The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1851-03-12
For the Middlebury Register.
New York Correspondence.
New YoRK, March 9th, 1851

terday, viz, that of Anslens ~ Spicer, 5
Aucuoneers, whose liabilities amount to {
millions. Their paper was considered n
ust as good as the bank, and it circula>
ted freely. There was not the slightest !,
suspicion, yesterday morning, of the
shock that was 10 fall like a thunderbot s
upon Wall Street at 3 P. Nj. In the .
forenoon, Gen. Spicer might be seen
selling away with his usual equanImi'y
aud good humor, yet OF course he was
aware that at o'clock this shock was /,
" bound to come" | understand that
the amount Of their paper protested yes
terday afternoon was @00, 000. The pa
pers do not give the particulars. About
six months ago, Austens 81 Spicer re-
fused to receive their own paper in pay
for goods sold by them for others at
auction, and this led to an inquiry into
| their condition
They made a statement. satisfied their
creditors of their solvcncy, some how"
and confidence i'll them was re-csiab>
| Iished.
This suspension has had gripping eff
feet on the money market, and added 10
the alleged suspension of the Hamilton
Exchange Bank, the HOLSTER Bank,
Henry Keeps Bank, aud the Lewis |
County Bank, Gall small concerns in this
Siate,) it may produce some degree OF
panic, and several failures. Messrs. Aus
tens g. Spicer, ii is said, have been un-
fortunate in some specuations, connect
ed with the failure of f. HOLSTER s. Co.
Of the Empire City Mills at Utica.
The wife of One-Eyed Thompson
said to be a good vile aud mo,her--las
been presented with $50 by Christys
Mnslrels.
The body Of Thompson is TO he buried
to-day at Jersey City. The funeral will
undoubtedly draw large crowd, not a
small portion of which wilt consist OF
individuals Of very interesting stamp
to the police.
ODunnel, the lrishman. who at the
trial of W. S. O'Brien for Instruction
in Green Erin, resolutely refused to tess
tlfv against the prisoner, aud suffered in
= carceralion for his galantry, is now in
this city and is to have benefit tonight
at NagIe's Panoramic exhibition Of Tres
land, in hall IN Broadway.
Archie icon Panton, of Jamaica, is
in town, and so too are Nathan Apple
ton (tfe cotton Millionaric), and Hon
Geo. Ashmun, of Massachusetts.
!, Spencer. the contr actor in the case OF
u the fallen buildings in 2l.t street died a
. day or two ago, of apoplexy.
Henry Carmel, who stabbed the old
$. man aud his two sons in Day St, last
i November, was Yesterday found guilty OF
the murder. This is one of the most
u atrocious cases on record.
The person killed, a venerable old
man named Charles y. Rousseau, had
: been very kind to Carmel and fed and
lodged hun when lie could get shelter nc
III where else. On the night in question
he had come in at late hour uneXpect'
edly, and the father and his two sons
nut themselves to consider able incon
venience in order to give him lodg
a. ing. The boys even took a portion
of the necessary clothing off their owl
u bed m order to keep him warm. lie re
- paid them by slabbing them in thel
~ sleep aud cutting the throat Of thel
iatner, IN OrueT 10 oDtdIn doou' |~""
which he knew they had in the house
~" In his flight he jumped over fence sur
-, posing that it was of the ordinary dept
~ down on the other side, but providen
- tally, it happened TO be deep arei
al whereby he broke his wrist and wa
o" forced to remain there until next morn
r. iny, when he was discovered and take
lie into custody. Beyond doubt he WI
III, be hung
ca Considerable regret is felt here be
ia cause there was no more liberal appr'
&C. nriation made by Congress in behalf
I'VE The Collins L. s. Mail Line Steamer
XXI The contract is a losing one 10 the Ell
lot ,erprisinr pr,pr;c.ors.
he The c1,e Of the alesed swindLe up
lch Walter P. Flanders, Esq, by Cryder ,
Us ; was before the Police Court yesterda
m. was o0'''' Wv w u'''
up but nothing iran>pired that has not