The Middlebury people's press. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1841-1843, 1841-10-12


settlement Of the question.
TIE MONEY MARKET.
The arrival of the Caledonia has brought m
,c!Egencc of the continuation of large failures !
of houses connected in the Cotton and Corn
Trade, and whose interests are Intimately con
nec,ej with the American trade. This circum.
s,ance has created doubt and dislrust IN rel a.
lion TO all bills offering in the morket except
from leading houses and, in addition TO The
,lIert SIMPLY Usual at this session Of The year,
greater scarcity has been the result. These
causes hive made Specie profitable article 10
ship and heavy premium has been obtained
for Mexicans and half American dollars, and
The Banks parting with large amounts at prem
ium of one half per cent.
The suspension of the Southern Banks, and
The heavy discount on their paper, have pre-
vented The Banks from collecting from their Gus
toners, and all payments have had TO be made
in specie or its equivalent. A large amount
more than was necessary or comfortable for
The Banks had accumulated; this demand,
however, takes off the surplus. The amount
row hid by them is be yond their wants, and
they are as liberal as heretofore with dis
counts.
The approaching trial of Mcleod creates
uneasines, although the general opinion is That
hc will be acquitted. Until it be over, the
uncertainty ofthe result will have dispirliing
effect on the market.--Syluester's Reporter.
GANG OF CoUNTERFEITETs ARREsTED.--Atj
Philadelphia, on Saturday, gang of counter.
feiters, consisting of Charles Mitchell, the
principal, Benjamin Walton, an old man, James
Hewitt and Jacob Long, were arrested and
committed to prison, for passing counterfeit
$40 notes on the West Branch Bank of Will
Transport, Pa. When searched, large pocket
book containing mint teen hundred and eighty
four dollars in counterfeit notes was found en-
MitchelI-also one hundred and two dollars in
good money.
The counterfeit notes cons listed of sixty
ten dollar notes of the West Branch Bank N.
York, eighty. one lhree's Of the Commercial
Bank of Buffalo, five :wenties Of the Butchers
d. Dovcrs' Bank, New York four tweniies of
the Farmers & Manufacturers Bank of Phila-
.ielphia; fifteen tens of the Bank of Oswego,
New York seventeen fves of the Salem
Banking Company one'fve Of the Trades
mems Bank of New York; one twenty Of the
Madison County Bank, Mississippi, aud
several notes of small denominations Of the
Bank of Pcnnsylvania and Bank ofSalem.--Ib.
" Another Swinder has come out, 10 ad.
dition TO the $4,000 got from Messrs. Browns
Of this city by forged bills Of credit. Mr.. E.
Corey. agent for Fletcher, Alexander & Co.,
of Liverpool, has been swindIed in similar
manner, 10 the same amount, and probably by
the same villain. Further developments that
viii swell the sum total TO about 800, 600 are
confidently anticiPa:e3.-B.
UNITED STATES BANK.-The Secretary of
the Treasury on Saturday last reported 10 the
Senate that there was due to the General Gov
eminent, from the United States Bank of
Pennsylvania, the sum Of $s9,6o0.-B.
ARRIVAL OF TIE PRINCE DE JolNvILLE.-
This Prince, third son of Louis Philippe, is
now on visit TO the United States He or.
Poulc on Wednesday. 1t is said 10 be his in
icnIion 10 visit the President at Washington,
and 10 make the tour of the United States.
The movements Of his Royal Highness will
doubtless be chronicled by our democratic
If they we're the accredited court circulars.
We trust that due Difference and respect will
be paid 10 so illustrious q visitor; but that he
may not be annoyed by the attentions of OBJ
trusve fools, The Prince is modest, and
does not strive 10 create q sensation or to ex-
cite p1raae.-N.
BORDER TRoU BLEs.--The elements Of dis.
Ill r r.
border, though their efforts thus far seem con.
fined 10 occasional acts of petty scoundrelism.
The Buffalo Commercial Advertiser Of the 18Th
says, that on the previous night, some persons
unknown got q cannon on Navy Island and
fired several times rpoh the British armed
steamships Minos and Toronto, moored in the
river between the island and the Canada shore
We are glad 10 see tina, General Scott has been
upon the border; he was at Lewiston last
week, and superintendent the mounting of the
canron ofFoh Niagara.
The Niagara (U. c. Chronicle of the 10Th
says that another attempt, partially successful
10 destroy one of the locks in the Weliand
Canal. at Alanburgh, was made on the NIGH
ofthe night of the 9th inst. Two kegs o.
pow der were sunk in the canal and ignited By
fuse Only one of the kegs exploded, and
the damage TO the lock was so triHirg thar i:
vas sooa repaired.--U.
SPEcK OF WAR. The Wes,field Chau.aquae
Messenger of the 22d inst. says: We notice
recently the visit of Captain Knapp, of the
revenue cutter, to this place. We understand
that while here he received Information tina,
bis presence was needed at Cleveland, whithe,
he fastened with all dispatch. On Monday Of
His week. the western stage brought the repor,
That on his arrival at Cleveland, on Lake Erie