New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1843-03-17
Commercial and Money Matters.
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There was fair Of transactions today ,,A
prjces were hrm. State IS improved 4 SIS, CITY -
s. City SIS Kentucky i; Bank OF Commeree3; Pate
son fell of !.
TIE market for Exchange for the closed uto,,
much animation Sterling, 81 81; Southern bits pp.
5. Francs IS. Tie amount OF bills by this steamer
opir large and mostly for the importation Of speei.
Mobile /, selling a, 10 lst. TO-DAY.
Treasury Notes j premium
Larre amounts OF specie being taken for tie So,,,
American Gold is worth premium Half Dslla,s /,
prem.
The following sales stocks were made al Boston:
40 shares Western Railroad 45i A. 20 do BOs;oa ,s.
sSsS ,s sds . SO 10 do R
Sank got 10 do Shoe amt Leather Dealers Bank, 2; adv
90 Aua, 8aG ga e'rn no us a "a 10 90
bic 1857 pr CT Siooa Certificate OF Deposit in Coaec
wealth Bank, al pr CT
The cep,sfor the week ending March H. ca the Wee.
eru Railroad were-rassesgsrs, Ss36 freight mall ss
s45sS Total, s7I!c The Cirec,ors ;he par, cf.h,
State were chosen by the Legislature Tuesday as ot
lows, viz:-Ednuad wight, Samuel c. Allen, John
Tarbell, and Thomas Plunkeit.
4 decision has Jus, been had in Boston, showing lie ~,
sponsibi!y OF Banks IN certain cases. The Mechana.
Bank of Baltimore brought suit against the Merchsrr,
Rank OF Boston recover damages FOR the alleged nts@
-ence OF defendant, in coecng post nee OF the Fran,
II, ,nk dated Ap il -, 1857 and payable hrse mCsh,
f,,m GATE The Franklin Bank allied about the sth ii
Jply and the noie was presented for payment on tie Iii
nj JAW which was refrsed and The note protested
The nIain,, taok tie grcaud that The note ought ta.
been presented fifteenth OF July The dsielta1s
proyed that il the general custom OF the banks 10 R
ION TO pay their post notes al maturity, tpsso erac ard
IN demand paymen, other banks a; maturity. The Coea
held that as the QeeudaGts had coaIormed 10 the gens,
usage in such cases and had used dae diligence, they
not responsible
The 9Th section OF what is called the Latham Bill now
law OF Ohio requires the whole amount of the capal Of
Banks subscribed TO be paid in IN good fst:, pana
,rt investment, in gold and silver coin. This dcae, lie
18th section limits the Of uo;cs s:cs Bank may ppi
in circulation to the OF stock paid in ard remaining
in Bank After this the ank is required TO keep in IL
vaults gold and silver coin equal TO one dollar tor ever.
three OF circulation.
Gel Pei,is member ct the Alabama Legislature, in
speech before the people OF Montgomery, mate some stale
ments showing corruption OF the Alabama Banking yl
tenn which had created quite sensation Among o!e re.
marks he made the following:
He stated upon high authority, that 1t had been ascer
lined that the Mobile Bank had increased s cculatua
since the examination Commissioners Just before Il:
commencement OF The session three hcndred and atty hoG
sand dollars for which there was no showing on lhe ooo
and no Of tracing out or ascer!anins 10 @hom or
what purpose il had been appropriated .
He also stated that the new directors found but hlrynns
thousand dollars specie Ia her vau-the balance OIL t
one hundred and eighty Thousand repre- entad In e rep
of the commissioners being there, having been removed
disposed of, and mol satisfactorily accounted Tor ~ Tie
speaker has not been nEiormed IN reference 10 Rts
Transactions which argue depth OF corruption ID ae
OF this Institution OF which the psopls before
had conception there will be work Tor the tuefksya
the penlieniiary.