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It would give great pleasure to answer the wishes of writer who signs himself Enquirer in this mornings Advertiser if we could only ascertain what he wanted. We have read and re-read his article carefully, in order to be able to give him common sense reply te questions which to be strangely confused in his own mind. Indeed, it appears to us that the writer only does not knov what he is writing about, but does not know what he wants to knsw. The following fron the Herald, winch he COG pies from us, contains sound doctrine-a doctrine founded on the most mmutable laws. It contains the gist of all the writer's doubts and the of his confusion Until he learns to bsieps in its truth, it is in vain for to attempt to enlghten hm-t is an ariom in political economy. Here it is:

 The Herald says, "New York is now glutted with specie, winch lies up in our banks, being driven in suspended districts. If the people of these sections would by common consent reject all the paper of non specie paying banks, and take nothing but specie, that fact would create demand for specie that would draw it from New York, and spread it all the country, whenever its presence is demanded the precious metals leave section of the country only because it s driveu away by the use of worthless pa. per-"

 This principle is as simple and as self-evdent, as that sparks Ay upwards, water seeks its level and weight hugs the earth by the attraction gravty than year ago. tried to make the Editor of the Advertiser, (whom "Enquirer" compliments for his superior iatelligence) understand it. Heeither could not would not. It upon that occasion, if member, that he preached his and brilliant theory chat gold and silver were perfectly useless cur- rency, co.fdenee could only be kept up in paper forgetting that the IF was an impossible contingency. these intricate subjects--we make no such preten- tions, and unlike him, we generally "keep near shore," and con6ne ourselves to questions which we may understand by the help of the wits God has given But all his sneers cannot reduce us to the level of a foolish fellow who jumps over his head at the first dash, without knowing how to swim strske.