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VOLUME-XIX. GREENSBOROUGH, -N. C, HHDy! mJGUST 14, 1857. ALEX. SPEKUY, WITH HELL BROOKS, PACK & CO., Importers and dealers in Staple and Fancy Dry Goods, No. 9 chambers, and 71 Reade St., Nev York. Dec. H, 1 82-tf. A" SdKEIV J. STEDltlAX, Attor ney at Law, Having removed to Pittsporoush, N. C, will attend regularly the Courtsof Lhatnarn, Aoori ana liarnettioun tie. . 828 tf j f,. AXOERSON. W D. REYNOLDS AAPCHSO. & R E YIVO LDS, Gro cers and Commission Merchants, No. 10, Roanoke Square, Norfolk, Va. ' . Pay active attention to the tale of Flour and ttkcr kinds of -Produce, avoiding unntretsary thart', and rendering prompt return. 32:ly f CARD.-W. II. Terry, of $ock j, ingham, Richmond County, North Car o'isi, would respectfully inform the public, thai he is prepared to attend to the celling oi til itooks. Periodicals, &c , that may be en trusted to his care. Dec. 1856. 9U::tf DR. J. T. IIUIWT OFFERS HIS Pro fessional service? to the public OHice adjoining Andrew Hunt's Store, Lexington, N. C, April 6th, 1857. 923 tf. DOCTORS . L&K. I,. PAYJVE, copartners in the practice of Medicine, Obstetrics and Surgery, Lexington, N.,G. , March 18th. 1S57. 925 tf. DU. JOHN SWAXN, Has settled per rnanantly at Doctor Heall's OKI Place, Jersey Settlement, and offers his Ser vice to the Public. 42 If. 11 IV. OGBiritX, dealer in School, ji Religious. Scientific, Standard, Prose and Poetical Works in General Literature: Law Books, Miscellany, Album, Music and Wiiting Port Folio, Writing Desks, Music ami Musical Instruments Stationery, &c. Greensborough, N. C. West Street seco-dsquare from court house Guzo. ii. kglly & biiotiieii, IT Commission Merchants, and Dealers in family Groceries and Provisions Io. 11, r,onh water street, Wilmington, T. C. .WILL keep constantly on hand, Sugars, Coffees Molasse, Cheese, Flour, Cutter, LirJ Soaps, Candles, Crackers, Starch, Oils, Suulfs ixC. REFERENCES: 0. G. Parsley, Pre. Commercial Bank 1 Wit. JohnMcKae, a Bank of Wilmington k. M. Gorman, 'n i R in, J Rev K T. Hefli aleigh. j. if K.(Jarrett, '.Garrett, ) lAlcKnight. I David Greensboro' J .t.iics a. Loxr;, attounky LAW, Gkf.knsuorou;h, N. C. AT T0II. W. IAY.E, Attorney at f L.tw, having pcrmaiieiitly located in Greensboro' N. C, will attend the Courts Randolph, David.-on and Guilcrd, and promptly attend to the collection of all claim placed in his hands. . Jan. 9th 1857. 915 tf. J91. IIOTHROCK, D. D. S. Res- pftcifully olTers his Professional Servi ces as Surgeon Dentist, to the citizens of Greensborough and surrounding country. 0tRce at Col. Brittain's Hotel, where he will be always found, unless professionally ab sent: Ladies waited upon at their reside. ices when preferred. All communications will receive prompt attention. :iyi 940 tf LSTKRLlXfi LAN J EH. SAMPSON LAMKIi. AJIAK HOUSE, (formerly Coleman House,) Knoxville, Tennessee. S. &. S. Lanier. Proprietor). .Mr. Sterling Latiier, late, of the Lanier House, Macon, Ga., and Sampson Lanier. 'ate of Tukeree. Ala., will he. hannv to mot all friends and customers at t. !.;inmr Moikh here they have ample accomodation tor 250 xiJ persorur. 916-ly LEVI M. & VV1LII All L. SCOTT, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, Greensboro', N. C.f will regularly attend the Courts of Guillord, Alamance, Randolph and David fon. 919 tf E. J. LUTTERLOII Vf. p. ELLIOTT T Uterloh & Elliott General Commis JLi sion and Forwarding Merchants, Wil- mingtpn, N. C. Dealers in Lime, Calcined Plaster, Cemeit, Laad Plaster, Plasiertng Hair, &c., &c. 8?3 ly N. CFREE91A1V, with Abbott. JOIICM & Co.. Importers and Jnh ob 153 Jers of Staple and Fancy Silk Goods, fio marKet street, Philadelphia: PETER W. IIIXTOX, CoinmN sion Merchant. TOWN poit Norfolk, Va. ' " Special attention paid to selling Tobacco Flour Grain, Cotton,Naval Stores. &c. Also' to leceivinffi and forwarding Goods. ' Refer (o'Chas. L. Hinton, Esq., Wake, N. r , G. B. Roulac, Esq.. and Geo. W. Hay- , 1 1 It 1 1 . - - - Wm. Plummer, 864::ly. Uq., yarrcnlonN C. Aug.25, 1855. EJ. Memlciiliall, Land Agent, WILL select and enter Government Lnd. Locate Land Warrants, make invest ments for capitalists at Western rates, pay 'axes, and transact a general real estate bu "mess in Minnesota, Jowa and Wisconsin. Address, Minneapolis, Minnesota. Refei; to Hon. J. M. . Morehead, George C. leddenhall, Col. Walter Gwynn and John A. rcer. May '16th, 1856. 288 tf. ArOUTII & UTLEY COMMISSION m and Forwarding Merchants, Fayette VIe. N. C. r II. M'CRARY & CO., FAC TORS' and Commission Merchanlt. gents for sale and purchase .2'"', Grocerfes. &c. of Cotton. Flour, Corner Prmcess IP ater Streets, Wilmington, N.C signments. 11 R u v REFERENCES : hhtoiC Fear, H P"n '.VVft vvummgton, N. C. nr. . - oaiem. n i' HunT rion Court Houses S. C -litui, & Co., Lexingtonf N. C. AJlf' ?.EL! Commission Merchant. 34 R 11 rlinir Slip, New York, Special attention paid to the sale of Grian, Cotton! and other Southern products. fcdsr Liberal advances made ou consign ments. ' I ' " 915 tf. ' ' 1 " - Y 'P. GREGG, DENTIST, (GRAD I Jm UATK of the Baltimore College of Derital Surgery having located himself per manently in this village respectfully tenders his professional services to its citizens and those of the surrounding country. He deems it unnecessary to publish long lists of testi monials, as he hopes to have sufficient op portunity to evince personally to those hav. ing' diseased dentures, whatever qualificat ions he may have to notice lh the varied de partments Of the profession. Any call will, be prom ply attended to Office on North street., first door.. North of Hopkins Hotel. Ladies will be waited upon at their residences upon 6uchan intr mat ion being given. ' Greensboro', N. C., Dec. 5th, 759-ly J. W. HOWLETT.D. D. J. F. HOWLETT. JY. MOW LETT; & SON, Den tists, respectfully; offer their- profes sional services to the citizens of Greensbo rough and all others who may desire opera lions performed on their teeth in the most ap proved, modern and scientific manner. They are amply qualified to perform all and every operation pertaining in any waj to De ntal Surgery, unsurpassed for utility or beauty. ;The Senior of the firm j has in his posses sion Diplomas from the Baltimore College of Dental Surgery, American Society of Dental Surgeons, and Dr. S.S.Fitch of Philadelphia, j and has been in the regular practice of the profession for over twenty years. They have furnished their Operating Rooms West Street two doors above the Bland House, in a handsome and comfortable man- ner for" the reception of Ledies. where one ot' the firm may always ; be found. Ladies wil be wailed on at their residences if desired. June, 23 18 837:ly TAS M. UUGIIES, Fashionable tf 1 illlOl has just iceived the latest Pa ris, iNew York aim Philadelphia Fashions for Spring, embracing among oth ers the following beautiful patterns : . Frock Coat, s louse. Single breasted Frock Coat, Dress Coat, Business Coat, Traveling Paletot, Gentleman's Dress Ri ding Costume, Lad Lad iviornuig Summer Raglan, Youth's Jacket, ' Sejf-eide Costume, Summer " tume, Misses Dress, ChUds Highland Cos tume In presenting the public with his SPRING FASHIONS, he would return his thanks for the very liberal pa onage heretofore bestow ed, and say that no etfortVill be spared to mtrit a continuance ot the same. He may al ways be found at his new shop on West Market street, between Thurston's Cabinet Warehouse and Ogburn's Book Store, ready to take measures and make up the various descjiptions of clothing in style and durabil ity equal to any establishment in the State. Greensborough, March, J57. 924 tf. A STORE HOUSE TO SELL XX' RENT, OR LEASE. The Store House formerlyjoccupietl by Mes$rs Kankin & Ale Lean, in which they did a smashing business, is now offered for sale, annual rent or lease, lor a term, from three to hve years. There is or. the lot, a one story framebuilding, fifty leet front; between ivand the store house, a neat double office, in- good reoair. Other houses a corn, a wheat, a carriage deposito ry, two large commodious sraoke-houses, and a stable. This is known to be as Good a Stand for the Mercantile Business as any other in the town of Greensborough; commanding from' position; a large and good custom. On the premises i a public hitching ground, raoks ami troughs. Apply to the subscriber, soon, or to J. K. McLean. ' JOSEPH A. W FATHERLY. July 4, 1857. 941 tt. FURNITURE!! The public are are inlormed that the sub scriber is at work at his old tand on West Market street and ready to receive orders for orii'(Vii.1';n V.;.. i:.. I ' - I . I -II 1 ai muijj 111 inn JIIIBUJ UUSUieSS. WUlCnWlll De attended to with promptness and fidelity. The character of his work is too well known in this and surrounding counties to make ii necessa ry to say more than he will do his best on all work he engages to make. A full supply of Metalic Coffins from 2 ft. 6 inches to 6 feet 4 inches In length. Coffins made to order on. short notice. You will take due notice thereof and govern yourself accordingly '- j tSF A sober, industrious workman could here obtain steady employment and prompt payment, by early application P. THURSTON; Agent. july 3 9Jo if jVf ARULE YARD, North Street, oppo ItJL site Hopkins' Hotel. Greensboro', N. C- The undersigned wojuld respectfully in form the citizens of Greensboro' and surround ing country that he has; opened a Marble hop a few doors north of-the courthouse, where he is prepared to furnish Monuments, lombs, and Grave Stones as cheap as they can be had in any part of thr country. He flatters himself that for workmanship he will give satisfaction to the most fastidious. He invites all to give him. a call before Durchas, GEORGE HEINRICH. Feb.2nd, 1857. 919 tf 1X57. SPRING TRADE. 1857 tuvua&un & ED DELL, 1M- KJ PUKTEKb and Wholesale Dealers in Foreign and Domestic Do? j Goods, To.'s 78 and bO Sycamore Street, Petersburg, Va., are cow receiving the Largest Stock of IM PORTED and DOMESTIC FABRICS they have ever had, to which they invite the at tention of the NORTH CAROLINA and VIR GINIA Merchants with the assurance that they can and will offer mch iuducements in VARIETY, STYLES AND PRICES as cannot fail to give entire satisfaction. Petersburg, Va., March, 1S57. J24 tf. FASHIONABLE BOXXETS, &C I w ill open on Saturday next, the 4th April, one Of the largest and most fashionable ttock of BONNETS, RIBBONS and FLOWERS ever of fered in this market. All persons can be suited as to price and quality. j Vejry thankful for past favors, 1 hope by cheap goods, and au honest effort to please, to merit continuance of the same. Ij ? 'f f : . SARAH AOASfS. Grt erisboro', N. Cn Aptil 3rd,I57. 927 tf 117 A MBROTf PES at Coffins Gale. j't ai iurri'8 you can get an Ambrotype for only one dollar. Come every body and get one. These Ambrotypes are finished up transparent. These Ambrotypes are finished up with two glasses hermetically sealed together. These Ambrotypes are colored natural to life. . These Ambrotypes are warranted to neither fade nor spot. These Ambrotypes are excelled by none in the Union. He takes the Likenesses oi children in from two tt four seconds 6ittirlg. His rooms are over Gilmer & Hendrix's - ore. 927) Z. S. COFFIN.. BUFFALO STEAM 31 ILLS. The subscribers are now readv to furnish any quantity of No. 1 Pine Lumber at reduc ed prices from their former rates, at their Mills, situated on the main road leading from Germanton to Salem, one mile from the Western or Hollow road, 27 miles from Greensborough, and 8 miles from Salem. e a - rtAnnrktt.i List of prices for fiist quality Pine lumber: 1$ Flooring, Sapp, per hundred, SI 25 do. , mixed. 1 25 Wethei boarding, Ceiling, H inch Plank, 1 inch do 75 75 1 25 1 00 Lose Sheeting, 40 Scantling, Joists, and'other descriDtions of lumber proportionably cheap. They solicit orders from the surrounding country. Any bill can be filled at the shortest notice. Postoffice, Germanton, N. C GOLD1NG & WALLACE. February 1857. QiQ tf j j C1EDAR HILL FOUNDRY AXD MACHINE SHOP. CLAPP. HUFF- j Ji1AX' r CP"' lke melhod of informing mo (JiiLnii, iua.1 nicy nave erecieu a rounury and Machine Shop, on Alamance Creek, lour miles south of Gibson ville Depot, eleven miles east of Greensborough, and a quarter ot a mile south 01 the stage road. They are prepared to make from two to six-horse Thrashing Machines, Straw Cutters, machi ne ry, for Circle Saws, and pnt them in opera tion. Mill. Gearing, or almost any other work usually executed in the best furnished Foun dries. The various kinds of repairs attended to at the shortest notice. They would say to all those wishing wnrV lone, that they have experienced workman ies' Riding Habit, i who wi.U l?kereal pains iniiaving work ex ies' Walking Cos- ! ec"d n! the b?,st manner. uruers win ne promptly attended to Address, Alamance P. O., Guilford N. L. county G. W Apnlr 1S57. CLAPP, Supeiintendant. 930 5m. C Cabinet linking and Furniture J UUMincNS at liusli II HI. The sub scribers respeetlully inform the public that they are manfacturing Furniture of every des cription, at their establishment in the village of Bush Hill, such as dressing Bureaus, Side boards, Wardrobes, Bedsteads, Centre Ta bles, Sofas. Dining and Dress Tables, and all other articles in their line. They also have machinery propelled by swam power to manufacture Sash, Window Blinds and Pannel Door Shutters, at jeduced prices. Carpenters and builders will please notice this. They would return their grateful acknowl eegement for past favors, and respeetlully solicit a call from all persons in want of Fur niture, Sash, Blinds and Door Shutters, pre? vious to purchasing elsewhere. W. C. PETTY & CO. May, 1857. 935 3m. G' R E A T ATTRACTION AT S. AHCHKR'S STORE. The subscriber is now receiving a superior stock of ready mae Clothing, Shirts, Drawers, Cravats, Collars, Suspenders, Pocket Handkerchiefs, Socks, Hats, Boots, Shoes, Trunks, Traveling Bags, Umbrellas and a great many other ar ticles too numerous to mention, anil generally kept in a gentleman's furnishing store, to which he invites the attention ot his lriends, customers and the public. He Hatters him self that he car. aid promises that he will offer them lowert';ui any other house in this section of the country. These goods were bought low for cash, and will be sold low again- for cash. Persons in want of such goods, just call, examine and let the subscri ber know that you have got the cash to pay for what you buy, and -you will buy goods cheaper than you ever did before. S. ARCHER, East Market street, Greensboro'. aprlO 928tf MelanotypeN and Ambrotypes. The subscriber would respectfully call the attention of the ladies and Gentlemen of Greensborough and vicinity to his Melainc type pictures, which are taken on sheet iron manufactured expressly for the purpose. In richness ot line, warmth of expression, com pleteness of detail and boldness of feature, good Melanotypes are not surpassed. For durability, there is no question of their supe riority. They will receive a fall without a fracture, a bend without injury, maybe wash ed offwhen soiled, be handled without the face being marred unless abused by rough scratch ing which would deface the best oil painting. They are susceptible of a high and. very beauti ful colouring. The) are suitable for cockets, bracelets, pins, rings, &c. The above pic tures are taken and put up in a style not sur passed by any in the State. Prices varying from $1.00 to $10.00, according to size and quality. Transparent pictures put up bv the new Siliciated process. Rooms over Garrett's Store. A. STARRETT. may 8 932 tr TAILORING Fall and Winter Fashions. Geo. W. Harrell takes this method of imforming the public that he has received his supply of Paris New York, and Philadelphia Fashions for the Fall and Win ter of 1856. mvu y v,k& caytHcuvo. auu lilt? IU iLIl Y I Tl J . t. advantages I have had, having been a pupil j rar Banksnd improvements, to make the at Mr. J. W. Albright, of Philadelphia, cel-l former en we grant them charters se ebrated for his skill in tie art, I flatter myself' curing to them a sovereign, exclusive and .1 - T - 1 ,1 1 - . J - that I cannot be excelled in torment Cutting in this country. . hereby return my grateful acknowledge ments f r the very liberal patronage I hav received since I -ave been in business here and hopa to merit and receive a liberal sharA of public favor. My Shop is up stairs, over the Store of Mr. Wm S. Gilmer, ana immediately op-posite the Bland House. , Oct. 1856. G. W. HARRELL. atrial ut flag. PUBLISHED WEEKLY BY 1 ' M. S. SHEBWOOD & JAMES A. I01TO, EDITORS AND PROPRIETORS. TERMS: $3.00 A YElfr, IN ABYAXCE: $2.50 after three monthVind $1.00 ifter twelve months from the difcef wbseription. . RATES OF AJTrzETIsnrG. . ' One dollar per square for the first week, and iv cmy-n ve ceuw lor every weak, thereafter Fif teen lines or less making a square. Deduction made in favor of ttandin matter as follows : 3 MONTHS. 6 MONTHS. 1 VBAB- One square, :i So 5 50 . 00 Two squares " OU , 10 00 14 00 Three col.) 10 (K) 15 00 20 00 Half column, 18 00 25 00 35 OO From the Salisbury Herald. THE BANKING QUESTK&f. As the stockholders in the Bank of the State Lave again rejected the charter ten dered to them by the last Legislature, I presume, from the tone of the Standard and public sentiment, it is hardly probable that the Bank will again apply for another charter, if indeed it would be prudent or practicable, under all the circumstances, to extend its charter for a longer period than it has to run. It, therefore, becomes nec essary for us to turn our attention to this matter, in order thht we may be able to create a new Bank or Hanks to take the place of the present institution. This is a matter of no small magnitude and importance to the public, if we wish to maintain a sound currency, to protect our credit and to give new life and sustain ing vigor to our system of internal improve ments. While I have never joined those who have lavished their denunciations and abuse upon the present Hanks of the S?tate, I am far from believing that they are or ganized upon the best plan that can h d. ( vised to cherish and protect the agricultu rai, manuiactunng and other great inter ests of our Commonwealth. True, I do not profess to be an adept in financial mat ters ; yet I am not altogether ignorant of them in this and other States, and from practical knowledge and experience, I am -..wv. ! iiraaaca oi me people can lose nothing by a change in our present fi nancial and banking policy especially those who are so unfortunate as to have had their taxes doubled in the last few years, and who still reside at u consider able distance from all our great works of niijiiuiciuciii. one dui a mad manor an arrant knave will pretend to say that it is possible for the people to lose any thing uuuer sucti circumstances, by requiring all our Hanks, in the future, to deDosit State Donas or stocks in such works of internal i .. . .i improvement as may be completed, or are now under way, to the amount of their respective circulations, in addition to their specie capital, instead of humbugging the public by simply promising to give them security, as is now the case. The advan tage of thus requiring the Banks to deposit security, is too apparant and manifest to require argument to all who will take the trouble of looking into the Bank history of this and other countries for the last thir ty years and the rise. Indeed, it must be evident to all, on a moment's reflection that such an organization of our moneyed cor porations, could in no possible way or event" detract from theii usefulness or im pair their strength. On the other hand, the actual test of experience has proved that the most beneficial results would arise both to the Banks and the public, by at once adopting this salutary protecting policy. As evidence of the public sentiment on this point, I need but add that all our Banks but one have been forced to promise that they would give security to the public to the full amount of their respective issues. With these facts before us, then, can any one question the propriety of requiring them all hereafter to deposit security, as above described, instead of swindling the public with a specious promise to give se curity, when they know that they gave none. I speak this confidently, because 1 know of the eighty-seven Uanks that have failed after thus promising to give security, under thp former liability clause, not on cent has ever yet been collected from one of them to indemify the public for the loss es sustained by these swindling concerns. What, then, shall I say of the present Bank of the State ? If I am not greatly mistaken, she does not give the public even a promise in ad dition to htr capital, for the redemDtion of ner circulation. 1 his is not doing as she would be done by nor dealing with the i . .. . . . . . public as she compels her customers to deal with her. The Bank makes a loan to no one, however solvent he may be. on any such liberal terms ; but in every in stance, in addition to the 'principal to alt notes discounted, they require two or more securities. I do not complain of this. it is right tor the Banks to act circumspect ly. This being admitted, I should lite to know by what system of logic or ethics it can be detrimental to the public, especially that portion residing at a distance from all the most profitable of all privileges, to de 1 . i . posit security instead of promise it, as some of them have done. Are the Banks so much better than the free men of the State to whom they loan .their 'promises to pay" at six per cent, interest, after issu ing two or three for one, on all their capital and their deposits, that the Legislature should continue to let them have the privi lege of flooding the country with paper mm money without first giving the same ru nty which they themselves invariably ex act! ' J . This requisition will be no hardship on the Banks, and I repeat that it cannot de tract in the least from their credit or use fulness to the public, or diminish their profits to any extenL No, it will do none Jf these things. On the contrary, it will have a twwerful tendency to improve the credit of the Banks, thereby extending far m- W f the circolatuo of their notes, en abUng them to do a more extensive busi ness, and thus incidentally throw a fostering arm alike around the credit and improvements of the State. : In! addition to all this, by adopting such a system and requiring the State Treas urer to superintend and countersign all the issues nf th 1lor.i- : ? . . ,.uun..-, 4l 13 manliest mat no Uank eould possibly over-issue. Nor can any State which will adopt and adhere to this simple plan ever over-hank. It would De utterly impossible for any one or for all the Banks combined to over-issue or over bank under any circumstances. And here 1 observe, that while this provision will secure all these inestimable privileges to the Banks and the public, it will give the .fetate the control of the Banks, instead of the Banks, as now, having the control of the State. Tin State Treasurer and one or two other persons can, as is now the case in nearly all the other States, be required to act as conimissioners and examine into and regularly report upon them all. This object, it is well known cannot be readily attained, only when the circulation of each Uank has been countersigned and registered by a State officer. Another advantage of requiring security in stocks and bonds is this and it is no small one I assure you it at once and forever strips the business of every feature of monopoly, by making it free to all to emoarK in it on certain safe and prescribed condition. Yes, just as free as any other business in the State, while there is any room or necessity for a Bank, or demand for an increase of a sound convertible spe cie currency. In fchort, by hereafter re quiring all jour Banks, in addition to their usual capital, to deposit tue securities I have designated, we will have in effect, a free banking law on a specie bisis a much better banking law than any other 'State in the Union nuw has in operation, and in fact the only kind of a free banking law that the interior southern and agricultural States con poeaibly have, where the interest on their bonds is made payable at a Bank in a distant State. In this way only can a State venture to charter a large Bank and call in a number of individual stockholders as partners in a moneyed corporation of me Kind. 1 will illustrate my meaning in as few words as possible. K will be remembered that mammoth corporations ot this kind, rarely, if ever, fail to pay large profits on ineir capital stock. ITiere are tunny rea sons which operate to produce this result a few only will be given. And first, they are owned partly by the Statu, and that has a tendency to give such banks the choice of customers and the bus iness transacted in their immediate vicinity. Not only so, but they are certain to secure the business of the State itself. But per haps the greatest boon which all such Banks enjoy is this, that in addition to the business of the State, they receive and hold all the revenues of the State, together with the revenues arising from all the works of internal improvement within her limits, and all the deposits which the public, from va rious considerations, may be induced to make with them. These things are of in calculable advantage to all such banks in finitely more than any one unacquainted with the business would at first imagine especially when they are authorized to dis count on all such deposits, as capital stock. Under such a financial system is it at all wonderful that we should soon see the stock in these institutions becoming extrav agantly profitable, so much so that the strongest argument that is or can be made for contiuing it, is that the Literary Board and the University of the Slate, have their funds all invested in this way, and ii you destroy it, you will deprive them of receiv ing ten per cent, on these funds, for they cannot do so well with them any where else. No other stock or business on the aver- are pays halt so well as this, and with so little trouble to the stockholders ; and what otherwise wounded, in an uoconscious is still more important to all concerned, ex- state, from which he could not be aroused perience has abundantly proved both in beyond the bieathing point, and consc this country and throughout all Europe, quently, the immediate and real cause of (our own State being no exception to the the explosion, must forever remain involv rule,) that just as the taxes on the people, ed in mystery. .Mr. Staub received all and the revenue and debt of the State in- j possible medical attention, but breathed his crease, and our works of internal improve-' last some three hours af ter the accident ment are extended, just iu the same ratio ! took place. precisely, do we see the prohts ot ail such ! State Banks increasing. These facts can- not be successfully gainsaid or controvert ed by any one. This great and important point being well established, it need excite no astonish ment in a world like ours, that there should be a great struggle to procure and hold on to the stock in all such institutions, and es pecially so under the circumstances I have just described. Nor should any one be amazed to see the individual stock gradual ly falling into the hands of a few prominent and wealthy politicians. How true is it that the world s governed too much, and by too few men!" If these postulates be not sheer fiction, it follows most conclusively that the indi vidual stockholders in all such banks are a highly favored class if indeed they ha ve not the ability, owing to their great wealth and learning, moral, political and socral influence and standing, to rule the State and control her whole policy, especially in financial matters, to suit their own pe culiar v:.ews and interest. In other words, banks organized a? ours are, can by degrees soon become a separate and distinct power a power behind the throne greater than the throne itself. I mean by this iust what the word i fill i Ant a and nothing le to use the language of GenN Jockson, "that it has the audacity to claim to be a co-ord-nate branch of the Government, and boldly to declare, while it is annually dividing twenty-five per cent, profit on its capital stock, that tha Government of ths United States b so cotiTplelely undertts-controland absolutely dependent upon it that we can not get along without it (the United States Bank) and ihat we are compelled to ex tend its charter for twenty-rive or thirty years to come, upon the eame conditions and to the same stockholders. If this be so, then have our liberties been stolen from us, and are now kept from us by our many headud and vigilent guardian, the United States Bank taking it own statements to be true." Mf- Jefferson occupied precisely thejiame position, as will be seen from the following extract from one of his letters. Speaking of the present banking system he says ; " We do not seem to consider that like premises induce like consequences. Our banking system is one of the most threat ening of these imitations. It is raising up a monied aristocracy in our country which has already set the government at defiance, and although forced to yield a little on the first essay of their strength, their princi ples are unyielded . and unyielding. They have taken deep root in the heart of that class from which our legislators are d-aivu. and the sop to Cerberus from fable has be come history. Their principles take hold of the influential and avaricious, their uclf or me oaa, and tnus tbose whom the con stitution has placed as guards to its portals aie so completely sophisticated or suborned from their duties, that the banks have everv in ing ineir own wa Now if any one doubts the truth of this picture, he need nut travel further than Raleigh to have all his doubts on the sub ject removed. Let him go to the public archives of the State and procure all the documents necessary to give hitu a minute and accurate history of the rise, growth and management of our present banks. Here he will find, or 1 am greatly mistaken, that our present system, to speak in general terms, was organized about the year lSO-L I think it was about that year that both the- ( ape Fear and the bank of Newbern were chartered with an aggregate capital ol jive hundred thousand dollars. These . .... banks, notwithstanding all their frauds, anon comings and mismanagement for some of which see Gov. Iredell's uiessaea. !. . I - Judge Gaston's and Mr. Wychc's resolu tions; and divers reports submitted by va rious gentlemen of investigating committees appointed by the Legislatures of 1828 and 1829 have, up to the preseut time, (even when it could not be denied by their friends or the officers of the banks themselves ti the legislature, that they had most shame fully and wilfully violated many ii not all the provisions ot their charters,) been able to maintain their positions, retain their charters, and go steadily on increasing their capital and prerogatives, in despite of all opposition and the laws of the land. I use the plural "they," because the Bank of the State is but the old Newbern Bank under a different name. (to be CONTINUED.) From the People's Press. Mysterious Explosion Narrow Escape from an Extensive Conflagration Death. On Sunday night, about half-past 11 o clock, our citizens were aroused Irom their slumbers by the report of the explo sion of some combustible material, at "the Saleirii Hotel, succeeded by the cry of fire and the ringing oi the bells. The fire, however, was fortunately extin guished by the inmates of the hotel, be fore it had obtained sufficient headway, to cause much damage to the house, leaving but little for the tire company and the large number oi our citizens, who had promptly repaired to the scene uf disaster, to accom plish ; they could only examine the wreck, caused by the explosion, speculate upon its prime cause, and commiserate with the fate ! of the unfortunate Augustus Staub, who was discovered in his chamber, (where the accident occurred,) horribly burnt and The catastrophy occurred in a small room of the hotel, adjoining the parlor," and so powerful was tho concussion, that several timbers in the frame uf the building were broken, the front and the rear giving way considerably, both plank partitions of the room torn down, the window sash, shutters and doors broken and scattered in all directions. It is believed, that but for a strong outside chimney, at the rear or west side, the whole central portion of the hotel building would have been made a complete wreck, accompanied perhaps with other consequences which 6ickcns the heart to dwell upon. When the room was entered, immediate ly after the alarm, Mr. Staub was discover ed on, his bed unconscious, surrounded by flames, and the apartment filled with smoke, and the smell of powder and turpentine. He was hastily removed from the bed, the fire extinguished, and his situation tert further attended to. HU body presented an awful spectacle. His face, hands, and lower, extremities were horriuly burnt, his eyes closed, and his jaws locked Cot John II. White; die CcconeV held Vj inquest over the bodr cf tha d an on Monday, when the jury rendered the verdict that the death came V by reason of wouuds and burns, infiicted on the body of ! the said Augustus Staub, on; the night of tne sna day of August, inst.,:and ;whic)i i wounds and burns were occasioned by the explosion of some combustible material Id the jurors aforesaid, unknown U'i-j?- 'J It was previously deemed . advisable bf the Jury, to have a pott mortem examina tion of the body, ; to' discover the nature and extent of a certain wound in his head.'l)j' Zevely accordingly examined 'the , body, -and found the wound to have reached' the brain, which of itself would have proved fatal; but what caused the wound, could not be ascei tamed. - ? i ' V Owing to circumstances, Mri , Staub's fu neral took placeat night. The sermon was? delivered by Rev. G. F. Bahnsonin5 -the church at 7 o'clock, and was' attended by an unusually large audience after wKictt the corpse was accompanied to the fcrave yard, there to rest in peace. 5 A funeral at night is something novel in the annals of Salem j and the occasion waa certainly rendered the more solemn and impressive thereby, as nature having-'dono-ed her sable mantle, and the moon shedding her mild soft lijrht.on the mournful'. min- and all around, rendered the religious cere monies, awfully sublime indeed; partici larly in connection with the circumstances, attending the death' of the lamented StauW A School Master Cut to Pieces in Texas A terrible affair took place about eight miles east, of Greenville, Texas, on the 3rd ult. between a school teacher by the name of Moore and a man by the name of How ard and his four sons. A letter says Moore undertook to chastise Howard' son, about twelve years old, for writing in decent language in a young lady's copy book. He had struck the boy but four of five blows with a switch, when the boy V brother came into the school-house with clubs, and one of them struck the teacher with a heavy club on the forehead and fell-' ed him to the floor. The other struck the teacher several times while down, but the teacher recovered himself and got out hi I pocket knife and drove them out of tho 1 house. " But at this juncture the old man, twei other sons and two sons-in-law arrived, and the old man rushed into the house with a large dirk pocket knife. Moore Deggetf Howard to spare his life, tellincr him hW was nearly dead. At this time Moore had . . - ' 7 7- w a severe contussion on the fore h end. an rl l . ....... was covered with blood.- But ltnwar.1 disregarding hi entreaties, rushed upont him and plunged his long knife into him twice on his right side, both of which wounds entered the cavity. Moore broker from him, when. Howard cut him on the right shoulder, making a frightful gash four inches long and to the bone Wit br ail his wounds, Moore broke from the house' and run twenty rodsr The boys outside threw clubs at him as be ran, one or two of which hit him. ......... ' Moore was a youug man of slight make and poor health, who had lately come to this place. He was a man of nociception-; al character and a successful teacher. He will probably die of his wounds, a victim of revenge so low and despicable that bu manity blushes at the recital." ' ' Buchanan Kansas Policy Again. It is said, (6ays the Columbus Ga. En' quirer.) that an Eastern Prince, wishing to ruin a poor neighbor, made bim a present of an elephant. The man accepted the i gift with gratitude., but he soon discovered that there was more concealed in the gift than, he at first had supposed. The poor man was compelled to furnish the elephant with a keeper, with a house, with water and food. His circumstances were daily morier and more straitened by the expenses of the beast, until poverty stared him in the face. -To retain the elephant was starvation, 7 to kill him was insult and destruction. The' poor, deluded man, being ' perplexed in the extreme," at length com mittea suicide. We are more charitable than to suppose our Southern Democratic Editors, when urging Mr. Buchanan upon the acceptance of the South, intended its ruin; but, having taken the elephant under their especial guardianship, it is natural to imagine that they will furnish the necessary shelter and food to keep him alive, as long as possible. It would not do to knock the animal out right in the head -this might be danger ous besides, it would be a gross insult to their nutural allies at the North. Ws sup pose the course which they will most pro bably adopt will amount to this, to hold on until necessity forces upon them the alter native, either to kill themselves or the ele phant. We have no doubt tho Southern Demo cratic Editors will turn the elephant around, and expatiate awhile to the people, about the beauties of its tail, when, at the same time, they are exercised in pulling the cov er over its tusks and trunk. They will talk most eloquently about an undivided South' the National Democracy Buch anan and bleeding Kansas and air such, stuff, while they will endeavor to conceal . from the eyes of the Southern people the trunk of alien suffrage by which we hare been tossed in the air. and the tusks of squatter sovereignty by which we have been got ed to death. Montgomery Alat Mail. t Eggt for Burns. The white of an egg has proved of late -the most ef&eaciorrs remedy for burn s.-- " Seven or eight successive applications of this substanee sooth the pin and exclude the burnt parts from the air. This sim ple remedy seems to us far preferable " collodion, or even cotton. ScUvtiJic Am ) i
The Greensboro Patriot (Greensboro, N.C.)
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