Vevay Times and Switzerland County Democrat, Volume 4, Number 14, Vevay, Switzerland County, 7 March 1840 — Page 1

BY ISAAC' STEVENS:

“THE SENTINEL ON THE WATCH-TOWER OF LIBERTY." ■ ' . o - . I -

AT - $2 PER ANNUM.

, VOLUME TV. ‘

VEVAY, INDIANA, SATURDAY, KARCH j7, IMP.

NUMBER 14.

Published every Saturday Moraine,

•Oh, I am quite comfortable!’ said Tweezle, stopping mo short in th'o midst of my lamentation?. ‘What!’said J, surprised,‘after such a beating as that infernal Thump’erawell gayo you!’ •Ycsi-'eaid Twcezle. ■ ‘And three whole days yet to*bo locked up h§re, and condemned to bread and water! Coni* forUble, did you Bay!’ *Yc«, quite comfortable/ said Twcezle, ‘one thing only troubles me/ v . *Aml what is that!*-

‘They are false in general,* said I, ‘and Miss Julietta BlOssnm is false in particular/ ‘Alt!’ said Tweezle, chuckling, *1 am a happy man!’ ' ■ ‘ T wish you a long continuance of •ySuT'Hapi pincss,’replied I. - . - Tweezle looked serious for a moment, and then heaved a deep sigh. *1 havo lost fieri* said he. •Mies Blossom!’ inquired I. * *.Ycs, and a sweet creature she was! rich, beautiful,, and wellborn! andu—I’Ve lost fieri’- Tweezlo made an effort to took sad, ‘But it might hart been woric.',’ ho added, brightening Up. For my part, l;was glad to see him .so cheerful; but 1 could not well see what reasons he had for being so/and I therefore asked - him, *1 might have married her!’said Tweezel, Hippy, happy Peregrine! *'

REPORT,

Comer of Ferry and Jifartel streets, I froy, Indiana. terms;' ■ .

Of Mr, Fisher from the Conun luce on the State

Bank, Feb. 4 ib, 1640. Mr. Speaker; ; TAe Committee on the State Bank .. REPORT;

Per teas, paid in advance - • - §2 00. ■ Paid with in «tx months, 2 50, If not paid until the year expire;, - -BOO.. No subscriber will be taken for a less term than six months, and in all sneb oases the subscription money will be required in advance. ■ ■ Subscribers pot residing in the county, will be required to pay in ndvaqcc. . No paper will be discontinued until nil arrearages are paid, unless at the option of the cditoij. •

Thit they have investigated the management and condition of the State Board and Branches, by written questions, forwarded to each, to which answers havo generally been returned. The committee havp also summoned, ftom the various branches and from.-the slate board, on? or more officers or members thereof, and examined them orally concerning the acta and affaire of their several depa%( meats. The testimony ts appended to this report, ■ The present disordered state of our currency, the discontent of the public mind; and the pecupiary embarrassment of the people, induce the committee to devote much time, and research to ascertain, the conduct and situation of the bant, and fits effect on the'industry, - commerce and prosperity of the State. , Perhaps no Bank has ever-been endowed by government with more liberal privileges—and it is tbereTorc proper to enquire in the hret place, what benefit the community receives in return.' According.to the Banks regular annual report made at tho first of this session,'the total amount of loans to individuals, both on promissory notes and bilhtofchange,was, !J,935,299 dollars. 1 From the answers of the branches to the committee we find that.the total number ofall tlte borrowers is only 4951, This, is a small proportion ‘ of the adult males in the state who exceed 105.000. Of

•That I was not guilty; however, I intend to become fio as soon as I get out; and there's comfort in that!' *

MISCELLANY.

*\VcH donc.Tweczle, I Admire you Xor that! But is it not chiel, nevertheless, that you should be confined here for three days! Ts is not disgraceful.’ ‘it is, rather!’replied Twcezle;‘but I don’t mind it, rTlirca days will pass sooner than *a wqcl:. It might havo been worse!’ , ' And with 1 this small grain of comfort—that his punishment might have been more severe— Twcezle passed tHo term ofb|s imprisonment in cheerfulness! ’ Happy Twcezle! ; This,’\vaa one olthc troubles of his ear]y life’; andin tnanhoodlie hits not.bccn more;fortunate. Ill luck has always followed him, ;He has been in lovo and. been jilted; b6 has ployed and been pluqlted; he has confided and been deceived;'but still, the more tkat Fortupo hasTrowried, the more stupbom hos he'bctn in Iris defiance of her, and' the'more eager to console himself, even In Fate’s darkest’ day’,by reflecting llitU Itmight have been worse. . i 1 ! ; i . • . Anothcs adventure in which’he* was concerncd. Iris turn of mind. ; The Hon. Major trgemleman wbo’ri'joiced in a great slock ofossu ranee, a tolerable handsome person,!orw tn*cry conscience, took it fin jo his head id pay'’some, very marked attentions to Miss Julietta 0|pftom,'o young lady to whom Twcezle was rntglgcd.l Theso gallan tries 6f the Major lowarjllfe fair Julietta were of course 'not very pleasing to my 'friend Peregrine; and it may bo inferred that no great portion of good .will subsisted betweenhim and the Major. Peregrine, bcing.an casyi good natured man, would never have insulted Major'.Fitzfiggins; but the latter being an overhearing puppy', thought fit to apply nn epithet towards Mr. Peregrine Twcezle, which as a gentleman, Mr. Peregrine Twcezle could not do otherwise, than resent. I was, in consequence, commissioned to bear an invitation to. the honorable Major Fitifiggius to take a walk to Chalk-Farm on the following morning, where he would find a certain person-who would be most happy to exchange the politeness of a shot with him- Major Fitzfiggiqawas too mu of] ofa gentleman to reject bo courteous an offer, and next morning accordingly, the meeting took place. *>Sid rascal, that FitzfiggmsVsaid Tweezle to tac, as we arrived upon the ground. ‘And good shot!’’said 1, like a Job’s comforter/ as 1 was.

FromUte ftew York flimr. f Some Account of Peregrine Tweezle,

A Warning Voice,

To preserve our independence, we must not let our rulers load us with perpetual debt; Wo must make cur .election between economy and. liberty; or profusion and servitude,.' - If wo rt/n* into such depts, as that we must be taxed intnir meat and incur drink, in our necessaries and our comforts,'in our labors and our amusements,' for oar callings and oiir creeds, as the.people of England nro, our people like them,’roust come to labor sixteen hours in the twenty-four, give the Ccrnings of fifteen of these to ‘the government for their debts and daily expenses, and the sixteenth insufficient to afford us we must live oslhey now do, oh'oat. meat and potatoes; have rid tiriio to think, no means of calling the mismanagers to .account, but bo glad to obtain subsistence by hiring cured ves - to’, ri vit their chains on tfie hecks of our fellow. Botfeferfl. . Our* hndhohiere, too like theirs, retaining indeed the title and stewardship of estates called theirs, but held really-lit trust,for"the ‘ treasury, roust 'wander', like theirs in foreign countries, and be 'conic nted with penury, obscurity, exile;'and tile g!ory of the nation. This example; reVids to Vis the salutary lesson that private cd by public aa‘ well as private extravagance; And this is : thfe Tendency of. all human governments.' ’ A dtroarlpre:froin principle’ In ohe ihjslance, becomes a’precedentTor a second; that for a thUdi ahdeo mi; lilt: the bulk of'society is reduced to be mere automatons 6f roi8ery, io have ro seUBibilitieslefV biit for sinning and Buffering. Then begins,! indeed^'the helium omnium in dTnnia, which some philosophers observing lb be bo general in tlioworld, have mistaken it Tor the natural instead of the abusive state o(ipan.; Ant? the fore-horse of this’ frightful Team Is public defit. Taxation follows that, and/its Traifi' wretchedness and oppression/’—TAmms JejferV’*-:

these however who are borrowers, about six Hundred persons, being directors and stockholders, havo l,410,10y dollars, winch’ is considerably mom than one third of the whole amount.. - The same siX hundred are addrlionalfy liable to’ ;tlie bank as endorsers and partners of nthera to; ihe amount of 1,£16J166 dollars. So that the total.of loans and - liabilities of the'dircclors together with abo.ut half)bo stockholders is'2,057,dollars, and if we add to this sum for one branch which does not answer ai to the liabilir

alone, xml ono fourth more to the county of j e Dearborn leaving the" remaining four-* for tho other counlie®, in that district, consisting of Franklin, Switzerland. Ripley and Decatur, whose aggregate population and wealth, would be at 'least twice*as great as Dearborn alone. - Thus it appears that the favors of the’Bank u are conferred exclusively .to something less than j one twentieth, of the people of the State, that half the amount is’engaged by .about six hundred e of the stockholders amongst whom the directors [# have the lious, share, and furthermore, that ono , c half the discounts are confined to the. thirteen towns, in w,hich the branches arc located, whose [ r population being but a very small proportion to i_ that of all the state, and that three fourths of the entire .facilities of the bank, arc limited to.13 of - the coupties, or.less than one sixth of the whole '• number. l ” Gut even this is not the most eirlking view ofc the partial management of tho bank. 0 -The committee sought toascctUln in what 7 proportion'the loans were distributed to tho va- ? rious classes of the community; and for that pur- ■ pose, inquired of the banks what had been the f loans to farmers; or producers, to merchants, and f to mechanics aud^anpfactored. Two of tho ! * branches did nut answer, and several are .vagus and indefinite; whilstsonie include produce tncrchants amongst the producers.- Taking lie «anll iwere, however, as they are given, and allowing 8 for the unanswering branches, the same proper* n lion of the others, and the result is that the iner3 chants have $1,537,371; the mechanics and man8 ufaciurers, $710,30-1; and the farmers and pro* 3 ducers, $1,012,8-14. The total to these three 1 classes is only 3,250,579, which is 634,779 less l ' than the entire loans of-ihebank to individuals, *' And-as these three classes comprehend all but f professional men a few others whoso disB counts would not probably amount to as.mach'as 0 that .balance, it is-probable that some of tho 8 branches have left out of consideration their bids 3 of exchange. And as these are generally lised by merchants, the amount to be added.to their . loans would make thorn more than half of all now 9 ducthcbink. WhilstJ if some allowance be made r out of the amount set down’ip tho farmers 05 pro1 duceis, for what is given to produce merchants,’ the actual loans to larmers, would nit exceed ono fourth of tho total amount of money bofrow- . ed fromlho hank by Kow the far1 mere constitute about three fourths of tho people of the a laic, and possess corresponding » amount of Us property, yet receive but one-fourth ? of the State Bank credit; whilst the merchants, not much more than one fiftieth in number enjoy 1 about twice as much as tho farmers.’ We a;e aware that some maintain the opinion, r that hank discounts ought to be.coofincd chjeity * to mcreliaiiteapd roch pf business—that they arc * more punctual ip payments, and more sagacious 1 in the use of money and of credit.. We think- » otherwise.. The greater part of the merchants 1 of-this state are importers of dry goods, and otli- * er commodities produced abroad; and it must bo 3 obvious to. alii that our imports are always -tend3 ing to*'excess,’ and that one great cause'of our ‘ present crnbarra8!ment, ’jrili8 hcavy debt cohr traded to tnqrchinls for goods,imqcb which was foriarticles of show and luxury ,meyond the 8 wants and of the community. ’ The 8 merchants hat;e evidently been able to , import 3 these, large quantities of goods, and to sell them L on. credit, in consequence of the extraordinary " amount of loans they have received , from the * bank. For with the'funds'thus obtained by " them of tho batik, they have been enabled to r make large additional purchases on credit abroad. The cffect.has been to stimulate a love of indul* 5 gence' and display, and to increase consump- ’ | Mon .of the country .beyond its production. Tho I stale therefore is impoverishcdi.Ihe’habUs of the > people vitiated, by the policy of stimulating tho 1 Import trade of the state by bank credit. Our > own experience must satis fytis,! fa at at no time, > even When credit and money were tho -scarcest, r didtbq peopi e'of tho clate ,euffer frpra want of foreign me f chan disc. 'On the cohirdfy; the'raer- ‘ ■ cantile business is morefrequemIyflnd;gqrCral- . 1 ly overdone Jthanany andhowever’great . ’ njay bp .the; failures ind disasters of one yqar,. ■ the iiext boitymercfiants and t merchandise .will . .be sufficiently plemifoI.' . The nicrcaniile. bust* 1 ness h sO atiractive, the notion fa so L -prevalent,' 1 ofits being uvmbde of getting rich without labor, ’ that there is in auhappy tendency in oilier class* ■ es tO rusb into that. * True policy, therefore demands' that ho'addilional e neon rageincnt should 1 fas given by'pUblic tpsiituttobs. - Wherever tho results of that businers bare been investigated, ■ il has been foundi thai evcn in those portions of ifae where credit baa been, most cautious and prudencp most-prevalent,’ a large majority of thomerfch'anU are* losers, and wo believe that at day add in this country, if the amount of . capiui heretofore invested in that business could bo ascertained; dt would be found to have, pro-' dneed less increase or profit, than any other mode of investment. It is not, wo think, trite, thatfarmers ; are less punctual, in paying their bank debts,'ibao merchants. The latter,.living-more convenient to the branches, cao conform to tho ' ■ modet of banking more easily, can renew their . paper from time to time, and thus the ap- g pcafance of punctuality, and by reducing their debt one day to increase it"the next, contrive to secure permanent accommodation. We think it probable that d much laicbr proportion of tho - loans to’farmers havc actually been paid up thaw those to the merchants. It is likewise due to tho farming business to say, that it is the only one that can bo uniformly relied on for profit, on tho capital am) labor employed, and benefit to the slate —and is therefore tho one above all others, to which credit may be extended with tho utmost safety and advantage. If the million and a half ofiliscounta now invested in foreigii goods' could be devoted to increase the live stock, and. extend the tillage of the farms of the state, who can doubt that it would produce more of private anil pub'ic prosperity, than can be expected from its present use! Such an application of bank Credit Would be even more profitable to the state, than- the pure base’of bills of exchange un 'shipments of produce, which is ths most lucrative

ties or the stockholders, the prdporiion of that branch the amount will be $3,787,869 or nearly three-fourths of the entire loans of nil the branches. - r :

In a report to the last session by.lhe bank it is' stated -that about one balf-of the private slock' holders borrow little or nothing, and. supposing tbatjproporlioh to be still substantially the same it nditv. appears, that the holders of the other half, (be private stock amounting to between Q- and 700,000 dollars, have become borrowers of l,t 410,103 and liable as endorsers and partnecs for 1,345,960 more, and adding to their total liabilities; the _pro{wrt ion of one unanswering. branch, the result ia $2,787,869, or more than tdtir times the amount of their stock,—then our loans'bethg more than' double ofihatstock. It is unknown to the committee how many of the dirctora elect* cJ for the branches by the state .directors were holders efsioek.'buUhia is ofliitlo consequence in the result, for the total of their loins' and lia? bilities was but $273,497 at the time of their election, . -

Ilarziron—Abolition^

The following is an extract from a circular issued by Gen. Harrison when a candidate for Congress in 1822, and published in the Philanthropist, an abolition paper in Cincinnati, —in consequence of which he received the entire abolition, vote in the district: “FELLOW Citizens:. Being called suddenly home, to attend my sick family, I have but a moment to answer a few of the calumnies which are in circulation concernieg me. I.am accused of beidg friendly to. slavery.— From my earliest youth to the present moment, I have been the ardent friend of Human Liberty, At the age of 18,1 became a member of an Abolition Society established at Richmond, Virginia; the object of which was to ameliorate the condition of slaves and procure their freedom by every legal means. My venerable friend, Judge Gatch of Clermont county, was also a member of this Society, and has lately given me a certi-. ficate that I was one. The obligations which I then came under, I have faithfully performed.'’

. ‘I’m glad of itl’said Twcczle, . ■ 1 was afoul jo ask liitn why, when tho honorable’ Major Fitzfiggms arrived on the field, accompanied by his second. Tho customary cold and formal civilities passed between the* belligerents; the ground wasjheasurcd by the seconds, ami the principles took tKeir places. There was an awful pause. Each ram fired, and each man fell! My friend Tweczla was severely wounded in the left arm. I' knelt down and began to bandage up his wounds as well as 1‘waa able, when the second of Major Fitzfiggihs cams up to me. Alarm and anxiety were imprinted on tils countenance.'

, Tweezle and*I were school /cllowuf am) one iroitof his early character will exemplify his po* - cu liar philosophy. being so cosy and . good -natured, shared the fate ofali easy folks, end was always put upon and became, in fact* tho - scape-goat of the whole school. If any- riotious urchin hat} committed a fault—broken a'window, knocked down a pie woman, or dravfn n caricature of our pedagogue upon the wall. Peregrine was pointed nut os the delinquent. Strait way, the awful ferula was put in requisition, and Tweezle anjl its thongs became more intimately acquainted than was at all agreeable to the former.—Tweezle was at this time hut seven years old; but hisruling'maxim had, open then, penetrated into his brain, ahd>became the guide of las conduct and his consolation in distress.—Our pedagogue, Mr.Thurop’emwell,had.a wife, who had a very inordinate nation oHier own excellence, both mental and corporeal, and a very . preme cohtcmpt for tier husband in both respects. Thump’emwell, if rumor spokeTruly, now and then experienced from fits affectionate partner’;a few proofs of liorsuperioniy, which she manifestrd by imprinting upon his checks the marks of ‘her delicate Ungers, and by letting fall upon his eyes the full weight of her dainty list. • Ono..unJucky morning some satirical rogOe—ill nalurcd ns satirists alwiys with chalk upon . tho wall, a yerjj tolerable representation of one. of the striking scenes above alluded [to, which : had, on the previous evening, agreeably relieved the monotony of the taster’s life. When Tiimnp’cmwell tame down in the morning, his eyca rcstcd immediately upon the sketch of his connubial felicity. He gazed upon it for a minute in awful silence; and then his eyes sparkled * *fhh fury, end Ijis face grew so red, art# the veins □f his forehead so swollen, that wo thought, he would hive soffucated. Clenching his hand anth linking it against his desk, upsetting, at the «mo.timo,-anJnksljjnd oIJ over his nankeen nether aajifcnts, he with a still email voice, hr--dered iilffSl to stand up. The bu trillions was obeyed, and wc stood in a line across the room.. 'F/iump’cmweU was always in Vlremend(jus fury wife never bespoke low and blandly, and we accordingly prepared ourselves for an explosion. ■ * . ‘Now, my jlcar children,’said Thump’cmwell ‘you know I love you sinccre!■/; , and the hypo 1 critical wrctcli seized hold ofhis ferula os he spoke; ‘and ishould die with grief if any of you ever came to the gallows. Do you hear! Now,’ continued he after a pause,‘I was telling you that I loved yon-all dearly, and as I love you,-1 must save you from the gallons. Now the little atrocious vagabond who made that drawing is sure to be banged, nothing can save him from it unless I find him outand flog him, and _ confine > him for three days.upon bread and watciv You see, therefore, my dear children,continued he in the same bland voi.ee, 'that my affection compels mo to punish the offender. Therefore, l.ask you who did ill'*’.. . ' f . ; ' : No reply, •; " ‘, , , ■ . , , ‘Tell me or Twill: However ’soul, of yon, .'from the .biggest 10 the least. ’ W io Is the atrocious little reptile that had itio'-aud icity-td do hiHtill there was no reply, a id Thump’cmwsH lifted bis rod and brandished it in the air, passing the fingers of hh left hand fo -ingly through : the throngs as it descended.. , * ritifi a general silence prevailed, every. oho looked innocent; and the real culprit certainly the most innocent of alL Again the question was asked; and all ’ eyes were directed toward [loor .Tweezle, .who tho’ guiltless as the babe unborn, stood trembling at the bottom of the file. His. countenance. was pale, his eyes were down-cast and his knees knocked together. As the-fierce looks of the pedagogue was turned towards him,-my poor friend thought .that bo might as well be guilty since he was sure to bear the punishment. ■it was you, wasit, you ihcorigible"rascal!’ said Thump’cmwell,'seizing the unlucky; Peregrine by the naps of-the neck. ‘Now go, sir, And rub it off.’ ' r Tweezle did as he was desired. fNftw my dear liitleiboy,’ said Tbimip’emwell, ‘comofierel’ ■ ‘1 , Tweezle knew it would bl of no use to resist, and In w twiwwVe alveimria, the in- ,• strumeut of torture ascended and descended in rapid succession, and the screams of the unhappy, sufferer resounded through the apartment, i , ‘I’ll teach you, you imp; to. make sport of your superiors!’ sjid Tbuthp’emwell, after he had Hogged him til) his arm was tired: .‘And i /now,'he added,‘come with me!’ , ' . , ' .- Tweezle etilTbellowing, as if ho had had ihp longs often urchins,.was dragged, by Thump- i *e row ell to a Utile dark, dusty room, used as a prison forjuvenile delinquents, and .there locked Vp.. Wc all of ua heard him rdarieg for about five minutes, when tho noise gradually subsided and m a short time ho Was as quiet as if. he had droppcd aslccp,. Feeling acutely for his suff-'f-ings, and indignant that he should have undergone such seven* punishment for an offence of which ho wos guiltless, I seized an opportunity i (osteal away to pen dole wilfi him upon his wrongs. I Tapping-gently'attha door of his prison, I an- < pounced, myself, and straightway from tho outside • benn to console him under the pressure .of his 1 evil fortune. , <

/ Whilst the proportion of loans'and* liabilities for the stockholders, is so large,, the directors themselves have, gone much, further. AH the directors together do not number more than about one hun and fifty, or one fourth of the. bor-, rowing stockholders;-. Yet they are borrowers of 520,057 'dollars, and liable as endorsers and partners for $509,500 making'together more than one third qf the entire bans and liabilities of the stockholders. It, was not of course in'the power of the committee to ascertain. how much of the amount-Ibr which the directors, and slbcfeholders have become liable as endorsers, was'for, their own use.. Boiit will, occur to every one conversant with the business of banks, that.arrangements for that purposo ara frequent, endorser sometimes getting halt the leans,, sometime* more, sometimes less;.—whilst a .loanto; a piriner of an endorser is of'coursa’urmost cases for thejr joint benefit.- Tiro onswerof thp brancbes. ehoWjthat they, have received as' borrowers' -more than one (bird of all'ita loans, and-

' t ‘For heaven’s sake!* said he in a hurried tone, ‘gentleman, lose no time, fly, fly—Major Fitzfiggins is, I fear, mortally wounded!’ i . ‘Good heavens!’ said#,-*! hope not.' *1 fear so,’ answereif the second, shaking his head dolefully as he' (urhed to render that'assist* ancewhich his friend so imperatively heeded. To my unsophisticated mind, the aspect of affairs was disagreeable enough. Tweezle saVvthal 1 thought so; and looking earnestly in my face, whispered in a confiding lone, hate been varteV f •How/’ replied I, mechanically; for I was thinking whither wo should proceed till tho die* agreeable business had blown over. ■ •I might hays missed him! 1 said Tweezla, and be fainted frora'loss of Wood.

UriCTiruL Extract. —The foliow(ng‘ibeautiful extract is/rora Gallagher’s Hesperian, * monthly publication, issued in Cincinnati,'Ohio: "Young Womanhood! ‘the sweet moon on the horizon’s verge/ a thought matured, but jnol altered—a conception'warm and g!owing,-yet not embodied— the rich lit to w hi chp recedes tbb ris? ing sun—the'tosy down that bespeaks the ripening peach—a flower— ■ .■ 1' - r

if we.add what the; mayhave indirectly obtaine'tfias partnerVand ondoreen, the sum could, be miich lees than one halfof the entire loans of the Bank’, to - The answers ofthe branch* es show that 527 s/ockholders ere borrowers out of U46, the total dumber of the banksi—Adding the proportion'for one of the .branches that’’did [not answer, and allowing for directors that borrow who ms; hot be stockholders, afld.‘(he number will be about GOO wI|o thus receive one half of all the Bank loans or more than an hundred thousand citizens of the Slate besides.

*A flower .Which w not qvite a flower, - ■ - Yet i* no more a bud. 11 * ; ■ - : , Upon this the Sunday News makes the following capitafparddy: ‘ ■ **y 0 im£ womanhood! moNssca touched with a little brimstone—spread on bread not buttered—a being all joints and angles not filled out—an unformed form, deformed by clays—a pallid thing that loves, tho ripening peach—a young woman—

-1 carried him id my arms to a hackney coach that was in waiting, and wo drove away rapidly, Threp weeks afterwards, we heard that Major Fitzffggins was elotfly recovering from his wound, and that no further fears were entertain* ed for bis safety. Not so, however,'with poor Tweezle; • His wounds bad proved exceedingly difficult to cure, at the end of a month ho lay ia a very .precarious state!. To add to this vexalion, news also reached us that the heart of the iiy cresting and romantic Mias Julietta Blossom had been touched by the dangers-which the gallant Major had undergone for hor sake. Rumor added—apd rumor, for once, spoke the whole Vi’Olh—W wasitmh—\ViaUhe gentle &w one after a short edge, yielded, her heart, and fixed a day when, she would yield her hand to the captivating soldier.’ This hews, 1 thought, would prove rather loo much, oven far tho comfoRablu philosophy of my friend; and 1 hesitated about communicating it to him. By some means, however, it came to his knowledge. * •What’s your opinion of my wound sir,’ said ho to mo ono day, after 1 had returned from a eolilaty saunter through Boulogne. ‘Dad enough,’ said I, ‘but you will recover in thnse’or four months.’ ,

The .total number o£all who borrow of the Bank is however but small, whilst who re* cciva about half her favors, sresovery few—and the inequality of the system over the stale will appear still more striking, if we consider the locality of the loans.' The 13 tewrisjn which the branches are located receive about 1,760,000, the ’answer from two of them* being somewhat indefinite. It is customary with some if not all the officers that answer to consider the borrower on

*A woman which is not quite woman, Yet something more nor n gal” 1

Revolutionary SotofEBB.— A paragraphia going the rounds of the Whig press, stating that Sir. Harrison is entitled to the credit of being the author of the Act of Congress granting a pension. to the soldiers of the revolution. .This ia.net the fact. Gen. Bloomfield* formerly Governor of New Jersey, was chairman of the committee which introduced the bill into Congress, Therefore w.e pluck this feather from the H-e-r-o-’s cap.—* Wabatk Enquirer.

the bill of exchange’to bo the acceptor, and as lie lives at a distance, the loan is out of the'town and county.—But whenever a bill of exchange is drawn on time, the drawer is generally the borrower, —making however very little allow* aace for this, the total loans to these few towns whose aggregate population cannot exceed 30,000 persons is more than tho entire share of the state besides, or twenty times the proportion to. which they are entitled.—And tho counties in ■ which those towns are located obtain, about one half the residues of the loans after the towns. Thirteen of thesg counties thus secure about three fourths of our entire bank cre’dit leaving

Pout os art Ravages.— Of 361 deaths, the last year in the populous factory city of Lowell, Mass, over one filurth wore of diseases of lungs.. The fine particles of the cotlcn dust, the confined air of the factories greatly assist in swelling the cases of a class of diseases which however arc tho bane of all our northern sea board cliY. Star.

■ ‘1 tloubt ii ( ’ replied Tweczle,'‘but still, il might have beep‘wor«cl* ,, ‘If ho had killed you outright,’ said F, guessing his meaning. ‘Precisely bo,’ replied Tweezle, smiting arid Jooking quiie happnto think bo bad escaped with life, and bad only received a wound which would confine him for six months to his hedv . ‘And what do jou think of womankind *in general, 1 saidVTwepMl again, 'and of Mias Julietta in particular!' >

the other fourth to the remaining seventy-two. This inequality does not result from a corresponding difference in the .wealth or population of the counties. In the second bank district for instance! the lentil both on notes ami bills of exchange amount to about $560,000, one hilf of which la confined-to the town of Lawrencshurg

Fires w New York.—Thd Report of tho Fire Commissioners, just published, stales that between th&SIst of-May and the;30ih or December, 1938f thefe were aeveniy-flight fires in. that city- Of these it is supposed, were occasioned by incendiaries.