The Arkansas banner., 1847-10-11

We knd the soliowiag inssressiag account of he opeEatlous of this ammosh inst5tutieG in the col anas Of the New York Csamsvssmi .aassrtsarr
 I.oSRoS, August. ISfT.
 I have heea favored with aa opportunity sf ex- s;ss.iss is i=ss=Ti;ss ss sxsssi= os tsss SzAs, s zine, which guides. in some m-asase the com,ner- ciai and poifskcz nE9vs zstTss sf Easzpe If s s tAe world. Thee yeats sf the last few days have shown that the seeeRt increase ef the rate of interest has bees severely iei hy those who have AeSlt largely ia grain. asd mahy bage been conpelied 10 snsprni Paymesi-
 7 The Bark of Etgfstsd k as Ssmense structnee covering kse acres ef gtwanA kasinx us wiAdows ia efef 0f is fronts but reeeipinE etf from above from is ccaFis. II s open fag baSinesa at niae iH the morning sId eoathaes eprn emil Eve ia the stefn0om -emplssyisg dasiag thes~ kuass Befvseen ni6e knysAseA ana ese thousand pessaas Al sevea o'clock ia the evening dstaehment of spidiess are marched from fhc ssTowef~ into tAe Bank where they nosns guard unsii seven o'clock the aef morn- ing sTss
 The Bank has capitsi ef eighteen msIlSaas sfes. ling. Sad sts msaaged by tsovesssts Re. Its notes are seves reIssseA by the Bara after being presea- ted fs~ payment. Th~y may eontines ia sircass. ton Cor time. md pass from bank se aaofh- CT: bat when presented to she Bank tnr speese the assne of tks peseos pssseHtsd must be endorsed.
 IfA his sesdesee; fhsm sfses careful rxAsAia4sion the note is paid sRc esaSeJsd.
 The printing. binding, kc.s sFeqaiFed by the Bank and iis branches, are done within the bsii.iag hy ftse most approved methods. The steam pres asd alt fse@ machinery lhe h<st that esn he ohtane in EsgiasA srss Scotland.
 So aasairabiy arranged Is every thiag. fron the eaxine room tn tA~ Bank passoy. tkst every room resembles bssatifai toy shop Ns a-ssoker'' or esgine sdrSer7 6 required 10 assesd the fire look sfter The engine during The day The 6re is Ied ia the same manner that wheat is groaad. En he morning sUiseiens qasnfty $ pat into the 'hop- per- and thaE sends segaisF sappty nto the gsates or stey~a. anA hOthiag fAFther ls reaaireA. The water is sarpIed in the same way; and shoaa these be any want Of water. b accident otherwise ar alarm is soaaded by whistle
 Each s1fe is prissex on what iz eAssea eae sheet ef paper; the lowest denDmin4tioa Is five pounds the bigi8est ooe taoassnd The paper is first cosn- ted to those whose duty II Is to "sei is down $ This is dene as steana process After tee paper r is in
 proper ssa,e he Workel. t Is tos kea ap boxes and sent to officer who KscaRnts H. Ii Is ines counted again in parcels of hundred sheets ard put into bcxes which ars locked aIsd riaced in slsAiag ease FpaSsy ior the PsessmsB. wkp as wnsk ahose4 These sheets are drawn ap and pEia- ted aud returned ia the sane msnSef. every sheet worked registers itself and is is wet known n the reesa besow. wbas eansSes \. D. is printing ab7ve. as bv hinseh. lf. by acelaenf. A B. s-spnils sheet jf must be marked sach, and essTy par- ticIe ct the spoiled sheet sent down. Every aote uy n passes through te hansfs of two sets o pyess-
 
 ard date. Secondly. fhe nanbsr and date gre sd- ded, when they are ready tor the 6nishiag tsseh. the signature Of ore of the cashiers. One of the sae~t ingpninas pieces Of mechanism have ever seen k that used to mark the Rusab~r each hili. There chaAgs es auhsE hy hand, bat all asas by fhIs machine, asd hy steam power.
 wb<n the bills have passed through the hands of ,Ae psinsers fey ssnt so the drying where they are agasn eoaased and dried they are then pat up nto convenient packets and seat to the cashiers roam. Eos aisnasnre. Thener they 20 to Ihe regis eerss k.ssp4,eas aad fsosa thxf sf,ea ace keAsass back to eshe treasnFv.n Here they are kept n fire proof iron cases. which cover ai the sides Of the room. The room itself Is fire proof. there being only one thing that can barn. fhs esaater. On oae side nf this room the cases are Sled wif gold tied sp in bags, end the other the bsis ID Backages. consessent iar lhe -psying teisers." There are tWo large locks to each ease aEd the krys kept by seParz.e oeeers so that bcsh be present be. fore any sasa can be removed held ID my hAsd. while ia this room, to siosts sisr!iag ali say te be pat tn circulation. 9ry
 Esch day from thirty so ssisty-six thousand bills are prinfed- The ibk Is made in tfe Bank. sad 1t is of such peculiar eonpositios that by ifs effect together with that ofthe hishsized paper, the blaa ke's' used the presses repaired so he washed by steam al least oage a day. The highest number of the notes k S9 ,9g9. When that number is reached they return to No. with new date. The press men asd most 0f the ms ehInEsts receive E3 per VIVA tcuf@sr@ Ht pt{totb& tocu4a from 6ffeen shlihngs 10 one pound per week.
 The clerks ase p&id good salaries after ihey have been setne years tn the ssrviee of the Bank. They commence. however. at a io1 rate. bat soon be- come ehigher graduates" with an increased salary ia the Bank. transferred a of its btaDrhes The plan of personal security k frequently observed in the Uni'ed states; bat informed that thsrs Is an iEssitatioa called the guarantee fund hy which Iadiyidaal, paying so mach per moRth, 5-cc saes member and this institution is secaity for its tnesnhers-shus securing the Bank against kos<. the psiaiui alternative of calling sa per- sonal security incaxc of nal administration
 h ef the rooms atReiy seyea clerks are eaa rloyed, whose business is 10 exaasne the notes by register asa mi8use and accurate is the ecaeern that is known ia the Bank what notes are oat and who reeety-1 them; and T is the practise of all bankers. In town CT eoaafry, tD take The 0ambeF of earh no.e betose Y is pad and to whom paid This is znFk of lime. bat t gives great security
 In he hsak tis-se ls a depaItaaenf called tke weighing roosR- Here twe gentlemen are employ ed wetghing soyeseigns by steam. The scales are constructed 10 drop tbe light coin oa The seft the faI weight tAe right. Those that fall Oa the Left are taken out asd cut ey machine, and re- they came; they are thea sold to the Bank for hal- iscn. b ee reeoiasa.
 There several families residing ia the Bank whe have very comfortably accommodations. There is also baak kEtehsa, vel zs the Bank pssloT. This is for the accommodation of tae directors on 9aiy. who nay wish cup of ecdee. er beef steak. &r
 Professor McG.iintock-x AeauieaI.