The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1855-02-14

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The American Organ, Of the 18th ult., q de
funct German abolition paper published i
Washington City, was recently resuscitated b.
the aid Of government advertising, furnished
by colonel Forney, on condition that it SHOULD
oppose know nothingism-that said paper re
ceived the advertisements profered to it ant
had &4extras'' struck off at the Washington Uni
II oil Office, where the same advertisements ha'
been published-that the said German pape
distributed these extras printed at Tie Uniol
office and preached abolitionism, and heape'
abuse upon the know nothings and every thin!
that wore an American character. The test
4 monyr in proof Of these developments is give'
Il by a witness, whom the Organ represents as
gentleman wellknown in Washington, has Ions
II been a resident there and his characterize trutl
and ~veracity will not be denied by any man whe
knows him-the Union, president Pierce's or
gan. dare not deny this statement. This gen
u tlcrnen says: after the Demokrat had died, thu
editor told me he had bargained with Mr.. Flor
enec, Mr.. Forney, and the president, to revive
Ibis paper On the following conditions: he wa:
'to write against the know nothings, and aftel
discussion, It was decided, that he might con.
tinue anti-slaYery sentiments. The party, o.
IForney, was to give him government advertise.
ments enough TO sustain the paper until congress
met, and then money would be raised to con
tinue bis paper; and he was employed intrans-
llating documents into foreign languages, to be
Stereotyped for the next presidential campaign.
This is what the editor told me. Now all
know about the bargain is this: / saw a letter,
dated Philadelphia, from Mr.. Florence to the
editor Of the Demokrat, saying that be had not
been able to sec Forney, although he was then
Ill Philadelphia, to get an order for the adver-
tiscments, but would see him soon. a few
weeks after Schmidt, (the editor Of the Demo
KRAFT, got an advertisement, making FIVE col
umrs Of the Union newspaper, coming to some
seven Of eight hundred dollars. He had it
printed as an extra at the office Of the Union.
Ii cost him S48, leaving the balance profit. I
saw Forney's check for $3.50, less s48, the Or
der the editor had given for his printing
(Thesc figures were in pencil mark on the mar
GIN Schmidt told James your clerk thathe
had got $500, and | saw the marshal hand
another draft payable to F. Schmidt, and had it
passed to Amos Kendall,s account in the bank
of Washington. We'll, this editor printed two
numbers Of his paper and stopped again.
From all this it would appear that the Pierce
administration has been d%eyoting the money Of
the general government towards paying q Ger
man editor to abuse and villify native Ameri-
cans, and it is the first and only instance on re-
cord Of the peoples money being used to pay
a foreigner for Safeguarding and abusing the
people themselves.
The administration party is preparing for
thc next presidential canvass, and its leaders
are even now working the wires. The Wash
3ngton Sentinel contains aleader headed sssena-
Eor Douglas and the presidency" which after
stating that the "young giant has been much
spoken ofin connexion with ts.e office of presi-
dent, says, 'sfrom our intimate acquaintance
and political associations with Judge Douglas,
however, we feel justified in stating that he
neither desires nor would he receive the nomi-
ration for the next term Of the presidency
The Sentinel further states, in the same arti-
Gle. its centre conviction that Judge Douglas,
under no circumstances, will accept the nomi-
nation for the presidency We suppose that
the Piercites are trying to throw the s'little 81
ant overheard; or perhaps he is aware Of the
fact that there is not sufficient vitality left il
}soi-disant democratic party TO elect a presi-
d,nts, and is therefore fearful Of risking his for
u mes on board Of such an unseaworthy, crank
dIdeserted hulk as the Baltimore Platform
hasjproved to be.
The Washington correspondent of the Plea
says that, it is now settled in Washing
ton that Mr.. Douglas will not be a candidate
for The next presidency. Young America has
forsh|ken him, and he retires disguised, 50 far.
at, lIast as the next campaign is concerned
All events %conspire to indicate that Mr.. Pierce
will be in the field for a second heat, but he is
not only to be beaten, but distanced. He
is = broken down horse. There is no question
whatever that Mr.. Guthrie intended resigniing
bis I4lace IN the cabinet, and still designs doing
There is trouble in the wigwam.
MODEL FTNANc1ER.-New York has long been
for the subtility and ~.'keenness, Of
Its fAanciers, Of which the following expose
presents q striking example. The matter Of the
Empire City bank came before the supreme
court in New York, on tie 24th ult., on the pro-
position " appoint a receiver to take its affairs
out OF the hands Of its assignees, which were
appointed BY the directors. Mr.. Beninger, the
president Of the bank, on oath, could not tell
what the assets were, or what they amounted
to. Tshe books showed some S443,o0 bills
receivable, but after deducting bad debs, there
mig III be only $4,000. In reply 10 the court
he SAP he did not know why he was chosen
presldfntof the bank. It might have been be-
cause The lived in the neiphborhood. The ;,,dna