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THE EYE AND THE EAR

"a THE EYE AND THE EAR.<XD
<DEAFNEss AND ALL DISEASES OF
THE EYE AND EAR.-DR. IA. Won hoscHzIskER,
ooalst and Aurist Of the ST LOUIS HOTEL Rooms ses
l and 2 where he may be consulted all
DISEASES OF THE EYE AND EAR,
which require either Medical Surgical attendance Hour
From A. n. tosP,h.
RkFxRkscxs-Hon. Mayor cbss. n. Waterman A. n Hol-
brook. Esq, Of The Picayune. and DR.. Porter. Ia
Nunero. testimonials Of his both on the Eye and
Ear may be seen at rooms from whose
Pantascopic Glassesf
Accurate made Of bOh Eyes BY the DIPLOMA
TER and GLASSES suited oshs exact focus b. A. GAKFE
from the Royal Optical Institute, Berlin. Those who value
their Eyes will the advantage Of purchasing Glasses from
one Who understands the Eye and al Ne changes.
Dr. NJ we'll the successful Eye and Ear Sur
geon the Union His In restoring Hearing has
for him the highest reputation
REuanee his the st. Louis. either By the pri
vsie public door. sEE
ARTIFICIAL EYES Inserted without eausng any pain.
ARTIFICIAL TYAPANUMs inserted In Of DEAF
NESS shsn.t Is required jas sn
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a. FOSTERss SLAVE DEPOT, is7 CoMM0n
~ street. New orlesnsHe Keeps constantly hand ard
for Mechanics, Field Hands, Cooks lror-
es and General House servsnts Also, buys and ssl1s
SLAVES commission Having the family part %
the large three building the Of Slaves has made
the best depot In the city, and well furnished for The cort
Of Slaves M y. u - !
( dit 4iL T,FOSYEH. A.
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AUCTION SALES.

FRENCH DECORATED oHINAwARE-FoURTH AND
BY D. Y. NoRPHY, Auetionser.
ss.q 4 :ss s sos s Fs Camp :: ss, e s II
TIE s.l.ne. hh is,ss. ..r. sa.
LADIES' AUCTION. :..,..........NEw GOODS
bi L A. Levi '' os SSs'; IS cas.-or street.
TUEsDAy, 2eth Inst, az 10 Ia o'clock A.
o. ORES. sts J.sons.. xuslin Emsrodsri.s
~ Ladies' invited to attend the goods will b. sold
BOOKS. STATIONERY. etc., AT AUCTION.
BY r. ARMFTzLD Auctioneer
Sss: sI.s nt ! early gas Light at No.
"a , ,sSs , ssss Fl q. , ssr. q s su0
Lsss, Cap and Note Paper; Ea,sIsp. osld Pencils.
sss II q. y gn s A.. ss .Ss s ,s q
The Books are new snd warranted psrfss and ar. for srai
nation and private sale during The day
until all are sold. MIA sn :
SUCCESSION OF JAMES DUNK. ~
BY rous aSs. !, Z , fSoxAs u. Aucti0assrs
SATUHDAY, the 3Oth january, 1888, at
.'s,ocs ~ :. Bsats Arssss yi Be .old !. .as,iSn
Second DISTRICT Court Of New Orleans, H. 1854
CERT yuBasRST rendered in the Second De.
Court sgsn Peter Keenan, q this city, for the Three
Thousand Four Hundred and Fifty Dosrs the 2h
day Of April 1884 and the further 81 Seventy dollars and
twenty Eve cents with costs Of suit
SB-THEhe-Cssh-
SUCCESSION DE JAMES DUNN.
| PAR ToURNE 4 THOMAS Encantsurs
| Bureau ~ Exchange Alley.
CAMEDI, lie 30 janvier, 1855, midi, n PAR
" cade de Banks fencan, dun ordrs
de Honorable p H. Morgan. Jugs de 10 Deu1ems Cour de-
District de Ia Eouyele Orleans date du janvier 1855
IN gERTtfE JueEHEST rsnau dams Ia penxiaa. Con,
de District Peter Keenan, de vie Ia
de s. 80 enregise lie "a svi 1854 ct de plus Ia SO
/ les freia dc i.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES js7o q n 80
! SUCCESSION OF W. J. LOGAN.
| BY JOHN O. PoINDExTER, Aucdoneer.
| MONDAY, February Ist, 1858, at 10 O'Clock
p. II. Morgan Judge ~ Second Court Of or
leass dated 18th January 1883 No Is will be sold public
auction the premises lately occupied by deceased To-
ST. Charles street between Psrdido and Poydfss streets fo
| aceount Of said succession--
A LOT Of PisstsI ers' Noulds. Casts, Busk, etc.
| RWTERks-Cash on the spot.
SUCCESSION DE W. J. LOGAN.
PAR JEAN q. PoIEDExrER, Encauteur.
| UNDI, Ter fevrfer 1858, a 10 heures A. M.
II dun ordre de Honorable p. H Morgan, JuRe
Ia Deuxeme Cour de District de Ia Nouves dat
du is janver 1855 No. Is <s6 vendu encsn, le
| pour le compte de Ia dits succession
UN LOT de Noules Pistriers, des Bustes etc. al
| ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS au moment de Naturalization
| jail sni0d wf Fe y
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z. J. HART & co.

M z. ]. HART & co.
T. .. HART q CO.,, n AID ~ rcHoUr1rouLAs |
C' street, Esv orlsass. La.
HAVE LANDING and sssr nsa. very large stock
Of MERCHANDISE Which Asy for sals q. iov prices.
eousissirE IN part Of
brandy
500 packages Of IN sr.nss ed qualities
whisky
1000 packages OLD BOURBON.
noSosGAHEIA.
SCOTCH.
EEcTursD. s.s. Cd.
srw ORLEANS
SANTA CRUZ and
sie NEW ENGLAND.
Gin
HOLLAND.
Wines In wood
SHERRY, 90
| PORT, r "A
SWEET .na DRY MALAGA,
| xALNsKY. RHEsIsE.
Wines In Glass
- cLAREr. all grades, .syis. and qualities.
BARsAc = CO..
nusoAr WINES. - - -
cArAwBA, DRY and Sparkling.
| -...,. CHAHBKRrIs,
HEIDsrcK.
CRIME and FLEuR DE BouzY.
-- fstI itsees DE sEsSsvAL.
| DE RANvnLE, etc.,. etc.
i D
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FRENCH AND GERMAN MIRRORS.

FRENCH AND GERMAN MIRRORS.
CHARITIES STREET...............S7
Between Bienville and Cont streets.
LAURENT UTER-still the only person in the city who
plates the honor inform his
now on hand splendid assortment Of FRENCH GLASSES
not Begisnw ich superior the latter
connosseur well that taking
the commercial crisis he will dispose them 20 per cent
below ordinary prices and 10 per below the prices
asked at other establishment Being directly
with the principal house Paris enabled
commission whatever in his particular line, in from
Gays either for svered glasses plain mirrors for
fronts.
His establishment organized he can
any and all kinds of gliding framing
An extensive of Autographs engrayings
plain and colOred
OIL paintings in the style Of the best masters
All work executed by this house TAINTED. d24 I'm
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A
- MONDAY, January 70. 1853.
First night Of Hslevy's Opera CHARLES vI-Mres
Bourgeois Ranch; Delsgrsve, james.
PsIcs s'" OF &bassospss cres Isasss Boxes
psrqae,,s and Second Boxes 81 s Pit 81; Third Gallery 80
GOLDEE sHOwERiI
KoRY HALL.
ON TUESDAY EVENING, JANUARY 20, 1858,
m LA EAGICIEEEE.
Madame maeallister,
In addition to her
~" SPLENDID K<GIoAL EETERTALHAESTs,
Will distribute
rr Forty-Five Presents,
Amounting 10 b. .-
$3.50!
THREB GOLD WATCHES AND TWO sILyERt
Besides Brocehss Cake Baskets Bracelets. Rings Gold PEN
WILSON corner q Camp and canal ss where TieS.i. can
XXI: FrFY
grsss the time Doors open at 81 o'clock; to sonnenss
isS in WESTON Agent .sd Manager
M'ME ERmIEE FREzzOLIsl. PRIEA DON
Havana and Of sn ss@
.Iiys shortly from HaVan. win .pss.i.ns.
GRANp oPERATIc CONCERT,
the re- as q q Sc Hail. under
kS-Partieulsrs in future Advertisements. jas
GRAND CONCERT
FIRST GRAND CONCERT viii AXE plss. in New or..p.
aeonI the 10Th q February jas Il
"HERv vTUUygrr MOS, =
ii AHnh tiRsi Ak m SSorcrpr .-.
IN NEW ORLEANS,
~, w axe place about the on rvppr, .-t
ge-o u lvLh VI rcohoA - =
rTSnEx, TIN n ID AnRnu CE NM nno ~
- JEsTY, THE QUEEN OF ENGLAND. =
OPEN TODAY,
The Great and Celebrated Picture Of
1.-THE Horse Fair"
. ~ - = LII. h'oo<> oOHHAoN
II Ia reepeetsuy announced 10 IN. ps,rop. NJ Az, ts.
80 .rst 49, a ~ ahe pa.hso o. .t InSt AZ
~ III. ia1 o " Neu orIeana
The public HIS MORNING. n ~ elcs IN ~ 1pens to
oi &c 80 s SiI hs AL. So. r..., -.
n-TicSsts can also be Obtained Of NJ RNaN Rook..,
ie, III Z lamp s"ee'' np.nnoy &c.
y ~ Y nanD0N, secretary.
q CO. AtLLo, No. 10 PBRDIDo STREET, NEAR
= 81 ShSrles street 49,
oekan' s8uoh p'iinantiy hunineed kVery Fvening,
FREE CONG
mi. CT, =, And other entertainments are given
Of ihe city always The Bar
po with the most choice Old Wines and Liquors and Other
an Am Proprietor.
"a Esp LII "A, AalTITMINAsKED So0I
~ FER ' AiS WV a. We MN n NUT
on Ifea society B. viii Be- BE- given at the Orleans
h1 s.,a d..,ou, of .,.c,,hn Il, n. nj.
% y 70 .ne ABOVE hal are IN
zi.sd to apply oee Of the Orleans Iheater ia25
20 mi sesnsen1 anasa ~ n. ss a. CHI IN
- public thai he has opened his ancins Academy n
III me Masonic Hail 81 Cbsriss stree and rs ~
rs cademy al he Eare Hail soSn ss az S'P
All the Fancy banSes Of the season viii be taught including
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ALL HEADQUARTERs FIRST COMPANY
EWYWASHINGT0N BATTALION OF ARTILLERY
f58{yt Arsenal, Girod street.
The First Company Washington Battalion of Artil-
ery will attend regular Monthly Meetings the hst MON
DAY of each month: and Regular Drills THURSDAY Of
every week at O'Clock, until further notice.
By order OF
]. B. WALTON, Captain.
WILLIAM H.. SLACK, o. g.
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SPALDING u ROGERS, xUsEUk AND ASrHI-
| - lTHEATER,
st. Charles street, corner Of Commercial Pisee.
q. !. Rogers Equestrian AAnsee'
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FOR RENT.

EOR RENT-sEvERAL FINE ROOMS sUfTAnKB
II fer o1cez, the Bank Of New 0rieans Il -
Charles and Unien streets Appy 70 he o.sher NJ q
- FOR RENT-EHE FOUR STORY sT0RA, Ne
Gravier street, occupied BY Nessrs. Kingslnna
II Barssw Co. Appiy % The prsssat occupants,
ftestsi T7i4 ~ VINCENT 4 CO., ~
ae74 .ilsetf. No. = s<re<1.
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closed mail consisting OF Letters and ewspapers Tor STATES
and cities Of the German AUSTRIAN Postal Union and Denmark
Norway Sweden Poland Russia Greece Ionisn slsnds etc.
10 sent from the Post Office IN New York semi weekly.
West India Islands will be sent BY this steamer.
Rs-The snip WIN. Jarvis, Capt. Ballard,
from New York, ia dschsrgng her at Post a. Third
District Consgnees requested 70 attend 70 the receipt
her goods on the evee otherwise theJ VIII be stored At
jazO GEO W. HyNsoN CO.. 50 Camp
ss-The consignees OF the relieving goods
nond 70 kegs lead boxes will please make themselves
known the dschargng clerk the levee, otherwise they
will be stored at their expense and risk.
jao GEO. W. HYNs0F CO., 50 Camp st.
S8- All debts ldue by steamer Compromise
BY the must be presented board her
turn for payment and hereafter bills will DO honored
dsi Il GEO. D. HIRE CO., Front st., Agents
NOTICE-IF JAMES EUSAE IL IN THIS CITY, HE
~ will please call at the ofhee Of 8, WOLFF,
jas CORNER Gravisr and New Leves streets
WILL THE SUPPOSED TO BE HARD UPn INDI-
w vdua who relieved the advertiser Saturday night
his Book pesse return the railroad ticket travelling
card Of l. o. o. y. ard passport Mr. VAN BIBBER pro-
por Of ysn Bbber House." and keep the remaining
tentst ia2h ~
VI omhouse street. offer for sale the following articles
Gently imported
DENiJOHNs-6oo empty Demiiohss 1 and gallons.
CLARET-le0 casks Bordeaux Claret.
NUsoAT-SO boxes Mu.cat Froutisnsn
OLIVE oII400 baskets different qualities, quarts and
pints
PoBT wINE-loo or. pipe. Burgundy Port Crown.
SARDINEs-7b cases sasdines In oil. hf asd boxes
GREEN PEAs-l5 cases Green Peas s,e. Jas
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large Of Preserves Pie Fru Jslss Jams.
gsrdincs etc. =
Aso general stock Of st,smboat and Bar Stores hama
fes i0zDY 1 HOLMES, 7 aravisr 81
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have been accustomed to invest elsewhere. We
must also, by constitutional enactment, make it
obligatory upon the Legislature to frame system
of Public Education adapted to the wants of the
poorer classes, and such as may be best calculated
to promote the growth of sound healthy morality;
to extend the field of industrial enterprise and by
elevating the intellectual status of the people, to
make them sensible of their social, POLITICAL and
religious obligations, and of the necessity, in a
well ordered commonwealth, of obedience to the
laws. That all these are salutary and desirable
reforms does not admit of doubt; but whether
these beneficial results can be accomplished under
a new Constitution depends partly upon the man
neE in which it may be framed, and partly
upon the disposition of the people. But the
experiment is well worth a trial. A new
Constitution may be made productive of much
good. 1t cannot easily be so framed as to
present more glaring. defects than the one under
which we are now living. So VIGOROUSLY is that
wanting in many of those vital elements which are
essential to the perpetuty of so important an in
strument, that its abrogation is, at the best but
question of time. Its most ardent supporters do
not venture to claim for it longer term of exist
already. Where, then, is the necessity of waiting
for tardy dissolution when a speedier one is so
much more desirable? No one supposes that it will
improve by keeping; why, then, should it be re-
tanned? We are no advocates of Constitution
mongering. We desire to see the Organic Law re-
spected, so long as it is worthy of respect and
would prefer to bear with venia errors of omission
and commission, rather than witness decennal
Convention, and with it decennial change. Every
resort to extraordinary powers is to be earnestly de-
precated unless it is approved by common sense, and
required by proper regard for the best interests of
the body polite That suchi is the in the pres
ent instance there cannot be the slightest possible
reason to doubt Itremains then to be seen whether
a State machine that does work WE'LL can be substi-
tuted for one which confessedly does not If it
can and if by proper elaboration, in the first in
stance it can also be framed as to preserve that
just balance of forces which shall ensure in future
a reasonable degree of regularity in its movements,
it will obvate the necessity for frequent revision or
reconstruction, and establish itself firmly in the
popular regard.
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Is there Statute of Limitations as to the Re.
cOvery of Taxes!

cOVefy OF IaXeS.
To the Editors ofthe Daily Exchange:
The Legislature at the session of 1S52-bv chap
ter IS, authorizing the extension of time to sher-
IFS and collectors for completing their collec-
tons of taxes-declared that all taxes thereafter
levied, for county and city purposes should be col
lected within three years of the levy, and, if not
then, any party from whom they should be demand
ed might plead that act in bar of their recovery.
The Constitution declares that every law shall en-
brace but one subject, and that shall be described
in its title and doubts have been expressed whether
the above clause of limitation strictly speaking
has any reference to the subject of courts extending
time to tax collectors in making their collections
but those doubts are probably not well founded
At the last session of the Legislature, a law was
passed entitled can Act confrmatory of certain Or
dinances approved by the Mayor and City Council
of Baltimore, and providing for the more speedy
collection of arrearages of taxes and by which the
city Auditor is empowered to distrain for taxes
and to sell any real property for any taxes due
City and State. The very liberal compensation
therein provided for the Auditor of ten per cent.
commissions, has stimulated the issue of bills for
taxes for Anticipated dates, with the usual official
threats in case of payment and there consid-
cradle grumbling, especially this last act repeas
by reference to title and section only the 4th
ton of the Act of 1852, chapter IS, herein first re-
ferred to, which protected the tax payer, and all
purchasers of property after three years. Many
persons now hold property on which the taxes for
the last three years have been paid but for which
bills are now issued for taxes due or 10 years SINCE
when the property was owned by persons now dead
removed, or if living wholly irresponsible, and
this works great hardship and injustice
But the Constitution also says expressly that emo
law, section of law, shall be revived, amended or
repealed by reference to its title or section ony"
Now quaere is not the repeal of the three years lin
itaton which protects the payer by title and
ton only anulity? and is not theact of1S52 chap 49,
still in force? and is not repeating clause in such
law quite as inconsistent and even more so, with
the subject of the last law and not described in its
title, as is the three years clause in the act of 1852
This is an important matter to every property hold
er or purchaser of property and if the present pre-
tensions ofthe City Auditor be we'll founded no piece
of property is safe unless recepted Tax Bills for at
least twenty years back are ready for exhibition on
demand The question We should suppose will be lit
igated and the it is judiciay determined the
better. ...
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THE CAPTAIN WHO RAN THE BLOCKADE AT
PORT AL PLATTE

PoRT AU PLATTE, ST.. DOMINGO, May l, 1855
DEAR SIR For your information have to say
that arrived here safe. We had a very smooth
passage, wind light all the way; we had the wind
ahead till got to Turks Islands. Fort au Platte
is blockaded with seven men-of-war, and was the
first vessel that has got in since the blockade and
don't know as should have got in if l had known
that the port was under blockade. We had strong
breeze when we fell in with the fleet and they COM
menced firing us, first blank cartridges but when
the balls began to come, / began to open nv eyes,
We were going at the time about ten knots and a
big sea, SO concluded that they could not hit us,
except by good luck, so put her through, and got
in safe.
When we got within gunshot of the port, they
opened on the enemy, so L was between two fires.
We anchored and went on shore / thought the
people would have killed me with kindness. They
wanted to carry Inc all over town in their arms
We are the first vessel that has got in since the
blockade. The enemy has seven men-of-war off the
port all the time. The Dominicans have five men
of-war sehooners now in port, and | had the offer
of taking command of the commodore's ship. They
are so much taken up with me that don't know
what to do with the people. They won't take no
tor an answer | can get big price for the Wing
and that won't suit me, as have a dislike to gun
powder. l expect to leave here in six days. We
are all well. Yours, as ever, H. B. PEARsALL.
T. So P. NJ, the fleet paid visit They came
within two miles OF the fort and commenced fire,
and the fort returned their fire, but no damage
all the shot falling short by quarter of mile
There guns are so constructed that they can ele-
vate them to- carry the ball any distance; and fur
thermore, the wads are made of plaintain leaves.
P M-They ran in and fired on the town One
shot reached and went through house The peo-
pie were out; one hurt.
SUNDAY, 2d.-Came in and fired on the town; no
damage: At 10 o'clock, A. NJ, schooner hove in
sight. The fleet put chase to her and hove her TO.
| think that she was the American schooner that
Rolf Pearshun chartered, which was to sail in
two days after sailed.
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BALTIMORE.
MONDAY, MAY "a, 1858.
NOTICE.

In consequence of the rapid and daily increase
in the circulation of THE EXCHANGE, requir-
ing greatly enlarged accommodations and more
extended facilities for the transaction of the BUSH
ness of the paper, and the convenience of the
public the PRoPRIEToRs of THE EXCHANGE
have removed their OFFICES to the building for
merly occupied by the Franklin Bank, on the
NORTHEAST CORNER OF BALTIMORE AND NORTH
STREETS. The Counting-Room of the paper is in
the corner office on the ground floor, where all
advertisements and communications may be left.
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THE LATE HAIL-SroRM IN VmGINIA-A private
letter from the northern neck of Virginia states
that the counties of King George and Westmore-
land, in that region, were particularly visited by
the desolating hail-storm of Tuesday last The
standing crop of wheat is in many localities utterly
destroyed, and fields lately clothed with uxuriant
growth of grass are left waste and barren by the
cutting hail and the drenching food of rain which
accompanied it. The corn also has suffered greatly
while the fruit trees are not only stripped of theiI
foliage, but in many cases even of their branches
The storm was also attended with violent wind
Frustrating the tallest forest trees in its path
The Fredericksburg Recorder says: ''Along the
old mine road in this county, and the line of the
Rappahannock, in Caroline, the ravaces of Tuesday,
storm are represented fearful, being more terri
BILE than those of Saturday. Messrs. Ben. Temple
HUMPHREYS, A. II. Bernard and John l.. Marye are
said to have lost their entire wheat and oat crops-be
sides sustaining other serious injuries Since Sat
urday morning not less than seventy-fiye or one
hundred thousand dollars worth of property in this
immediate neighborhood has been destroyed by
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Are the people of Maryland satisfied with the
present State Constitutions or is it desirable to call
Convention for the purpose of framing a new
one? These are the questions which, tomorrow.
they are called upon to decide at the Ballot-box.
They involve grave issues, and should be
thoughtfully considered. 1t is no light matter,
to Introduce changes into the Organic Law
OF Commonwealth; for the abrogation of an
existing Constitution, and the adoption of a
new one, imply necessity for revolutionizing,
in greater or less degree, the established policy
of the State. 1t is, therefore, important that we
should approach this subject with all due caution
and deliberately resolve upon the best course to be
pursued. Has the Constitution of 1851 worked
well? If it has, it requires no modification. If it
has not, and if we have learned, by painful expe-
rience, that it is radically defective in many of its
leading provisions, we are justified in demanding
that those defects should be adequately remedied
1t is sheer folly to say, that we must bear with
them until the ten years, stipulated in the
instrument have expired During the seven
years that the new Constitution of Maryland
has been in force we have had ample opportuni-
ties for studying its peculiar features, and forming
an opinion concerning them That opinion we
nave already had occasion to express; and al
though the initial movement for a change partook
OF a partisan character, and may have been de-
signed to subserve party purposes, it reflected so
far as the present Constitution is concerned the
wishes of a large majority of the people of the
State, and therefore it is that we have oiven
it our hearty support. 1t may suit the views
of demagogues to eulogise the virtues of an
Elective Judiciary; and of money lenders, to
desire no change in our Usury laws; and of ig-
norance, everywhere, to vehemently object to an
uniform System of Public Education; but if we
are to enforce that respect for the laws which is the
only safeguard of life and property, we must render
our judicial functionaries Independent of debasing
influences and elevate them to a position where
they may administer impartial justice. If we are
TO enter into lar commercial competition with the
nelghporlng States, we must not only abate that
standing nuisance, the Usury laws, but we must
also establish in future the legal rate of interest
at seven per cent, as in New York; or at eight
per cent, as in Ohio, and thus, besides inviting
the employment of foreign capital retain within
our own limits, large sums of money which, for
the sake of the additional one or two per cent of
annual interest, many wealthy citizens Of Maryland