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The day book. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 1857-1867, 1857-10-07
M4CON HOUSE, PORTSMOUTH,

FRANK HOLIDAY, PROPRIETOR.
Tuesday, Oct. 6---L P Ungar, Ga; A
Garibdits, S Burton, M S Dance, lady and
servant, L Burbage, G L Beaumont, N
G; B f Phillips, Bait; t llosher, Wash
ington City; 0 T. Merritt, S r Purviss
Miss S R Ogden, w r Whitehead, Q II
Flynn, Mrs. Pierce, ID Bissett, L II Hun
ter, Mrs Recher, Mrs Prentiss, Va. lord
OCEAN HOUSE, PORTSMOUTH.
WATTS & EA1MERsoN, PRoPRIEToRs.
Tuesday, Oct. &C Spalding and lady,
Ga; B f Rawls, Bait; G Veal, Philadel-
phia; G Martin, ir, George A Martin
W W Nelson, J IL Hodges, Va; $ Clark
Doston' uH.. .iI.
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iN W. G. ...... 81. 80
GUANo--Peru'n$60 pr ton
Mexican 26a2S do
BAcoN-Va. II R.17a1715
Hams. .1Sa19
Sides. ..152
Shoulders.
Western Sides. .15I
Do Shoulders. II
APPLEs-Dried. 81. 75a2
PEACHES do.
LARD-Va. 10
Western........l7
COAL-liard. 10
Soft. ...........23
STAvEs-R. o. HID. .$34
W. o. HID. S45
W. o. Pipe. ..$75
W. 0. Heading...S50
W.*0. Bbls. $50
SHINGLEs-lfeart. So. 80
Sap.
SH00KS..... 49,.
APPLE BRANDY..S1a1.2 5
selling at 75c per gallon.
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DEPARTMENT OF STATE.

Washington, 30th Sept, 1857. !
s. T. SAWYER, Esq, Collector of the Gus
toms, Norfolk, Va:
SIR transmit Pocket Chronometer
sand Chain which the President has direct
led to be presented to Captain A. johnson,
1''df the Norwegian barque "Ellen," as a
.slight testimonial of his appreciation of
4 Ills services in rescuing, under most try
ling circumstances, so many of the sur
Nvivors from the wreck of the steamer
Central America. l will thank you to
deliver these articles to Captain johnson,
and express to him the Presidents high
sense OF his gallant, energetic and success
full exertions upon the occasion referred
to. n
/ am, sir, 81.
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A clear conscience, is sometimes sold
for money, but never bought with it.
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MI ARRIED.

Yesterday, by the Rev. Robert J. Taylor,
of Portsmouth, GEORGE d. ARMSTRONG, D..
D. Pastor Of che Presbyterian Church in this
city. to hucRErIA NASH, daughter Of Charles
Reid, Esq.
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BANK OF COMMERCE, New York, I
October 9, 1857.

My Dear Sir: I fully concur in your
views. 1t is true that New York has a
great responsibility; its magnitude is OPP
pressive, has been deeply felt and care
fully weighed for a long time.
Our banks are prepared and now rea-
dy, and will soon be much stronger, for
the wise action of liberal aid to the COM
munity. More coin flows into the city
from all quarters-from Philadelphia,
from the West, and is already on its way
from Europe
A California steamer is due, with about
half as much more as there is in all Mas
sachusetts. Some of our banks have
scarcely diminished their loans for two
months, notwithstanding their aid to
nciehboring cities. The large banks have
expanded, and will continue to expand.
On the system of discounting, mainly
only short paper, they always have the
money to loan. When will yours conine
themselves to short dates, and cease to en-
courage the pernicous system Of long Gre
dits-credits ramified to the last degree,
from which spring most of your difficult
ties? Our corresponding banks in Bos-
ton are advised that we will not press
them for their balances.
Very faithfully, yours.
JOHN A. STEVENS, Pres'dt.
NATHAN APPLETON, Esq, Boston.
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Daily Price Current.
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 7, 1857.

CoEN--Ye GLOW :. none
White. III
Mixed. 10
NJ EAL--..........
WHEAT-White, S1a11J
Red. .95aS105
FLoUR-Family 725a750
Extra. .675a700
% 81 iq Superb 600a625
OATS-.... .3U
PEAs-Black Eye.
Stock.
Observation-Disclosures.
FLAxsEED. 81. 62%
PEANUTS. ....... .60aSl
COTTON. III X
ROsIN...... 81. 45al.5
TURpENTINE. .45a46
TAR-Bright. 1.55a1. so
Black. i. 55a1. 81
SALT-L. b. Il. 50a1. go
e. A. .15.. 80.
HAY.......75 per cargo
LIME-Thom. IS " q
New Apple Brandy is
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FREIGHT PER s.. & r.. ROAD
K Biggs 4 Co. 80 bags peas, and boxes.
Christie Wise 4 Co. bacon hams and brandy.
G. b. Davids old iron.
r. d. Clifton, one box.
The weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1852-1858, 1857-10-24
A New Root of all Evil.

A Texan correspondent of the New Or
leans Picayune forwards to that journal some
specimens of a root which is found on the
range of sand hills bordering on the Rio
Grande, which the Indians eat for it's exhila-
rating effects, since it produces precisely the
same excitement as do alcoholic drinks. The
Indians call it Pie-O-ke but the whites have
denominated it the "whisky root" 1t is of
the cactus species, and may be sliced and
dried, still retaining its intoxicating power
An individual Desiring to fell happy has only
"A chew few slices ans swallow the juice,
and the thing is accomplished.
If this ac cunt of the new esculent is cor
rect, then we may look for many singular res
ults. A man who belongs to total abstr-
cnce society, eat the root without violating
his pledge. SO the Temperance societies will
be utterly con.ounded, and they will have to
alter the language of their pledges, and make
them comprehend also intoxicating food. If
the root comes into use, there will certainly
be fall i'll whisky, to say nothing of strych-
ninc. The bar keepers occupation will be
gone, and when man meets friend, instead
of asking him to take drink he will politely
invite him to take bite of Pie-o-he. At the
cornwall board there will be 20 passing of the
bottle, but plate or basket Of Pie-oke will
be handed around-thereby economising in
glassware as we'll as in spirits. Plantations
of Pie-O-ke will be established, and Will, to
certain extent, supercede distilleries. No
doubt private individuals will also, as mat
ter of economy, have little patches of Pie
o-he in their gardens for the use of their fami-
lies Now that money, the original root of
all evil is so scarce, many people, driven to
desperation, may be too glad to avail them
selves of this new substitute,
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All Honor TO Printers.

We take the suboined compliment u
printers from an exchange. So 'ar rs o"' VA
perience of the manuscript Of great men
extend. the curious little exposition OF Mr.
Rives is Just. With perhaps the single eX-
ception of editors printers, as body, are
unquestionably better grounded IN the ele-
ments of literary greatness than any other
class in the world:
john C. Rives of Virginia, in recent pub
lished letter on the subject Of public printing,
has word of suggestion to writers for the
press, and OF compliment to the compositor,
whose duty it not unfreQuently is to make
sense out of very senseless chirOgraphy.-
None but a writer for the press can compre-
bend row much truth there is in the veteran
greSS-and exc not few-must have been
surprised at the respectable figure they cut
IN print, without thinking of the toisome la
Dor and the exercise of the better talent than
their own, which had been expended by the
Journeyman printer in putting into good shape
the message or report of speech furnished
by them. Mr.. Rives says: Il have seen the
manuscript writing of most great men Of the
country during the past twenty years, and
think l may say that not tAenty Of them
could stand the test Of the scrutiny of one
half of the journeymen printers in my office.
This fact will be vouched by every editor in
the Union. To a poor journeyman printer
many great man. owes his reputation for
scholarship, and were the humble compositors
to resolve, by concert, to set up manuscript
in their hands-even for one little week
precisely as it is written by the authors,
there would be more regulations slaughtered
than their devils could shake a stick at" in
twenty-tour hours. Statesmen would be-
come small by degrees, and beautifully
less" Many an ass would have the lions
hide torn from his limbs. Men, whom the
world call writers, would wake up of morn
ings and find themselvcs-lamous as mere
Observation-Disclosures and cheats
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EOVya LaW.i

The following is from a late number Of the
Keolluk Pos:
Judge Clagctt yesterday decided that tie
mortgaGcr Of real estate has the right to re-
deem piece of property that has been sold
under mortgage, at any time within twcn-
ty.one years after said sale, unless the court
has by decree cut off the equity Of redemp-
ton.
The operation of the con, trict on of the
law is this: y person holding mortgage
can sell under our statute, but the debtor
can, within the specified time, By paying the
amount of purchase money, with intere> Is
and costs, redeem the property so sol unless
the purchaser has obtained decree destroy
ing the right of redemption.
This is Il very important decision, as it
gives to persons having property sold an or
portunity to redeem any property sold, and
"n the other hand gives the mortg gee his
money. Under this law, the purchaser is
simply the trustee Of the mortca-er to the
time OF a bar Of the right of redemption.
If such be the law in Iowa, we conclude
that number OF people may consider them
selves candidates for long trustecship.
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E,sEusIndcts Runner.

The London Times, in the course OF recent
article, aiiudes t. the facility with which cred
1t can be destroyed by evil-minded persons,
where there Is No prompt legal redress. That
paper says
Nothing Is easier than to ruin a bank, and
In England in consequence of this facility,
SucA attempts arc classpd with the worst Of
fences AT this moment two persons are ~
Ing IN Ncwgatc for cndeavoring Indirectly in
particular case to excite public dstrust, and
aitiough one of them was man of resnecta-
'''''y, who acted upon a fancy that he had
oeen personality injured, no one has been found
TO inter co;nrlplnt of the severity of the
sentence. In New York, on this point. there
Is perfect 'reedom. Hence, no institution is
spared, and, lndced, the leading concerns are
the first to be attacked, since if these can he
broken the minor ones are sure to fol.
low.
A fabricator Of false reports should be re.
garded as the worst of criminals, and it is q
pity that in this country, so few of them are
brought to justice. Many an honest man ha:
been ruined by such vicious agency.-Bah
.4me7ican. so ..~ 1853 p - -t.-. .
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What London will say.

When Threadneeie street, Nondon,) sees
what Wall street is doing,-that is, sending
for, instead of spending specie,-there will
be open war there made upon "Cotton."-
American Flour and everything else Amer
ican,-in order to keep specieat home. Eng
land just now, with the war in India upon
hand, and the war 10 China, has no specie
to spare for America, and will not give us
without fight for it, which fight will result
in screwing down all our productions, and in
blowing up the credit of every American
house in London, Liverpool and Manches.
ter.
Nevertheless,-gol must come,-no mat
ter what it costs us-for "Cotton is King"
and Cotton alone can be had of us, in suffi-
Gent quantity, to meet the overruling de-
mands of British Manufacturers. Bread may
be got elsewhere,-and other things ALSO
but Cotton is American, and Cotton must
be had, and gold must now pay fer the Cot
ton.
Our own California Gold now instead of
going to London, goes right into the Phila-
adelphia mint, to be coined as fast as possible
INTO eagles, half eagles. and quarter eagles
and no more of that gold will, for sometime,
go to England. What we owe abroad, for
the present. must be paid in suspended pa
per-" and what we have to sell, must come
back in gold.
Produce has faen-aud is to fall. Every
thing-from the useful, to the luxurious, like
tobacco. Sugar, Of course, IS to 60 ON fall
ing-as it has fallen. The specie crucible
will melt up property like wax. Threadnee-
die street now has the crucible-and will
melt us all until the tide turns, and we pay
AGAIN in California pOlI-inStead Of koaninr
it at home
Meanwhile, EMBELLISHMENTS, the first
thing to start into life in carrying abroad the
raw materials, will be first to recover and
the first to extend that recovery to other
branches Of TRACE. 1t will have but little to
bring back, but everything to take out, the
thing weighty, bulky, the raw material, that
makes and pays the freights. A great set
ting day with the World has come and
ships bee ,mc the messengers of the settle
ment.-.N. Y. ErDress
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JOHN MITCHELL AT THE SoUrH.-While
the "lrisl Patro" was on his ate visit to
New York, some not very iiat,erinr remarks
concerning him appeared in the Knoxville
(Tennessee) Register: On his return. Mitch
ell met the editor of the Register, jain NJ.
Flcn,.ng, and undertook to intlictng Il Gaming
upon his person. Fleming was unarmed, bn,
resisted with his fists, etc, until intc:ruptc. 4.
by the police, when he armed himself, AMI
soon after again met Mitchell, denpuncng
him as a ru!lian, a scoundrel, a highway-as
sassln and murderer at heart, and an infamous
coward. Mitchell deemed discretion the
better part of valor," and Withdrew. The
heyiata rc-publishes the article at which
Mitchell took offence, and the editor says
eVioehtiy III no amiable m ,od: Il hesitate
not 10 repeat my denunciation and brand him
as, n'setao.e scoundrel, and in doing so,
lear only Tat he may shoot me through a
window at night, or stab me, coyertly, in the
dark" w
The weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1852-1858, 1857-10-24

The Minneapolis .\'s,cs presents, in the
subjoined article, pretty good idea OF the
mode the Democracy worked in llcnnepm
County, at the late election. Mr.. q. y.
Noursc in one of his speeches during the
campaign, defined ~ working Democrat to
mean 81 Democrat who could poll the most
votes with the feweSt number OF men. l.
strikes us forcibly that now \. NJ. Fri Hey
lives in Manomin, Richard Fewer is undoub'-
edly the greatest "working Democrat" in
Hennepin County.
GREAT Is CcRCoRAN .-Corcoran is The
name Of an Irish precinct away out toward
Greenwood, in the Northwest part OF Hen
nepin County. Before election, word came
from Corcoian that tho 'Dimmycrats might
rely upon 800 majority although the pre-
cinct had never yet cast 30 votes lhus
warned of coming mischief, the Republicans
took care, on Tuesday, to have man on the
ground. lie went out on Monday and over
heard Richard Fewer, (of St. Anthony, Dem.
candidate FIR Regster,) telling Mr.. Corco-
ran "a leading Irlshman from whom the pre-
cinct is named) that they must have 100
votes" Mr.. Corcoran objected, and said 1t
would not be possible for them to raise more
than 50. Fever insisted that they must
have IA hundred and 'lcd, Baker says you
must give Us hundred and fitty.' Blu,
Corcoran would only pie lsc eli 'hty.
vt three o'clock, 7. NJ, on election day,
our Republican riend was obliged u quit.
nearly every man in the crowd being drnn.;
and furious, on Fcwcrs nasty liquor. The
next day, the place wa>arain visited By so'ac
anxious Republicans, who being supposed to
be Democrats, succeeded IN finding OH that
the polls We're kept open till Il O'Clock AZ
night. tat lhc Democratic majority was -,
1--WE think that was the numDcr,) and that
Ewsr hal Icea appoiae TO carry IN tie returns,
aad ha' if accessory TIC a'oyofi'y corfu Be IL
creaSedt
We understand that up to This date,
Thursdly evening, the returns from Corcoran,
have not been received at the Registers of
fee /; and ii this statement should meet the
eye Of Mr. Fewer, we hope he will take notice
that the real state Of the vote at C0rcoran is
known, and that the game of altering returns
is up; and that the sooner he hands over
the documents to the authorities, the better 1t
will be for his credit.
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From Me 81. LoUis Repa;ftcdn, oct. IL.
The NeEv school E'reas,y:c~ians En Wis
sO,lri--A c.io, GA .isc Gsgicstion OF S.a-
very.
The Synod Of Missouri consists of four
Preabytcge>, thirIy-ninc ministers and fifty
sevch churches. This body held It's annull
session last week in the North Presbyterian
Church, (;cv. Mr.. raibs.) The usual rou-
tine oi business was attended to, sach as
hearing reports Of the condition OF tic
churches, granting aid 70 feeble churches, tie
education ci ministers, etc.
Bat tie matter which mainly occupied the
time OF the Synod was is relations to the
General Assembly, IN view of its action in
Cleveland in May last. rhls came up under
the report of the Committee OH the Assem-
by's minutes. Rev. Mr. Glenn. Chairman,
stated, that the committee being fully aware
Of the divers ty of sentiment which prevailed
founl it difficult t. make such report as
would harmonize the body. Some we've for
adhering to the Assembly, some for going
for the Southern secession, and some to the
Old School Assembly. The committee were
DESTROYS. if possible, OF holding he Synod to-
gethcr, anlwould therefore rec ,mlcni the
following action, by way of compromise, and
would accomplish the result: 'In view Of the
action Of the late General Assembly on the
subject OF slavery,
"Resojrsd: That this Synod does withdraw
from the Assembly: and viii net send up its
records.
"Reso,ce7, That we cannot go with the
Richmond Convention. but will remain an
independent Synod until the Providence of
Col shall seem to make clear our way of
duty
This report was signed by three of the
committee. Another report was read. siyred
by two recommending 4 hercncc to the AS
sembIy. Tee reports call ont an able and
ample discussion. in which nearly all the
members parlici patcd. Tnc motion to ac-
cept the majority report AMI ADOPT the first
resolution WAS passed by vote OF sevcnlecn
to ten: THIS result having been reached, the
second resolution passed unlniinulsly.
Tie synod adjourned to meet in St. Jo-
seph in October next.
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a Modern I:uciaaneer.

The yellow wrapper literature men will
find a hero, whom, in all probability, they
have made by their corrupt iictions, il Eel
low lately convicted in the English colony OF
Hong Kong, in China, for piracy. 1t is diff
cult to imagine finer specimen of the Ned
Buntinc species than this precocous furnish
eS i'll his own person. as '!asuerrotypcd IL the
late Chinese correspondence of the Lon Ion
Times. Speaking of piracy. the correspond
ent thus dc!incates the scamp:
While | am upon this subject of piracy let
me mention that an American named Ellie
Hogs was TIE at Hon- Kong for piracy
and rnur Ter. His name would Ia for 4 villain
Of the Blackboard class hnt N form AMI lca
ture he WIS the hero Of sentimental novel !;
as he stood in tic dock, braycly-a battling for
his life, it seemed Enio -S.lie that, that hand
some boy could be : pirate whose name had
been for three cars connected with the bold
est and bloodiest acts oil piracy. 1t was Il
face OF feminine beauty. Not a down upon
the upper lip, large lu,tcous eyes, u mouth :,
the smile OF which might WOO coy maiden,
afiuent black hair not careesSy parted, hanas
50 small ami So dcicatcly white that they
would create a sensaion in Bel :ravi:-,uch
was the Hong Kong pirate, Ellie Bugs.
He spoke for two hours in his dc.cicc, and
he spoke wcll-Nithuut Il trem"r, witi.olt an
appeal for mercy, but trying to prove t'.al
bis p.oSccu,i n was TIC result Of Il (oi~pra
cy, wherein Chinese bum-boat proprietor
and a sub,o!iicial Of the colony doth ci
whom he charged with being i'll LEAGUE with
all the pirates on tie cOast,) We're the CHIEF
conspiraioI=. H. defence was, Of course
false. IT ia been proved that he had boar'!
ed a junk AMI destroyed by cannon. pistol,
and sword, fifteen mca; and that having for
ced all the rest overheard. he had fired at one
of the victims, who hal cln'chcd a rome and
held on astcrn. No witness, however, could
prove that he saw a man die from blow or
a shot struck or fired bv the pirate. The iu-
ry, moved by bis youth and courage, and
straining hard their co:sciences, acquitted
him of the murder, but i,::nd him guilty Of
piracy. He was sentenced to transportation
for lii;,
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ETLLEse HOUSE, COR. OF SEVENTH
u MD JACKSON SITS. ST. PAUL. MINNESOTA=

:
The proprietor of this extensive and gncent estab-
iisncIt, has the satisfaction announcing to the citi-
zens OF ST. Paul. and the travelling community, that he
has opened one of the most extensive ana gorgeous
Hotels now known in the whole West He begs to solicit
from his friends and the public nu3 .on of that
patronage which literally bestowed upon him
Willie proprietor of the American House, promising that
his constant and best efforts shall put forth to render
every guest comfortable.
In the furnishing OF the House alone, expense of
over forty thousand Dollars has been gone into and in
the outlay of which, have secured every modern i'm
pr0vement Tor convenience and comfort.
The Parlors furnished after the most apuroved
STYLE and arranged that parties wishing to be y them
selves can be entirely private.
The Bed Rooms are large and airy, and the bedding all
mat the weary could wish for the fastidous de
The Gentleen's Saloon fitted up in the most mod.
er style, and the Bar stocked with the choicest Liquors
of Old AID fivorte brands and attended to by eSperi
enccd and courteous gentlemen.
IN Tie Culinary Department. neither pains nor expense
VIII be spared 70 render it the effective as wen s
satisfying portion Of the iIote-wie the artist pre-
SIDES "er it is OF the proficient and experience
ed the Eastern Cities produce.
Iht Oice will have gentlemen of known ability to pre-
side over lis affairs, and who will make their pleasure
at all times and minister to the wants of the
guests, while the Proprietor will he found at his post
striving 10 make every one comfortable.
Attached to the Hotel, large and magnificent Bill
lizard Saloon, fitted at heavy expense all the
no acknowledgements introduced.
er inpro throughout, will be heated with steam which
cannot fail to make the most comfortable Wnt.r nar-
terS in the whole of the Northwest.
Bathrooms, and every convenience necessary for the
comfort of guests have been fitted up Short the Pro-
prietor has spared expense in varied de-
partmens of his large establishment in order to render
it the most desirable pleasant and magnificent Hotel in
the country.
In retiring from the management of the American
House, would inform the public that have not dspos
ed of my interest in it, but intend continuing IL under
the able superintendent of Edgar Wetmore Esq where
formerly, every attention will be paid to the comfort
of those who favor the house with theI patronage
oct 4-dawtf STEPHEN LONG.