Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1841-1853, 1842-03-01
Annals Of Bank swindiing.


A bank report recently made TO the Legislature
Of Pennsy lvania. shows that the specie the Bank
of the T. States on the ! Dec. 1911. was s20 60
Circulation notes s2.392. TAG 81
Circulation Post notes i26 3s3 81
WHIoorRY A>D RrsuNpuox.-A Mig COM
nittee of the Kentucky Legislature Ia recon.
mended that the hanks shall be compelled u
sumo on fte first = .Nor,naIer He1f and the Wing
Legislature propose that the banks Of New Jersey
sha resume ne frsi Il January nerf. They
had better postpone the whole matter III, the day
ofjudgmcnt.
BANK OF Ga,NvrlLr.-Tae Cleveland Herald
gives the annexed tens concerning this swindling
shop which recently mace - an as gnnent Of It's
effects"
We believe the officers Of this bank are highly
criminal, and Will be held at tie bar Of public
opinion
In November, l-;3o the circulation OF this bank
was So ,-63.
'on the On day # December. 1871. il. ercu..-
ton was rHREE HUNDRED AND TWENTY
THREE THOUSAND DOLLARS, and the La.
bities Of the bank S35ie eco AM - incans 10 pay
TINS last amohut. Sis 900.
a. J. smith. the Cashier # this institution. has
time and again within the last few months. written
letters and stated that The bank able meet all
It's liabilities. Tins be knew % be false-and his
conduct has been infamous. a. has been syInd NJ
the community 90 wholesale manner. snd IN our
opin on the lock STEP aaa dungeon Of the Dino Penn
Tertiary t1o good for him, aud those who have
been his co-laborers in ths work Of fraud and in.-
quty.
This \. J. Smith is the man who wanted to re-
sumo specie payments upon a full stomach" /. c.
+ "A large circulation.
I'VE hope he vii be indicted for ewindng.
found guilty Of the crime, aad punished - he fall
, eaten; Of the law"
4 New ORLrANs BANK.-We copy the following
from the New Orleans Advertiser OF the , lth ult.:
a few days since "a suit was brought IN Judge
Jackson's court against the Atchaialaya bank. for
the recovery of dye dollars ca promssory note Of
that Institution, payable demand The bank de-
MED that At owed the money Judgment gwen
IN favor OF the plaintiff, on proof being furnished
that the signatures were genuine. Inc marshal
called at the bank with writ Of seizure. The
cashier laid the matter before the board. and told
the marshal 4 call again. lie DID 80, when be
told that the bank could not pay the amount at the
Judgment. shall seize your banking house. IL
Is mortgaged for more than It Is worth Your
furniture, then = IL does not belong 10 US Where
upon the mlr,hal returned no property found
And yet this bank dlrcs ITS promIssory notes
"a measure of value 10 the community, aud when
sued TO recover the amount OF one OF them. denies
the debt aud when condemned 10 pay Il by a tribu-
nal of justice, pleads that u has no property"
TINS Banks OF BALrIMoRr.-The Patriot states
gate circulation of the Baltimore banks standing
out was S9-l 200 only. II may be safely assumed
that of least sIJ0 900 has been lost or
destroyed-the issue covers period. "a some cases
of over forty years II the premises be correct the
I actual circulation Is now about sseO.uOO. The
aggfegaie capital Of the ten operating banks j. S.
H. ,-j7-the specie vaults exceeds : ! 200 COO
The bank Of Hamilton is another 10 be added u
the list Of broken banks. John Woods the Presi-
dent of the bank says the OHIO Statesman. has been
/ one of the most notorious VIII stump whangers m
the State. lie used to 20 by the name Of 20 Poor
John Woods" IN old Jackson times for his Coffin
hand bill lamentations
( CooL A. A CrcruBER.-Thc branch Of the Bank
Of Peun>ylya at iirrsburg. has closed us doors
On Monday morning the following "cooi" label vas
posted upon - entrance
" THIS baak has closed for the present. Those
who have notes to pay ~iil please step round to the
side door"
0LJ-fhe Bank Of Cincinnati pretends 10 have lost
sS,147, IN consequence OF the regulation by the
LATE GiU5. Who believes L