New-York daily tribune., 1844-01-15
- Office of the HoIvery Fire Insurance
Commercial and Money o1atters.

1 For safes at The Stock Exchange, see Last Pogs
The sales at the Board to-day were considerable.
but, as we have noticed to be the case on several of
the preceding Saturdays, Stocks fcl! off.
Exchanges are about as before, Sterling g. 81 j:
Southern a 81; Francs ) 30 a 5 282
Money continues very abundant at 81 a. per
cent for first rate paper Specie has gone South TO
considerable extent. and we understand the Banks
have lost Five Millions since the last quarterly
report.
Al a meeting of the stockholders of the Nler-
chants Bank rJf Baltimore, held on Wednesday,
resolution was adopted TO petition the State Legis-
aturc Tor authority to purchase the stock OF the
Bank to the amount Of half million of dollars. or
one-iouriL OF the capital at 500 per share.
The times seem Just now pregnant with defalca-
tons. 1t is stated in the Harrisburg Telegraph that
Gen. l1anbright Collector on the Railroad at Lam
caster Pa, is detaulcf to large amount from
$4,000 to 100000, but the exact sum Is not given.
young man at Providence has swlndled his en-
poyers out of $500; and the Cashier of the Com
merclal Bank of Portsmouth is suspected of foul
play. The Portsmouth Journal says examina-
ton was going on by the new President. Monday
asl Ma the the Gay S4yd 9F the HE Ban "a + a M
10 breakfast The President the Cashier the
arrived at the door the Cashier placed his hand in his pocket
and asceI,aned that he had lost the key OF the door key
then obtained aud the President and Cashier entered
seher The latter immediately exclaimed that had
been the Bank he left his books had been
moved from their place On opening the books found
that they had BEEN mutilated by having
who'll others half An uuburn fragment
OF OF the leaves found in the The circum
tnces strongly asst g GasoT tnai W
the Directors the nk, which has been uDremlttnaly
Management yet been certainly discovered and until such
discovery made the hitherto character OF the
late Casier should uot be mpeachsd sufficient nyestigi'
ton as been made 70 show that the public are neriecy a
Vel as The sockhoid,rs and mat the business o e Bank
Will not be Interrupted"
Receipts for the first week in January over the
Western Railroad: l043. 1912.
Passengers 3oi9 $3.50
ffe'sl.' = - ..'.-'.' a22z ze1t
Iotal. S6,3Sl S55oi
The following sales were made at Boston: 25
shares Western Railroad 81; per share; DO Eastern Railroad
cent 100 do Boston and Providence Railroad adv;
and Maine Railroad psr cent ay 2 Fitchbufg Raj
road & Fs5 sa a1v So I do Bo1 h 81 R s cent M do
do sawpa Bapk g9 M share $1,000 City of Boston per
At Mobile 4th, Exchanges were without mate
rial alteration and only moderate business dong Alabama
have declined but the depression III 1honst only
per cent discount.
James Morrison has been chosen President OF the
Indiana State Bank The Stood for Morrison H. for
Merrill, The old President, g..
The n. O. Courier contains the following state
the operations the Mint Of New-Oreans during the
past year: o,.,o,o
GOLD. Quarter Eagles 36S COZ pieces s92Q 0o5
HsIl sIsE Eagles i75 GlS9 iss 39I 39555 S25
Total ........ ........... .6ii,259 50 I77,ooo
SILVER Dimes 80 600 pieces. $4,000
- 0uag!sr Dours .96s. 900 2l2, Goa Goa
HalfDoars 2,2G8 0G0 9 l.l3t 600
Total Gold and Silver. 4 $50 239 Sd,568,000
The Savannah Republican states that the Trea-
sury the State possession of ample funds to meet all
demands until the first of March The circulation of the
reotra Bank will not exceed the first of February reNt
$500