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4 What medicament can reach this case ?' was
asked.'
4 There is only one remedy !o be ap)lied in all
cases ol mental pain.1
What is thut?'
The truth.'
The first speaker, a lady, looked doubtingly into
the face of her friend.
4 To sit down and weep with those who are in
trouble or affliction, may do lor a brief season:
hut to make tears a substitute for consoling words,
is to say that earth lias a 4 sorrow thai heaven
cannot heal.'
4 But what could I say that her own heart would
not suggest ?'
4 Much. There is usually a selfishness in sor
row that obscures the perception of truth. The
grieving one narrows down all things to a little
circle, in the centre of which she sits weeping.
Darkness obscures her mind. She forgets the
great truth that all sorrow is for purification ; and
that while she is in the furnace of affliction, the
Refiner and Purifier is sitting near, and will see
that only the dross of self-love is consumed. Far
belter would it be to say, 4 It is good for us to be
afflicted ;' thus throwing a truth into the mind
than merely to mingle tears with the child of sor
row f
4 In her slate, she would reject the sentiment,'
j said the lady friend.
4 A marked symptom of diseased mental action,'
! was answered, that imperatively calls for skillful
J treatment.'
4 Hut, if she reject the truth, how can she be
j healed V
4 A wise physician will use his utmost skill
j in ihe selection of a remedy that will not be re
( jeeted.'
4 I am neither wis nor skilful, so far as my
unhnppy friend is concerned.'
He is not the man to mcke her hanpv. In all 1 Novels Their Meaning and mission.
respects, they are unsttited lo eah other.'
4 Can jou imagine a sadder life than that which
a woman must lead, who broadly errs in the
choice of a married partner ?'
4 None.'
4 Pity your child, then. If such a lol is to be
We have some cleanings and valuable ones
we think them from an article on this subject in
Putnam's Magazine. Almost every one who finds
any delight in literature intersperses graver studies
with novel reading kji few reflect upon the
meaning and mission of novels. Nor are those
are denouncing.
The author from
hers, let your love make softer the pillow on which . who raise an outcry against ihem always aware
her poor head must lie. Oh ! my friend, do not
fill it with thorns !'
Fitly spoken were these words, and they found
a lodging place in ihe mind of Mrs. Edwards ; yet
she answered
4 She deceived us ! She broke her solemn prom
ise not to marry this man.'
4 Had you any right to extort such a promise ?f
calmly asked the friend.
4 Was she not our child V
4 Yours to love, guard, guide, and educate for
Heaven, while a child. And yours to advise and
lead into right ways, when a woman. But not
yours, after the child became the woman, to ex
tort promises in violation of that freedom to love
which is the heart's God-given prerogative. The
attempt to constrain in this direction was the very
way to thwart your own wishes. Are you a
tcotnan, and ignorant on this head 7 Commune
with your own heart, my friend, and you will see
that you have erred. Pardon me when I say that;
of what they
whom we quote says :
Nothing is more easy or gratuitous than the
vituperative condemnation and contempt that have
so often been lavished on novels and novel writing.
They are 44 trash," 44 yellow covered literature,"
44 wishy -washyism, namby-pambyism," &c, &c.
The guardian makes it a point to keep his ward as
carefully from a novel as Irom the measles, and
would as lief that she would dose herself with
ratsbane as devour a romance. Our venerated
ancestor (peace to his names), who, in early man
hood, was so annoyed by the flirtations of his
gny younger sister, which seemed always to suc
ceed profound and long continued brooding over
the pages o! the novels sent her from London, had,
one should say, some reason for cautioning us,
among his lant words of advice, to 44 Beware of
novels.
Uncle Greybeard, too, imagines that he has
completely annihilated the whole tribe when he
Origin of the Names of Ihe Several
States.
Alabama was so called in 1818, from its prin
cipal river.
Arkansas was so called in 1819, from its prin
cipal river.
Connecticut was so called from the Indian name
of its principal river. Connecticut is a Meheak
aoeew a word signifying Long Liver.
Delaware was so call in 1703, from Delaware
Bay, on which it lies, and which received its
you had no right to bring your child into the ago- i utters a 14 Pshaw !" and something about 44 vapid
nizuig strait ot choosing between her paren's and . sentimen'.ality, and 44 man-millinerism. True,
the man she loved, no matter how you might esti- : O grave Greybeard, those which chiefly filled the
rpill
Sny not so. we desire to be instruments of,
good, He, who is S'-eking the good of all His crea- 1
turcs, will show us the way of accomplisnient. i
Do you not think that some merely selfish consid
era t ions are seriously aggravating this trouble of,
Mrs. Edwards V
4 I am sure of it. Dearly cherished ends of her
own hve been utterly destroyed. Blending with
her fears of h r child are mortification and woun
ded love. While she sees no promise of happi- j
nrss for Lucy, in the future, her sympathy lor the
rrring one is swallowed up in an almost madden
ing sense of filial disobedience.'
Why not seek to awaken her mind to this per
ception ? Until she sees her error, she cannot
rise above it.'
4 But how is this possible ? She will not bear to
have Lucy's name mentioned !'
4 Another marked sy mptom of a malady that
calls for Vtter remedies than sympathetic tears.
She must be told the tru'h.'
4 Who will speak the words?'
4 You it you are sincerely her friend,' was the
firm answi r.
4 She will he offended.'
4 No matter. The truth will be seen after the
mate him; no, not even if he were utterly unwor
thy of her, which I will not believe to be so. For
ihe breach of a promise to yourselves you are
more to blame than she ; for you forced her to
make a promise that she could not keep ; and the
necessity of the case absolves her.'
4 Her lather w ill never forgive her,' said Mrs.
Edwards, her voice subdued from its recent stern
ness. 4 This "act has separated him forever from
his child.'
A step was heard in the passage, at this mo
ment. The ladies glanced towards the door, and
saw Mr. Edwards. There was a dark shadow on
his face. He nodded coldly to the visitor, who
said to him, speaking from the moment's impulse
4 This cannot be true.'
4 What?' he enquired.
4 That you will never forgive Lucy for the step
she has taken ?'
Tne shadow on his face grew darker, as he an
swered 'She was forewarned of the consequences.'
4 But you will relent and forgive.'
shelves of your village library were most deserv
ing of the epithets, and even at the present day
many a heated press labors day and night to sati
ate tho public appetite for just such 44 trash."
The truth, however, is, that the domain of ro
marce composition has been so materially ex
tended within the last quarter of a century, the
fields of thought and feeling commented upon so
aliered, and the style of popular noveis fifty years
ajo, is totally false in its sweeping application to
or present species. We have now no desire for
the extravagances of sentiment and action that,
w th a few brilliant exceptions, characterised En
glish novels cf former times. On the other hand,
we. are disgusted with such productions, and covet,
above all, the nutural in thought and feeling.
What is wanted to coustiuite a good modern novel,
is not a monstrous assemblage of grotesquely illu-
site pictures of life and nature, interlarded with
I inconceivable sentiments, unheard of adventures,
and impossible exploits. Not at all. We demand
thiit they be veritable and veracious segments of the
great life-drama, displacing Nature and Man as
they are, sentiments as they are felt, and deeds as
they are done. Novels are judged as Art pro
ducts, and as little sympathy is felt with the biz-
Mr. rewards looked with a half-doubting, half- , nrrertes that are heaped together, for the gratifica
startled air into the face of his interrogator. j lion of very weak brain. as for the antastic
a finger, slowly adornings ot a Dutch house, or the architectural
Never !'
4 You have a father ?'
sivcly
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4 A father in Heaven!' and
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Have you never offended never acted in dis
obedience to the will of that Father? What if He
were to say, 4 will neither relent nor forgive?"
4 Pardon this freedom of speech in one who
claims to be a true friend,' added the lady, in a
changed and lower tone of voice. Then rising.
she passed from the room ere they could prevent
her departure.
They were true words, spoken resolutely, and
at a ti'iintr moment and thev Alirik ileen'v arA
disturbingly into the hearts of Mr. Edwards and
i his wife, awakening doubts and questionings which
;: they vainly tried to thrust aside. Had they ever
lived in obedience to the will and word of their
Limdingexciiement of anger has departed. If you Heavenly Father ? Had thev nmhin m Ko r...
truly love her, you will brave even the risk of of- given, that they so resolutely refused to forgive?
lending for the sake of doing her good.' j Mr. and Mrs. Edwards were in a calmer frame
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with whom she ha'd mingled her tears, hut I'jiled to
apeak w ords of consolation in w hich was a healing
j vitality went thoughtfully to her home, brooding
j over what she had heard. It was an easy thing
j to weep with the weeper; but to speak words of
t truth thai would hurt, and might offend was a
dity from which she shrunk with instinctive reluc
tance Bttl she now s;w the case in clearer light,
and a genuine regard for Mrs. Edwards led her
to act the part ol" a w iso rather than a weak
ii i nd.
An hour lor c!m reflection was permitted to
elapse, and then the lady went to the suffering one,
wi:h hT mind clear and her purpose strong.
K. flection had thrown a light upon her way, and i
she saw the true path in w hich she must walk, I
clea rly.
I he pale weeper was still sitting under the
ahaddow o( h r yr-at lifc-eormw, shun hor frinnd
came back to her darkened chamber, in which
reigned an almrjfit death-like stil!ne:s. A hand
was laid in that of Mrs. Edwards' only a feeble
pressure was returned, and the tears of the griev
ing one flowed afresh. But the friend gave no
answering tears. She had not came to weep with
her sorrow ing sis'er, but to offer words of consola
tion in which lay tho power of healing.
4 1 am going to speak lo you about Lucy,' she
said.
- 4 If you love me, name her not,' replied Mrs.
Edwards, almost sternly.
L I. m r 1 .1 . r i r .
ii la ox-cause i love you mm i upeaK oi ner,
answered the friend, with as much firmness as she j which, but for this, she would have fainted and
could assume. 4 Lucv is not all to blame for the 1 fallen bv the wav.
" ,
Anger towafds tne erring and the disobedient
springs trom a selfish feeling forgiveness is the
to Ood-like spirit that loves out of itself, and blesses
ail upon whom it desires a blessing.
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unwise step she has taken.'
4 Who i?, then ?' was tho natural inquiry.
4 You and her father may be quite as ;nuch
blame as your unhappy child.'
A sudden flush came into tho pale face of Mrs.
Edwards. There were few who did not think just
as the friend had spoken ; but she alone had ven
tured to utter the truth where, of all things, its ut
terance was most needed.
4 Who to blame !'
A curve of indignation was on the lip of Mrs.
Edwards.
4 If you were sure this were i?ie case, would it
nOt Orefltlv Cr. fO r Vniir KmKhi TO Inmn.ila T iMtti 7
4 But I am not sure of it,' said the lady, whose j exPtI,ses ODe hul ,f onl- chose to do so
tears had already ceased lo flow. "-
4 You are not the only sufferer in this case.'
' Who else suffers V
4 Your unhappy child.'
4 She deserves to suffer. What else could she
expect, in such a union, but a life of suffering ?'
Mrs. Edwards spoke severely.
4 Why do you so object io the marriag" V
proportions of a Chinese pagoda.
The domain of the novel ranges over the entire
The voice of Mr. Edwards was far from being : field of the real and the ideal, and thus touches at
every point of man s consciousness in the evolu
tion of individual character, and the development
of human life and nature, in ihe actual phases.
And in these points, it is co-ordinate and co-ex-tensive,
at once, with poetry and the drama.
With poetry, in being a veritable poiesis an art
creation ; and with ihe drama, in its plan or plot
in the involution of circumstances, character,
and passion, and '.he evolution Irom the complexi
ty of these life-and-death commingling scenes of
grand vital results and important practical lessons.
Thus novels, especially those that are the trans
cendent productions of the imagination, take hold
of everything that is in rapport with the infinite
in man. The artist who created them
"Budded better than he knew;"
for, in displaying the phenomenal, an enticing
hint has, at times, been thrown out, that led us on
with win-smiles lo the home of the real ; one touch
of tho human harp. chord, the Infinite, has set a
thrilling the 44 Eternal Melodies." For so it is,
that everything in life has a relation at once to the
me and the not-me ; and while the obverse car
ries the relative, the reverse bears the stamp of
the absolute.
The characteristic and tho glory of the new
school of novelists is, wiihout doubt," its vigor and
earnest veracity. As we before observed, a quar
ter of a century has had the effect of completely
revolutionizing this department of literature. By
some this happy movement is referred to the in
fluence of one writer, and by others io another.
Some say Godwin's 44 Caleb Williams" led the
way; others make Fielding its great prototype;
and so on. But the true secret of the new im
pulse is with greater probability to be sought for
in the more profoundly earnest snirit of th noo
So much for the meaning of novels. Their
mission, we ihink, is palpable enough. We spoke,
in the introduction, of every desire and proclivity
of the mind being the prediction of its satisfaction
in literature. Novels (we think it will, by this
time, be understood n-lmt nana u , n'm iL.
extract from the cod both thev and thoir fill;.. nA ,u .:r...- r
... . . , ( " uj.f wuu me auuaiyuig oi inai in me sou
wmisoever oi which otherwise won M he h UnV onni
wv wiuun uiiu uuuili t
And peculiarly are they the product of this
nineteenth era, when there is such a fecundity and
such an overflow of mental and physical life.
They are one of the 44 features" of our age. We
Know not what we should ao without them. And,
a ciass of writers who. if thev
did not develop in this way, would find no other
mode of utterance whatever. How could Kings
ley have written except through 44 Alton Locke"
and 44 Yeast ?" What vehicle could Dickens have
found for the communication of just his class of
ideas, but th.U of 44 Nicholas Nickleby," ol David
Copperfield," or of Hard Times ?" How could
l nackery have given us his pictures of society. I
oui inrojgii me camera obscura of 44 Vanity Fair"
and 44 Pendennis," and 44 The Newcomers ?"
But still they (novels) are not the whole of lit
erature. Assuredly not! no more th an sniirp. ni.
.
I which had found a lodgment in their minds. To
j see and acknowledge the duty of forgiveness was
j to soften their hearts towards iheir erring child.
: And now the mother's spirit began to have a re
j alizing perception of the unhappy life that awaited
her daughter, united as she was to one w ho pos
sessed not, in her estimation, a single attribute of
genuine manhood. Yearning love followed the
motions of pity. Forgiveness became spontaneous.
And when she spoke to her husband, it was in en
treaty for the absent one. He received her words
in silence; but his heart did not reject them.
How changed was all! From the lips of Mr.
Edwards fell no harsn and denunciatory language
from his brow had passed the deep lines of stern
anger or fiery indignation. And tears no longer
filled the eyes or glistened on the cheeks of Mrs.
Edwards in her tranquil face the anguish of a
hopeleBS sorrow was not seen. Truthful words,
though harshlv sounding, had hpn f.r hotter rr
W ' O v aaj a ia. a Wi'Vl IVS
them than weak sympathy or idle tears.
And now they were in a better state to meet the
great sorrow and disappointment of iheir lives,
and to
child would be called to drink
sweetness yet mingled in the bitter portion.
The marriage of Lucy was not a wise one. It
involved so many incongruous elements that hap
pioese, in her new relation, was a thing impossi
ble. Yet, in the forgiveness of her parents and in
their tender sympathies, she found a strength to j indeed, there is
eiiuure ana oravery to meet her life-duties, from
name from Lord De La War, who died in this
bay.
Florida was 6o called by Juan Ponce de Leon,
in 1672, because it was discovered on Easter Sun
day Pascua Florida.
Georgia was called in honor of King Georgo
II.
Illinois was so called in 1900, from its princi
pal river. The word is said io signify the river ol
men.
Indiana was so called in 1809, from the Ameri
can Indians.
Iowa was so called from its river.
Kentucky was so called in 1792, from its prin
cipal river.
Louisiana was so called in honor of Louis XIV,
of France.
Maine was so called, 89 early as 1626 from
Maine in France, of which Henrietta Maria, Queen
of England, was proprietor.
Maryland was so called, in honor of Henrietta
Maria, Queen of Charles I, in his patent to Lord
Baltimore, June SO 1632.
Massachusetts was so called from the Massa
chusetts tribe of Indians in the neighborhood of
Boston. The tribe is thought to have derived its
name from the Blue hills of Milton. 41 I learn,"
says Roger W'illinm, 44 that the Massachusettes
were so called from the blue hills."
Michigan was so called in 1795, and from the
lake on its borders.
Mississippi was so called in 1900, from its Wres
tern boundary, Mississippi is said to denote the
whole river, or a river by ihe union of many.
Missouri was so called in 1921, from its princi
pal river.
New Hampshire was the name givrn to the ter
riiory conveyed to the Plymouth Company, to
Capf. John Mason, by patent, Nov. 8th 1629, with
re.'erance to the patentee, who was governor of
Portsmouth, in Hampshiie, England.
New Jersey was so called in 1664, from the
Island of Jersey, on the coast of France, the resi
deuce of the family of Sir George Carteret, to
whom this territory was graijted.
New York was so called in 1624, in reference
to the Duke of York and Albany, to whom this
territory was granted by the King of England.
North Carolina was so called from its position
in Carolina, established by the French, in 1564, in
honor of King Charles IX, of France.
Ohio was so called in 1802, from its Southern
boundary.
Pennsylvania was so call in honor ofWm. Penn's
father.
Rhode Island wa9 so called in 1644, in refer
ence to the Island of Rhodes in the Mediterra-
nean.
South Carolina was so called from its position in
Carolina, established by ihe French, in 1546, in
honor of King Charles IX, of France.
Iennessee was so called in 1796, from its prin
cipal river. The word Ten-as-see is said lo signi
fy a curved spoon.
Texas was so called, according to tradition,
from the Cammanches upon discovering the coun
try, exclaiming", Tehas ! Tehas ! which means the
44 happy hunting ground."
Vermunt was so called by the inhabitants in
their Declaration ol Independence, Jan. 16th
1777, frum the French verd mont, green moun
tain. Virginia was ao called in 1584, after Elizabeth.
the virgin Queen of England.
Wisconsin was so called from its principal
river.
toes, while six cents worlh of Indian meal will , luan,e makes a dinner, or the hours we spend in
make as much bread as fourteen cents' worth of jcu'ar'ty and abandon a life. They are didactic;
flour. Besides this it is twice as wholesome. Al
most every family in town could cut down their
j A gentleman, popping his head through a tailor
out it is philosophy wearing a smiling face, and
holding out a winning invitation. They are Utile
clothed in the garb of the Dulce. And in this
dulcet manner, they touch human consciousness
at every possibis point. They have already ab
sorbed every field of interest. As pictures of life.
Minor Moral for Married People.
44 The last words" is the most dangerous of in
fernal machines. Husband and wife should no
more fight lo get it than they should struggle for
the possession of a lighted bomb shell.
Keep an Epicletus in your dining room, to read
while waiting for the completion of vour wife's
toilet.
Married people should study each other's weak
points, as skaters look out for weak parts of the
ire, in oraer io Keep oft of them.
.Ladies who marry for love should remember
that the union of angels with women has been for
bidden since the flood.
The wife is the sun of the sociai system. Un
less she attracts, there is nothing too keep heavy
bodies, like husbands, from flying off into space.
Wives, be lenient lo the martial cigar. The
smoke always hides the most disagreeable part of
the battle.
The wife who would properly discharge her
duties, must never have a soul 44 above buttons."
The liberties of a nation have been won by
mutual concessions. Let the husband, who would
acquire the privilege of asking friends to dinner
wiihout notice, remember ihis when his wife hints
at a new bonnet. The wife's want is the hus
band's opportunity.
Notwithstanding the assertions of mathpmati.
cians: the marriage ring is a circle which husband
and wife have the problem set them of making all
square.
Don't trust too much to good temper when you
get info an argument. The Indians procure fire
by the rubbing of the driest sticks.
Sugar is the substance most universally diffused
through ail natural products. Let married people
take a hint from this provision of nature.
Punch's Packet Book.
shop window, in order to obtain a full view of the and as developments of the passions, thev have
fair operatives, exclaimed :
W hat o clock is it ?
Upon which the tailor lifted his hp board, and
struck, him a blow on the head, answering:
It has j'ist strurk one.
almost entirely superseded ihe drama whiln
every subject of interest, every principle of science,
oi art, ot politics, of religion, finds a graceful ap.
preciator and interpreter through the p pular
novel.
Arrison was lately tried at Cincinnati, for caus
mg the death of Mr. and Mrs. Allison, by means
of a larpedo which he sent to them, and by which
they were literally lorn to pieces, has been con
victed of murder in the first degree.
m m m
The following lines were fouud at the boltom of
a vote for alderman at the late election in Boston :
WHAT WE WANT.
Experience, that's stood the test ;
Concicnce, to say what's right ;
Jntelligei.ee, to know what's brut ;
Baekbone, to stand the fighr.
I" Miry--A is Important Morcineat.
A few days ago, Mr. Boyce, ol South Carolina,
a gentleman of high ability and great knowledge
sad sound views, introduced a resolution into the
House of Representatives instructing the Judicia-
; ry Committee lo inquire into, and report upon the
I expediency of repealing the Usury laws. The
j motion of Mr. Boyce was submitted to the com
mittee, and we trust that it will be promptly acted
on.
Our readers are aware that we oppose the
usury laws and that we wish to see them repealed
throughout the country. In that regard Congress
can act only in the District of Columbia, and in
the Territories; but Congressional action will
have its effect in all the States. The usury laws
are opposed to the spirit of the age. They are a
part and portion of an exploded system. No
man can justify them, without abandoning every
thing which fair discussion and liberal ideas have
accomplished, towards breaking ihe shackles which
ignorance and prejudice have fastened on the ac
tion of commercial intercourse.
The time was when money was regarded as a
commodity, differing in all its essentials from every
other commodity. Therefore, men enacted regu
lations and made laws to control its use, employ
ment, and transmission. In the first instance,
laws were enacted to fix the value of money; and
-then, as a part of the same system of interference,
protective duties were levied for the purpose of
controling the investments of the country under
ihe belief that the watchful and directing care of
Government was necessary, and even iiidispensi
ble, in determining the employment of individuals.
According to the Protective theory, ihe govern
ment can teli bt tier than ihe citizen how the citi
zen ought to invest his rmans and employ his
labor; and. according io ihe same theory money
is the only wealth, and Government ought lo
superintend the use of the money and the trans
mission of it from one portion of the world to
another.
The usury laws constitute a portion of this
theory. They have the same origin and the same
operation. They emunaied from the same parm
tage, and their progeny have the same complexion.
The usury laws check industry, strengthen mo
nopolies, embarrass commercial operations, and
sap and reduce the strength of real, honest and
productive labor. No one honest interest is bene
fitted by them, and no one reaps a ptofit from
them except banks, monopolists, skinflints and
shavers. Every honest and useful interest suffers
from them. They compel scrupulous men to
abandon the money market, and they force the
needy man to pay as much for the risks they im
pose and the limited supply they occasion as
money is worth.
There is nothing in the nature, character, or
funclions of money which can justify the laws
regulating interest. Money is ihe standard of
value, and therefore it has a freer and more unre
strained circulation between individuals than ony
other commodity. Nol so, however, ia large
transactions, or ia tne extendi d operations of in
ternational intercourse. We say that a bushel of
wheat is worth a dollar; but it would be equally
correct to say thai u dollar is worlh a bushel of
wheat. Why then should we undertake to fix the
value of the dollar any more lhan to fix ihe value
of the bushel of wheat? If free trade is right,
with regard to the one, why is it not right with
regard to the other? If a man is permitted to
purchase wheat, why should he not be permitted
to purchase money ?
A few stupid people whom we have talked with,
think that Government can fix and determine the
value of a dollar. Such simple minded folks are
very much mistaken. Government can fix and
determine the number of grains and penny woigh;,
of silver necessary to make a dollur. But Gov
ernment cannot regulate tho real, actual value of
the smallest fragment of silver, any more than it
can regulate the value of a house, or of au ox, or
ol a bale of cotton. Government being totally
unable to regulate the real, actual value of money,
it is passing strange that Government should per
sist in atfempts lo regulate the exchangeable value
of money. In a tune of ignorance, and when
concealment was necessary in important transac
tions, and when compactness ol bulk was a great
element of value, it is bul natural lhat j wels, pre.
cious stones and money, had peculiar power. L'n
dtr such circumstances, il is not io be wondr d
at perhaps, that attempts wero made lo cIol' the
activity of mpney by special usury regulations.
The time has come when ull these barbarous
notions ought to be exploded. Tho fact that they
are permitted to manifest themselves on the pags
of our statute books is becoming ty be a reproach
an ugly and ill-favored anomoly on that liberal
and progressive commercial and financial system
which has triumphantly sustained the wisdom of
tho Democratic party. We hope that the Judicia
ry Committee of the House of Representatives
will act promptly on Mr. Boyce's resolution of in
quiry ; and we trust lhat its action will harmonize
wth the spirit of the times. Much and perhaps
most, of the existing commercial embarrassment,
which harrasses the country, may be traced to tho
operation of the usury laws. The dangerous
issue ol bank paper, which is the immediate causo
of the present pressure is intimately connected
with the government restrictions on the use of
money : intimately connected with the usury law,
which disturb the operations nf irH. nnA akih
hasten revulsions when they do not origins
them. There is no virtue in r sric:ion, an i
nothing but harm can come from monopoly legie
Ution. But it was not our object lo discus this
subject fuiiy, or even lo b-gin a discussion of ihe
points involved. Our purpose whs to eaU alterr.
tion to the important movement which Mr. Bo ce
has made, and to tender him our thanks for that
movement. When ihe usury question comes i
for consideration, we will not forget to express our
views, for we regard it us ihe most important . oaj
connected wiih finance and commerce, which h
been considered by the country since 1846.
Washington Sentinel.
Lola Montez oxck more Lola Monfez hat
had another row. Tho editor of the Grass Rivt?r
Chronicle had an article on Spain which so often
ded herth;.tshe rushed upon him in full lilt, nrm
ed with her riding whip. m The editor wresting
this from her, she only used her tongue thereafter,
appealed lo the sympathies of bystanders, and'
wound up wiih asking all hands to take a drink !