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Miscellaneous.
Bank and Specie Capital ofthe
Vnited States. The condensed
statement of tlie condition of ail
tbe Banks, at different intervals,
in the United States, shows the
immense increase of Banks and
banking capital in the last twenty
five vears.
In IS 11, there were in the Uni
ted States 89 Banks with an ag
gregate capital of fifty two mill
ions and a half, and fifteen mill
ions and a half of specie. In
1515, the number of Banks had
increased to 203, the capital to
eighty-two millions, and the spe
cie to seventeen. In IS20, the
number of banks were 30S, capi
tal one hundred and thirty mill
ions, and specie twenty. In 1 S30,
tbe number of Banks was 320,
capital one hundred and forty-five
millions, specie twenty-two. And
in 1S35, the number was 558, cap
ital two-hundred and thirty-one
millions, specie forty-four.
Bait. Jlmer.
Banking Capital of jYewJYork
State. The amount of chartered
capital $34,781,000 added to
that now asked for $27,205,000,
makes a grand total of $6l,9SG,-
000 Near Seventy Millions of
dollars!
Stats Banks. Every state is
about to have its Mammoth
Bank. This is certainly confor
mable to the principle of state
sovereignty. In Maine, we per
ceive the question it agitated of a
State Bank of 8 millions, to be
loaned of foreign capitalists, at 4
percent. The mother central and
a branch in each county.
CTThe Governor of Louisiana
has approved the bill pledging the
credit of the state for a loan of
twelve millions of dollars for the
Citizens Bank of Louisiana.
G?Thos. Pike, Jr. late paying
nd receiving teller'of the Market
Bank, Boston, has been convicted
of stealing $3700 ofthe said bank,
the purloining of which he for a
long time artfully concealed by
false entries.
Maryland in Liberia. A late
aryval at Baltimore has furnished
he American of that city with in
telligence from this colony of
emancipated American blacks,
funded by the Marylanders.
The town of Harper adjoins that
"fthe principal town of the Cape
"almas tribe, the streets commu
nicating; the two ports being un
der the guns of the colonists' fort.
he natives nightly availed them
selves of this proximity to commit
Ms on the colonists. Dr. Hall,
Ae Governor of the latter, has ar
ranged the matter amicably with
yueman, by appointing the prin
c'Pal head men of the tribe, who
now speak English, justices ofthe
Pce and constables. They form
avery able judiciary, such as it is,
and are very proud of their office
aQd vigilant in their duty; making
m capital lip-staffs and thief
etchers. no rteei h Thp
ll,,refS. S. Smith, at Woodsoc
ket, (R. .) was broken ooen on
the night ofthe 4lh inst. and rob
bed of about 200 worth of troods
The thieves then proceeded to the
stable of a Mr; Harris, and took
out a valuable horse not finding
a sieign to suit them there, they
proceeded to another stable, and
selected one of the best of a large
lot, supplied it well with whips,
buffaloes and overcoats, harnessed
in their horse made off aud
have not since been heard of.
Boston Post.
High Prices in the Jfrest.XVe
are informed, by an intelligent
gentleman from the West, that the
prices of Pork, wheat, and provi
sions generally, were never known
so high scarcely as they are at his
moment in Kentucky, Mississippi,
and the adjoining states. Pork,
for example, running alive in the
streets, brings $7 a hundred; and
wheat from $2 to $3 a bushel. At
Chicago, we have already known
that pork was selling for S25 a
barrel. At Louisville, Kentucky,
and other places along the Ohio
and Mississippi, we learn that the
prices are equally exorbitant.
The explanation given is this:
Uuringa few years past, the At
lantic states, in the South, have
turned their attention to the more
valuable culture of cotton, tobac
co, rice, &ic. and meanwhile the
Western states have been filling in
to an almost incalculable extent,
with the flood of emigration con
stantly setting in that direction.
Thus, Indiana, two or three
years since, contained about 300,-
000, and now has 000,000 inhab
itants. The population of the
whole Union has gone on increas
ing rapidly. Thus the demand
for grain and provisions and live
stock has beeu greatly increased
in the states for example along the
valley of the river Ohio, where
they are most abundantly produc
ed, and, secondly, the demand has
been further increased by the at
tention of the planter, in the cot
ton growing states, being almost
exclusively directed upon that and
the other precious staples ofthe
South.
JVine at Sacrament and Tem
perance Societies. For two years
past a warm controversy has been-
kept ud between the friends of
temperance and the advocates of
total abstinence, which has pro
duced as much excitement as a
reasonable portion of the liquor
itself undoubtedly would have pro
duced, and some very singular
doctrines have been broached in
the progress of discussion. It has
been seriously doubled and strenu
ously denied, tljpt the use of wine
is recommended or spoken favora
bly of in the Bible; and if wine is
at all recognised in the sacred
book, it is an unfermented liquor,
and a very pious and worthy wine
merchant of this city, has been at
some pains to import wine manu
factured, as he imagines, without
alcohol, and for the communion
table and the use of the religious
what he calls the pure juice of
the grape.
At a recent meeting ofthe tem
perance society in INew Jersey,
the question was discussed wheth
er wine should not altogether be
prohibited, and Mr. Frelinghuy-
sen, the late Senator, was m iavor
of the total abstinence doctrine.
This led to an extravagant, and
in some respects unwarrantable
discussion, respecting the nature
and quality of the wine miracul
ously produced by the Saviour at
me marriage oi -wn- -lee,"
and it was contended that
the wine then made was a ferment
ed liquor. This led to an angry
argument, and Mr. Matthias, a
member ofthe society, denied yith
great indignation that the wine,
thus suddenly and miraculously,
produced, was a fermented liquor.
"No, sir," said he, "the wine which
our Saviour made did not contain
a particle of alcoholic substance"
We thus see to what such use
less discussions lead. That the
use of wine is familiarly referred
to in several parts of the scrip
tures, cannot be doubted. Patri
archs, legislators, king, priests
and generals, all partook of it.
It is spoken of a one ofthe rich
products ofthe land: the proof of
ijs fertility. It is used at all fes
tivals and rejoicing fermented
wine, as we use it at the present
day. Solomon says "wine glad
dens the heart; but Solomon, "with
all his wisdom and glory, Moses
and the prophets, the judges, the
patriarchs, and the apostles, were
but men, as we are, full of frail
mortality; sinful as we are; sin
ning, probably, as often as we do,
but repenting, probably, more
frequently, and more sincerely.
We must not attempt to carry a
good measure into effect, by per
verting the truth. It is the abuse
of wine, not its use, that is com
plained of. The cause of temper
ance, ana a better cause cannot
exist, must not be sustained by
striving to prove that wine was
not used by the distinguished
personages spoken of in holy writ.
Unfermented liquor, or wine
free from alcoholic substances,
was only used, in those times, as
it is used at the present day: at
the passover; the wine over which
the blesssing is said; the wine,
probably, used at the last supner:
and the wine that should be used
at the communion table.
To three gallons of water, five
pounds of bloom raisins, (the
slonesorpits extracted) are add
ed; the whole placed in a stone
jug, with a narrow mouth, cover
ed with a line linen rag, and plac
ed near the fire constantly, for
eight or ten days, and then racked
oil, produces a pure wine, free
from all alcohol, and precisely the
liquor used in old times for sa
cred purposes, and the article
which many at this day are anx
iously in search of, and which
those, to whom the Law and the
Prophecies were confided, will
make, as usual, early the ensuing
April, for the annual celebration
ofthe Passover. AT. Y. Star.
Leeches (not polilic.il.) The
Massachusetts Medical society
have offered a reward of -S500: for
the best 1000 leeches, propagated
in this country from a foreign
stock. It is a matter of great mo
ment to have these valuable reme
dial agents of domestic growth,
and cheaper than the imported ar
ticle. In this, Europe has pre
eminent advantage over America.
We have leeches enough, heaven
knows, and some suck deeper than
vampires but the medical leech
in America is not of, the right
quality. An attempt has been
made to use them in Philadelphia,
but we believe without entire suc
cess. 1'6.
Correction. We stated a few
weeks since, on the authority of
the Zanesville Gazette, that Na
than Sharp, the great head ofthe
Shaker establishment near Leban
on, Ohio, had decamped with one
of the sisters of the community,
and about Sl00,000 in money;
and that he had also mortgaged
the Shaker property to the Ohio
Life Insurance and Trust Compa
ny, at Cincinnati. From the fol
lowing, which we cop)' from the
Cincinnati Gazette, it will be seen
that the statement published in
the Zanesville paper, proves to
be incorrect: 'N. Sharp was one
of the Trustees ofthe Shaker So
ciety, and their active business
agent. He has separated from
them, and they have some differ
ence of a pecuniary character,
about an amount of moneT, less
than ten thousand dollars, which
the parties expect to adjust amica
bly, though, possibly, it may lead
to litigation. The Shaker proper
ty is not mortgaged to ihe Trust
Company for ooe cent, either by
N. Sharp, or any one else."
Improvement in Fire Arms...
A Mr. Colt, of Connecticut, has
exhibited in this city, (says the
Globe,) a newly invented rifle and
pistol, of admirable construction.
The chamber contains lubes for
several charges of powder and
ball; it may be made to contain
from 6 to 10. In cocking the
gun to shoot, (he chamber revolves
on an axis, and brings in succes
sion every tube in the chamber in
line with that of the barrel; and
when discharged, the act of cock
ing brings the next tube into po
sition, until all are discharged.
All the tubes may be recharged as
quickly as a single gun of the or
dinary structure. This new im
plement of War has been shown
to the President, the Secretary of
war, and ther Wavy, many officer
of both the army and navy, and is
considered the most efficient in
strument of the kind ever invent
ed. We made an experiment
with the rifle pistol, and found
it as sure in firing, and accurate to
the aim, as the best of the com
mon construction.
We are informed that Mr. Coll
has already obtained a charter
from the New Jersey Legislature,
and is about to organize a joint
stock company, with a capital of
5300,000 hr the purpose of man
ufacturing rifles and pistols, for
private ue, and thai in a few
mo.nh- his guns will be in the
market.
From Florida. News receiv
ed at Chirhton, from St. Augus
tine, io F t ' . 7, states that in con
sequence of the volunteers having
left Ger.n-:i Clinch, who was
therefore mre pressed by the In
dians, all the regulars anil some of
the voluai-ers at St. Augustine,
wuM be ci:t on to him.
Gen. Scott arrived at St. Au
gustine, Fob 7, with 110 regular
troops. "u7e may now expect a
blow w.ii be struck.
On ihe ar-iyal of the Charleston
and Har..ljrg volunteers at St.
Augustine, the young ladies and
matrons of the latter place, ap
pointed a committee to offer their
services iii whatever way they
could co-.iirt.ute to their wants
and.comfor;
The Vfiii .leers at St. Augus
tine have e'-ucJished a little week
ly Gazette edited by A. G. Mac
key, and 5. M.Cohen. It is full
of puns an J jokes. The motto is
"Appeiitibus sed non victu para
ti." A debating club has also
been established in the garrison.
Among the questions are "Is it
constitutional to compel a man to
volunteer-
The weather has been, as we
might have anticipated from what
has occurred in all the north, unu
sually severe. The land of flow
ers and verdure, which St. Au
gustine was through all the win
ter, has been suddenly blighted
by the depression of the thermo
ter lo 2S degrees. This freezing
temperature is felt more keenly
by the Floridians, because they
are totally unaccustomed to it, and
still more so by the Indians and
negroes, who are yet more inca
pable of resisting the cold than the
whiles. Their torpor" and inac
tion for some time past, confined
in their wigwams and hovering
over their fires, may thus be in
some measure accounted for. At
St. Augustine, where as ir. the
West Indies, such a thing as lay
ing up fuel, except for cookery, is
never thought of, there has been
of course a great scarcity of fuel,
and, in consequence wood mono
polized by a few merchants, was
selling at 5 a 6 dollars a cord.
Families were suffering much.
Corn S 25 cents per bushel
Flour Si 1 per barrel. Wood,
from the disturbed state of the
country, could not be procured
from the interior.
Lynches Law. The Rodney
(Mississippi) Telegraph, of the
15th ult. says: We scarcely
know how to notice a transaction
which occurred at Fayette, in.this
county, on Saturday night last.
Our readers will recollect that
some time since we noticed the
murder or Mr. McGown by a man
named Spinney that he was ar
rested and lodged in jail to await
his trial. Ii came on at the lasi
term of the Circuit Court, but ow
ing to sdme informality in the in
dictment (Ihe true cause of nil
these difficulties) he was remand
ed lo the prison to appear at the
next session ol the Court. In
stead of awaiting the time allotted
for his second trial, and giving
mm once more the uncertain
chances of the law for his condem
nation, a number of the citizens
of Fayette and neighborhood went
en masse, (after having been re
fused by the keeper, the keys of
the gaol) and broke open the
doors with sledge hammers, seized
the unfortunate, wretch and hung
him instanter. The cause we
understand of this summary pro
ceeding, arose out of the fact that
Spinney had been heard to assert,
that ii an opportunity had been
given him he would, with undy
ing revenge, follow, up all who
had been instrumental in his con
viction. None, we presume will pre
tend to condemn the punishment
which Ihis hardened villain recei
ved; but we must say that the
manner and method "of bringing
such men to justice, as now pur
sued, will ultimately lead to con
sequences, the extent of which we
cannot calculate. The innocent
will suffer with the guiltv our
towns will be laid waste by the
torch of the incendiary, and our
lives endangered by the revenge
ful murderer or delealed gambler.
Abolitionists. The last num
ber of "Human Rights," a New
York abolition paper says: "The
number of Abolition Societies on
our list is now four hundred."
Driving Extraordinary. ..The
Newark (N. J.) Advertiser of the
11th ult. says: Two of our famous
"whips," Messrs. John Pounden
and Abraham Smith, proved to
the town yesterday beyond cavil,
that "some things can be done as
well as others," difficult of belief
as it may he, and in making the
demonstration, won a? much ap
plause as ever greeted the trium
phal car of Napoleon. In truth.
Napoleon, renowned as he is for
marvelrous exploits, never drove
twelve in hand, though the thing
was successfully achieved by
these veterans yesterday. They
had two noble teams of six span
each, and drove to Elizabeth town
in gallant style, followed by a re
tinue of sleighs, and were hand
somely greeted with an entertain
ment by mine host at Sander
son's Hotel.
Extensive Fire. The New
York Star of the lSlh ult. says:
This morning, about 4 o'clock, a
fire broke out in the Methodist
Book Concern in Mulberry street,
between Broome & Spring streets,
which was totally destroyed, to
gether with the adjoining two
story frame house. An immense
amount of property has been de
stroyed, and some hundreds of
poor persons thrown out of em
ployment at this cold season. One
work nearly finished, with the
plates, it is said, was valued at
S60,000. The whole amount
lost, we understand, is near
230,000, of which only g20,000
was insured.
Villany Exposed. A Mon
treal paper, gives us the denoue
ment of the tale of scandal re
cently published in New York,
under the title of "Awful disclo
sures of Maria Monk." Instead
of, an eloped Nun, recounting the
horrors of the Convent, the hero
ine of the tale is a Protestant
young girl, who has been four
years past under a Mr. Hoyt, once
styled a Reverend Methodist
preacher,. and connected with Ca
nadian Sunday Schools. The
paper quoted above gives at full
length the affidavits ofthe mother
of the girl, who is also a Protect "
ant, and of several oiher individ
uals, who had no motive to favor
Catholic institutions. The dis
consolate mother testifies on oath
that she had been solicited by the
seducer of her child to swear that
he was a Nun, and that the father
of the infant Was a Catholic cler
gyman that a promise had been
made her of a comfortable provi
sion for herself, and for her unfor
tunate child and offspring -if she
would only make that. The poor
woman had virtue enough to re
ject the base proposal; and thus r
the Rev. Mr. Iloyt, who had re
turned from New York, for this .
purpose, accompanied it is stated, V
by the Rev. Mr. Brewster and
Judge Turner, failed in Ihe object -of
his visit. A Methodist Prea- "
cher of the place, immediately
disclaimed all connection of the
society with Rev. Mr. Hoyt, and,
in a letter published in the papers, .
expressed his regret that any cre
dit had been given to a foul
charge emanating from a source so
polluted. '
TheBoston Pilot says: We are
ready and willing to declare upon,
oath, that the extracts we have
seen in the New York Trans
cript, Boston Morning Post, Sa
lem Gazette, and other respecta-.
ble periodicals, purporting lo be
extracts from the disclosures of
Matia Monk, &c. are to be found,
word for word and letter for let
ter, (proper names only being al-.
tered,) in a book translated from 1
the Spanish or Portuguese lan
guage, in 17S1, called "The gates
of hell opened, or a development
of the Secrets of Nunneries," and
that we, at present, are the owner
of a copy of the said book which
was loaned by us a year or two
since, to some person in Marble
head or Salem, who has not re .
turned it.
Authentic news from lhL
Moon. Messrs. Gruithausen and f
Schroeler, eminent astronomers of A
Munich, spite of the sneers cast
upon them, stale positively ''.a:',
they have discovered that vecli
tion on the surface of itz
extends to 55 degrees south :2t
tude, and 65 north latitude; s'-
ondly, that from the 50th degree
of north latitude to (he 74lh of
south lalitude, there are evident
traces of animated being; high
roads not rail roads in various
directions; a colossal edifice near
the lunar equator, and a metropo
litan city in the neighborhood,
and a horn-work fortification.
Recognition of the Indepen
dence ofthe Spanish Republics
The Cortez of Spain have,' it i
now positively affirmed, recogni
zed the independence of the South
American Republics. This they
have virtuallv d one fnr manw
years, but the formal acknowl
edgment also on thenart of Srain
should have nromntlv takpn nl.nr
in the beginning. If the mo'her
country had then takpn tvai mlv
by the hand ihe colonies th.r se-
paraieu irom her ino gotfsrn-
menisoi tneirowr. J.uice, what a
brilliant harvest nVht . ?-iRrnn
have obtained bv the snecial nrl
vileges that would have naturally
been accorded to her in crimm ra
cial treaties and in all the inter
changes o! trade.- -a he infusioa
of the gold of ScJih America into
. 1 r- r.L T- .
ine, couers 01 ine iscunsi. 'vould
have continued uninterrupi j as jt
had done since the time of Co
lumbus, for ihe almost exclusive
monopoly of the markel for the
manufactured articles of Spain,
would have brought rich returns
ofthe valuable raw produce of the
republics their cottons,", sugars,
hides, &c. themselves an inex
haustible mine. That auspicious
moment has gone by and the com
merce of these extensive and feN
tile dominions once under tho
Spanish yoke, is now 'shared by
America, England and France
Still the mere nominal recogni
tion bv Snain of their indpnn.
dence is important in a national
point 01 view, a. otar.