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From the Sirit of the Times.
BANKS AND OTHER INCORPORA
TIONS. The eyes of tie people are al length
opening to the scojndrelism of incorpora
tions. Long has the Democratic party
been warring agsinst monopolies of all
kinds ; ami long !jas it been endeavoring
to develope the trie character of that par
ticular species which, taking advantage not
only of men's necessities, but of the neces
sities of the State, has grown up the bane
of government, and the demoralizer of the
community the maker of laws, and the
breaker of tbern which from the mere
creature of legislation has become through
ihe influence of circumstances, and its own
innate wickedness and ambition, the master-ruler
over both the people and their re
presentatives. Long have we sought lo
convince our readers that otir political
health nay Dur very freedom was in
proc ess of sale to incorporations. That if
we go on, but a short time will elapse be
fore the air we breathe will become the
manufacture or the property of some incor
poration. The water we drink, and the
light we see by at night, are already in that
predicament. Still bad as all this is, it is
still worse to have foisted on us a worth
less currency, prepared and issued with a
design specifically to rob us by worthless
corporation?. We can go to the river
when we arc dry, or catch the rain as it
falls lroin the yet "unincorporated" hea
vens. We can hum pine knots in the dark, '
or resort to some other domestic contri (
vance to illuminate our house-holJ. But
if we want money we are compelled to ac
cept the lying, protested, promises of banks,
some of which are notoriously insolvent,
and none of w hich are too honest for suspi
cion. Specie, is not to be found except
at the brokers shops. The banks have
screwed it out of the community, and have
forced their own ragged paper into circula
tion to supply its place. Is not this infa
mous ? Is it to be endured ? How
long before this system of legal iniquity
will be corrected by the spontaneous feeling
of an indignant and outraged people?
As we said before, the popular eye is
opening to the true character of banks.
They are becoming deservedly odious; and
the odium aiises not so much from their
increasingly bad practices, as from the light
being daily shed upon their inherent faults,
and the ease wiili which they may be
made, as well as have been made the en
gines of monstrous fraud, speculation and
oppression. Individuals that in their pri
vate relations have borne a good character
for years, end whose business relations
have ever been managed with a rigid regard
for rectitude, have been known to do thai
as directors which the most elastic con
science could not have pronounced within
the pale of propriety. There is something
in the air of a bank destructive to morals.
The best man alive if made a director be
comes polluted. The inordinate love of
gold seizes upon him, and body and soul
become morbidly affected with the fell dis
ease, lie begins modestly as a borrower
of the institution, and generally ends with
a trip to Texas, leaving a million or so of
reasons for his tardy return.
Banks are now pretty well understood.
Since the late expose of the U. S. Bank
the management of such concerns has cea
sed to be a mystery. People now perceive
how would-be lordlings contrive to live at
the rate of ten thouaand dollars a year on a
salary of three. They can imagine how
elegant mansions in fashionable streets,
magnificent cour try seats, upon the l iver's
hank, &c. are erected; and no wonder
when we see a stockholder in a monied in
stitution, they are inclined to put their
thumbs to their noses, and with a wink as
sure him that they are "acquainted with
the time of day !" We therefore hope for
the best. We believe that a financial re
volution is at hand. Bank and no Bank
will be the party cry before long. The in
telligence of the people will triumph, and
every good man will rejoice in the destruc
tion of a system that has manufactured
more rogues out of honest "materials, than
any other institution of civilization.
THE DIFFERENCE.
During the late Presidential canvass, it
was very gravely asserted by the federal
ists that (leneral Harrison lived in a "log
cabin" yes, in a real log cabin. There
could be no mistake about it; a part of the
building at any rate, tens made of logs
This was before the election, and before
the late fire at North Bend.
Now, how does the matter stand ? And
what is the language of the federal prees ?
Why "the Mansion House of the late Pre
sident look fire," &c. It was first repor
ted that the whole building was destroyed,
but it turns out (and we are happy to her.r
it) that only one of the icings, the western,
was destroyed, and the "hull entirely de
molished,", and this is represented as a
mere trifling affair.
The Cincinnati Republican, a federal pa
per, says :
The house caught fire at 3, P. M., in
the western wing, and batlled all exertions
to subdue it. It was only by pulling down
the connecting hall with the main building,
that it was saved. The western wing is now
a heap of ashes, and the hall entirely de
molished, The same pperalso says: "Col. Tay
lor writes, 'Only a few articles were lost
a trunk of Mrs. Harrison's" clothing, a
great coat, two silver urns, &c.' "
"Silver urns in a "log cabin" !
Bay Slate Bern.
Reformation is it? The new dinner
sett for the President's dining room co
people onTy Five Hundred Dollars ! Two
carpets cost only $550 ! ! A lounge, with
pillars, only $142. ' Another costs only
$125! Centre tables, and hearth ruggs
only $50 each ! For the anti-room a sofa
and chairs only $555,00 ! This is feder
al economy
From the Mecklenburg Jejfersonian.
"WHIG ECONOMY."
We published last week, a Resolution a
dopted by the leading Federalists of Penn
sylvania, at a public meeting in Gettysburg
in that State, calling upon Congress to vote
to the 'personal representatives' of the late
Gen. H arrison, four years' salary for his
service of one month as President. We
understand that several honest TVhigs have
doubted the truth of this statement, but de
clare, if such a proposition has been started,
and is pressed on Congress by the Whigs,
that they will abandon the party at once.
For their satisfaction, we refer those who
iiave any doubts on the subject, to the tri
weekly National Intelligencer, of the 8th
insf.; there they will find the whole pro
ceedings of the meeting copied from the
''Gettysburg Star," and endorsed by the
Intelligencer (the official paper at Wash
ington) as follows:
"A Noble and Generous Proceeding
We honor the county of Adams in the Key
stone State, for the spirit manifested in the
following proceedings, which we have plea
sure in transferring to our columns."
Here follow the proceedings. The Hon.
John Heed, (late member of Congress) was
called to the Chair, and the Ion. (icn-
WiJl and Christian Picking, Vice Presi-
dents, &c.
"The object of the meeting was then sla
ted in an eloquent and highly impressive
manner by the President; after which the
following preamble and resolutions were
offered by Thadpeits Stevens, Esq., and
unanimously adopted:
"A bereaved nation mourns the loss of
her beloved Chief Magistrate. Having at
tained a good old age, and readied the sum
mit of earthly fame, he was summoned to
the enjoyment of higher glory and purer
happiness. Although a gain to him, his
death is a deplorable loss to the whole Peo
ple, but especially to his mourning family.
With that family we deeply sympathize.
But the sympathy of a nation should be
expressed in acts, and not in words only.
Therefore, unanimously,
"Resolved, That Congress be requested
to grant to his personal representatives the
full amount of the President's salary for the
whole term of which Get:. Harrison was
elected.
"Resolved, That the Representative in
Congress from this district, the Hon. James
Cooper, be requested to present the forego
ing preamble and resolution to the House
of Representatives as early after its organ
ization as possible."
There can be no mistake, then, that the
proposition to vote one hundred thousand
dollars of the People's money to the "per
sonal representatives" of the late Gen. Har
rison has been started by the Whig Party,
and will be pressed through Congress ot the
extra session, it that party can do it. in"
deed the proposition has long since been
unblushingly urged by the leading Il'hig
papers throughout the country, and endors
ed by the national organ of the parly at
Washington, the Intelligencer, showing
that those in authoihy there favor such an
outrageous violation of the Constitution &
waste cf the public treasure.
Is this the sort of "retrenchment and re.
form" the people were promised on the
accession of the Whig Party to power ?
Murderers and Incendiaries taken !
W'arrick, one of the negroes charged with
the diabolical crimes recently perpetrated
in St. Louts, has been taken on board the
steamer Omega, where he had obtained the
employment t-f Steward. Sewal, another
of the gang, had been taken on board the
Atalanta, in which he had shipped as a hand
for Cincinnati. Brown, another accomplice,
had been apprehended in Cincinnati. Mad
ison, the ringleader, was the only one not
caught. He was a slave owned in New
Orleans, whither he wa? gone but was
pursued. It now appears from the confes
sion of some of the Banditti, that the bur
ning of the Bankhousc in St. Louis, and the
murder of the two young men in it, was not
the only crime of which they had been
guilty. They had perpetrated numerous
other enormities, which had not previously
been traced to its real authors.
Richmond Enquirer.
Equality of Right and of Remedy.
The Vice Chancellor's Court of New
York, has just pronounced four sentences
of Divorce alt on the ground o! auvltery
anrt f- of these cases were instituted bv
the suffering wives. This Is a just princi
ple. If the remedy be granted at all, the
crime in the husband is as abhorrent to
"right," as it ought to be to our feelings
and the punishment ought to be extended
to the one party, as well as to the oth
er. ib.
The N. Y. Herald says, that the resig
nation of Mr. C. C. Cainbreleng, Minister
at St. Petersburg, has been received at the
Department of State, and accepted of
course. Mr. C. returns to travel to France
and Italy during the Summer. (Here is a
vacancy for some "noisy and clamorous
demagogte and partizan" to fill.) ib.
ANECDOTE OF DR. FRANKLIN.
It is wcil understood that at some periods
of Dr. Franklin's life he entertaioeJ opin
ions peculiir to himself, and which proba
bly were nn founded upon a sound philos
ophy. It tvas his conjecture, if not a well
selied opinion, - that a mother might, by a
kind of insMnet or natural affection, recog
nize her children, even although she had
lost all recollection oftheir peculiar features.
The following experiment which he made
to ascertain whether his mother would know
him, will be thought at least curious and in
teresting. It was on a visit to his native
town of Boston, after an absence of many
years, that this curious incident occurred.
"To discover the existence of this instinct
by actual experiment, Dr. Franklin resolved
to introduce himself as a stranger to his
mother, and to watch narrowly for the mo
ment in which she should discover her son,
and then to determine, with the cool pre
cision of the philosopher, whether that dis
covery was the effect of that instinct or af
fection, that intuitive love, that innate at
tachment, which is conjectured to cement
relatives' of the same blood; and which, by
according the passions of parent and child,
like a well tuned viol, would, at the first
touch, cause them to vibrate in unison, and
at. once evince that they were different
chords of the same instrument.
"On a sullen, chilly day, in the month
of Januarv, in the afternoon, the Doctor
knocked at his mother's door, and asktd to
speak with Mrs. Franklin. He found the
old lady knitting before the parlor lire. He :
introduced himself, and observing that lie
understood she entertained travellers, re
quested a night's lodging. She eyed him
with the cold look of disapprobation which
most people assume when they imagine
themselves insulted, by being supposed to
exercise employment but one degree below
their real occupation in life assured him
that he had been misinformed, that she did
not keep tavern; but that it was true, to o-
blige some members of the Legislature, she
took a number of them into her family du
ring the session, that she had four mem
bers of the Council, and six of ihe House
of Representatives, who then boarded with
her; that all her beds were full; and then
betook herself to her knitting, wiih that in
tense application, which expressed, as for
cibly as action could do, if you have con
cluded your business, the sooner you leave
the house the better. But upon the Doc
tor's wrapping his coat around him, affec
ting to shiver with cold, and observing that
it was very chilly weather, she pointed to
the chair, and gave him leave to warm
himself.
The entrance of her boarders precluded
all further rnnversntinn: imiiTpp was soon
served, and the Doctor partook with the fa
mily. To the coffee, according to the good
old custom of the times, succeeded a plate
of pippins, pipes, and a paper of MTntire's
best, when the whole family formed a
cheerful smoking semi circle before the fire.
Perhaps no man ever possessed colloquial
powers to a more fascinating degree, than
Dr. Franklin, and never was there an occa
sion when he displayed those powers to
greater advantage than at this litre, lie
drew the attention of the company, by the
solidity of his modest remarks; instructing
them by the varied, new. and striking lights
in which he placed his subjects, and de
lighted them with apt and amusing ancc
dotes. Thus employed, the hours passed
merrily along, until 8 o clock, when punc
tual to a moment, Mrs. Franklin announced
supper. Busied with her household affairs,
she fancied the intruding stranger had quit
ted the house, immediately after coffee, &
it was with difficulty s-he could restrain her
resentment, when she saw him, without
molestation, seal himself at the table with
the freedom of a member of the family
Immediately after supper, she called an
elderly gentleman, a member of the council.
in whom she was accustomed to confide, to
another room; complained bitterly of the
rudeness of the stranger; told the manner of
his introduction to her house; that he ap
peared like an outlandi""1 n"131 ant' sI,e
thought, had sometli"? very suspicious in I
his appearance; concluded by soliciting her
friend's advice 'th respect to the way in
which she could most easily rid herself of
his presence. The old gentleman assured
her, that the stranger was certainly a young
man of education, and to all appearance a
gentleman; that, perhaps, being i" agreeable
company, he had paid no attention to the
lateness of the hour J ?ised her to call
him aside, and repeat her inability to lodge
him. She accordingly sent her maid to him,
and then, with as much temper as she conld
command, recapitulated the situation of her
family, observed that it grew late, Ac mildly
intimidated that he would do weli to seek
himself a lodging. The Doctor replied,
that he would by no means incommode her
family; but that with her leave, he would
smoke one pipe more with her boarders, &
then retire.
lie returned to the company, filled his
pipe, and with the first whiff his powers
returned with double force. He recounted
the hardships, he extolled the piety and
policy cf their ancestors. A rentleman
present mentioned the subject of the day's
debate in the House of Representatives. A
bill had been introduced to extend the pre
rogatives of the royal government. The
Doctor immediately entered upon the sub
ject: supported the colonial rights with new
and forcible arguments was familiar with
the names of the influential men in the
house, when Dudley was Governor, recited
their speeches-, and applauded the nolle
defence of ihe charter of rights.
During a discourse so appropriately in
teresting to the company, no wonder the
clock struck eleven, unperceived by the
delighted circle; and was it wonderful that
the patience of Mrs. Franklin grew quite
exhausted ? She now entered the room, &
before the whole company, with much
warmth, addressed the Doc.or; told him
plainly she thought herself imposed upon;
observed, it was true she was a lone wo
man, but that she had friends who would
protect her, and concluded by insisting on
his leaving the house. The Doctor made
a slight apology, deliberately pat on Lis
great coat and hat, took polite leave of the
company, and approached the street door
lighted by the maid, and attended by the
mistress. While the Doctor and his com
panions had, been enjoying themselves
within, a most tremendous snow storm had,
without, filled the streets knee deep & no
sooner had the maid lifted the latch, than a
roaring northeaster forced open the door.
put out the light, and almost filled the entry
with erified snow and hail. As soon as it
was relighted, the Doctor casta woful look
towards ihe door, and thus addresred her
"My dear madam, ran yoti turn me out
in this dieadful storm I lama stranger in
this town, and shall certainly perish in the
street, ion look like a charitable lady I
should'nt think you could turn a dog from
your tloor, in this tempestuous night.
"Don't tell me of charitv," said the offpnd
ed matron; "charity begins at home It is
your own fault you tarried so long. To be
plain with you, sir, I do not like your looks.
or your conduct: and I fear you have some
bad design in thus introducing yourself to
my lamily.
I ne warmin oi this parley nan drawn
ihe company from the parlor, and by their
united interference the stranger was permit
ted to stop in the housa; and as no bed
could be had, he consented to rest on the
easy chair before the parlor fire. Although
the boarders appeared to confide, perfectly.
in tne stranger nonestv. it was not so
with Mrs. Franklin. IFith suspicious cau
tion, she collected her silver spoons, castor
and porringer, from her closet; and, afier
securing her parlour door, by sticking a
fork over the latch, carried the plate to her
cliainber charged the negro man to sleet
with Ins clothes on, to lake the great lever
to hed with him, and, and t waken and
seize the vagrant at the first noise he made
in attempting to plunder the house. Hav
ing thus taken every precaution, she rrtir
ed to her bed with her maid, whom she
ordered to sleep in her room.
Mrs. Franklin rose before the sun, rous
ed her domestics, unfastened the parlor
door with timid caution, and was agreeably
surprised to 'find her guest sleeping on his
own chair. A sudden transition from ex
treme distrust to perfect confidence was
natural. She wakened him with a cheerful
good morning; inquired how he rested; in
vited him to partake of her breakfast, which
was always served before the boarders. 'And
pray, sir," said the lady, as she sipped her
chocolate, as yu appear to be a stranger
here, to what distant country do you be
long ?' 'I, madam, belong to the City of
Philadelphia.' At the mentionof Philadel
phia, the Doctor declared he for the first
lime perceived some emotion in her. 'Phil
adelphia!' said she, and al! the mother suf
fused her eye; if you live in Philadelphia,
perhaps you know our Ben.' 'If'hn mad
am ?' 'Why Ben Frakkiin my Ben.
Oil ! he is the dearest child that ever blet
a mother !'- . 'What,' said the Doctor, 'is
Ben Franklin, the printer, your son; why
he is my most intirna te friend he and 1
lodge in the same room.' Oh ! God for
give me,' exclaimed the old lady, raising
her watery eyes to heaven and have I
suffered a friend to my Benny to sleep in
this hard chair, while I myself rrstcd on a
good bed V
How the Doctor discovered himself lo
his mother, he ihasjnever informed the pub
lic; but from the aboe experiment he was
firmly convinced, &id was often afterwards v
heard to declare, .1at natural affection did
not exist.
The Hartford Times mentions a report
that there ure unsatisfied judgments
against Mr. Curtis, the New Collector
of New York, to the amount of more than
one hundred thousand dollars.
The Ohio Statesman says, that "Mr.
Ewing, ihe Secretary of the Treasury,
deeplu involved in speculations, and is
supposed to be now oa formerly, a heavy
dtblor to the broken United Stales Dank."
Well, Feds, how are times wngging un
der the new Administration? Farmer,
what prices do you now get for your pro
duce? Are they improved, or are they
not? As you regard vour own interest.
we beseech you to consider this matter.
Make up your minds whether Federalism
is to be depended upon. W hat have you
to say now about false promises and re
duced prices? We call upon you to de
cide these things at the ballot box ? ,
According to the late census, the popu
lation of New York is 2,428,921 ; Penn
sylvania 1,724,022; Ohio 1,510,467; Vir
ginia 1,239,797. No other slates reaches
million: The total population exceeds
17,100,572.
lVebster"s Opinion on Bank Paper.
"Of all contrivances (or cheating the labor-
in classes of mankind, none have been
re effectual than that which deludes
them with paper money. I his is the most
effectual of inventions to fertilize the rich
man's field by the sweat of the poor man's
brow.Baniel Webster's Speech in 1832.
A Philadelphia paper has a set of rhymes
on Mr. Biddle in the meter of Mother
Goose's melodies. One runs thus :
Sing a song o' sixpence,
A pocket full of lies !
And five and thirty millions.
All scattered to the skies !
Some time ago an Irishman was convic
ted of a felony and sentenced to death.
On the day it was to be carried into effect
he received a reprieve, his innocence hav
ing, after his trial, been satisfactorily es
tablished. The poor fellow had a wife, a
vixen, who lived at a distance, and whose
presence he dreaded more than death ;
with the hope of accomplishing a final
separation, he wrote to her the day after
he received the reprieve, to the following
effect :
'Bear Mary I was hanged yesterday,
and died lik a man ; no more at present,
from your loving husband, till death docs
us part.'
A cabin boy on board a ship, the captain
of which was a religious man, was called
up to be whipped for some misdemeanor.
Little J?ck went trembling and crying, and
said to the Captain, "Pray, Sir, will you
wait till I say my prayers before you whip
me?" "Yes," was the stern reply.
"Well, then," replied Jack, looking up
and smiling triumphantly, "I'll never say
urn !"
A Mare's Nest. 'Pa, don't you think
there is a mare's nest down in that cellar ?'
inquired a little lad of his father as they
passed a hobby-horse establishment.
Why, what makes you think so, child V
'Cause pa, aim there a lot of young hor
ses just hatched, all round the doors.
The perpetual Rose. A Parisian florist
has succeeded in producing a new hybrid
rose from the Bourbon Rose and Gloire de
Rosomene, the flowers of which he fertili
zed with the pollen of some damask hy
brid roses. The plant is said to be ex
tremely beautiful, the color bright crimson,
shaded with maroon purple, and is further
enriched with a powerful and delicious fra
grance. Some men get along in the world on the
6ame principle that a chimney sweep passes
uninterruptedly through a crowd.
A Log Worth Rolling. A single log
of Honduras mahogany was sold in New
York on Tuesday, at auction, for $606.