, 1860-03-12

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in his department rs the basis Of our c'rculat"
ing medium. These sales indicate that IN equal
amount Of currency has been burnt or otheE-
Tise destroyed.
| Another evidence ia fornd in t1,a ra,;ztar Al
| receipts into the School Fund Aacr MarcI,
! 5tA of each year the interest an 1ocns f1om the
School Fund. or on lnnds devo.cd IN schoo, MR..
| poses, is increased, if uppa;d. from seyen to
twelve per cent, Of course the. aroidancc of
such an increase of liablitv induces all who can
nav The interest by the time dcsienatcd, and
the early days of March arc usually mu.led by
large receipts into the treasury. IbaYc before
me the account Of receipts for tue fiye days pre-
cedine 1he dar u1en the ,cnn,tv of increased
interest would take effect. during tho past three
years. and tbis shows at Il c1ance The difficulty
which men haye encountered this vear in meet
ing their dues. In the vear 1s5s lie reccints of
five DAYS were S1SS,cel.5c. For 1859 tbey were
s57.5;i III. For thc present yeor tber vers
So, ,;es.eo. =, ....
In 1858 The financial crisis had mot vet mnda
itself felt yery perccptibly at the West. Now
The roca;ota Eor ;utcras+ c,d o,ho- d,o. ~ .he
schoo, Fund ore so1 nm, ,..v +h,n +tox ;ro,.
then v~i,h;r d,v ~ t,vo .f,s5 ,to.a ,,a.f,,c
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'ae aosancea stage Of tne session, Us m1ch Us
to any weli-consldered opposition 10 the bill.
And yet apprehcnd 1t Will be a difficult matter,
Tor nnny years at least, to restore The dcath-
penalty in any State where it bus been abolished
Human life is, on the one hand, cheap. We
think little Of murders aad homicides. They
are tue everyday story Of the newspapers, so
common US to create no cxcltemen$ or eSen IN
terest when We read Of them. on the other
hand, We hare IN these days gTent denl Of
sent'mcntallty about the rights Of mnn, tile
sacrcdncss o1 rights, oi personal freedom, nnd
the Ike, aud nc are very reluctant to NEEDLE
with human life in judicial capacity Hence,
where death is made the penalty Of murder,
jurics disagree, and when once the death-penalty
has been abolished, tits not likely to berestorcd.
aAa'EA FERRY AeAH'
Aow tn's s'a'e1s question "'ll keep coming
up. !" nas become o'oaos' omnfpfcsens- IL IS
every "hcse' on annssoas evening 'he oena'c
gave 'ne'"se'es up sccono LINE 10 rs us
cass,on' on LUIS oeeas.on sena'ofs 1'eDo'p"
anu otln,ns.on "e', 'a' en'e' srsaNs1s, 44o
"nsh 'ue' nao taAen .Ae't eea's' ~ ~ was luz
snolect 'lo" oens exhausted '"a' 'nc oei'a'e'
maae II Inc speeaa' oroer loF ano'ne' evening.
ADJOURNMENT:
we sfas1eo LOT a shorl SESSION. Inc n1st o'
Mascn was LIE mos' o1slon' ony spohco ot ioF
adjournment. oo. Tue n's' ol march mas cotae
aoo gone ano sun q large a"'uot Oh reaas
needlhl business remains 10 pe oone' so 'aat
Ap111 Will pe very hxe!s 10 ma our !egls'a'o's
| sui IN tnesf sea's' 1Ae TWO houses oao 'o'e,
day or two since to adjourn shout swo weeks
hence But SUCH votes We emo" arc APT 10 oe
1ecoasloefea as LUG aas .aa'a' naea upon a'f''es'
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