Daily American organ. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1856, 1856-10-23
New York Correspondence.
New YORK. Oct. 81, 1856.

New YORK, Oct 81, 1856.
Notwithstanding the political excitement of the
day, the Huntington forgeries still engross large
portion of public attention. 1t is quite certain
that these forgeres will amount to fully sir hun
dred thousand doilarst The great mystery is,
what has become of this large sum- The forger
has made an assignment Of his effects, hut this
amounts 70 nothing, as everything was seized soon
after the discovery Of the forgery Several OF these
forged notes have been discounted in the city
banks, and OF course will be total loss TO them.
The investigation is still going on, and will not be
concluded much before the Close of the week.
There Is proof sufficient, far, to send the forger
to the State prison for number of years, should
he get his deserts. The large amount Of S242, 900
of this forged paper was brought to light yester-
day, in addition to the previous large sums The
names Oh many of our large firms are on these new
discoveries, and they will enter complaint against
the forger to-day. a 6E@
K The President Of the San Francisco Vigilance
Committee, VIM. t. Coleman, has again been ar
rested at the instance Of William Mulllgan. The
arrest took place yesterday, and he was held TO
bail in the sum of $25, 900. From present appear
ances, this Vigilance Committee is likely engage
the attention OF our courts for some time. .,4.
The bank statement Of this morning shows a
further reduction in the loans of about million
and quarter and trihing increase i'm specie In
deposites and circulation there is no material
change. The loans are now lower than they have
been at any time since the 7th Of June last In
the face OF this there has been several millions
added to our banking capital within few nonths.
Specie is still being shipped to Europe faster than
IL is received from California taus keeping the
amount in the banks down to a low figure. Fears
are entertained that the next news from Europe
will advise us OF suspension OF specie payments
bv the Bank of France. Should such en- event
occur, it will terd to induce further striDgency
In pur n0 m ark n A her. of b,ilu hQv
taken place within a few days. some of which
were to large amount. This, however, is nothing
unusual; there are more or less failures every week
in the year. But, perhaps, the most frequent are
IN the fall, when the money market Is always the
tightest. t er
preamble and resoluio were adopted last
evening by our Board of Aldermen rendering the
freedom Of the city TO the officers and crew of the
United States steamship Arctic, lately returned
from the successful sounding expedition OF the
Atlantic Ocean. The Governors room nthe City
Hall has been placed at their disposal for the re-
ception of their friends. This has been done at
the suggestion Of Mayor Wood. u
Colonel Fremont the Pathfinder, has Just re-
turned from a hasty trip TO Canada His business
in her Msjesty's dominons is supposed 10 have
had something TO do with a note which was lately
written by Mr.. Mason, of Montreal, about the
Colonels place of nativity. Be this as it may, bis
movements have been as secret as it was possible
to keep them they will be still less noticed after
the 4th of November. Mark that Et04t
We are enjoying delightful weather he real In
dian summer being upon us.
The city Is crowded with strangers the hotels
being full to the top. The Fair of the American
Institute draws great many strangers. and as il
is announced that this is the last week Of tho exhi
binon, this may account IN measure, for the
great rush just now into Gotham.