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A ddtma to the People of the Southern State*. At a large meeting of Southern members of both Houses of Cougress, held at the Capitol on the evening of the 7th ultimo, the Hon. Hopkins L. Tubnet, of Tennessee, having been appointed Chairman at a previous meeting, took the Chair; and, on motion of the Hon. David Hubbard, of Alabama, the Hon. William J. Alston, of Alabama, was appointed Secretary. ** * * n Tt Whereupon, the lion. j\. r. ijutler, oi South Carolina, from the committee appointed at a preliminary meeting, reported an Address to the Southern people, recommending the establishment, at Washington City, of a newspaper, to be devoted to the support and defence of Southern interests; which was read, and with some slight modifications, adopted. . The following resolution was offered bv the Hon. Thomas L. Clinuman, of North Carolina, and unanimously adopted by the meeting. Rtvolvtd, unanimously, That the committee, in publishing the Address, be instructed to give with it the names of the Senators and Representatives in Congress who concur in the proposition to establish the Southern Organ, as manifested by their subscriptions to the several copies of the plan in circulation, or who may hereafter authorise said committee to include their names. Maryland.?Senator: Thomas G. Pratt. Kiryiitia.?Senators: R. M.T. liunter, J. M. Mason. Representatives: J. A. Seddon, Thos. H. Averett, Paulus Powell, R. K. Meade, Alex. R. Holladay, Thos. S. Bocock, H. A. Edinundson, Jeremiah Morton. North Carolina.?Senator: Willie P. Mangum. Representatives: T. L. Clingman, A. W. Venable, W. S. Ashe. South Carolina.?Senators: A. P Butler, F. H. Elmore. Representatives: John McQueen, Joseph A. Woodward, Daniel Wallace, Wm. F. Colcock, James L. Orr, Armistead Burt, Isaac E. Holmes. Georgia.?Senators: John McP. Berrien, William C. Dawson. Representatives: Jo seph W. Jackson, Alex. H. Stephens, Robert Toombs, H. A. Haralson, Allen F. Owen. Alabama.?Senator: Jeremiah Clemens. Representatives: David Hubbard, F. W. Bowdon, S. W. Inge, W. J. Alston, S. W. Harris. Mississippi.?Senator. Jefferson Davis. Representatives: W. S Featherston, Jacob Thompson, A. O. Brown, W. W. McWillie. Louisiana.?Senators: S. U. Downs, Pierre Soule. Representatives: J. H. Harmanson, Emile La Sere, Isaac E. Morse. Arkansas.?Senators: Solon Borland, W. Sebastian. Representative*. William R. Johnson. Texas.?Representatives: Vol. E. Howard, D. S. Kaufman. Missouri.?Senator: D. R. Atchison. Representative: James S. Green. Kentucky.?Representatives: R. H. Stanton, James L. Johnson. n ammt CoMlt Af* T-I Ar\l/ l Mc T. I'll i* i u^iiaivn 4iu|/ninu aj? * ui?ney. Representatives: James H. Thomas, Frederick P. Stanton, C. H. Williams, J.. O. Harris. Florida.?Senators: Jackson Morton, t). L. Yulee. Representative: E. Carrington Cabell. And upon motion, the meeting adjourned. HOPKINS L. TURKEY, Chairman. Attest : Wm-J. Alston, Stcrelary. THE ADDRESS. The committee to which was rejerred the duty of preparing an Address to the people of the slaveholding States upon the subject of a Southern Organ, to be established in the City of Washington, put Jorth the following : Feli.ow-citizens: A number of Senators and Representatives in Congress from the Southern States of the Confederacy deeply impressed with a sense of the dangers which beset those States, have considered carefully our means of self-defence within the Union and the Constitution, and have come to the conclusion that it is highly important to establish in this city a paper, which, without reference to political party, shall be devoted to the rights and interests of the ooutn, so iar as tney are invoiven in me questions growing out of African slavery. To establish and maintain such a paper, your support is necessary, and accordingly we address yoa on the subject. In the contest now going on, the constitutional equality of fifteen States is put in question. Some sixteen hundred millions worth of negro property is involved directly, and indirectly, though not less surely, an incalculable amount of property in other forms. But to say this is to state less than half the doom that hangs over you. Your social forms and institutions?which separate the Kuropean and the African races into distinct classes, and assign to each a different sphere in society?are threatened with overthrow Whether the negro is to occupy the same social rank with the white man, and enjoy equally the rights, privileges, and immunities of citizenship?in short, all the honors and dignities of society?is a question ol greater moment than any mere question of property can be. Such is the contest now going on?a contest in which public opinion, if not the prevailing, is destined to be a most prominent force ; and yet, no organ of the united interests of those assailed has as yet been established, nor does there exist any paper which can be the common medium for an interchange of opinions amongst the Southern States. Public opinion, as it has been formed and directed by the combined influence of interest and prejudice, is the force which has been most potent against us in the war now going on against the institution of negro slavery ; and yet we have taken no effectual means to make and maintain that issue with it upon which our safety and perhaps our social existence depends. Whoever will look to the history of this 3uestion, and to the circumstances uner which we are now placed, must see that our position is one of imminent danger, and one to be defended by all the means, moral and political, of which we can avail ourselves in the present emergency. The warfare against African slavery commenced, as is known, with Great Britain, who, aft *r having contributed mainly to its establishment in the New World, devoted her most earnest efforts, for purposes not yet fully explained, to its abolition in America. How wisely this was done, so far as her own colonies were concerned, time has determined ; and all comment upon this subject on our part would be entirely superfluous. If, however, her purpose was to reach and embarrass us on this subject, her efforts have j Mt beta without success. A common origin, j a common language, have made the Engiisl literature oura to a greul extent, and the efforts of the British Government and people to mould the public opinion of alt who speak the English language, have not beer vain or fruitless. On the contrary, they have been deeply felt wherever the English language is spoken ; and thi more efficient and dangerous, because, as yet, the South has taken no steps to appear and plead at the bar of the world, before which she has been summoned, and by which she has been tried already without a hearing. Secured by constitutional guaranties, and indeoendent of all the world, so far as its "T I . - ~ " ' domestic institutions were concerned, the South has reposed under the conciousness of right and ^dependence, and foreborne to plead at a bar which she knew had no jurisdiction over this paiticular subject. In this we have been theoretically right, but practically we have made a great mistake. All means, political, diplomatic, and literary, have been used to concentrate the public opinion, not only of the world at large, but of our own country, against us; and resting upon the undoubted truth that our domestic institutions were the subjects of no Government but our own local Governments, and concerned no one but ourselves, we have been passive under these assaults, until danger menaces us from every quarter. A great party has grown up, and is increasing in the United States, which seems to think it a duty they owe to earth and heaven to make war on a domestic institution upon which are staked our property, our social organization, and our peace and safety. Sectional feelings have been invoked, and those who wield the power of this Government have been tempted almost, if not quite, beyond their power of resistance, to wage a war against our property, our rights, and our social system, which, if successfully prosecuted, must end in our destruction. Every inducement?the love of power, the I desire to accomplish what are, with less truth than plausibility, called "reforms"? all are offered to tempt them to press upon those who are represented, and, in fact, seem to be an easy prey to the spoiler. Our eqality under the Constitution is, in effect, denied; our social institutions are derided and contemned, and ourselves treated with contumely and scorn through all the avennes which have as yet been opened to the public opinion of the world. That these assaults should have had their effect is not surprising, when we remember that, as yet, we have offered no organized resistance to them, and opposed but little, except the isolated efforts of members of Congress, who have occasionally raised their voices against what they believe to be wrongs and injustice. It is time that we should meet and maintain an issue, in which we find ourselves involved by those who make war upon us in regard to every interest that is peculiar to us, and which is not enjoyed in common with them, however guarantied by solemn compact, and no matter how vitally involving our prosperity, happiness, and safety. It is time that we should take measures to defend our selves against assaults winch can end in nothing short of our destruction, if we oppose no resistance to them. Owing to accidental circumstances, nud a want of knowledge of 1 the true condition of things in the Southern States, the larger portion of the press and of the political literature ol the wotld has been directed against us. The moral power of public opinion carries political strength along with it,^|d if against us, we must wrestle with it or lull. If, as we firmly believe, truth is with us, there is nothing to discourage us in such an effort. The eventual strength of an opinion is to be measured, not by the number who may chance to entertain it, but by the truth which sustains it We believe?nay, we know, that truth is with us, and therefore we should not shrink from the contest. WTe have too much staked upon it to shrink or to tremble?a property interest, in all its forms, of incalculable amount and value ; the social organization, the equality, the liberty, nay, the existence of fourteen or fifteen States of the Confederacy?all rest upon the result of the struggle in which we are engaged. We must maintain the equality of our political position in the Union ; we must maintain the digr.ity and respectabil.ty of our social position before the world ; and must maintain and secure our liberty and rights, so far as our united efforts can protect them ; and, if possible, we must effect all this within the pale of the Union, and by means known to the Constitution. The union of the South upon these vital interests is necessary, not only for the sake of the South, but perhaps for the sake of the Union. We have great interests exposed to the assaults, not only of the world at large, but of those who, constituting a majority, wield the power of our own confederated States. We must defend those interests by all legitimate means, or else perish either in or without the effort. To make successful defence, we must unite with each other upon one vital question, and make the most of our political strength. We must do more?we must go beyond our entrenchments, and meet even the more distant and indirect, but by no means harmless assaults, I wnicn are directed againsi us. we, too, i I can appeal to public opinion. Our assailant3 act upon theory, tu their tlieory we can oppose experience. They reason upon an imaginary state of things to, this we may oppose truth and actual knowledge. To do this, however, we too must open up avenues to the public mind ; we, too, must have an organ through which we can appeal to the world, and commune with each other. The war.t of such an organ, heretotore, has been perhaps one of the leading causes of our present condition. There is no paper at the Seat of Government through which we can hear or be heard fairly and truly by the country. There is a paper here which makes the abolition of slavery its main and paramount end. There are other papers here which make the maintenance ot political parties their supreme and controlling object, but none which consider the preservation of sixteen hundred millions of property, the equality and libertv ol tourteen or fifteen States, the protection of the white man against African equality, 89 paramount over, or even equal to, the maintennance of some political organization which is to secure a President, who is an object of interest not because he will certainly rule, or perhaps ruin the South, hut chiefly tor the reason that he will possess and bestow office and spoils. 1 he South has a peculiar position, and her important rights and interests are objects of continual assault from the majority; and the party press, dependent as it is upon that majority (or its means of living, will always be (ound laboring to excuse the ; assailants, and to paralyze all efforts at resistance. How ia it now? The abolition partv can always b< heard through its press at the Seat of Government, but through what >rgan or press at Washington can Southern men communicate with the world, or with each other, upon their own peculiar interests? So far from writing, or permitting anything to be written, which is calculated to defend the rights of the South, or state its case, the papers here are engaged in lulling the South into a false security, and in nianufacturingthere an artificial public sentiment, suitable for some Presidential platform, though at the expense of any and every interest you may possess, no matter how dear or how vital and momentous. This state of things results from party ob ligation* and a regard to party success. And they but subserve the ends of their establishment in consulting their own interests, and the advancement of the party to which they are pledged. Von cannot look to them as sentinels over interests that are repugnant to the feelings of the majority of the selfsustaining party. In the Federal Legislature the South has some voice and some votes; but over the public press, as it now stands at the Seat of Government, the North has a controlling influence. The press of this city takes its tone from that of the North. Even our Southern press is subjected, more or less, to the some influence. Our public men, yes, our southern men, owe their public standing and reputation too often to the commendation and praise of the Northern press. Southern newspapers republish from their respective party organs in this city, and in so doing, reproduce?unconscious, doubtless, in most instances, of the wrong they do?the northern opinion in regard to public men 1 w * . I 1 A A. and measures, now dangerous sucn a siaie of things must be to the fidelity ot your representatives it is needless to say! They are but men, and it would be unwise to suppose that they are beyond the reach of temptations which influence the rest of mankind. Fellow-citizens, it rests with ourselves to alter this state ot things, so far as the South is concerned. We have vast interests, which we arc bound, by many considerations, to defend with all the moral and political means in our power. One of the first steps to this great end is to establish a Southern Organ here, a paper through which we may commune with one another and the world at large. Wc do not propose to meddle with political parties as they now exist; wc wish to enlist every southern man in a southern cause, and in defence of southern rights, be he Whig or be he Democrat. We do not propose to disturb him, or to shake him in his party relations. All that we ask is, that he shall consider the constitutional rights of the South, which are involved in the great abolition movement, as paramount to all party and all other political considerations. And surely the time has come when all southern men should unite for the purpose of self-defence. Our relative power in the Legislature of the Union is diminishing with every census; the dangers which menace us are daily becoming greater; and, the chief instrument in the assaults upon us is the public press, over which,owing to oursupineness,the North exercises a controlling influence. So far as the South is concerned, we can change and reverse this state of things. It is not to be borue, that public sentiment at the South should be stifled or controlled by the party press. Let us have a press of our own, as the North has, both here and at home?a press which shall be devoted to Southern rights, and animated by Southern feeling; which shall look not to the North but the South for the tone which is to pervade it. Claiming our share of power iu Federal Legislation, let | us also claim our share of influence in the press ol tne country. L.et us organize in every Southern town and county, so as to send this paper into every house in the land. Let uk take, too, all the means necessary to maintain the paper by subscription, so as to increase its circulation, and promte the spread of knowledge and truth. Let every portion of the South furnish its full quota of talent and money to sustain a paper which ought to be supported by all, because it will be devoted to the interest of everv Southern man. It will be the earnest effort of the committee who are charged with these arrangements, to procure editors of high talent and standing; and they will also see that the ' 1 L . 1 lA. I A. 1 paper is conuucicu wunuui upposin m, anu without rejerence to the political parties of i the day. With these assurances, we feel justified in calling upon you, the people of the Southern States?to make the necessary efforts to establish and maintain the proposed paper. A. P. BUTLER, JACKSON MORTON, R. TOOMBS, J. THOMPSON, JOIIN II. SAVAGE. May 6,1850. PROSPECTUS OP "THE SOUTHERN PRESS." An association ot sixty-three Members of Congress, Senators and Representatives, have constituted the undersigned a Committee to superintend the establishment of a Southern Press at Washington City, to be devoted to the exposition and defence of Southern Rights and institutions?the dissemination of correct information as to. Northern Policy, and the course of Political affairs generally, without reference to the old party lines mi W big and Democrat. Arrangements arc now in progress, promptly to ensure the issue of such a paper under the title of "THE 30T7THERN PRESS, ' for the conduct ot which, suitable Editors have been engaged, who will also receive the aid of a number of eminent and and able contributors. There will be a daily, a tri-wcekly, and a weekly issue?the latter to contain substantially, the same matter as the former, and intended to reach those points of the courftry whose mail facilities are limited. The paper will not be exclusively political?but will embrace on its broad sheet the General News of the day, Domestic and Foreign, by mail and telegraph ; Commercial and Agricultural Intelligence, Literary Criticisms, Original Essays, Literary and Miscellaneous; and, in short, all those items of general interest, the collected aggregate *f which constitutes the interesting and valuable Newspaper. Great care will he taken to give full and correct Reports of the Proceedings and lh:h.ttcs in both Mouses of Congress, as well as the action of the local Legislatures on the Southern question. A limited number only of Advertisements will be received?the main object being to lurnish a large amount of reading matter. The paper will be printed on a snsel equal in size to those of the other Washington papers, and the material will be procured especially for the purpose. It is confidently hoped that every true friend to the South will aid in procuring subscribers, and forward the names, with the amount subscribed, t?r some Southern Representative at Washington, forthwith. Postmasters are authorised by law to remit subserijitions Ircc ol postage. Terms. | For Daily?the price will he per annum, $10,00 FoV Tri-weekly during the Session of Congress, and Semi-weekly during the recess, - 5 00 : Weekly paper, S00 The price of subscription must be paid invariably in cdvance, and the cash accompanying flic name tent. All persons procuring ten names shall be entitled to receive a copy rrati* for one year. A. P BUTLER, JACKSON MORTON, K. TOOMBS,' J THOMPSOX BANK NOTE TABLE. Corrected June 15, byS. Thompson, Stock and Exc. Broker, 64 Wall etreet, JV*. Y. New Voik City. 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Bank of Dar sville, Livingston County ? dis | Bank of the Empire State, Fairport ? dis Bank of Genesee, Batavia ? dis Bank of Geneva, Geneva ? dis Onnk of Ithaca, Ithaca ? dis Bank of Kinderhook, Kinderhook par Bank of Lake Erie, Buffalo ? dis Bank of Lansingburg, Lansingburg ? dis Bank of Lowville, Lowville ? dis Bank of New Rochelle, New Rochelle. .....? dis Bank of Newburg, Newburg par Bank of Orange County, Goshen ? dis Bank of Orleans, Albion ? dis Bank of Owcgo, Owego ? dis Bank of Pawling, Pawling par Bunk of Poughkeepsic, Poughkeepsic par Bank of Rochester, Rochester ? dis Bank of Rome, Rome ? dis Bank of Rondout, Rondout par D i- .r o.i: o-i: * J:_ naniv ii oainia, ouuim ? um | Bank of Saratoga Springs J dis : Bank of Silver Creek, Chatauquc County... j die Bank of Syracuse, Syracuse { dis Bank of Troy, Troy i dis Bank of Uiica, Uticn a dis Bank of Vernon, Vernon a dis Bank of Watertown, Watcrtown ; dis Bank of Waterville, Watcrville I dis Bank of Wcstfield dis Bank of Whitehall, Whitehall die Bank of Whitestown ii dis Black River Bank, Watertown ; dis Brooklyn Bank, Brooklyn par Broome County Bank, Binghainpton ii dis Camden Bank, Camden ii dis Canal Bank, Albany 1 dis Canal Bank of Lockport, Lockport dis Catakill Bank, Catakill par Cayuga County Bank, Auburn * dis Cayugn Lake Bank ? dis Central Bank, Cherry Valley a dis Champlain Bank, Elfenbunj i dis Chatauquc County Bank, Jamestown J dis Chemung: Canal Bank, Ehnira... i dis Chester Bank, Chester. dis City Bank, Oswego .? dis Commercial Bank, Albany par Commercial Bank, Friendship dis r>. ;.i d.-i. r ?u.?. j wuiiiiui-i VIUI uaurv) ijui/n|>ui i*? ? *? *? 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Bank, Adirondack 4 dis Madison County Bank, Cazenovia 4 dis Merchants' Bank, Buffalo 4 dis Merchants' Bank, Canandaigua J dis Merchants' Bank, Ellery 4 dis Merchants' Bank, Poughkcepsie par Mechanics and Farmers' Bank, Albany j die Merchants and Farmers' Bank, Carmel ] dis Merchants and Farmers' Bank, Ithaca 4 dis Merchants and Mechanics'Bank, Troy * dis Middletown Bank, Orange Co 4 dis Mohawk Bank, Schenectady \ dis Mohawk Valley Bank, Mohawk Village.... J dis Monroe Bank, Rochester 4 die Montgomery County Bank, Johnston dis New York State Bank, Albany 4 dis New York Stock Bank, Durham 4 dis j Northern Canal Bank 4 dis j rsortnern HanK, ivinuriu i Uta Northern Exchange Bank, Brnshcr's Falls . .i die Ogdensburg Bank, Ogdensburg dis Oliver Lee and Co.'a Bank, Buffalo die Oneida Bank, Utica ? dis Onondaga County Bank, Syracuse i die Ontario Bank, Canandaigua $ dis Ontario Branch Bank, Utica ! die Oswego County Bank * dis Otsego County Bank, Cooperstown \ dis Pacific Bank, Brooklyn par Palmyra Rank, Wayne Co I dis Patchin Bank, Buffalo ? dis Pine Plains Bank, Dutchess County I dis Powell Bank, Ncwburg par Pratt Bank of Buffalo 2 dis Prattsville Bank, Prattsvillc par Putnam Valley Bank 1 dis Putnam County Bank, Farmers' Mills ? dis Rochester Bank ? dis Rochester City Bank, Rochester i dis Sackett's Haroor Bank, Sackctl's Harbor... J dis Saratoga County Bank, Waterford J dis Schenectady Bank, Schenectady J dis Security Bank i dis Seneca County Bank, Waterloo I dis State Bank, Saugrrties ...{ dis Steuben County Bank, Bath i dis Suffolk County Bank, Sag Harbor I die Tanners' BanK, Catakill par Tompkins County Bank, Ithaca dis Troy City Bank, Troy dia Ulster County Bank, Kingston bar Unndilla Banlt, Otsego County.. dis Utica Branch Bank .....J dis Utica City Bank dis Village Bank, Randolph dis Walter Joy's Bank, Buffalo I dis Warren County Bank Johnsburg ( dis Washington County Bank, Union Village.,.} dis Watertown Bank & Loan Company 4 die Westchester County Bank, Peekskill...... . jwr Wluie Bunk, BufTaio i die White Plains Bank, Westchester County...} die Wouster Sherman's Bank, Watertown j dis Yaica County Bank, Penn Yan.,. din > Maine. 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Bank i dia Aahuelot Bank, Keene J- dia Bank of Lebanon I dia Belknap County Bank J dis Cheshire Bank, Keene 1 dis Connecticut River Bank, Charlestown J dis Derry Bank i dis Cover Bank 1 dis Granite Bank I dis Great Falls Bank , dis Lancaster Bank i dis Manchester Bank \ dis Manufacturers' Bank, New lpawich j dis Mechanics'Bank, Concord { dia Mechanics & Traders' Bank, Portsmouth...] dis Merrimack County Bank, Concord J dis Nashua Bank \ dis New Ipswich Bank { dia Piscataque Exchange Bank J dia Portsmouth- Bank v * "1 ^'s Rochester Bank ....} dis Rockingham Bank, Portsmouth { dis Stafford Bank, Dover i dis Winchester Bank { dis Wmnipisiogee Bank, Meredith J dis j Vermont. 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J Uio Boylslon Bank J (lis Brighton Bank J (lis Briatol County Bank,Taunton i (lis Bunker Hill Bank.Charlestown j die Cabot Bank, Cabotaville * dis Cambridge Bank { dia Centijd Bank, Worcester J dia Charles River Bank, Cambridge \ dia Chickopee Bank, Springfield \ dis Citizens' Bank, Nantucket ] dia Citizens' Bank, Worcester | dia City Bank of Boston i dis Cochituate Bank i dis Cohannet Bank, Taunton ? dis Columbian Bank, Boston ? dis Commercial Bank, Salem J dis Concord Bank J dia Danvera Bank , dis Dedham Bank J dis Dorchester and Milton Bank j dis Duxbury Bank ? dis Eagle Bank of Boston { dis East Bridgewater Bank. ? dis Essex Bank, North Andover J dia Exchange Bank, Boston { dis Exchange Bank, Salem. J dis Fairhaven Bank j dis Falmouth Bank \ dis Fall River Bank i dia Fitchburg Bank i dis Framingham Bank J dis Franklin County Bank, QrAw villa dis Freeman's Bank, Boston.Tv... | dis Globe Bank of Boston ] dis Gloucester Bank i dis Grand Bank, Marblehcad j dis Granite Bank, Boston { dis Greenfield Bank { dis Grocers' Bank, Boston \ dis Hamilton Bank, Boston i dis Hampden Bank, Westfield dis Hampshire Manuf. Bank, Wareham ? dis : Haverhill Bank | dis Hingham Bank J dis , Housatonic Bank,Stockbridge i dis ; Ipswich Bank 1 dis Laighton Bank J dis Lancaster Bank j dis Lee Bank I die Leicester Bank ? dis Lichton Bank... J dis ; Lowell Bank { dis j Lynn Mechanics' Bank J dis > .Machinists' Bank, Taunton J din Mahaiwee Bank, Great Barrington { dis Manufacturers' Bank, Rowley dia Marblehead Bank .....Idis ! Market Bank, Boston ] dis Marine Bank, New Bedford j die Massachusetts Bank, Boston ? dis MaRsasoit Bank \ dis Mattapan Bank dis Mechanics' Bank, Newburyport i dia Mechanics' Bank, New Bedford j dia Mechanics' Bank, South Boston ..J dip Mercantile Bank, Salem < dis Merchanta' Bank, Boston ] dis Merchants' Bank, New Bedford i din Merchanta' Bonk, Salem.. dia Merchants' Bank, Newburyport j die Merrimac Bank, Haverhill J dia Milbury Bank ? dia Milford Bank J die Naumkeaff Bank, Salem . j dis Neponscl Bank, Canton i dis New England Bank, Boston j die Newton Bank, Newton { dia North Bank of Boston J die Northampton Bank ...J dis Ocean Bank, Newburyport j dis Old Colony Bank, Plymouth i dis Oxford Bank {die Pacific Bank, Nantucket. t..J dis Pawtuckct Bank, Roxbury J dis People's Bank, Roxbury ,....{ dis Plymouth Bank J dis Powow River Bank, Salisbury j dis Quincy Stone Rank, Quincy | dis Quinsigamond Bank, Worcester... j dis Railroad Bank, Lowell...............dis I I Randolph Bank. * ! dia Saleoi Bank J dia Shawmut Bank, Boaton j dia I Shoe and Leather Dealers' Bank | dia South Bridge Bank i dia I South Bank of Boaton J dia Springfield Bank i dta Slule Bank, Boston i dia | Suffolk BanlP, Boaton J dia Taunton Bank | dia Traders' Bank, Boston i dia Treinont Bank, Boston { dia Union Bunk of Weymouth i dia Union Bank, Boston j dis Village Bank, Danvers ..H....M....,j dia Waltiiain Bank i dia W are ham Bank. ...| dis Warren Bunk, Danvers { dia Washington Bank J dis Western Bank, Springfield J dis Wintbrop Bank, Koxbury J dis Worcester Bank j dis Wientham Bank I dis Rhode Island. American Bank, Providence. 4 dis Arcade Bank, Providence 4 dis Bank of Bristol - 4 dis Bank of Kent, Coventry i dis Bank of North America, Providence ...j dis Bank of Rhode Island, Newport \ dis Blackslone Canal Bank, Providence j dis Centreville Bank, Warwick j dis Citizens' Union Bank, Bcituate 4 dis City Bank, Providence .{ dis Commercial Bank, Bristol 4 dis Commercial|Bank, Providence ,...4 dis Cranston Batik j dis Cumberland Bank <4 die Eagle Bank of Bristol 4 dis Eagle Bank, Providence 4 dis Exeter Bank 4 dis Exchange Bank, Greenville ..4 dis Fall lliver Union Bank, Tiverton 4 dis Franklin Bank, Chepalchet. 4 dis Freeman's Bank, Bristol 4 dis Globe Bank, Providence 4 dis Globe Bank, Smithfield 4 dis Hamilton Bank, North Sciluate ? dis High-street Bank, Providence 4 dis Hope Bsnk, Warren 4 dis Landholders' Bank, South Kingston 4 dis Manufacturers' Bank, Providence 4 dis Mechanics'Bank, Providence 4 dis Mech. & Manufacturers' Bank, Providence, .j dis Merchants' Bank, Newport 4 dis Merchants'Bank, Providence 4 dis v n i, c?...? i J: LUUUIlt T *51 HUH UHIIIV) ^ WOICI *? { UIB Narraganset Bank, Wickford { dia National Bank, Providence { dis New England Commercial Bank, Newport..J dia New England Pacific Bank, N. Providence..{ dia Newport Bank { dis Newport Exchange Bank { dis North Kingston Bank, Wickford { dia North Providence Bank ,...] dia Pawcatuck Bank ....{ dis Pawtuxet Bank j dis People's Bank { did Phoenix Bank, Providence J dia Phoenix Bank, Westerly 1 dis Providence Bank J dis R. I. Central Bank, E. Greenwich { dis Rhode Island Union Bank, Newport { dia Roger Williams Bank, Providence j dia Smithfield Exchange Bank | dia Smith field Lime Rock Bank j dis Smithfield Union Bank { dia Traders' Bank, Newport J dis Traders' Bank, Providence {dis Union Bank, Providence {dia Village Bank, Smithfield {dis Wakefield Bank {dia Warren Bank * { dis Warwick Bank { dia Washington Bank, Westerly .{ dia WeyboBset Bank, Providence { dia Woonaocket Falls Bank, Cumberland { dis Connecticut. Bridgeport Bank, Bridgeport { dis City Bank, New Haven { dis Connecticut Bank, Bridgeport { dis Connecticut River Banking Co., Hartford...{ dia Danbury Bank, Norwalk { dis East Haddam Bank, Eust Haddum { dia Exchange Bank, Hurtford { dia Fairfield County Bank, Norwalk { dis Farmers & Mechanics' Buuk, Hartford { dis Farmers', Bridgeport {dis tiarttora uank, tiarttoru J die) Iron Bank, Fall'a Village dis Jewett City Bank, Jewett City.............I dia Manufacturers' Bank, Birmingham | dis Mechanics' Bank, New Haven..... j dis Merchants' Bank, Norwich { dis Meriden Bank { dis Middlesex County Bank, Middletown J dis Middletown Bank, Middletown..... j dis Milford Bank { dis Mystic Bank, Mystic J dis New Haven Bank, New Haven { dis New Haven County Bank, New Haven....J dis New London Bank, New London J dis Norwich Bank, Norwich j dis Phoenix Bank, Hartford { dis Quinebaug Bank, Norwich.. { dis Saybrook Bank J dis Stamford Bank, Stamford j dis State Bank, Hartford { dis Slonington Bank, Stonington ? dis Thames Bank, Norwich {dis Thompson Bank, Thompson } dis Tolland County Bank, Tolland 1 dis Union Bank, New London J dis Waterbury Bank, Waterbury { dis Whaling Bank, New London { dis Windham Bank, Windham ~ {dis Windham County Bank, Brooklyn.... { dis Winsted Bank, Winsted { dis New Jersey. Belvidere Bank 2 dis Burlington County Bank, Medford J dis Commercial Bank 3 dis Cumberland Bank of N. Jersey, Bridgeton. .J dis Farmers' Bank of N. Jersey,Mount Holly..J dis Farmers' Bank, Wantage 2 di? Farmers and Mechanics' Bank, Railway...I dis Farmers & Merchants' Bank, Middletown. .1 dis Mechanics' Bank of Burlington 2 dis Mechanics' Bank, Newark 3 dis Mechanics & Manufacturers' Bank,Trenton.f dis Morris County Bank J dis Newark Banking and Insurance Company..} dis j Newhope & Delaware Bridge Company....? dis ! Orange Bank, Orange J dis People's Bank j dis Plainfield Bank. ? dis Princeton Bank, Princeton 3 dis Salem Banking Company, Salem 3 dis Somerset County Bank I dis State Bank, Glizabelhtown 1 dis State Bank, Morris ? dis State Bank, Newark I dia State Bank, New Brunswick J dia Sussex Bank, Newton 2 dia Trenton Banking Company, Trenton J dis Union Bank, Dover 2 dis Pennsylvania. Bank of Chambersburg 12 dis Bank of Chester County J dia Bank of Commerce 2 dis Bank of Delaware County \ dis Bank of Gcrmantown J dis Bank of Gettysburg 12 dis Bank of Lewistown, Lewiatown ? dis Bank of Montgomery County 2 dis Bank of the Northern Liberties 2 dis Bank of North America 2 dia Bank of Northumberland 2 dis Bank of Pennsylvania 2 dis j Bank of Penn Township 2 dis 1 Bank of Pittsburg, Pittsburg 1 dis j Bank of Susouchannah County ? dis Carlisle Bans, Carlisle 12 dis Columbia Bridge Company, Columbia | dis Commercial Bank of Pennsylvania 2 dis Doylestown Bank, Doylcstown 2 dis boston Bank, boston par Eric Bank, Erie U dis Exchange Bonk, Pittsburg 1 din Farmers' Bank of BuckB County J dis Farmers' Bank of Lancaster J dia Farmers' Bank of Rending ^ dis Farmers & Mechanics' Bank, Philadelphia..] dis Farmers' Bank, Schuylkill Haven ^ dis Farmers A Drovers' Bank, Wayncnl>urg... I} dis jj Franklin Bank, Washington 1} dis Girard Bank, Philadelphia. ? dis Harrisburg Bank, Harrisburg .1J dis Honesdalc Bunk, Honesdalc ,,J dis Kensington Bank \ dis | Lancaster Bank, Lancaster i dis Lancaster County Bank, Lancaster die < Lcl>anon Bank, Lebanon 1 dis | Lehigh County Bank ? dis | Manufacturers and Mcchanica' Bank dis Mechanics' Bank, Philadelphia dia Merchants <!fc Manufacturers' Bank, Pittsburg. 1 dis Middletown Bank U (j!8 Miners' Bank i dis Monongahela Bank, Brownsville 1 dis Moyamensing Bank 1 dis Philadelphia Bank 'J dis Pittsburg City 8crip * > dia Relief Notes 3 dis Schuylkill Bank ? dia Southwark Bank , du : Tradesmen's Bank, Philadelphia 1 dis Western Bank.. J dia West Branch Bank, Wiliiamaport { dis Wyoming Bank, Wilkeaharre din Vork Bank, York. 1, did Delaware. Bank of Delaware. 4 did Bank of Smyrna J dia Delaware Cuy Bank J dis Farmers' Bank of Delaware i dis Union Bank of Delaware J dis Wilmington and Braudywine Bank { did Mary Land. : Bank of Baltimore t dir , Bank of Westminster, Westminster........1 dis ! Chesapeake Bank, Baltimore 1 dis j Commercial & Farmers' Bank of Baltimore. . j dis Pnmlwi'lunrl RnnLr nf A IU^l micguuny 1 din Farmer*)' Bank of Maryland, Annapolis 1 dia i Farmers and Mei 11 antes' Bank, Frederick... 1 die ! Farmers and Merchants' Hank, Baltimore... 1 dis I Farmers and Planters' Bank, Baltimore J dis j Fell's Point & Savings Institution, Baltimore. 1 dis I Franklin Bank, Baltimore...... j di8 I Frederick County Bank, Frederick (jja i Hngerstown Bank, Hageratown dia ' Havre de Grace Bank 5 dis Marine Bank, Baltimore 1 dis Mechanics' Bank, Baltimore j dis Merchants' Bank, Baltimore I dis ; Mineral Bank, Cumberland l| dis Patapsco Bank, Ellicotl's Mills 1 dis Salisbury Bank 1 dis i Union Bank of Maryland, Baltimore J dis Washington County Bank, Williamsport.. .1 dis Western Bank, Baltimore J dis District sf Columbia. Rank of the Metropolis, Washington 1 dis ! Bank of Washington, Washington 1 dia ! Farmers & Mechanics' Bank, Georgetown. .1 dis Patriotic Bank of Washington 1 dis Union Bank of Georgetown, Georgetown... 1 dis VlrglBl*. Bank of Potomac, Alexandria 1 dis Bank of Virginia, Richmond. I dis Bank of the Valley, Winchester.. 1 dis Corporation of Alexandria Scrip ? dis Exchange Bank of Virginia, Norfolk 1 dis Farmers' Bank of Alexandria, Alexandria. .1 dis Farmers' Bank of Virginia, Richmond 1 dis Merchants & Mechanics' Bank, Wheeling. 1| dis Northwestern Bank of Virginia, Wheeling. 1| dis North Carolina. Bank of Cape Fear and Branches 1J dis Bunk of Fayetteville 1 j dis Bank of the State of N. Carolina & Branches. 1J dis Commercial Bank, Wilmington 1} dis Merchants' Bank, Newbern 1} dis Suit tli Carolina. Bank of Charleston II dis ~r n ?? ? *' unu n vi WVI^ClUWIl a J 4 U 13 Bank of Hamburg 1? dia Bank of South Carolina lj dia Camden Bank 1J dia Commercial Bank li dis Merchants'Bank ..........li dia Planters and Mechanics' Bank 1{ dia Southwestern Railroad Co., Charleston... .1^ dia State Bank of South Carolina li dis Union Bank of South Carolina li dia Georgia. Augusta Insurance and Banking Company.1J dis Bank of Augusta it dis Bank of Brunswick li dia Bank of Milledgeville... 1h dis Bank of St. Mary's it dis Bunk of the State of Georgia, Savannah... .lj dis Georgia Railroad and Banking Co., Athens. 1| dis Marine & Fire Insurance Bank, Savannah. . ]? dis Mechanics' Bank, Augusta it dis Planters' Bank, Savannah it dis Alabama. Bank of Mobile, Mobile 1 dia Bank of the State and Branches 6 dis Louisiana. Bank of Louisiana 1 dis Canal and Banking Company 1 dis Carrollton Railroad and Banking Company.. 1 dis City Bank of New Orleans 1 dis Gas Light and Banking Company 1 dis Louisiana State Bank 1 dis Mechanics and Traders' Bank 1 dis Union Bank, New Orleans.... 1 dis onto. Bank of Circlevillc 2 dis Bank of Geauga, Painesville 2 dis Bank of MasBillon, Massillon 2 dis Bank of Norwalk 50 dis Bank of Sandusky, Sandusky 75 dis Bank of Wooster r.60 dis Canal Bank, Cleveland 2 dis City Bank, Cincinnati 2 dis rit? ? j w.?j 4. UI8 City Bank, Columbus .2 did Clinton Bank, Columbus 2 dis Commercial Bank, Cincinnati 2 dis Dayton Bank 2 dis Elyria Exchange Bank 2 dis Exchange Bank, Columbus 2 dis Franklin Bank, Cincinnati 2 dis Franklin Bank of Columbus 2 dis Franklin Bank, Zanesville .2 dis Lafayette Bank, Cincinnati 2 dis Ohio Life Insurance and Trust Company...2 dis State Bank of Ohio and Branches 2 dis Indiana. State Bank of Indiana and Branches 2 dis Kentucky. Bank of Louisville, Louisville 2 dis Bank of Kentucky and Branches 2 dis Northern Bank of Kentucky and Branches.. .2 dis Tennessee. Bank of Tennessee, Nashville 3$ dis Planters' Bank and Branches 3j dis Union Bank of Tennessee and Branches.. ,3J dis Missouri. Bank of the State, St. Louis 2 dis Mtchlsan. Farmers and Mechanics' Bank, Detroit... .2| dis Michigan Insurance Company, Detroit... .2J dis State Bank of Michigan 2$ dis Peninsula Bank 2 J dis Wisconsin Territory. Wisconsin Marine and Fire Ins., Milwaukie.2 dis Canada. dieBank of Br. North America and Branches.. .3 dis Bank of Montreal 3 dis Bank of the People, Toronto 3 dis Bank of Upper Canada, Toronto 3 dis Banque du People, Montreal 3 dis City Bank, Montreal 3 dis Commercial Bank of U. Canada, Kingston..3 dis Gore Bank, Hamilton 3 dis Quebec Bank, Quebec 3 dis EXCHANGE AND SPECIE. Bills on London, GO days' sight, ? sterling, 9 @ 9 J per cent. prem. Bills on Paris, 60 days' sight f. 5.30 @ Bills on Paris, short sight 5.271 @ Bills on Amsterdam ? @ Bills on Antwerp .5.52$ @ f.5 31$ Bills on Hamburg, Marc Banco 35$ @ 35$ c. runs on isremcn, k.ix uontir 78J ? 79 c Bills on Boston, at sight.. i dis Bills on Philadelphia dia Bills on Baltimore J dia Bills on Richmond } " 1 dis Bills on North Carolina 1J @ 2 dis Bills on Charleston J Co 1 dis Bills on Savannah J (3 ] dis Bills on Augusta J @ 1 dis Bills on Columbus 1 dis Bills on Mobile, Bank Notes @ li dis Bills on Mobile, Specie Checks (&, j dis Bills on New Orleans li dis Bills on Louisville !', (S. 1} dis Bills on Nashville 2 @3 dis Bills on St. Louis, Specie Checks li @ 1J dis Bills on Cincinnati 11(3:2 dis Bills on Detroit 2* <3 2* dis American Gold, Old Coin 6 @ 6i pre American Gold, New Coin par @ j pre Half Dollars par @ J pre Portuguese Gold par \ pre Spanish Dollars 3@ I> pre O ^ ^ " opanmn quarter Ltollars par? J dia Carolua Dollars 4 @6 pre Mexican Dollars J % 1 Pre Mexican Quarter DollarR per @ J dis Five Franc Piecea 94 % 941 c Doubloons, Spaniah flO 70 % 16 90 Doubloona, Patriot 15 80 @ 16 ? Napoleons 3 85 <3 3 87 Heavy Guineas ...... 5? # ? ? Sovereigns, light and heavy 4 82 ? 4 87 A heavy Sovereign weighs 5 dwta. 2J gra. New Yoke, April 20, 1850. "IWCOKKXaRAPHIC KBCYCLOP.KDIA." JAYLOR & MAURY, booksellers near 9th street, have for exhibition a complete copy this valuable and beautiful work, now publishing in numbers, to be completed in twenty-five parts. Subscriptions taken, and the work supplied, jMarch 27 TAYLOR A MAURY._ J. Knox Walker, Attorney at Larc and General Agent, OFFERS his services in his profession and as Agent for the Prosecution and Collection of Claims before Congress and the Departments, also for obtaining Patents. All business confided to him will be promptly attended to. j>7 tl