The weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1852-1858, 1855-10-20


scant harvest in France has made the gov
eminent prepare for the worst. Private let
tiers by the Pacific, in speaking of the ap-
prehension ola severe money crisis in France,
says that the Bank of France has a contract
with the Messrs. Rothschilds for large
amount of gold, and, in that case, they must
look to the United States for their supply.
PRESIDENT PIERCE TO BE RENoMINATED.
-BosToN, Ger. 4.-The Democrats of Sa-
lem, in this State, met yesterday, and ap-
pointed delegates to the State Convention,
and passed resolution unanimously in favor
of renominating President Pierce for the
next Presidential term.
IL The London Mercantile Gazette, of
a late date says: All eyes are now directed
to America. Twelve French buyers went
out by the last steamer, and large orders
have gone from England for breadstuffs, so
that VIC shall soon know whether the boast
ing accounts of their crops can be substan-
tiated.
LIABILITY OF BANKs-The liability of Banks
in paying forged check upon it has been
established by the Courts of both England
and the United States. The rule established
is to this effect IF a bank pay check with
forged signature, it cannot afterwards re-
cover the amount from the endorser or the
party to whom it may he paid, although the
latter may not be able to sustain the loss.
The bank is bound to know the signature of
it's own customers, and cannot recover the
amount paid on forged check, or unless the
bank obtain Gas it should) whenever there is
any doubt as to genuiness of the signature,
guarantee from the payee.
A disputed case, the New York Courier
says, arose in that city last month. A check
on the Sub-Treasury, drawn by a disbursing
officer in the West, was presented, with a
signature so different from that of the draw
er on file, that payment was refused, unless
correspondent, would guarantee the signature
to be genuine This the latter refused to do
(although the demand was perfectly reason
able) and the check was protested for non
payment. In this case the check turned out
to be genuine, but the Sub-Ireasury officers
pursued the right course under the circum-
stances knowing that, if fraudulent and
paid by them, the loss would fall upon them
individually.
e 1t is said that the feasibility of a
ship canal across the Isthmus of Darien, as
proposed by F. NJ. Kelley, ESQ.,, has been
considered by the Cabinet. The company
proposes that the government shall test the
practicability of its plan by sending out a
corps of officers to re-examine the route sur.
veyed by Mr.. Kelly's engineers, which is
from the Gulf of Darien, bp the Atrato and
Truando rivers, to Humboldt bay on the
Pacific. The decision of the Cabinet will be
given in day or two.
e A new Iron Shot Tower is goins
up in the Sixth Ward, New York. 1t has
already reached its ninth story, and two
more will finish the structure-each story il
eleven feet and six inches in heighth, maxim,
the tower, when completed, over one hun
bred and seventy feet high. One story, no
included in the IL, is entirely under ground
this is also of solid iron.
! q special dispatch from Washington
states that Mr.. Mason, Minister to Franc
will be recalled if he cannot satisfactorily ex
plain his attendance at the TIE Deum at No
tire Dame in honor of the fall of Sebaspopol
A SECOND observation-disclosures Englis
Journals mention that a young preacher c
the Methodist Church is creating as muc
excitement as Irving and Whitfield did il
their day. The London correspondent of tn
New York Sunday Times says "His nam
is Spurgen, and he can scarcely have reache
his 22d year, should think His eloouenc
is extraordinary-it overwhelms you with il
force and brilliancy and his voice has tn
characteristics which Whitfeld's is said
have possessed ringing tone, and capabl
of being heard by an assemblage of tie
thousand persons"
, e. The Paris correspondent of tn
, New York Commercial, says the America
officers sent by the United States to Seba
: topol to gather military knowledge, have a
rived at Vienna on their return. -