Jasper Banner, Volume 2, Number 4, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 March 1855 — Bank with Branches. [ARTICLE]

Bank with Branches.

bill for a bank with bra ic!i< s by consent, i«. the w*na|| arid will come up <M ita pass- ' age to*day. The Commwe, w are glad to know, have removed one of f the strong objections to this measure. 2lti tU- bill as introduced, the interest Jof the State tfas riot su/ficierftly guarded. This is the mainjppint.— tAVehafe’WfTiumclcritly swindled ' already, and arc opposed to any new avenues being opened. If bur friends have resolved to support this measure, we have only this advice to give. I Let the interest of the State be strongly guarded. Our views on the 'question of backing and the curren- ; cy, we are aware do not agree with the-opinions of many bf our Democratic friends. Hard money as a cireululting medium, is regarded by' many as too ultra—an imjjnu ticahle ( that we quarrel with no man for his views on 'tiiis subject, and shall not ' make the opinions of any one on this 1 subieLt a test of his Democracy. — * \7e have been censured because we : did not denounce all who voted for | the free bank law. Many honest, ' sound Democrats voted for that meas- j i ure, believing the principal to be cor-) rect, not anticipating the abuse of that principle, which we have all witnessed. Wen-re opposed to all banks of issue, but if we are to have ] banks, let the bill holder be made se- i cure, and if the State’s interest in ! the present bank is to be transferred to any new corporation, let it be made secure beyond a contingency. Those ; who intend to vote against the meas- [ ure should at least see to this.— These remarks have been penned under-the impression that the bill of the Senate is to become a law. On. thi* subject we say- &s we did-on- the * Temperance bill, we abide the law. : ~j)aily Sentir.cl. Mr. Buchanan.—A European Correspondentofthe N. Y« Times, writes conceihihg bur Mimster to England as follows: “Mr. Buchanan’s ‘plain evening dress’ has, by the way, attracted the usual attention. His Excellency is decidedly the ‘lion’ Ofall such ‘turn outs’ in the state. Aristocracy never | will forgive. him for having refused > to be. a republican ‘groom in waiting’; to hFr liveTj T -surronnded Majestyv-eJ Loyalty objects to his being loyal to his country’s manners, and I heared, moreover murmerings that “the present American Minister, unlike his predecessor, seems not to be anxious of seizing upon opportunities to oement, by some sympathetic declarations in public, the good understanding and mutual good will between the two countries.’ These grumblers [ forget the peculiar nature of these [ times, and that an American Minister, the representative of Republican citizens, cannot express sympathies for a cause which may turn out to be j but that of despots against the nations.’” .J_ 7. L : Z a 1 I T i Denmark. — Copenhagen, Jan. 6. The American demonstration to exempt the ships of the United States from the payment of the Sound dues in future, is likely tp lead to more sel ririus at fi rstanticipated. Fears are beginning to [be felt in certain high quarters, of■ I Brother Jonathan fulfilling his threat [of sending a squadron of ships-of- j war to convey their merchant vessels" through the Sound without paying the toll, and steps are taken in a qui-. ct manner to meet the emergency. Some guns of heavy caliber, which > have been lying unmounted for many , years on the ramparts of the citadel, | have been taken to Elsinore, and) mounted there, so as to command I any ships passing the Sound, while the garrison has been increased by a couple of hundred artillerymen. , Great Conflagration. —On Wedncs-; /lay morning last, a very destructive fire broke out in Lisbon, this county, and [ consumed property variously estimated at [ from four to six thousand dollars. The fire originated in the warehouse belonging to and attached to Mr. Walker’s stbre, and continued to' spread until the store, its contents, and several other buildings were entirely destroyed, and sixer seven families left houseless, andto the inclmencics 'ofdhe weather. The fire is supposed to be the worit of an incendiary, and we understand that one Mr. Johnson, was supposed,to be• the perpetrator of the deed, but, being put on trial, wo uttfderstand he proved an alibi and was* accordingly acquitted.— Album Palladium. t' ■ An answer Requested.-—-Often the question has been asked why it is ! considered impolite for gentlemen to gfrinto the presetxce of ladies in their shirt sleeves, while it is considered correct for the themselves to appear before the gentlemen without any sleeves at all.”

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