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The American. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1857-1857, 1857-09-30
ISARRIED.

The Canal tolls in New York have greatly de.
creased
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/" This must be looked into,' as the spoiled
child said TO his fathers watch when he heard il
al !.
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AGUE AND FEVER BITTERs,

a CERTAIN CUKE FUK AGUE AND FEW Elk.
UNHIS MEDICINE is entirely vegetable, and con-
III tains no ingredient in the least degree prejudi-
cial 10 the human system. Ii has never failed to
cure chills and evers when the directions have been
complied with. Price IS cents per bottle. This
medicine is prepared by Charles Pearson, and can
500 Maryland avenue, between Four-and-a-half and
Sixth streets, Island s26 If
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TIE CORPORATION SALARIES We hear that the
Bank Of Washington will pay on demand the sala
ries of the city officials, due on the lst proximo
in city currency which will be available In all or
binary business transactions.
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Hoas-Whst utility is there in killing hogs, IL
they are cured directly sfterwsrdsf
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AT COST.-HAVlNG DETERMINED TO
"A confne our business exclusively to the coach
and cabinet branch OF the trade CncGding Bar Iron
and Steel) we offer our present stock of BUILDING
HARDWARE, Gu TLERY, AGRICULTURAL
GOODS &c, &c, AT COST, to close out.
All such goods must positively be sold, and if not
entirely closed out by the 18th of Decembr win be
disposed of at auction, to make room for another
class Of merchandise.
An examination of prices will convince purchasers
that such goods there is chance for good invest
ment.
With increased facilities in the branch Of the
trade TO which we shall hereafter devote atten-
increased patronage of consumers in full confidence
that prices will be satisfactory.
ELVANS 4 THOMPSON,
S26 Pennsylvania ave., bet 9th and 10th sts.
SO I'm
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y G.. HYATT has just opened from the recent
IL auction sales, a splendid assortment of Fall
and Winter Dry Goods Of every description, at very
reduced prices:
Bargains in Black and Fancy Silks, ..
Bargains in Stella and Rroche Shasls. o..
Bargains in De LANES and Cashmeres
Bargains in Bonnets and Ribbons.
Bargains in Atwood Plaids and Ducals.
Bargains in Prints and Ginghams.
Bargains in Merinoes and Coburg Cloths.
Bargains in Irish Linens and Shifting Cottons.
Bargains in Flannels and Blankets
Bargains in Cloths, Cassimeres, and Satinets.
Bargains in Undershirts and Drawers.
Bargains in Embroideries of every description.
Remember Ladies, the place for Bargains is at
r. g. HYATT'S, No. $40 Seventh street, third door
below the Northern Liberty Market. $50 3t
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HON. PRESTON s. BROOKS.

The funeral solemnities of this distinguished
man, were worthy Of his name and the State
which honored him. The procession from Wash
ington to the place Of his burial, following his
remains, was an escort OF the true admirers Of
honorable character and of manly virtues. The
miserable Black Republicans, who object to the
appropriate manifestation Of public sentiment
over the body of this chivarous son of South
Carolina, have celebrated the rites of their Glass;
in the recently developed bribery and corrup-
ton of their leaders. While the defamers of
the lofty Brooks, the dogs that kick dead lion,
skulk from the seats i'll Congress, polluted by
their dishonesty, to hide in despair from the
looks Of men, the body of Brooks is taken by
the representatives of States to its native soil,
the nation and the sovereignty of States bear
ing bis honorable pail. The committee, sent
from South Carolina, performed its duty in
way to turn the public eye, in admiring adni-
ration, from the sad spectacle of the remains Of
Brooks, to the noble and accomplished sualr,
which bore his amented dust. The remarks
of Mr.. Yeadon in Richmond, struck us as more
in good taste, more gravely dignitied and briefly
expressive, than any thing Of tue kind we have
ever heard While entire silence would have
been inappropriate, and long speech unsulta-
BILE, he happily said just enough, and i'll way
to meet the occasion and do honor to the labor
of love. Could we suppose the State Of South
Carolina personifed, We can imagine she would
utter just what Mr.. Yeadon spoke, expressing
sorrow for son borne back, from the battle in
her cause, on his untarnished shield, with a
humble acquiescence in the DEGREES Of Prvi-
dence, with the dignity Of true grief, the resg-
nation of true parent. They may talk Of
South Carolina as they will, but what State so
fully honors the devotion Of her sons, living, or
so nobly mourns them dead 2 1t is this trait,
which CAUSES them long after their hearts have
sent deep into other soils the shoots of their
affections, to cling to the memory of that State
with pride that knows no decline, and hope
of being reunited to her with q strength that
never dies in life.-Itmessee Mount High:
-Na.,) Valley, 18th March, 1851
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sutNORs Tos FRasH,PlERtf.,1

When the goa! of highest mortal ambition j.
attained. and the circle OF Il deathlcss fame
which binds the brow is complete in its brilli-
ancc, the recipient may naturally look for further
lupnors from those who seek for Themselves re-
Election of his glory, or a continued laullt!on
from para.tical tongues that would attract t"
thcm:clycs the smiles OF power. But when
the sccp;rc has departe.!; from the lan;l that
swaycd; when illuStrions place is vacated AMI
Insignia which inm!c conspicuous g!ittcrs upon
another, Men, inlcc.l. there is grateful incel!sr
Of sincerity about praise arl tribute that render
both tcntoll welcome to tic recipient.
Such altcr-mwcr testimonials are being @"n-
fprrcd upon Franklin Pierce with Il plenllGlc
like that with which the ycr!rl season ia scat :
tcriny :.owcrs aml fragrance upon rejuveratc'l
earth. Among the most recent OF these sonvc-
Mrs to the cx-I'residcnt. is one from the cit-
zcns of Savannah, Georgia. i'll the form OF Il
massive service Of silver plate, "riclily chased
and ornamencd" To give cclat to the gift. ii
was presented through Senator Toombs.
The man is worthy of all these delnonStra-
to ,s, and more. And already has he received
morr-a grateful memory i'll every national
heart, name hnpcrishably carved in the tenn
Die of our Constitution; and fame upon whose
luminous disc there Is not spot OF obsculatlon
Miss State Gazette.
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The New BRIT1sH MIEIsTER.-The Wash
ington correspondent of the New York Herald
telegraphs to that paper as follows:
learn that Lord Napier has received, by a
late steamer, the most urgent instructions to
cultivate friendly relations with our Govern
ment and our people, and to endcavor to obtain
from the former cooperation in the movements
in China.
Affairs there are looming up with gigantic ap-
pearances of present disaster, and itis supposed
in well informed circles that the undivided at
tention of England and France will be required
by the exigencies in the East during the COM
inr year or two, and both Of these powers have
a Strong inclination to. let the United States
take the lead in the political movements on this
continent, if they can gctus cooperate in China.
AS there have been several statements put
forward of Lord Napiers household movements,
il is we'll that the matter should be set right.
His large family and intentions relative to So
cial entertainment required that he should have
n large house and one that suited him in this
respect was offered him on Georgetown heights.
ITnnn mature consideration he declined it, and
has taken Senator Fish's house, in the centre of
tho city. 1t dill not suit him so well as the
other. but lie was influenced in his selection by
fine consideration that the distance to George
town md the concomitant five dollars for hack
hire would keep many people away from his
psrt,es, while bis wish iss got only to give dus
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PaCTS FOR CONSIDERATION.

In 1889, prior to the revolution, st. Domingo
exported G,S35, PIG lbs. Of coffee, and l4O,OOO,-
OOO lbs. of sugar; in 1918, the export of coffee
had fallen to 26,0O0,0O0, the export of sugar
had ceased entirely, and sugar is now imported
into the island.
In 1884, the year Of the emancipation OF
slaves, Jamaica exported to England 1925, ,0S3
lbs. coffee, and 125 ,G25, 300 lbs sugar; in 1889,
five wears after, these exports had decreased to
942S,l07 lbs. Of coffee, and TO,5O7 500 lbs.
sugar.
The whole number of slaves imported into
the ENGLISH West Indies, was 100000; in
1884, only G6O,OO0 remained to be elnancipatcd,
being l,O4OOO0 less than the number imported,
or decrease of over three-ffths.
The whole number of slaves imported into
the U. S. prior to the prohibition Of the slave
trade, 1908. was $4,000. BY the census of
1850 the slaves in the United States amounted
to 3, ,2O43l3: add to this the free blacks, 434,-
495, 5,-total of the negro race was 9,63S'oos, or
nearly nine for every one imported.
The slave population in the United States, in
1910, was l, ,l9l, 1868. In 1850 it had increased
to 1904 ,3l8, or 264 per cent, nearly fifteen
times the ratio of the increase OF the free black
population.
From the above factS tne ioiio"in6 eohciuoioii'
ist, That in consequence of the revolution in
St. Domingo, and the emancipation of the slaves
in Jamaica those islands are fast relapsing into
deserts.
ID. That slavery in the United States is a
very different institution from what slavery was
in the English West Indies; that in the United
States, owing to their kind treatment, the slaves
bad increased nine-fold, while on the contrary
! in the English West Indies, they have decreased
, three fifths:
3d. That tho negro race inc,casos nearly ff-
''teea times u aatW tssss stsss 0f slsNsy u
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/. The banking capital Of the State is lent at
rate far higher than the law intended, and
banking has been diverted to an illegitlmatc
business.
2. Increased difficulty to the people Of the
State in obtaining money at legal rates, or even
at what should be its market value. An artful
scarcity is produced, and therefore price enhanc-
cd, by the banks Withholding accommodations
except on exchange.
3. The unequal operation of the usury laws
upon the people and the banks, expressing the
first, and yet protecting the latter from comSe-
ttion in the money market. This in turn op-
presses and deranges the business of the State.
The Banks must be restrained, and the usury
laws must be abolished, in order to bring mon
ey down to its market value, and to equalize
its price.
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ss,I12,l75 05 SlO,3s7,9O IS

It is thus apparent that these banks lend TAR
,,vor three times as much at usurlous rates as at
the regular rate Of Interests the country % banks Ks
alone about six times as much, and the Bank OF
Newberry over seventy,two times ,s,an as much CHI
This is making money out OF the industry industry anu
makes makes the few rich, and the many poor:
We have not embraced the Bank Of he State
of Sonth Carolina (the State institution, as
tb,t " Rank confines itself to its Legitimate busi-
ueas raas % and to home services Nor also the Bank
of of'I Charleston Thar the Planters and Mechanics "a
Bank Union Bank tn and Bans Of Ssu1h Ssn
oafo,' i.,h;, i. ' All these Banks have less ex-
ohonrs ~ than discount line, and confinc them
Sr,rsI '1rawn o against prodnce-a business legaizcd,
but % vet rot in conso,anco with proper banking.
~ = From this condition Of operations three effects
follow:
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Gbpiite 4ostrg.
"oH! TELL ME-1s THERE NOT A HoMEw
BY CARRIE z. PLUMBE.

BY CARRIE z. PLUNBE.
I'd wandered far, one summer eve,
And sat me down beside
An oaken tree, whose spreading boughs
Swept DER the murmuring tide.
barred my brow, twas burning hot,
And knelt beside the stream,
While the sun with mournful sigh smiled out
His last bright golden gleam.
The grass waved in the gentle breeze,
And flowers of every hue
Sent forth their fragrance on the air,
Wet with the evening dew;
The stars came softly peering down
From out their home above,
And nestled close as though they told
Some whispered tale of love.
Beside me grew lily pale
1t spoke in accents low;
"rm weary here-oh! tell me where
The flowers of affection grow?
Yes, tell me, is there not home
Above yon starlit sky,
Where buds may bloom eternally,
And never droop nor die?"
"And art thou weary here, sweet flower,
Come let me cherish thee,
III love thee, for I, too, am cast
Upon life's tideless sea
Alone I'm floating down the tide,
With naught to guide my barque,
No love-light CLEANS upon my sky,
The clouds are drear and dark.
"But there's home of joy and bliss,
Where skies arc clear and bright,
Where fragrant flowers are clustering round
The throne of life and light!
And wouldst thou learn the name which Goo
That beauteous land hath given,
Bow down thine ear-Ill whisper soft
Dost hear me, flower ?-'tis Heaven"
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TIE SLAVE TRADE 1T THE NoRTr-The New
York Journal of Commerce has the following
paragraph for the digestion of the descendants
of the men who pocketed the profits OF the
slave trade, which is now declared to be piracy
by act of Congress:
We lave been thinking over the question Of
the proposed revival Of the slave trade in this
country. and have come to the conclusion that:
if ever it should come to pass, it will be done
by Massachusetts, rather than South Carolina.
a modified slave trade is already carried on
from Boston as well as from New York, but not
at all from Charleston or any Southern port.
We allude 10 the traffic in Chinese coolies, who,
being comparatively white, t! cir enslayement,
under various forms of imposition, is all right,
as estimate by Northern cupidity. So far as
the .4frcan slave trade is carried on from North
crn ports, it is done by foreigners, VINO sE''lS IN
from pabIic observation; but the coolis slave
trade is conducted openly and largely by Yam
KEGS
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CuI, FOR A DREp ScoTr CONVENTION IN
M,ssAcursErrs.-Th people of Warren, Mass,
at a meeting held on the "a 'nst'' passed a
resolution in favor of State Convention at
Worcester at an early day, "to devise means to
secure prompt, efficient organized, united and
continued action IN the e5'sls resulting from the
DnED SCOTT case, and the state OF affairs in
Kansas"
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the Southern States, under the care of their
masters, as in their state Of freedom, in New
England when dependent on their own resour-
ces and tine ch rity Of the white race.-New
York Day Book.
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The WIFE OF SENATOR DoucLAs.-The
Washington correspondent Of the Cleveland
Plaindealer thus notices this lady:
It was reception day, and Mrs. Douglas rose
upon our entrance, and with a charming grace
of manner and high bred courtesy welcomed
us to her home. Above the medium height,
her form is large, elegant and striking. Indeed
it would be difficult, if not impossible, to find
another so fautlsss and perfect in proportions
Her face is kindness and simplicity itself, with
features regular and agreeable. Her eyes are
dark, expressive, and when lighted up with in
terest or pleasure, sparkling like diamonds in the
sunlight.
Hel complexion might fairly outvie the lily
in purity, and her genial, hearty childike laugh
displays set of snowy teeth, and makes the
room echo with its clear and silvery ringing
Her brown and luxuriant hair was parted i'll the
middle, and drawn without ornaments across
her forehead. Add to this the splendor of the
most costly apparel silk embroidery and equi-
site laces, and all without attempt at display,
and You have Mrs. Douglas as she appeared to
your humble servant on this memorable morn
ing.
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SPr,rrR BANKS CuMrLlMESTED.-Ne entirely
concur With our neighbors Of the Carolina Times,
in their lust condemnation Of the conduct, OF
Governor Aiken, in complimcntinns Speaker
Banks, as he did, who embodies and pcrsonic3a
black republcanism in its very essence and soul.
There is such thing as u man going too far
with his magnanimity, and we opine Mr.. Aiken
reached that point, when, in addition to previous
compliments in the same direction, he rose i'll
his place and moved a resolution of thanks to
Mr.. Speaker Banks, for his able and impartial
discharge Of his duties" \ traitor 10 the Con-
stituton of his country, and the leader of vii.
laiuous band, who would rob us tomorrow, if
they had the courage, or dared to come out like
brave outlaws and enforce their iniquitous de-
signs at the point of the sword, or mouth of the
cannon. pretty business this, to compliment
those who are daily heaping abuse upon our
heads, adding insult to injury, and, who are as
ready to-day, to burn our towns, ravage our
coasts, and destroy the lives Of our people, as
were ever the hired minions of George III, to
tread down and dishonor the spirit of new born
lberty.-Camden Journal.
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FLorg AND GRAIN AT TIE WEsT-There is
much inquiry in regard to the stock Of -four aud
grain at the West, and on this point We condense
the following from private letter to leading
house Of this city, dated Chicago, March 81.
There are in store at Chicago $4,000 bbls of -four
73O, 900 bushels wheat 10000 bushels corn,
and llf,D00 bushels oats. At Milwaukee, $4,000
bbls. -FOUR and $4,000 bushels wheat. at
kenosha, between two aud three hundred thou.
sand bushels of wheat, and at Racine about The
same quantity. The writer also expresses tho
opinion half The wheat crop of Wisconsin is not
yet marketed, while the quantity in illinois is
much larger than is generally stated. At Chica.
60 corn was taken at 43 q. A cts, free on board
in April and May, As cents for June, and so cents
for July. The crop of wheat on the ground is
also said by the same authority to be very prom.
ising-N. ]. Courier.
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but thatthe people should come

to them. &
I learn that he has said he wishes to bring
about as pleasing social relations here with the
embassy as have sprung up around the Ameri-
can Embassy in on.during Mr.. Dallas, time
there. 1t is also said that the English govern
ment is very desirous that the good relations,
politically and socially,s that have sprung up
around Mr.. Dallas in England shall be perpet-
mated
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dead body of the Hessian Rhol, confessed the
magic influence of the Author -Hero's pen.
The vilest enemy of this Author-Hero, a base
hirelng of the English Court, yes, even he, the
libeller Of Jefferson, and Franklin and Madison,
as he was, even he, thing so small in soul that
his very masters were ashamed of him, was
forced to confess that: Z" The cannon Of Wash
irgton ,uas not more formidable to the British than
he pen Of The author Of Common Sense"
Is there heart that does not throb at the
name of the author of the Declaration-THoM
AS JEFFERSON, the Satesman-H Hero Of The Reuolt.
tion?
And do your hearts throb at the mention of
his name, and yet refuse to pay even the tribute
of one solitary .pulsation of justice to the mem
ory of his brother patriot, his forerunner in the
work of Freedom, the AuthorHero of the Rev
olution-THOMAS PAINE?
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The Columbus Tim"s d. Sentinel SAYS emphat.
ically that the Commercial Bank of Brunswick
is mnt II wild cat, bit as safe and solvent Bank
as there is in Georgia. The c,lior is reliably
Informed that S5O,O0O III gold has been paid into
the vaults of the Bunk, arl lis bills are redeem
llc at the Bank of Savannah. The stockholders
reside in Columbus. Brunswick and Steward
county, and are worth at least 100000.
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ANOTHER DEES MArRIAGE-The Albany (N.
~ papers record the mnrriagc Monday, of
William Traux, whoever Of 80 winters and
eleven children, 10 Mrs. Marinuc, Il widow of
ole child. \ contract for The education of the
brides child, and including an allowance of
$1,000 per year for herself, w;:s drawn up. The
wealthy hrlegroom WIS. so 9!!atcd at his success
iilmatrmonal speculation, that lie got OH Il
spree and into the station house on his Wedding
night.
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PRESERVES IN TIN CAsEs.-The New Bedford
Mercury learns that a lady residing in that city
was badly poisoned u few days since, by eating
a few spoonsfu of preserved whortlcberrieS,
which had been put in tin case. The liquid
from the berries had formed verdigris on the
surface Of the metal. For several hours the
lady above mentioned remained in nearly in
sensible condition, and was with difficulty
brought to. The article was purchased for max.
ing pics. All preserves Of this description
should be put up ard kept III glass.
FINE CorToH.-The editors of the New York
Courier and Enquirer have been shown n SAM.
pie Of Sea Island cotton, taken from bale sold
in Charleston, South Carolina, at l35 cents per
pound, probably the highest price paid in twenty
years. The factors who sold this bale are CON.
fden that it is the finest bale of cotton that has
ever crossed the Atlantic. The planter of Edisto,
South Carolina took the medal in the London,
Exhibition Of 1851, and the prize bale, though
it spun yarn up to No. 9O0 is believed to be
interior to this This bale was picked out by
the lady of the planter with her own hands, and
it is q marvel the perfection to which she has
brought the staple. 1t is to go to Havre.
BLASTING CoMPoUSD.-A new explosive com
pound has been patented, consisting of rags or
paper, saturated and coated with q mixture of
gunpowder, chlorate of potassa, and powdered
calcined cork. Khe chlorate of potassa supplies
large quantity of oxygen to combine With the
carbon that is liberated when explosion takes.
place, and the peculiar structure that is obtained
by employing rags or paper causes al parts of
charge to be ignited instantaneously.. The
compound is used in cartridge. 1t is stated
that one pound of it, at price Of one-half' the
same weight of gunpoweler, possesses an amount
powder. great additional advantage also char.
acterizcd it, viz: its exploding With very little
smoke. y.
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- A GRAND DIspL ~ TIE SnltaRo Of IafkeYbe.s
i ssaste sa,
her to the extent Of s400, ,OO0 Even, :her Slip
pers arc to he set with diamonds, and the setting
of her fan and mirror are valuednt EGO, 600.
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Sr. Louis, Mo-, March. II
TERRIBLE EXPLOSION AT ST.. LOUISA terri.
explosion has occurred in Aldrichs gun store
Four persons are know to be killed, aud many
others seriously injured. ,, t..:.i =. :,
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MUSICAL AND DAaUno.

600 academy opposite Bond street op. every evening
nom TX iii 10 O'Clock Sobeos Tuesdays Saturdays.
Ia ss given 1t hours 70 suit psras 20 failure GuccssC
schieye ed BY Nclual work