Quasqueton guardian. (Quasqueton, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1856-1858, 1857-10-08
Failures.

EalIureS.
Chicago, Sept. 3O.-The banking
house of R. X. Swift, Bro. and Johnston,
was subjected to arun yesterday, and did
not open this morning.
New York, Sept. sos. Hotaling &
Co., salt dealers, have suspended.
New YORK, Oct /.
p. Chateau, Jr., furs, hemp, DC, con-
nected with st. Louis, and Hutchins,
Tiffany u Co., were reported failed this
morning.
BosToN, Get 1.
The suspension of Messrs. Lawrence,
Stone d. Co., caused some considerable
excitement on State street to-day. Mr..
Samuel Lawrence, senior partner, is in
Europe. Mr.. Slade, finance manager,
is seriously i'll. The firm are agents for
the Bay State, Pemberton, New Eng
and, Worcester, and Middlesex Mills
Ira A. Lowell, also connected with the
Pemberton Mills, is also reported failed.
The other failures announced are Ben
Howard, commission merchant, Central
wharf, Richardson, Kendall d Co., dry
goods dealers, Milk street; and Peter G.
Jones, paper dealer, Water street.
Philadelphia, Oct. 1.-White, Stevens
& Co., and Lawrence, Stone q Co., who
have branch house in Boston, suspend
ed to-day. la 4.l a9a 3.1.
Louisville, Oct. l.-Hutching q Co.,
and John Smidt " Co., bankers, sus-
pended to-day.
6P. MA dispatch to the Bulletin
says the Exchange, Shelbyville, Law
renceburg, and Trenton Banks, Tennes-
see, have suspended. +
st. Louis, Oct. 1.-The Bank of Belle
vile, Illinois, failed. The Banking
House of Moro, Hailbush & Co., Gum.
cy, Illinois, suspended on Monday.
New York, Oct. 1.-The Farmers and
Artizans Bank of Long Island, at Will
liamsburg, suspended to-day.
Toronto, Oct. l.-R. H. Brett, Pri-
vate Banker of this city, suspended this
morning. The Assignees report that the
creditors will be paid in full
NEW YoRK, Oct. 3-This has been a
gloomy day in Wall street. The suspen-
SIGN of Clark, Dodge d Co., exercised a
most depressing effect upon the market,
already burdened to its capacity to sus-
tain itself, owing to a failure Of the Sou
theirs mail on Thursday to connect at
Philadelphia and reach here to- day
Hence, about $500, 900 which should be
liberated to-day will remain in the Sub.
Treasury till Monday. a
The feeling of the Stock Exchange is
now a total depression. 1t received .
severe shock by the failure of Clark
Dodge & Co., who were supposed tc
stand above casualty. The sole cause
of their suspension is said to be the block
ade in Exchange. They have surplu:
of over $2,OOO,OOO.
Stocks rose at the second board to-day
from J to 3 per cent.
Ely, Bowen u Mcconnell, and Gage
Sloan IL Dayton have failed.
BosToN, Oct. 3.-The money marke
to-day has been stringent, but spirit O
accommodation and aid has been exhib
tied by the banks. The merchants have
stood the test, though there are few
~ ~ - No. .aIyr ono. &C .-~.~
however, are L. rockingham, Jr. d. Co
commission and Dry Goods merchants
and Sweetser, Goodkin d Co., dry good
jobbers (both large concerns J, and j. w
Clark d. Co., bankers a.
CIcCINNATI, Oct. 3.-The result of tn,
day IN the money market is more favora
bic than wss expected-not one import.
ant failure. A good deal of third and
fourth class paper was protested, but nc
first or second class houses. The entire
business community is surprised at the
result, as large number of failues were
! feared.
ST. Louis, Oct. 3.-A Kansas paper OF
the LIST inst, says about sixty Missourians
encamped on Sugar Creek, Linn county,
Kansas, for the purpose of voting at the
election. The Free State men in tina,
section sent to Lawrence for arms to de-
fend themselves and suffrages. Ia f'f
Z. w. Clark u Bro, bankers, closed
to-day.