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r -f BY JOHN A. BACKHOUS E - TERMS ' ' . The Sentinel is published weekly at $3 per annum in advance. . -.'"- Advertisements, by the year, $15 00 for two square's esJ. and five dollars lor eaco Huuiiiuiiai square, By the nn'nb T, 75 cts. for the first insertion, 37 for each No subscription received for less than six months, and nrt naner disconilliaea unui no nrrparogca bit paia, ei- cent at tne aiscreiiwu " rj a" letters addressed to the Editor, the postage must be paid. - From the Glq'e. FOREIGN INFLUENCE. The whiff presses, and .especially those of ,L!r commercial cities, have been loud-mouth ed in their denunciations of the.influence of foriejrners in our elections. From the days ofJeflerson to the present time, democratic triumphs have been more or less attributed to this influence, and democrats have been branded as the political coadjutors of foreign renegades. These " foreign renegades" are men, who have sought in our country an asy Jura and a refuge from the political persecu lions of the land of their' nativity. Haters of despotism, and friends of liberty, they have tome among us to enjoy the blessings anord cd under our free institutions. They have torn themselves from , home, t j plant them' selves in a new soil, to become part and par eel of us to identify themselves with us in feeling and interest to cherish the institu tions established by our fathers to make their homes here to rear among us their domes tic altars" and to become, though foriegners in birth J Americans in feeling. If where their treasures are", there also are their hearts, here is the spot on which their affections centre ; for it is here that theiindustry meets with its just reward and here they are protected in possessions , by the arm of the law. : That such .men i should lean to the side of democra cy is not strange. Many among them have seen. enough of "strong Governments," and splendid Governments," to be heartily tired of them. They have seen enough of Govern ments established to secure the ascendency ofj.he privileged few, to 'prefer a system that seeks to secure the greatest good or the greatest number. It would be strange,' in deed, if such men were friendly to the aristo cracy, and supporters of strong Government By whom is this cry of the influence bf fo feigners raised ? It comes from our commer cial cities; from persons whose interests are eonuccted with foreigners, from financial leaders, and advocates of an institution admit ted by its trans-atlantic friends to be allied to the aristocracy of wealth, and not to the de mocracy of numbers ; from men who control, to a great degree, the business of the country. ami who seek a control its politics ; from men.! kuo proclaim mat ourhrstduty is to pay the . viciju.ijouses, leaving our . Qwaf country to wait witn paiieTisce unnr our pre ferred friends abroad are provided for. Hun dreds of those who declaim against the in tluence of foreign feelings and foreign inte rests, are the ardent - admirers of foreign institutions: They live; a'nd move, and have-theii commercial existence; upon the Ijreath of foreign credits. Not i siriall num ber are foreigners by birth as well as in feel ing; who have come among us, not for the purpose of becoming citizens, arid of devoting themselves to the welfare of our country, but for the sole object of realizing fortunes, to be taken back with therri to the land of their birth and their choice.! Their thoughts and .affec tions travel bacH.; the' lands which they left, and to which they hope to return, overflowing with wealth garnered on our shores, lake this class of men, and our word for it, you will find as much of their interference in .elections, a .that of men who, foreigners by ""birth,. -are. Americans in feeling, and exert themselves to sustain the democracy of the country. The foreigners in feein g are, for the jnosi part, whigs, and friends of a national bank. And yet they, and the parly to which they are allied in interest and feeling, have been most clamorous in their denunciations of the influence of foreigners in i elections. From the Baltimore Republican - ,'. LAW AND ORDaR. We find, occasionally, a whig leader who holds up his hands in holy horror at the in cendiary eflurts of the organs of his party; but, gt-nerallv, the recommendations of out rages leading to the overthrow of the suprema cy of the laws, have met the secret approbation and patronage of the most distinguished pat terns of good society. The laughable ten cent rebellion in Boston, in. which Mr. Abbott Lawrence and the leading supporters of Mri Webster figured with such mortal reno.vn, was but a single specimen of the ebullition of this feeling, in New York this spirit is much more extensively patronized- The newspa- jrr iu mm cny are prooaoiy supported by the United Mates Bank for that and other kin dred objects. From one of them (the Even ing Star) we extract the following remarks upon the late election at Baltimore. . The length to which the extravagance of fiis rage carries the writer, is really amusing; iHedoes not recollect that while the objects upon which every farthing of public money which is drawn from the. Treasury is expended, is, and must by law be, made known to the pub he, the vast amounts expended by the United Mates Bank under the general discretionary power given to its president, (in subsidizing newspapers, and in other fair business transactions." can never; bnnDrn -.L- 1. ' . - - " W.fcH me airectors qi the bank themselve. the t-j M.eu oemg maae upon Mr. Biddle'g order. Without iku ..C ."LL-- J t, f ,,"" vu'uocuco ui iue ooara, under ne iullpoweis fiven him. find my, he can as well i uporti ?oters as export cotton. , , To show how far the whig leaders think cy can impose , upon the gullibility of their rea.rers. in endea.oring to account for a state ""t"-"' ''"j'lc is given .in iue guise ui a letter irom Baltimore, from which we take the fiillo wing, extract: " Our only plan is an amendment to bur naturalization law ; a registry act, or revolu tion; ana, to oe irank with you, 1 preter re volution at once to allowing the pauper po pulation of Ireland, brought here ry the ad ministration in countless thousands to holt the' balance of power, and govern the Country immediately on . setting foot, into it. We have desperadoes to deal with at Washington, and they must be dealt with as such ; they will not give up power while they can steal a dollar ot the public money to buy a vote with, or in stigate a foreign pauper to knock down free born American at the polls. -1 am satisfied by what I saw at this election, that the Van Bu- ren party must be put down by, violence; they will not allow, a fair and honest appeal to the ballot bor j thev ; have made. the -Go vernment bankrUpTand impoverished the peo ple, and now intend to fight it out. For one, I am ready for them' ' THE COUNTRY NOT RUINED. p 'Goldsmith-wrote an essay to shew the prone ness of the English people to grumble over the present and to make sinister prophecies of the future, condition of their country - Every politician swore the , kingdom was un done should the policy of government vary the tenth .part of the diameter of a hair from the mode of proceeding dictated by him. A thousand things were to bring inevitable and wholesale ruin upon the devoted country that have since happened, yet the kingdom stands where it did, and prophecies and the prophets arc buried in oblivion. Similar 'scenes havr been acted in the United States. There has always been a powerful and niuierou partv in this country that has predicted destruction the liberty and union of thescstates, from the system of measures pursued by erery admin tralion from that of, Washington to that ol Van Bnreh; and yet. here we' are; our union unbroken; our liberties untouched, and in no danger'except from the overgrown power ami" cunning machinations of a foreign institution But we pit the intelligence and patriotism- of the American people against any and every power, nireign ana aomestic, mat may come in collision with them. The bank and all the banks, by their combined efforts, can do nothing that ought to cause a patriot to trem ble.v TheV are falling, thev. and their corrupt system, and their ignorant and purchased sup porters, betore the light of truth and und i the weight of their own corruption and infamv ! ye apprehend no danger to our political insti j ?J!I thej ace of the, land their existence is as tian- sient as that of mushrooms; and before th- end of next winter, many of them will hav yanisned irom tne surtace ol tne eartn, an- eft not a memento of their existence behind. except in the distress they have inflicted upuf families and individuals. New Ur leans ISee. ! ARTICULARPROVIDENCE. ' (For my own part I fully enter into the sen timent of an ancient writer that it would no be worth while to live iri a world that was not governed by. a Providence. . Nothing is so tranquill zing and consolatory, amid the shift ings arid fluctuation?, and uncertainties of an inconstant .world, as the firm belief that my family iand myself are wholly dependant on the sleej)Iess and unremitlin care of my re conciled God and father, that he views with indifference nothing which can affect us either with good or ill, that every drop-in the ocean of means is in his hand and at his disposal, and that He is making all things work together; for our good. His? eve is upon every hour of -our exi istence His spirit intimately present to every thought of my heart. His hand impresses a direction upon every footstep of my going. Every breath I inhale is drawn in by an energy which God deals out to me. This body, which upon the slightest derangement, would become the prey of death or of woful sufferings, is now at ease, because He is at this moment warding off a thousand dangers, and uphold ing the thousand movements of its complex and delicate machinery. His presiding influ ence keeps me through the whole current of my restless and ever changing history. When I walk by the way he is along with me. When I enter into company, amid all my forgetful ness of Him, He never forgets me. In the silent watches of the night, when my eyelids have closed, and my spirits have sunk into un consciousness, the observant eye of Him who never slumbers, is upon me. ' I cannot rly from his presence Go where 1 will, he at tends me and cares for me. And the same be- iiig who is now at work in the remotest do minion of Nature and Providence, is always at my right hand to eke out every moment of my being, to uphold tne in the exercise of all my feelings and of my faculties. Original Memorial. LONDON ihe following, taken from a letter of a for eign correspondent of the Knickerbocker, af fords a brief and vivid picture of the great out lines of the British metropolis: A litttA nknvA ih hnrUin r - ... ...... - v, , ..v.a.wii, as mr iuj ui. - "I never shall forget mv entrance into Lon-1 banks to the confidence ol me puouc,- uu don. Il was an epoch to my life. . About two i enabling them to relieve the wants of corn o'clock in the afternoon, while we were yet merce, it has plunged many of the banks into thirty miles from the metropolis, a friend pdini irretrievable discredit by provoking inquiries tA nnttn miniini)iMi:A. r intn their condition. and layiag bare then tance as I could strain my visionlay a, long succour the distresses oi traae.aue auuaiuu watery-lookirig cloud, like the first distant i ofcash payments has been followed "re view f tho nin Ridir ;n :----rii lv nnnosite effects. criDDlingtheirtrengtn ana when the earlv morning; light: touches it inicompelling.ihem to curtail uheir loaris,, and tn vrnuuer. xnis wa tne smoke-cloud tnai at, ipaHy iuskouvBa "-r 7 . -WaVS OVPrfianrrs T i,o t, jA-:... -A Tn ivhom. then has. this disastarous mea fine orclear-a clood, the cxtenfand rolnine' LIBERTY.. ..THE CONSTITUTION... .UNION. j of which may be gathered frotrilhe fact, that west and southwest sides of the mtmhi;. (hnn a 1 a! ,1 - uai me oorinern ana eastern sides; a cir curasiance atone attributable to the severity o tne north and northeast winds being mitigated iu uiw passage over; London by the smokes Meicneoirom a million of coal fires into the hazy air. About ten miles from London, the carriages, wagons, carts, indeed vehicles of every description, began to . thicken arid ev ery eminence of the hiehwavthat overlook Pfl a long onward reach of, the road, showed the mass denser and more dense, as it neared the capital. : "And this is London: is it nm?' ail I, as we entered upon a broad; continuous street, and saw others commencing on either side. 'Hot yet; wan a bit said the hlnff. al. derman-like coachman. We rose a slight : cent; That is London! said the driver, with conscious pride, as he pointed with his Whin? there's the ivillage!" I turned my head for who ooyisn eagerness i had been looking right and left; and before me lay the British lucHupous, spreau, an. round to the horizon in every direction; a thousand domes; steeples, and tu.-rets piercing the dim atmosphere. St. Paul's, Westminster Abbev; the mong them; a wilderness of architecture, thir ty miles in cercuraference! It was a sight to be seep, , but it defies description he is not a wiseiman wno attempts it; and I forbear."1 . . j . . - : Distressing Affair. -The St. flliii rstr'illo (Ohio) Gazette gives the following account of one of the most painful and melancholy deaths that we have ever heard ol, which occurred r. cently, about two miles and a half from that ",wn- "Early on the morning alluded to, a lad named Isac Hollingshead, in the employ ment of Mr. Barton Foelke: had hPAntn t.,r. nd on his return home was attacked hv rni dog belonging to Jesse Hoge, seized by the Jeff auu uiawu uom ms nprse, and betore the fa- ly could gato his rescue, the ferocious animal lad torn and mangled his head and face to 'uch a degree that he died almost instantly The boy was about twelve years of age, and ramer sioui, out not sutncientlv in ,U,fa,A himself against the ferocity of the animal An individual passing along some h on m after. was also attacked by the same dog, and al though armed with a large club, he with the areaiesi oimcuity was enabled to keep him IrnlYl nni1!irinir nnnn an4 u ujaasaneillg Oim .lQ he manner he did the bov. The savage ani mal was shot during the dav." From the New Orleans' Bee. ' : SPECIE PAYMENTS. The Louisiana Slate Barik commenced the rii&nnejuu lime resume specie payment of all her engage ments as formerly. At present tills institu tion pays all her notes of five, ten, and fifty dollars: fifty per cent, on notes of 100. dollars, 20 per cent, on, those of 500 and 1000. - This bank which is known to be perfectly solvent, and to be fully deserving of public confidence, never ceased to pay her notes of five and ten dollars. This measure of resuming , the pay- . :' 1 I'.: : r l." .;' uieni in uasu ui a laigf. prupuruuu ui iier pt- per, is strongly in contrast with the miserable obstinacy of the other institutions that refuse to redeem their small notes;-.-. Why are they thus permitted to refuse a compliance with their engagements? Is it inability that tram mels them? If so, let them declare themselves insolvent and withdraw their paper from cir culation. If.it be wilful Obstinacy that deters them from fulfilling the duty they owe to the community, for whose benefit they were crea ted, the sooner the law lays it hands upon them the better. . , The Canal Bank commenced, a lew days ago, tne partial redemption oi ner paper and now pay in full her notes of hre, ten and fifty dollars, dnd thirty three and a . third per cent on those of a higher denomination. The payment of specie by these two institu tions, in addition to the Citizens' and Consoli dated, which have never suspended; will cer tain! v have a tendency, to make gold and sil ver more abundant in the hands of persons who are in the greatest need of them we mean the. mass of the community, those mdividu als who are unconnected with banks, and who never received favors from them. But does it follow that the paper of some of the banks in this place will become more solid and and more worthy of public confidence, because gold and silver have become more gen erally diffused, and because other institu tions by fulfiling their- engagements, have rendered iheir own notes so valuable as cash. This is a question for.the sense of every man to resolve, and those who will not be con vinced bv the dictates of common sense, will be cured of their error by time and experi ence." The suspension of specie payments by the banks throughout the United Staes has' utter ly failed of the objects which the directors professed their anxiety to produce. Instead of retaining specie in "this' country, we have seen it exported in unexampled quantities, and disappear from circulation. ; -Instead of relie ving individuals from pecuniary embarrasments, it has increased them tenfold' by prostrating tMide and effectinff a fatal stagnation in every hinA nf hn.in. Instead nf restoring tne w ' e . .- nnvertv instead ' of enabling tne oanus to - ' - 'v -.7,., f-.i. -,: earebeen productive of benthts? J?ome nen- . J i - - t-U 1 -ess speculators flattered themselves that their banks would enable them to pay for their square leagues of swamp lots in a currency so easy to create and to be procured iu uiiiiiuueu quantities tnrougn Hheir peculiar facilities of access, to the DaDer factories: But even these have been disappointed. They nave oeeu made to behold the awful but by hu means unreal perspective or bankruptcy to me institutions mat should rashly presume to continue the manufacture of DaDer moncv. arid if those institutions have been honestly ou"Ji"isierea, tney nave been obliged to sub mit in common with all other debtors of-the banks, To the curtailment of ten, fifteen and twenty per cent, on their credits. - , ;. , aicw uays auer me suspension l ot cash payments took place, a desperate effort was made to induce all the banks to expand their paper circulation; but fortunately at the head of some of .those institutions were men of in telligence and probity men "who had ac quired theii wealth and standing by a uniform course of industry,, and good condition . iri trade these men, as well by sentiment as by direct personal interest, were deeply con cerned, in the welfare andprmperity of the country. These men were not going to suffer a few upstart speculators, whose fortunes were bubbles unsubstantial as the promises to pay that created them, to throw the affairs of commerce into still worse confusion, and to reduce to a nominal rate the price of all real estate and productions of the soil, that thvy themselves, these crafty speculators might see their projects crowned with success, and realize their vision of boundless wealth. The men of substancial riches are as deeply inter ested in preserving a sound currency, and in arresting the pernicious and dishonest circula tion of irredeemable paper, as those whom the banks ever deigned to accommodate with loans. ' ? ;. .y,;-;. ".;.--.,; . But the speculators, who were insidiously at work' to procure the suspension of cash payments long before it occurred, thought at first that the way was clear for them to con summate their scheme. Thev thought thev !ield the happiness and fortunes of this com munity in a string, and that 'at their fiat, the banks would tamely acquiesce in their gigantic plan of paper emission. The -CitiT zens Bank and 'he, Consolidated Association were vilified from day to day, and ground- ess rumors, intended to injure their credit, were spread abroad, and repeated by the dependants and dupes of these paper nabobs, merely, ( because those institutions; having abundant means to meet their engagements, would not .refuse to pay their debts; and the President of the Union Bank; was cen sured and declared unfit for the station, on acr fifiwArd fnesciifctni IhcfeasTngtife quadi.rty of worthless paper already in circulation. These projects of the speculators have signal- y failed; they are comprehended by the pub ic, and whatever may be the consequences to them, so far are thev from being tolerated, the whole world, cries out with one voice for the adoption - of a- system that is at war with them-jT-the extinction of all irredeemable pa per and the restoration of a legal currency. Singular. -The Boston Herald published a etter irom T. Tuck, of Barnstable, detailing a singular occurrence, of which the" following is an extract: - Dear Sir, Herewith you will receive, by-the hand of Mr. Crocker, the screw and breech pin to a pun. which were driven into the head of Mr. -Taylor. ,-. At tne ume ine acciuein nap- . .-. .1 :j . 1 nened he was about two miles from home; the distance he had to walk; with the assistance of a brother. The small end of the pin entered the eve first, and projected about pne-fourth of an inch near the ear. i ne orotner iook iioiq of'this proieding portion with his teeth, ,and endeavoured to pull it out in that direction, but was not able to start nf in tne least, ii oemg locked in the bones. Although the iron couiu not be seen by looking into the socket of the - - . i . f . eve. still on passing. in an instrument it was felt and seized, and drawri oritin the same di rection in which it entered. It required three or four men to hold him while he was under the operation of extraction and nearly all my strength, which is not small, to remove the pin. I pulled upon it with both hands, resting my knee upon his forehead to keep his head from being lifted from the table. Seven weeks from the day the accident occurred he was aitwork on his farm, holding a plough, minus one eye. which was so mangled that 1 was under the ne cessity ofremoVins it immediately after taking out the iron. , ! The true value of ' exchange is the expense and risk of carrying specie from one point to another the value of the specie being equa4 at the two places: The price; may; and often does, vary from the standard, in consequence of the varying relations of demand and Supply. If a man at Baltimore owes me a T sum of mon- ey, and 1 Wish to place tne money in nocnes ter, I can afford to pay for exchange between the two places what it would cost me to bring the specie here! including risk! and trouble If banks and brokers charge me an exorbitant rate of exchange 1 can go and get the cur rency that Government has provided The exchanges' will regulate themselves. No Eu ropean Government undertakes to regulate exchanges, me ousmcss is mere uone oy bill broker and competition Keeps aown ine rates. 00 it will be in tnis couniry, 11 me -ex-changejS and avenues of trade, are let alone by govermueui.. -ifcy4Cdc Autnuom Reign of women. This is truly the era of female rule I England, Spain and rortugal. are all -governed by young Queens. - New 'York. Times. Th'e coincidence would have been still more singular had Harrison been elected President oftbc United. States. Troy Budget . At; $ 3 Per Annum in advance.; SATURDAY, AUGUST The Passaic Guardian puts the followiro questions, and adds the aritwers. Let any man who doubts "whether these things are so," make the investigation' and he will be satisfied: -.7- . -" - "Who owns the'greater part of the stocK in the banks? The Whigs. : Who elect the directory of the banks! The Whigs, ; v Who get nearlv all the discounts at th'- banks? The Whigs. 1 V ho insisted on the banks stopping specie payments? The Whigs. - Who owe nearlv all the monev that is don- to the banks! TheWhiffs. " V.7 Who insist upon sending the snecie. oiii nf the country ? Whigs. Who says that "the country is alwai-s the richest when it has the least ffold and silver?; The Whigs. .? 1 , Who says we mnst pay the debts we. owe , abroad before we pay the debts we owe at home ? The Whigs - ; " -'Who opposed all the efforts of Gerieral Jack son and his friends for a GOLD AND SIL- YEK currency? The Whigs. . v : Who are in favor of a mere' naDer currencv? The WhiVs. , : -: ":-. Who pay a premium for cold and silver to pay their debts in England, and declare -before they will pay their debts to their own Govern ment in specie, they will resist the laws, and makea revolution ? The Whigs. : Who have boasted most loudly about "their respect for the Constitution aid laws" for the last ehrht years? Th YVhifrc Who are now setting the "Constitution and laws" at defiance? The Whigs. - wno commenced . the shin plaster, trai-h throughout the country? The Whigs. From the Lexington Ky. Intelligencer cf July 14. . " GRAND METEORIC EXPLOSION. On Tuesday last, some ten orfifleen mimitr 3 before 3 o'clok, P. M., a heavy explosion w as heard in. this city, which the writer supposed to be a powder mill in the vicinity. The sound, yvhich was sensibly felt, as well as heard, seemed to come from an easlerlv or south-easterly direction. A gentlentan com ing from Paris on horseback, at the distance of ten miles from Lexington, heard it in the same direction. This led to the conclusion that it must have been of meteoric origin. Wre have since seen an intelligent lad 14 or 15 years old, who happened to be, with several other boys' a short distance in the country and says that he saw distinctly, (to use his own words,) a. great white ball flying very swiftly from where than snow and had a long bright streak after it, of a reddish color. It seemed to be very near us, and flew, almost as fast as lightning. We were all frightened, and watched it till -it- went behind a tree, when all at once we heard a terrible noise, like a heavy cannon at a great' distance. I thought at first it was a 'great balloon bursted? Such was the graphic ac count the boy gave of it. There can be no doubt but it was av grand meteoric explosion; andJif such was the brilliancy under a clear! meridian sun. it must have been splendid ant grand indeed, had it appeared in the dark gloom of raidnignti ., Justice. At the Nottingham Assizes in England lately, Daniel Walton, convictedr of stealing a shirt and a pair of drawers, not hav ing ever been previously convicted, was sn-' tended to transportation for life ! ; And Wi!-" liam Lowe, convicted ot burglary, having . been previously confined at diflerent times for seven various offences and once convicted of felony, was sentenced to be irri prisoned to hard I bof in the House of Correction for one year ! An English Editor bUggesis to the Jud ges, to write a list of sentences, clip them up, throw them into a lucky bag, and give to each culprit the benefit of a draw ! . . Yesterday a printer in the city went to a broker to have, a 20 dollar note changed, and received for it three fives and a 100 dollar hi!! He walked to his boarding house before he dig- covered the advantage he had of the Sbylocli, but he scorned to adopt a precedent winch might lead to crime and disgrace. He instant ly returned the bill, and received from the bro- ker for his honesty, a toon oj prQjouna ast m ishment. ... . ., : , " ( - JY. O.P,icayune. ' (Suspension. Reader.how dye do? " Hav- . en't seen, you before this fortnight. The fact is. we have been obliged to succumb to the uni versal fashion of the day,andlik Nick Biddle and "Old Cheeseman,' suspended for a season. The causes were different, however. We had plenty ot quoin Ah. our bank plenty of the metallic basis in extensive paper issues, plates in abundance, checks and vignettes butnooa. - pet. That's what made the pressure,andcurtait ed our issues last wees- , i.eiauii-nanKraeii oay ) what they will about "rag barons" and the like, we declare ourself boldly in favor of a paper currency that is a newspaper currency. It is the only true method, after all, of fetching. people to their senses, and crops to maturity. - Arrangements have been made, by which we hope to continue business without again avail ingourself of the "general suspension act.' Dc posites thankfully received. - Manhattan Ohio) Adv. Ancient ' Water. The' Piedmontese Ga zette states that in one of the Tecent excavo-; tions at Pompeii, a caldron of clear and pure: . water has been discovered, whichw was stand- f in over a fire when the city was destroyed by the volcano, about two thousand years ao. 1 1 I-:.
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