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The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1857-06-04
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CIxcISSATI. June ! 1857.
One of the pleasures y of metropolitan ex
istenee- consists in the uneeasing recurrence
of excitements. Agitation is indeed the
prime element of city. life. Deprived of it.
citizens would be unhappy. prey to most de-
pressing eanui. City population is, in truth,
composed of the mercurial clements of man
kind, which seeks satisfaction of q morbid
and consuming appetite in the volatile at
mosphere OF reused passions and perpetual
strife, the certain coneomitant OF great num-
bers pitted against each other in gainful
competition. and for the qualification of vain.
and sensual desires. The vain. the volatile,
the selfish. the ardent, the ambitious, and
earnest. are fused into homogeneous mass
Of conflicting elements, and the inevitable
determination Of such an agglommerated
sphere of incompatibilities, is to roll into a
aame of confusion and convulsion, consum-
ing in its effects. and destructive of all NOR
atty and humanity in its tendencies. Our
own metropolis is never placid; it is eternally
convulscd: it is vast pool of acids constantly
agitated by incompatible alkalies, which yet
seem to be Indispensable essences of its or
ganism. And the scum floats to the surface,
only to be swept away by successive tides OF
pu.ridity. which seem to flow from inexhaus-
table fountains of corruption. Political
strife to-day, destroys one gang of harpies
merely TO elevate another into offending po-
sition; speculative gain is succeeded by COM
mercial distress; full Golfers by empty treas
uries: mobs and riots by religious reunions
and reyivals; civic displays by desolating
disease; rape, seductions and murder, accom-
panied by fashionable vices of gallantry
one woman's husband electrifying and anus
ing ls ban ton by running off with another
mans wife; midnight wassailing AID mid
nigh. mourning; prurient displays of bnl
liam. wealth or Of gilded and quilted 20. erty
and to crown the pyramid of eliminating
| turmoils. someunlucky night fugitive slave
seeks harbor from servitude in the forest re
treats of Ohio, and none but the vile dog,
that invest our own Queen City are though
to have sagacity enough TO worry him from
his retreat. That is now our exciting theme
and the agitation has but just begun.
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Arkansas true Democrat., 1857-10-20

ments were sustained, increased their bank note circulation nearly IA per cent, and there was an increase in imports of nearly F per cent. The action of the New York banks has more direct effect on the import trade than has the action of the banks in any other State, and while the circulation of the New York banks was less than II millions in 1840, it was swell led to upwards of 15 millions in 1841. Tax ing the country throughout, the aggregate of bank currency was the same in these two years, but owing to a change in its component parts, the currency of 184l was more effective in pur- chasing foreign commodities. Hence the in- crease of imports.
 It would be difficult to adduce. in the whole circuit of political economy, any subject in which the connection of cause and effect is more obvious, than it is in the amount of bank issues and the amount of imports.
 For further elucidaton we refer the reader o an article extracted from the Boston Post on "The worth of the Dollar" He will find in it good, strong sense, expressed in plain, for cible lauguage.-[ COM
Arkansas true Democrat., 1857-10-20
A Protective Tariff.

We never have great bank revulsion, with the consequent derangement of industry that it produces, but cry is raised in favor of pro- tective tariff, and this cry has already reached from the east.
 "We have imported too much. The banks drained of their gold to pay for this excess of imports. This compels them to press heav- fly on their customers; and hence the general Arrangement of business, through which thou sands of working men are deprived of employ ment. Now, as the cause Of all these evils IS the excessive importation of foreign gooas, the remedy is obvious. It is simply to diminish the importation of foreign manufactures, and this Can readily be done by imposing on them additional duties. Home industry will then take the place of foreign" etc., etc.
 This is substantially the reasoning of the ad- vocates of "protective tariff" At first sight 1t seems plausible enough, but it will not stand the test of examination. Flight duties will, indeed, for time diminish imports, but owing to the peculiar action of our paper currency, 1t will be for only time. High duties cause high prices, and thus create a demand for more currency for the circulation of commodities d ing temporarily the demand for gold for ex- port, encourages the banks to expand. 1t IS not long before they, by their expansion, raise prices so high that the foreigner can enter our market and sell his wares at as much profit as before. notwithstanding the additional duties. Thus it is impossible, while our present bank ing system continues for any protective tariff to be permanently effective. Such a tariff may afford temporary relief to the producers of the protected articles but it injures all the rest Of the community by increasing the rate of their purchases ten, twenty, or thirty per cent. If the manufacturers will candidly review their own history, they will find that they have ne- yer derived any substantial permanent benefit from any of the tariffs passed for their "pro- tecton." Measures which give an artificial direction to labor and capital always do harm in the long run, even to those for whose bene- fit they are specially intended
 We admit that the excess of imports is the immediate cause of the drain of gold from the banks and thus of all the calamities that ensue; but We deny that the edicient cause of this ex- cess of imports Is found 10 be in the want fl a protective tariff. O. the contrary, We afim
 that the efficient cause of th, excess of imports is to be found in the action of the banks. To prove this 10 any candid mind, nothing more is necessary than to give a comparative view ot our bank note circulation, and our imports (ex- elusive of gold and silver,) for series of years We take our facts from the treasury docu- ments, but give both the circulation and the imports in round numbers for the purpose ot facilitating comparison.
Arkansas true Democrat., 1857-10-20
Outrage and Violence.

Our othce was invaded last evening bv number of outlaws, pets of the present don nant party, who conducted themselves in ' iawless and destructive manRer which h characterized our country ever since it becm dlSgraced by Know Nothing rule. A portion. the counter of the office was torn off and bur with violence at the head of one the cleH part ot the pictures in the office were broE up and destroyed, aud any amount of thrs aud abuse lndulged in. The leader and pria pal actor III ths outrage is sad to be Joe zen, the fellow just released from iti by JuE Lee, and who k now awaiting his trial another infamous and unprovoked outrage
 On the morning of yesterday we receivedr r most abusive and threatening anoavmuus uOl and we suppose this visit was in accor!a1 with the promised threats Unfortunately . the ends ol justice, there was but a single p son Tn the office al the time of the visit, or sd. ot those lmpudent SC u ,dreIs mi-ht nave D more behttpg reception.
 There Is uo doubt that Litzen was tue f low who led the party, as he had threaters thls visit and the destruction of our office one of our reporters, because his release . Judge Lee bad been referred tom oar cot am. We might ask, where were the ever watch PoHce duunI the visit of their friends?
 There Is scarcely an hour in the day |. some two or three of them are not seen on [ corner near our door-but at this time th were conveniently absent, until their frieu had retired, when they innoceutly came in know what was the matter. There is . shadow of doubt but these fellows are VI known to the police; and indeed We have be informed that two or three of the miita guard were at a short distance looking on the very time they entered the office. This the way our city is ruled-Baltin,ore A0.s' can.
Arkansas true Democrat., 1857-10-20

The returns for 1S43 embrace only nine months. Supposing them to have been in the like proportion for the remaining three months, the total imports for that year were $52, 800, OOO
 On examining the table, the reader will find as a general rule that as the banks increase their issues, so imports increase; and that as they diminish their issues, imports also diminish. The reason for this Is manifest. In proportion as the banks make paper money plenty, they raise prices and thus make the country good market for the foreigner to sell his wares in. In proportion as the banks di- minish the amount of paper currency, they cause prices to declue, and then as the foreigner can no longer sell his goods to us at profit, he has to seek another market
 In the table there are some apparent excep- tions to this rule; but they admit of an easy explanation.
 In 1886 the bank note circulation was 40 millions and the imports amountel to l55 mil lions In the next year the circulation ln- creased to 149 millions, and vet the imports were only 13O m lions. The reason was that Tn May, 1857, there was general suspension of specie payments, in consequence of which bank currency became much less efficient than 1t had been in purchasing foreign commodities. Be- sides this, it should be remembered that th, bank note circulation is given as it stood at the beginning of the year, while the custom house returns for that year embrace all the imports to the 30th of September. In part of this year. the New York banks made cons derable decrease in their circulation.
 In l94O the bank circulation was 1O7 mil llons and 1t was the same in 184l, and vet while the imports amounted to only S5 mil lions in the first year, they swelled to IA mil- lions in the second. This also admits of ex- planation. In these two years, the banks to the south and west of New York were. with a few exceptions, in state of suspension. When the banks in one part of the country pay specie and those in another do not, the foreigner ;n sending goods to our market is governed chiefly by the prices they bear where specie payments are maintained, for he must be paid in specie or it's equivalent. In 1841 the banks of New York and New England. where specie pay
Arkansas true Democrat., 1857-10-20
A Right Movement.

Mir. Brown of the Senate of Pennsylvania, lution:
 '' ResolUea, That in the opinion of this legis- latu-e, the time has arrived when 1t becomes the duty of Congress to exercise whatever con- stltutona power it may possess, for the con- trol or restraint of the circulation of paper mo- ney in the several States of the Union: and if 1t shall be found that Congress possesses no adequate power for that purpose, then the con- stltuton of the United States should be so amended as to confer on Congress such powers.
 That the Governor be requested to commu- nlcate copies of this resolution 10 our Senators and representatives in Congress-"
 If Congress has not the power, it ought to have 1t. It is one of the objects that properly belong to general government We never can have sound and uniform currency, so long as 1t Is subject to the conflicting legislation of thir- ty-one different States
 Particular States may diminish the evil by prohibiting the issue of notes of small denomi- nation, but then they are continually liable to an influx of small notes from the banks of the neghboring States
 Our iorefathers thought that they took effec- tive measures to prevent such calamities as we are now suffering, when they gave to Congress the power to coin money and regulate the value thereof" and when they prohibited the States to emit bills of credit, make any thing but gold and silver coin tender in payment of debts or pass any law impairing the obligation of contracts" To use, however, the language of the late Hon. J. c. Calhoun, "the powers of the general government have in these re- spects caued in" It has come to be under stood that bank notes professed'y payable on demand are not "blls of credit' in the sense of the constitution Hence instead of gold and silver currency, we have apaper currency Hence in the great majority of cases, paper is the only practical tender for debts, especially when the banks suspend specie payment And hence the obligation of contracts is continually impaired.
 Congress does still, indeed, retain the power to coin money, but it is chiefly for exporta- ton.
 There is nothing in the federal constitution to prohibit the States from establishing banks of deposit, discount, or exchange, nor is it de- sirable that there should be- But establishing banks, using the word in its proper and original sense, is very different thing from establish ing paper money hints. This last power the State governments ought not to possess.
 If any amendment to the constitution be ne- cessary to carry out the plain intent Of the framers of the constitution. it must he proposed bv two.thirds of the members of both houses of Congress, and then ratihed oy the lesisa' ,,res of three- fourths of the several States There may be some difficulty in effectng this. But unless two.thirds of Congress and the le- gslatures of three-fourths of the several States concur, we never shall have a sound and uni form currency.
Arkansas true Democrat., 1857-10-20
U. s. Land Entries.

Below we give the letters of the receivers of public moneys in the Favetville and CiarkS- VI He districts, showing he amount of lands being entered in those disric:s. The number oi acres entered Is rot so great as the hunter entered in the Little Rock and Batesvllle dis- tricts, and the reason of it is probably, that, in those districts, the population is more dense, and consequently first rate lands more scarce There is, however large bodies ot land oi the finest quality still lying un~ppropriated u the Fayetteville aud Clarksville districts, and to be obtained from the general government at prices ranging from l21a cents to one collar and a quarter per acre. There are, in the State of Afkalsas, subject to entry at the United States Registers offices, at the trlling sum of t,oelve a'a haif cents per acre, thousands and hun dreds of thousands of acres, worth from three to fifteen dollars
 There is no State in the Union where greater Arkansas, and it is matter of congratuation that at length, the people of the older States, who are working impoverished lands, are be- ginning to inform themselves of this fact and that an industrious, thriving and meritorious population are continually seeking homes in our State. It is well worthy of remark that the geographical location, climate and soils of Arkan- sas are such that the staples of every section of the Union are readily and advantageously pro- duced in her limits. Our lands in the different sections of the State are susceptible of produc- ing, in abundance, wheat, corn, rye, oats, barley, and all kinds of grasses-hemp flax, potatoes and every variety of vegetables and fruits, cot ton, sugar, rice, tobacco, etc., etc, and to the rearing of stock, such as horses, mules, cattle, sheep and hogs. Arkansas possesses both the climate and soil to produce every necessary of life and many of the luxuries, and is, therefore. desirable home for every class of producers These facts are being widely circulated, and when they become generally known. great as the emigration LOW is, it will be trebled. In the future, and no distant future, there is a glorious prospect for Arkansas Hers is the land of promise, flowing with milk and honey.
 The following are the letters referred to, for which we thank Judge Rose and MT. Dickson: RECEIVERS OFFICE, Clarksville, Oct. 3d, 1857. DEAR SIR-The lands entered with money at this office from the lst November, 1856, to June 3Oth, 1857, 8 months, only amount to , Say "A, ,665 acres and from 1st July to 3O5h Sept. 1857, amount to IA, 439 acres-making in the aggregate since the lst of November last (11 months.) thirty mine Usousand one hund'ed and three acres
 Very respectfully,
 MOREAU ROSE, Receiver. To RICHD H. JOHNSON, esq.
Arkansas true Democrat., 1857-10-20

G The game of the rotationists seems to be misrepresentation. The Arkansas Traveller seems to have met with the same treatment as ourself. As the editor is not member of the hated and prescribed tamily, we thought he would escape such fate. He has not, however, and here is his reply:
 "From an article in the last number of the tTraveler,' on the rotation question, some have come to the conclusion that we are in favor of retaining in office all the present incumbents to the exclusion of all others. We do not think that close reading of the article will justif, such conclusion; at last we did not mean to be so understood, neither in respect to any one or to all of our now office holders. What we intended to say, and what we now say, is, that we are opposed to fixing down upon the party "rotation" as a principle for its future govern. ment in electng men to office. And we have the same objection to fastening upon the party aprinciple that will always keep man in office, either on accoust of his wealth, family, intiu- ence, or any undue means that are so often en- ployed for this purpose. Either principle we consider undemocratic, and eminenily fraught with danger to well directed administration of fpublc affairs"
 The Traveller goes on further justly to re- mark:
 "If rotation then means any thing, it is to turn out every man now in office, and put in an entire new set of officers. To be consistent, the rotators must take this ground, no matter how capable an officer may be; no matter how faith fully he has served his county or state; no mat ter how well he my be able, by long practical experience in the duties of his office, to dis charge all the important interests committed to his keeping; no matter if nine-tenths of the peo- pie wish to retain him in office,--the rotators say he must not be elected! What is this but prescription? Not for political defection, moral or physical unfitness, but because rota tion has become a fixed principle of the party!"
 For occupying the grounds taken by the edi- tor of the Traveller, he, ourself and others are stigmatized as dictators. The rotators say to the people, you must not, shall not, re-elect man to office. We say, the people have the right to re-elect or not any one they please, and VIC wish to see them enjoy its use. Now, who are the dictators?
Arkansas true Democrat., 1857-10-20

YoUNG LADIES INsTITUTE.-On next Friday evening, at half.p o'clock, the teachers ol this institution, assisted by several amateurs, will give concert. Tickets of admittance, 50 cents, may be purchased at the stores of Rear don, Dodge, Fulton, Tucker and Henry The object of the concert is to raise means to pur- chase scientific apparatus for the institute.
 The concert will be vocal and instrumental- the new teacher, Mir. Laserve, will play solo on the piano composed by himself, and duett on two pianos with Mr. Ives. The whole per formance will be excellent and will reward the hearers for their attendance; and, besides. 1t will be a very agreeable way of contributing a small amount to praiseworthy object.
Arkansas true Democrat., 1857-10-20
Financial Matters

St. Louis, Oct. 12-Dean. King & Collins and Kirby & Co.,, have suspended-a million each.
 A. J. McCray, dry goods merchant, has failed.
 Ne,c Fork, Oct. 12.-Corning & Co.,, bankers, have suspended.
 The banks will not increase their discounts until they have gained large accessions of specie. as increased loans, with diminishing snecie would be suicidal.
 The past week was the most severe evar ex. perienced here.
 Enormous Dedication.
 recent examination of the financial de- partment Of the city corporation shows the disappearance, in the past five years, of eight to ten millions of dollars for which DO account is rendered.
 Ne,o Orleans, Wednesday, October IA. The Union Bank has just suspended. There IS heavy run on all Free Banks and great ex- cltement. The Branch Mint has purchased of the Banks $2OO,OOO in silver and bullion and are paying gold, thus affording some relief.
 Ne,o Fork, Wednesday, October 14. The banks of the following cities have sus- pended specie payments to-day: New York Albany, Brooklyn, Boston, Hartford, Trenton Portland and . general suspension throughou, New England is anticipated. Buffalo follows to- o-morrow.
 Wall street is comparatively quiet There is moderate run of the Savings Bank of tbi. city, which was promptly met, but those in Brooklyn were obliged to close. ] The officers of the New York Savings Banks are in consultation, and propose p,yine inc ne, cent. on deposits. The Bank of America and j Chemical Bank continue specie payments. The Manhal'an Is sad to be doing the same. Othel Banks will probably follow in making partia payments. Nearly two million in specie wer' pa'd out yesterday, exclusive of that paid b, Savings Banks.
 Gold is selling at4 and per cent. premium The Brokers Board passed resolution to re -ceive certified checks for stock, which rose Ter cent, and at Second Board was still firm Mechanics Bank Directors held meeting an, expressed entire confidence in the New YorI Bsnkr, and paid dolftf for dollar.
Arkansas true Democrat., 1857-10-20

Col. BURRow AND RoTATIoN.-In noticing our course on the question of rotation, our con temporary of the State Rights Democrat has the following:
 Before saying .fnis to the controversy, we would have been pleased to read an editorial chapter in the True Democrat upon BURRow, who has sown the seed of dissenson and Is the great little troubleI of Israeli in this behalf. Couldn't our contemporary stir him up, or is its pole too short to reach the Redfork agitator?'
 We think our neighbor of Helena mistaken i'll relation to Col Burrows position. Col. Burrow has repeatedly expressed to us his uu qualified approval of our opposition to the doctrine of rotation, and we have often heard him say he would not accept office over an in cumbeni if that Was the issue He detests the doctrine as anti-democratic and believes with us that the people have the right to re-elect an office holder, or not, just as they please. So far from censuring Col Burrow, we feel dis posed to commend him.