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J.2SXDAI, - -Editor.- ALW 1YS I. NOTICES. J. V. JJovd, htsq. lh:a gentleman THE POO I TE HAVE WITH YOU . I hfl Uhliflinn e 1 1 !J A j it ,.,..! nas .purchased the stock of goods form- , ... , , , J has added thereto a 1 buuuiu remind tne weauny Class oi our : citizens, as they sit by Iheirc'imfortatlo j firesidW, that there aro. many in" onr" date of my last letter. On Saturday --.- 'j,--' ------ -. . : - - evening a policeman named David sour- JEST Thursday," the 30th Inst,' Las been set apart Jyhe .Governor, of this State m a day for fasting and prayer, Wo hope it will be observed as usual by 0r citizens. We learn that many of the Far- mra of lira -county are converting all ttheir.paper money into Gold&nd silver. This will make them Bare. even wheii ii it is ot kept in Safe. : ' Lire in the Clearings, versus the Bean, hy Mrs. 5Ioodie. B. C.'-Ticknor, -etftSrprising bookseller of Mansfield, ' haa laid the above work, on our tabic. 3lr. Rooms is an English Authoress of Considerable note, "aid the above work is ft narrative of her travels in Canada. ' It will well repay a perusal '" Price, 50 ' cent. " ' ' -. . . ....... . . . f ' - ' 1'' - - - B API KM BBElKIXOr -' , Just at this time, every Bank seems to bo troubled with a. weakness ia its vi tal parts. Every day brings intelligence of some Bank ' breaking! Somo ' that heretofore hare been considered abovo uapicion. .have suddenly closed-doors, far oar part, we know not where to look Tor the next break. The only consolation 'we can give bill holders is to "get rid of your notes as fast as possible,, as in an hour whoa ye think not . you may . be tripped of all jo possess. ' The fact is Banks are too tender for this world, and accordingly they break for " another and ia better world.7. .iS v" TOVCa THE QC IT AH LI6HTLf.ll -r ...- i-n -y Last week we mentioned that a Faro Bank in this place had broke Tnis was ie fact, as' we were "advised.. '.Faro is a tgame that gamblers play, and- they hare what s called Bank, where the deposit of money ia kept. ' We mentioned the circumstance as matter of sport, in con nection with other Banks breaking throughout the State, to show that even tho M men of Ashland " might fail.- It seems that the real bona fide Bankers of this place,' construed the article as per sonal to themselves.. . If "they see fit to regard theirs as a Faro Bank, we cer tainly should not be blamed- According to oar notions of morality, thero isn't much difference between" Faro and the generality of" Banks. The article in question related strictly to gamblers, s&d jet these gentlemen . stand on the treeU day after day charging that we nade a stab at them, and talk of prose cution, St. c They know the meaning of the word Faro well. No citizen of Ash land believed that there was any inten tion on our part to injure these men, but it was supposed that this would be a fine opportunity to injure us with a portion of the people of this county., A little personal feeling must be gratified, as an other opportunity might not' occur soon. Well, genvlemen Bankers, fire away, we feel equal to Ihe emergency. We'll sec you through, and something more. We hope you will learn to distinguish, here after, between an Exchange Bank,' and a Faro Bank or Roulette table. '. This ex plana tion we think sufficient, and the 'only question left is, who struck Billv; Pattolson? Echo, &e.-' ' - ; v- arge 'assortment of new goods.- His first proclamation ap pears an to-dny's paper. Mr. Boyd ia In nlil Imrifl f. I ! Tui'lnBra " ,n' an. TY1 1 1 1 0 f. t lift t Mra nnr OA tni'llinqtiilv ntnfl. . - - . - . .-. iDiucli mistake the man if he does not tea as themselves and who will stand - - - -. , , , : . - . . . . t. I prove a formidable opponent to his com ' . , ipetitors-? He enters the xuigne coining mier.r. xue scnrcny V- IBAWK SWISDLEBS. . i We have, a word to say. upon a certain apecies of Bank swindling, which ia pret tty extensively carried on at the present time. Never ia it resorted"' to,' 'except when Banks are breaking and money is Tery tight"! JVeallude to the practice of discounting ank -notes, which the Bankers themselves throw into bad re pute,' so that they' may make two, three or ifive per cent, on them,", ' They tell the note holder that his money is not good, but they will give him the face of it, less five per cent., in good money,', hould he aee fit to take it. -"" Why is not this mbd- n u frnnA to the holder aa it is to the j o - Banker? TheTatter certainly knows that the note . is worth, ffs face," or he would not buy it; . The facjf U, Banking" ia a buiinoss when it is not swindling and unless they can make paper money a little bad, just enough to make the bill holder a little nervous,' they cannot make aa much as they would like. : So long as the doors of the Bank are open, and they continue to do business, just so long will bills be good, and no man should snuffer a shave upon it. . When the Bank ia really broke its notes are worthless, and Broker will not be found shaving them unless they hare an arrangement with the Bank, as they often have, to bay np their paper. ... ? Just at this time this species of swin dling is being carried on pretty ex ten -tensively, and we advise our readors to be on their guard.1 "If Bankers tell you that your notes are not worththeir face, instead of atanding a shave of five' len,' nr twentT-five Der cent, on them, send them home to the Bank, and get the Gold and Silver for them. . This will soon stop .wT nf raacaJitv.' Nearly all IXJLM Pluv. j - - . the Broker's ofiieea in Ohio are owned by, or connected with, Bankers, branch ed off to do the dirty workthat which the .'Bank ". itself dare not do at its own -cow t.l Ktis.'S. ' i . .:-;'; : - L manage to " live and let live " somehow. A fuWy however, from various causes mostly from their owu bad management -have barely enough to keep soul and body together. The fault is not always their own. They never intended to be come objects of charity, when they star ted out in life ; but the chances of this world are precarious, and they are re duced to poverty in spite of themselves. But it makes no difference to those whose duty.it is to assist these people, whether they came by their poverty through their own negligence or not ; it" ia sufficient for us to. know that they stand in need of our assistance that wo are ablo to assist them and that they will suffer if wo withhold it. The children of the drunkard, his wife, nor even the reckless man who sports away his time and mon ey,, should be allowed to -suffer in this land of Churches where " Christians most do congregate ." . .-' I, , . i We have in Ashland, as ia every com munity, tboso who. are "destitute aud whose wants will eppeaHloudly to every generous -heart for "material aid," in this tho Wiutcr of their drscootont ." Many of them have seen better days, and were once possessed of the comforts if not the luxuries of life. There are those who will be too proud spirited to ask for alms,' and who will prefer to suffer rath er than make known their wants. All uch should be cared for. The duty of providing for these poor devolves espe cially -upon- professed Christians those whose practice should correspond with their 'professions -those who should be bteadfast in faith and rooted in charity." Charity ia a Virtue, without which there but little' true Christianity. "The Lord loveth a cheerful giver ," the good Book says. 'Now just now is the best titne to purchase supplies for the W in ter. Why not do it f We here beg leave to make a sugges tion. " We suggest that each of our .Jliu isters preach one sermon upon this sub ject in their-respective Ctmrchea, aud that collections be taken up. Then let tho daughters of Israel " take the mat ter In- hand, and solicit contributions from our citizens generally. In this war. we think, a handsome fund miht be raised. ' Place this fund, then, in the hands of a competent committee w ho will be willing to act, and then let this fund be expended in the purchase of wood) clothing, provisions, and other necessa ries. This duty devolves on no one in particular, and, unless some such meas ures are; adopted as we have suggested above, we fear there will be little or nothing done in tho matter. The bur then pf helping the poor should not be thrown upon a few individuals, as we know, it has been in former years. We feel confident that a large majority of our citizens would be glad to contribute something for this object. What Church or individual will be first to move in the matter ? lists with the determination to " do or die ," and as " opposition is the life of trade " we are sure the people will wish" htm Clod speed. We bespeak for him a liberal patronage. ff'-c The advertisement of the New Book Store appears this week. The as sortment of School Books is unusually large and complete, while the stock of and high prices of breadstuff's, together with the still greater scarcity of money, will cause much suffering among that class, of people, who-depend .upon the proceeds of their daily labor ' for their subsistance. Hard times, however will prevent many from getting employment, ! though they, bo ever so willing to work. This world is as well arranged as we Cheap I ublicationa and Standard Mis- could desire, and the people in it shouldcellaneous Works is equal to any emer gency. Quince is one of those fellows " who were not born to die ," but whose memories are cherished in tho hearts of their customers, long after they have "shuffled off this mortal coil.". We are glad to learn that Mr. Beer has se cured the services of W. H. II. Potter, who will be on hand to attend to cus tomers. Call in, everybody. : S3T Got. Medilu has made the fol lowing appointments ; Joseph K. Swan, of Franklin county, Judge of the Supreme Court, rice John A. ; Corwin, resigned. . " "'.f. Shepfap F.!, Noar is, "of Clermont county, Judge- of. the Supreme Court, vice William B. Caldwell, resigned. Charles -M. Godfeet, of Putnam county," Trustee of the new Lunatic Asy lums, vice Bober : Gilleland, deceascdi So, then, our Democratic - Governor has appointed Judge - Swan, theFU SION eandidite at the last election, to fill' the vacancy caused by tho resigna tion of judge Coravin. , This appoint ment gives satisfaction even to the Cleve land Herald, an old federal Whig sheet Verily, u to the victors belong the spoils.",1 So we go. ; ' ' ' :'. . ,. ., B. C. Ticknob. We neglected to no tice the fact last week, that this gentle man has opened a new Book Store in Mansfield, in the room under the Siield and Banner Office. Ticknob. is one of those business men who are always up with the times, and are never contented with doing a small business. His ex perience in the Book business, together with his natural business tact, enables him to select just the books that will sell well and meet the wants of the people. He is affable and accommodating to his customers, and a man never deals with him without feeling like " calling again We advise all of our readers who are in the habit of dealing at Mansfield, to call on Ticknob. when they want anything in the Book and Stationery line. See his Card in another column. Peterson's Ladies National Mag azine.- We publish the Prospectus of this excellent Magazine in another col umn." The December number is enrich ed with "numerous steel and wood engra vings, fashion plates, poetry, essays and choice tales. . We regard it as decidedly the best two dollar Magazine published in this country. Send on your subscrip tions iuimediately.. " ... 2ST The .valuablo Steam Saw Mill in this place, belonging to the estate of the lato Hamilton Arthur, will be sold by his Executors at public sale, on Saturday, December 23d, 1854. Also the dwelling house, lots, and appur tenances, belonging to the-cstate. Hero is a chance for a speculation. We know of no location for a Steam Mill in the county "Cimal to this. The Mill runs night and day, and yet fails to meet all the demands made upon it. Those who wish to purchase, and fail to be on hand at the sale, will be sure to loose a bargain. SST" What has become of Godey ? We have not received a copy for some time, and feel exceedingly loth to do without it.. Wi I the publisher please place us on the exchange list ? We shall publish the Prospectus as soon as it is received. '..", iCdfreipoudenca of th Ashland Union. fho.h new tohk. - . - New York, Nov. 10, 1834. W are just emerging from the extra ordinary political contests, that ever oc curred iu this -State. There was an army or rather a half a dozen armies of candidates in the field, and the returns of " killed, wounded, and missing " are awfuL Xlic omciai ngures arc not yet an nounced, but it may be set down as cer tain, that Horatio Seymour the soft-shell liquor dealers candidate is re-elected Governor, and that Fernando Wood who on the same ticket is Mayor elect of this city. Seymour probably has seven or eight thousand majority " over Clark, Whig, and ten or twelve thousand over TJlliuan, Know-nothing. Bronson, JhoJ nominee of the hards is " M no-where. " The lieutenant governorship is yet in doubt, but the probability is that Ray mond, whig, ia elected ; still the vote is close, and it may be that the immortal Scroggs, Brigadier General, Gustavus Scroggs ( " Phoebus what a name " ) or Ludlow, the soft candidate has won the prize. As far a a the returns have come in the three are nearly neck and neck. The legislature will be whig by a round majority, and more than two thirds of the congressional delegation ditto. There is scarcely a corporal guard of - Nebraska men elected in the State.- In our com mon council the Reformers and whigs will have a decided majority. ,.'- The Know-nothing vote has amazed every body, although there was some op position in their ranks to Mr. J. W. Bar ker, the Know-nothing candidate for Mayor, he received about 17,500 votes and comes within about 200 votes of be ing elected. His party, claim that he has actually a plurality, and that he has been defeated by the rascality of cer tain inspectors of election in one or two of' the strong " foreign " wards. Some ten thousand Know-nothings assembled in the park last evening and passed resolutions to that effect. After the meeting had adjourned a portion of the crowd formed in column and marched up Broadway with music, lights and -banners. The procession numbered about five thousand men. , The election here was unusually quiet, the friends of the liquor dealers boing too hard at work, and having two tough a job before them to spend any time in fighting. The friends of " license " in credible as it may seem, drank very sparingly during the-struggle. -. At Williamsburg, there' was riot and murder. The deputy Sheriff's were at tacked by the Irish, and one of them named Wm. Henry Harrison, a respect able citizen was so fearfully injured about the head that he died on Wednes day. Mr. Silkworth, another deputy was seriously injured, and Mr. John H. Smith, a fireman in endeavoring to res cue the officers from the .mob, had his skull fractured and will probably die. Last evening the ' Know-nothings . as sembled at Williamsburg in great force, with the evident intention of avenging these outrages, but through the exertions of tho Mayor, and of Mr. Andrews one of the editors of the New York Courier and Enquirer, bloodshed was prevented. An attack was however made upon the Roman Catholic Churches of St. Peter and St. Paul, and somo damage done to the exteriors of the buildings.- The presence of a strong body of citizen soldiers alone prevented the burning of both edifices. I fear that the end is not yet, ... We have had two murders and three attempts at murder in this city since the lay, was stabbed through the lungs, by John B. Holmes, a candidate for Alder man in the first ward. Holmes was at tempting to rescue some of his rowdy constituents from tho custofiy of the of ficers, and was seized by Sourlay, when he inflicted three stabs, upon the unfor tunate man, one of which proved almost immediately fatal. A coroners jury have found a verdict equivalent to wil ful murder' against Holmes, who. is now in the Tombs. '- - " -' -Oa the same evening (Saturday,) young Irishman of the name of Patrick Quinn, was killed by the thrust of a knife in 'the bauds of a boy, of -seventeen, named Edward Allen, ft -seems that a drunken fellow who was with the lad, ataggered against Quinn and a scuffle ensued between them during which Al len stabbed Quinn to the heart and made off. Tie has no! vet been taken. An attempt was made to poison five persons wit'i arsenic at 183 Church St. on Tuesday, and a colored woman named, Sarah Jane Williams, has been arrested on suspicion of having placed the poison in a pot of coffee, of which all the per son s in the house except herself partook, Four colored persons and one white man were rendered dangerously ill by the poisoned coffee,'aud one, acolfld girl, is in a dying condition. A feeling of revenge for some real or fancied injury is the supposed cause of this diabolical act. . ; - . Yesterday morning a desperate at tempt was made by a young German of the name 'of John Gcnseley, to murder a Miss Meadlcy, - residing in Twonty fourth Street. . It appears that she had promised to marry the young man, but afterwards declined to have him, whereupon hcjat tacked her with a pistol and knife in a most determined manner. Fortunately the pistol which was charged to the muz zle, missed fire and the girls mother seized the fellows arm, as he was about to plunge the knife into the young wo mans Bide. He was artested and two pistols fouud on his person, Vrth One which be said he intentcd to -murder Miss Meadley, and with the , other to blow out his own 'brains. . r The above rs a black catalogue, for a aingle week, and I blush for New York, as I send it. The comments it suggests I must leave for another time as the pressure of news this week, limits mc to a brief resume of facts. The bauk failures in the Tvrcst, are creating a great sensation iuWall Street. Gov. Seymour has appointed the 30th inst. for thanksgiving. . He is doubtless thankful for his re-election. The markets arc dull. There has beea a decline of 12 per bbl. in flour and Mess Pork since Wednesday. In dian Corn is also a trifle lower. Cotton about the same. Dr. D. Jayne, of Phila delphia, the great advertiser and Patent Medicine man is a candidate for the U. S. Senate from Pennsylvania. " ST. cru. "Stand From Under." The Savings Band of this city is check ing on the Merchants' Bank to pay its depositors, the Merchant is checking on the Commerical and the Commerical is checking on New York. What a long tail our cat has got ! " ASD NOW A BCBBLE BURSTS," . Once sang the poet. It is a soug for all times and all climes, especially our own. The last of the .burs ted bubbles was the Ur bana Insurance. Company, a concern which, under the management of John H. James, somewhat peculiarly illus trious in financial ballooning, collapsed on Saturday last, $100,000 iu its hands. Tho property of depositors, and the whole pile of $2,000 assets. . When its let-down was discovered, the people got up -a promenade sereuadc about its door, with pick-axe-: and crow bars, (good word that ! -have hearn tell of it before,) and were ou the. eye of s'riking np a tune with their instruments, but finally took a second, sober thought, and left the skeleton in the hands of as signees ? One Moh.e,but not the Labt. Drake and Foreman, who have had a broker's office at Xenia for some years past, fail ed on Friday last. - They had ou depoL it, mostly iu small sums, about $10,000. It is supposed that Di'akc, with so large a nest egg, will ultimately hatch enough out to pay off all his " lama ducks." We always thought that in banking'mat ters Drake was a quack Cincinnati Enquirer. s ; Money Matters in Cincinnati. . CiNciNNATi," Nov.' 15 P. M. , The closing of the Mechanics' and Traders' Bank has caused an increased excitement, and financial matters are now worse than ever.' Confidence is decided ly weak, but no mercantle failures have occurred. Gold is eight per cent, pre mium. There is a large amount of mon ey offering outside, in small lots, by par ties who are afraid to hold it ; and more relief is experienced in this way than when the funds were in the hands of bank ers. The principal Banking houses having failed, we are now near the bottom. The three heavy private Bankers that remain are above supicioD, and these, with the Trust Company, are receiving nearly all the business. The deposites are heavy, and all that is required to make money easier, is confidence. The notes of the Mechanics' and Traders' Bank are received on deposite. the other branches of the State Bank bound for their redemption. being pyThe Cleveland Herald, in reply to the remark of an Indianapolis paper, to the effect that Ohioans, in their pres ent emergency, will soon be glad to get hold of Indiana wild cat money, wittily remarks : " We shall give our Indiana free bank ing neighbors sixty days' notice in Lon don and Paris of our intention to take their wild cat money, ..reserving our right to give a longer notice if we deem it for our interest to do so. . We like our own banks best, for . . You may run, you may butt the bank if you will But the cent of the specie will hang round them, till. - - .The tSouJe; Affair Settled-r-The ;, Em- peror backs out. After filling all the world with sur prise, the papers with National Law, the H rencb. with tear, the Spanish with good feeling, the English with mirth, and the Americana 'With-indignation, Napoleon 3d, liinperor of France, backs out of his position 1.1 reference to Minister Soule, and shows the white feather in stead of the eagles of old Nopoleon. ' (Special Depteh to 4b New Vdk Herald.) London, Nov, 3, '548 P. M. James .. Gordon vBennet, Esq Dear Sir: Don Piatt, Secretary of the Unit ed States Legation at Paris, has - just come over with despatches from Mr. Bu chanan iu relation to tho discourtesy of tha French government to the Amcricau Minister 4o -Spain. . Louis Napoleon, on last Sunday, invited Mr. Mason to a pri vate interview at the Palace. In the course of discussion, Mr. Mason took oc casion, with great firmness, to let his majesty understand to the full the dis astrous consequences of a war with America, and that ho had no doubt on his mind as to tho course which the American Minister at Paris should pur sue in the premises. That he should at once, without proper explanations were given by tho French court, assume the whole responsibility of the consequences, and ask for his passports. Louis' Na--1 poleon seemed' as if just awakened to the bearing of American men and things upon European matters. He replied al most in the words of the article in the Constitutional, which you will have seen extensively republished in the English journals. The excitement of the Americans in Europe iu regard to this affair had run so high as to effect the prices of French stocks. As the general impression was that Louis Napoleon would not rocedei the London operators sold a large amount of FrcVhch rsrtcs. The consequence in Paris wfts the fall of stocks nearly one per cent. As such a tendeucy was particularly dangeroaa at this time, when the Emperor -hs in want of nione-, and the news from Se- bastopol so gloomy that the festivities at Campiegue are a second time postponed, he has no time for hesitation or digni ty. His note to Mr-. Mason, breathing a still more deprecatory tone than the Constat utiontl, was therefore comnmii-. catcd iu "substance to the Paris Bourse some hours before it was ' delivered for mally to the Legation, in order to stop the ularmiiijr decline of f jr.ds. The nxite withdraws all objections to Mr. Soulc's free jtassage through France. -Louis Napoleon wwrcoeer invites Mr. Soule to proceed through the lunwircoti his way to Mud rid. It ia certain that that whole influence of the British Ministry has been exert ed, through Lord Clarendon, to produce theresult that has been attained. The French government did not anticipate so decided a stand as that taken by 31 r. Mason. It is understood that George Sanders gives a dinner to Mr. Soule previous to his departure, at which will meet the French republicans. Lcdru llollin, Lou is Blanc, Victor Hugo, and others. On his arrival at Paris, the American citi zens there will invite him to a national banquet. Thence he goes to Bayonue, and leaves for Spain in the United States utcamcr San Jacinto. It is said that Louis Napoleon . has been po fully convinced b the turn this affair has taken, of the impolicy of at tempting to put a bridle on the wild Yankee nation, that he has resigned himself to perfectly amiable behavior, at least until Sebastopol is really cnjn'isc. Borne o! the . Beauties of. the BanJcfiff System. The breaking of the Canal Bank, breaks the charm of banking with many a deluded man. Some choioe cases of confidence and suffering hare been rela ted to us, which the heart of an auchorite alone can withstand.. CAHAL BAUK BURST AGAIN ! ! Attachn JPick- lent Mbe riff Crow Axes aa glclt-jyoclteto t . . L' As much as we have heard: read, and written about Banks breaking, we novcr An Orange farmer, had boM ,; form oneprean uu lo-ony. - Jt was a k. and household broods at eonr.' f81guA thou?11' ch and rare one, and we la propna persona; were favored with a Tront seat to witness tne performance Xalk about circuses, gin (Tfrap7 Thanksgiving Day. Tho following States and cities have designated the days named for the ur pose of Thanksgiving : November 23d. Marylaud, Penn sylvania, North Carolina, Louisiana, Florida, Wisconsin and New Jersey, and the cities of Washington, Norfolk and Portsmouth. . November 30th. Maine, New Hamp shire, New York, Indiana, Kentuckc3', Ohio, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Il linois, Michigan and Connecticut. , Bank Failures. An old woman was run over on Threadncedle street, Lon don, and had a leg broken. The accident happened just in front of a bauk, and a largo crowd was soon collected. A per son passing inquired what was the mat ter. A wag in the crowd replied they were making a ruu on the bank.. This was soon reported, aud the crowd rushed in to- have their notes redeemed, and in twenty-four hours the institution was obliged to close'its doors. It will not do now to have a leg broken or an excitement of any description cre ated in front of a bank if there is, de struction stares it in the face. This the banks understand, "as the manner iu which ' the "soap man, with the steeple hat ". was treated indicates. The other day, while the Canal Bauk was under duress, the soap man with the steeple hat, planted his stand in front of the door of one of the State banks, and began to cry his wares as usual. A tall director came out of the bauk, and qui etly calling a policemen requested him to remove the - soap man, as a crowd at that glace' might be mistaken for a ruu on their peculiar institution. It was done. Cleveland Plain Dealer. ' Next to an itinerant soap merchant, the sight of a man coining from the di rection of the depot with a black travel ing valise, is most exciting to tho nerves of a banker. A Hard Case. A poor Irish woman, upward of sixty years of age, who, for the last ten years, has kept an apple stand in the vicinity of the depots, de posited, some three months ago, the sum of $300, iu gold, in the Canal Ban Yesterday . morning, with trembling steps, she went to' the bauk and asked for her money ; but she was coldly re fused the little all which she had laid up to support her declining years. This poor old creature had borne the heats of summer and the blasts of winter to ac cumulate this sum, aud now she finds it swept out of her reach, and squandered in luxurious living, or sunk in copper stock speculation. How much is the heartless swindler better than the open highway robber ?Cleve. Leade v . J52E"The Sacramento Union men tions that he had seen a field of wheat of six hundred acres growing in Yolo county, part of which he thought would harvest seventy-five bushele to the acre, and that ten acres had been measured off and reaped. ; The owner threshed and weighed it. The weight was thirty thousand and four pounds, which, at six ty pound to the buBhel, gives sixty and two thirds bushels of wheat to the acres, and other parts would furnish a greater, yield,' - -- " Btock. and household troods at consider. . - i o . - able sacnticc for' the ready money, with a view of moving West. Hiswife and-cbild-ren were left with some friends while he proceeded west to procure a home. Ho took just enough money with him to bear his expenses and bind his con tract ; the reit he' deposited in the Canal Bank. : ne returned Monday for his family and money found the one all joy in anticipation of their new-home and comforts, but the other had " taken to ' . 1 1- . - ia .. . iujsun wings ana nown away." 3lieia witnout a Dome and without money. The fruits of a life of industry' and fru gality a small amount with many, but everything to him is suddenly engul phed in tho whirlpool of -this sinking xanK. - , ... .. A friend at Brighton had also con verted his land estate into cash ($1000) which he deposited in said Bank while making preparations to move west. His goods are now in Milwauko, his family in Lake Co., and he not left money enough to get t4iem together.- --So sud den a calamity has nearly overcome him-. l A widow 'lady on the West side of the ri ver, had been economizing the bits which she and hot children had earned until her deposits had reached somo tw"&" or h ree hundred dollars. This waa-'for that time of need which sooner Or' later always overtakes the poor, and was her solace in sickness and threatened want. To-day site findB herself a pauper,' with a needy family ou her hands, aud a cold winter -staring her iu the face.- ' Thompson, the old gardener, Maskeix, the bill-sticker,., and Edson, the fish peddler, are all broke with this Bank.-' , We could fill our papar with" a cota logue of such calamities, but it is the same old story which always has and will follow the periodical explosions Of these Rag Mills. - - The whole Banking system is one that makes the rich richer and the poor poor er. The farmers, ' mechanics, and la boring men, those who get their bread oy tne sweat ot tueir own - brow, never ask for Bank charters. They are thos too lazy to work, too proud to beg, but none too good to suspend, who ask these exclusive privileges. Pleading the pub lic good, but looking to their own private gain, they seek the bounties of legisla tive munificence, and under the panoply of a charter gain tho confidence of un suspecting people, speculate upon their credulity and finally rob them of ' their rights. Oh, the.beaut.ies of this legislative Paper Hanking System ! . , For the jtrivileffes of a paper curren cy Ohio has paid, in wheat, Corn, Beef, and Pork, over seven millions of dollars already, and she is just now entering upon a new harvest of what promises to be an xtnparalled paper crop. ' Indiana has paid within the last three months over two millions of luird money for the same glorious " commercial facilities." The whole country is sufferiug intensely from this spawn of fictitious wealth, and who profits by it ?. A few Brokers, mon ey shavers and dishonest Bankers sta tioned at equal distances over the coun try in cities aud towns are' suddenly made rich at the expense, of course, of the many they have suddenly made poor. When our State governments, as our Federal government has done, separate themselves entirely froin banking and credit, recognizing nothing as mon ey but gold and silver, keeping their reve nues ia their own custody aud leaving men to form their own system of curren cy and credit, without intervention or aid from the Legislatut e, further than to enforce the obligation of contracts then, and not till then shall we be free from these periodical, disgraceful and ruinous commercial revolusions. Clcv:t land Plain Dealer. , - State Stock Banks. The following letter from the Treas urer of State shows the confidence the authorities have in the issues of the In dependent Banks : " Treasurer's Office, Ohio, Columbus, Nov. 11, 1854 , W. W. Cones, Esq, Sir: In answer to your enquiry, I reply that the notes of the Miami Valley - Bank, -' Savings Bank of Cincinnati, Canal Bank of Cleveland, City Bank of Columbus, and all other Ohio Stock Banks will be re- rceived for Taxes, and " all other public dues, at this office, as heretofore These notes are abundantly secured by . the pledge of Ohio aud United States Stocks in the omces ot the Auditor aud 1 rcas- urer of State, which stocks are still com manding a premium in New York. No bill-holder need necessarily lose any thing by Ohio Stock paper. - Very respeetfully, yours, &e., . ; J. G. BRESLIN, Treasurer of State. Of course, so long as the State Stocks are good, so long will the bills of said Ranks be good, and in case of depreci ation of said stocks, the Auditor will re quire the Stock Banks to retire a per centage of their circulation, so that the bills can never bo worth less than their face. Death of Mrs. Alexander Hamil ton. The venerable, widow of General Alexander Hamilton expired at her resi dence, in this city, at four o'clock yester day morning, free from pain, in the full possession of her mental faculties, and her last moments soothed by the constant and affectionate attentions of loving and devoted children. Mrs. Hamilton was a daughter of General Schuyler, of New York, whoso gallant services during the Revolutionary War have become a part of the history of our country. ' She was born on the 9th of August, 1757, and consequently, was upward of ninety-seven years of age at ' the time of her death. In 1780 she was married to General (then Colouel) Hamilton, who at that time was attached to the military family of Washington. . In July, 1804, it will bo remembered with painful regret, Gen. Hamilton fell in a duel with Colonel Aaron Burr. Mrs. Hamilton has, there fore,, survived the loss of her distin guished husband upward of half a cen tury. The remains of Mrs. H. will be taken to New York for interment. Wasliing- ton..Union0thinst. , -: . j large auction sale of wool took place at Troy last week. Forty seven thousand five hundred pounds of wool were sold . at fair prices, ranging from 30 to 40 cents per pound. , There wa3 a large attendance of Eastern man- i ufacturers and of brokers and: dealers of New .Tbrk, Philadelphia, &c J .y-Ia ii Hippodromes. and Bull-fights ! They are mere outside shows compared with this. - "The Bank opened as usual at 9rA. M, We should say Jialf opened, as bill hol ders only had access to the funds, Deposi tors having been ruled out by an assign ment of its assets. At -half-past. 10- o'-. ciock, a. A. Acklet, as Commissioner of the Lunatic Asylum appeared with a writ of attachment issued by th6 Court of .Common Pleas, commanding, j the Sheriff to seize the assets of said Bank or so much of them as should satisfy his claim as agent for the State $8000 made as a special deposit by him. .The assignees refused compliance with the writ, thereupon at 1 1 o'clock the Sheriff and appr- isers proceeded to take an in ventory of -such fixtures and things as could be found outside of the vault. The last thing mentioned on the list was ah old tat trap, which looked as though the officers of the institution had set and sprung merely to perfect themselves in the art of catching. Half Past 1 1. Sheriff and Deputies enter with a . pick, orow-bar and cold chiscls. Bosworth, the big Deputy, mans the bar and makes a dash into the 18 inch brick wall which surrounds the iron vault" on the west side. Great crowd The Sheriff says "Gentlemen, fall back. This room is wanted." The crowd retreat a few steps but soon close up again. -The brick and mortar begin to tumble and the , dust begins to fly. Mr. Backus, the owner of the building and tne attorney tor the fiank, enters through the crowd, and as owner and agent for assignees forbids the trespass I No use. ' Punch, ' punch, goes the big bar, tho bricks Veep tumbling down and the big Deputy begins to sweat. One Quarter to 12 M. In comes a big sledge. A monster man lifts it and swings it against the wall. ' It jars the building like an earthquake. - The dust becomes suffocating. The loafers shout. At length the big sledge breaks through the wall and bunts the vault ! Three cheers proposed .' but " order ! order !" from the Sheriff produced quiet. Bim bum went . the big .- hammer against the vault. It gave back a dismal, hollow and seyulchrar sound like a tcn antless tomb - " The vault ia" reached," says an excited depositor in the crowd. " Is there anything in it ?" asks another. " Nothing but dust," saysa wag. " Gold Just ? " enquired depositor. : '- No noth but brick and mcrtar dust,"- replied heartless. . '. ''-' ' ' ' 12 o'clock. In comes a new credi tor with new attorneys, new attendants, and new legal process. Great excite ment ! The assignees are called by name. The papers are read -commanding the bhcriif, under pains and penalties, to summon the assignees, on a claim of gar nishee, and to make report to the Hou. Court of Common Pleas now in session ! Here was a pickle, ' The big sledge which had been incessantly thundering at the very portals of this tomb' of trea sure, suddenly became silent, and the workmen stopped aud wiped the sweat and dust from their blood red counten ances, 4 " . ' . , A legal discussion between opposing lawyers now commenced, with side sug gestions from outsiders. . It was .feared proceedings would stop ere the interior of the vault was reached. Great curiosi ty of those in the hall aud on the sidewalk to see what, broke tJie Bank. Some claimed the Bank was first broken by a few auxioirs depositors looking into the street window. They waited to "see what effect it would have, lookiug . into the vault itself. One stalwart-looking individual said he had six-hnndred, dol lars there, and had nothing nowhere else, and as soon as there was a hole big enough to admit his body, he would go in and grab what he could ! The; Lake Captaiu, who the day before had sought entrance when the Cashier was there alone, ' and demanded at his pistoFs ntduth fifteen-hundred dollars of: his locked-up nione-, was als there, calm cool, but determined. It was a wolfish place to be in, and we were" afraid for a time' that our cowardly legs" would run away with our courageous body, but pluck and patriotism came to our aid, and we remained. I o'clock, P. M, The pick, the bar, the bifir sledge hammer, and the eold- chissel hare done their work. The vault is open and the big Deputy is inside handing out hands full of odd coin, bills, &d., &c., which is received by the ap praisers, counted and registered. . The money and valuables proper in the Bank are however in a burglar proof safe in side the vault, and the query is how shall that be opened ? Craig and his men are on hand, and when applied to to open said safe, they knowingly shake their heads, aud tell the sheriff he must take off the front doors of the vault aud take out said safe bodily. This they are now doing. Two P. M. In comes writs of reple vin, attachments, cc, etc., irom several other creditors one a claim of $15,000, belonging to the estate of Charles Hayes; others of lesser amounts. Lawyers are flying about ; depositors are excited ; jokers grow serious; vengeance seems breathed against all banks ; Whigs are turning Democrats, and swearing a Know Nothing oath against all monied incorporations.. One old line Whig says" Gray, cive me vour hand : I am with you I If I can find an anti, Bank ticket in Ohio at the next election. I will vote it!" Good, said we ! . . ; ARRIVAL OF THE ASIA. o THE SIEGE OF SEBASTOPOL. " There ia more j JT ia bearen or one am oer that repenteth than in ninety nine joat per aona made perfect." Bible. 3. P. M. The corner of the vault has been demolished, to unhinge the two front iron doors. One $500 lock has been knocked to ; " immortal smash." Excitement increasing. .',...'- .. , ' ' ; 4 P. M j The Assingnecs conclude to give up the keys to the Burglar Proof safe, in which the assets of the Bank are deposited, and ; Mr, Severance, - the Cashier, has taken on his hat and coat and gone throug the " hole in the wall," to unlock it. The Sheriff stands ready with his tin box to receive the precious contents of the appaisers to note -the same.-. .. -.- -.:...- -1 : - : .' The attorney for the plaintiff and one of the assignees get into a dispute, when tho whole arrangement is blown up: The safe is ordered to be unlocked, and the Sheriff told to " punch it to.h-11 Matters immediately assume a burglar ous aspect, and we left, as the time to. g) to press had come,- , 1 7 ' '' - More Hard Fighting Victory" Doubtful. More About the Soule Affair. ... . o ... New Yonx, Nov. 16. The steamship Asia, with Liverpool dates of the 4th inst, arrived at her dock shortly .after 9 o'clock- this moming.. Commercial Inteltlajcme. Ohio brands t were nominally -45. White Wheat 12s12s 4d, and red And mixed do ll8lls 8d -Indian Corn 44s.:j i, ' -Gardiner & Co. report an J active- de mand for Provisions. ";.; ' , r Iron MAMET.--Looden" NofVSf The market is quiet? Bails are norain ally quoted at 8.-- Scotch Pig 80s - Money' Market. London Noy The transaction in American eecwritiea ' have been small; --U: S.! Stock are on-1 changed in price. -Console 94J54;' - - General Intellf g-tcMce ?y Russian dispatches say the Alitci Lad'" suffered two severe defeats namely, the French had their works 'deetreyed hd 16 guns spiked, and. the JEngiisa cavalry - were attacked by Menschikoff at Balak- lava and routed,' 'with ' the loss of '500 horses.' The" Anglo-French"5 reports do not give any explicit denial. i They' only aay that the Russian story is improbable .' - and exaggerated.--1 he Allies state that . two Russian ships were destroyed in the harbor; also: that the quarantine! bat teries were silenced,' and a bastion at Fort Constantitie damaged by . the ex plosion of the magazine." " It is, at least, ' evident that thero has been sharp fighting.- The latest' (Saturday morning) accounts are still conflicting, but the "" English say the siege is progressing fa vorably. , -. ' -. .; rr . '. ' ' The ' latest telegraph dispatch from Lord Radcliffe states that 30,000 Russ ians attacked aud captured the forts of Balaklava. -A great battle ensued, and the Allies remained masters of the field.. . The . following telegraphic dispatch was received at the. Foreign Office from Lord Stratford de Radclitfe, just before the Asia's departure L ' " -Vc"-' ;" " Constantinople, . Oct. : - 23 Mid night. The ; Captain-of the English steam transport which left Balaklava ou the evening of the 26th confirms in great part the information brought this morn ing by the French ship. , It appears the Russians attacked the forts in the vicin . ity of Balaklava ou the 25th, their nam bers being "about 30,000. The attack was unexpected: The Cossacks prece ded the infranty. To resist - them at -first were the Ottomans and the Scotch The Turks gave way, and even left their guns, which were seized by the Russians, and turned against . them. t The Scotch remained firm,-. .-.Other forces arrived and the Russians were obliged to yields The. Russians remained,., nevertheless, masters of i wo forts from '.which they fired on the 'Allies. Three regiment ot English light cavalry were -exposed to cross fire pf the Russian batteries, and ' suffered immensely. The French took part in the affair with admirable brave-' ry. The next day this position was at tacked by 8000 Russians, as well from.. . the side of the town as from, Balaklava.' They were repulsed with great laugh'. :' ter."-;-- -- - -; ; .' The loss of the Russian must have been very great. - It is affirmed thatxhe, fire of the batteries of 'the town aro much slackened, and .' according , to re- ; ports of the wouuded -officers, some -of 4 whom have arrived "iu Buynkdore,'the' belief is entertained that Sebastopol would soou. be in the bands of the . Al- , lies. - .- i. - v- ,f - ' Up to the 25 th of October, the siege -aud bombardment were' going ou regu larly, and with success' v " . . . . , .-".The loss of. life in Sebastopol "is so great, that the air is said to be - tainted ' by the number of unburied dead: Ad--' miral Nachimoff was killed by a shell. ' The loss of the allies is comparatively., smalt. "Lord Raglan is , uuderatooL to'-' be favorable to the prolonged, boraba,1 nient, iu preference to immediate assault. In the atact upon the torts ot sebas topol, the Allied ships were considerably damaged. " . - , . " The British lines were within .300 - yards of the Russian works. The French outposts were defective. - 'r ! ' -"-v . . A French, Teiuforcement had passed the mouth of theBosphorus for the scene -, of action. - .- - - The water was giving out at Sebaato---pol a significant item. . ' . . The position of Austria is still doubt-' - fuL .... . The Paris Constitutional - has an el aborate leader on the friendly relations ' which should exist between the. United States and France, and which are only ; endangered by the indiscreet conduct of t such men us Soule, repudiated, it feel certain, by - the people of the United states. . -, . -.'' :.: . .-;-. "Newt Yokk Nov. 17. ' Several of our papers this morning; announces that the Soule affair haa been'v settled, the Emperor having rescined his order prohibiting .. Soule's -passage through France, ana inviting him in ; fact to proceed through ' that Empire i -for Spain, and that Mr. Soule will prob- ; '' ably leave .London on the 4th tor spam. The Manchester Examiner of the 4 th ' makes this statement.-.. . ; JG2 A.' dispatch, dated Cincinnati, Nov. 9, from J. R. Morton & Co., says they have not suspended, but were still -y-j going on. . The Bankers who hare clos ed their doors, the dispatch adds are ; Ells & Sturges, ' Goodman & Co., and m Smead, Collard, & Hughes. . . The Louisville Courier-wji that $225, 000 have been subscribed to the capital stock of the Louisville 'and . Memphis -"" Air Line Railroad. --The amount re-. -' quired to organise the company is $3,00,Y';'.i 000. - ' . . " ' Edwin Forrest, the tragedian, was the Know : Nothing ondidate fof 'Congress in the Seventh New York district. . He is, however, among 'the defeated. w.a KS"The heaviest ' tax-payer - In the- -- West is Nicholas Longworth, of Cincin-J J- navi, wnose u-overnment.acaount -T.nia rMr.ia $'? I Ftll TIia mtA Ji ITit n,in?u on each dollar of valuation'" --- ' : "" "' T ' 1 - ' J52fT The whipping post u still in use. in Gtvington, Ky; - Lawrence Hunt was.'" ' publicly whipped in that plaoe last week for stealing caps.