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New-York daily tribune., 1857-10-01

EIt,aefs from Letter TO Prof.
SIiimdn and oihers, -faq.
IS, 1851.
"lf q confederation Of SOW.
ereisn States acquire 9 new
Territory At the expense Of the
common blood and treasure,
surely one set Of the partners
can have no right to exclude
the other from it's enjoyment.
by prohibiting them from TAX
ing Into It whatever is recog-
niIed to be property BY the
common Constitution. But
WIEN the People, the bona .dde
residents Of such Territory,
proceed TO frame Q STATE Con
stitutisn, THEN It 10 their right
TO decide the important ques-
ton fer themselves whether
they wild CONTINUE, modify os
ABOLISH Slavery"
New-York daily tribune., 1857-10-01

rune which ass supposed 70 b familiar - such
perpoD. .---
: Above sn in any question Of nsnners. hs poseessa,
the lind sensibihty 70 prompt, ard, uniupaired The
Just faculty TO discriminate, what regards tne 90
caaion it seems most proper ami BETTING to do or TO
avoid am, Sir, very respectfully.
New-York daily tribune., 1857-10-01

n. bic pssde fu be had openly boosted Of 1ae h"
.. and dsSsa any Abohtorss to eutcs them sssy
HOn lin. Az ssch 10 the locomotive prcps1nfy Of
ostrisycs Al servan:s.
New-York daily tribune., 1857-10-01

Ten years ago, james Buchanan, a msn mature In
yeaIs with life long opportunity to form deliberate
Judgment on question which had from his entry INTO
pubic life more than any other occupied the thoughts
of our public and the attention of Congress- pro-
mpgstes as his solemn conviction, that the Constitu-
ton tas left the question Of Slavery TO the States
wherein it eaists; and, in regard to our Iefri'
torres, We need have no spPrehension' that
the majority Of the people in them VIII ever con-
sent to rtsstoJst Slavery there Ard now, aiser the
brief period Of ten ears he declares that the question
is rot coLfned to the Statee in which it exists, but
goes whe G, er our Cor stuton goes and that instead
Of its requiring to be rttstsbfshed in Territories,
it already exi,ts there and will cootinue until the
people, when they proceed to frame State Govern
ment, thaIl abolish H. There is an able, consistent
state.nsp for you. Did Mr.. Benton ever draw bet
ter portrait than when he said, "The facile Mr.. Bu.
cbaDar."
New-York daily tribune., 1857-10-01

Extracts from the Btrks Corn
ty Letter, Aug. Is, lsi7.
"NOrib.in Democrats are
not expected 20 approve Slave
~ in the sbstIsct; but they
owe Il to themselves. 90 they
value the Union and al the po-
liticsl blessings which bouDti-
fully flow from II TO abide by
III. compromises Of the Constr
tuiicn, and leate the question,
where that instrument has LET,
IL, TO The STATS WHEREIN
SLAVERY EXISTS"
Then, speaking Of California,
&C., ard soying that neither its
soil. climate nor production was
adapted TO .lavc labor, be says:
lit is morally in possible,
therefore, that . MAJORITY Of
the eIDisrants TO that portion OF
the TERRITORY south Of S0
30', " ~hich will be chiefly coD-
posed OF our fellow-citIIens
i,om the kastern, MIDDLE and
Western States, VIII ever RI
ESTABLISH Slavery within its
linits."
Should we ACQUIRE TER
RIToRy hey opd the kio Grsnde
ard east of the Rocky houn-
taiDs, IL is still mole improba-
bic that q majority Of THE Pro.
pLE Of that region would con.
sent to reesssblish Slavery"
New-York daily tribune., 1857-10-01
DID MINISTER MASON HUG THE EN-
PRESS EUGENE
From The RiehmeEd Erqairsy.
No. "a Rue MiRoNESIL. PARIS

No. "a Rue MIaoMESIL. PARIS,
September 4, 1857. I
GEyTLINEs: Cstually sojOurnipg ia this city. OBJ
served in your journal OF the 5th u the paragraph 10
which your att. Ltion has been already drawn quoted
ss coming from Tie London Court Jonr,.di. to the
effect thai Judge Mason bad been reprimanded here
for putting his aim around the Empresss char.
! have eiLce eeen the same paragraph IN other
American journals, accompanied with unkind and in'
juiious reflections.
consider your paper, also, ss perhaps the most
prom pent in The Sou heIn Stses, and having repre-
s.hteo for very Ion period Of time the sentiments Of
Juogo Ms own political patty.
IL eeened to me, theTefore particularly IS was Q
Virginia. ard entertained the greatest persons, es.
t eI, Tor Juoge M Of Sufficient importance TO institute
at rs yery puts d. source sn inquiry into the truth OF
20 extra. IdioaIy sta< eut.
| sccoIdlr gy wrote 10 the editor Of The Court
J.r.al On III. subject, and beg Of you the kindness
t. inert in The ESquHer the ioiIo5in rpy, which
xas promptly sent me;
COrnr Journal orrIcG' Nc. o Brydse. street,
Cov.pt Garden, London, Aug. 81, 1857.
SIR beg 20 inform you that the pa.ssrspn appeared
in IAs Jys nal stating that his EIeeueacy PienPo:'n
Ss.e ss S q. Eaps.: Eusus. siias Up biz psci to
"ny TO some retirement" &c. .,..,.
THE EDITOR of"rHE COURT JOURNAL"
-, E,q
;wh,ch but ior the botice i. sas receiving at home
IA, MD never have regarded, take occasion 10 add
Iba, 20 fsr from Judge Ms having ever in any way
eaeired the di.pless ure OF the Empress have the
Ii cst Vt, founded ssons 10 believe that both herse
and Ii. Emperor ain for that gentleman the mos
c.cldtC personal esteem.
No, oply VAS the Empress pleased at Mr.. Buchan.
sIs c,oi i.ou the prospect i afforded of Ju Ice
NJ count, ustce here bot the Emperor himself, bs-
tE the whole diplomatic corps, expressed to Jaise
Nj. bir desire thst be should be continued here tue
eIIesep,a,iy. of our county rns idea w.s substAn-
usly ,epea,eo, il The uost emphatic manner, 10 an
an.eticaD g.btsmsp " ny acquaintance, not month
-uce.
Tia, Judge NJ should Lave been es,.isd on tins
oi, DIT, seem 20 I- il he case, an aEhip2y
'ohass charged npop bi7L
It,Iirv. se az yrou.. st bJm', Of poirtieg, si,h
~ prass, & N. Fvg sea.-sRGr. IL ls my IN
s''s,'ob thar Jude NJ 10 rrgtided l!1strsssg 10
An en.iIeI iesrse those pisgrsI,es aod ihJ.s Gsc-
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RANK REFORMS.
zinc following IS the substance Of bill pendin

The following is the substance Of bill pending
before the Legislature of Tennessee: s
"1st. That no bank shall issue notes payable at
any place except where issued I'd. That no bank
shall have Office or branch or agency for discount
Sd. That all notes Of IS or under shall be with
drawn from circulation by the first day OF January,
1859; all Of $40 and under by the first day of
January, 1860; and all of $50 and under by the
first OF January 1861. 4th That no note Of SINH
lar amounts after the date aforesaid shall be issued
Section prohibits the circulation of all notes Of
the banks Of other States of the amounts specified
after the dates aforesaid. Section provides for
the individual liabilities Of stockholders after the
exhaustion of the effects Of the bank. Section 2
provides that the chartered banks shall accent this
act as part of their charter and in the event of
their refusal TO do SO, it shall be the duty of the
attorney general TO institute suit for their forfeiture
Every violation of the respective provisions of
this bill is made misdemeanor." w, teia
The Philadelphia correspondent Of the Balti-
more Sun writes as follows:
"a decided feeling is exhibited here in favor of
the prohibition OF bank notes under $40, Some
prominent citizens are in favor Of carrying the
limit up 10 S25, so that paper as currency shall
not interfere with the free circulation of even the
highest denomination Of coin. There is much rea-
son III favor OF $25 notes as the lowest denomina-
ton of bank bills. Measures are already being
taken 70 memorabilia the legislature on the subject,
and there IL very little doubt that a law will be
passed TO limit the issue TO at least 80.
This is the right kind of reform. Exclude from
circulation all bills under ten, or tDoay dollars,
and the specie basis will be greatly enlarged, coin
will then become the crculationg medium for all
the snall and ordinary transactions of life, and
bills for commercial purposes and for large trans.
actions. Such measure would diffuse specie
throughout the country, and among farmers, mer-
chants and latorcrs. tshoG'oi
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STATE RIGHTS.

GovKRNoR WISE Processes to be a southern
State-rights man; but we would be glad to know
what kind of State-rights man that is which per-
mits the interference Of the Executive Of one State
in the elections of another?
What would the NulIifers of South Carolina
have said had the Governor Of Virginia or North
Carolina sent 5000 muskets to the Union men Of
the former, with which to shoot Nulhiers, in 1888,
at the time they were preparing 10 resist the
United States lawsr Is this DemocracyY ar
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u ~ Il = i.
SrRAsGE iSoKNE AT A THEATRE.-We trans
late from a better dated Madrid, September %, to
the Independent Beige, the following account Of
very remarkable incident: ~ #f.th
A soldier named Fuentes was lately condemned
to death, for having in a ft Of passion struck
superior officer. Since his condemnation, his
| relatives have sought every means of approaching
the Queen, from whose clemency, they were told,
| they might hope for his pardon. Last evening,
when the preparations for the execution were
almost completed, the sister Of the condemned
| man appeared before the Zarzuela Theatre, where
Il was understood the Queen was going to see
Ristori, the great Italian actress. was Just
going into the Coyseo, when saw this young
woman, with her hair dshevelled, begging the
people to help her so that she might lay her
petition at her Majesty's feet. One Of the crowd,
who probably knew that the Queen would not
leave without having ali interview with Risori,
advised the unfortunate woman to trust the fate
Of her brother to the great Ital an artistic.
The advice taken; and Madame Ristori,
without waiting to be summoned by the Queen,
and without changing her dress, fastened before
Her Majesty after the first act and presented the
petition, The Queen, who had been informed of,
what had passed, no sooner heard the actless
than she answered with evident emotion, ~ par
don the unfortunate Fuentes; his punishment is
committed; assure his family of this, and believe
me that my esteem for you is much increased by
your undertaking this noble mission" The audi
cnce were all attention, and the word pardon"
was scarcely uttered before the theatre rung with
frantic applause The shouts Of Viva la Renal
aud viva la Ristoriln lasted during the whole
entv oote, which was consequently unusually long
Several times in the evening the stage was Gov.
cred with boquets and wreaths flung from all
parts of the house The Queen was cheered
anew as she left the theatre
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ANOTHER PORTRAIT OF A fsM0DEL, RE
PUBLIC UNDER DEMOCRATIC RULE.

the city Of Washington was on Saturday night
the scene of riot bloodshed, and pillage Hun
dreds Of armed rufiians held possession ofsthe
streets, and fre-arm were heard in various quar-
tiers. It is difficult to learn the particular deeds
of the night, or the persons by whom they were
enacted; for tho ruffians operate in clans, and
those clans are protected and fostcred in their
organized capacity by the Corporation Itself
The States. sa f r HGflfea
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THE CIRCLE.

All history teaches us, that Repu6licanis'a, in
time, runs into, Democracy, and Democracy into
RIGHTEOUSNESS and Ao6ocracy. Mobocracy being
the rule Of violence and the rabble is nothing but
anarchy and the despotism of the million, which
wars especially upon property and its possessors.
To escape from this horrible tyranny, all republics
which have heretofore existed have taken shelter
under the protection Of some military hero, who
had nerve and boldness and talent to rule, instead
of being ruled by tie lawless multitude fa
If we shall progress in lawlessness hereafter, in
the same ratio that we have for the last few years,
how long will it be before the people Of the United
States will invoke the protection of the sword to
TO save them and their property from the assassin
and tie incendiary from Mobocracy and an
archys saetqmgs riafi ~ tf,i.,t ..sl, t--.f.sg
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CELIBACY Va. MATRIMONY.

We refer our readers TO an admirable original
literary article on our first page, entitled Ceiibacy
vs.. Matrimony II abounds in wit and humor
and possesses great ingenuity in the arrangement
of it's argument, as well as aptness in its quota
tons, and adroitness in its Illustrations
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DIES JAnprrrs DAMAars.-Tbe frat trial

DIES JARDIsEs DAMAaEs.--The first trial on re-
cord, growing out Of the fearful accident at the
Des Jardines Bridge, Canada took place, At Brant-
ford, ON the 9th. It,resoted i'm "A verdict Of
$4,000 against The company, (Grest Western.)
The suit was brought by, ths widow ,ofa Mr.. Sc.
cord, who was one of the killed. Ai7sqTSlo Gow-
mst6l advocate. % oSs
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THE AMERIC,AN.
wAsHgaroN. NsysHpEa \ ls57.
Curiosities Of Liserature.

The following extracts from letters under the
sign manual of Mr.. Buchanan, disclose the emf
nent consistency Of this distinguished head Of the
great National Democratic party That which
Mr.. Buchanan firmly maintained TO be orthodox
in lS48 and 1856, 1t strikes him with amazement
IN 1857 to find that any one should venture TO
assert:
JAMES BUCHANAN IN ls4s.
Having urged the adoption Of the Missouri
Compromise, the inference is irresistible, that
Congress, in my opinion, possesses power to legs-
late upon the subject of slavery in the Territories
Buchaaan's Letter to Sanford
JAMES BUCHANAN IN 1856.
This legslation--the Kansas and Nebraska
bills founded on principles as free government
ITSELF and in accordance with them has simply de-
clared that the people Of Territory, like those Of
a State, shall decide for themselves whether
slavery shall notexist within the limits Accepto-
tion 81 aomination for the PRESIDENCY. b IN
PRESIDENT BUCHANAN IN 1867. aa-
Slavery existed at that period when tho Kan
sas and Nebraska bill was passed and still exists In
Kansas under the Constitution Of the United States.
This point has at last been decided by the high
est tribunal known TO our lawsg How it could
ever have been seriously doubted, is mystery.
Ifa confederation OF sovereign States acquire new
territory at the expense of their common blood
and treasure surely one set Of the parties have
no right to exclude the other from it's engage
ment by prohibiting them from taking into it what
ever is recognised to be property by a common
Constitution. '--Letter to SiILimdn. o17 Z
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nut-con..;hn.ions b. 49,

eE- contributions by ofice-hclders are being
made, to be sent into the adjoining counties, to
be used for eectioneering purposes. A denial 10
challenged, The contributions are known
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On Sunday last, a large number Of Germans
assembled at Action Hall, Thirteenth street, Phil
sdelphia, in answer to an infammatory call, and
the theme and motto Of the meeting was 7" Bread
onstration on Friday evening in Independence
Square, and serious disorders sre anticipated 4
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A REHARgABLE CASA MARRIAGE took Mace
~ Fair.ax county, on Saturday last OF 4 couple
VINO were divorced nine years ago. In the mean
time The man has been married and MA wife died.
and on Saturday he was again married 20 bis Tor.
mer wife. <4tHsE CO., a77T -,-S'-1i1 -1i0
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y, sFRosr IN NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS., Oct. 3l.--The
Montgomery (Ah.) Mail, of Thursday, announces
that q killing frost had been experienced In that
nejghborhood. ss1eh
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SENTENCE or JAMES o. BRAYMAS 20 Chicago,
Oct. 30.--James 0. BTyman was yesterday SEN
fenced to four years hard labor in the pententary,
for stealing letters from tho post Office in this
city. Y, H1cod
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WHAT ARE WE COMING TOT

Our community have already been appraised that
Governor WlsE, of Virginia, has sent 5000 mus
kets to Governor Lyon, to be used, of course, on
the day Of the State election ia Baltimore, and
that 400 United States muskets have been sent to
the United States Marshal of Maryland, residing
in Baltimore, from the United States armory at
Piunder Party, on the same day, to shoot down
Anaeyicass at the polls, az they were shot down
by United States Marines, or Foreigners in Ma
rine uniforms, here on Bloody Monday"
A Governor Of one State sending arms to the
Governor of another State to be used on the day
OF election! The Federal Gousrnmeat sending
arms TO Governor Of . State, To be used as Brit
ish muskets were used in Boston in ITO, for MUIR
dering american citisessI Good Heavens what
have we come tor Do we live in free country,
or under a dsspotismS Do We live in country
where every citizen feels that he is protected by
the Egis Of the law, and may without being put
in bodily fear, exercise all the rights which the
Constitution and laws guarantee to him, or dove
i've In q; land degraded BY mob-law, ,nobs being
encouraged and armed by the very government
instituted for our protections .'i
These are serious and important questions, which
are now coming home feclingly to every man, wo-
and puts to his neighbor. n .... .sas X.
BY controlling the streams Of money which flow
out from the public Treasury, and causing them to
run into the pockets Of their partisans and fayo-
rites the /" Pluader Party has for many years
past virtually had possession Of the purse, and
now, not content with that, they arc welding the
ssoord also to control elections and make vassals
and slaves Of the people Of the United States.
The experiment was 6rst tried in Kansas and
what disgraceful scenes that chosen battle ground
has presented for the last two years or more, all
know. The experiment was next tried here, in
this city, under the eye and nose of the President,
on the first Monday of June last, now known as
BLOODY MONDAY" And now another ex-
pertinent is to be, or was intended to be- tried in
Baltimore, at the election, to day. We shall see
whether the Federal Government dare bring their
Pyetoriam COHORTS out to overawe or shoot down
the citizens Of Baltimore, or whether, initiating
the example of Governor Ligon it will take coun-
sci Of Prudence and keep its cohorts out of harms
way. f9s@ 81 .iesi. &2.asa n"
y But whatever may be done to-day with the mus
kets sent by the President of tho United States -
for we cannot suppose they would have been sent
without his sanction--and by the Chief Executive
officer of Virginia, it is evident that both these
high functioharies intended they should be used.
We owe them no thanks therefore, if the ballot
box has not been conquered and controlled by the
cartridge.box if the freedom of the former is still
maintained, It is due to the resolute frmness Of
Mayor SWAMI, rather than to any indispositon Of
the freedom of elections. At3 et-'.s
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JOHN SCHMIDT IN FusDs-Jobn Schmidt is Q
German Banker in Louisville. He, suffered run,
was compelled TO suspend, but did not close his
doors He simply stuck up a notice in high Dutch
that he was going to have some money pretty soon
Two days after he took down the notice and put
up another stating that he had l6,O0oEon hand
gone John put up the old notice again, and
next day was again in funds, when, III accordance
with his old plan, he changed the notice. At.last
accounts there was no run on John Schmidt, and
his depostors had all come back to him. That
was straightforward Dutch pluck and honesty.
a'@''s.. e2'h9nn' Buffalo CoD,bis+eidf Adpoedfe
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!" NINE HUNDRED AND FoRTY-TWo
BANKS HAVE SUSPENDED t a.

aMORE THAN FIFTY THOUSAND MEN,
WOMEN AND CHILDREN HAVE BEEN AND
WILL BE THROWN OUT OF EMPLOYMENT
THIS WINTER as
DEsTITUTIoN AND DISTRESS STARE Us
IN THE FACE" Esf
ANOTHER PORTRAIT OF "A MODEL RE-
PUBLIC" UNDER DEMOCRATIC RULE.
We, Of the old Republican party, used to
charge the Fedsraists with infdelity to our free
institutions when they maintained that the people
we're their own worst enemies. But the rapid
growth of crime, and the defiance of law and Or
der which have recently written the annals of our
free country in blood would 60 agood way to prove
that there was more truth in the imputed Federal
dogma than was conceded by their political ad-
versaries Pitched battles with firearms now take
place in our cities, not only in the darkness of
night, when rufaanism was wont to cloak its
crimes, but in open day, among citizens Of the
same town, and without any rational cause that
would justify even fair round of boxing The
untrammeled freedom Of elections, heretofore the
boast Of our country, issuppressed by armed mobs,
and man now advances TO the polls TO give his
vote at the hazard Of his lfe-lNat Int.
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GOVERNOR LYON AT THE NORTH
ERN LIBERTY MARKET HOUSE. 4

A great excitement was produced on Monday
morning by the announcement that his Excellency
was at the Northern Liberty market-house in
search Of some influential member Of the fire com.
pany to secure q accommodation for membership,
having been denied the privilege by the States
Hose Company" on account Of cowardice. Dill
gent search was made for him by several Of his
political sympathixers, but he was not TO be found
Tho probability is, after obtaining something tc
eat he left for more congenial climate, that sec
ton of our city being too hot for him. We un
derstand that the city authorities design offering
a reward for him. He has muskets for sale.
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AGENTS FOR THE AMERICAN. "
For First Second, Third and Fourth Wards, Henry
Johnson residence 400 X street t f57 asJ.
For Georgetown, (The Embodyment) I'll as55ss
For Sixth Ward, George T. Dykes. H 5an 3.
For Fifth and Seventh Wards, MORTIMER SMALL
WOOD. t,e js III s5iy ,Gh# t1j si1
4 HENRY BoxER, Agent for Alexandria. IL 6
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Mr.. James II. Robinson has been appointed to a
first class cerkship made vacant by the promotion Of
Obadiah Woodson. :.
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PORTRAIT OF A. N MODEL REPUB.
LIC'' UNDER DEMOCRATIC RULE.
MURDERS, SUICIDES, ASSAULTS, BUR
GLARIES, AND LARCENIES, AND AcCI-
DENTS or ALL SORTS, FORM A GLOWING
CHAPTER IN THE RECORDS OF THE DAY
EN. Y. Correspondence Nat. Intel. sa
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1.-THE RECORDS OF CRIME ARE BLACK
ENOUGH THE PAST WEEK mo LESS THAN
SEVEN CASES OF MANSLAUGHTER AND A
HEARTLESS CASE OF INFANTICIDE" af
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AMERICAN MEETING AT LAUREL

One of the most enthusiastic meetings that has
boon Witnessed for some years was held at Laurel
last evening, the I'd instant, at William Hurley's
Hotel 4 a;,gs 4, ga gis
The speakers we're Selby Clark, Esq, the indie.
pendent American candidate for Clerk Of the
County Court, and 7. J. Simmons, of Washington.
Resolutions were unanimously adopted TO sup
port none but those who stand square on the
American platform. 1a
The greatest harmony prevailed and every
member of the party present determined to take
or his coat, and work energeticaiy for the success
of the State and county ticket
Mayor Swann's course was triumphantly on.
dorsed The meeting adjourned about o'clock