Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1842-01-08

rurncse Of exciting Directors o! tfis i's 80
ensuing wear, and Tor the TRANSACTION "' SUI" o.
s;,e.s ?, reusly comes before al annual Teet's'-
tr,,a-, l., General xpec .a.lcn, 1t proTta stormy a.
.,,Ir..e The general inpre<so "as, lhil me p1''
had become 20 eIc:s--tsiai - assets S.e's - " -
90 a. = be uf little interest IL its c!e.''oS 'o ~
managed Tor The iu'u'e' Su., ,rs,ps ,bs
30, 10 be tie feeling least 20 .af as concerns 'e
;sposi;ion Of the remainder OF tie wreck o. 'he assss
rr rn,etIng vas rather large, and the deoate "heh
eu.ped IN Tie molten uf Josiah. anda, E'g 10 disap'
nroyr Of ,i- tau last assignments 81 TIE iia"' "a
n,y.,-j These disposed u property !" asssnees III
,,r. ;r ,;e payurn, OF ho.drIs and dcpositcfs
and m. last made which s known as the General
ASSIGNMENT. disposng OF all The balance Q: Inc pro-
er,y of the Eann for the equal beneht u All 's cea'
crs The adoption Of resolutions annuiiihS tese d.
sanmenis, warmly argued y hif manual ~ "a.
and Mr. Rawle in opposition and were iinay eoop'cd
ri. action o. Yesterday requires the confirmation OF
sub,souent meeting 10 become vad which IS calico Tor
The third Monday III February next he hfst assis
me nj made being partial TO secure The post notes
given The city Banks, to secure ien '' 'e
for The n:,ed States Bank, is still IN force w ha' Inc
resul, of all this be, more than We can al present
divine except that tie expenses may oe materially less
ened BY limiting the number OF oincers ana ASSUMES
engaged in the settling mp OF the AFFAIRS and mus gh
en- The enormous drain upon the bankrupt concern IN
the shape Of salaries DC, which, one OF me speakers
remarked, now exceeded. annually, @oo,0Oo.
II will have another effect, too Of putting all credit.
ors of the institution on an equal footlng which VIII
be but Justice il the result shond prove that there was
ans thing for any Of them. One other important ac.
Of this meeting We informed was the adoption Of
minute and very yolumnous report, submitted 10 II
by the officers oil tie Bank, touching all lis anifs,
debts and credits. The names OF It's creditors, Inc
amour, of their Indebtedness, when contracted and
how secured. II this document be what II Is repre-
sented il is one OF the most important that ever ema-
mated .roia the Bank, and the meeting acted most wise
ly in orcerInr IL 10 be published.
The following the tickets which were voted, The
one headed Irregular being elected:
Regular 71cket.- James Robertson, William Dray-
ton, William Rawle, r. c. Hall Of Carlisle, Joshua
B. Fling, Oliver Fuller, Foster G. Crulcher, Edward
Coles, John Bacon, Robert Gilmor Of Baltimore, John
Potter Of Princeton, y. j, Leonard S Suarez of y.
York, john 5. Donnell Of Baltimore, Benjamin w
Richards, John X. Nei, Manuel Eyre, Moses Willis
Of Columbus, New Jersey.
Robert Taylor, Oliver Fuller, Lawrence Lewis, Cal
vim Blythe, Peter Wager Davis b. Stacey, Henry
Toland, John l.. Wedges, Samuel r. Wood John
S,rnthers, w. +. Warner, Thomas Tus,in, Francis
Jordan, VIM Badger, Samuel D. Ingham Of Bucks
county, Ellis Lewis, Of Lycomng, Jonathan Roberts
OF Montgomery William Ayres Of Dauphin.
philadelphia Ledger Jan. 4.
On Saturday the lst inst ,lr Brooke, the Attorney
Of the L. S Bank obtained rule in the District Coun
10 show cause why all the attachments which have
Gently issued the instance Of the judgment creditors
against the Bank should not be qulsied The Atlor-
ney Of The Bank contends that specific mode Of en-
forcing payment Of judgments against corporations
by seguestration, directed By Act ii Assembly, and
shat the law providing for attachments upon judgments
is no, applicable 10 corporate bodies. Similar rules
have been granted other cases. and, rice legal
question involved in the issue, the jud ymen Of The
Cour, will be awaited with much anxiety.
The Constitution says, "No State shall emit bills Of
credit" Can State charter Of banks, 10 flood
the land with bills Of credit and bills Of credit until
they shall eat up tevour substance and bring
upon plaques than ever Geset Egypt: The
late sound thinker and logical reascner, Legge an
swers this question negatively, and pronounces It
clear violation of the Constitution Of the u. ). This
is question that is worthy Of being kept in mind,
now that the proposition up 10 authorize the States
issue bills Of credit directly to circulate as money
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