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WM. M. OVERTON. CH. MAURICE SMITH,
AND BEVERLEY TUCKER.
MARCH 27, 1855
Cir All letters uu butlucai should b? ad
dressed to "The Scutiuel Ollicc," Was A.
IlitftOU.
O. H. P. Stem, is our authorized agent
for collecting accounts due this office, and for ob
taining new subscribers in Virginia.
TO SUHSCIBUHS.
^In announcing the temporary discontinu
ance of our Daily paper, we omitted to say that
we would send the Tri-weekly Sentinel to all of
our Daily subscribers, until advised to the con
trary. \\ e will credit them on our books with
the excess of subscriptions, and refund to those
who have paid in advance, if they prefer it.
SPAIN, Ct'BA, AND TUB US1TKD
STATES.
A few days ago we expressed our distrust of
the announcement made in the Washington
I moil, that the Black Warrior case was set
tled. i he \Y ashington Union has repeated its
affirmation in the premises, and many other
journals of both political parties seem to sus
tain it. But our opinion, though somewhat
modified by new information as to the existing
condition of thiugs, is in no wis* brought to
entertain the idea that the Black Warrior case
has been settled, or that any of our jost causes
of complaint against Spain has been removed.
On this head our Belief is, that since Mr.
Soule left the Court of Madrid, some vague,
dim, misty, foggy, and uncertain diploma'! ?
language has been used by the Spanish gov
ernment, which the Washington Union lias
misinterpreted and used wrongfully for the pur
pose of bolstering up and sustaining the sinu
ous, tortuous, indirect, angular, and worm
fence diplomacy which has been practised in
conducting our business affairs with Spain, Jf
we remember aright, the Duke of Wellington
deceived the Congress of Vienna by telling the
truth j perhaps it would be well if more modern
diplomacy would follow the example which was
set by the conqueror of Waterloo. Spain may
have uttered some vague expressions?uttered,
perhaps, some equivocal language for the pur
pose of injuring Mr. Soule and of soothing the
just indignation of our people ; but we do not
believe that any settlement of the Black War
f rior case has been effected.
But leaving that point out of consideration,
we have the recent outrage perpetrated ou the
American mail steamer El Dorado, an account
of which has already been laid before our
readers. lhe El Dorado was not actually
damaged, yet the flag she bore was insulted
most wantonly, and in a manner which indi~
cated an entire unconcern as to whether she or
her passeugers were injured or destroyed.
There is a rumor that the Executive has' or
dered a sufficient naval force to proceed to
Gviba to demand prompt reparation and atone
ment for the violent course which was pursued
toward the hi Dorado. Some things have been
stated to us, which induces us to hope that the
Government will no longer consent that Cuban
, officials shall insult our honor, and violate our
rights without being held to an immediate re
sponsibility?that we will no longer consent to
?volumes of diplomatic verbosity and years of
State delays, by appealing to a worn-out, dis
easedj.and scrofulous European monarchy to
settle questions arising every day within sight
of our own coast.
We hope and trust, therefore, that the Ad
ministration has given the needful orders to
require prompt atonement for the outrage in
flicted on the El Dorado. We have become
^wearied and disgusted at seeing it mentioned,
time after time, that our ships have been fired
into, and that the wrong was excused on the
plea of mistake. We have never heard that
any foreign vessel was ever fired into by our
armed ships. Now. we demand reciprocity in
this matter of mistake committed at sea. If
our naval officers can discharge their duties
without firing into foreign vessels; then for
eign officers can perform their duties without
endangering our passenger and commercial
vessels. If mistakes must be made, let us
make them on both sides, Jjet there be recipro
city. Let some of our naval commanders fire
into an English I*rometheus at San Juan, or a
Spanish El Dorado ten miles from the coast
of Cuba. Let us see how that medicine will
work upon the stomach of the monarchical ar
rogance of Europe, and on the truckling ser
vility of Federalism in America.
As we said a few days ago, our relations
with Cuba have been changed. We cannot re
gard it any longer merely as a possession of
Spatn. We must, of necessity, look upon it as
an Eng'ish and Frcnch Protectorate, which
gives to that dangerous alliance the same
power to harm us from Cuba as if the island
belonged to it. In our judgment, therefore, the
time has come when forbearance ceases to be
a virtue; and we trust that the most vigorous
measures may be adopted at once. The right
is on our side now, and no time can be so pro
pitious as the present for asserting and main
taining our rights, and for taking assurance of
fate that Cuba shall not be made a strong-hold
from which England and France can menace
us. It is time that the public mind was being
prepared for war, rather than for peace.
IW" Senator \\ ilson, of Massachusetts, (says
the Baltimore Sun,) while delivering a lecture
in Boston, on Friday evening, was taken with a
sudden rush of blood to the head, and had to
be taken home.
MORK WITHDRAWALS.
The Richmond Enquirer of Saturday says:
At Henrico Court-house yesterday, we heard
of several recent withdrawals from the secret
Know-nothing lodges. The good work of re
cantation is progressing in every portion of the
State, from which we hear.''
Chloroform is becoming a dangerous
aid to crime of all sorts. Robberies by its help
are among the most successful and difficult of
detection. At Dunkirk, lately, a Mr. Field, of
New York city, went into a barber's shop and
took a seat to get shaved. He remembers
nothing further, except that when he came to
consciousness he found that he had lteen rob
l>?d of $1,200, and that fh<? barber had fled.
Ufcloroform had been used upon him. j
ON WHICH SIDK STAND THE 8TA.TKI
MICN OK AME1UCA 1
Every people and every nation should keep
the course of their wise men iu view. It is
irot presumable that auy will deny that some
men are endowed with more wisdom, and have
acquired more knowledge, than others. Every
nation has its wise meu, its great scholars, its
illustrious generals, and its eminent statesmen.
Such men are sages. They have signalized
themselves by their services in their respective
| walks of life.
1 he statesmen of America have done more
than her scholars, or generals eveu, to make
j honorable the name of America. Her two
most illustrious men, Washington aud Jackson,
distinguished themselves both in war and poli
tics. Their triumphs as statesmen perhaps ex
ceeded their triumphs as generals.
The race of American statesmen is not yet
. extinct. We have inauy bright names to boast
of?names that will proudly go down to future
generations.
A contest is now going on in this country
between two parties?the Democrats and the
Know-nothings. It is proper that we should
ask ourselves the question?on which side have
the statesmen of the country placed them
selves ?
Statesmen are men who have studied poli
tics, who have large acquirements and great
experience. They are men whose opinions are
entitled to more than ordinary respect. Are
there any men recognized as statesmen?
American statesmen?who have declared them
selves in favor of the Know-nothing move
ment? If there is one, we do not know him.
We are aware that in every State men of smart
ness, men of local influence and local reputa
tion ; ambitious men, who desire to rise higher
and still higher, have either joined the Know
nothings, or are assiduously and tenderly
cultivating them. These latter are mere poli
ticators and demagogues. They care not one
groat for what is sarcastically called the prin
ciples of the party. They have but one princi
ple, and that is self advancement. If Whigs,
most of them, with blind federal malice, and
ineradicable hatred of Democracy, join the
Know-nothings. Those Whigs who keep the
eyes that God gave them, open, and who have
nothing to ask, avoid that secret order, as a
pestilence. If Democrats?if trading, merce
nary, office-seeking Democrats, they either join
the Order, or they declare themselves anphibi
oua politicians, who can either live on land or
water?who can retain Democratic principles,
and yet countenance and sustain Know-nothing
principles. When they do this they are bidding
for office, and it ought to be marked and remem
bered that none but candidates for office, an das
pirants for office, assume this position. We have
but one wish about this class of Dsmocratic
demagogues. That is, that they may be uni
versally, altogether, and to a man, swept away.
They deserve nothing from either party. They
are trying to cheat both.
But we are rather wandering from our sub
ject. Who are the statesmen that have come
out openly, honestly, and like men, in favor of
Know-nothingism ? If there are any, wc do
not know of them. \Y e do not know of any
statesmen in either the Whig or the Demo
cratic party who have proclaimed themselves
Kuow-nothings. They are afraid to do go.
The most corrupt of them know that the se
cret order will necessarily be of short duration.
They know that there is a political hereafter,
and that in such a hereafter they will have
nothing to expect.
There may be some desperate old men?
some benighted, time-worn dotard politicians,
who know that beyond the next contest they
will have no chance for the Presidency, for the
Senate or for the House of Representatives,
who may join them, who may have joined
them, and so announced themselves. But
such men are as effectually dead as if they
were in their graves. We believe that, when
this Know-nothing pestilence blows over, and'
Whigs and mercenary Democrats who have
joined the Order come to their senses, no Whig
even can be elected to office by Whigs, (in the
South,) who shall be proved to have joined the
Order. In the North they will be worse off,
for it will be declared against them that they
agreed to " ignore the question of slavery."
Abolitionists will despise the men who agreed
even for a moment to suppress that fanaticism.
This is Senator Seward's strength. He can
show, the worst of ajl things, a clean Aboli
tion record. He can then show that, except to
get enough Know nothing votes to re-elect him
Senator, he never had any intercourse with, or
tolerance for, the Order.
We cannot point to a single American states
man entitled to that honorable appellation, who
professedly belongs to this new, secret, clandes
tine and beclouded order.
When the American people see that none of
the wise, enlightened, and experienced states
men whose opinions they have been accus
tomed to respect and follow, belong to this
Order, it is high time that they should abandon
and denounce it. An Order, a political order,
composed of men, who cannot point to a single
leader of acknowledged wisdom, established
character, and recognized statesmanship, must
? necessarily be composed of honest ignoramusses
bigotted Whigs, and unprincipled mercenaries
and adventurers.
Declination.?The Hon. J. C. Breckinridge
declines making a canvass for Congress in the
Ashland district, Ky. He says he has been
aware for more than a year that it would not
be in his power at present to make another
canvass, but deemed it decorous to withhold
the announcement nntil the completion of the
term for which he was elected. He says in his
card:
" To my political opponents, I desire to ex
press my acknowledgments for the general fair
ness and courtesy of their course in conflicts
characterized by great excitement. If, like
myself, they feel no sting in recurring to the
past?I am sure we shall jog on together in
social life with reciprocal sentiments of good
will. Indeed, the old Whig party of the Ash
land district was a bold and manlv party, and,
for my part, I have seen it surrender its name,
and lower its flag, with regret. We retire from
the field together; but should it ever be my
fortune to re-appear on the political theatre, I
shall be happy to welcome our old friends in
their old uniform?of whom, at least, it could
be said that under the name of Whigs they
offered a fair field and an open encounter."
MP" The Kansas Election is fixed for the
30th of March, instead qf flje date previously
mentioned.
THE DUMB CANDIDATES IN VIRGINIA.
Individuals think it a great calamity to be
dumb. But in these latter times a class of
politicians has arisen who think it a great
virtue to be dumb. They remember that Gen
eral Taylor wrote too many letters, and that
Mr. Clay made too many speeches. Deter
mined to profit by past Whig disasters, they
have resolved, cost what it may to shut their
mouths, tie their tongues, and hold their peace.
Such are the Know-nothing nominees for the
offices of Governor, Lieutenant Governor and
Attorney General, in Virginia?candid, out
spoken, talkative old Virginia, where public
men have been accustomed to meet the voters
at the court houses, aud at the cross-roads, and
express the innocent thoughts of their hearts.
The Know-nothing taudidate for Governor,
Mr. Flournoy, who is said, by his advocate;", to
be a pious Presbyterian, and who, consequent
ly, ought to be an open man, has lately written
a letter accepting the nomination of the New
Secret Order, for Governor of the Ancient Com
monwealth of Virginia. Among mauy other
things, he says that it is not his purpose to
speak in the canvass. He assigns several
reasons for not doing so. One is, that there
is not time enough to canvaa the State (!!!)
Another is, that his business, as a Lawyer, will
not admit of it. He does not seem to appre
ciate?for he does not allude to?the obliga
tion that all speaking candidates in Virginia
acknowledge?the obligation to make known
his opinions from the Hustings, to represent
his party, and to meet his competitor face to
face.
He refuses to use the tongue that God gave.
He intends to be as dumb as an oyster and as
silent as the grave. He is not afraid to meet
Mr. Wise! Of course not! No such considera
tion operates upon him. His legal business re
quires his attention. He does not even, consci
entious as he is represented to be, allude to the
fact that the policy and tactics of the " ignor
ing" and " stifliug" party to which he belongs
require secrecy and silence. Not at all. One
reason covers everything?his practice as a
lawyer.
What a strange coincidence 1 " How are
you to-day" Mr. Patton, is also a lawyer. He
has been applied to, by many persons (he says
so himself) to address the people, but he finds
it impossible. His law practice is also so ab
sorbing and so imperative that he cannot ne
glect it, even to be made Attorney-General. He
is not afraid to meet Mr. Wise ! By no means!!
He is not governed by the clandestine and mid
night policy of the Know-nothings. Far from
it. His practice?his absorbing?his onerous,
his irksome practice! That is the reason.
Yet he, Mr. John M., or rather " how are you
to-day, Mr. Patton," is seeking by means of
Know-nothiug support to increase his profes
sional drudgery. He wants to add to the griev
ous burden of his private business the onerous
labors of Attorney-General. His mouth, elo
quent as it is, is not equal to the capacity of
bis pocket. He will take office?he will take
fees, but he obstinately refuses to open his
mouth before the people, for nothing. He is
silent. The great oracle is dumb.
We have yet to learn of the Hon. Mr. Beale's
purpose in this regard. We have yet to learn
that he has cither spoken for himself, like Mr.
Flournoy, or authorized others to speak for
him, like Mr. Patton. But really we incline to
the opinion that Mr. Beale, who is said to belong
to the Baptist Church, cannot contain himself.
He is full to the brim of pent up emotions.,
He must shout or burst. He is a passed by
and a persecuted saint. He will be obliged to
speak to the people. His wrongs, at the hands
of the Democracy, arc toogrevious to be borne;
his gratitude to the Know-nothings for kind
and opportune rescue from oblivion, and " cold
obstruction," is too intense to be repressed.
Besides, he is verging on that period of life
when men grow garrulous and cannot be re
strained. But he, too, perhaps, may labor
under those same shocking disadvantages that
so affect his two unfortunate associates on the
State ticket. He, like them, may be cursed
with a laborious and absorbing legal practice.
If so, he will be as mute as a mouse.
Until now, we always thought that when
candidates for high office were nominated by
the people of Virginia, and accepted the can
didacy, they were expected and required to
make some sacrifices of convenience and profit.
But now a fifteen shilling fee is deemed far
more desirable than any honor that the people
can confer. Know-nothing candidates refuse
even to sacrifice such a fee for the high offices
that have been tendered them !
If such things shall be tolerated by the peo
ple of Virginia, then will they have experienced
.a most melancholy and disastrous chauge!
GENTLEMEN'S HOSIERY?of 811k,
Lisle Thread, white and brown Cotton, fancy
And striped ditto; a full and varied assortment
just received at LANE'S
Gent's Furnishing Store, Pa. av., near 4J st.
(Int., Star.)
CARD. '
To ths Ladies of Washington, Georgetown, Alex
andria. f f.
HENRY WEIRMANW ladles, mlMemand
children's French shoes are sold by the un
dersigned, on 15th street, juht above Corcoran ii
Kiggs's Ranking House, in his new building, with
the nigh marble steps, where he will receive la
dies' orders, and keep constantly on hand every
variety of ladies', misses, and children's French
gaiter walking shoes, white and black satin gaitera,
slippers, &c., made to order by H. Weirman, ol
Philadelphia of the best French gaiter materials,
und in the latest Parisian styles. These gaiters
are entirely different from what are reneraly
! known as" slop-shop shoesj" being *11 custom
; work, of superior workmanship, and warranted to
I give perfect satisfaction.
Ladies, who value beauty, comfort, and econ
omy, will consult their interest by giving me a
call, and examiae for themselves.
C. WEIRMAN,
lfrth street, just above Corcoran <fc Riggs's
Blank books and stationery.
Just received from a sheriff's sale in Phila
delphia, a very large 4ot of Blank Books, Letter
and Cap Paper, Steel Pens, Faber's Pencils, Mathe
matical Instruments, Black Sand, Buff Envelope
Paper, Inkstands, Slates, Copy Books and School
Books, all of which We will sell low for cash.
GRAY f? BALLANTYNE,
No 496 Seventh Street.
Fern leaves, from pamnyi
Portfolio, second series.
Life in Abyssinia, by Manafield Parkyna.
American Fruit Grower's Ouide, by F. R. El
liott.
Lectures on Pulmonary Consumption, by The
ophilus Thompson, M. D., F. R S.
Alone, by Msrion Harland.
Theological Easays, two vols., by Thomas De
Qtiincey.
Pocket Book of Mechanics and Engineering, by
J. W. Nystroin, C. E.
Chemistry of Common Lite, No. 2, by Johuston.
Just received at
TAYLOR k MAURY'S
Bookstore, near 9th st.
AUHIVALOF THE 8TBAMBUOKUROB
LAW<
Three Dayg Later from California.
The Financial Panic Subsided?Resumption
of Wells, Faryo tfc Co.? The House of Paye,
liacon dc Co. open to special Depositors?Ap
plication of Adams a: Co. for the benefit of
the Insolvent Laws?I1 he House Threatened
by a Mob?Contents of a Savings Bank?
Shipments of Gold?Excitement at Shasta?
liam at last?The Mines, <i~c.
The steamer George Law arrived at New
York on Saturday with dates from San Fran*
uisco to the 1st instant, only three days later.
Sh3 brought 234 passengers, among them Col
onel Fremont, ami $317,800 in gold. The fol
lowing are the principle consignees:
Messrs. Drexel k Co., $100,000: Metropoli
tan Bank, $70,000; Rich k Brothers, $25,000;
Wells, Fargo k Co., $50,000; Adams k Co.,
>$10,000, with other smaller amounts, reaching
in all $317,800.
The steamship ''Golden Gate," Allan Mc
Lane, commander, left San Francisco at 10.30
p. m., on the 1st, and made the run to Panama
iu 11 days and 4 hours, (running time,) the
quickest time ever make by any steamer on the
Pacific.
? The outward passengers by the "George
Law" were landea at Aspinwall on the morn
ing of the 15th, and left Panama on the "Golden
Age" the same day.
From the San Fruncisco Herald, March 1st.
Tile Bank Excitement.
j The excitement of the past few days seems
to have, in some degree, subsided, and as the
public became informed of the true position of
banking affairs, a disposition ia manifest to
await the result gather than risk a serious loss
by pressing immediate liquidation. '
Well*, VU(? 4b Co.
Wo take great pleasure in announcing that
Wells, Fargo & Co. resumed business yester
day, and everything connected with their estab
I lishineut went on as usual. The suit of Wash
| burn and others against Pordee, commenced in
the Fourth District Court, in which the injunc
tion was granted, has been discontinued, and
an order was entered vacating the appointment
of a Receiver. A statement of the affairs of
the house shows the assets to be $743,499, and
the liabilities $354,394. Nearly all their offices
in the interior were able to stand the run upon
them without being compelled to shut their
doors.
Pift, BmoA A Co.
The banking house of Messrs. Page, Bacon
k Co., was open yesterday to special deposi
tors, and parties having property placed in the
custody of this house for safe-keeping were
afforded an opportunity to withdraw the same.
The bank will be open again to-day.
Messrs. Page, Bacon k Co. promise, in their
new arrangement for resuming their business,
to issue certificates of deposit, bearing iuterest
at one per cent per month, which certificates
are guaranteed by ?ome of our first men to the
amount of over a million of dollars. The
bond guaranteeing the certificates has been
duly executed and acknowledged, and as soon
as the amount required by the firm is made up,
which will, doubtless, be done Bhortly, the cer
tificates will be issued and the house placed
upon a good basis.
Adams ft Co.
This firm have confessed themselves insol
vent, and applied for the benefit of the insolvent
act. A stay of all proceedings on the part of
the creditors of the firm, and of I. C. Woods,
is ordered by Judge Lake, and notice is given
that the creditors appear on the 31st of March,
to show cause why the prayer of the insolvent
to be discharged from his debts should not be
granted.
Application of Adams A Co. for the benefit
of the Insolvent Law?Statement of
their aiTairs.
A petition in insolvency was filed in the
Fourth District Court by Mr. Isaiah C. Woods,
of the firm of Adams k Co., praying to make
a cession of his estate and that of his copart
nership, to hia creditors, and to be released
from his debts. The petitioner recites that "in
consequence of the general panic which took
possession of the people throughout the State,
the said firm have recently been called upon to
I pay uu unusual large proportion of the moneys
and debts which they owe, and not having on
hand sufficient money to meet said demands,
within the true meaning of the act," kc., kc.
In submitting the schedule of his assets, the
petitioner sayi i
" I entered into the co-partnership of Adams
k Co. on the 12th day of May, 1854. I was
then perfectly solvent, and possessed property
and means over and above all my debts and
engagements of the value of two hundred and
|fifty thousand dollars. I have individually
sustained no losses of any considerable amouj
nor has the firm of Adauis & Co. since J eni
into said co-partnership, except in the
preciation of the market val|p; of the
erty owned by me and them. The cause of I
the failure of said firm is only the fact of being
called upon to redeem all its liabilities in .cash
at once, which, from the nature of the business,
and the well recognized implied understanding
between depositors and banks, is not ex
pected."
The following is a statement of the affairs of
the House, and of Mr. Woods, individually,
made up from the schedules on file:
Balance of bank accounts against the
house, say $275,000
Balance of certificates 705,167
Bills of exchange on Adams & Co. N.,
York 102,000
Liabilities of the country offices, e-tab
lisbed at 500,000
Total $1,562,167
Individual debts of I. C. Wood,on which
judgments have been confessed 54,550
Grand total of liabilities $1,636,717
The following is the account of the assets of
the House: ?
Debts due by depositors, who haveover
drawn their accounts, say $200,000
Negotiable notes and bills 275,71)0 j
Notes in suit and over due. say 75,000
Property of the country offices and real
estate 227,422
Express chattels. 2',000
Stock in companies 176,211
Coin, gold dust, See., in San Francisco
office 334,846
Coin, gold dust, bills receivable, in
country offices. &e., estimated at.... 300,000
Individual properly of the petitioner,
say 200,000
Grand total of assets $1,814,285
The liabilities amount to nearly the same
sum as the assets, but from the nature of the
latter it is more than probable that no more
than fifty per cent, on the whole amouut will
be realized. It is also estimated that the real
estate belonging to the firm is estimated far be
yond its actual value.
Conntry Ofllees of Adams 4k. Co.
A dispatch under date of Nevada, February
26, says : By Mr. Dobson news is received from
Downieville, Fffrcat City, Minnesota, and Moore's
Flat, and, up to the time of his leaving this
morning, Adams k Co.'s offices in those places
were all open, and had paid all demands, and
?till have plenty of coin and dust in their
vaults.
The Tribune learns from a gentleman who
arrived in Sacramento from Auburn yesterday,
that up to the time of the departure of the stage
the entire amount of drafts presented at tne
branch office of Adams k Co., in that town,
and, of course, not paid, was $60,000.
Moh Threatened.
Some two hundred and fifty persons assem
bled in and around Adams k Co.'s establish
ment yesterday morning, and at one time it
was feared there wonla be difficulty betwedh
the crowd and persons attached to the office.
Several persons in the crowd felt desirous of j
exciting an outbreak, but the timely intcrven- '
tion of the police secured order, and the assem
blage quickjy dispersed, not, however, without
giving ample evidence, by words, of a disposi
luauy
louut.
j (ion to attack tho e who wtro.in charge of the
premised. One individual, who seemed deter
mined to create a disturbance, ??i arrested and
conveyed to the station house
It wua suggested that the small depositors,
who are much distressed, will unite in a peti
tion to the district court, that the twenty-five per
cent, which that tirm has offered to pay, be paid
immediately to its creditors.
Roblutou'i Ravlngi Iiault.
After a deal of skirmishing on the part of
creditors, the sheriff's officers and constables,
an entrance was effected yesterday morniug
into the banking house of Robiusou k Co., the
iron doors of which have ever since Friday
morning resisted all attempts to enter. There
was a rush for the precedence of course, but
constable Silverthorn managed to make the
first seizure and attach the gold scales, office
furniture, &c. There was a fierce trial of
streugth for a few moments between the outa
and ins?the one to force an entrance, the
other to bar the doors and exclude the crowd.
The inns succeeded and the search commenced.
Upon opening the vault nothing was dis
covered except a specie bag,which on examin
ation was found to contain three pounds of
shot, and an indefinite quautity of need
les, which severely pricked the party who
grabbed it. Robinson k Co. publish a card
notifying their creditors to meet them to-day,
wheu a full statement of the affairs of the in
stitution will be made.
Wright's Miucr'i Kxohange Bank.
Dr. A.S.Wright was arrested yesterday upon
a warrant issued from the fourth district court,
but was released from custody upon procuring
sufficient bonds. He was arrested at the S14U
of Isaac Fry, who alleges that he is indebted to
him in the sum of two thousand one hundred
and eightv-five dollars; and in the affidavit
upon which the warrant of arrest was issued
says" that he was informed by divers persons,
and verily believes, that the said defendant
(Wright) is about to leave the State of Califor
nia, with intent to defraud his creditors, on the
steamer which leaves the port of San Francisco
for Nicaragua, on Monday the -26th inst., and
that he will do so unless restrained by the pro
cess of this court."
' It appears that Dr. Wright's family ha've.been
greatly annoyed by visits from numerous credi
tors of the bank. Yesterday a police officer
was stationed at the door leading to the private
apartments of the buildings, with orders to ad
mit no one. He promises to resume in a week
or so.
The Failures at Sacramento.
Sacramento, Thursday, 1J p. m.?The prin
cipal topic this morning is the caving in of
Read k Co., who suspended on Friday last.
They have gone into bankruptcy. 'They show
an excess of some $25,000, but, in the opinion
of those who are supposed to know something
of the concern, it will come out bad. The card
of I. <^Woods has had the effect on some of
their cremtors to sign off. Much feeling exists
in favor of Page, Bacon k Co., and their friends
here are offering to cash their certificates at
92? cents. Quito a shout was sent up on the
announcement, this morning, of the resump
tion of Wells, Fargo k Co., of our city. The
house here has paid everything presented, and
their old as well as new customers are to-day
depositing with them. Rhoades, Hastings, anil
Mills k Co. are taking in considerable dust to
day.
Specie Drawn.
The Alia California thus estimates the
amount of specie drawn from the several bank
ing-houses during the excitement; Page, Ba
can k Co., $800,000; Adams k Co., $200,000;
Lucas, Turner & Co., $400,000; Wells, Fargo
k Co., $200,000; B. Davidson, $G00,000;
Drexel, Sather k Church, $200,000; Robinson,
$19,000; Wright, $15,000. Total, $2,434,000.
l<atcst Accounts.
The San Francisco Journal thus sums up the
state of affairs at the departure of the steamer:
Page, Bacon k Co.?the first that closed
will open again, provided that an arrangement
can be made with creditors for time on certifi
cates of deposit. The people in general have
considerable confidence in the ultimate solvency
of the house.
Adams k Co. have declared themselves in
solvent. Thev probably will ultimately pay a
! large dividend, but not cent per cent. Still
j Adams k Co., from the fact, that its express
business is almost identified with the State,
must, it would seem, in some shape, continue
to exist.
Wflls, Fargo k Co., have resumed payment.
They are on every band considered safe.
Dr. Wright's Miners' Savings Bank prom
ises fairly. The managers assert that they
will either open this .week, or make next week
? a statement and proposal to their creditors that
must be satisfactory.
^ Robinson k Co.'s affairs are in consiiHrable
confusion. We can make no certain statement
in regard to them.
Lucas, Turner & Co., Palmer, Cook k Co.,
B. Davidson, Drexel, Sather k Church, Tallant
k Wilde, and Sanders <fc-Brenham, have firmly
8tood the u run," and are considered perfectly
I 8afte. No private firms have, to our knowledge,
yet given way under the pressure.
From the Aha Csliforirian, Feb. 28.
Gold Shipment*.
The amount of treasure going forward to
morrow will probably not exceed a quarter of a
! million. Bars have been in brisk request all
day at one-half per cent, but in consequence
of the almost total stoppage of the influx of
dust, have been scarce. In fact, there are no
j purchasers of dust in the interior at preseut of
j any account, such of the bankers and dust buy
er!* an have not suspended, being pretty gener
ally drained of coin, and having no disposition
| to lock up such funds as they may have left in
| bullion, requiring as it does a delay for the
! operations of the Mint.
The money drawn from the banks in this city
during the past week shows an aggregate of
over $3,250,000. This sum may exceed, or it
may not come up to the trdth, but it cannot
vary very much from what a transcript of the
books would show in any event. How small
j a portion of this immense amount would have
beea sufficient to protcct Messrs. Page, Bacon
k Co., on the night on which they closed, had
they but taken any steps to properly represent
their condition, or rather had they not studi
ously concenled from the other bankers I And
how much of the misery which has fallen upon
thousands throughout the State?how much of
the disarrangement of trade, present and to
come, and the evils attendant thereon?is to
be attributed to the most singular course of
this house, throughout this entire business.
Messrs. Page, Bacon & Co.'s statements have
been pretty thoroughly sifted of late, and it is
beginning to be admitted that they do not
tally in, all parts as closely as they should.
This may be the result of the hurry in which
they were made up, although some two or three
days elapsed after the closing of the house
they were made public ; but the pretexts of the
notes of Page k Bacon, in New York, for
$50,000, at a time when the house of Page,
Bacon k Co had there, according to their own
statement, $60,000, is something more than
singular.
The last steamer look forward but about
$92,000 ; the shipment of to-morrow will not
Srobably exceed $250,000. Thus we have
342,000 against what should have been at
least$2,000,000?a fallingoff of over $1,600,000
in two weeks. We must expect extremely
short shipmqpts for many weeks to come; so
that it mfty prove that this single move will
diminish the supply of gold in Wall street
$10,000,000 in less than four months.
No one can fail to see what would be the
effect of such a state of affairs on the Atlantic
border. Ruin would probably be entailed upon
hundreds of thousands of innocent parties, and
tho whole financial affairs of the community be
disarranged. The whole subject Ml* assumed/
within the past few days, an unusual and sur
passing interest, and the publip are anxiously
looking for " more light."
The Kxeitemei** at 8U??U-TUe City wil
der Martial Law
The Sacramento Stale*man ia informed that
great excitement atill exiata In Shasta and vici
nity, ariaing out of the arrest of the persona
engaged in the hanging of Williams, at lied
Bluffs, and aoine of whom are now iu priaou
awaiting trial under the indictment for mur
der, found against them by the grand jury.
The Shasta Courier publishes an account of
the proceedings up to baturday morning, 17th
inat. It waa supposed, then, that the party who
bad come up lroin Red liluffii hud returned
home,s contented to allow the law to take its
courae. It appeara, however, that they ex
pressed a determination to return again some
night and reacue the priaouera ; in consequence
of which, Sheriff Nuuully enrolled all the citi
zens of Shasta city, under a requisition to pro
aerve the peace of the State. Nearly every
man in the place waa thua brought into duty,
and since that, up to the timo our informant
left, the priaou has beeu guarded night and day.
The force kept on duty has been not leas than
8ixteen men. No further arrests than hereto
fore reported have been made, aud as aeveral
others are indicted, it is probable we shall hear
oflurther arrests shortly.
There is considerable excitement at Red
Bluffa, and we learn that the people there are
determined, if posaible, to prevent further ar
rests if attempted.
HlMrUancout Matter*.
The San Francisco papers speak of larger ar
rivals of merchandise there from the East.
The wholesale housea have almost all sus
pended busineas. The Price Current has no
large sales to report. There are in fact no
wholesale transactions in uny article of mer
chandise, and all attempts to realize would only
result iu heavy losses. There is a surplus
alock of tlour, amounting, it is reported, to
50,000barrels above the wauts for conaumption,
before uext harvest. The amount of wheat on
hand is reported to be 150,000 sacks, equal to
50,000 barrels of flour,besides what is iu the in
terior; altogether about 230,000 barrels, while
the estimated consumption up to next Septem
ber is 180,000 barrels.
The people of Sau Francisco are at a loss
what ta do with their money, as many do not
like to replace it in the hands of bankers, bo
that hoarding for a time is resorted to.
The long looked for rain has come at last,
and the miner and the agriculturist will gain
thousands where they have lost hundreds by
the bank failures. It has rained steadily for
nearly forty houra, aud judging from the ac
counts already received, we are led to believe it
has extended throughout the State. Through
out the mining section an immense quantity of
dirt has beeu thrown up, awaiting only for
water to repay the miner for his toil. A gen
tleman estimates that in Eldorado county alone
enough dirt ..has been heaped up to wash out
$8,000,000.
The news from Kern river is of an exciting
character. The accounts from the newly dis
covered diggings represent the miners as doing
remarkably well, some say averaging $10 to
$20 per day. The steamers for San Pedro?
the nearest point of disembarkation for the
mines?go down crowded with passengers.
The Indian troubles iu the vicinity appear to
be increasing. SomeHen white men and about
seventy Itidians have been killed*
The sale of property for delinquent taxes,
advertised to take place on Saturday, has been
postponed, the condition of money matters
rendering such a course a matter of necessity.
| An application will be made to the legislat are
| authorizing a postponement for thirty days.
The ordinance authorizing the funding of the
I city debt of San Fraucisco?$1,500,000, at 8
per cent, per annum?has passed the common
j council, and is now before the legislature.
A bill has been introduced into the legisla
ture for a prohibitory liquor law, submitting
j the matter to the vote of the people at the gen
i eral election of 1855.
The Narketi.
San Francisco Market, February 28.?It is
no exaggeration of language to say that there
has been nothing done to day in the way of
I selling goods. The heavy rain, which has
fallen without cessation since morning, has
i prevented the moving of merchandise, as well
as kept people within doors, unless brought out
by actual necessity; and the collection of bjlls
and preparation ef correspondence and remit
ances for to-morrow's mail have absorbed every
one's energies and attention.
There has been scarcely any demand from
the country for goods, and the few sales which
i we note below, it will be noticed, were made
! yesterday.
' Flour?a sale of 500 barrels, Haxall, was
made yesterday on private terms. Nothing
whatever has been done to-day, aside from some
trifling jobbing sales.
Grain?no sales of any description have been
reported. 160 sacks Barley sold at 2 cents;
150 do. Eastern Oats, at 2J^ents; 150 do. Calao
do., at 2} cents.
Potatoes?180 sacks sold in two lots, at 1J
cent.
Powder?200 kegs Hazard's blasting sold at
$10.
! Woodenware?an invoice ($3,000) of willow
and wooden ware sold at 15 per cent, advance.
Prom South America.
Valparaiso dates of 25th February, and Cal
lao dates of the 26th, bring nothing important.
The steamer Mississippi sailed for home on the
9th ultimo, and the frigate St. Lawrence left
for the United States on the 8th, the Independ
ence having arrived to relieve her.
The sloop of war Decatur had sailed for the
coast of Eucador. The sloop of war John
Adams arrived on the 29th of January from
Rio.
Markets were dull in Peru; and there is, in
i fact, nothing of importance from that quarter
either commercially or politically.
| The Bogota Congress met on the 1st of Feb
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