New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1848-03-14

An act Of the last session Of the General Assem-
by Of Ohio provides that money contracts for erees
rate Of interest than six per cent tue contract TOT ns
.ha he void In suits upon such contrasts Judgment
.ha only be rendered FOR the principal sum win FIX PEI
cent interest, sud any Of interest paid on hs con
e to be applied 20 the discharge Of so much Of the pm
cpsl debt at the time Of payment An Get was also P'''
ed OF which the following is "a section
That it shall be unlawful for any ssns or lncorpo1sso
campsny dol pg backing business or dealing n rnohsS
as busiuess exchange broker, money oroselg PFC
on on Sspo.t buy and ss bills Of exehsngs OF
coin money EXCHANGE one IND o. oaus Dl' o. 81 -
-. Tor or er money 50 % % into circ1latlon
In hi. state any circulating Notes or ols sS9ePt '
Note, or Bills OF this State, Issued ACCORDING :"
The ID section forfes IL case OF the VIOLATION o. '"'
law hafths Bank Notes 20 paid out. ,,,..u hall NOT
The Sd section provides that tins proMDyyu 81
xtsnd 10 the paving out Of such notes oE pls 10 t
nary business by persons not oopnecteh Win oan't "
b5SssI. .o,s5 pro,des that all Notes Bonds Bills
Of Exchange discounted end paid FOR, IN notes - sc
desc bed in the ls section, shah be null and 9o iha
s contracts, founded on such payment ore 'O0 '"'
SUIT shsn be maintained upon them -
This act goes into effect the st June neat ies' 'nAn
The Isl section prohibits the Issue Of "sny orcnlaa
Notes or Bill." &c. except those q me oehNs o. ss
sac The last section n1ies contracts where money
IS PAID, sod prohibits suis upon thein
lions together are fatal 70 tne ISSUING yl ig b
Of h rank PaPsL o. I1y ot GsS bsps. or brokers' il
degrecste and be unavailable Tor business 10 p''''
The Ne,c. orleans Delta Of the 2d instant says
1--WE understand that one Of distinguished bankers Of
this Municipality purchased from the Union bank 70"
1850 shares of the capital stock Of the bsht OF
Louisiana at the rate Of SIG share: payable 10 Lo.
iana bonds at par. This Is the stock 20
ssIe and purchased from IL by the mon 6ans f0 St1e
bonds This is advance Of per eeIt on lue pi
chase Of the Union Bank We also learn ths sLothe NO
T gpsbed banker and fnancier has purchased near "O
sbs1es OF the Louisiana Stale Bsnk-rumoI says with
view Of locating II in the I'd Municipality
The report ofthe Committee OF Ways and Means
made to the Marya Legislature gives most encooiss
ing review Of the fiscal affairs OF the state sihl"
COMMITTEES LAST year estimated the annual [eehPts OF .e
STATE At s776 OC0 and the expenditures al c5%oVI
ms Furpus OF 5000 to be applied each yes 70 the sns
ing fund for the payment Of the St'te oeOI ~
COMMITTEES say that experience has row proven a %
estimate OF the income wei uhqeiiaieu Ill s.,nsiiv
psnaitures overrated That the fome5 WI eSe
snount 10 SO75O0O, while the latter will 30 only $500
000 an az uus surplus Of S28OV applcabeto
he sinh fund which now amounts 70 o4<3i tne
Ell of which, nearly $50 OCO is invested annually 10 oae
stocks and with the application OF tne sutplus "no
above anticipated the Committee appear TO rave no u9uo
that the whole Of the public debt VIII % oiscnadssu ~
less than twenty years The amount OF bones s9u
Constituting the nominal debt OF the Stale OF Mary anq
inclusive Of all the arrears OF interest 70 DC
SIG 1862 But of this sum, So,oiovV ls htedny aoe
provided for by the companies Tor whom hey were
issued leaving only SO827 O6- 70 be provided i9r py t1A
alton OF this amount, Sl6l2s5+ IS heid ~ tne
state bsrsaf under the Of the sinking fund the IL
terss which is annually appropriated 70 the puicnsse
OF farther portion the State stock or bonds Therefore
s4 28 is the actual amount Of the Indebtedness Tor
which the State bound provide The Committee ex
ess IA cir couf5 that the prospects i he iutue
such Is 10 warrant the most entire conhdcs that tne
e, of he state OF MARYLAND will be sustained above re-
proach or suspicion"
An attempt made in Mississippi to q screoit 'he
Tennessee Banks smet with the following from
the Nashville Bonner;
The banks of this State have within the year teeh
steadily drawing in their circulation mummy WI
drawn notes 10 the amount OF more than tw9 mon auo
half Of collars. These facts are noorioustn TINS cum
munity on examination by Committees OF - bessstuIo
which has lust ad uned having established me so91ahe'
Of the CONDITION Of Banks beyond even CIVIL Nebe
well assured that the business OF the BANKS i lennAreo
has been marked in the past twelve moninS WIN Ho4o
prudence than in all their previous eAstenot
DISEASE IL DANBURY.-The story OF tbe existence
OF the black tongue disease ia Danbury appears not 20
hsve been wholly ground less for there has been ials
nalady there called malignant eryslpelss which ma
carried of some Is or 20 persons The disease often
makes itself visible in small red spots on the no' OF
BODY rapidly and modification and death ensue
within few hours The disease occasions much alarm IN
Danbury although the have not yet been very nu
msTous Waterbury (Ct American
THhDpEUs STEVENS, EsQ.-The numerous friends
OF this gentleman will be pleased to learn from the Hdr
bro Ioencer that strong hopes are now entertained
Of his recovery from the recent severe attack OF hamo
hsge which 81 time thre aiened 10 prove fatal