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I WILLIAM R. RANKIN,
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We cheeriully comply with the request of an un
known Lady, in giving place to the following story,
and hope that it may be as highly prized by others,
is it is to the one to whom we are indebted for its se
lection. Few stories of the present day possess its
merit, amusement and profit, so we hope our fair
readers will give its moral its due consideration.
TBE COITA'T THE t'OUSl.V.
A STORY".
Who is that beautiful girl to whom you
bowed so familiarly 1' said Charles Wistanlcjr
to'Horace Greenville, as they proceeded down
the steps of the City Hotel.
'That was Adelaide Walsingham, your
cousin and mine, Chales,' said Horace. He
ally you must have left your memory among
the beauties of Paris, if you cannot recognizc
your nearest ol kin.'
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You forget, Horace, that when I last saw
Adelaide, she was a lively little hoyden, scarce
ten years old the lapse of seven years makes
a wonderous difference in a lady, whatever it
may do with a jrentleiuan.'
Nay, if you bejrin to discuss Time's chan
ges, Charles, I must confess you cannot con
gratulate yourself upon having escaped a touch
of his finger. Who, in that bronzed complex
ion and hirsute visage, could discover any tra
ces of that smooth cheeked boy whom 1 last
saw on the deck of a French racket ship some
seven years ago"? Cut tell me why did you
not write that you were coming home?'
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Marion, Linn County,
Because I did not know my own mind
Horace, I really was not quite certain about
it until I had been a week at sea. The odd
pronunciation of my German valet having caus
ed my name to be placed upon the list of pas
sengers as Mr. Stantley, it occurred to me that
the°mistake would enable me to return incog
nito, and I thought 1 would humor the joke, if
but to see how many of my old friends would
recognize me. I arrived late last evening,
and should now be a perfect stranger in my na
tive city, had I not accidentally met you this
morning and even you Horace did not at first
know me.'
Know you, Charles! who the deuce could
even see you behind that immense growth of
brush-wood upon your lip and cheek. l)o
von really mean to wear those enormous whis
kers and moustaches!'
4
OF
LADING,
Certainly not longer th&n suits my present
purposes, Horace. When I was in Germany
I learned to wear mustaches for the same rea
son that I learned to smoke the meerschaum—
because every body else did it. In Palis I re
duced them a little, but did not entirely ban
ish them, because there I also found them in
fashion. A lively little French lady,a passen
ger in our ship, wagered a pair of Paris gloves
that I would not wear them a week in Amer
ica I accepted the bet, and for one week you
will see me
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store.
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bearded like the pard."
Nay. if you like them,' said Horace laugh
ing,
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you need not seek an excuse tor wearing
them they are quite the fashion and ladies
now estimate a man, not as they once did, by
his altitude, but by the length of his whiskers.'
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have no desire to win ladies' favor by
wearing an unshaven face,' answered Charles
but pray, Horace, tell me something more
about our pretty cousin.'
'She is as lovely in character, Charles, as
she is in person, but she has one great fault ,•
like the must of our fashionable belles she has a
mania fur every thing foreign. Her manners,
her dress, her servants, all come from abroad,
and she has declared to me repeatedly her res
olution n&ver to marry an American.'
What is that my fair countrywomen so
much admire in their foreign lovers!' said
Charles.
Oh, they say there is a polish and elegance
of manner belonging to foreigners,which Amer
icans never possess. Two of Adelaide's inti
mate friends have recently married scions of
seine antediluvian German family.and our love
ly cousin is ambitious of forming an equally
splendid alliance.'
'If she were to marry a western farmer,' said
Charles, with a smile, 'she would reign over
a principality quite as large, and perhaps more
flourishing, than usually belong to these emi
grant nobles.
Adelaide is a noble hearted girl,' replied
Horace,' and I wish she could be cured of her
folly.'
If she is really a sensible girl, Horace 'and
that is her only fault, i think she might be
cured.'
Horace shook his head.
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Come and dine with me, Horace be care
ful to tell no one of my arrival, and we'll dis
cuss the matter over a bottle of fine old Madei
ra, if you are not too fashionable to drink it.'
The windows of Mr. Walsingham's house
poured a flood of light through the crimson silk
curtains upon the wet and dreary looking street,
while the music heard at intervals told to the
paping crowd collected about the door, that
the rich were making merry. The decorated
rooms were brilliant with an array of youth and
beauty, but fairest among them all stood the
mistress of the festival. Attired in a robe of
white crape, with no other ornament than a
pearl par.deau confining her dark tresses, she
looked the personification of joy.
Cousin Horace,' she exclaimed, as she
saw her favorite cousin enter the room, 'you
have not been here these three days and then
in a lower tone she added, who was that
splendid Don Whiskerando with whom I saw
you walking yesterday
Horace laid his finger on his lips as a tall
figure emerged from the crowd at the entrance
of the room—' Miss VValsingham, allow me to
present to you the most noble Count Pfeffen
hamtner.'
The blood mounted into Adelaide's cheek as
the Count bowed low over the hand which he
hastened to secure for the next quadrille.—
There was.a mischievous sparkle in Horace's
eye, and a deep and devoted earnestness in the
stranger's manner, which made her feel a little
uncomfortable, though she knew not why.—
A single glance sufficed to show her that the
Count was attired in a magnifiicent court suit,
with diamond buckles at the knee, and a dia
mond band looping up the elegant chapeaubras
which encumbered his arm. After some min
utes she ventured to look more courageously
at him. He was tall and exceedingly well
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shaped his eyes were very bright, but the
chief attraction was a beautiful mouth, garnish
ed with the most splendid moustache that ever
graced an American ball room. Adelaide was
delighted. He danced elegantly not with
the stiff awkward manner of an American who
always seems half ashamed of the undignified
part he is playing, hut with a uuoyancy of step
and graceofmotion perfectly unrivalled. Ade
laide was enchanted. He spoke English very
well a slight German accent alone betrayed
his foreign birth and Adelaide did uol like him
the less for that. Jt is true she felt a little
queer when she found herself whirling through
tb waltz in the arms of an entire stranger, and
her brow flushed with something like anger,
when she felt his bearded lip upon her hand,
as he placed her in a seat but this was only
tfie freedom of foreign manners.
The evening passed away like a dream and
Adelaide retired to her room with a burning
cheek, and a frame exhausted by what she
deemed pleasure. She was too much excited
for sleep, and when she appeared at her fath
er's breakfast table, (a duty which she never
neglected,) it was with such a pale cheek and
heavy eye, that he was seriously alarmed.
'These late hours will kill you, my child,
said he as he kissed her forehead I shall re
turn at noon, and if I find you still so languid,
I'll send for Dr.
So saying, he stepped into his carriage and
drove to his counting room, where, immersed
in business, he quite forgot Adelaide's cheek,
until the dinner hour summoned him from his
dingy little office to his stately mansion. As
he entered the door, he recollected Adelaide's
exhausted look.
Poor child,' murmered bet I wonder bow
she is.'
A low musical laugh struck on his ear as
the servant threw open the drawing-room and
the sight of her radiant countenance, looking
more brilliant than ever, as she sat between
Cousin Horace and the Count, soon quieted
his fears.
Mr. Walsinghara, in common with most
Americans of the olden time, ad a great preju
dice against foreigners. If they are real
lords,' he used to say, 'they don't want my
daughter and if they are not real lords my
daughter don't want them.' His notions of
the Teutonic character were founded upon the
wonderful stories which his mother used to
tell him about the Hessians, and vague ideas
of ruffians and child-eaters associated in his
mind with every thing German. Tho coldness
with whiith he saluted the noble Count, form
ed a striking contrast to the cordial warmth
with which he grasped the hand of his nephew.
'Glad to see you Horace—could'nt speak a
word to you last night, you were so surroun
ded with pretty girls. By the way hoy,' draw
ing him aside,' who is that hairy faced fellow
That is Count Pfellenhamiiier, uncle.'
Count Pipehammer!—well thc.se Germans
have certainly an odd fancy in names, pray
what is his business
'Business!' said Horace laughing 'why
his chief business at present is to receive the
revenues of his principality.'
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Principality !—fudge !—a few barren acrcs
with half a dozen inud-hov3ls on it, I suppose.
It won't do, Horace—it won't do! Adelaide
deserves something better than a mouthful of
moonshine. What the deuce did you bring
him here for! 1 don't think I could treat him
with common civility if it were not for your
sake.
Then for my sake, dear nncle, treat him
civilly, and I give you my word you shall not
repent your kindness.'
Every day saw the Count paying his devoirs
to the lovely Adelaide, and always framing
some very winning excuse for his visit. A
boquer of rare exotics, or an exquisite print,
a scarce book, or a beautiful specimen of for
eign mechanism, were sure to be his apology.
Could any girl of seventeen be insensible to
such gallant wooing, especially when proffer
ed by a rich young noblerran, who wore such
splendid whiskers, and whose moustache and
imperial bearing were the envy of all the aspi
rants after ladies' smiles Adelaide soon be
gan to discover that, when the Count was pres
ent, time flew on eagles' wings and when,
after spending the morning in her company, lie
ventured to make one of the gay circle usually
assembled in her drawing room at evening,
she was conscious of a degree of pieasure for
which she was unwilling to account. His in
timacy with her cousin Horace afforded him
the opportunity of' being her companion abroad
as well as at home, and in the gay evening
party, the morning promenade, or the afternoon
ride, the handsome Count was ever her attend
ant.
A feeling of gratified vanity probably aided
the natural goodness of Adelaide's temper, and
enabled her to endure, with exemplary equa
nimity, the raileries of her young friends but
she was not so tranquil when her father began
seriously to remonstrate against this imprudent
intimacy.
You have had all your whims gratified,
Adelaide,'said he 'now you must indulge
one of mine. Adopt as many foreign fashions
as you please, but remember that you never,
with my consent, marry any other than an
American. My fortune has been made by my
own industry—my name was transmitted to
me unsullied, by my father, who earned his
patent of nobility when he signed the declara
tion of independence, and :io empty titled for
eigner shall cver reap the fruits of my toil, or
teach my daughter to be ashamed of her repub
lican father.'
The earnestness of these admonitions from a
parent who had never before spoken except
in the words of unbouded tenderness, first led
Adelaide to look into the depths of her own
heart. She was almost terrified at her own
researches, when she found that she had allow
ed the image of toe Count to occupy its most
hidden recesMi. Bitterly did she repent her
folly.
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1 wish he were an American,' sighed she,
?and yet, if he were, he would not be half so
pleasing. How devoted his manners are—
how much feeling there is in all he says and
does!'
Poor Adelaide she was like the fsacinated
bird—she dreaded his power, yet she could not
conceal from herself the fact that the manners
of the Count were greatly changed. From the
courtly gallant, he had gradually become the
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impassioned lover. He treasured her every
look and word, and she felt that, in exposing
her own peace of mind, she had also risked the
loss of his.
This state of things could not long exist
without an explanation. Six months had
scarcely passed since Adelaide first beheld the
noble stranger, and already her young cheek
had lost its glow, and her step its buoyant
lightness. She was sitting alone one morning,'
brooding over her melancholy forebodings,
when the door opened, and the object of her
thoughts entered. Seating himself beside her,
hz commenced a conversation full of those grace
ful nothings which women always love to hear
but Adcl'iidp was in no mood for gaycty. The
Count intently watched the play of her elo
quent features, and then as if he divined the
tumult of her feelings suddenly changed the
topic to one of deeper interest. He spoke of
himself—of his various adventures—of his
personal feelings—and, li.rally of his approach
ing departure for Europe. Adelaide grew pa
ler as he spoke, but she suppressed the cry
which rose to her lips. The Count gazed ear
nestly upon her then seizing her hand and
clasping it closeiy between his own, he pour
ed forth the most passionate expressions of af
fection. Half fainting with the excess of her
emotions, Adelaide sat motionless as a statue,
un'il aroused by the Count's entreaties for re
ply. Willi bitter self-reproach she attempted
to answer him. Faltering but frankly, she
stated her father's objections to her union with
a foreigner, and blamed herself for having per
mitted an intimacy which could only end in
suffering for both.
'Only tell me Adelaide, that your father's
prejudices are the sole obstacle,' said the Count
passionately 'say but that you could have
loved me, and I shall be content.' Adelaide
blushed and trembled. For the love of heav
en, answer me but by a look
Timidly that downcast eye was raised tohis,
and he was answered.
Adelaide,' he returned, after a moment's
pause,
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Adelaide,' said the Count,' those precious
tears assure me that you love ine. Be mine,
sweet one, your father will not be inexorable.'
'And therefore,' said she, 'you would have
me make hiin wretched for life. Count Pfeff
euhaminer, we must part! You do not under
stand my nature—1 irave been deceived in you V
You have you have been deceived, my
own sweet cousin cried the Count as he cov
ered her hand with passionate kisses. Y on
have rejected Count Pfeffenhammer will you
also refuse the hand of your mad-cap consin,
Charles Winstiuley, whose little wife you
were seven vears ago
Adelaide "started from her seat iti wild sur
prise. What means all this?—Charles W in
s
tan ley !—the Count!' The sudden revul
sion of feeling overpowered her, and cousin
Horace entered the room just in time to see
her fainting in Charles W inslanley's arms.—
The anger of the lady when" she recovered and
learued°ihe trick which had been practised
upon her—the merriment of her cousin Hor
ace—the satisfaction of the father, and the
final reconciliation of all differences—may be
far better imagined than described.
A few weeks after, a splendid party was
again assembled in Mr. Walsingham's draw
ing-rooms but Adelaide was no longer the
life of the party. Attired in bridal array, and
decked with rich jewels which once sparkled
on the person of the false Count, she sat blush
ing beauty beside her cousin Charles, who,
no'v that he had shaven off his mustaches and
reduccd his whiskers, looked like what he re
ally was, a true American.
But why, Charles, did you woo me in such
outlandish guise whispered she, smiling.
Because you vowod to marry none but an
outlandish wooer. Plain Charles Winstanley
would never have been allowed the opportuni
ty of winning the heart which Count Pfeiffen
hammer so closely besieged.'
Ay, Charles,' said the happy father, 'IF
WOMEN WOULD ONLY VALUE A MAN FOR THE
WEIGHT OF HIS BRAINS, RATHEK THAN THE
LIGHTNESS OF HIS ILEELS, AND THE STRENGTH
OF HIS PRINCIPLES, RATHER THAN THE ELEGANCE
OF HIS MANNERS, WE SHOULD HAVE LESS OF FOR
EIGN FOPPERY AND MORE OF HOMEJ V "IRTUE IN
OUR COUNTRY.
ORE ROUBLE.—The correspondent
A Relique.—The mahogany coffin which
enclosed the remains of Napoleon at St. Hele
na, and which was exchanged for the ebony
one bronght from France, was cut up by order
of the Prince de Joinville, and distributed in
pieces to the officers and men of the Belle Poule
and Favourite. Several pieces were disposed
of by the Sailors, on their arrival to. France, at
from 300 to 500 francs each.
iMMiafag
BLOOMINGTON, I. T., FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 26,184*. NO. 18.
we may yet be happy. Could you
love the humble citizen as well as the noble
Count!'
A slight pressure of the hand which lay in
his, and a flitting smile on the tremulous lip,
was sufficient reply.
'Then hear me, Adelaide,'said her lover
I will return to n.y country—1 will restore
my honors to him who bestovveJ them, and
then I may hope to merit
My utter contempt!' cried Adelaide,vehe
mently. What, resign your country—forfeit
the name cf your fathers—desert your inheri
tance of duties! No, Count Pl'effeuhammer!
if a love of freedom led you to become a citi
zen of our happy laud none would so gladly
welcome you as Adelaide Walsinghatn but
never would I receive th« saoriiio® uiWto
to transitory passion.'
'Transitory passion, Adelaide!'
Could I expect, stability of feeling in him
who can so easily abandon his native land, and
forget the claims of his country! You have
taught me a bitter lesson, Count. No Amer
ican would have shown such weakness of char
acter as 1 have witnessed in him whom 1 fond
ly believed to be ail that his lips professed.—
VVould we had never met,' adJed she bursting
into tears.
Remains of JYaj/oteon*
We have not room to give a description of the
pomp and majesty displayed by the French nation
in removing the remains of Napoleon—the idol of
France—from the Isle of St. Helena, to the recepta
cle prepared for it in Paris, as it would require too
much space, so wc must leave it to the readers ima
gination. All Franct! appears to have moved in pay
ing honors to the memory of this great conqueror.
No expense has been spared to render the scene of
their removal solemn and imposing—itprovedsobe
yond description.
We give below the Paris Messenger's account of
the exhumation, which represents them to be ia a
remarkable state of preservation.
The workmen were arduously employed
from midnight until half past nine o'clock in
the morning, before the earth was entirely re
moved from the vault, all the horizontal strata
of masonry demolished, and the- large slab
which covered the internal sarcophagus de
tached, and raised by means of a crane. The
cemented masonry-work which enclosed the
coffin on evpry side, and which, during the 19
ears that have elapsed since it was built, had
suffered no detriment, had so preserved it from
the effects of the atmosphere and the neigh
boring spring that at the first sight it did not
appear to be in the slightest degree injured.—
The sarcophagus in the flag-stones was per
fect, and could scarcely be said to be damp.
It is difficult to describe with what anxiety,
with what emotions, those who were present
waited for the moment that was to expose to
them all that death had left of Napoleon.—
Notwithstanding the singular state of preser
vation of the tomb and coffins, we could scarce
ly hope to find any thing but some mishapen
remains of the least perishable parts of the
costume t« evidence the identity. But when,
by the hand of Dr. Guillard, the satin sheet
was raised, an indescribable feeling of sur
prise and affection was expressed by the spec
tators, most of whom burst into tears. The
Emperor himself was before their eyes The
features of his face, though changed, were
perfectly recognise—the hands perfectly beau
tiful—his well known costume had suffered
but little, ar the colors were easily distin
guished—the epauletts, the decorations, and
the hat, seemed to be entirely preserved from
decay—the attitude itself was full of ease,
and but for the fragments of the satin lining,
which covered, as with a fine gauze, several
parts of the uniform, we might have believed
we saw before us Napoleon still extended on
a bed of state. Gen. Berirand and M. Mar
chand, who were present at the interment,
quickly pointed out the different articles which
each had deposited in the coffin, and in the
precise posi'»o« they bad previously dt-sciibcd.
It was even remarked that the left hand which
Gen. Bertram! had taken to kiss for the last
time before the coffin was closed up, still re
mained slightly raised.
PICTURE OF OREGON.
The following synopsis, as it were, of the
great Oregon country, and region of the Rocky
Mountain, is taken from a review of Parker's
re.*ent work in the last number of the Knick
erbocker:—
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Spread before you a map of that portion of
the continent which stretches westward from
a line with the Council Bluffs, on the Missouri
river, and with the above named work in your
hand follow its author in all his journeyings,
until you reach with him that iron bound coast
where mountain barriers repel the dark rolling
waves of the Pacific, stretching without interve
ning break, for five thousand miles to the coast
of .Japan. What a vast extent of country you
have traversed How sublime the works of
the Creator, through which you have taken
your way We lack space to follow our au
thor in the detail of his far wanderings and
shall therefore attempt a notice at large of the
volume under consideration, but shall endeav
or to present, in a more general view, some of
its most prominent features.
4iMr.
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Y.S. S.
of the
Boston Mail, writing from Derby, Vt., a town
on the Boundary line, states that quite a seri
ous row had occurred between a party of Ver
monters and a party of Canadians, who were
fishing in Lake Memphremagog. The er
monters beat the Canadians off, and it was said
that the Canadians were preparing to come over
and burn the house of one of the Vermonters.
Parker was sent by the American
Board of Foreign Missions, and he appears to
have been eminently faithful to his trust,amidst
numerous perils and privations, which are re
corded not with vain boasting and exaggera
tion, but with becoming modesty and brevity.
His descriptions, indeed, are all of them graph
ic, without being minute or tedious. Before
reaching the Black Hills he places before us
the prairies in immense seas of verdure, on
which millions of tons of grass grow up but to
rot on the ground or feed whole leagues of flame,
over which sweep the cool breezes, like trade
winds of the ocean, and into whose green re
eess the fleet deer, bright eyed, bound away,
with half whistling snuff, leaving the fleetest
hound hopelessly in the rear. The Buffaloes
herd by thousands together, dotting the land
scape, seeming scarce as long as rabbits, when
surveyed from some verdant bluff, swelling
in the emerald waste.
Sublimer far, and upon a more magnifi
cent scale, are the scenes among the Rocky
Mountains. Here are the visible footsteps of
God Far away yonder, the blue mountain
above mountain, peak above peak, ten thou
sand feet heavenward,to the regions of perpetu
al snow, rise the Titans of that mighty region.
Here the traveller leads his winding wav
through passages so narrow that the towering
perpendicular cliffs throw a deep twilight
gloom upon his path, even at mid-day. Anon,
he emerges and lo! a cataract descends a dis
tanUmountain, like a belt ot snowy foam gir
ding his giant sides. On one hand mountains
spread out into horizontal plains, some round
ed like domes, and others terminating like
cones and abrubt eminences, taking the form
of pillars, pyramids and castles on the other
vast circular embankments, thrown up by vol
canic fires, mark the site of a yawning crater,
while below, perchance a river dashes its way
through the rocky passage, with a deep toned
roar,
in
winding mazes, in mist and darkness.
Follow the voyager as he descsnds the Co
lumbia, to winds, rapids, falls, 2,000 miles
from any whites, and amid tribes of Indians,
speaking the same language. Here for miles
stretches a perpendicular basaltic wall tnree or
four hundred feet in height, there foam the
boiling eddies and rush the varying currents.
On one side opens a view of rolling prairies,
through a rocky vista, on the othei rise the far
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off mountains, mellowed in the beams of the
morning sun. Now the traveller passes thro*
a forest of trees, standing in their natural posi
tions in the bed of the river, twenty feet below
the waters surface. Passing these he comes
to a group of islands lying in the stream, piled
with the coffin canoes of the natives, filled
with the dead and covered with split plank.—.
He anchors for awhile at a wharf of natural
basalt, but presently proceeds on his way, gli
ding now in solemn silence, and now interrup
ted by the roar of a distant rapid, gradually
growing on the ear, until the break water and
feathery foam arise to the view. Passing un
der a rocky cavern by the shore, formed ofse-,
mi-circular masses which have overpowered
the stream for ages, 'frowning terrible,impose
sible to climb,' he waits the morning liste®
ing during the night watches to hear the dis-.
tant cliffs
reverberate the sound
Of parting fragments tumbling from TWI BIGB."
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From the Globe.
The W'*orld t$ Governed too much*
This is our motto and it is more applit ablft
to the regulation of the currency in this coutt*
try than any thing else. It is management of
this great aliment of the business of the coun
try for the benefit of a few—for the stockhold
ers in corporations—stockjobbers, brokers and
speculators—which deranges, robs, and des
troys the industry of the nation. The upsapd
downs of the fluctuating credit system, which,
under the protection of law, converts what
should be a standard of value, into a mere me*
dium of gambling speculation, makes all busi
ness a mere lottery All the regulation of tkt
institutions which are made the fountains of
the actually circulating money—their paper is
sues—is to place them above all legitimate
restraint—above all responsibility to those who
hold their obligations, and so render them oitt
nipotent to change the value of property—©f
private engagements among men—of every
thing circulating as money and to bankrupt
hundreds of thousands without being them
selves subjected to the condition of bankrupts,
when they are actually bankrupt—without be
ing subject to be sold out, discredited, and dfi
prived of the privileges by which they over
throw every thing like a sound currency, un
der the pretence of increasing, improving, and
regulating it.
We give a short article from the last Jour
nal of Commerce, which speaks a volume cm
this subject. We may say of it, which Lord
CHATHAM said of Magna Charta. He said ft
was "homely Latin, but worth all the classics,9*
THE CURRENCY.—Did ever any body se#
such a muss as this country is in about tbe
currency We have been improviugand im
proving and regulating and fixing until tfci
whole affair-has gone to nothing at all. Hero
is the great Regulator, which should control
every thing, and the great question about her
is, whether all the banks in Philadelphia can
hold her up. That she can borrow money, i*
considered an achievinent. As to Mississippi,
which expanded most magnificently, so that
the banks did more good than could be estima
ted, why the bubble lias burst one way, and the
bottom has fallen out the other. Every now
and then a small bank explodes here and thel^
and is seen no more, and in many that do not
explode, there are sad tokens of unsoundness.
Through the whole country south of Pennsyl
vania, there is no such thing as constitutional
money, and no two States have a currency
alike. It seems to us that sueh a state of
things ought to tench men to let the currency
alone. Certainly if this is the best that legis
lation can do, the matter had better be left to
run wild. "Tom, Dick, and Harry," cannot
get up a worse state of things than now exists.
We cannot have confusion worse than this,
and now that the doctors have brought the pa
tient into such dreadful convulsions, let us send
them all home, and see if "the operations of
nature" will not yet save life. It will turn
out, when the truth is known, that more mon
ey has been lost by banks within the last ten
years, than the whole country would have sold
for when our fathers fought the battles of in
dependence yet the fault is not in the banks
nor their directors. The wide spread ruin
shows that the evil is not local nor particular,
but universal. It is in the system. We have
waged a great battle with the laws of trade,
and we have been severely flogged for our folly.
We have undertaken to regulate that
which cannot be touched without mischief.—
Shall we go on now to create a fourth national
bank The plan is frightful. It would only
be leaving to the next generation the confusioa
and revulsion which have overthrown this.—
All that is necessary is, that we should be con
vinced of our folly and leave currency to itself.
It is the easiest thing to manage in all the de
partments of busness. If Congress will but
make a bankrupt law, which shall compel all
banks and all men to pay their debts or divide
their effects, and then if Congress and the State
Legislatures will just let the whole matter
alone, there will grow up of itself the best cur
rency in the world. What we want is, to get
rid of a system and of regulation, so thatevery
man shall act for himself and act freely
Then, whatever is wanted will be provided.—
If we want paper money accredited in all parts
of the country, we shall have it. Then, if a
banker fails, he will fall out of the ranks.—
Our suspensions grow out of the fact that
currency is managed by a great system. If
one important wheel breaks, the whole sys
tem stops. Let currency become an individu
al matter, like other branches of business, and
suspensions would be impossible. When we
become wise enough to leave currency to take
care of itself, after Congress has discharged
its constitutional duty of coining money and
fixing the value thereof, then we shall have
the safest and steadiest and every way the be9j&'
currency, which the imperfect starte -of this
world will admit*"
INDIANA LEGISLATORS.—The whig members
of this body have deserted the Indiana Journal,
their former organ, and have created a new
one. Mr. John Dowling, of the Terre Haute
Courier, and Mr. Cole, of the National Patriot,,
were recently elected State Printers, and hafd
issued proposals for the publication of a new
paper, to be called the Indiana State
zette." The Legislature will adjour
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