Aim The lave been fraeghtwith theexpe e ssi . • the4roateat tiatepthame have 'Amid- effect has fol o 'and promptmak, that the lesson has been a useful although a very cestbfcrite tothe public. In banking affaiis more par ticularly, and their influence upon the interests of an a g r iculteralltountly, has this been the ease. It is now six gears since a leading London journal, speaking of lholetaTbiational Bank, remarked as follows:-- "The Banker the Uniuul States, and one or two otherstable American institutions, hiave been thegreat esthenefacters to the manufacturing interest of Eng land and the mer'chants of both countries. We have no hositatiob in expressing our decided opinion that but for theft prompt, judicious, and energetic interfer ence. the ilk/demi/kis of the United States, and eve eialtynOtten, eoeld not have been brought forward in sullikient to keep the manufacturing populatioe t;/ Criers lain in employment." *Thisarroria relation to the necessity of Banks to weld produce was almost universal yet the progress dement* has. fully demonstrated its fallacy. N ei ()ly has the National Bank ceased to exist, but ghty POI. Mg- atoll the local bank capital in the avriculta -lael,sections, hes.gone into liquidation; yet the*quanti 4/produce of all descriptions, which has- come to !!Fiat leshe last two year* exceeds all former pre. Raw. The crop of cotton last y.arevas 59per cent. laszder than is the year alluded to in the above--para graph; the first part of which. however, contains a Vela much better understood in this country. The iideaisce is prices and the facilities afforded for the =lime of goods through the instrumentality of a =are the means by which British manufactures o ld in alleuarters of the world where credits cir . In the year 1837, a Blitish subject going (t*O-Bemitsto England, while in the pass of Daher, met a caravan of Persian merchant s returning from .genstantinople. "What news from the brieht city?" itEaesd the Englishman.Englishman."Oh, very bad; silk has fallen' IpelOa oats third of its value." "What is the reason efthetr "1 could not make out clearly, all that I wad gather was that .it was owing to some quarrel bet — weea your great Bank of England and the mer- ' chants of • the new world." The l'er,ian, lifting up his hands, exclaimed, "/ have heard much of the pow er of you. greet bank, but I never knew what it was till Dew. , ' Thus it is wherever prices have been in centre of in cents by the stream of credit flowing from the great the commercial world--a collapse at that centre is felt even (lathe remote passes of the Persian inottatai n • s. bferchandise advances, and becomes sale able or falls in value as the changing weather of sum mer,elEacts the harvest of England. Wherever cred its are multiplied through the means of banks, in that place lit the vacillations be the greatest. The re risi°64lllsepleet few years has freed the United States in "Fo'lletreo from that teirible thraldom; and the public mind has become so well convinced of the fact, that a longtime meat elapse before banking crock itWatatiletbeirisway.- This eenviction- seems to have settled upon party leaders, for even they do not seem dispossill to court pat tizan clamor in favor of a National Bank.—Nete York Republic. If 4.-"'" Inunetue herds of buffalo are rhng,ing the beau. tkepraitie• bordering upon the San Gabriel, Brazos, and Little Rivers, the present spring. Thousands of attthese animals were drowned a few weeks since, white empting to swim the latter stream during a freshet. BM, the most singular thing of all is the fact that a large herd traversed the streets of the city of au n Athe other day, paising directly through the heart of the te and making themselves perfectly at borne upon their former "stamping ground. ' It was predicted, some two years since, that the then flourishing seat of gielernment would again become the haunt of the wild buffa/o, and it has been verified. Numbers of the huge animals have been killed on the edge of the city. RgariVhy did Marcius Cunha leap into the gulf at Because ho thought it was agouti opening for g man. Panrirsnt.s.—The American publisher of Mrs., Ellis' works says that more than 50,000 volumes off them have been sold. FOR SALE LOW. Cl. A BUILDING lot, 20 feet font, on 6th street, op. s22tr?site the Ep6copal Church. Inquire of . DUEY & CO. ___ ofICILBS. CHROME YELLOW, No .justWU' received and for sale at the Drug Store of JONA. KIDD, corner of Fourth nod Wood sts. . Mir Arrival of gnaw:mare de. Chinn. subscrer vrould respectfully invite the at Mention of the public to Ins present stock of White Glazed Warr, a superiorarticlo, together with a select assortment of White French China,comprising all the necessary pieces to constitute complete sets ofDining and Tea ware. Also, a general stock of articles suitable for the sup ply of country merchants, to which their attention is tasked, at his old stand, corner of Front and sto o dstreets. lIENRY firGBY. ally REMOVAL. Lanasstlngs,Connty Surveyor arid City Regulator, H AS removed his office to the rooms occuped by John J Mitchel, Esq, on Smithfield near i Filth street. 4. -- - Fl_. • Blooms 1673iiiii my 2 TONS Juniata Bloom s for sale. * ty. !....• . H DEVINE & CO., a 23 American Line. 120 H 1 D 2.7 .5 1 , 3 47 1 1.: i s . i Suj o ti l l ios 20 . 1 41a.Lotif Sugar, in store and for sale by, J G & A GORDON. 13 Water and 20 Front sts. rol7-Iw* EACHES.-60 bushels Dried Peaches, for sale D & G W LLOYD, 142, Libert y street. 551.t.h.futompiteodNa.nciEfitTRalAe bPyAMILY J W BURBRIDGE & CO., ml 5 IVater between Wood and Smithfield sts. a:rianzer EU/LEM W ABE •-(,), WHITMORE & WOLFF, Corner of Liberty and St. Clair Sir., Pittsburgh A RE now receiving their spring importatio n .of ..,Cl.- HARDWARE, CUTLERY AND SAD MORI; to which they respectfully invite the atten tion or purchasers. Having completed arrangements, 1 1 through which they are now receiving supplies DI . H REO T FROM THE MAN UFACTORIES IN