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death Of George Washington Parke Gusts. Of
Arlington.

The venerable Mr.. Gusts, of Arlington. died
at his residence, in Alexandra county. Va. ON
Saturday last. The whole country knew him.
and his patriotism will long be remembered
Closely allied to the Washington family fond
of calling himself the child of Mount Vernon.
he was never SO much in his element as when
hewas talking or writing of the great chief and
the men and times of the Revolution. He had
been fondled on the knee of the Father of his
Country, and received from him the kindness
OF parent. he repaid that care and affection
with ]ilial devotion, and to the day of his death
all the recollections of his life centred round or
radisted from the time he was one of Washing
tons family. He lived to q good old age,
lseventy seven years. retaining his mental
faculties to the last. His funeral will take
place tomorrow, at twelve, noon, at Arlington.
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hers, as they were of cedar, of which wood the
Briton was constructed. But q singular cir
cumsfance noticed vas, that these timbers lie
about 500 feet from the present shore, and it ID
supposed that the land has made out that dis
lance into the sea during the twenty years
since the wreck occurred. This would appear
to be satisfactory evidence that the island ID
extending its imits. Pieces of ship timber
were found strewed along the shore, for a dis
lance OF more than forty miles"
The island abounds with salt. Fish IKE her
ring were found in quantities upon the shores
of the inland lake, and in an excellent state Of
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as standard Of value. Prices will be more
moderate. The rage for speculation win have
abated. Business will proceed on a more legit-
innate basis. There will be general effort on
the part of the People to live within their
means-and, as we have to-day all the real
wealth we had before the crisis, and there is
more gold and silver in the country than ever
before, we shall all be prosperous once more.
But, those conveniences and curses, Banks of
Circulation, will continue to exist, and the same
causes which have brought on the present ago.
ny, viii reproduce it again, sooner or later.
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PENNSYLVANIA BANETNG.-Ion the Washing.
ton correspondent of the Baltimore Sun. saws
" All eyes are turned with intense interest to
the proceedings OF the Legislature Of Pennsyl-
vsnia, in relation to the contemplated measures
for the relief of the banks Of that State. 1t is
true that Pennsylvania is not the keystone of
the financial system OF the country, and that the
city OF Philadelphia is no longer what the Uni
ted States Bank had made 1.-THE financial
centre of the country. Still that great State
holds such financial and political relations to
the rest of the Union, and has had an expert
ence so large and for so long a time in the
banking system, local and national that her
example will be of very great and almost pre-
dominant influence in the country on the cues
ton about TO be considered by her Legislature
The banks of Pennsylvania must either 90
into liquidation, or they must accept such terms
of relief as the Legislature may offer. Per.
haps, as has been suggested, these terms may
be too oneroos, and in that case the banks may
prefer the alternative of liquidation. For some
OF them there is very little hope, except from
most liberal terms from the Legislature"
The class Of banks alluded to in the last sen
tence of the above quotation ought to liquidate.
Why should the Legislature step in to save a
rotten banking institution, any more than a
bankrupt private business firm? We see occa.
sional predictions that the New York banks
will suspend. They cannot do it. The Consti-
tuition forbids Legislature from doing what is
asked of the Pennsylvania Legislature; and
when New York bank suspends, it goes at
once into the hands of the State Receiver, who
sells its stocks, and redeems its notes.
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The WEsT.-The following paragraph from
an exchange is encouraging:

1HE WEsT.-Ihe following paragraph from
an exchange is encouraging:
"An intelligent and wellinformed gentleman
from Chicago informs the New York CONNER
cidt that the West was never In a sounder CON.
dition than at present, or better able to ioui
date In full its Indebtedness to the East. The
agricultural interest, the foundation of all pros
perity, is remarkably strong, and farmers hold
largely OF produce, which they have the ability
to keep over TIL another season, if they cannot
obtain fair terms at the present time. During
the present year, at least one-thifd more land
has been broken up than YVES planted the pre-.
vious year, and all has been more thoroughly
cultivated. The crops this season will be, in
the aggregate, nearly double those of the last.
Wheat oats, and potatoes, fully go, and corn
about nifty per cent increase. Pork will not be
sent forward in as large quantities. Beef has
been raised to a larger amount, but not 40
much packed, the farmers generally preferrinp
to fatten for the next spring trade"
There is great trouble in making this real
wealth Immediately available, but we feel con-
fdent that Western produce will move East
ward, in spite of the disarranged finances.
Shippers and carriers certainly had better take
their toll out of the wheat and corn thew carry.
rather than go without business; and the race
of purchasers, if without specie, must 90 on
tick for while. Should the Western farmers
retain their produce till after navigation closes
they will not get one half the present prices.
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VOL. XII.
WASHINGTON ITEMS.

}. Madison Cuts, father-in-law of Senator
Douglas, has been promoted to the ComptroI.
lership of the Treasury.
In reply to an inquiry made at the Genera,
Land Office, whether tract of land ilegallv
sold was subject to presumption, the Actipg
Commissioner replied, that it is not pre-. emnf
BILE whilst covered by an actual sale; and
though the sale should be declared invalid. the
land cannot be entered until subsequent to it,
restoration to the market, after at least tbir,r
days public notice.
Instructions have been sent out TO the GOV,
manders of vessels of the home squadron to in.
tercept any armed parties designing to invade
Central America.
The New York Herald has a letter. dated
Calcutta, August 10th, which says that Luck.
now, the capital city of Dude, has fallen; al
the Europeans have been massaered by Nena.
jee Sahib; and the relief force under General
Havelock has been obliged to fall back upon
Cawnpore, terribly decimated by the cholera
This letter was received ria Liverpool, BY tbs
steamer City OF Washington, but the Niagara.
three days later, makes no mention Of any such
news.
Messrs. Pairo & Nourse, the suspended
bankers of Washington, have issued card 70
their creditors, in which they set down the total
amount of their assets at $48O,438.gG Tb;,
sum they believe will realize $4l3, 1881, while
their liabilities of every bind, including inter.
est, are only $l95, 833.3 SO, leaving surplus Of
$2l7,G20.43. Among their assets are land
warrants, INDICATED, Sl,523.lO, and land war.
rants located on time, $2I63O.75. They as.
sure creditors that every effort will be made 10
realize and distribute the assets as fast a. the
deranged state Of the finances Of the country
will admit.
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The Unadilla Times is responsible for the
subjoined grasshopper story:
by letter from Kansas, we are informed
that on the 18th of August last, at > p. ~.
cloud of singular yellowish appearance arose
iii the north, near the village of Manhattar.
and soon the storm burst upon the inhabitaul.
1t was neither rain, hail, nor snow, but grass
hoppers, and in about ten minutes the ground
was covered with them. They came in drove..
and struck the houses ike large hail-stones
Soon the ground was strewn with corn-leayes
and ears, some of which, two inches through.
were eaten off half their length, some with the
husks and corn trimmed as with knife, leav-
ing the bare cob standing. Two and a hall
acres of buekwheat, three acres of turnps.
watermelons, and all vines on which they fed
were eaten up, except those on the south side
OF piece of milet. In fact, they cleared out
every crop except sugar cane. There was a
field of sugar cane, with corn on both sides Of
1t the corn was taken, and the cane left. The
grasshoppers remained at Manhattan forty.
eight hours, and seemed TO be travelling south.
stopping there to feed. When they left. they
passed over Ogden, high in the air, and did
not descend. The cloud seemed to be abou.
ten miles wide"
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IA An American lady of the name of Trail
away, while recently ascending Mont Blanc,
lost her foothold, and was precipitated down a
precipice of several hundred feet and instantly
killed. Her body was not recovered.
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ANOTHER SHIPwREcK.-The barque Jerome
Knight foundered at sea off the coast cf North
Carolina, on the 23d ult. The captain, his wife,
and two children, one of the latter but nine
weeks old, and seven of the crew, dashed them
selves to the rigging, where they remained FIVE
days and nights, without water or food, and
were finally rescued from their fearful position.
The wife of the captain saved herself and chill
dren By her own heroism for, at midnight, 3
Tremendous sea completely filed the cabin in
which they were sleeping, and by her resolute
and almost superhuman exertions herself and
children were got on deck alive. Such Incl
dents in fiction would be criticized as unnatu.
raj; while in actual life they pass by with little
notice.
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Crimean TrnnhiAs.

:. The ship Panthea, at Montreal, is at present
discharging q number of those monster guns
that played with such terrible effect on the al
hed armies OF England and France, from the
batteries OF Sebsstopol. These guns are sent
70 canada BY the British Government, to be
their liberal subscriptions to the patriotic fund
during the Crimean war. The largest of these
guns are about twelve feet long, and weigh So
cWt, and their bore from four to six inches.
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DIsAFFEcTIoS.-The Irish voters of Leaven
worth, Kansas, held a meeting before the late
election, and agreed to repudiate the National
Democracy. The reason assigned was, the dis
franchisement by the bogus Democratic Legis
lature of all foreigners, ard because Law
passed by the same bogus Legislators makes il
fine to kidnap a white baby, and death to
kidnaP negro baby The Irish could not
stand such Democracy as this, and left It
We presume, if these gentlemen will subscribe
to Mr.. MitchePs new Irish Pro-Slavery Jour
nal, he viii show them how genuine Democra.
cy is consistent with negr4stealing-the differ
ence between crushing an frishman and an AZ
rican, though he may not satisfy them with re.
gard to the Observation-Disclosures act.
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GEN. Pillow AGAIN.-This gallant General
has written second letter in regard to some o.
the secrets of the Mexican war. The mos
startling statement of his first letter was this
that Gen. Scott and Mr.. Trist bribed their way
into the city of Mexico, by paying Santa Anna
$4,000 cash, and promising to pay $3.50, OOC
more. Several gentlemen connected with the
Army and Government have denied the truth
of this statement, and among them Gen. Scott
himself But in this second letter Gen. Pillow
reiterates his former allegations in the follow.
ing language:
when l reached the headquarters of the
Army at Puebla, l was invited to conference
with Mr.. Trist. On my arrival at his quarters,
| found Gen. Scott there. Mr.. Trist informed
me that he had opened negotiations with Santa
Anna, and had pretty well agreed upon the
preliminaries of negotiations of peace. By
these terms, Santa Anna was to be paid, cash
IN hand, as earnest money, $4,000, and our
army was to march to the valley of Mexico and
fight battle before the city. If we ICON, an
armistice was to be granted, and commissioners
appointed to treat for peace. When peace
should be concluded, Santa Anna was to re-
ceive $1,000,000 more.
Mr.. Trist further informed me that these
terms had been agreed to, but it was an open
question whether Santa Anna or Gen. Scott
(sfter the battle was fought) should take the
initiative, and send the flag of truce, preparato-
~ to the armistice-Santa Anna insisting that
Gen. Scott should send the flag, but Gen. Scott
insisting, if he won the battle, Santa Anna
should do so. He further said Gen. Scott had
furnished him the money, and that he had paid
the $4,000 required to be paid in advance
and that Gen. Scott had the means in the dis
bursting department of the army, or could raise
the means Of paying the million to be paid at
the conclusion of the negotiations. He also
said he had invited me TO the conference in
pursuance of the order of the President, and
desired my approval of the terms"
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SOUTHERN FILTBUsTERING.-It seems that re-
cruitirg is going on in the South for the new
invasion of Central America. Fifteen or TWEEN
ty recruits left Vicksburg recently for New Or
leans, the rendezvous of the new army. An
exchange says:
" The San Antonio Herald also announces
that regiment of Texas rangers is organizing
for similar purpose, under the command OF
Col. John P. Waters, seconded by Capt Henry
and Colonel Crawford. This regiment will con-
centrate at Galveston, and embark from that
port for such destination as Gen. Walker may
direct. Those are the first instalments of the
new force whose enrolment has been publicly
announced. From this information, and from
hints thrown out from time totime in Southern
journals which sympathize with the movements
against Nicaragua, we are led TO believe that
the work of recruiting for new filibustering
expedition is going forward, actively but quiet.
ly, throughout the Southern States The indi-
cations are suspicious, to say the least"
The Capt. Henry mentioned above is Sheriff
of the county in which he resides, and he an.
nounces that his absence will be Temporary"
So We suppose the work of subjugating Nicara-
qua will be speedy one, that the Sheriff may
return to his duties in Texas
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WASHINGTON. D. C.
THURSDAY, OCTOBER Is, 1857.

f6r The Office Of the National Era is re-
moved to the newly-erected Republican Build
ing" corner of Indiana avenue and Second
street.
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Death of Bon. w. P. Fessenden.

Portland, Oct. ll.-Hon. William Pitt Fes-
sender died in this city last evening, after an
illness of three days duration.
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Failure Of charlesta n Bank.

AUGUSTA, Oct. l2.-The Southwestern Rail.
road Bank and the Bank Of South Carolina. To-
Gated at Charleston, have failed. There was
quite run on all the banks of Charleston to.
dAY,
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BY The Administrationists are completely
successful in Georgia. Mr.. Stephens's majority
for Congress is ,257; Mr. Jackson's, 1000.
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b. Andrew johnson, of Tennessee. has
been elected to succeed Mr.. Jones in the United
States Senate.
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BV There are six men in Providence (R. l.
who pay taxes on over half million of dollars
each
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Ross GROVE, MoSrdoNEEY Co., IA.

Ross GROVE, MONTGOMERY Co., a.,
September l, 1857.
To the Editor Of the National Era:
Ihere was a serious and strange event hap.
pened here on the 9th Of last month. abo1.
10 o'clock A. NJ. The air seemed h he flIs9
with something flying through it, which at fir.
we supposed was cotton, Off of the cottonwoof
tree. But when they came to the ground. we
found they we're grasshoppers, and ever since
the ground has been covered with innumergble
multitudes of those insects. They have taken
the most of the corn-fodder, and are now com.
mencing on the ears of corn; and It is feared
they will destroy the entire crop.
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A CLUE TO THE DEMOCRATIC" TRIUMPH
IN KANSAS.

We extract the subjoined paragraphs from
the Herald Of Freedom, published at Lawrence,
Kansas, dated September &c. The Herald has
so far supported Governor Walker in the Ter
ritory that it has rendered itself obnoxious to a
class of Free State men in Kansas, and it NAV
be considered safe authority upon the subject
it writes upon. 1t says:
"We learn that small parties are coming
into the Territory on all the public highways
from Missouri, and are passing 20 the western
part OF Kansas. On Thursday last, some gen.
tlemen came down from Tecumseh. They re-
port meeting some ten covered wagons on the
route, all filled with men, and all going west,
and none of them loaded with other than bot
ties of bad whisky, small quantity of provis
ions, and camp fixtures.
Parties were coming for a week or ten DAYS
before the election on the Both of March, 1885.
aud their appearance at this time again looks
ominous. If they have come here to interfere
In our franchises, come from where they NAV
we sincerely hope they will never be allowed to
return to their homes alive. They deserve
death as much as would a wolf, who should in.
trude upon poultry yard in the night and
steal away the fowls. There is no crime so
base, and none which deserves such severe pen
alties, as robbing people of the right of self
government"
Here is clue to the Pro-Slavery triumph in
the late election in Kansas, heralded in all the
Administration journals. 1t is, we admit, not
needed, to account for the result. If not a sim
gle Illegal" vote was cast in Kansas last
Monday week, still the dishonest and oppressive
restrictions upon even the six months residents
we're such, and the apportionment of the Terri.
tory SO grossly unfair, that it was impossible
for the will Of the majority of the citizens TO be
heard.
P. S.-The later dispatches from Kansas are
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The CREDIT SYsTEM.-In such times as
these, men are learning wisdom The danger
is, that when easy times come again, they viii
forget what they have now learned by expert.
ence. The whole system of long credits in ev-
cry kind of business is wrong. What first.
class journal would now return TO the cid plan
of publishing on the credit system Other
kinds of business need the same change from
credit to cash payments. Says the PbiladeL-
phiG Journal:
If retailers did not sell on credit, but re-.
CURED their customers to pay cash down, or at
the end OF the week, people would never buy
beyond their means retailers would never break
and the whole machinery of trade would stand
on solid foundation. In this respect the
American People, unlike the English, French.
German, or Chinese, who deal for cash in all
transactions for private use. A failure of the
grain harvest, or war, is far less evil TO
those nations than to the United States: and
in consequence of this unsound credit system.
our industrious laborers and our stanchest
merchants suffer terribly every few years.
In January, 1856, an earnest effort was
made, on the part Of some leading commission
houses, TO shorten credits The harvest Of
1855 had been deficient, and railroad specuIa.
tons ragged through the West. To shorten sail
and collect their debts was the counsel of com.
mon sense; yet it was bindly disregarded
The largest time was granted to the Western
retailer, and the most extended credit was
sought, to sustain false and treacherous sys.
TEN.
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q. DARDES, aloue, is authorized 70 ne the namo o.
- the drm Ia closing ln any business De- n
Eaid drm. iDuu15I uAkUkN. TURNER q 90
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Whole TieEaia sl--HaIvea = eaaTieTa =


Same the Kos q L CubG-With this difsrCn'e
the haVsnz Lottery IS, $40 Numb la Oniy o
there i've shrsls, va,h which pacei
tgo Locks. The Sgperiateudyns have each key
Locks and the whee be Opeued uLes boih pre-
sent There are placed n The heel Of nHmbeT uu
combining slips Of pGpur viii tie Humisra No.
- OH0 Ia the whee OF Pr there pa ed In tubes
Containing stis OF paper with The prizes ranging
from IS 0O0tO SlbU
hen the dra wing place. hich will Do 60 puoc ID
wheels unlocked, AMI after revolving hem, number
drawn 81 the Vh el Of uumbegs and the
drawn OF t Pzs 0y BOYS with barred
The snouidrrs aud bindfuldedheI tube slipped
numbeT held up enrolled hat the whole AUDIENCE
number then ca led OF and registered by
the SuperIuteudeuss. The Prize drawn credited The
uEbsr dawn The same time, aud us ali he przs
copy Of Tie drswHg Is then Jhs
printers and AFTER parsOH the Superintendent certify
the cJrrrctusss Of thedawing thes SugeHuoudonts
perform their duIy EiihOul fear or favor.
will be perceived, thai IN this pan ever pdZ. is drawn
out and Of course must get him. drawing Is
every ordering tickets. TIE Prizes pa,abe
thirty days after the drawing, in frl without deduction
II , Drawing takes place every Saturday
III Orders Tickets addressed TO O. h. WINTER, Box
352, Nashville, will be Immediately attended 10.
JAMES r. WINTER,
mar. S7-H Manager, Macon,
u Us
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oF NO. INIOv STREET.
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL
MILLINERY Estab IisI2n1ent,

4 CROOKER is now receiving and opening his Spring
= stock Of Millinery Goods. Merchants AMI Mi liners
viii frd their interest 10 give him call, his srCk
Is superior any kept in the city, As every knows
what 0mpste assortment Of Millinery Goods.
il IL useless Ruumerste articles. Il is enough for his Lady
know thai Croker selected ths and
with the and tastes Of their patrons The
puDc may rel, unoR being honestly dealt with be does
business 10 his name, maTchl--df.
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y virtue Of deed CT trusL executed by s. L. Baitd
~ the gan dsy of April Is5t, shall sell 10 the highest
bidder for Otsh, the zGTH DAT APRTL 1851 the
premises, Tract Of LAM decided tTust By said
Ean by deed Of date ADORE, the lands where said BaiiH
lives, be 4th District of hte county, The Cauey
FORK River hOand on he esi by the lar ct " Cotton
TIE souh by he lands ofj o. Rho les East The
lands Of t Rho les and W. Hutsnn, and the North By
the lands q sst Huison containing 2ls isss,
Acres The term sol sid sal8Nil 1e Ca hand. said
made % the deed Of rrs eNeeuied BIZ the sad
Eaitif TO me shove, Ibis the - 81 Ma'cn, l5l7.
urh7-- avid JESSE FhAA KS. Trustee.
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For Sale

I HEHONEsTE8D OF MATHEW NH SON. ssr,f -.
lais tr1et is Beautifully situated ou The ~ g. e. e.sa
ilahfoad, IL mites trum Nashville, known fo b.
the very Dest hand in RuLl8rflrf c7u-tr l5l acre
goo &c Jar saee ana M tty On cuts vaIuH balance o.
mIted hurricane CreE runs thru Oh TIE sure trTlt
aHolihE ~ Gourcauc3of water drysst ssasoa rh-
re also nuneer % perpsfual SpriHEs uhich mako e a
sefy te able Stuck Fam The coll IS rich euourh a rpaaz
for i.eH, tUd Is sadap.sd 10 me zrovlb on e,ti -
CO, grain gas
me Eemenseonsi't of fame Dwelling win savcn
roons aito1l h3uses complete, gin. sthie efc Th
sqo'toer VII be In Aashsie few weeks, ard uH Iass
poaa N showing ihe premise any nav 1elire o.
Purchas- Terms easy Possession given iulms iatsi7
iebt2-if &, Ii 800