The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1857-11-26
The New York Election.
GENERAL SUMMARY.

period. The Democratic vote shows slight
increase.
GENERAL SUMMARY.
Senator Summer, who returned home in the
Niagara, was received on landing at Boston, by
Hon. Henry Wilson, N. P. Banks, Governor
elect, and a large concourse of citizens, who
escorted him to his house, where Mr.. Sumner and
Mr.. Wilson made brief addresses. Mr.. Sumner
has been sick throughout the voyage, but his
general health is much improved. He will take
his seat in the Senate on the reassembling of
Congress.
Gov. McRae, of Mississippi, comes out very
strongly against banks and paper money, in
his message just issued. He says the present
prostration of credit and business necessarily
grows out of the inherent evil of the Banking
System ITSELF and that cotton is selling ct two.
thirds CT Its actual value in consequence. He
says there are but two small banks in that
State, and instead oflegalizing their suspension
of specie payments, nc would have stringent
Legislation TO prevent over issues, with penalties
for failure TO redeem in gold and silver at all
times. He further recommends tax of enc
per cent. on all foreign bank notes which may
be in tie State at the time of the annual tax
levy. How persons who happen to have this
foreign bank paper in their pockets or vaults
are to be made to enter it on the tax list, and
pay over every hundredth dollar of i. to the
State, we do not gather froul the Governors
Message.
It is stated that steam carriage made its
appearance 10 the streets Of Manchester, near
Pittsburgh, q few days ago. 1t ran over the
streets like thing Of life, turning corners and
lodging ruts The driver of an omnibus, seeing
innovation in this experiment, put whip to his
horses, and tried to outrun the steam carriage
but the latter left his coach so far behind that
the omnibus driver was laughed at by the
spectators. The steam carriage went at the
rate of niue miles an hour with pressure of
sixty pounds.
A horrible murder took place in Hartford
county, Maryland, on the l6.h. A man named
Andrew Thompson wss whipping his wife. A
neighbor, Henry Fletcher, interfered in her be-
half, when Thompson picked pp scyihe, and
laid open his skull. The murderer fed, but has
since been arrested. This vas accidental, we
suppose.
The London Times of the I'd instant contains
a long biographical notice Of one of the "mer
chant princes" of the great Metropolis, who
has had most extensive relations with this
country. Mr.. James Morrison, the eminent mil
lionaire in question, died at bis seat, Basildon
Park on the 20!h ultimo, aged sixty-eight
years, and worth $4,000 000 a considerable
portion of which, it is stated by the Times, is
invested in the United States, and go we'll in.
vested, too, that it suffers no diminution by the
present commercial difficulties.
The American Tract Society, which recently
Issued circular, stating that any publication
by our press, bearing upon the topic of Slavery,
even though of Southern authorship, and care
fully kept within the terms Of the resolutions
OF the anniversary, could have DO other result
than precipitatiDg the entire withdrawal of the
South from cooperation with the Society,"" has
issued a tract with the following title:
"No. 594. Sambo and Tony: A dialogue
between two Servants. Originally Published by
the late Rev. Edmund Botsfo1d, minister in
Georgia and South Cardinal "a pages.
The object of this tract is to teach the Scrip.
tural duties of servants (slaves.)
The Society seems to consider it perfectly
legitimate for it to publish tract on the Scrip
tural duties of servants, but "incendiary to
publish one of Southern authorship" on
the "Scriptural duties of masters."-O. S.
Journal.
We have received information from several
that large number of mechanics and laborers
are wanted in that Territory at the present
time. In several of the towns, they have not a
sufficient number of mechanics to do half the
work which is required, and for which they
would receive from $3.50 So per day. One
gentleman tells US there is not q single shoe
maker, tailor, blacksmith, or tinsmith, in the
town OF Ossawatomie, nor in Paoli, in Lykins
county. In fact, there is deficiency in all the
mechanical branches throughout the Territory.
Two or three builders monopolize all the work
in town, and they are go busiy engaged in
erecting dwellings, on their own account that
they refuse to do and are unable to attend to
outside works.. Louis Democrat.
The New York Herald apologies for the
Administration allowing Walker to escape on q
second f!ibuster expedition, on the ground that
sentiment at the South is so strongly in favor
OF such raids, as to render powerless the action
CT the Governments agents; and though it were
not, the means used to elude the Government
are 80 carefully prepared and covertly execu-
ted, that, nine times out of ten, the embarka.
ton would be successful. A pretty comment,
truly, on the force of Federal authority and its
vigilance. But the Washington correspondent
of Forney's Press-who is we'll posted-seems
to think differently, and talks after this style
lOe OISauisSu invasion o. Nicaragua Oy
Walker embarrasses the Administration. The
officials of the Government, in the section from
which Walkers force sailed, are no doubt de-
serving of censure for permitting his escape.
If they had been only ordinarily vigilant, they
could have stayed this 6libuster movement.
They had been fully empowered in the premi-
ses. Orders of comprehensive aud pointed
character were transmitted to them by Mr.. Bu-
chanan at an early day, having in view the am.
plest performance of our treaty stipulation.
Their violation is, l have no doubt, great an
noysnce to him and his Cabinet. Efforts will
be made to intercept the expedition, and the
hope now is that they may be successful"
A writer in the N. ?. Euening Post comes
down on spelling toward" and "afterward"
with an s, and inquiries further why, in none of
the dictionaries-go hnson, Walker, Richard.
son, Worcester, or Webster-can he fed the
word "inuendo." Another writer delicately
insinuates, that if the critic knew how to spell
himself, he would find "innuendo," though not
" inuendo,Y in all these dictionaries.
Comptroller Burrows and Auditor Burrows
have concluded arrangements by which the in
terest on the New York State debt, due in Jan.
nary pext, will be paid at the Manhattan Bank
in coin.