Morning herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1837-1840, 1838-04-02
Private correspondence.

Dear Silt beg leave to enrol myself among your
corps of voluntary correspondents and will make you
acquainted with any event of interest that occurs to
vary the monotony of our quiet life in this quarter.
Sir Francis Head, the ex- Governor of Upper Cana
da, and Mr.. Justice Jonas Jones, of the provin
cia Judges of the Queens Bench at Toronto passed
through this town the other night under rather sngu
lar circumstances. They travelled from Kingston,
down the Canadian side, and crossed this place.
Things of their arrival reached some of the oafers
and patriots who infest our community. and who aid
ed in the recent plumber of our arsenal but the
governor and the Judge, had about quarter of an
hours start of them and got out of the village before
the desperadoes were aware OF IT. On learning the
fact the latter mounted their seeds which they took
possession of at the inns for the good Of the country,
and started after the ERglishmen rentrs terrc, and
chased them as far Troy, beyond which they did
not venture in pursuit Sr Francis and his friend did
not draw rein for 81 miles, and rode all through the
decidedly have been lynched, or subjected to every
extremity of personal ndignity. Every respectable
person in the place is reoieed at the disappointment
of the brieands, whose lingering in our precincts is
thus accounted for, and who we hope, will now rid
ue OF their presence
This Is ALL at present, from
Your obedt servant s.
RICHMOND, INDIANA, March %, 1888.
JAMES G.. BENNETT, Esa.-Sr: take the liberty
Of addressing you (though total strangely respecting
| matter Of some interest to myself; and hope It
may not be disagrecabe to you have for some time
paper; but being situated like most other editors
always in want of funds-I have hardly felt myself
able subscribe fort therefore propose to forward
you, from time TO tme statement of the condition
of the several branches Of the tate Bank of Indiana
The statements which shall forward to you may be
relied upon as being correct; as that which now
forward to you is derived from the Cashier of the
Branch at this place. That gentleman is one in whose
hands any institution would be ably conducted. The
following 10 the statement
FLOR he stateme Money Market
The mistake is frequently made, by persons not ac-
quanted with our banking system, OF representing the
Branch at Indianapolis as the Mother Bank" The
fact s, there is no mother bank Our system is rather
a community of banks-the eleven branches const-
tute the State Bank, over which there is Board of
Directors part of whom chosen by the legislature
of the state ard the remainder (being one delegate
from each branch) are appointed by the branches.
Bank, which, if you have not before seen it, will give
a better idea of our system than can on paper.
think your daily review of the money market
decidedly better than anything of the kind that have
ever seen.
You will perceive that our banks are in very good
condition to resume specie payments and have no
doubt WILL the banks of ysur city shall re-
sumo; which we in this vicinity are Undue, 10 Think
from representation, will soon take place.
line on the above subjects will be very acceptable.
Our political opinions most probably vary in all essen
al particulars; but this will not, l hope present a
barrier TO the interchange Of civilities.
A DEmANp.-The Baltimore Chronicle" Of Fri
day last has the following paragraph-
The article from the New York Herald, four Money
Market, published on Tuesday last,] detailing, with
great mnuteness, the particulars of correspondence
said TO have taken place between the New York and
Philadelphia Banks upon the subject Of resumption
Of specie payments, which has been published in sevc-
raj Of the papers of this city is pure fabrication.
We at first inclined to publish It, bat moments
examination having satisfied US OF its character we
laid il aside, No Communications upon the subject
have passedbeween the Banks of the two sities since
the formal reply of the Philadelphia Banks soon after
the visit of the committee from New York
Every material statement in that article was cor
rect We had the information from the most un-
doubted sources. Will the Baltimore Chronicle re-
view it's unjust and ungentlemanly denal-state it's
authority and retract its false assertions7 Unless
it does justice, it will please sending Its paper
this Office, we shall stop exchange, lit be
not complied with.