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FAICC4 springs, her pinions pluming, . • And mid childhood-scenes I roain • The l m I•stand beneath the covering I t Of the cherry,-trees in bloom, White as though an and e hovering- Shook his wings and dropped perfune - ; Cooling breezes waft thci incense, I To each sense intoxicate ; . JOYous birds in sweet concordance. Warble mid the boner elate.' • Undulating hills eys - Rise and fall on ever_ side ; s There the brook its fore a Leaping, laughing, on thny,glide • Fleecy clouds. with light) all burnaedl Seem , some changing palace fair, • I • As with eastern splendor furnish, ••. Gorgeously 'they glisten' there: • -0 Disease ! i fin Would , • For thii risieri of my yi lie'er again those hills can Pictured with such 'perk i , For their pleasant scenes 1 , Tree and:cottage pissed: Other childish forms are re Where with friends I:nsi And my playtnates are no Children; in their song 9 Other ties to them grown . They are not as once to Then I thank thee,,wearyia For the glimpse of Far Praying I may e'er with in gear 'the chastening s‘he yotting . a tsciitit From Knickerbocker 11Iagazin , ranscripts lidos - the Dock late Sheriff. BY FREDERI , BS -VULTE. l l ti Say Mr. Sheriff," -inquired Old . thisdat . of e,;" be' you good ,r. : fi gg ersr -i! '. "Good at figures?" I ',asked, responsively ; hat do you mean bythat question r' - and 1 'ook - ed. at the old man - with astonishment. v.• 1 He seemed lost at - the apparerit InuAness `)bservable in -My manner of addressing him.. :ad apprehensive that I was offended, he ask ed my forgiveness ; and dechtri.s.d " didn't meal no offence." ~, ~. . . \ "Oh: as for itat,•Tise,"l repli&l, -. )‘ I an satisfied you ;Meant 'nothing wrong. ' Bu why do you ask if I. am good at figures ?" "Because,"' and-he.primped up hispont - 1. and swelled out his • cheeks, looking/I forja 1 the, world,likean. antiquated Cupid.; (as he s, mid with a - cunning and gayitwiiikle of. 11 s .eyes, drawing his hands from out of his sid • pockets, 'and- covering one `with the other, 'S. As - to make'. aliollow of them, he .raised: the 1 . up, gently at.first, and thn quickly, gay{, swaging thenite and frO befor e mieyes ' and cars; a jingling, chinking und Ayits heard, "Because if y-oub,:low ni ch is twice fiv.e,?" ..- "Tiice'five is•-ten." •' . • i . ') • . "Vat's it, and' dey be ;" rid - lie erased the movement of his hands a ;the: instant he showed me two half-eagles, Whielt t i e held be; tween the .fore-finger an thumb of . each baud. "They arc a pair . fl spectaclesain't they, Mr.'Sheriff-?" and he continued holding thein as before , ' "..and lai 'Exl thein with - a . pair of specnicles ,; and gol . Ones they, be, and gold ones they was. - Yes- twice 'five is ten,'", said-he,• chuckling ;." and half- eagles don't roost on., every tree, if w ole - ones does fly above, my 'head. • .1." ain't fCnded - te Yon ?", . " Heaven, bless you, T se,-no : I But how about this affair? . I .. can'tt ompreliend you.; 'what means. this about 06141f -eagles .. and 'spectacles ?"- . .- • • • , . . • . " Well, you , see, Mr. S eriff," sah lie " . .I ' was a-goin' down town y 1 terday,an 1 got its . •far. as Wa:rstreet . hy old' .rinity," W enl see Mr. Wiltonthe . lawyer; . ,nd he bowed very purlittly to me; and he- o ne up j i to me and says:- • . • . 1 .. -" `• 1 ' -- . "tiood morning. Mr. 'llh sou. 1 ' '-, •• • . • .: And I says :. ' 1 " Poot . y •we11,.1 thank .jio .". I 1 . ••• "'And theß hosaYs,ag i:• , :1 1 ', • '"Mr. Thiion, I'm we .. glad iolseF volt-: ,I n i 'want you to serve a-,pa r for rue on a-man who. ives not far froth . - ere, but wbo.l.V l .e been tryin&to serve for he last4,enr ;' t all of ' my 'clerks, from -the errand -boy, "io the confi dential man,'haveiriedit ;lever!' I Myself have tried it ; I have also employed men and bo . )3s, 'whO are familiar...midi. that ,busin4s ; haVe• lodged it in the sheriff's 'office ; . an . (11.1 believe the paper has been in the_ hands of eyery - one: , engaged in the office. I have . also•given it' .to a score,- or more of • ' eonstald ; all,,all'of . them have_failed ,to serve; it ; rid I almost now, in.looking at it, searely nognize itis a thing,orthe present' age,! it 10, ks r .c6 . greasy - and dirty.' -Have . you a \ mind t t 'it'.?" . 1 : ~ 1 • -- " Try it; Said I; and - I look ,g at; him. in ' 14 wonder ; " try it ? I never Ifaile iia nothing{ I go at•right earnestly. Try it i-{ l -osa I will.: Nrw - is_ t}ie, party, 3dr. Witten 1 -id L :. -, ~i "'The plaintiff is a wotriati." • .',, 1 . . . " A . woinan l and you know Om Sberiff i. • how *ini!i s ifam to serve the w . o.lept.' • . " - • ',Yes : lAit, 'yi,-..e, Mr. Wilto rid - 't 'Want you' to serve a woman." ' ' e - 1 1 . "IN o w,. why will you bother ; , -Mr. Shell= .. lily! - - Why Won't: you. let" ine 11. iny • kor,v , - -.without slopping, me r ` Well, -well; go onl I only it I. ' h e'n, 1 '!"lip( - .)sed-you were off .I a i 'wasn't 'off dre treat; I'w: a good rate. . i-et Me see • let • was Il=yes, 1 wa „.. I,' was wit 'women." • "'Well;-Mr. Wiltxv - , . -" Do you think, NI the man? -The suit . ty Doolittle, my 'clic . • Mr. reeliliope; an c grocer and widower , sullect to rheumatic, similarnilment ; and - • fur tWopr three - year ;ill weflt- on very' iii 1 -', { -'°k, an. Irioh gi', t{ OIL go !that she didn't wail Ater any, 1116,1 e abotit the libusc ; that'she had! niarried M. Ore* liok' , and had become, 14. the law,of ;be, la . the 'Metre% of the house InirsOf; that Tdr i ,P teen-. hope told Kitty it *as -rta: the cook aid ;' he had' married her, and begge'd Kitty - Ito : , : Conte again, nndl lc mould settle': her. i Well, kitty 'eft house at oticei; and, after "afew days, Went to see Mr. Green hope tolget4l set .tlenient withhim, but she W -as detile_dndin t t.nt'e• i . Sli, went again; and again!: • find al ways was;refused adinissioni into tb!c ;house; and,slie never . Cotild see the:' old gentlemart ~ his .Iwife wetrld not,perinit i bi?r to,coinn ii:aidi sec hini. At length, aft..o.iqeated effort. , AO sgelhitn, she came to ere; laid told line of her,, .i.A ;Ars. lwrote to him, and no s atisWer, was sent to Me. I finally, letertnined testie him; and you know of the diffidulties -I lain labOr jai Under .to procure a service of the Iprocess upon - him; His wife; who is! fearful •of an ini 114nceldetriniental to lieri interests; : which: might belexercied in the Making othis last ! • ,will and testainent„preVentsthe admission of atri one into the house, and. keeps the old uutn a. prisoner, fin fact: there, you Have the •,1114 whole. story ; and. , my! Client; Kitty, al though I Might i comm cue° prOceedi*against hint under 'attachment as areoneealed debtor; ' will potiallow nc todo scp,Oslicsaysi would i give too, Much, publicity tO' the matter ; and beside, it would "be exposing: the ! old ,'gentle- Man to too ankh pain; in ;case he slimild set his name in mint as a concealed debtor.— Atiii yet again, Kitty- liao4-s'tkat the moment Mr.,Greenhope si - inad'e aWate of the claim, _ .he ivill pity her tt - ) the ;Ist fraCtiOn. But the. difficultyll.Mr. thison, i t , d, see him ; and: yet I Wieve,:ialtliough so inailly have tried it., if' - any one: can accomplish a ken - ice, y-ou are the &et - Molina." -. •i I ; - =7 , • "' \VA . ! I couldn'thilp; '74r. Sheriff', when. he said Orris the gent. em takingimy . bat off; and) . gin birnAlie!lOWest bow I could - 1 .1 r Make:" i 1 . .,-, ,:. j -. 1 ~- i . i 't Well,. :chat, do yeJus say', Mr. Thi;. , en,"said he; "willi You try it i'''' i -', "Try if i.to be sure ,I Will," - said I. "I,le ditn't lh - e far,ifromi here •, only around the 'corder;: and if yousucceed in i serving himi J . Will give you ten 41111ir5.." -, - • • - "Ten dollars I .'" said I. 1 1 ~ - 'I ' "Itlas:si- me l that's a round sum for atSinall job like Chat, I thought.! ',But von. _didn't catelr nte expressing •niyi' 'thoughts. to I him, lesslhe 'Might haul . ii, and:offer me less,' . ~ • 'NeS!It - en dollars. YOu've got toibel . cau tionS and'cunningid lie, land loot: out that Mt-L-' o i. neentiiii! dpi it suvilw I.IAF. e1.,+;, ! ... . nn, yon,: r;et. me bearfrom ton, Thison, to-day !or to-itiorrow. !Good-byer ~-. • i: • : "iAnd'be , left me. "Qonie de. chain on mer wliat ,did he niattit,i said' I; and I was. 1 dinb-fOttndered ; I tins '; in '• a fig; rind. I .conldn't till what he did tmear. , ; .but rfound out afterward, when I trikl the service:; 'and 1711!tell 'yeti hinte by, abdut de Chain. .. .‘l See . , lyir. Sheritt - I never failed to Serve a palter in to life but:oncei„ and I'll tell You of that another time, \ But ill tell you once I. had a, `deelaration" agin' it Man by the name_ of BurroWS,Wlio bothered tile a good deal : be.-;, , sliyed 'ine cVery where and every place;; helm& hiS dodders always 'bout him ; and - I r • never Seed.hinywithout be rid a Irrse; a black horse. When fwent to the : doo 'Of his house to ',see: him, "I'm blamed ifi he didn't go through t.oilie , stable.iti4,lear of his Iniuse, and tot on'i and ride prii.:•strie in de front of his place, i could see liinr. 'And when r went de il ne:xt day, thin kin . ; -, slat I :would Pitlim sure atithe'.stable,,hlanikd if he didn't ceine.right pat nie on dat 'Old black horse agin : begot ',on' at : the, front! ofitlieliouse this 614; he was 1 toil wideawake. for me;.. I tried this a good: many times; fust at the front doOr, at de baser4nt, at de stable, in de rear,•and at ev .eti- pint I thoUght I eould make: iiornething, 'at; • But I. W aF. deceived; be was always bur-; roving jist like •a rabbit, out of oneliole into, another. I„coub i lift catch •liim ; I .seed:thim.; thenigh,4l good. tmany 'times on -that black; lii*,e-bf his . '" i he knowed me jist as well . ay 11,.-noveci tin - ; Mid- sometimes ,1 thought it ; was Weirv- aggre,watin' in him ; he used. to rsthp ii-id.ltis Norte by de corner of de streets, (li.think be Must a finew.ed I was about;) and d 6 S , lien i kim up, thinking 'I - had it all rilit4l and was jist a going to--,lathed if iteNdidn't pull off his lint, . and 'Wish me a li werry good ritornin' , •, and ;oil went de old blacki‘ horse at a good 4ibt...”!. .'• . • i" Well I stood! at 6t: corner, and I begait' ' - for tai and I said !to yself,'."Tise . old in fkinOman, this: . ‘‘' \ ort't..'ile; at air feller inuSt •he - conic up to, iflbe dbos 'ilea berse. NOW irluttsball Ido I [Alit iihall : .1 do ? I can't_ keen i price wed ibps nag; and bless me,. if I think I can -,wid . his rider; l'twon't ; ' do to be riOnplushed.thiS ivay." 1 And I was thinking .orriestitne' time; and Wonderinglivliat . I. should do licit ; and I locked up; arid den 4 seen him ti . g 4 iii,, stillon chit blatk nag ;• be pabsed.nie,,. and he.said 'he Wished Ime a worry pleasant tiiite_of it." II ec.inlilii't 1 bel p it; but I clissid some, I. tell No'it ; and I •Shuek jay finger t i at! hint ` ; antf• rhellet'eil eta to him Oat I'd .git ! b4,Eyet afor'e de DeVil!''would, and he must duke a note(Of that :: `"Now yoh see,-.llr. Sheriff, that, last part *ft s :the aggerwntinist Of - all, to, wish me a - welt pleasant time; and I 'wowed - then,,a.s. - inv dander Avs riz,elF . .c.ould get:him:by aur. ~ v. , • 1 rneans,,l would; my feelin's, was Burt; and, .I•Jihottglit, if he bnrrowed,. I . would burrbw; tOO „' Will, I - Was 'determined, • 4ter that; to' catch hint ; . art&l . went to work i ttirnestly ; I went to his heitSe,t6 his stable, a't day-break," at sun-se. i Aleliad gone'out ; he had - gime in li I o we 'never in time ; I was before himi• d I...Wris a ft rhiml; be was in his 'castle, and , . I . wtiv:derii 'admittance, as till of his.servants; • . waiters, and ail, klibwed, me. I • . ! sulk thee iht, th eharni me, !I t truth : i re changing, away; to stray. onger 1 d gleei '4 . ronger m - • e.- rr SICSN way, eekness n I stra natt4 a 1.1 e t xrupted you I . ggi . ue see where rig tc, .olAige • sad llse1 Ise c*l sirr4 way: Kit; iefTer•foi la retiie4, g (1 , 1,-was otue other is serride anC6 to r. grows -up ;r4,. was 1; l id "gt e, ntle I r itt it 100, becf4ii ar gouty tr Kitty wfi,s l in lat sinalL w ge.s ; and e day,the client, to. ely o kitty, A 71E I 4 391113,11AL--IIEVOTED Tq POD NEWS, ILITERATT2E, ACiRICULTURR SCIENCE, !Ott :t11011412117. "Birneby, a thought struck me if it could only be,.thought L" . . 0 What was it, Tise thig time,!be- Coining'fairly interested, I could not risist the inclinationko check the old man in' his very particular and close narration. of etery incident,, and Yet I wanted him io-close it up speedily, so .garrulons - had he become. "What •, • ; was it, Tie r •s , , u I begin tO think," continued "after going higood many times 'bout de house where de man lived, dat if I could Un'y catch .a boy, or 'a man, or a wdinan, or: any body, who went for to carry something Ireg 'lnt io the house, I might succeed. I seed ,a butcher-boy, 4. good 'many times, go-in de dpo rin de - a‘erneid. t and tried to get NM ode , to let me carry in the meat and mar ksting; so as to' bit in the howie ; but be txtlked, shy atkne; and put his thuinb and fi;geis to his Jwse ; -abd as he moved thetit b ckards and foraris, he,said : 1 . I I • g aorta 1;1 . ontrost, c , ..usqutila,, i Ccauttn, Vsnit , l Da, e. arsbaorm* e l,prit k, 1854. • ,7 --- "'(,,,;nnun,on 'ain't what «•o deals iii; nothin' to, filly old sti.: sistant ; and I Iripwl dOW'',n into 'is sure a hand as na t ure could impress; and but 'de best- of beef comes from dour stall." , . aleompliinentary: allitsion to his politenesS. tine old wan said in A slow, solemn manner And lie shy ed 'at nieag'in. Well I went 'l . ou are.the soul And body'. of politexie— - "Come ! come !Hi' li - right: : —comel" .1 1 - I aecohipanied hitn .; and as we went, Tise ag - tn at night ; mid after sta)-.ing -loot :in ()course the lady letiYon in 'at onceil" . , hour or se, I Seed a tvoinati; va great big tall !,!".Not zanily • nght, itway;, she' looked .at fnform - ed Inc of what! had transpired since I '' Woman, doingnit leg up dt‘lstoop with a bigclothes- pooty tight, andkVerry partickaler; -and - last parted with !din.' basket: "Hallo!" . said. Ito 'myself, "hen's (lea she asked me .td gin, her the sped, and ;.' I Started," said he, ".fust to - a drinkin my out: And I waited for her tO come sail 'would fake the to Mn Greenhopb." shop, where the brothels is generally 'bout and when she did come, I fettered her, i'l"l3ut you didn't •de it ; ?" ! .frciin 'let to twelve b'cloe' k ; but they wasn't . a little .wa3- ; and when I 'gat out of the wny;, i [‘.‘ No!. rite;! she' might :keep me and other there ; then I went to the corner of Wall and Of Mein' seen, I Walked' up to her, and, asked; folks out 14- the chain,: but ;1 knowedrthat I Nassau-stteet, and 0'4.0 about, thinkin' i I her[irsliet did wa s hing. She said yes 4 And! h . ad that inmeithat ,would !loosen • der chain. might meet 'On ther6 ;• then nein - I !went+ , I get from her the name . and number of de :WhY, you linoW, Mr/ Sheriff, I idlers' look .run• -•-clown fettle EXAange' ' and they Wii.slll Suva where she lived, and. told her 1 might like an : inticice 4 child; no body . Would think -there, nutlet; and glen:l feli- 'las though !I gall on her one of dose days. And den lasik-: ittly wrong of the ; and then'd asked her ag'ht Webldn't see'enutt all; and Ifelt ugly, - he ed ,her.;if she _washed for the •gentletnan in del ifishe woul 4 allow ink, de pleasure. of Presen-, kase I thought I Shouldn't see 'on at all; arid' house where'she come out of; and she toldi ilig the specs to Mr,joreenhope. hisselfP, : then thiukin'llient the s cenfectionees shop in rheshe did ;.dat she was in a . great hurry,andl I!" Vv she Opened. de door at last; with Ilreadtray, juss be 104% Cedar-street, Where So •cooldn't stay talking with me just then; sliej 4! good deal of reluctance, !and 'down come inanv gentlemen go to; get their; 'even 'had 'some other places to call- at ; ' and 'that; de chain, and in 'I wnt ; and when 10;4 in, I o'Clocker, may be ley might be there; I Ht she would have to stop ag'in when site came; seed de one! gentlern n sitaridin' on .4e fust ed day Way, d fo''' ,I - t there, bless• n , _ ~ .and a M. gr) ere, ye! , , , , Clack at, the gentleinthl76 for dirty •- clothes ; flight. ; and I Went tp; and him :it Was Mi. Sheriff, I seed 'eonun'," . . . and.slie said 'good bye' to me, .and left me: i 'wlerry lucky dat Iha Tened•to pick dem up; i"Both of them ?"said I, interrupting.hitn. " After 'she had left me, Mr. Sheriff, I knowi find I- give .hint . the spectacles, and - he thank- i", Yes, Mi..Sherif,,both; and . den says Ito ed . I. had to work sharp and quick, 'it I in- . d , el me a good• deal; [and then I took the pa- Myself, da,Nonlueki; but howsotnever,l said tended to Carry out my plan, bekase the wash-i per out ofniypocket and banded it i .te him; nothing' ; and I followed 'em, but •I. wasn't er-Woman:;Weuld be back after.long ; :so that; „Old I told i liini. ag'in that it was werry lucky erns by, on'y I kepi my eves . on "ein nil 33e without watifi :r Minute,l mu into a .s.econtli' I foond hiSi specs, uslhe - couldn't See .to read titne ; 'and one of 'enneft - ; - and I den begin hand elothing-shop, in au avenue cilus by, ilt paper without 'eini 'onle4s,' and I said on- for to feel good; midden I Wanted to see you, and I bought a woman's hat; and then I Tliti .1 . ( SS :werry gaud ; 'tliiit here lade;' andhis•wife,, 'Air. Sheriff, for I didn't know which one !to to a grocery-store:and got :t big lufsket...,- and :t he woman of the chain-g:inte, conic up theri, gO after; ,but says to invself, • I can't folkr - I put sonic things in the basket :lipidkivered it `"•ould read it for bhp :." ' . beth, and ary 'one of 'Cm will do; so I hop" ) , up' with, nred hankereher; and I put on tli. :',.;',1 ".What did she say, to that hit von gave on track of one; and I Went after bitn ; bonnet, and with 'my . old black cloak on, 1: \ lher, Tice ?7 sail L.- , 1, • - , ' . and I follered On; and he stopped ; and den think I Made somewhat of a tie•mer'- , :Ind 1 •" Oh ! noth ii' out. f delWay. werri hash; Le went`onag'in; .Ind den he stopPed .oriec . ..-.. ,•,- was then. already ttod.mimence operations." ,' iie said I 'Was an old sinner, and - de like; and ' niori • and he talked a little 'kyr ile with soilie - 1 ; , • ! '" So I bobbled 'apthe. stoop; ainl ; - I ringt; ste didn't ;susfect My innereent - looks; and one he met; ,and het pushed On; and bimdby i,-(ithe bell ; . and I stooped a little, 'so as not ISoon ; ye(, she looked. moren she said.'' hewent in a house whore there is lots of lot:, to 'appear too big ;for the waslien.woina . n ! -,! :!: " That 4•as a ItiCkYincident,. Titre, 'of v.our likes; and I follered hini.werry ileac then, hitt though She was a large woman , and I curt,llinding the, spectacles;' it .procured Your ad- he didn't know noedn"bout it ; and lie went shoved to the ealrwia; opened the door and ;iiission into the 'tense" slid Ito hint. . . irrilie haek 'office on de ftist floor, and :. I Ik:time in: and whiout my sayiii• a Word - nol• ,! "Yes! Yes.!:- it Was - lireky," replied lie, egun`" ha's there noW" .• • l 'notliiii','slie toll ine to gitalong upstairs ak-.'irawlinnA;;.; "but (rat didn't do it" 7 1 liy this time, w 4 had "reached the . pike quick as I Could ;;•she didn't knoW tue : front; 0 " 8101, What was! it, then?" I asked, '. de woman; an' I went up stairs; and I didn't li "My nurlitenesi,", said he, gravely, and and so . thinking; w 6 opened the door, iiii,a, know what to do; and I was wondetin' what. ittakine• a ;very-graceful :bow, 'with his hand ' true enough, one of the twins iej,as there, ;but . 1 'should..do • and when.l. got to the! landing :!phiced : across' his ,breast ! " yez,i. v 6; I My. which One, and whmlier he Was the one I • 7 above. .fina -was! thinkin g what 'next,' ro timflite.nesi done de business; and he! smirk- wanted, I could not tell, But Tise,on whom . .. blained if my -eustoliter hisself didn't come: ifi arehlyi "She couldn't resist me; !I knew Ii rel'e,d in this vexatious emergency, solsod• out ofa room ;' and seein' me, lie called rni) •! -was captiwatin' than, worry eaptiwatin." the u•oblem at onde.bY goirig,ru p tcliiin4ind Nifncy ; and he begin for to complain about, i "Nes, 'rise," saidil; - '•1 know you were on ann uneinir in his peculiar manner, that, s lie liii.. linen Mein' not so well done ; ;and then I :, captivating expedition just. theft." ! . e., bad a writ for his. nest." -.1 - • ! , . •r . n ~ : r rit4 - up. trut, beka:se My work was near done.; :;.'t Aed.then old Tise rumbled out a vigorous 1 " ty arrest! arr.st me! what fig)" laid ilid dropped lily basket; and I, PUMA cut la! ba! ha ! he ! lien: lie! hi ! hi ! .hi I and I lie, peamazement.. "You must be mistaken; My,priper and shook mYsell, and tin hi I Ilan- :,ending with a slight .reference that; inl that Sir ll' ..- t , 1-• ~ • ‘; , •_ ..- . 3 P 641. it to hitt]: But bless you, .74' Sheriff; : respect; I Was frequently; in -the same boat , "Ain't .mistakeri; Sir," replied liison. %,tu - otthter s._en hint - then.' I tirofight he'd -'*itli hitn.l. - • i • ! , • Yorir•nanie is William Stopford; and I' ouess .-1• 1 . 5 ;:i'erit me up, lie was so put out; and he said .4 ~ :iid Bat's de way 'bout the 'spectacles 1 get',a. writ ag'in .&-one,--ain't mistaken; Sir." iin inthin' about an old man: who 4, l ,iight to be ';and the ball-engles; 'but': gracious' me, Mr. I "Ilut ,you are niistaken, Sir. - You saY, you !ashamed lit tussete ee .,;.., 7 ,„ ..: i ;:ri•ssile Ilii% ;+llel - iff, wasn't dat fr lucky hitt" • •-,.....• 1 ) 03-c a writ:aphis %Villiam btoprordr! , • ;self up as a female, imposin" on people: - But L'i), " Xes, it 33 LLS :, and I suppose Mr. :Wilton 1 " Yes, sirr- and he . mumbled out ' "Sir" ;pelf W as s o „h a ppy I - didn't:say nothin' to hini, :'thought it Was Veti' surplisino• didn'the ?" that I . thought Inver should hear the -curd of , . Ir e., :on v dot de dignity of de office truS' be kep' -3 " l'i) be 'sine he ilid . and more'u 'at,,, le it.. "Yes, Sir! agiin 'William StOpford:l - • 1 ; - . . np, and we couldn't - afford to let 1 , 14•11 nibbits !tole ine it wasnt nibrenthree or four hours 1,5' Welr, then; my .ancient Theban„ " replied :I,f . lie was, bunpw asmitul he • pleases, out 1 'iftet• he give the paper to me, his client:had , Stopfonl, With a g vat 'deal of assuranee; "If twit old foxes ; and (len.l . left ;Mtn, wishin" Jgoi all her money; and !,I - got . ,two :,11aWeiv . . •Youdraye . gOt a wit •against William: topi hini, as he did me once,, ‘a- . werrY . pleasant 4rles for that job, land - Plenty comOitnents, ford, all I- have toisay it; that I am not he: ;tittle:'- - !; . I', itoo." . '. 7 - . ; ,..; '' . :end von will have l t to go a little farther te find - - ~ • 'Now, don t- vontliink, Mr. Sheriff, that ';1 " And you det•erved. all you got, imy old : lint, for lam not I William,Stopford ; sii ' . yeu . ~; . . i was merry good for rae'l ' Wasn't it • well ilfriend ; and lam always , rejoiced to !see and S r ee you . areimistaken.' . done '" i w „„i ( 4, - - B e t no* , asHave :my, ovii: ~;,-.,.,..1 Tie.. t elet.l. - see:" - . , 1 I hear that - aptuess,isuclt ~., ' renrs, is Well re- '"'Well, I' mightl be, but I•emess I ain't," re v • • ' 1 :", Very good, • Tise : Better thin' gookk". TOO - i 1 •- ' ari a ,1‘.....1n4 thy,. ; said .1.: ••It. was soiNeriative; rowing could busines to attend to,"and that whieW, atpri i ;-- Writ from his poezet, quietly' put on ii,lsispee -1)e better. But 10W did - you feel When son d ent, engre.sFes all thy the,tights, let. tis• ferget, i tacks, looked at 'lie writ with all.theserions , Were going up stairs - Without any plan or 4- ifur the time, your ;Achievements, :14 , 1r prJocet4 1 !less .usual in his °imposition when riblut a etise in voiir head ? should von bel 'disco - v(4.- [on our voyage of, '!,olservation „With imy writ 1- work of this, character; loOked at .-me; and . . . .. ea,..and i - eihr disomise penetrated,What would l - of 'ne erat ;', and 'may you niay figure 1 then' nt.Stopford •,1 and then he seemed pleas 'son t:` that x-on have•done then;, ell? Cbme,! tell nie,.lmore extensively thanek - er. - But if .you fail . ' l td, and gaily observed Co e Tis'e !'• ; . - ' , i . , . - .Hto observe,my 'directions to the-letter in this 1 twasn't often he was Mistaken, but he 'vas in i -, "Public justice! hem 1..: ' I. dont : know; imatter, doubtless the wholething will end in ithis case." - . ; •!And ,thetraddreSsing m?,lul . said,. : ; 1 rioilliticr better nor public, justice. "1 And tire, manner not verY, agreeable to Me, I 'assure . 1 1 " Air. Sheriff, P i m. blamed if I ant nustal , - , I I? . Old man 'kept repeliting public justice;; nib-' lon. .:S.nd for tlie-purpose of reassming the !Len. 1. 1 thought . all the time '1 had a writag'in . , bits, foxes, . burrowings, ' cunning, dignity„ [ old nian i , I. said, !I: expected nothing but a i WiLiain.Stopfoid; but its lolin rwrint and 1 Walier-Woinan, _bonnet, foxes, haskets, gig-' !favorable turn, so filt• a s such things' could be N linot William.. Why, how-in nature could .I. 1 , • • - 'be so u ist•iken? ': Ye yes • I want John and 1 aline. and laughing the While, arid between,: termed tlyprable."What's my meatus anoth- e_ - i- • • : 11. - 3 , 1 7 :72.,, , tia,4, exclamations smoothing, - and rubbitig,• - • el.'s poisim ;' antieeounted to him:that I had ilnot :William. B i less my soul!, bless my soul! and Phiving, . and feeling his ;iiheeks midi a writ of 'ne eze.tit republia against John ,I VelieVe ringittin' old 1' t. 1 . . \ . inOutli, evidently cOaxing himstill hito theft Stopford,', who it Was. intimated, had received ll' . " Let Me iiee your l writ .' cried Stopford, ' Iniury of fancying, himself the : chief of spet-li from GA, - ernment'an appoiutment of Consul +' i• horror; "let' nre, see it 1 .perhaps' T and {els, the test at'the game of hurroWing. 'i ' : i for one of the Carribbean islands,.. - -and who I therit , was aver? weak hope lin that; ' per i '‘• New Tice - as-yOU've not thronel this lit 4 Was theri : b - usily engaged in preparing for his ;,' haps' -,-" you may be mistaker! again.„ ,-, I' " I can't be mistaken twice" replied Th'i did interruption of the • incident Of the 11(4 departure ; but that the writ, if it struck hint, , n - tm eo tle con that 'constimmatrot devoutly ;. son, 0 Where there be , o ) . 1 p i eagles and spectacles, •let•me hear about 010 would• prevent - ... 1 Service of the paper von had figaitist - old Mr.ill to be wished;- an' i entire. exemrtien Or freedom' sinned; once is enough ,• butysexciisable in Oreenhope; and let it-he ,verY hort, for from arrest, by being beyond the reach of his use now ; I'm gittin' ,old.;'? -. And he' handed' the writ to him.! - • .. Want vou.to acCompany me on arf.expedition creditors, . !, Of a very diffictilt character, Which is . noivi,,in[ " Stopford,' • Said . Thison; e meditating ; :Stopford loeked at it; read it; re-read it; • • - ' - ,I ''pears ` C " * o ford - examined it thoiouolily • 'and then bow? sat 11Proel process of preParation by, the :,attorneyiia i to me I liceid of him afore.. ..., p ~~ :which•all:vour natural and acquired faculneg, -- r ivho iis lie, Mr. Sheriff ? ain'tlie one of the : 14stied that it' wa i l all!ri:g1:11 in tact, iitft. :•rori g i. ofarchness and;perception will lie called in' twin-brothers ?. I . thin'k. ',I got . it..' .-, .• ;I" . to hint, intimated tolluson "that ho wou l d .. ~ .to requisition. 1 1 ou will be ready to go withl ".Yes;my old.friend,!' he is 'one of the li•at once.furuish the required - .security as soon • i ''; brothers, and therein Consists the ;difficulty ;',l, - as Ilia brother, -Whora - ,lie mo ently ,expected,. - :, in(, won't you 1".. , - ..i. , '" C 1 . ' •.' anellf you know they, resemble each other •;so close (lithe in," , 1 • - ,-., ': • ; the ,o biers.; you, yes . any,time, -,, ~ ed that all announcement, I fear ;ti' .von know, Mr. Sheriffid - . never refini. ly that one is not di.stineuistable 1 ' front` thel .; • At this von. &it what is\ this business? what ii d+ other ;; their •dress, their actions, ; their 'mint: difficulties:l hail conjured upl in. 1 . 41 mind , . - ' •••,, ~ i : ners, speech, in fact, their toute edsemble.-- 7 1 arid which, of rfecessity, by the brothers being write, .. , id " e,execi i"' I replied, solemnly.. ' 4' and lamat a 1+ •hoVr_to Proceed ;• I might,', brought;together, must exist,' so' cloy d, • d • ' "No expout 1" echoed he,' , contentiously and. I Might - ; not arrest John; an I; then ini they resemble; '.,the one ..so like the other as and gloomily. 1: , j.. case I,' arrest; the; . wrong one, how tan I bet could. not be l distinguished but by acmes,";; " NloW about the Ispectaeles, Tise." 1 'assured that..: hare riot got the ; right one,i that I should most likely theh meet With my I test' extrenie in keeping them distinrmish, ~ " Yes. 'bout de spectacles.; Well, Mi. Sher' t. the veritable -.To*-? . Fnll of diffienlnes t can't, grea : .., , . .' : cc l; and in tini great extremity I called upon ,from iff, I took de Writ Mr. Wilton ; and if you perceive..?" ! : ' • i OCV bad a little was to go, jilt{ behind i , 4 .. "gh yes, I perceive ~ ;clear •• I kin see as ' as •my assistant tO advise.nie. • ,I. . . L., .. bib' stores ou de corner of Bioadway ali,),_ though - my eyes, Sias fifty year younger thart . i "Nes'er you' Mind, Mr. Sheriff," Sa l id lie, l nd manner usual tO-hitn when e e Rector-street •,. and I went .along; and I cent(' •they tan :I. can:Fri:l:wage dot part lof it, •ore . y, . with the, off -1; up to delouse : where Mr.. Greebhope lii•edt; youleave it to Me. lint, there's' something, - perplekities; oubts:, and troubles, ihad all. , and I rot oti de stoop ; and I head de Idlncls 'bout' it I can'ffe soseer' clear..{.' S. pose, Nri, been' mastered by him; :" leave that ItO foe ; in de windows of the second-stoey of his hlinse Sheriff, you find;dentboth tOgetherwhen. you . iTm - all right; 1 I'll keep posted; nosy I tell I've ot hith go,.flipper-flopper, as if Some body . was 144 1 - ge, after John?, den fin blamed if we , ain't I you, never you mind,... g , right, I,ty_ I -,_. -3 ^ 't kr' John from Williatri land I'll have - him righter binieby.' 4!e , ing,,out to sttewho it was an . 41 - d inan';`g NV4S looking trop de blindsat inti, right abode my bead ; and I sect be got particklar ',,an ions; 'and . 811 at onst, I feel• something strike my' bat and bounce off, and 4ei it fell (in. e pavement; and I picked it tip,.nnd it scias.a pair, of goold spectacles iand deli I felt &oil; ... td 1 t" 1- , . . ..., . and I run up on de sto4 ag7in . 4 an. pu, ed de bell geed and strong, - for den I lido\ edd had it all right, and that 'the old - thin tz , was' mine" . ,", That Was a capital - hit; li*."c.) . ' -• '' "Well, it was, Mr. She - rill;.; that 4, it was .ailtit on my caput, as- de lawiers say, •add •that means a capital hit" And the old *1- .1 low', screarned Out a bar ha' ! hal at Ins cap ital! hit. . , 1 • • i ii• ( 1 Well, den, de door was op4ned oniy i a , "it. tle,'bout six inches, or £o; add I . beer , a ciallkinl . o'f 'haitis; and I'rn ,hlessed it d .re i wasn't- "li. in fastened on 'de i : inside tif jde door; and en I knowed about de Clivn game ; and de door couldn't be openO•any furder ; ; nna . woman stuck lair face traelde openin' ; and• She looked•awfullsavage t!...e.,. and She w fed. to know my lthisinessi; nd then•l Put n the innoceritest look I .1 in .. Id, and told I was passing by !de •housie:, ~nd .. de old gentleman up stairs dropt his s' ta•- • . cies out of le windew,•and dal it waslo stu nate \I was So near tb pick .Ibiatit,up; !tn if i e she 'would on'y allow me to iband 444;t es to de' old . 'gentleman hisself, I wouldibi so kaPPY:' l' . • - : .. i • I' . -P ." You old—," interrupted. I, at 1.4t0.. he ~ started ; and I hesitated . w 4 - I could not apply, any opprobrious or cedsorious !'pl het . .:!. -• ti q i gone, for you -Wont, ..noa- Jon, •ot, nor-!'other front iolin!,;ian' if ),•0,4 should ail; for 41m, nary One oVem would answer, beF kase:, they both Would know, if you asked . fo either, dat John was wanted. Now; Ave.tnu4 work together, and this is tnyi• plan i " I'll scoot roue' andiplay Shy, keeping, of ours my eyes. wide open to see 'if I kin' find them;; .“won't - say -nothing, nor do 'nothing, but keep a good lotik-Mit. I know where they drop in; and if I should-find any one of 'cm, alone, you must beat some paitiekaler plke clus by, where kin . ifind - you easy, so as to git dim nice anti-sure. How d 4 you like iti•? mnit it a good . I assented at once :to the' pl operations laid out by so, experienced a - bawl; and I bade him, without delay, -proceed to carrY his p 1 into effect, giving him noticeat'what place I would be found ; and 'pi. ..the satne tinie• I enjoined himito a strict! petformance, on phis part of '`ithe.detailf of attack and final capture. - !•i • -• . parted;! 'and i-earce honr had passed 7-4 h-time Palaing_ y earily and.. heavily . with Ind, for I inusi\ adunt toy inindivas SO, intent irothis\affair Nest- lay} assistant should. fail, that time and circumstances wore on inOst heavily, lazily; langiiidly • I was, rieverthel4ss, - • , winching eagerly for: . a Signal from I .lliisan, and busily ob‘erving the hand old -Time of t the dial ofklie clock of St:t Paul's as !he , M i nved,an steadily, surely, slosidy, and as it wtoilcl only appear to inofe to one , watching fiir the end'; yet, the end did came, and with i .( not old Time, ) who appearedall 'titlow with tUiccesii on his brow, written With ! • . • • BM, TiseP .observed 1, " You* klio: NV they are dressed alike in every particular, even . their white pants, shoes, and coat,. find' hat; ay, the hat with the • crape-band * on: each.— .. Ilse," and ,1 spoke to him with sot e alarm; "should they desire, when the pther brother comes, to retire in 1 room to confer together • privately, when -they- come out noun, you cannot tell Oich is your. prisOnet. Have . you thoug.htiof that, and of the Uncertainti of finding - your man 1" • , " -Yes, 1 haVe ; but I'll fix it r you hin 'pend on. me," he answered ; and I was somewhat relieved wlnin the old man announced to me, in so d'oternin - ed -a manner, that_lie . would "fix it," and I might " - depend on im topford-Hlohn, - I ineans---leame toward and'olorved "that-his brotheris was ex pected-eve:TY minute, and - ,he. hoped that would extetid a little .courtesy tois' him- by waiting; and he doubted not that ithe bnst ness would -he arranged speedily and satisfac torily to me In the *ay. of, suretes: Sheriff, - yoUr old -friend here,,is - Mk Thison,, doesn't make such mistakes as in-my case ire quently,...doOs he l"—and though there WAS a bitter sneer, in his manner. s. . . "Mr. StOpferd,rireplied,. - " Audi mistakes , are 'sometimes very necessatT, akin this mat ter, for example: but, "coming directly to 'your : question.; he does .very freqiiently make such mistakes;: acid takei, too,. 'under thern: he very safely misses his man.aad his Object ; he his a keen perception, also,_ v ast you have already witnessed." •• i •At this toint of-our kiouyersation; the other lirothr, - "Williani, came in, and; :;•ing 111- son mid .myself, concluded there .' - ' som,e-, thing !out," i and' 'addrmsed John [with the qtm.tion: I i , r " Who i the Plaintiff, and what mond of bail is refinired!", 1 " Will yo i n allow me, " saki _ , Mr. She *ff, John to meit" toquive a few xninut ' private : ..Foxiversatidn with my brother! - We - will re tire in this! room; adjoining for a fewl Minutes." The que'sdori thus frankly put, was about oi tn being: , answered in the negative by e; as that was a state Of things rdesired in ~ to avoid, F .,n bccause. of my :inabilitY to disti ish my prisoner: and I ;Was about answer s in in as 1: . . , delicate aidniill as I could' give, A he I ob served Thi r soa Makin,g Al sorts f Motions with his head and hands; ,and h , fearing, doubtless, that 1 has going_ to gm t ,the re quest, interposed : Ins objections un it the bail bond, was signed ; and he begged me l : in a whisper; to make out the bond, nadbe would let ale "know, bimebY, the reason Fwliy he in sisted on this being executed at once. 1 At Thisolis suggestion, 'though I could not tell what was passing in the old man'S mind, I sat'aown, and, prepared the bail 7 bond - ; that concluded, lintimated 'to my, prisoner . that all Was ready, arid he had belter si ) gn atorice, particularly, aslit was a darling o ject df by assistant, and I rarely crossed bin in any thing. : - . • .- " les, Sir !" said he, seating.hi Fide of the 'table 4t -which I sat ; • :,' ed .t6-liiin my Pen, and he wrote ' a... hold; (lashing 'hand. It: • .- I; ":Ferliapts" 7 lhe • continued, •• " Theban, here, Would like. to ivitui, 11;0 is it, ; would you ??? • t ',. .. I "I'm goin' to do dit," . . said 11 he moved toward me; and I vacat' and:gave it to him., ; . t. • ; "Thai , klee, ;Mr. Sheriff ; tam I I'm, gittin' old.: Ohroh! that .how it bi.thersjme !" and Tise to i and dip "lied it I(n.the in -Stand, , ' to-Write 'his name : he conld'nt! was the Matteivitli the pen-, n. ink; it *as tot. thick. He tried hair lia(b"got[on_ the. pint." ; I off; he guessPd it was right, now, ped it in .the ink again; he , c.l wi t h rich a pen-- A 7dhe dipped_ a g ain'; aiid the 4 e tried to writ:., then: he • thoVit . he had. too th pen.; and' he d , e ' bond pre.' i left', hand;, as,i lay on the, f A b.le; I intensely !. int rested in{ reading and the pen still in his 14 8 4.6 Lau, again, and neffound he hild his , ly i chaiied,'tio giving io* ;do', downwards, ,nd a repeater, .an "Wby,wh3i! what the devil ar cried John Splpford; "what d( eh': what thq devil are,,you abo' Tise, thus interrupted in so al ner, affected entire innocence charged Upon him.- " You ,blasted old 'heathen ! • s white pantallons ! See what yc V,:.• 1 " slagken all the ink Oul on my -Illavisyouh i .....,..„ 4, d , 'elf 1. You blasted old he.0..;...11 ," Din't mean to do it. I ask, sir.- You seC, sir, I wasn't thin' thing but the bond ; and I hop( me r- - 1 And looked, and beheld the blackness o 1 darkness-on !the white troWsers ; and grew was the areal of the dark spot'tl e old gentle maniibad cast on Sohn Stopfo 's pantaloons. i " Sheriff," lobserved . Stopfor3 " I will pro cure bail _irnmediately. i I cl, n't 'like this black business.. I have sent ray brother, and lie will be here with good and !sufficient bail i a fevizninutes. lam arcee4lingly anxious to get rid of the company of t at old friend of yours as 4con as I can : bl, t him !--ink spot !" `, 1 . . ' Thison, although I could servcelv keep my gravity—l Was satisfied, had done this thing intentionally-put on the best 'face be possi= bly could, 'and took the deaunCiations of Stopford ve'r'y coolly ; and, co4iingi up to rite, he- whispereil : " Didn't I tell you, Mr., Sheriff, .I'd make hina . righter birneby and I spottd him fust-rae. - Now, let de t\ ins get mixed up, so (Int en old man can't tell 'em anruit ! " Old Tebail ! old Heathen!" eh ? rii Jet him know he ain't going to come any of his games of hit and miss with, -ne. - No ! no I no ! he's spotted for All, .day, any how; and dat's what I eall'spoifitN a gentleman ! He' lie! her' and he smothered [his laugh les , Stopford should hair Mm. The' sureties soon 'after having executed the , bond, I I ure with ";Old Tise,". and -, joyncent ofi that sort: of feelini on an *tempt to foil An off '" by gettingf themsel4s mixl said ; and to the eontemplatio of spotting l a , gentleman. -- 1 --- ', • . A iirsaAND-11; TROINLE.t i i since, ;a laWyer otthis city v office husily employed in stu when the door opened and a of. Erin entered, doffed his desired toltuke an advice of lawyer,. - him sit down, business. " Sin ie. replied, "I wai my ifc _,iddy.'" The , laws•dr asked what wa Pat seemed very loth to tell "Does she not treat you i take carelof your hopse, h you,, or d?es she like any yourself t' were the inquini lawyer, niho endeavored f i . ain to pump out the nowt t li , a divorce. At las wear tion, the disciple 'o Coke 1 . be clicutithat he c it'd do without knowing, a l the fa "Welt, if I intliit: l rePli "shut° there's a little - darl thau p.iddy." ~, The lawyer' cold hat laughterlsuffleientl to infl that the Jaw coaiLnot tod his, and pat left. wAth a cc of sorrow than ofianger.r ler.' I 1 t • "Pr i i` Have'you any h inc l uirect a very modest,-14 1 \ "Any whail" liuth-horn bonne Any—you dnn't. urea Tice young lady was properrestorutirs. j .1. ' ilitetuptes .- 41 - ginithrl4 ti)'.#'s::.,'- . -*'-'s: -. t. Ann° 1630, Andrevir Jac ksoil P • - • DANK OF XIIE UNITED STATES.. ' , ' -,„ • : It has been" already slieWn, thet Geneta4! t . , : ~, Jackson in hie first annual nessage'' to .C44n- , , , eeese called in question° both tho eonstitu- • e • tonality and die expMiencY of the: natiornd . bnek, in a way to show him -adverie to .. .the. . ' imskitution and disposed 'to see , the federal : ' government carried on without the aid otimeli an'aesistant., le the iame -missage Ne•-..sub- 4 -, - mitted• the qeestion to l Congress, thet if. inch ,an institution is deemed esseneial tOthe fiscal ' , , operetions. of the gievernmenteerhtither- a nit- . tional ete, founded upon the . credit ot e the '1 ' government, end its revenues,emight ,not7be • . : , devised; which would avoid all Constitution I. ! lifficulties -- , and at the same time, seenre ...all - . the - advantages to the government and-cetin- . try, thet were expected to' result. from - the- ' i. present, bank. 'I • was , not ,in Wishing:ten . • '., when the message was - prepared; and had no . Conversetion with the - President, in relation. - to a substitete for the national bank, .or :for . the curreecy which it furnished, and 'which, . having a general eircelation, was better: en- \ - titled te the 'character ef "national" than dte ' issues of the local or State banks: .We knew : . - each other's 45pinionsNin, the question of a - ‘- . tank itself; but it had gone no furtheee. I , ''' , had -never mentioned tb him the idea of - roe ,'Siving the old cerreneYe then, and for twenty • ,i years, extinct iv the United States i nor liad I \ - . 'A 'mehtjoned• to• him the dett - of i an iedependent ' •subethrisuiy--thatie Ito 44, -, ' - i 4 governMent - treasur neconnected ! with -any bank—and - ' which was tobave till receiving anddieburse ing of the publiomoneye When these 'dealt , were mentioned tes e histe he teok -them- at ' ('-' • once; but it was net ktitil the Bank - of the . - •United States shOuld be -disposed of, that-any- .. - :. thing could be done{ en these two subjeete i e . 7 and on the latter. a preeess had - to be voile. • through in the use 41Oct:A betas, as deposi- ' ..!', tories eithe public -moneys, 'which,required ,:e several years to show its lento and tuculeate . 1 its lesson. Though strOng in the' confidence .• .I of the people, the President was not deenied ' e, .\ _ 1 strong enoegh to encounter all. die banks of . .- ; all the State; at once. , Temporising was in-' ; $ I .lispensable—and even a. conc iliation_ of- a \ i part of them. Hence the depcesit system-4r - . ' t some.. years' use of local banks asfiscal agents . 1: , of the g overumerkt--whiel gat're to - the naafi- "'e _ e tutions soseleeted,,tlie, invidious appellation . ' i ot ' i pet banks ;" meaning that. 'they were; 1 . government favorites. -. .- e -.' . : I In the meantime the question which e the . e . ,t ',. Pre.sident had submitted -to Congress in. te- e • i latiOn to a gpVernment fiscal ;gent, was e: i seized -upon As at admitted &sir to estate - • • - -, "! lista government bank—stigmatized it once . ' ': A.4"fi "thousand times - more dangerous" than - • an-ineorporate na oriel bank—and.held upi ,_ : to alarnethe countey. ' Committees in .ea - ch 1 House of Congress, and ell the public press ' 1 in the interest of the yexisting bank of 'the '. ; teekee,Statee, took it ne in that sense e _and . . _ instruction to thWFintnieeCntainittee` of the • Senate, to report upon. a.plan ter. a iniforin currency, end ender a iefOenc to-the Coin ls.. mittee. of Ways - and Ideans'of t e House, of tied part, of the Peesident's - tri sage which• - . 1 ; related to the bank atel. its Cetrreney, most :. ample, and.elaborate, 'and : Argumentative .ee- • . ports were made—wholly:repudiating all the - sugeestions of the President, arid - sustaining .. •the actual bank of the United• - ',States under -,-- - every aspect of coestitutienality andAif_expe-: ' , diency; and strongly' presenting it for it re- , , newel of its charter. 3 These reports were .1 multiplied without -,regjed - to expense, OT number's, in all the varieties of newspaper and - pamphlet emblication ;1 and lauded - to the .. skieS'for their power paid'excellence, and tris umphant eefutation 'of • 'elle the e Piesident's - opinions. .Thus was the " war of the bank" e comnienced at onceeinhOth Houses of .Con gross, and inthe public press, end epen. ly at . the instance Of the bank itself, which, &epee . i ' ting its positionas int institution of the goy s e eminent for the convenience of the govern- 1 ment, sekitself:ep foe a power,and streggled . e for a continued existence--in the shape of a. , • - new charier-4-as a. questionsof its own, and - almost a right. It allied itself at the - . same time to the . 'peditical party opposed' te the [ President, joined in all their schemes ef pre- - . tectiee tariff and national internal impeove ment; and became the head of the American systerie i With its ',moneyed , and politieal ' power, atdiumerous interested affiliations,. - and its Control over other -banks' , brokeraand .„.. money-dealoe, it was trely te 7 power s and a .. great on i e; and, in answer to a quoit:ton put e by General Smith; of Meryland,thairnian of : ise the Fin ence; Committee of the Senate, Wieldy . _ en nienlioned, (and appended eeith, otheresenes tions and answers to .that, report.) Mr. Bid - • die, the leiresident, showed 'a power in tle nit' 1 es tienal bank to' save; relieve or - destroy the lo- _ .., fi s . Cal banks, Which exhibited ie as , their Once . , e lute maeter; and, of course,eable to control . ~.. , e ' them at will. The lquestien. wee put. in a stirs _ it of frieudship to the bank, ar with a- View . , te . to enable its president to ethi it the institn i ~.. , !ye_ ; tution its' great, jest and benencent. - ene s question Was "Itas'lhe bank at any titne op pressed any of the - Srtate barite 4" and the tine ,swer, "Neer." , And, as if that -was not ' enongli, Mr.. Biddle :went on to . iay t "Theta aro eery few batiks which. might net, bee* been destrOyed by an exertion:of the pewee of the bank. - Note . have been iejured. Ma- 1 ny have been saved. ; And More have heele - ; e and are censtantly-relieved, when it is- tenor . that they are solventlut are indfiering . Midi , temporary; difficulty." This' was - proving en- •_ tirely 'too bluelt. A power-tie injtite tied de stroy---te ,relieve and stoic the thoniand banks of all ,the Statee ited. Territotice, was a pewee over the business and fortunes of nearly . all. the peePle -of those Statea'.and Territeriest - and might be 'need for evil. as Well aa tor ' good; .04 was a power entirely too largeete - be entrusted to any men, with aleaet'ia his . bosom+-er to any goefernmeet e reaticandble.to the peeple; mucli less te a variation livith- _ out a soul, and 'elms asible -en:heaven Or e le earth. This was in vi w 44', Ole iises' 'which the - parties to the' teit tien had not foteseen; - but which waa noted atthe'titne; and Whiehi in the pregress - of . dip t e eeipment strtiggle with the , bank, 'received . exertipliffeattensi which will be 'remain ' red t}y the gelleietio l • of. that Jay •stliile me ory ' :leant' ; "end I after , wardi, known - ea long iiiiitOrY ha* - parer te If s tratismiKtepostetity.t e,knowledri of nation-. al calamities. 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One better than made loy !the a some- time im of the, desire for of the investiga ormed hi 4 would nothing for him ti of the ease. ,e(I the hnsbnnd nt I love betthei I -•• ty. , ;errant from I nif die Eibernian h sueh a ease as untenanco more Bostos Travel- b-horn bonnts F' ss of it o p ee p- teg 7 horn !iought..-,wfbp .11 1 _ 1 is alisliTS t' 40 - ilipnt 'llia =OE
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