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Bank Suspensions.

PETERSBURG, Oct. 14th-The branch
of the Farmers Bank of Virginia, at this
place, has suspended. The branches of
the Virginia and Exchange banks are still
paying specie.
DETROIT, Oct. 14.-The Michigan In
surance Company has suspended specie
payment.
BosToN, Oct. IA. P. M.-'The suspen-
sion of our banks has caused but little ex-
element. They have resolved to con-
tinue the exchange house and to resume
specie payment as soon as possible.
The banks of New Bedford, Fair Haven,
Worcester and othe principal places have
suspende.
The Nantucket and Lowell bank have
paid specie throughout to-day, but the
suspension will be general in New Eng
lond.
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L AT EST NEW S.

New York. Oct. 15.-The weather
here to-day is unfavorable, and business
dull. The general aspect Of affairs, how
ever, is brighter. The banks ask 1917 a
l0S for sterling, in consequence of the
improved condition of affairs
The action of the banks in receiving
State funds will add twenty millions of
dollars more to our par currency. This
greatly strengthens confidence. No furth-
er procedure has been instituted against
the banks, beyond the injunctions under
which they suspended.
There is a better feeling in stocks
Discounts in bank an don the street are
much frcer and at easier rates. 1t is
generally believed the crisis has been
passed.
Adyices from Boston are much more
favorable. No further failures are an
nounced. Stock operators are confident
of large advances in all kinds Of securities.
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A DANGEROUS WOMAN TO NEEDLE

A DANGEROUS WOMAN TO NEEDLE
W1TH.-A man by the name of John l
Bass was killed in his own house one day
last week, by Mrs. HUDSON. The parties
all lived in Hancock county. Tt APP
pears the Bass come home drunk, NAL
treated his wife and drove her and chill
dren and Mrs. Hudson out of his house.
Mrs. Hudson burst two caps at him. and
then she went home, and next morning,
very early, just as Bass was getting up,
she entered his room, placed pistol to
his breast and fired, killing him instantly.
Georgia Federal Union.
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suspension of the Banks in Nor
folk.

8SgThe Banks of this City all suspen-
lied by agreement to-day at noon. This
measure appears to give general satisfac-
ton to the trading community, and the
only regret we have heard expressed is
that they did not suspend at the time the
Baltimore Banks did so. Their names
are Exchange Bank Of Virginia, parent
Bank Of Nryimia, and Farmers Bank Of
V''yimia, (branches.) 1t is thought that
this measure will afford instant relief to
our oppressed merchants.
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Massa chusetts Bank Suspensions.
One Boston Bank Holding Out.

Boston, Oct. 14.-All of the Fall River
banks have suspended Since the bank
meeting this morning everything is quiet.
Stocks are unsettled, with symptoms
favorable to a rise The Massachusetts, In
surance Company has declared a dividend
of 20 percent. The Massachusetts Bank
paid specie up to the closing to-day. Its
circulation is one hundred and thirty-six
thousand dollars. and its specie three
hundred and seventy thousand dollars.
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Hotel Arrivals.
NATIONAL HOTEL, NORFOLK
VIM. WALTERS, PRopRIEToR

Mrs CB DuAiel', child Il servant, w
M Mclean, j r Holleman, G 7 Thacker;
Va; Mrs Hopkins, J f Onand, M NJ
TuntalS, J Prather, N Y; D S Sears, ship
Hippogritfe Mr. Hargrove, Nanscmond;
Y $ Bland, Edcnton; S r Weisiger, Rich
m nd j W Chelm, Toppahannock; G w
SIX Ter, N Carolina; Miss A Stephens
son, Kindred, Southampton; w w
Young, W L Gregg, Warwick:
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Paw Up.

lay up
Subscribers to the Day Book, will please
have the amount due the Carriers ready
for them to- morrow, Saturday. evening,
in order to avoid detention, as they have
considerable calling to do on collecting
days.
AS no accounts can be kept with the city
subscribers to the paper, those who neglect
to pay up must expect their paper to be
stopped. This rule will be strictly adj
hered to,
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&ES Inc rough anu hurried sketch OF
some disturbances at the Baltimore polls on
Wednesday, given under our news head
ofyesterday, was made upon the authori-
ty of the Patriot of Wednesday evening,
moderate journal politically, and one
whose statesments of facts we presumed
we could rely upon, Notwithstanding its
peculiar partizan proclivities. We are
sorry, therefore, that any of our friends
and patrons should suspect us of in
territorial misstatement. We said yester-
day, explicitly, that we had not the par
ticulars Of these difficulties at hand. We
deem it the duty of a journalist whose spe-
cial function is to give the public all in
telligence Of interest at the earliest posi-
BILE moment, to give not only ultimate and
manifestly correct accounts of what trans
pires, but also the earlier, more imperfect
and less reliable rcports-the flying ru-
mors and "winged words which come
to him, backed by a respectable au-
thority Occasional error, as will appear
from another paragraph in to-day's paper,
is an inevitable necessity of journalism
one which the most vigilant caution, short
of posit We timidity, cannot guard against
or avoid. If we wait until we obtain the
authentic and conclusive account of a
matter, which comes eventually when all
the embarrassing mists and contradictions
are re moved, the item becomes cold and
loses its interest. As q neutral journal.
we shall, of course, as hitherto, endeavor
to avoid giving the party coloring or bias
which may appear, evidently and I'M
doubleday, to vitiate statement; and we
do not hold an overweeningly high esti-
mate of the professedly political Journal
even, which would impose a manifest
talschood upon its readers. And, in re-
gard to this affair of the Baltimore cleo
ton troubles, we cannot even to-day say,
defintively and exactly, how the case
stands. Nor does there seem to be much
probability that we can do so, any more
confidently, to morrow. AS yet, we
have no advices which authorize us to
modify, materially and essentially, the
statement we gave yesterday. When we
shall have such information before us.
we shall be only too happy to make all
proper correction.
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the bottom of most of the "sensation par
agraphs, wherewith the big, bloated news
papers Of the metropolitan cities are wont
to surprise the public. Nearly every day,
our eyes fall upon wonderful items in our
exchanges, which would be exceedingly
interesting, if true" but which we hest
tate to put before our readers until they
are satisfactorily confirmed. To be fore
most in RECALLING the community with some
strange tale, or amazing statement, seems
to be the especial aspiration Of the gene
rality of editors and reporters. A sheer
love of mischief often prompts the perpe-
tration of absurd lies Which stalk out of
the editorial sanctum, like ghouls from
graves at MONDAY, and astonish every
body until they get a qui tus, when they
forthwith vanish as mysteriously as they
came The author of the startling report
sits laughing in infinite delight at the
ephemcral excitement he has created by
his little fiji and when he is pushed fer
his authority, OF gets a positive CONTRA
diction from somebody "who knows"
apologies, in all simplicity and innocence,
and says, naively, that he was "misinlorm-
ed"
Within few days, many leading news
papers-and some who are led--havc
''kept before the people, three utterly
groundless runors,-onc of them with an
aspect so insinuatng that it found
transient Judgment in the Day Book
First, we were told, as an appalling pho
nomenon of the panic" that Hon. S. A.
Elliot, of Boston, had lost his mental bal
ance, and tumbled off the narrow plank of
reason into the ahysm of insanity. Sec
ond, that Hon. Robert P. Dunlap,a gentle
man of some political and masonic prom
inencc, had suffered in the destruction of
his mansion by fire, and the serious injury
of his son who could not survive his burns.
Thirdly, that Hon. William Pitt Fessen-
den, an United States Senator from Maine,
died suddenly in the city of Portland, af-
ter illness of three days. All three of
these stories turn out mere "roorbacks."
Mr.. Elliot has not gone mad; Mr. Dunlap's
house still stands unscathed by flames and
his son is neither dead nor dying; Mr..
Fessenden is yet dweller of the upper
air" and the ambitious politicians of the
'Pine Tree State" have no near prospect
of putting their claims into competition
for senatorial succession.
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The News,

Yesterday money matters were much
more favorable. in New York and Boston.
The action of the New York Banks in re-
ceiving State funds will add twenty mil
lions of dollars more to the par currency,
whereby confidence is strengthened. =
Farther procedure against the banks is
suspended Discounts are freer.
o Financial affairs were more cheerful
in Europe, when the Vanderbilt left; and
money was active. Cotton dull. Bread
stuffs declined. Consols closed 90sa9O}
By agreement of the bank officers of
New York, all the banking institutions in
that city, with the exception of the Chem
ical, suspended specie payment on We'd
nesday. Most of the banks throughout
the country, have followed or it is thought
soon will follow, the example. The event
was expected, and created no particular
excitement.
At largely attended meeting of the
New York merchants on Wednesday, Mr.
James Brown, of the house of Brown,
Brothers & Co., presided, and resolutions
were adopted, favoring the call of an ex-
ira Legislative session, and expressing
confidence in the banks of the city and
State. A committee was selected to So
licit Gov. King to call an extra session.
This meeting is said to have been in the
interest of the banks and not of the mer-
chants, in consequence of which much
d dissatisfaction exists. The Republican
General Committee have passed resolu-
ton requesting Gov. King NOT to call an
extra session; since the interests of their
party would suffer from the action of the
Legislature. On Wednesday night, the
stockholders Of the New York and Erie
Railroad held an enthusiastic meeting, for
the purpose of negotiating a loan of six
million dollars to cover some outstanding
mortgages on the road.
Err The proceedings of meeting of the
creditors of the Ohio Life and Trust Coin
pany, held on Monday last at Cincinnati,
disclose the fact that the concern is thor
onghly rotten, and that its affairs are SO
disordered that statement of its real
condition can hardly be hoped for.
The municipal election in Baltimore on
"Wednesday was carried by the American
party, the Democrats having apparently
allowed it to 60 by default. Since learn
\ ing the particulars of the disturbances
yesterday, we would qualify the partial
and hasty account of them given in yes
lterday's Day Book. 1t is not to be sup
posed that the first hurried reports are f.
nal, and it would be very strange if they
/, did not need some subsequent correction.
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An insane man named Staples, living
at Ridgefeld, Conn.,, was shut into an out
house, recently, which he set on fire, and
before he could be rescued, was burned to
| death.
At Prairie-du-Chien, last week, an
Irishman, named Miles Carlan, was COM
mitted to prison for the murder of his
wife. He strangled her and then threw
her into the water. Intense excitement
prevailed land threats oflynching grew so
strong that rifle guard was formed to
protect the jail.
Edward R. Calson. one of the reporters
of the N. Y Tribune, died on Sunday
last.
The counsel of Mrs. Cunningham are
making efforts to have her trial removed
to the rural districts"
In Petersburg, on Saturday night,a jew
eller, named Gundeach, accidentally
stabbed himselfin the left thigh, inficting
a painful, though not dangerous wound.
The sailing of the steamer Atlantic,
from New York for Europe, has been
postponed till Saturday, the oath.
The bank suspensions in Philadelphia
have brought to light an old beggar
woman, who mourns about the street over
her loss of sixteen hun dred dollars.
The Secretary of the Treasury has APP
pointed DR.. Richard B. Fern to be the
surgeon of the Marine hospital at Mobile,
vice DR.. Lopez, removed.
Miss Florence Nightingale is now at
Malvern under hydropathic treatment.
Senator Douglas is said to have lost
heavily in the current revulsion, having
been engaged in extensive time specula-
tons in Western lands.
During the foolish run on the Brooklyn
Savings Bank. on Saturday, several per-
sons who, in the excitement of the mo-
ment,withdrew their deposits, were fecced
by pickpockets before leaving the bank.
One lady was robbed of 5000.
A gentleman from Georgia was hecced
out of $242 and gold watch and chain,
in Philadelphia, last Saturday, by two
sharpers, who induced him to bet on the
ball game.
CoTToN.-Thc Cotton crops were Sc
ricusly injured in Texas by the boil worm
and early frost. They have also suffered
in Louisiana and Alabama, by either the
worm or weather.
EDO you think shall have justice
done me ?" said a culprit to his counsel.
shrewd Kentucky lawyer of the best class
in that eloquent State"
"I am little afread that you won't"
replied the other; 81 see two men on the
jury who are opposed to hanging !"
Our gallantry. forbids our calling ladies
by hard names, but without meaning in
the slightest to impugn the orthodoxy of
their sentiments, we must say, that so
long as they allow themselves such lati-
tude in the article of crinoline, they run
an imminent risk of being spoken of as
latitudinarians.
Young men are apt to think themselves
wise enough, as drunken men are apt to
think themselves sober enough.
WHY SHE WANTED TO GO WEST
"rhildre, dear" said loving husband to
his junior, 'what do you say to moving
West?"
ooh, I'm delighted with the idea. You
recollect when Morgan moved out there
he was as poor as we are, and he died in
three years worth 100000.
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OCEAN HOUSE, PORTSMOUTH:

W ATS Y EMMERsON, PROPRIEToRs.
Il Kidder, Rice Richardson, Geo w
Hinton, & sister, N G.; VIM Lloyd, Chas
H Simpson, Baltimore; II L Peterson, Z
X Boyd, sc; Miss E benson, Miss Kate
Wilson, Nelson Parker, Va; w H Aniler-
SOU, lady, child & muse, Ala; S Rosen-
hal, N York r AMayo, Richmand; Eli
sha Doyle, Bowden, Nc. e
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Revolving MURDER.-In Undertook,
N. Y, on Monday after last, man named
Dennis Tanner stabbed his wife with a
butcher knife, killing her instantly. No
cause is assigned for the leed.--The MUIR
derer was arrested on the premises.
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New York Markets,

New. York, Oct -Flour-The mar
ket to-day closed firm with sales of $500
barrels Common to good State 81 ,6Oa4. 80;
Ohio SIS. l0a5, 60; Southern SIS, 50a5. 10
an advance.
Wheat-The market is unsettled; sales
of 1000 bushels at ITO cents for Mil
waukie club. Holders demand an da-
vancing.
Corn-The market is firm sales of H.
500 bushels at G9 68a70 cents for mixed
an advance.
Pork-'rhe market is qui,t-sales of
Mess at S22a23; Prime $3.50.
Lard-The market is steady--sales at
139a15 C.
Whisky-Is frn-sales of Ohio at
20a21 cts.
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New York State Money.

ALBANY, Oct. lathe banks here
have resolved to receive on deposit and in
payment of debts the notes of all State
banks redeemable in New York.
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Sinclair, the vocalist, who died on the
22d ult in London, was the father of Mrs.
Sinclair, late Mrs. Forrest, who had Just
made her debut in England.
SuIc1DE.-We learn from the Girard
(Ala.) Herald, that Mrs. Cook, residing
in that place, committed suicide recently
by taking laudanum. 1t appears that
some eight or ten months since she was
deserted by her husband, and left with
five children to support, which she was
incapable ofdoing, and had to live most
of the time upon the charities of the town.
Driven to despair by her unfortunate con-
dition, she resorted to the dread expedient
of terminating her suferings by self-des-
truction.
MURDER IN GEoRaIA.-In Turner
county, Cas- few days ago, man nam
ed Turner Slaughter killed another nam
ed Walden, by stabbing and cutting him
repeatedly with knife. The affair arose
out of a bet on the elections, which were
then going on. The murdered man
leaves a wife and three children. Slaugl-
ter was Immediately arrested and COM
mitted to jail.
THE ODD CENT.-Some days ago a
produce dealer in one of our markc Is sold
customer half peck of potatoes for
levy, and in taking his pay from quar-
ter dollar, returned twelve cents change.
This the customer declined to receive,
claiming thirteen cents as his due. A
dispute ensued, which ended in the Gus
toner getting out warrant for the odd
cent, and, the case being tried, he recover
ed it.-Wash. Star.
The funeral of the late Hon. Louis
McLane took place Friday morning from
his la tie residence, corner of St. Soul street
and Mount Vernon Place, Baltimore. A
large number of the most prominent mem
bers of the bar were present.
A man named Carpenter has been tried
in Madison county, Va, for stealing guano,
and sentenced to the penitentiary for one
year.
The steamer Southerner was sold at
auction Saturday morning, in New York,
for $4,000. Low enough.
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BES" The carelessness or mendacity of
portion of the press in giving currency
to unfounded rumors, is one of the most
salient features of journalism. A great
deal of mere guess work, and a considera-
BILE quantity Of deliberate falsehood, lie at
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UNION HOTEL NORFOLK.
f.. A. BEAToN. PRopRIEToR

P p Memp, Gloucester; 7 w Roach,
Hampton WI Davis, G Bridge RI
Taylor, Wilson; H S Tines, Chucketuck ;
S + Butte, Mr. Vincent, Norfolk; Dem
by, Il Miely, New York.
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CUNDRIES-

GUNDRIES-
~ 10 doz Broems,
do Water Buckets,
10 do Flour Buckets,
10 do Boxes Tomato Capsup,
20 do Boxes Family Soap,
Brown Pulverized and Crushed Sugars,
No. l Lard, Butter, Cheese, Pork, Beet, mo,
lasses and all otter articles in the Gr nery
line, in store, and forsale cheap sQr ca . by
WIN. BOLSON y SON,
.oc l6 No. 3, Campbells Wharf.
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MARINE NEWS.
PORT OF NORFOLK AND PORTSMOUTH.
FRIDAY, Oct. 10th.
FIR
ARRIVED.

FRIDAY, Oct. 10th.
ARRIVED
Steamer Louisiana Russell, from baltimore.
Steamer City Of Richmond, Mitchell, from Rich
noad, bound to Philadelphia
Schr Cornelious, Lennon, from Alexandria
coal to R w Santos Il Co.
Schr G, Russell, North Carolina wheat to Gran.
dy Il Stout.
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FREIGHT PER s. g. r. ROAD.
Dbl. to Bluford l. Co.
SO bales cotton to biggs & Co.
kegs lard and 4 bales cotton OtIom h Clements
bbls. and bags dried apples, to VIM. Veasey'
3 boxes shoes to Herman 4 Co
! bale wool and Is bbls flour, McPheeters 4 Co,
81 bbls -four to Rowland Il Bro.
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ARREST AND DISCHARGE OLA Sur
POSED ABDUcTER OF U S FUNDs.-A
large crowd gathered at the Mayors Office
yesterday, in consequence of the rumorcd
arrest Of a person, supposed to be one of
those concerned in rohbing the Custom
House Of $20,GSS, on Monday night last.
1t will he remembered that the robbers
used a number of stone cutters tools in
perpetrating the larceny. Some, if not
all of them, We're left behind; and as two
Of them were stamped with the name of
Peter Vaudeville, who was known to work
for Mr.. John w Davies, that individual
was taken in custody Tuesday evening,b by
the police, on suspicion of being concern
ed in the affair. Vaudeville, who is a
native of Belgium, was found at the boar
ding house by the officers. The follow
ing testimony shows his connection with
the affair:
VIM. H Harrison detailed the circun-
stances connected with the robbery. such
as prying the door open, money gone, sit
uation of that left, condition of the safe,
&C., &c.
Peter Vaudeville the accused (being in
terrogated by the mayor said he knew
nothing of the affair; had worked with
some of the tools on Saturday, and on
Monday missed long graver (among the
lot) used in making flowers, which he had
occasion for that day and couldn't find.
r. McClintock, employed by Mr.. Da-
vies. testified that he locked up the shop
at the marble yard Saturday after work
was finished, and that on Monday be
found the fastenings of one of Il e win
dows taken off and gone and the win
dow open.
John. w. Davies testified that the mall
let and three of the chisels belonged to
", two of them to himself, and one had
the stamp of McCloy and Shaw on it.
Mr.. d. also said that V. had worked for
him since April last, and was steady
and faithful workmen.
Vandeveltein reply to a question of
the Mayor as to whether he had any wit
nesscs said he had none, and did not know
what witnesses to get. "The tools were
as good as in the street when locked up
in the shop" Somebody had taken them
for he missed the graver which he wanted
in his work, and then he was "taken up"
1t will appear from the foregoing the on
ly ground of suspicion against him was
the fact that he owned the tools Tor
portion of them) used by the robbers, and
which, so far as the testimony shows,
were stolen from the shop where he left
them by those who did effect the rob-
berry. The accused was discharged from
custody, Dis.
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Va. The Largest Circulation in
the City. N@
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An insane man named Staples, living
at Ridgefed, Conn.,, was shut into an out
house, recently, which he set on fire, and
before he could be rescued, was burned to
death.
Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1857-04-06
Ro, Fourteen Ncnrs old Z on. ictcd Of Murder
% Death.

The Toronto tGanhda) Globe gives n detailed nc
count of the trial OF a boy named James MGarrie,be-
tween Il and II years old, for the murder of James
MCaA, boy nine years of age, in October last, IN
the township OF GnrairaXa, Canada. According to
the evidence the murder most deliberate and III
human. Having had quarrel with the boy NJ Gull,
he eneed him into the woods 10 get apples and when
there he beat him with stick, and afterwards took
piece of broken bottle cut his throat with it, and
inflicted gn,hcs and cuts all over his body. lie then
stripped the body hid it between two logs. and, with
the clothes tod up in bundle, left the scene. When
questioned by MGull's father he denied the murder
but afterwards confessed itgving its horrible details
He escaped the vigilance of the officers for two weeks
but WAS subsequently captured.
After the evidence was heard. tho jury, having re-
tjredR few minutes gave verdict OF guilty of wlul
murder, with u recommendation TO mercy. The judge
before pa sing sentence, asked the boy If lac had any
thing say why the sentence of death should not be
passei upon him. He replied, 81 say they've sworn
10 lie Old Scott snrs he gave me So, and did not
lie then sentenced him to suffer death by hanging on
the th day of April next stating that he would lay
the Whole facts before the Executive, but expressed
the opiniod that there was no hope of mercy from
that quarter, account of the horrible nature of
lis crime. During the whole trial the prisoner eNhb
tied no signs ofsenshy aud received the sentence
with an air of callous and careless indifference.