Daily American organ. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1856, 1856-10-16
New York Correspondence.

New YORK Oct. IL. 1886.
There IS no material change in the weekly bank
statement of this morning except in deposites There
Is reduction IN all the items from the previous week
as olows! Loans, $7o13l5 specie, S632 1858; circl-
auon SSl G9S; deposites, 81 662 G6O The specie III
the bank vaults is down 10 lo,8O0O0O which il cor
sldered BY many as alarmingy low without anv pros
pect Of improvement for some time 10 CONC irEn an
rival OF the precious metal from California il nj
OF Sugh TO counterbalance the shipments from This
port 70 Europe and long as this foreign drain con-
liues 50 long VIII there oe scarcity Of specie and
consequent cuTtallment III bank accommodations
The dry goods business this Fall has been good and
prices satisfactory to the seller The importatons
however have been lerger than the trade Of the
country demanded and the consequence is the bond
cd warehouse is full to repletion without anv nr1s
poet Of these goods being withdrawn this season -
The retail trade is very active and the ladies PRONG
maze BroadWay with $l0O dresses sweeping up the
walks, making purchases necessary almost laiiy;
and with the hoop mania now prevailing it requires
nearly double the quantity of silk to make dress
that u did previous to their introduction
IT. viii be recollected that some months since tharc
was quite noise made about a heavy black mail o,,
Grafton in this city which had been brongbt befoT,,
one OF our courts. This matter has been postponed
rom term 70 term o the court until finally the com
plant was yesterday dismissed. To refresh the mem
ory of the reader win state the facts Ex Sayor q,
W. Lawrence preferred a charge against W. A.
Brown Tor false swearing in reference to the black
mail operations IN which Mr. Lawrence had been
swinded out Of over 800 00o this sum having oone
into the pockets of the said Mr. Brown Efforts 6ave
been made continually 20 have The matter brouohf ~
the notce OF the court, but without success There
being lady connected with the affair the cT. Mayor
has come to the conclusion that the least said about
II the better, and he could be induced to come
forward under any circumstances SO the chances
now are that there will nothing more be heard OF h
The investigation into the forgeries lately nerns.
tTated by Mr. Huntington still going on but no
thing new has been elected to-day The total on,ount
OF forged paper viii not vary much from half mil.
lion, If Mr.. Huntington IS to be believed he baynr
made that statement to a friend while in prison
Yesterday was grand gala day for the New, York
hremen, and II being their annual parade they turn
ed out IN full strength. The weather bonr all lhat
could be wished, the streets through which The mrs,
cession passed We're packed with human beipEs 4
large portion of which were ladies' The 6rgmen
looked remarkably well, and with the companies
from different parts of the country (some coming
even from Detroit, made an imposing dspIay Tho.
engines aud hosecarts &C. were tasteiully decorated
and were frequently cheered BY the spectators along
the route the ladies waving their bandkerehief from
the windows of the hotels and private residences
Take It altogether think this the best turnout ever
made by our fire department.
7 d. Appleton 4 Co have lately published another
two-veume novel, from the pen OF Miss Yonge enti-
tied " The Daisy Chain" This hdy Is considered
one Of the best English uoveliSts Of the dav ami
hor Heir Of Redcie" was received with universni
commentator by the press Of This country. "Daisv
Chain" Is work of equal merit, aud Is thonqht by
many OF Miss 1onges admirers TO hs superior Ia ent
OF her former productions. There is a moral tone
peryad!ng al her writings, which recommends them
~ w ~ LILY ~ ICY, hnu pace IN me private libra
~. 10 MessTs. Appleton the public indebted
for the excellent style in which these novels arr mimi
ed and bound - Pi'uS,.
onr theatres are doing a driving business iu.t nov-
beng crowded almost every evening. The oper,
appears TO be defunct since hiaretzek backed ont =
Laura keenes Theatre il is announced will posifiye
y be opened to the public about the Isl Of Noycnl-
per The Broadway still displays The "hole in The
wall and when It viii be m sc6ndition to have per
,orma1ces on ITS boards il is impossible tell Per-
naPS 10y New Years the south wall may be rebuilt
No'osis crowded nightly, usual
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