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LATER.

gNeao York, Oct. 25.-The steamer Baltic ar
rised to-day, bringing dates from Liverpool to
The l4th instant
The Baltic brings Ell, 900 sterling in specie,
at d one hundred and sixty passengers.
TIE American ship Lexington has been
I'd ally lost near Valentia.
Late stfrom India.-The Indian mail has ar.
rived, with dates from Calcutta to the 10th of
September, and Bombay to the 18th, the news
b. which was telegraphed to London.
The siege train was expected at Delhi on the
81 of September, and the assault was then an
tgipated to take place Immediately.
General Havelock remained at Cawnpore,
Hat would be reinforced in few days by Gen
esal Outran, who had reached Allahabad with
o strong force.
Lucknow was still galantly holding out, and
would be relieved about the middle of Septem-
Yer. Lord Egin had left Calcutta for China.
: The China mail failed to connect at Ceylon.
| General Nicholson had defeated the reb lis
| &; Najof Char, with the loss of their guns.
| General Havelock had defeated the rebels near
ithoon.
On the 18th of August, the garrison of Luck.
| t.ow made a successful sortie, capturing the
! Funs and provisions of the Dinapore mutineers,
| pho were again defeated by Major Eyre.
| The rebels were threatening Alahabad and
| Eenares.
| Large bodies of troops were marching from
Calcutta towards Allshabad. Troops were ar
!, wing at Calcutta rapidly from England.
A dispatch to the London Post says that the
rtish forces had attacked Lucknow castle, and
ssiked the guns, inficting heavy loss on the
eaemy.
England.-There were thirty-four horses en-
Tired and ran for the Segsrewitch purse, inclu-
ding the American horse Prioress The first
r3ial' was a dead heat between Prioress Elias.
3 IN, and Qneeh Bess. The deciding heat Pri-
Dress won by length and half, amidst great
cheering. The value of the stakes was over
5s2, 900 sterling.
The American horse Lecompte is dead.
There is an excessive money pressure at
london, and further advance in the rates OF
interest. was feared. Consols had iuctuated
realty, having been as low as 86a, but rallied
| The Bank of Dublin has advanced its rates
| 0 per cent, aud the Bank of France to g..
| mere was also great pressure at Vienna.
| Messrs. Ross, Mitchell, & Co, a Canadian
Nouse at London, has faied-liabiities, quarter
# million; assets, larger.
| j. Monteith Co, and other Glasgow houses
| lave suspended, to large amounts.
| The King of Prussia was better, but still in g
| critical condition.
The meeting of the Emperors of France and
| Austria was still talked of.
| Spaia-The Ministerial crisis at Madrid still
| Continued. Bravo and Murillo still refuse to
|orm a Ministry.
| HaIy.-There was apprehensions of further
disturbances in Italy.
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THE TIMES.

r, The Editor af the National Era:
We find all the world about US suddenly fallen
from prosuerity 10 poverty, and some say i is
all owing 10 the tariff being too low, some toIthe
extrayaeauce Of our wives aud the vast ex Fan
Fion of their dresses but, sir, believe 1t is all
owing TO the banks and TO the abuse OF public
confidence by these banks, which are Gre
aed 70 make rich men richer and poor men
poorer. Now, this is not understood by the day
gboring Glass; 20 which | belong. Let me give
an example, showing how easy it is for rich
men to become richer By the last bank report
of the good old Granite State, where, if any
where, the simplicity and honesty of the fathers
have come down to their children, it is shown
ihst u banks of that State had specie basis
Of $500 527, and paper bills out amounting to
S3,o54 673. Now, then, the stockholders OF
these banks were getting at least SIX per cent.
interest on s 1854 LAG, and dividing among
themselves SD ,SI8 76, without the expenditure
Il single dollar. And who pays this inter-
est?
The merchant borrower, II may be said. And
who enables the merchant or manufacturer, ss
the case may BE-. to pay his interest? Certainly,
the consumer of the goods imported or manu-
featured. Aud who AXE up the great mass of
consumers? The mechanical classes laborers
of all classes aud all names. Those who spend
and are compelled TO spend the money as they
earn II. This seems as plain as pike stab to
me.
And what is tie effect of making money
plenty Who is benefited by this? The rich
stockholder and the rich men in all pursuits,
who are the first TO profit by rise Of their goods,
while the working man is the last to get up his
wages. which are the first to be depressed when
"a change comes over the money market, as we
all know by experience.
Now, what we men Of labor need is perma-
uency of value to the dollar and what it will
bring. Aud this can only be had by having a
hard.money currency. Let the working-men
say, we will have no more Of bank-made pros
perity, for we are the many, and the many can
never protect their rights, when rich men can
make paper bills stand in the stead of dollars.
HARD WORKER.
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FROM C. C. TROwBRIDGE, ESQ, PRESIDENT
MICHIGAN STATE BANK.
DETROIT, August 30, 1856

DETROIT, August 30, 1850
DEAR SIR: Having been a great sufferer from Dyspep
sia aud having been cured believe By your Oxygen
atsd Buffers, most cheerfully their efficacy My
case was bad In the space OF four months lost
my strength, and forty-seven pounds Of flesh
PEELED to abandon business and remained invalid for
fifteen months Travelling absence from office duty, had
done something for me, but there seemed little probability
OF cure, until began take the Biters In week
was greatly relieved and in three weeks was perfectly
well, and have since regained thry pounds Of flesh.
You liberty s if it will at all further your
laudabe purpose Of diiusing this valuable remedy.
Respectfully, yours,
DR.. GEORGE Il GREEN. c. C. TROWBRIDGE.
Such certificates the above be obtained in
favor OF a medicine destitute Of merit but only given
upon the most satisfactory proofs of their efficacy and
Prepared and sold wholesale and retail only by SETH
w. FOWLE CO, 13S Washington street, Boston.
Mass, and for sale by their agents everywhere. IS
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Young Ladies' Riding Match.

ElmirG, NJ T., oct. 26.-The young ladies'
riding match, of Chemung county, took place
on Saturday. The race was a five.mile one,
and was well contested. Miss Warborn. of
.Eimirs, won the first prize, and Miss Warden,
Of Johnson Settlement, the second.
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Orygenated Bitters-This remedy for Dys
pepsia, which sstonishes all who have used it
by It's instantaneous and and almost miraculous
effect has obtained a distinction and popularity
beyond any medicine we have ever known.
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Suspension of the Bank of Nilsson

st. Louis, Oct. 26.--The Bank Of Missouri
suspended specie payment this morning 1t is
supposed that the remaining city banks will fol-
low suit this afternoon or tomorrow.
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St. Louis Bank Suspensions.

81. Louis, Oct. 26.-The Bank of the State
of Missouri, the Merchants Bank, and the
Southern Bank, suspended specie payments to-
day. The Mechanics Bank still continues
firm.
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DIR. s. s. FITcEs "sIx LECTURES, y

$50 pages, 30 engravings bound explanatory of the treat
ment by which he Consumption Asthma. Diseases
of the Heart Throat, Stomach, Bowels, Liver Kidneys,
and Skn Female Complaints, Gravel &c, sent BY mail,
and postage prepaid, for 40 cents Apply
DIR. S. s. FITCH,
No. ia Broadway New York.
IL He has no other Office, either Chicago Buffalo,
Pittsburgh or elsewhere. He is absent from New
York and no physician elsewhere is authorized 10
his name 5A
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Heavy Damages.

The jury in the case of Ferdinand Meyer
against the city of Brooklyn, being an action
to recover damages for injuries sustained by
him on account of an accident which occurred
to him on the 7th of June last, by which he
was permanently injured, has rendered YER
dict in favor Of plaintiff, assessing the damages
at seven thousand two hundred and fifty dol
lars. The amount of damages claimed was
ten thousand dollars. Mr.. Meyer was driving
along Flushing avenue, with load in his
wagon, when the wheel ran into hole in the
street, and threw him from the wagon, which
passed over him and barrel fell upon him
IN such manner as to displace the spine, dis.
abling him for life. The plaintiff charged neg
h!gence on the city, in not keeping the street
in repair.
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. 6duk helOfm III 16uuoss6o
The following is the substance of bill pend
ing before the Legislature of Tennessee
lst. 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 S. and
under shall be withdrawn from circulation by
the first day of January, l859-all of ten dollars
aud under by the first of January, l860-and
all of twenty dollars aud under by the first of
January, 1861. 4th. That no notes of similar
amounts after the dates aforesaid shall be
issued. Sec. 5. Prohibits the circulation of all
notes of the banks of other States, of the
amounts specified, after the dates aforesaid.
Sec. 6. Provides for the individual liability of
stockholders after the exhaustion of the effects
of the bank. Sec. z. Provides that the charter.
ed banks shall accept this act as part of their
charters and in the event of their refusal to
do 80, it shall be the duty of the Attorney Gen.
eral to institute suits for their forfeiture Every
violation of the respective provisions of this
bill is made misdemeanor.
Later from Utah and the Plains.
Captain Van Yleit, from Utah, with dates to
the l4th ult., arrived at st. Louis on Saturday
night, as we learn by telegraph. The dispatch
states that Capt Van Welt met the United
states troops on tne ZLd OF september, Two
hundred and ninety miles beyond Fort Laramie,
ell well. He also met Col. johnson on the lst
of October, ninety miles east of Fort Laramie,
and Gov. Cummings on the 9th of October,
ninety miles beyond Fort Kearney. Some sup.
ply trains were within one hundred ond forty
miles of the Valley of Sal. Lake, while others
were far behind, and not likely to arrive there
this season.
Captain Van Welt has travelled over 2,400
miles since August LIST. He wss treated with
much consideration by the leading men of Salt
Lake city, but heard the expression of only one
opinion-that the troops and officers Of the
Government will never gain foothold in their
dominion.
A heavy snow fell at Fort Bridges on the
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Mormon Resistance of the Government

81. Louis, Oct. 26.-The Republican pub
fishes speech of Elder Kimball, at Utah, ex-
pressing his determination 10 resist the Gov
eminent troops, if he has to call out even the
women and children to arms. He declared
that he would have Brigham Young for Gov.
ernor all his lifetime
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Douglass Organ on Kansas.

The Chicago Times, which has the credit of
rejecting the views of Senator Douglas on pub
lie affairs, endeavors to digest the Democratic
defeat in Kansas, unpalatable as it is to poll
ticians Of the Little Giant school. Forced BY
its former avowals on the subject of Popular
Sovereignty, to admit that Kansas ought to be-
come a free State as the People have now
clearly willed, it endeavors to make virtue of
necessity, and boldly proclaims that the Consti-
tutional Convention should yield to this decis.
ion, make an Anti-Slavery Constitution, and
| submit it to the popular vote. Sentiments so
incendisry as the Times now utters, it would
have been very dangerous for anybody to utter
in Kansas short time ago, under the laws
upheld by Mr.. Buchanan and his subordinates
Will the Constitutional Convention carry out
this new Douglas policy? We do not believe
it yet we shall soon see. In the mean time,
the confessions and concessions of the Douglas
organ deserve to be put on record, for future
reference. 1t says:
"What that Convention will do, or what it
will not do, we have not the means of knowing.
But we know that any attempt to force Pro-
Slavery Constitution upon the People, without
the opportunity of voting it down at the polls,
will be regarded, after the recent expression of
sentiment, as so decidedly unjust, oppressive,
and unworthy of free people, that the People
of the United States will not sanction it. 1t
would add thousands to the vote of the Repub-
lican party in every State of the Union, and
give to that organization what il has never had
yet-a show of justice and truth. To the Dem
ocratic members of that Convention, the course
is plain. The people have decided in favor of
free State, though they have not voted on
the naked issue of free State or slave State,
they have voted practically in favor of free
State. Twothirds of the Democratic party in
Kansas have voted with the Free State party
at the recent election, in order to make the
popular decision more emphatic As Kansas
must be a free State, even those persons in the
Territory who are known as Pro-Savery men
must recognise in the late election decision
which must not be sighted nor put at defiance.
To that expression of the popular will, there
should be graceful, if not Q cheerful, spbtnis
sion. Kansas is to be free State That
fact being ascertained, let the Convention frame
Constitution to suit her best interests upon
all other questions, and let the prohibition of
Slavery be put into it, clearly, and without
bubble, plainly, without Disguise, explicitly,
broadly, aud firmly. Let the Convention then
submit that Constitution to the People. If it
be adopted, Kansas will come into the Union
next session, and the Republican party will ex.
pire, for want of sustenance."
Dru Hond,
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Senator Hunter.

This distinguished gentleman has at length
been goaded by the current persistent efforts
to represent him to be an opponent of the pres.
ent Administrations, into writing a letter en-
phatically denying that allegation, while taking
ground with reference to the propriety of
portion of the course Of Governor Walker COM
mon to almost all the T. S. Senator'S, without
distinction of party, representing Southern
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There are in New York four hundred and
ninety-two establishments where ready-made
clothing is manufactured, and number of
leading houses do business to the amount of
over two millions of dollars year.
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Fire in the Ohio State Prison.

A fire occurred on Friday in the State Prison
at Columbus, which destroyed the shops at the
northern end of the yard. For a time, it
threatened the entire destruction of the build
ing. The loss is about $4,000. The fire
originated in an act Of incendiarism.
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WANTED.

A GENTS WANTED, in every town, village, and
IA city, throughout the United States, TO engage in a
profitable business for of the largest Corporations in
the country For full particulars enclose two stamps
and address
II. Z. L. SAWIN & CO.,
SEA Chariesiown, Mass
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There is to be a grand military parade at
Harrisburg, on the Inauguration of Governor
Packer.
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The earthquake which was felt at Buffalo

The earthquake which was felt at Buffalo,
N. Y, on Friday afternoon, was so severe that
the people rushed out of their houses. No
damage, however, was done. At Forrestville,
Y, the shock lasted about five minutes, and
was accompanied by a rumbling noise, like the
rolling of an engine. At Dayton, the shock
was also felt.
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KANSAS.

Correspondence of tie Evening Post
Tie Election-How Mr.. PARROT the Free State
Candidate was Chosen to Congress-He Re-
ceives his Certificate from Governor Walker.
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LEAvENwoRTH CRY, Oct. l6, 1857.

celve5 his Cerrlncate from UoVernor walker.
LRAvENwoRTH CRY, Oct. l6, 1857.
For several days prior 10 yesterday, there we're
conflicting rumors regarding the result of the
election, and among them was semi-ofhcial
announcement Of the defeat Of Parrott and the
logs Of the Territorial Legislature to the Free
State party.
TWAS alleged that ohnson county had given
very large vote for the ProSlavery ticket
more than sufficient to absorb the majorities
which Parrot had obtained in nearly every
other connty in the Territory. One precinct,
named Oxford, in Johnson county, returned
some $50 majority III favor of the so-cslled
Democratic party. Immediately on these re-
turns being received q. Lecompton, measures
were taken by some Of the Free State party to
establish the fraud by sending to the place
aforesaid
The evidence of the fraud was of such a
giaring character, on the representation of those
who went to Oxford, that Governor Walker and
Secretary Stanton went down to the place, and
On search for the judges of the election who
purported to have made the returns to them,
found only one, and he denied having made
any such az we're alleged.
They also found that there were but about
twenty people, all told, who resided where six
teen hundred and upwards were returned as
having voted.
In consequence of this and other discoveries
OF fraudulent returns of a similar character to
the one stated, Mr. Parrot was notified that
ne could have his certificate of election without
any further delay. This news was received last
evening, and it is now fully settled that, throw
ing out the ascertained fraudulent votes, Mar
Gus j. Parrot is elected TO Congress from this
Territory by more than five Thousand majority.
There are also twenty eight out of thirty-Dine
Free State members of the Territorial House of
Represen' atives, and nine out of thirteen mem
bers of the Council as l have before stated.
This is good news, and shows that we are all
right on the question of Free State, when it is
presented for our action.
The Constitutional Convention reassembles
next Monday, and there will be very interest.
ing session, occasioned by the recent result of
the election. TRUTH.
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Reports of the Kansas Press.

Election returns have been received frcu
nearly every county in Kansas, aud the result
is, every distTict-except the Leavenworth and
Atchison districts-has gone Overwhelmingly
Free Nate. SGch disparity of strength was
scarcely ever before exhibited between two
contending parties for power, as is seen in the
vote throughout all Kansas, except on the i'm
mediate Missouri border. Seventy to nothing
one hundred and fly to three-two hundred
ana iorty to nothing-nine hundred and FIVE to
eieVen ihis Is tie way the vote runs, where
tne polls were not convenient of access from
Missouri. We said the Free State ticket was
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Dry Goods.

Business at wholesale being very light, resort
has been had very generally to retail sales at
reduction below the Wholesale prices, for cash.
Credits are now refused, and business is con-
tracted to a cash basis. On these terms, few
goods are sold. At auction nothing can be
DONE Large quantities of imported goods are
being returned to Europe. The resort to re-
newals of notes, and general extensions, is be-
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:, -, IF5IIIa 11tUYtT says:
we lear the worst consequences for those
of our merchants who have been doing a far-off
business, and especially those merchants in the
Atlantic cities who have failed, because there
is always less disposition to pay to dead than
to living house. The South is utterly without
money, and number of instances have reach
ed US of very petty pretexts as excuses for
non paymentsn
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During the month of September there were
coined, at the United States mint, 3,347 902
pieces, OF the aggregate value of 81 1853, 44O, OF
winch Ss98,O4O was in double eagles, and
Sz37, 600 in silver quarter dollars. OF new
cents, 2,440,000 were coined
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Proposed Issue of Small No tes.

Harrisburg, Oct Pa large meeting of
citizens was held on Saturday evening at the
courthouse, to request the town council to issue
small notes for the convenience of business men
IN making change. Judge Dock presided, and
Messrs. George Bergner and John Wallower
were appointed secretaries. A committee was
appointed to confer with the town council on
the subject.
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THE NATIONAL ERA WASHINGTON. D. c, OCTOBER 49, 1857

18th ult Mr.. Bernhisel, the Delegate from
Ueah to Congress, accompanies Captain Van
Welt on his way to Washington.
Messrs. Nicols and Reber, engineers of Ma.
graw's wagon train, have also arrived. Thew
left Pacific Springs on the 7th ult. They think
the train will winter at Fort Laramie. The
cattle of the Government trains were dying fast,
and the mules were breaking down. Grass was
very scarce.
Col. Hoffman, the commander at Fort Lara.
ME, denies having caused the Mormon train to
be oVerhauled.
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11P0h SoIhS IUII hausas'
~ Louis, Oct. 26.-The latest dates received
here from Kansas state that Governor Walker
has issued a proclamation rejecting the late
election returns from Oxford precinct and John
son county, giving &C. tifcates Of election to the
Free State candidates. The Pro-Slavery men
are greatly excited at the Governors conduct.