In tho
The finder win receive liberal reward by leaving at No
Fou treet
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any advantage it eight in the open feld and they
the second line Of the M,lako works being closed ali
round was now turned rgainst them.
According to the accounts of prisoners imme datey
after 1t became clear that the Russians had chance
retakiDg the MalakoH the order for evacuatng the
whole south side was given although the musketry was
vanced into the suburb Of Karabenaia they s found
the Russians who had betaken themselves t. the ruined
houses in vain attempt to hold out and numbers Of
their dead were lying in the interior.
AN ALLIED DESCRIPTION OF THE MALARorr.
The Malakou consists Of two entirely distinct works
the original Round Tower of which only the oundran
gular base remains on which the telegraph is already
busy In the last days of the siege it mounted no guns
II served only magazine and observatory In front Of
II round bastion, following the lines of the old tower
Everything which military engineering can devise for
defence has been applied in the approved manner
The ditch cut in the rock which lies nearly on the
face not reverted, but cut in angle and Is
from fifteen to twenty feet in depth. the other side
Of II the colossal parapethrec gabons placed one
ufon the other and the top protected by several Of
%ndoass, The interior, which, contrary to what was
the exterior The ground has been sopei that from
eight to ten steps formed OF fascines are required
ascend IT, The guns and gunners protected by the
strong mantlets Of ropes which had been likewise
observed NJ the enbrasures Of the amelon The ira
verses are made into so many bomproots and magazines
the body ofhem Is cut the rock and rooted in with tim
Der Of the strongest kind evidently pieces Of ass taken
from the arsenal and the ships many Of them have
still the paint upon them. This roof Is protected like the
parapet three Of gabions one above the other
and quantity ~ earth. How safe they made them you
may imagine, when you hear that the powder magazine
was most prominent object which often excised the
curiosity OF gunners but ped the slightest injury
Besides the regular traverses there likewise bomb
proof shelters on both sides Of the guns for the gunner.
that they could at moment escape shot and she'll
Besides the height Of the parape Is such that only very
rarely guns could touch theirs and the number
dismouDted guns elIousy small in comparison
with the heavy BON bsrdments they had TO stand. The
second line oval without any angles II Is closed
all sides with two entrancesoue towards the front
and the other towards the suburb. Tho first line Is
side connected with the Great and the other with
the title Redan. The suburb IL nearly entirely des
troyeda the roofs knocked In aud doors aud windows
gone.
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ISUREKAi EURERAl-FORD's EUREKA sHr
~ universally worn bv the citizens OF ne United ses
by the arstocracy gentry merchants trsdcsmen aIpc
Scnerallv III Europe hc British colonies India and Ga
being unrtvniisd for SIS superiority Of IT. work. pain
durabiitv Manu- fsctured and sold only BY w. r. ND.
RroadWay Shirts and collars made 70 order.
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OFFICE OF THE CuIEF OF Police, OCT 0, Isl
~ Owners wanted at the Police Court Mayors Office
INC onowhs propery, snphostuio nave bsen soien:-f
two silk scarfs, one small remnant OF silk, three silver
spoons silver forks pair plated candlestcks
silver fish knife, gold watch aud two chains gold
e gold brooch, three silver 6gree retcules chids
clasp and chain one brcaspin copy Of Byron,
card case, pearl paper folcer, one revolver,
knife brocha shawl six linen pillow cases. also the
District Poli,e Court tombs, Centre street) plaid
blankets black coat lot Of school books.
GEO. w. MAISEII., Chief OF Poll,
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Keep Cool.

Those calm and rational observations 10 " take
il cooly, and "Bcver cry for spilled milk,r are
very good till they needed. They are extreme
" sautary before the fever kindles or the milk Is
spilled; but in the presence fpain, or on the ad-
vent of disaster, TO all but those who arc gifted
with foriitude by nature or have been disciplined
in the school Of aflliction they are about ns effect
ual as whistling in the teeth Of noi'wester.
Their utter Impotence in the storm Of passion
reminds me of the directions given by good New
EDgland deacon 20 his choeric son:
Whenever you feel your dander rising.r said
he, be sure to say the Lords PRAYER, INV son. or
else the alphabet clean through, and long before
you get TO the end ont, you'll be as cool as a cu
cumber or an iceberg. Promise me faithfully, my
son."
" Yes, daddy, promise"
or trudged Jonathan TO school, carrying his
bread and meat, with small bottle OF moiasses in
his jacket pocket and his late firm promise upper
most In his mind.
A boy who bore him an old grudgo met him,
and, alter calling him the "young deacon" and
other scurrilous nicknanes, caught him OF his
guard, and threw him TO the ground, teari g his
Jacket and breaking his molasses bottle.
Now, Il is said by ccnsorious Southerners that n
Yankee will take great many hard names with
the patience of martyr; his spirit is word proof
but tear his clothes or cheat his belly and he will
6ght to the knife.
Up Jumped Jonathan, bis eyes wolfsh, and lis
lips white with rage But there was an oath IN
heaven" and he did not forget it, 50 he proceed
ed to swallow his alphabetical pills--an antidote
TO wrath not mentioned in the Regimen Saiter.
nitanum," nor recognised by the British College.
A, b, C-you've torcd my jacket-D, y, r
you've split my lasses--G, II, j, J, K-you're a
'tarnal rascal-L, NJ n, o, p, Q-lii larn you bet.
Ter manners, you scamp, your, s, r. u, V-Iu
sple yer picrer, You old wall cyci-w, X,Y.Z.
aa,Persand-now III pound yer nsides out Of you
you cncroachin' william I"
And with that Jonathan, whose passion had
been mounting alphabetically through al his IA
theirs prescriptions Of yowels and consonants
caught the young scapegrace, and throwing him
down, was proceeding to work or each Of the dca-
cons twentysx antrrascible pills in the shape az
dozen hearty fsticuns, which might, perhaps.
have brought the poor fellow to the ome "a of lis
days, had not the timely approach Of a passenger
interrupted the manpulations. SO much for rules
to control the PASSIONS -KniekcrJoeker.
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How Jed Missed Ii.


io'c you, huOfe you
But I'm talking in my sleep.'
Some folks are in the habit of talking IN their
sleep, and Miss Betsey Wilson was of the number
rms pecuiiarity she accidentally revealed to Jeliah
jenkins IN a careless conversational way .Jedish
had Just finished the recital of matrimonial dream
IN which the young lady and himself figured as
nero AM heroine, he having invented the same for
the sake OF saying at the conclusion that IL s.wus
too good TO beStrue," and thus by speaking in nar
ables, assuring the damsel of what he dared not
speak plainly. NJ
II never dream" said Betsy, shut some.
know in my sleep"
" You don't say sol"
" Yes; can never have secret from mother.
IL she wants to know anything she pumps me after
I've gone to bed, and answer her questions as
honestly as II my life depended on it. That was
the reason wouldn't go to ride the other night.
knew she would find it Quit is awful provo
king" f'NsS
Some days after this, Jed called at the house
and, entering the parlor unannounced found that
Miss Betsey, probably overcome by the heat OF the
weather, had fallen asleep on the sofa
Now jed, as the reader has surrnised had long
lelt an overweening Partially for the young lady,
and yearned TO know If IL was returned; but
though possessed of sufficient courage to mount
the imminent deadly breachn-or breaches
(connubal ones, we mean,) he could not muster
spunk enough to inquire into the state of her heart
But he now bethought himself of her confessed
somnambulic loquacity, and felt that the time 10
ascertain bis fate bad come. Approaching the
sofa he whispered f
Ny dearest Betsey, tell, OIL tell me, the OBJ
ject Of your fondest affections"
The fair sleeper gave faint sigh, and respond
ed---"l lovc--let me think-lh here you mich. have
heard the beating Of Jeds heart through thick
WALL love heaven, my country, and baked beans |;
but IT have one passion above all Others Il is for
roast onions" 3
The indignant lover didn't wake her, but sloped
at once, a sadder, but not wiser man." At last
accounts, Jed was shining up" to another young
lady 'tEfo
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NUMBER 295.
From the Knickerbocker Magazine.
Cater Boots.

by ROBIN RATTLEBRAIN, A. NJ.
OF dainty FOOT
.! gaiter boot!
To piety you're shockingl
| only know
Of one thing worse,
And that's snow-white stocking
So neat and clean, 3as
Together seen,
Fen Stoic's must agree
To you To vote
What Gray once wrote,
A handsome L-E-Gl
The lasting theme .
Ofmidnight dream,
The very s0at of song;
Man wants you little
Here below,
And never wants you longl
BY Plato ne'er
Sent tripping here;
by Pluto rather given,
ia To lead poor man
An easy planl
10 any place but Heaven!
Yet still vow ~ s,r
There's magic now
About nwoman's foot,
And cunning was
The wizard hand
That made gaiter boot!
For while the knave
The CATERS gave,
10 mortals to ensnare them,
Mankind he hoaxd, .a
a And even coaxed
The angels down to wear them!
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ONO ELEcTIoSs.-The Cincinnati Gazette Of
Monday reports net majority for Chase in eighty
counties Of 90 o46l, with nine counties to be heard
from.
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LOOK HEREf

LOOK HEREt
MORE Bounty Land to all who served
I'VE in any war, since 1890, whether as officers,
soldiers, sailors, marines, landsmen. ohaplans,
clerks, Indians, wagon-masers, teamsters, Tor their
widows, or minor children, )who have not yet received
full 100 acres and who have been in service "a days
viii do well to write to us post paid, and their Land
Warrant will be sent TO them, and charge, If not
obtained.
Address, OF call on
LLOYD a CO., Claim Agents.
Opposite The Treasury, Washington, b. @.
mar T-0
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GroRoE D. PRENTICE, Esq, Of Kentucky, Is in
New York, and il is expected he win speak at the
American Ratification Meeting this evening.
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The story that Poole, tho Arkansas gold dis
coverer, had been hung, turns ont to be another
humbug. He, in company with his brother and
another man, has started again on the gold hunt.
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SNUFF AND TOBACCO.
PETER LORILLARD,

No. 40, Chatham Street, Nep York,
Successor of Peter George Lorllard offers for sale
all kinds OF Snuff ssd Tobaccos in general use.
For particulars, a Price Current can be obtained
by addressing as above.
This Establishment one Of the Oldest Of the kind
in the United States. feb 8-d1y
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wTO CONSUMERS. al
"FUEL FOR THE WINTER

"OUSEkEEPERSa and others, who con-
NJ template laying in their supplies OF fuel for
the winter would do well TO give me a call, as have
now on hand, and viii be receiving during the fall
some Of the best kinds of white ash and red ash
Goals 70 be found in the Philadelphia market
All the various sizes prepared in the best manner
Always on hand, Cumberland Coal, in Jumps and
fine, suitable for family and manufacturing purposes
Also, oak, pine, and hickory Wood.
All Of which will be sold Glow for the cash, IN
quantities 10 suit purchasers
Full weight and measure guaranteed and promptly
delivered in any part OF the city, az paid for when
ordered. w STONE.
Office and Yard east side Of Seventh street
Adjoining south side of the Canal
N. B. reduction always made in the price Of
Ceal when delivered from the vessels, as saving in
hauling is thereby effected. w.
auQ 2@3m
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Against the insidious wiles Of foreign influence
conjure You 70 believe me- fellow citixens the jeal-
ossy Of free people ought to be constantly awake
since history and experience prove that foreign in
Huence is one Of the most baneful foes Of republican
government."-- Washington.
"I hope we may find some means, In future, Of
shielding ourselves from foreign influence political
commercia or in whatever form it may be attempted.
can scarcely withhold myself from joining in the
wish Of Silas Dean-s that there ocean Of fre
between this and the old world, "-,Jeferso
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Amanuensis, Copyist, and General Scribe,
Orders left At the Empire Hotel" win meet with
prompt attention, feb IA
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