The weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1852-1858, 1853-07-09

pleased to learn from several responsible citi
zens of st. Anthony, that, as a general thing,
this vile trash is as much denounced in that
place as in ST. Paul. We are sorry that Mr..
Gilbert has suffered his name to be used in con-
nection with the bogus operation. 1t is due to
himself and the position he occupies in the COM
munity, to at once cut loose from it. He must
be satisfied by this time that it is no go : that
all attempts to put into circulation such ire
sponsiblc trash are based upon wrong princi-
pies, and that loss to the public will be the in
evitable consequence. The mail which arrived
Saturday evening, after our last number was
issued brought us Thompson's Bank Note Re-
porter. (abOut the best authority in the United
States) containing the following. Mr.. Thomp-
son is all right in this instance, save in geogra-
ply. He will please change the location of st.
Anthony and st. Paul from Iowa to Minnesota :
"EXTRA CAUTION.-A shinplaster fnancicr.
by the name of Israel Smith, left this city
about two weeks since, with large amount of
Merchants and Mechanics Bank Io,ca.' He
said he was going to st. Paul or st. Anthony.
on the Mississippi river, where there was a
young lawyer who would act as cashier His
intention was to sign the bills himself, as pres-
dent. Should such man be found in any of
the Western villages, with a bundle of the b.
gus Bank, named above, we hope he will be az
rested and our deposition sent for
The notes of the Atlanta Bank. Georgia, were
signed in this city and sent to Chicago for cir
culation. Is there no power in the courts of
Georgia to stop such bastard banking? Let an
injunction be issued-let the president and
cashier, who are honest men. but who unwisely
consent to be tools in the hands of others, be
put on oath, and our word for it, a good and
sufficient cause will be found to put the Atlanta
Bank into the hands of the authorities, to lie
forever closed.
Doubtful Banks.-Rcfusc the notes fthc fol-
lowing doubtful banks:
| Merchants d Mechanics Bank, st. Anthony.
Iowa;
Atlanta Bank, Atlanta. Georgia;
Bank of North America, Seymour, Conncc-
tcut;
And all the banks in the District of Columbia,
except the ten which are quoted in our list.
We hope our friends in the Eastern and
Southern States will keep us advised of any
bank being bought up by shinplastcr specu-
lators
We must have assistance in chcckmatng
Bogus Bank inanciers.
All communications exposing fraudulent
banking are held strictly cOnfdentiai.'
There is another very bad and rascally shin
plaster circulating to some extent among our
with the name of no State Territory, or Dis
trlct, indicating its paternity. Near the head
of the bill we find the words Washington
County, and at its foot 'Anacosta.' We be-
licve there is a small village called Anacosta
in Washington County, District of Columbia.
Init Of I.
This is doubtless one of the numerous swind-
ling concerns which have recently sprung up
iii the District. We understand our noted St.
Anthony tinancier-thc same Israel Smith
also brought these bills to Minnesota. We
think the feeling here is now about sufficiently
ripe to render it much more conducive to Mr.
Israel Smiths health for him to remain where
he now is-out of the Territory.
GREAT EXCITEMENT AMONG THE BRowH FAM
LY.-At the Temperance meeting on the Fourth
there were several of the Browns present, most
OF whom took occasion to declare, individually
that he was not the Brown alluded to in the
last Minncsotian as having placed his name up
on the st. Anthony shin plasters. We arc
pleased thus to learn that our surmsc in the
postscript was correct, and that the bogus
Brown is not a citizen of the Territory. We
now learn he has also gone below, to look after
his friend Smith we suppose. A precious pair,
truly, this Brown and Smith
The last number of the Minncsotiar contains
m ungencrous and libel0us insinuatiOn coup-
ling the name of Mr.. North with the attempt to
establish wild cat bank at st. Anthony. Now
we venture to say that there is not an acuuaint-
ance OF Mr. North in the Territory who ever be-
levcd that he had lent his name to bolster I'D
any such institution, but strangers might east
ly be misled by SANDER cOncocted against a
person with whose reputation they are not IA
mIliar; and to such we would say that we have
the most reliable proof that the only thing Mr.
North has had to do with the merchants and
Mechanic S Bank" was in defining to have any
connection with it at all.-Dem0crat.
We like to see such man as J. w. North grow
ing so honest as to authorize the above state
mcnt in his behalf. 1t is a matter of pride 20
us. 1t makes us feel as though the numerous
drubblngs we have felt it our duty to admins
ter to him for his multitude of sins personal
and sins political had had good effect and that
he is beginning to feel the force of the old adj
90 A''''N"'y 10 thN pIol poliCN. NOW, III Tic
could only get certain things which tell so ter
rbly against him, obliterated from certain rec
ords of Ramsey County, he might begin to think
himself really worthy the compliment paid
him by the Democrat. But what straw to
catch at was that, our slight aluson to him.
which the Democrat squirms so terribly beneath,
We stated positively that we had responsible
authority for connecting his name with the
st. Anthony bogus issue, and We state so again;
but we dono say we know the fact from per-
sonal knowledge. Let Mr.. North or any of his
friends call on us, and the authority is at their
service. BY the way. who is the larger of st.
Paul or ST. Anthony, mentioned by Thompson,
that in New York promised Smith he would
sign the bills as President? Neither Mr.. Brown
nor Mr. Gilbert are lawyers and neither ofthem
have been in New York this summer-at least
we are certain tho latter hoe not