The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1838-01-23
rro,n the Boston .4ttas IF January l3'
,,1TpE OF THE COMMONWEALTH
fAiLO" RANK OF BOSTON.
.oord,nary degree Of sensation w

A. extraordinary degree of sensation was produc'
|nstordav in this city by the announcement that
Gu yCSn'monwealth Bank, tho favorle pet bank OF
to Jminsraon of this city, controlled e1cL"St0Gdy
Tue GJruds of the administration, and enjoying
~ Tys % share Of It's bounty, had STOPPED PAYMENT
iTTtIing as was this event to large portion OF the
1muHity it was no matter Of surprise to ourselves
e. Ind been in a measure predicted in the columns
IF the Atlas several months previous and the at
tentlon of the public had been repeatedly directed
~ the unsound condition of the bank. We invite
the attention OF our readers 10 inc lo'ioWi"S io'N
able passages ~
From the Atlas Of June 5th, 1887.
els it not true that one of the deposite banks in
this citv-the bank of the new fashioned "De"toc-
roc," GN-;hc Pet par eaceLGnce of the adminlstra-
,ioH-Woud have been compelled to stop payment
on the day of the general suspension, even II ti!o
banks in New York and this city had continued 10
pay? Was it not brought up short tie uay peioo
ttnohle TO nav its balances-and with lew pieces
of foreign gold and less than an hundred uoiiaiS ~
silver for the sum total Of specie IN IT'S y9ol's'
From The Atlas of June "a, 1881. ,
uNo sooner did they receive the dcpostes, IMAM
,, t hanks commenced career OF the most BIND,
reckless and proAigae speculn.lons that eyer us
qraced any age nation. And VINO look inc lei"
in them Pet B@nh D'rcetors' Officers u',o oI
hoIders-custo house otlicers-naVy agents-lead'
inc partizans Of the administration. ana Whelo
did the money come from? What PAID for Eastern
Lands, Western Lands, the piles OF Granite on our
irhoryos-to tnsinUatc nothing Of the monument Of
CnoiIs Pari0tis IN the DiCInuy j0rcheSter HcIghtS
BIILs OF THE PET BANKS. And TO whom were
10 tln a
1heso 1UalIu ,ortizan oId the bonoful convert
AL 5'io IA donhIo dntv of poymeut and
ne ~ i,".',S ,ere 70 reward the fidelity of old
Prose,yt,a tiJy , o,nonrana and stimulate the
Hleh9S' " e,,i' e. tLa cnnvortr3
new porn %o'. " 1910 hat tho loco f,cos reqnrd
W uo NV 1900 instituIIors if thev supposo them
o't'NS Lied rs The result proves theirs to havo
20 be conqucteG DIS t',I CO.. norniI, nnInrious
been we E c w t ,'o s,ork boyJcrs 2nsrc
thal MFGe o' j""C - acc rJtI J}oE IN AN hsoTNT
sR"e0te@ 10 ne Co"t"so',''1 'rr,I ~
EACEEDiN" Ut ~ i;,.n,, ax,,I,sion ne d;rectIv
we Regard inns u'suS. "a? r;o,J, ,nd honc
chargoHnie upon l'to ,; ~ ,ii it, ~ Is one
hciarleS Oh III" 49, ,vLo ma
oil the iNSltl"o itu,'' % ',1 %i,1 Some ,oiths
mohltofy ,Fy"Plp'"H wv" i;n ,nt hanI,stho
since III lHo c'"s o ,S Az NV, ,ho' ,notLnr
IT@Elt" an" tt,' yI, ,la;r sns,ennncn Inns
pet from "Io" tt'tY @ ,rIato,Is Y,.Linh ,,.,,,
talIen hIo"g" T'' i"0 I;l' 81 Ibc sgovornnont
pered win INC l"N -" ] tI,o a9erries and
treasure, G""''''0H - a. ~ (, trnrrIi sI3nnl, in
PROSTATE inc c'G(t o' Wv Xix r., ,I,o nxnnrin,r
ms cIiy mas l'soil t,''G " Trhn rrtrihn
IN "hlc" IL was ;tsoIr Lrt tho con
don Is gust, SO lar as IT co:'oo'.s ' dII
sequences TO the community ao n,, nm,nr.
We have ho' ieHFnoo inc u"c I ~ " f. al
mcnt money "hcI nus osC' q S . " al ~ ~ ~ ~
urc, but is sand to 30 }"W,Goo; but t,'oto : ",,I
notorious tact connected wy" WIS ,oi' ", "