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COMPENSATED EMANCIPATION.-The South.
ern press universally ridicules the idea of a
compensated emancipation. The subioined
paragraphs, which we cut from the New Or.
leans Delta, are fair sample of the South
ern press upon this subject:
"Why, Messrs. Philanthropists, the produc
tive value of the slaves you propose to pur.
chase, tor one year alone, and in the article OF
cotton alone, Is not less than $3.50, 900. 900 per
year, about one sixth of the aggregate amount
of your extremely liberal offer. You tender
the price of only six out of thirty crops of cot.
ton tor which one generation of slaves ia pood
for. But, worse than that, you would nav the
greater part of the compensation ont Of the
pockets of the shareholders themselves for
while they have an equal interest in the public
lands, they contribute over two.thirds of the
surplus revenue. Candidly, gentlemen, your
Down East proclivities to drive bargain must
have got the better of your sense of Justice as
well as propriety.
1.-The truth is, there never was a more alb.
suro ana impractical idea than that of pur-
chasing universal negro freedom with Gov e
ment funds, even leaving out of question the
patent unconstitutionality of the thing To,
ward such an object the proceeds of the nnb.
lie lands would be a mere driblet. not worth
mentioning. The aggregate value of Southern
slaves at present prices can be scarcely less
than s2,OOO,0OO,OoO, and, at the lowest val.
uatlon, not less than $1,000, 600 OOO Adj.
uniting (which is not admissible) that tho onr
plus revenue should continue at what it was in
the last fiscal year, namely, about $40, OOO 600
and it would require fully seventy.fve years to
carry the wonderful project of comnensation
into executlon-a period that would witness
the extinction of two generations of AntiSla.
very agitators before it saw the final ext;nct;or
OF Slavery in the United States. But, in the
mean time, the sources of revenue wonld he
drying up as emancipation proceeded TIE
withdrawal OF labor from the cultivation of
southern staples, from which are derived abont
t dne of the revenue, would soon re-
duce the surplus to nothing; and if the nro.
cess continued, it would in due time axbars.
nearly altogether" PO- 20
These may not be the opinions of the ;nbab.
tants of such slave States as Missouri and Del.
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GEN. WALKER IN INDIA.-We clip the sub.
Joined from the New York Times:
"a Dublin correspondent of that mild and
agreeable journal, the Irish Ne,os. of New
York, writing under date of September 4, after
expending himself in the usual lamentations
over the prosperity of Ireland, and the usual
civilizations over the approaching downfall
OF perhdious Albion, utters a wish which we
echo the more cordially, that we do not often
enjoy the pleasure of perfect sympathy with
our Hibernian contemporary. There is Gen.
Walker he says; of him perhaps have no
right to speak, 6ut loish from. mn heart he
'oere an Delhi Amen We reply; and very
sorry we are that We can give our Dublin friend
no good reason for hoping that the consumma-
ton ne so devoutly longs for may be speedily
brought to pass"
The NeWs sympathizes with the Sepoys Of
India, and probably thinks, if Gen. Walker
we're with them, they would conquer the Eng.
lish troops, and expel them from HindOstan.
We agree with the Times, and wish that Col.
Titus and other leading Border Rufians would
also go to Delhi. They would find fighting
English troops different thing from wsging
war with Costa Ricans and Mexicans, or butch
ering Kansas citizens.
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The BANKs.-The suspension Of the banks
OF Philadelphia caused quite an excitement in
Baltimore. The San of the 18th says:
The fact that the banks of PHILADELPHIA
would suspend specie payments on Saturday,
was announced in the San on Saturday morn
ing. The effect of this news was anticipated
with wonderful promptitude by the banks OF
Baltimore, the principal officers of these iusti.
tutons having assembled at an early hour on
that day, for the purpose Of deciding on a mi.
form course of action. The process of d-ib.
Grafton was brief and decisive; but We have
only the following report Of proceedings fur.
nshed for publication
baltimore, Sept. 26, l857.-At a meeting
OF the Presidents of all the banks of the city OF
Baltimore, this day
"On motion of Mr.. John Hopkins, the follow.
ing resolution was adopted:
" ResOtced, That the banks of PHILADELPHIA
having suspended specie payments it is necss.
sary for the protection of the interests of the
city OF Baltimore, and of this State. that our
banks suspend also.
This decision is made under an absolute
conviction of the entire soundness of our banks,
and OF their ability to resume at an early day,
to which end the business of the banks will be
carefully conducted"
As a matter of course, the banks of Wash.
ington followed suit, and stopped specie pay
ments temporarily. No one, we believe, doubts
their soundness, however.
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of the tumor on the brain, which pressure was
removed soon after he went to London, in
March last, and since which he has been in
perfect enjoyment Of all his mental faculties.
And this has been a source OF satisfaction TO
t hls G ~sts nDo sOr bm dsv and night
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CRAWFORD, THE SCULPToR.-The Richmond
Enquirer publishes a foreign letter, giving
some interesting facts respecting Mr.. Crawford.
1t seems that the sculptor is rapidly sinking to
the grave We quote paragraph or two:
Mr.. Crawford's health for several weeks
past has been such as to require Mrs. Craw-
fords constant attention, and she has not been
able to write you herself, and it is at her desire
L now beg to inform you of the progress of the
two statues of Mason and Marshall, which
were commenced last autumn, on Mr.. Craw.
ford's return, from his models. The former
only required few days labor to finish when
left Rome, early in July, and, think, must
be finished in plaster by this time.
The figure of Marshall stands waiting for
the head. The vessel which took the bust from
New York has met with disasters, and been to
Bermuda in distress, but, hope, has reached
Msrseilles by iris time.
As all hopes of Mr. Crawfords ever re-
Stunning his labors have passed away, arrange.
ments have been made to have all his contracts
fulfilled, where designs and models have been
made; and every care will be taken that no
work leaves his studio that would leopard his
fair fame.
" statement from Professor Gibson has ap-
peared, saying the brain of Mr.. Crawford was
added, and become mass of morbid degen-
Grafton This is not true. He suffered in
tense pain IN Rome and Paris from the pressure
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hANsAs.-The u. s. troops have left Law
renee for Utah. The remaining forces will
quarter at Fort Leavenworth. The troons inc,
started for Salt Lake will probably have q ter
rible time of it, they are SO late in the season
Tor an overland expedition. 1t is reported tina,
Governor Walker dislikes the removal of the
regiment which was at Lawrence. The Kan.
sas correspondent of the Boston TrayeUe,
writes:
aIker threatens to resign, unless he can
have back his troops, and this identical reo;.
ment. Rumor says he has gone down The
river, on his way to Washington. OF that Won
will know before this can reach you. We tbink
better of Walker than we did few weeks since
L verify believe he is bent on better THINGS tban
we have given him credit for-far ulster things
than the hre-eaters who control this United
States Administration are willing shouId he
done. They are attempting to crush him TbeU
want no Governor, with U. S. troops and a rooT;.
tation to sustain, between them and their nrev
They want another Woodson, with proclama.
ton for Territorial militia, and that thew hone
to have In Stanton. Like Geary, his successor
will need the troops for his BODY guard. Like
Geary, he Is learning that there is no middle
ground between ruffanism and absolute ms.
tice; between the reign of the blue LODGES of
Missouri and that of the free people of Kansas !.
between a murderous, whisky-drinkipg oIipar.
chy and popular sovereignty. | behave he
will soon be forced to show himself on the RIGHT
side an toto, relying on the people of the Terri.
tory to suatain him, or resign, if he has not
done so already"
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The ATLANTIC MoNTHLY.-This new Boston
magazine is to be issued in November. The
leading writers Of the North, and several of note
in Europe, are. engaged to write for it. In the
mean time, the Southern journals are making
great exertions to sustain RusselTs Magazine,
an exclusive and ultra Southern monthly, pub.
lished at Charleston, South Carolina. Unfortu.
nately for its proprietors, Southern gentlemen
do not pay for magazine literature, or any 9th.
er, as readily as the Anti-Slavery population of
the free States.
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The Richmond Examiner observes that the
tobacco trade of Virginia has conferred in New
York, owing to the present banking system,
and brings facts and figures to show that this
interest is already feeling with vengeance the
pressure now raging in the great commercial
emporium of the country Tobacco Of the
quality which ten days ago sold in Richmond
for sis, $I7, and $50, sold on Thursday for
$40, SI2, and SI4, and the market falling,
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"STRAIGHT REPUBLICAN," We have re-
ceived the first number of neat journal with
this title, published in Boston. 1t is a cam.
paign paper, we believe, and advocates the
views CT those Republicans in Massachusetts,
who cannot support Mr.. Banks for Governor.
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PJSNEsYLvANIA.-In | IS than fortnight.
the general State election Of Pennsylyan;a
takes place. A GovernSf, Caral Commission.
er, two Judges of the Supreme Court, and
members of the Legislature, are to be elected,
and important constitutions amendments are
to b' voted upon. 1t is p variety of respects
very important election, and an occasion
which should call forth Ihe energies of every
AntfSlavery man in Pennsylvania. Let not
the election be lost throsgk the remissness of
any Republican. Let nra Thousands stay away
from the polls, and thus give victory to the AID
mlnlstrationists by defap!,. Every Republican
state victory now helps ,3e calse in Kansas,
and will serve to deter tt5 Administration and
Congress from approvinga fraudulent COnsti-
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MOLLY MAGUIREs.-A new secret political
society under this name has arisen in Pennsvl.
vania. It's members are chief Irishmen. an d
they are bound together by oaths. A Philadel.
phia paper says:
1t is not known how the members are dis.
tinguished, but it is understood that the two
green lanterns which hung over the platform
OF the rally IN independence Square, Philadel-
phia, few evenings since, were the signals of
the order. The officers were all Irishmen. and
the prominent members are among the most
conspicuous wireworkers in the party. The
late nominating conventions of the party have
been stormy, the American portion Of the par
~ rebelling agrinst the dictation of their
brethren the MOllys.' Many of these foreign.
ers are Federal offcehoders, which is not verv
much reGshed by the rest of the party. There
are symptoms of disruption, the Democrats,
who are natives, beginning to think that the
joke has already been carried little too far
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The surviving officers of the Central America
have published in the New York papers the
usual form of protest" in proof of the loss OF
the steamer and the property on board, for the
benefit of all those having insurance on the
specie on board. This will lead to the prompt
payment by the Insurance Companies of all
amounts of loss which have been proved.
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VOL. XII.

The mysterious schooner, which it was srr
posed had saved more of the unfortunate 10.
sengers of the Central America, has arrived o.,
Boston. She cruised in the region Of the spo
where the steamer went down, but saved D.,
lives.
MONEY PANIC IN PHILADELPHIA-The w..
quite panic in the money market of Pbilad.r
phia last week. The Bank of PenpsvIva,:.
first suspended specie payments, and n.
Girard followed. A dispatch of September -,
announces that
A general conference of the Presidents n,
all the city banks was held this afternoon an
after carefully canvassing all the circumstanr.
of the pressure, and their resources. thew =
solved on a temporary suspension of spac.
payments on checks, and also on all bills ey
ceeding ten dollars, to go into effect to.morrov
There was heavy run on all the banks n
day, but the Girard and others shielded the
selves in the above manner.
the brokers and others are highly excite,
and are circulating monstrous reports, wbic
will account for various exaggerated rurno,
set ahost. So far, none of our banks bay.
failed, and it is believed this partial suspense.
/ will be only temporary.
According to the law Of 1850, this act;o,
of our banks will entail the forfeiture of tn
charters of those incorporated or extend
since that time"
This resolution, as a matter Of course. aj3.l
fuel to the fire of popular excitement. F.,
neys Press says, with force and truth
"The first thing to insure success in CON,
munities, as in families, is CoNFDfycr-,
next, which is natural following is coop.
RATION. In this world we are all, more Or la,,
dependent upon each other. We must clir,
together; we must trust our neghbors and ON,
friends, the men we know and have tried sr5
we must work side by side for our CONNIE
! good. The wisest is not too wise to give c,rn,
sci in such a crisis, and the wealthiest not "a,
wealthy to listen to it. Indeed, it is not a MAJ.
ter of policy to enforce this rule, but necss,.
ty; and those who shut up their Golfer, n
times like these, and refuse to help their feIIg.,
beings, just as if they themselves were imm,.
tai and impregnable, should recollect that IN /,
crash of all interests, resulting foom infatg,
ton or sel6shness, those who will suffer II.
greatest will be those who have the LARGE.
fortunes to lose."
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The funeral of the late Mr.. Briggs, who for
the past seventeen years has been a compost.
tor on the Boston Post, took place in that city,
on Thursday last. Among those present at the
funeral were the senior and junior editors of
the Post, B. P. Shillsber, Esq, and Others.
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The Ne'O York Tribune has a very mels,.
choly view of the times ahead:
"By the first or middle of next Deoembar
we shall have at least one hundred tbousanf
persons out of employment, and nearly ont ri
means, in this city. Already, our ship.yarj,
are nearly idle, our foundries are but half work.
ing, and our great clothing stores are dopg
very little. Women have recently come bibrr
from places three hundred miles away, in quest
Of work from those stores, only to be turned
off with none, and compelled to beg their wav
home again. Hardly, since 1887, has 80 gloomy
a prospect for winter lowered upon the labor.
ing classes in our city. AS yet the humber
classes have scarcely felt the pressure but,
their turn must come. Places have looked for
servant girls for some time past; soon ssrvan,
girls will look earnestly for places, and be ver7
glad to find them. Soup-houses for hungry Ia
borers who can find no labor, will be wanted
! before January"
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R2g~ Parson Brownlow, Of Tennessee IL a
letter to the Anti-Sarsry Standard Of New
York, says:
" 1t is my purpose, Mr.. Editor, to visit most
of our cities in the South this winter, and lee.
ture upon the subject of Slavery aud, with the
opening Of spring, ! will 90 North, a-d repeat
my lectures in the New England States. In
that event, would be pleased to diri3e time
with any of your Theodore ParLers or Henry
Ward BeecherS, after the fashion OF Tennessee
stump speakers. l will therefore request o.
you the publication of this episie, as "A mean,
of giving notice to all Abolitiondom Of my n
tended visit. Should you select a man TO de-
bate with me, prefer some one Of your pins
~" acme Udgd6Ond 2,LaantfrOyjsty-T
nave been engaged in soliciting contributor.
OF ShGrpe'S Rites and Holy Bibles, TO aid m.
uHc'rcumcised PbiliStiReS in Kansas in maxim,
that free State. And that your man IN
buckram,' whoever he may be, may be prepared
to meet the issues | intend to submit. vii
state them distinctly"
What if Theodore Parker or Henry War
Beecher were to make an announcement IN
Tennessee papers that he would lecture on SIS
very IN the South Would not Parson Brown.
low and his friends prepare to lynch him
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Cornelius S. Bogardus, ESQ.,, for long pc
ried Deputy Collector, and subsequently Naval
Officer, at New York, died on Monday, of con
sumption, in the fortysixth year of his age.
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The South Carolina papers report an officer
In the Southwestern Railroad Bank to be a Ge.
faulter for sixty thousand dollars.
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Ba- The Office of the National Era is re-
moved to the newlyerected Republican Build
ing" corner Of Indiana avenue and Second
street.
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Sham Democracy is rampant at the Five
Points, and the people there don't go to meet.
ing at all Will it not do to. Offset Vermont
with the Five Points
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The National InteAigencer pertinently asks.
How comes it to pass, that whilst Aour ia
quoted in Baltimore, Georgetown, and Alexan.
dria, at from s. to $3.50 per barrel, the house.
keeper is still paying from $1,000 to $ll.5 or
Sl2? Allowing the dollar for the difference
between the superfne and family, and also the
reasonable difference between Wholesale and
retail prices, there are still from two to three
dollars to be accounted for2" We mention
the above, for the purpose of suggesting that
some enterprising and reliable merchant of
Baltimore might realize snug sum by bring
ing hither lot of -four, aud selling it at a
reduction of from one to two dollars below the
rates now prevalent in Washington
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POLTIcs AND RELIGIoN.--The Journal of
Commerce is responsible for The following par
agraph:
vermont, in proportion TO its population. is.
1t we mistake not, the most thoroughly Black
Republican of any State in the Union. 'Only
about one fifth of the people on the average at
tend upon evangelical worship on the Sabbath.
Abolitionism is rampant"
This rule ought to work beth ways, and we
suppose the Journal will abide by its results
whenever tried. The vote of the Five Points
of New York at the last Presidential election
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bSg~ A rascal in New York recently knocked
man down, and stole from him foe dollars
He was sentenced to the States Prison forty
gears, by Judge Russell. If he had killed his
victim, he would probably have escaped all
punishment.
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REPUBLICAN, TICKET.-We publish below the
Republican ticket of the State of New York:
Judge Of APpeals-Timoth Jenkins.
Secretary Of State-Almon N. Clapp, of
Erie.
COmptrolier-Robert Denniston, of Orange.
IfeaSurer-John I. Hogeboom, of Colum-
bia.
Canal Commissioner F. Thurston.
attorney GeneraL-Wm. Curtis Moves, of
New York.
State Engiaeer-George Geddes, of Onon-
daga
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CHURCHES otSW4EiSf=IN

.h e soo aUr ,e, q y visiting The pub
,,r, ls. Of the Churches, andtt
~ II there are any mistakes,
S,,,ss..,. correction with pleasure:
:, Corner Monroe and Byron
o,oiss exst, RECTOR morning services 1o1E
So ~, .l,ss ,,i'I ,s,t...,.,,...
= llSln street. between First and
Nete nhesltns, Rev. %. x. WAESER, PASTOR
NEE lgys %eloeE evening. ~
kEs X II, WEED PasoF POurthst.,
noon. any 4''Si services morning ard alter
Secon,, p...,,...,,., ,v.,....-..
Market Centre JytcsI rs '.I.u anu
7zird PresLytsyao p,I srss. ha,,-ss,
TaIert az s,on,, yy,,, = ~, uI"
ees morning and EVENING -
Fovyfh Hr.r,,,ssria.s M, /, ,,.,.
between wa.bnpon and n
evening - ''s'' s-i'.A''s ''1
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FRoM MAsHINGTON.


Fen. 12.-The Secretary Of State has recon-
mended to Congress an appropriation OF $1,000
for the suppression of the slave trade on the
principle asserted in tho act of 1910, and has f.
vorably endorsed the application of the Amcri-
can Colonization Society for $50, 600 for SINH
lar object
The galleries Of both Houses were densely
crowded yesterday, the proceedings throughout
producing intense interest.
In the event Of the failure of Congress to pass
bill to reduce the revenue, Campbell, Of Ohio,
will press as a financial measure, now under the
Committee of Ways and Means, depositing sur
plus revenue, reserving two millions of dollars
with the several States, in proportion to the fed
eral ratio of representation, or about seventy
five thousand dollars for each member. Tho
States to pledge their faith for the safe-keepiHg
of the money, and refund it when requested, for
the purposes Of the general government, propose
to pay one-hnf of the surplus on the LIST of July,
and remainder LIST of October.
- Upwards of sixty passengers arrived here this
morning, the first who have crossed the Susquc-
hanna since Sunday, for Washington. Much
indignation is expressed here by members
of Congress and Others generally, in consequence
oFthirty eight failures Of the mails between New
York and Washington since the commencement
of the session. The P. o. Department Is blamed
for its want of enterprise
Messrs Jones (Tenn.J and Florence, Of the
House, end Weller, Of the Senate, compose the
joint committee to wait on Buchanan and Breek-
inridgc.
Instructions have been forwarded to-day by
telegraph to New Orleans in relation to the de-
livery Of parcels Of sugar cane brought by the
barque Release, which arrived there on the 9th
from West Indies, and the Spanish Main. All
applications at the patent office in regard to the
leave arc therefore useless
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DERATH will not responsible the evil
which may be produced by counterfeit called Electric OIL
after his remedy. II persons will not be Iutioned
aud heed his repeated advice through the and
buy and base article when the Electric Oil, well
known and highly recommended by Mayors OF cities,
Members of Congress, Physicians and Merchants of the
highest standing he has shown by certificates published,
and every Philadephau, then they bear the
of their Ny Electric Oil is pleasant always
leaves person better thanh began and cannot ossy
do harm las limitations Willy Children should have It for
Group and tcehing, ladies the skin and pim
PIES complexion, &c. Rheumatism pain cannot
ist when applied. fiH -ttflf 4tf-.
Sole Manufacturing Department 80 South Eighth street,
Philadelphia. sL
See cirfiFcates IL, HseEly EHpers
Price 26 80 and 81 per bottle, and person has ever
made any real Electric Oil but myself in this or any
FROr CnAaLEs DEGRATH lscOverer manufactur;
For sale by +. II. LOGAN CO., Bridge Corner.
Also, by LAUGHLINS' & BUSHFIELD,
jani4 Monroe street.