Jasper Banner, Volume 2, Number 8, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 March 1855 — Page 2

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The New Postage Law.

This law requires all letters to be prepaid after the first of April next. that after the firstof January 1B>&, •uchpaymeiitmustbe menv waH te relieved from much of j Under 3000 miles, the rate of. post age will be, as heretofore, Mree cents. Letter* conveyed over that distance wiU.be taxed ten cents. X7*Tho#e persons • who were delighted With Dr. Dodge, and were in time to hear the preliminary, remarks to his opening lecture, will have their metoories refreshed by the following extract which we copy from a work "Fitch's Six Ijecturcs on the How long will onrcitizens suffer themselves to be humbuged with these traveling Lecturers? Ladies ano Gentlemen: We live in an ftgeremarkable for its vast discoverifes for its most wQpderful developments in knowledge: developments which are giving us great control oVer the material world, annihilating time and space, At one moment, discoveries obtrude upon our notice in a gentle light; at another, they buret forth with the most brilliant metebric glare, dazzling us with their splendor and awakening the most profound and awe-struck anticipations df the future. Even now, so much more can we achieve than we could have done fifty years ago that life seems almost to have doubled its value in that period. Three hundred years ago, could a person have been thrown to sleep, nnd have continued in that state fifty years, on awakening and returnTpg so the schools, he-wouM -have found the same books, the same modes ofteaching, the same elements of thought, perhaps without a single change. Now, let a person remain in seclusion for no more than five years: on returning he would notice many changes in the arts, and in all the active developments of human knowledge. - y ffjf’Next Monday is the day for electing Township officers. Every man entitled to a vote should be ati the polls. It is important that good men—men who will faithfully discharge the duties with which they are entrusted should be chosen. Agricultural Meeting.—-There will he, on the third Saturday in April, a meeting of the Jasper County Agricultural Society’, at the Court House, in Rensselaer, for tho purpose of electing officers.

Rensselaer, March 29th, 1855. ■ _ i— t nZPFort Wayne, we learn from the Sentinel, is soon to be made yisi-bfe-by gas-light. ' Steamboat vs, Railroad.—Quite an unfortunate accident occured at Uns (the Terre Haute 4c Alton R. R.) bridge on Tuesday morning last.— The splendid steamer Tec/mmscA, coming down and attempting to run through the d&w, was blown against it, knocking it conconsiderably out of place, and do2 it such an injury as to prevent train from running over it fora ?. The boat itself, one of the finest that has visited the wharf for some time .past, came near sinking at the time. The delay caused by the accident, to the regular running of the cart, wtH fall heavily Upon the Albany and Safotn Railroad Company are no w receiving the thirty-three associated “specie ~ frmjgpt par, and also the notesof “IffiHfifrwk Road Company,” Michigan City. The other free banks mihe State are received at W<< cmrontdfreount«-10, 15, «o and 25 per cent. All Illinois, Wiscon-* «in. Mad Distrivf of Columbia bank*

v .MjuMoClrtut:— X« felt ,by community in the probable smotent and prtaes ot labor, to be obtained in this county the approaching season, I wish tonite the following statements: 1. The amount of labor to be appro- ; printed to the commercial and agricultuI ral interests of the country vdepends on • the amount which is required in other oc- . cupatfons. JKbr several yean past a grea t deal bf labor hast "booh expended on rail- : wads, canals, harbors, and in mechanical ‘Shops which were necessary to complete 'these Works. Mow nearly’all of these, great Works are finished, or, on account; of the revulsion in the money market, we i suspended and the many thousands of persons who were engaged on them are 8/The vast military preparations of Europe, have forced the enlistment of, many into their armies who would, other-1 wise hare emigrated to this, country and if the war continue Ath w will considerably; check emigration from some of the European States. If an armistice,'-dr twn

peace Should be immediately agreed upon, they cannot disband their armies soon enough for them to arrive in this country in season to engage in .agricultural labor this year, yet we may look for a eotrttattal and heavy emigration from abroad.— l The result of these two causes operating somewhat to neutralize each other, will probably be not to depress the price of ag ■ ncuTtiifal labor, but still it will reduce it some, so that we may confidently except! more laborers tn this department of busi- , ness this year at reduced rates of wages from what was paid last year. The value of provisions at the present time will engage many in farming, but the tendency of this will be to reduce the price of labor. 3. Last year, hands on the publicworks obtained from 81 to 9 1 25 a day, and their board. The rules on the public works are for hands to work only during fair weather and' only at such seasons of the year as may be most profitable to contractors, so that much of the time they are out of employment, and when they ar# not at work they have to pay for their board, and the consequence is, that, at the end of the year, they are not so well off 1 * as they might have been I if they had had steady work at lower prices, in farming, by the year, at lower wages, have done better on the whole than those who have been engaged on the public works. 4. Many of the people engaged on the public and heavy works of the country have been employed along our great thoroughfares, or have returned to the large cities for Aiployment, where labor is, and must be for some time very much depress- j ed. Those,.therefore, who live off of the great thoroughfares and wish to obtain help, must send there for it, and those who wish to obtain the best wages, must goback in the country to work, -Rut men in the country do not know those in the cities who are out of employ, and they of the cities do not know where to find employers. If they could only be made acquainted with each others wants, they could enter into arrangements that would be mutually beneficial. For the purpose of obtaining and giving information of this sort, the Jasper j Employment Society was organized near ! the first of the present month as your | readers have been informed before. ( It costs an emigrant to noma from New' York city to Bradford station—viz: forj R. R. ticket 812, fare by the way from eight to twelve shillings.. When naviga-: tion is open on the lakes, the competition | will be such as to reduce the fare to four of five dollars. - “ ' Men’s wages, or. farms, range now from eleven to fifteen dollars a month, by the year. On the public works, sister the first of June, they will probably be from 87cts. to 81 per day, for the time they may be employed at attLC best of the season. Much of -the public works in this: State, I am informed will be suspended this summer if wages are higher than this. Female help may be obtained in families by the year, at from 75cts. to 81 25 per week. Respectfully, yours.

JOHN CASAD.

The “good time coming” for Itea| the door. The large estates which are loaded dowhfour deep with mortgages, are sold law of Parliament and the land is passing into the hands of the poorer classes J The good effects are visible eyery-j where in that beaUtiful land. Ire-] land will yet be a home for a freehand prosperous people. -

Jasper Employment Society.

R. B. JAMES,

■ ! Fvr »he Baaner.

' Tho following is the Goyenior’s vpio on the bill to establish a intrik with branches: , Gentlemen of the Seriate:-*-! return to you bitt No. 93, entitled “An Act to establish a Bank with Branches,”' which originated in the Senate,.with j a very brief statement of the reasons which impel me to withhold my approval of the same- The bill has been before me but aJew hours, and I hasten (as the period by the constitution for your deliberations is near its close) to glve the representa-1 ! tives of the people an opportunity for; a re-conriduralfon. H deeply’ regret that this measure ’ has been presented at this late period of the sessioh when the pressure, of dates prevents me from giving that consideration which its importance d««MUufo. r The.jnomentous issues involved in HiecataEliahinent of such ‘an institution (which may issue paper to an unlimited amount, and | whose charter cannot be repealed or amended within twenty years without ■ its own consent) might well make I one, charged with a part of the re- ! sponsibility of legislation, pause be- ’ fore approving this bill. I It would seem that a qestion so vii tally affecting the public interests ! ought to have been preceeded by a general and full discussion before the people, yet it ts not believed that 1 the incorporation by the present Legislature of a bank with branches, was j generally discussed before the people. The power of the present State •bank to issue bills continuing: ! under its character for two years fmore, it seems th have been the gent eral impression that the question of ; the re-charter of the State bank, or, I the establishment of any similar lnstitution, would be postponed for the consideration of the i next General This consideration alone m ight be sufficient to induce me to throw upon} Ihe-Gcneral Assembly the burthen of; a re-consideration. ! But there are other considerations * far more potent in my own judgdment. why I should not approve the bill. It is by no ffieans clear that all the provisions of the bill are constituj tional. Section 15 of the bill provides that ythe capital stock of said bank or branches shall not be taxed for municipal purposes." Section 23 of the Bill of Rrights provides that ! "the General Assembly shall not | grant to any citizen, or class of citizens, privileges or immunities, which upon 4he same not equally belong to all citizens.” It is not preceded how the immunity from taxa-.j tion for municipal purposes, which is; here allowed to a class ofcitiziehs, while none others are exempted, ex-1 cept as expressly provided for in the] constitution, is consistent wtith the; constitutional provision above quoted. In considering the bill with a view Ito its policy, I am met at the outset. with a provision which is startingly; anomalous. The 79th section, dner; providing for twenty days notice of the opening of the books for the original subsenpfion of the stock, by its obvious import, allows the bookA to be closed if the "requisite amount"! shall then be subscribed, at the end > of the very moment which they are j opened. Thus one man my subscribe the entire amount of stock of one or; more branches, and a moneyed monopoly, as odious and frightful as any of which the history of American legislation furnishes an example, may > i suddenly be established. The 84th : ' section of the charter of the present : State bank, the language 6f Wmrj | copied, word for word, in many parts ; !of this bill, expressly provided that : ' the books for the original subscription lof stock, should be "kept open be-; tween the hour* of 9.and 12 o’clock! A. M. of each day, for the space of . thirty days;” yet this wise safeguard has been studidwiy omited. It is believed that no provision similar to the one in this bill Cited, exists in the charter of any moneyed corporation in this Country. If there were no other objections to this bill, I never eould have lent the sanction of the Executive approval to a bank bill containing this proviso. The bank.is authorized to receive on deposit moneys, bullion, plate and other articles of value of small Bulk, upon such terms as may be agreed on between the, and the bank has a right to discount paper amount of three tunes the amount of the capital stock paid inland three times the amount of the deposits. Thus the bank would seeiff 4# be left.to determine what are valuable articles, other than monies, bullion and pfote, pfdi vided they be of small bulk, and also their value, without reference to their immediate convertibility into money, and might discount to an amount equal to throe times such assumed value, as waOs three times the value of the capita! sfock and other pnsit*. In case of a Unanoifl crisis,

Cor. Soc'jf.

Governor's Veto.

hgh( to emit so largo in issue ofpaper,upon such on amount and ‘kind of securities. is* unparalleled it* the history of legislation. And as if this ' were not enough, the character of | the State W invoked to its suppost by conferring upon it the title of “TAe Hank of the Slate of Indiana. Whatever abuses may be develop* j ed«—whatever injuries may result | from the establishment of this bank; I no corrective can; be applied by the I people, through their representatives, toi hout the assent of the president Ond\ Directors of the Hank and every branch I thereof until the expiration of twen-! ty years, when the constitution requires, thatdie hank .shall ceaa. ...its operation. And the Statg While/ limited by the constitution to the establishment of one bank with branches mutually responsible for each others issues, <S;c., is not at liberty, in any case, to meet the increasing qommer-' cial wants of the State, incident to the development of her population, by the establishment of any, other j ; branch or branches, without the as- ; sent of the board of directors of two- | thirds of the branches. - I Gentlemen, in the midst of this fi- : nancial crisis, the closing events of fruits of revaluable even thougha bitter, expedience, why is it necessary now, whan the present State Bank is in fnll operation, to attempt precipitately to establish another bank with branches? The problem of banking is not yet solved, and it is well tor a Statesi men to wait patiently, when no ne-, ceasity urges, to gather as many of The _ ripe fraitS7Cft''experience as practicable. Why, then, not wait till the State Bank has closed up its affairs? — Why, not wait till it has furnished the manner in which its transactions■ ■ wind up what is the necessity for a ; similar institution? A suspicion i would seem to be implied that when ‘ the State Bank comes to be wound up, it will not be so easy as now to' procure from the General Assembly ; a charter for a similar institution. Considering the present bill in relation to the powers which it confers on the bank, the vast capital authorized, and ifs machinery generally as hostile. to the genius of our institutions, ami regarding with distrust its present! preceded by a full discussion before the people; deeming that the present financial crisis teaches us to be tardy, i rather than precipitate in entering on experiments, and looking upon it at least as sinfular that an emeruenev is declared in the bill requiring it to i take effect immediately, while the : present State Bank may continue to : ] issue ; a currency for the next two. i years,.! cannot, gentlemen, consistent i with a sense of official duty, forbear to return to you the bill and respectfully entreat you to give it a careful ' reconsideration. Respectfully submitted.

JOSEPH A. WRIGHT.

irrwe copy below a paragraph about the lovely and pious Eugenie. But we do not believe that Louis Napoleon will ever divorce her. He ■ has studied his uncle's opinions as ’well as his history. Napoleon said that when he married Maria Louisa, he trod on a pit covered with flowers. The Empress Eugenie.—The Paris correspondent of a French paper in New York writes: The Empress Eugenie has herself given up all hope of an heir, and, they pay that not long since she frankly spoke of that delicate subject 7 to her husband. She comprehended the importance of an heir to the throne, and that she was willing to accept the hard Jaw of divorce for the safety of the State and the satisfaction of her husband. The Emperor would not listen to it; but there are those who think that it will come sooner»or later, as he wishes so much to copy his z uncle. In spite of tbe affection which Louis Napoleon evinces for the sweet and gracious Eugenie, she i 0 always sad. She .is of a tender and loving nature, with a great lov&of independence and horror of ettiquette. She has more than once, while wearing her imperial crown, regretted her simple title of countess, the sacrifice which she offered renouncing the throne would not have been so great as one would fl “PP oae - X7*Some Cincinnati abolitionists attempted to steal a colored girl from a Natchez gentleman while passing through thatcity on Fridaylast. The girl expressing* a wish to remain with her master, th* court remanded her to custody v ■ is the opriubnoTthe Doctor that.the lawyer »*te W lvuig by plunder whUst the lawyer thinks that the Doctor gets his by

The Crisis in California.

cqpv from the New ing Post of Monday: .... X • The news from the Pacific, by the Northern Light, is of the greatest importance. A general financial convulsion has succeeded the announce* ment of Page, Bacon & Co.’s fail are, 1 and all the principal banking houses in California bad been forced to suspend. Pttgexßacon & Co., succeeded in making ah arrangement, with their I creditors before the steamer saijed, ' which, it was thought, would enable 'the ojher leading houses, including ; Adam’s &t Co.; and Wells, Fargo & ' Co; to resume payment after only two or three days’ suspehsion. , ...\Ve are requested to state, that the Toiise'of Adam’s & Co.; which has failed, is no longer connected with the firm of that name in this city.— There was formerly a connection bei tween the two, which WM disolved ' last spring, by the sale on the part of i the New York company of their en- • tire California interests to Messrs. I Ogden, Adams and I). H. Haskell, i~who arp now the proprietopiofthe business there. f —We have recieved Yrom Wells, ' Fargo & Company, of this city, the j following statement, which will be readw ith satis faction i. ■ ■■ . .. To The Public.—To allay all excitement and put a stop to false ru- • mors, we deem it our duty to state that in consequnce of the suspicion ■ofthe large bankers in San Francisco, the house of Wells, Fargo & Com- i pany, hi that city, have advised us of i I their temporary suspension. It is proper for us to state that the! rCdufse^f"t)U^nesS _ tn"C"atilornta re- ■ quires large arnonts of coin to be sent, I between the sailing of each stenmer, to the mines lor the purchase of gold ■ dust; thtsMaet, together with the gen- : without sufficient coiato pay their j depositors. This occasioned the suspension at the San Francisco office, ’ while many of their interior agencies ; continued to pay as usual. ' Wells, Fargo A: Co., are a Joint J Stock Company with upward of one hundred and twenty shareholders, Tniany of whom are men of large wealth. They cannot do otherwise 1 than meet they* engagements. p The business of the house in this . city will go on as usual. WELLS, AItQO 9 O ' We have also received the followl ing note, covering a letter from Page, Bacon de Co., in California, to their agent in this city, to which our commercial readers will attach due imI portance; To THE EniTOJtS OF THE EvENINO Post: i By this steamer Mr. Hoadly, who • is now acting as agent of Page, Ba- • con & Co., in this city received a let- ; ter from which I send you an extract, j I have no doubt that the house re- : sumed in a day or two after its date. Yours truly, Sam’l. L. M. Bariow. Extract from a letter of Page, Bacon & Co., to David |loadley, of I Tills City, Dated Febuary 25,1855. — “We are happy to inform you that i wehave to-day made perfect arrangei ments to again resume, and shall do Iso in three or four days, wheh we | hope to regain all we may have lost. We have been so overcome the last week with the great excitement, that we are unable, by this steamer to say more; but the Golden Gate sails'in three days from this, and we shall write you more fully by her. But one thing you may assure our New York , friends that we have ample funds, l and that our firm, will again go on as usual.

Washington, March .19. Secretary Dobbin is still confined to his house. The President had an interview with him to-day. It is rumored orders, go. out to. Havana for the naval force there to seek reparation for the El Dorado outrage. The steamer Princeton with ten heavy. gttM, is alreadythere; .the. steamer Fulton with five guns; the frigate Columbia, with fifty guns; and the sloop Falmouth, with twenty guns, are either there now or will be very Soon. They are all under command of Commodore Newton There is an additional force of fiftyfour guns at Norfolk ready, if wanted, at short notice? The Administration is firey, but I don't know how long it will continue so. . ...J.. I r t.. , - TpE Poms case.—. The parties implicated in the Poole murder were yesterday, March 19th, examined by the Ooronor, and recommitted to the Tombs to await the action of the Grand Jury. They severally denied the participation in the murder.— Turner was top ill to bear an examination. It is thought he will loose his life if ho does not consent to have • hi« arm amputated. I choicest pleasures of life I? is within the range of moderation. —k-- r ,. 1 T

Secret Societies---Masonry

-The following eloquent extract i« from one of the gallant assaults of* Henry A-Wlss, on Kaow-Nothing-fom. Ttoe speech from whieh wa quote whs delivered to an imiMCMM crowd ht AleSahdriaf r . ’ t “AU we ask iateleraliife.' jin we ask i», that if yen bate the Catholics because they have proscribed heretics, you won’t proscribe proscription. If yob hate the Catholics because they have nunaerie*and inonaateries, and Jesuitical secret orders, don’t out Jesuit the' Jesuit*, by going into dark-ranteri» secret chambers to apply test* oaths. 4f yon hate the Catholics because you say they encourage the Macliivalian expediency of telling lies sometimes, don’t swear yourselves not to tell the truth. (Cheers.] “Herex are the oaths—the oaths that bind you, under no circumstances to disclose who you are, what you arm and that bind you not only to political, but to social proscription, Here is your book—your Bible which requires you to stick up your notices between midnight and daybreak.— 1 don’t object to secrecy. lam a member of a secret or- ■ der, and 1 am proud to be a brother 1 Mason, [loud cheers;] and I am at liberty by my order to say, that as to its ends its purposes, its designs, Masonry ha* no - secrets.. (Renewed cheering.] Its end, its purposes, its aim is to make a brother-hood of charity among men. Its end i* the end of Christian law, of religion. 1 know not how any Mason can be a Know-Nothing. Masonry binds its members to respect and obey the laws of the lan J in which w<> live; and when the Constitution of thw Cnited States, declares that no religious test shall be made a qualification of office, Masonry dare not interpose by conspiring, in a secret aaTfgibus testa qualification tor office. — 11 —■ ——

Great Know Nothing Demonstration— Funeral of William Poole

New Y’ork. March 12.—The funeral procession of William Poole, better known as “Bill Poole,” which took!'place yesterday (Sunday) far surpassed anything witnessed in this city for many years. Tire precession extended three miles, made up mainly of citizens on foot, nwrehing from six to ten abreast. There were also one hundred carriages in atteti- • dance. 'Bn>ldw«y» along which the procession passed., was lined on both sides with a dense mass of people, and every standing place or position from whexxee-the procession could be viewed to. advantage, was eagerly sought after. The excitement before and after the funeral was intense The jjrocession was headed by Dodworth’s brass band, composed of 50 musicians. The various Chaplains of the United American Societies, were out in full force. The coffin was shrouded in the American Hag, and the words of the deceased, “1 dih a true American,” were printed; in large bold letters on the hearifo. Timremains were taken to Greenwood, for interment. —= • A New Acquisition—Russian Amkrica.—A singular pieep of diplomatic news appears, in the London papers, received by the Pacific, under the head of telegraphic advice from Vienna, respecting the Russian Possessions in North America. It is to thia effect: Vienna, Saturday, 9 A. M.—According to the local papers, the Russian General Mansuroff*, who has recently arrived at Brussels, is the bearer of the cession of the Russian Possessions in North America to the United States for 830,000,000. The above, the New York Times •ays, should bear date, Feb. 17; the day previous the steamer sailed from, Liverpool. Jt is news to the Uuited. States, without the slightest premonition. The subject of the purchase of the Russian Possessions on the . Pacific . Ocean, if agitated at all at Washington among the numerous other annexations) schemes, must have revolved in a very silent and profoundly secret circle, since no intimation of the sort has reached the public. The present advice of the scheme comes in a round about way, and may be bogus of the poorest met-al.—-Phil. Sun. t>' . ■» ' Hbavy Robbery.—During Tuesday night a most systematic robery WgS perpetrated at the dry goods •tore ofMr. H.F. Cohns, No.fiOl Vinestreet. The thieves entered by way of the back door, which wa& found open yesterday morning. Upon examination it was ascertained that nearly 81,000 worth of valuable property had been caned off. The door, which was locked at night, must hawPlfoon opend by an ingenious hand, •» the lock is of a very peculiar construction. So far no clue has becni obtained i which can trad to