The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1837-05-26
MoRILE, April. q

MoRILE, April, 81.
Some of the Efeas.-A highly respc.
table gentleman from Virginia was IN h.,
CITY a day or two since, on his Way ho,is
from Mississippi, and gave some facts a |
relation to the money affairs which are vel
worthy Of serious consideration. He /,
well known here BY gentlemen from is
neighborhood in VlrgirNa. to be worth aboi /
81 900, 600. He had been 10 Mlsslssips
TO purchase a plantation. He saw sofa
strange things there. A planter had abc..
80 negroes taken by the Sheriff and sod At |
auction. There was q crowd assembled
but one or TIVE bidders were found. lhs
80 negroes were knocked OF Tor hus
more than four thousand dollars. Tie
crowd gathered about the purchaser a.!
warned han not to pay for the negfo,,,
for he should not have them-lhelr ne,gl.
bot property should not he thus sacryc,l.
The consequence Vas, the negroes vet:
back TO their master. Al Nicksburg, Il
found 40 acquaintance with 20 TO 50 II.
grocs for sale. The ma1 could get 10 ~
ney TO pay his board bill with. lie saS L
Nlcksburg some negroes up al auciiop-
cash sale. A likely looking fellow Was y
for until $3.50 were offered. Not ano,ts'
bad could be had The owner then siepfe.
up and changed the terms Of sale from casa
to twelve months credit, with ample ~c-'
rlly. The bidding raised like clectuclT.
The same fellow Vas Knocked OF nj slt.j,
SAMPLES OF THE BETTER CtRRENcl
y Carolina Bank Notes, than an
there IS none better ~ the country, are
ger cent. dlscoun, a, Norfolk, Va, ah,E
they are q, par 10 Petersburg.
Chcraw IS. CO. Bank Notes, which VI
believe are Of undoubled credit, are at
discount Of per ccn.. at Charleston, B
the same State.
Many OF the merchants Of North Car
lima. and every other Southern State, ha'
been unable to get checks on the Mort.
this season, al any Price, sud have cOns-
qunolly bern put 10 great inconvenience 2
payment Of their debts there. and have ts.l
unable To goon for the purchase q lhe'
usual supplies OF goods. What little Is.
change the Banks have had, they have .etl
liberal enough to sell at cue per ceut Pft-
MUM, whilst ~ our uelghboung slsics
Is worth 3, {, and " per cent. Forme',',
before the a better Currency VAS esta,
li.hed exchange was plenty, and ai or
one quarter ii one per ceal, lhc dt'sciet<s
between that prcc and the , per cent q
which Z IS NOW selling 10 Charleston, coEf
out Of the merchants pocket, 10 the i's
instance, and then out q the purchases
OF MS goods. !; " lsN upon the pcof'.
Before the | nled States Bank Cbar'E
expired, when an individual could mol 4
would not Get checks to take With hin D
the North, he could readily supply blms-
with Bank Notes that were good ever
where. Ngg, II ~ with grea, dttjle-
that man cat get along from one Slaie
the other, aud II he takes Bank Notes vi
hun to New York, he finds them al o.
coun, Of from 8 10 % PER cent.
+ Ihcsr are some Il the advantages al ~
wise policy pu'sucd by the late Adma''n
ton, and followed up By the present, ~a''
they promised The country, would bring
boot " better currency " than il then Pa''
sessed.-FaydieriHe Obserrer.
The Beginning Of the Ead.--One Of 70
Deposile Banks a, New York the ~
Dock BANK, has gone By The heard, q.
the amount OF Public money on hand s2'V
600, IL, Of ceussc, u total loss 30 nv,
for this system Of Pet Banks, where Y
money Of the Government was dtPosiE'
because II wds mol safe IN the tHlied N''''
Bgnk
We shall no, bo surprised, # two '.".
Of these Pet Institutions give up the s''V
RAJ. Reg.
/ And inofher.-We learn from s',P ",
the express mil, from the Ne" o'.''
Bulletin Of the slh, that the Agnsu"p'
Bank Of Nalchc2 and the Planters ba"N
Mississippi, have suspended specie pay ur'
The same paper states that they are
deposile Banks, aud That one o' them ""
suffered Government dfaughi ct slAV'V'
10 be protested. - Chtraw Gdzetie'
Beafhist-At SINGLE haul OF the y.
at the fisheries on the Roanoke, up"',u
d 5000 kocl Fish were drawn Oh '''
, weighing from 30 to % lbs each 'Ny
was supposed tina, the smallest SIZE w
, weigh 80 lbs.-- Raj, Reg