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New-York daily tribune., 1857-10-16

We referred the other day to q defalcation on the
part Of the Secretary Of the American Sunday
School Union, involving an amount, so far - yet
ascertained, Of gee ESQ 90. A "Britf Statement" l"
signed by the Committee on Depositories and FL
nance sets it forth great cause Of cOngratulaton
that there has been no embezzlement or misapprO-
priation of the contributions regularly collected for
the benefit the charity fund ofthe Society but only
abuse Of trust in the business department The char
liable contributions have all been acknowledged in
the periodicals. of the Society and their expenditure
has been duly accounted for in the annual reports
It would seem that as to those receipts and expend
itures there was certain oversight Of the dongs
of the Secretary. He was required to pay over to
the Treasurer the money as he received it, and de-
nands were only paid after being first audited BY
standing Committee aud approved BY the Board.
In the matter of those receipts and expenditures,
TO loss has been experienced. But it seems that
beside the receipt and disbursement of charities,
the Society also carried on a book department.
which was intended to be, and long was, selfsup-
porting. The carrying on Of this business seems to
have been left pretty much at the Secretarys dis
cretion, and among other things, he seems to have
been allowed to issue notes and acceptances with
out any check or control, except their entry, if
he saw fit to entsr them in the books Of the Society.
1t now appears that there are outstanding notes
and scceptances in the Socieys name to the above
mentioned amount Of $4,000, the proceeds of
which never came into the Society's hands,
and Of which the books contain no account
1t is supposed that this operation has been
going on for q number Of years, aud the
amounts thus raised have probably been spent
or lost 10 .ome speculation; but on this subject
very little light has been obtained.
How the Committee can undertake to say, az
they do that this is case of official unfaithfal-
pess (which NO ordinary vigilance could have
prevented or detected" we do not well under
stand. 1t is very true that confidence must be
reIosed somewhere, but that is no reason why an
unlimited power of making notes to bind the So
ciety should have been intrusted, without any check
or oversight to this single officer. What reason
exists why the business department should not
have been subjected to the same oversight with the
charitable department If the fraud, as it would
seem, has been going for years, many notes must
have been paid in the course Of the operation for
which the Society received no consideration, and
which were not entered on their books. Were these
p,yments made through the Treasurer or not and
if not, why mott Before withdrawing the sug-
gestion we formerly made of culpable carelessness
in this matter, We stand in need Of some furtaer
explanations.
New-York daily tribune., 1857-10-16

"What shall do to mitigate the prevailing
distress ard restore the reign of Industry and
Prosperity 7" s q question row in order. Thou
sands are asking it. and millions ought to be. We
apswer:
Pay your debts, to the very utmost of your
ability. Do not make the general collapse an e1-
cuse for needless unfatbfulness to your creditors,
sipee that is to potract the agony aud increase its
desOlstions. II every one who owes debt which
he can pay, were to pay it once, general feeling
of relief would instantly dAfuse itself, which might
ipaugurate the desired reaction. The general pres.
cure is but an aggregation of individual insoven-
ces If the interior would only pay half its debt
to the seabosrd within q month, the black cloud
which envelops US would disappear. And it is ab-
.urd to hope for material Improvement except
through the progress Of general liquidation. He
who waits for an appreciation in the money price Of
property before he will sell and pay bis debts, might
as we'll wait for a competence till his yet unborn
grandchildren shall remember him in their Wills
Prices will appreciate after liquidation, not before
it. If you have money, and owe any one, no mat
ter how much or how little, pay to the last far
thing; if you have no money, sell any thing you can
spare and pay with the proceeds; If you can tura
nothing into ca.h, ask your creditors to take the
beet property you can offer them at moderate
valuation and square accounts. Settle and pay at
some rate resolving never to be so involved again.
IL. DiscounterAnce and refrain from circulating
New-York daily tribune., 1857-10-16

Gov. KING has listened with deep interest to the
Committees from the Banks and Merchants Of our
City, and discussed with them the whole subject
opened by their mission fully and famiiary. He
told them frankly, however, that he regarded with
repuenance an Extra Session of the Legislature,
and wished TO avoid it il possible. He promised
however. to give the subject full sud impartial
coDsideraticn-apd thus they psrtd
Up to this hour, We have no advices that an
Extra Session has been called and we trust none
will be. The experience Of Pennsylvania, whore
the Banks hesitate to accept the Suspension Act
passtd by an unfettered Legislature, and wish no
Extra Setsion bad been held, should not be lost on
our State. TIE Banks have been forced into hu-
milis,ioe position by public misfortunes, for which
thew are DO more responsible than are the great
mass Of the community. They need fo'bearance,
while forbearsuce is needed on the other side. Let
u try 10 live and LET live; and, as we ask no new
legislation to protect against undue rigor on the
part Of the Banks, we zee not why they
may not con6de in US as we do IN them
Besides, the Supreme Court Judges have
gone very far on the side of leni'y, aud we can
hardly rec how the Legislature could safely go fur
ther. Let US treat the present state of things as
exceptional and try to get out Of it so soon as pos
sible. II 10 but ten or eleven weeks till new Leg
issture will assemble, and if any legislative protec
ton il required by the sound banks, il will doubt.
less then be given. That Legislature will come
fresh from the People, and the Members viii be
guided By the wishes Of their constituents Ifpro.
eeedines shah meantime have been taken injurious
New-York daily tribune., 1857-10-16

The steamship Vanderbilt, which arrived at this
port yesterday morni6g with three days later
I'd ,ices from Europe, brought no news OF i'm
portance. Louis Napoleon had left Stuttgart for
France, and the Emperor Of Austria and King OF
Prussia had met at Vienna Napoleon is said TO
be desirous Of having his position recognized by
every European sovereign at personal interview.
The abundance of the harvest in Greece had
induced the Government to authorize the exporta-
tion of grain. Dispatches from China say that the
Court of Pekn will accede to no arrangement with
England. A new complication touching Monte
negro had arisen at Constantinople. Cotton was
STEADY at former quotations, and breadstufs dull.
Consols closed at 90b to 904.
New-York daily tribune., 1857-10-16

Everybody in that select neighborhood wss Rep1b-
lican laterslly ard lopgtudinally. Even the Post
ma,ter. This fixed him. The servitors Of Doug
Ia. regarded with an evil eye this spared monument
Of the Washington clemency, and looked at him
ualirnly over the boundaries of Green Garden
The Postmaster of Joliet, burough sdjseenf
elared with especially indignant orbs. They sought
for Democrat in the Garden upon whom 70 be-
stow the dignities and emoluments OF its Post
Office. They sought, but did not 6nd. Finally, In
sheer desperation, they pitched upon child OF
Caledonia q sort Of amateur Buchananite, who
rould have voted for the present President if the
naturalization laws hsd permitted. But being to
oil ntents and purposes political, sill upon his
native heather" this Scotchman could only talk,
ard could not vote in behalf Of the great Shan n
Democrat. He was not what you may call pol
ished man. He had private deficiencies. To the
art and mystery Of " reading writing he had never
attained. This rare accomplishment, in former
and less civilized times, was believed TO be neces-
sary to the discharge Of postmsgisterial functions
They have changed all that in Illinois The alien
was made postmaster over the Green Gardeners.
Then you may be sure there was town-meetins
in Green Garden. A meeting in the Court House.
meeting, too, that was not only indignant, but
common tensibe. It resolved that it was az.
grieved; but il still further and in more practi
cal spirit, resolved that it would not take letter,
newspaper, dispatch, circular, or other missive, Of
whatsoever, name, kind or character, out Of the
Green Garden Post Office. The Scotchmau was
not the man for its pennies. At any rate, he does
not appear to be in very brilliant position to get
many Of them. The Green Gardeners have decided
that their papers and letters shall c,me to neigh
boring post offce. They have evsn gone to the
length Of employing boy-a nimble and swift
footed gosoon Of Green Gardener-who will here
after bring their mail matter, and carry it from aud
to the selected Office. Hence it is apparent that
the favored Scotchman will not to an Assorian ex
tent enrich bis family by the governmental emolu'
ments appertaining to bis new post. "Au his
mail" says correspondent, "has been taken
away" THE TRIBUNE CLUE Of that neghbOr-
hood will have the satisfaction Of no. paying their
money to him in these hard times. This is less to
be regretted as it will give him the opportunity Of
acquiring (under judicous teacher) fine, rapid
ard easy handwriting.
New-York daily tribune., 1857-10-16

Mystery of my steries, al 10 mystery. But Of all
the mysterious mysteries Of mystery, there is none
like that of dueGng. Some people are hOored by
Comic Sections. Others succumb to the Kantian
Philosophy. Many yield to the gyroscOpe. Our
Sphinx is the monomachy. Mind, we do not mean
the actual rencounters. When two fools stand face
to face, with fool acting as second behind each,
and propel eaden bullets at each other, We dimly
comprehend the net purpOrt and upsaot Of the
affair. 1t is the diplomatizing and the correspond
ing, and the apoloeizing and the nOn-apologiziug,
ard the being satisfied and the not being satisfied
in short, the whole cOnfounded preatiquette of the
single combas-which 6lls as with admirable bewil-
derment 1t is fortunate for this not over populous
country that there is rather more parley and script
about fighting than fighting t,elf. Bob Acres him
self would have liked our bloodess way Of doing
the thing, and Sir Lucius OTrgser would have
here found it next to impossible to get his principal
into the field.
We have already referred to the combat in one
d the streets Of Knoxville, Tennessee, between
Editor Fleming and Patriot John Mitchell. Our
readers know thai it is atill in doubt whether the
newspaper man beat the son Of Erin, or whether
The valiant Hbernian did to BROWNIES the knight OF
the quill. There has been long correspondence
to which we may allude, not by way Of elucidsting
matters, for ten Drummond lights would not do
that but in order that our readers may have al the
facts.
Three letters are now before US, of the contents
of which we offer the following summary:
Letter I. is from John Mitchell, esq, to. Joseph
A. Mabry, esQ. John begs Joseph to call upon
Fleming, and to say that he (the said John)
is quite ready to meet him. "You can suggsst to
him." says John darkly, "that Georgia is not far
off,
Letter ii. is from Joseph A. Mabry, esq to John
Mitchell, esq. "Dont notice him any further, my
dear Mitchell" says j. A. NJ. to J. N. at would
be too great condescension," quOth the friendly
and punctiliOus J. A. n.
Letter III. is from the same TO the same. The
friend has revised bis judgment. He has taken
pity upon the dishonored Fleming. He has con-
cluded to vouchsafe to him the opportunity Of being
winged by an Irish Patriot Come out if you
please, aDd be shot," ssid Mr.. Mabry to Mr.
Fleming. But the person thus courteously and
kindly invited declared that he "wss satisfied
Now the point on which we are left in condi
tion Of the most tenebrious obfuscstiOn is this:
What satisfied Fleming Here he was but yester.
day with a stomach yearning for a great revenge
and vOwiDg bis entire willingness to meet Mitchell
any where; and to day be Is satisfied blood
thirstiDess quenched-his appetite for slaughter
sa.iated. And there is pair of replete gentlemen,
too. Mitchell is also "satisfed." The content Of
both is measureless. So is ours. Only, we shoah
Ike to know what satisfied this brace of bullies
New-York daily tribune., 1857-10-16

There are not many ways BY which the people
can circumyent the intermeddEug espionage of the
Ciramlocutien Office at Washington, established
for promoting the NON. circulation Of newspaper
Sometimes, however, a peculiar locality confers
special advantages, GREEN GARDEN, Ill. How
many Of our readers know where that isl Yet We
tell them, for all that, that Green Garden Ill, has
rothiDg green about it except its name. The
Green Gardeners, to . man, voted for Fremont and
Dayton. And, be sure, they would have done it to
woman and child too, only the laws prevented.
New-York daily tribune., 1857-10-16
70 the Associated Press.

70 the Associated Press -
WAsHISGros, Thursday, Oct Is. 1857.
The Secretary of the Interior has directed insruc.
tons to be issued to the Superintendent Of Indian A.
fairs at St. Louis, and to the Agents, to proceed S
with to remove all intruders upon the Delsvsy II.
diaIs reserve in Kansas. The War Depstnsat hes
been requested to issue the necessary narctoss 70
the commanding officers Of the troops that Tern.
tory, and it is expected that they will BE- prepared =
cooperate with the Agent Of the Indian OHce BY The
lime their services viii become necessary. Secretary
Thompson says the integrity of the Indian Territory
must, at all hazards, be preserved.
The amount of U 8. Stock redeemed at the Trsss-
urv TO-DAY was s26,555. This, probably, closss q
he transactions in that line for the present.
New-York daily tribune., 1857-10-16
OHIO ELECTION.

GIScISSaTI. Thursday, Oct. Is, 1867
Highland County-4O0 majority for Payne.
Brown County "A towns 10 hear from)-40 k
Payne.
Athens County 500 for Chase.
Clark County-s5O for Chsse. ....F
In fifty counties Chase loses 1900, a. compared with
Fremont's vote. Both parties claim the Ststs by q
small majority. t@
CLEyELAsD, Ohio, Thursday Oct. Is, 1857. .
Sixty-two counties in the State have bsss hoard
from, showing Democratic gain of 1851. rss
Democrats claim the State by a small majority, but
their gains are not large enough to make il certain.
New-York daily tribune., 1857-10-16
"a A. rS;scx of Tk n. Y. TrbEss.

70 ne EIi,s, II The n T. TreES
SIR: Your article in this mornings TRrsrxs
mercantile credit has called forth consider.b, -
sion ard think you are misunderstood By Ao,s ~.
claim that you are opposed TO credtng the usrcA,.s
who sells 10 retailer upon credit. VIII voc p,ssss ~
psin whether you are opposed 10 retailers buvss,
goods upon credit In other words, should ths "I
credit al jO5bers that sell the retailer upm csdii
Ne-s York, Oct. H. 1857. hEReHANf1
An,re,.-we believe that for GriuneH & N..
turn, for instance, to credit Spoforl & TlA,
ton, If they see ft, upon their personal knowisar
of the integrity and solvency of the latter house,
legitimate and proper procedure; bat for Bcwa
& McNsmee, for example, to sell goods On credit b
Tom. Dick and Harry, in Iowa, Nebraska, Mime.
so.s and Texas, on the strength Of letters Of recon
nendation nd the ports Of the Mercantile Aga.
cies, is to incur extreme hazard and invoke abssas
ruin. And we think no hosAe that does engage d
jobbing goods to average retailers fr distant Sahs
and Territories, as aforesaid, can be fairly tstI1
to credit from importers and manu- a,turers, n
their agents. They mag pay--ns majority ofcass,
perhaps, they do pay; bat the risk Of giving sudl
credits to distant retailers ia 80 great that no pm.
dent, sagacious capitalist viii underwrte il b. 4.
tending credit to the jobber engaged in msl 1
trade. Such is our deliberate judgment, bssed a
years Of at least impartial observation. We have
talked against this sort of mercantile credits, st 10.
terval,, for years; but "A Merchant has probably
supposed US not serious. We assure him that We
were in very decided earnest all along. led.
New-York daily tribune., 1857-10-16

to sry souna baEk. tie Legislature ms7 arrest
them. Let us be patient, therefore. until the new
Legislature sba!l meet on the frat Tuesday In Jsnu
ap at Albany.
The Albany Hr.nirg Journal Of yesterday, re-
plying to an attack. says:
"Tbe Governor has not acceded to the request
70 convene the Legislature; he is not 'prep.ring. q
proclauah the session viii not be called fol
Thursdsy."
No-snd we hope not for any day.
New-York daily tribune., 1857-10-16
Haris's majority. ty.................II,3 ,3ss

GEoRorA.-7ke AugNsta CoHsttussoHat'st bss rs-
tuns Of the late election in Georgia from lG5 couuss
which give the Democratic candidate for Governor
majority Of 9,72 votes according 10 its esicu.suos
The rensiDng thirteen countes are Appiu, Chsdses.
CErcb, Coffee, Co,quit. BerreO, Dade, Hsrris. Irv'.
Marion, Merriws.her, Union and Ware. Fron ts.s'
returns The Coast;onalist 10 inclined 70 the coseis
zion ths, the majority Of Judge Brown over NJ. NV
viii equal If it doee not exceed tnA: Of Gov Joans0s
over Judge Andrews in 1885, which xss II, 80 vos>
New-York daily tribune., 1857-10-16
The Journal Of Commerce ooo;:y ear, /.

"Thus far, TIE osly vtispss iron Ksas.s H., =
have been pespetrsted in the election. eSs.Nas asSd1
Republosns with its commission. What ~ -
organs here have to strike out the word ~
and inssrt Democratis IN th. sles.Sssp p,Ssssa .;s
VENT y.Dvs T k.nsss ssUss so o. 70 %: =. o.
certain" so< he
Tho readers Of our eolumns win t,,
true the above allegation b. and how lust h r..,,
beif true, since our first letters from K,a,s. ~.
ten since the election, only arrived ana, y. - 80
was printed. We presented them ys.ssrs.. ~. :,
The Journal had given the shtemsets a - a
parties concerning this election, q w ks,s -
il would have spared Us the necesik II ~
this correction.
New-York daily tribune., 1857-10-16

We Learn tha, the Roys Society Of Arti, Of es's.
Britain, have conferred Upon Mr.. 4. G. Squisr sss@
silver medal for paps, read before than % -
octaric oo-prur;cstiors another on Chief Jas'c'
Temple, Of Belize, for his lecture on ts No oooel'
Geographical Scois7 Of Frsrcs has a'so ooe''' =.
medal ca Mr.. Squie.. az wei as co Df' ba'n- -,
oas str biz Explorations u Csa.'a An".cs- "'
for rs 10 CeslI> AREA
New-York daily tribune., 1857-10-16

MISSISSIPPI has of course elected the "Demo-
cratic" ticket entire. William A. Lake, her only
American representative in the last Congress,
bas been thrown out Gen. John A. Quitman has
been reelected without opposition. We believe
Reuben Davis is Mr.. Lakes successor.
New-York daily tribune., 1857-10-16

FERNANDO WOOD was lat night put in nOmins-
ton for Mayor by the regular Democratic Conven'
ticn at Tammany Hall. He had 95 votes to II cast
for c. Godfrey Gunther. Thus he has made hin.
self again the standard bearer of the Democratic
party, which few months ago repudiated him 1t
remains to be seen whether New-York will again
choose him to the high Office he has so long per-
verttd ard disgractd. Under his administration
the taxes have doubled, and punder and corruption
have fattened in the City Hall. Not single bene-
fit has bis tenure of power conferred upon the city
There is not a single reason why he should again
receive the public approval with which he seeks to
hide the crimes of swindling and forgery, Nor are
these old crimes. They are as fresh to-day as
ever-persisted in as audaciously as they were
commenced. Only last week he appeared before
the Supreme Court in this city to resist its decision
condemniDg bin to repay the partner whom he had
cheated by forged letter aud altered invoices. He
thus stands before the public just as if these Of
fenses had been committed last week for the first
time. Shall they have q new approval at our
banda If 30, on what grounds
New-York daily tribune., 1857-10-16

The Baltimore Election of Wednesday s stig-
matized as farce by The Sum of that city. The
Americans carried 10 Of the 20 Wards, many of
them without serious opposition. The total
"American" vote is II 873 to 2,7S9 opp ,sed.
Last November, Fillmore bad l6.90O votes, Bu-
chanan 9H7l
New-York daily tribune., 1857-10-16
Nssn;llnrx Daflp Gr1bn,u
FRIDAY. OCTOBER 10, 1857
TO CORRESPONDENTS

IN ,endnr us REMIT frequently omit to mem
tiot the nsur Of the PostOce ana very frequently the
mans Of me State which their paper 70 be sent Al
wsys mention the name oi the roar '@ee ana S's'''
n aec, car be taken OF Communication mas
sy. for insertion must be aed BY ne
and sddr, writernot e.ssy for puScs-
uoa. bat ss a guaranty Of his sood faith
", cspno, sndertske 70 rejected Communications
New-York daily tribune., 1857-10-16
THE LATEST NEWS.
RECEIVED BY
MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.
FROM WASHINGTON.
ateh 10 The N. z. Tibune.

Special Dispatch 10 The N. Z. Tribune.
WASHINGTON, Thursday, Oct Is, 1857.
Secretary Cobb regrets that the redemption of
stocks was not sooner put q stop to. Tho sup.
preston of banks will be recommended in the ~
nual report.
The President attributes the commercial dissres,
in part, to the last reduction Of the tariff.
New-York daily tribune., 1857-10-16

Our friends in Ohio were still claiming Gov.
Cba.e's reelection last evening. We think they
are mistaken. The only point in their favor is,
that Paynes gain on Buchanan's vote, which was
10 900 when only As Counties had been heard from,
was advanced to but 10, 5G2 by corrections and re-
turns from II more Counties 1t looks close, but
we stu think Payne is elected In unlucky times,
whatever is close generally goes wrong. These re-
turns must embrace the vote of fully two thirds Of
the State, the heavy Counties being nearly all trav
ersed by telegrsphs and therefore, first heard FROM
of course, it is understood that there is no posi-.
tive gain for the Slave Democracy, but only a
larger falling off in the vote of the Republicans
We presume the poll is at least so 900 behind that
of 1856 and of course the right side suffers most.
New-York daily tribune., 1857-10-16
RAILROAD CONVENTION.

FLEyELAED, Thursday, Oct 10, IN..
An important Railroad Conv entiOn met hers -
pight. The after dance was very full The CommS
tees sppointed will report to-day. The object o. .ns
Convention s to reduce the speed Of trsins incssss
the ra;e. Of fare dsperss with foreign sgsn, sud ew
n dead.heacs
New-York daily tribune., 1857-10-16
THr OFFICIAL Yo1. on Tsr.rssrr -rhA Mem

The OFFICIAL yoTE OF TEssRssEE.-The Memphis
papers pubish the official vote Of Tennessee % c'u
pared in joint ballot Of the two Houses The resuias
sre sl oficia, except the County of Jefsrsos vaca
WAS not returned, but the vote givea /, correct tbs
ull vote Of the State is:
Fer Lhsm G.. Harris Dem. lJe
For Robert Hstton Amer 9,&
HaTis's majority. 3S2
New-York daily tribune., 1857-10-16
AMERICAN NOMINATION.

TRor, n. T., Thursday, Oct. IS, lS'''l
The American Senatorial Convention for the Rsnsss
laer and Washington District to day nominated "
Hon. Justin A. Smith Of Washington County for S.&s
Senator.
New-York daily tribune., 1857-10-16

The run on the Savings Banks ceased yesterday.
Instead of rush to withdraw, there was mf re
than the usual number Of deposits made.
New-York daily tribune., 1857-10-16

NAETUckLT, Thursday, Dot. 10, I6I
A British bark or ship, from the coast Of A61es,
with q cargo Of palm oiI is exported ashore o. teA
south side of the bar No particulars have Jet been
received
NASTUcKET, Thursday Oct. l5-p. a.
The vessel reported ashore this morning ~
American bak John Swasey, from the Coast Of Afncs
for Salem. She lies well up Oh the beach.
New-York daily tribune., 1857-10-16
THE SCHOONER C. F. A. COLE ASHORE.

fHt15uHyi
The schooner C.. +. A. Cole hence for NsW.Bsdr
ford, corn. laden went ashore on the 10th inst -
Hog Island. Her officers and crew With the srcepsss
Of one man, were saved. The schooner ws iasssss
ct Philadelphia, Al the cargo at New. Bedford.