The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1857-09-26
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THE ONO TRUST COMPANY The Uncinnxti Ga
zsste learns from the investigating committes
(which Ia not yet ready to report some ofths canses
which led to the failure Of tho Ohio Trust and Bank
| ing Company II says:
Tic capital sspck.ftAs eompanc. t,ro nsizlson de-
tars, mas teen sunk. Is Is the opinion Of the CON
mittee that the compaay will be able 70 pay it's
debts In fall, but this Will depend In some nlea-
sure, the result OF Investigations yet to- e made
The probability IL, However that this will be the
result. IL having been reported that some Of the
directors were concerned with Mr.. Ludlow in his
specuations, we inquired of Mr.. Scarborough upon
this point, and learned that the COMMITTEES have,
far discovered no evidence or sign Of the exis-
The New York directors excuse themselves by
explaining that Mr.. Ludlow misrepresented mat
ters to them. and, having confidence In the man.
they did not go behind his statements. Large sums
were borrowed by Ludlow at per cent, OF private
bankers and capitalists, which he reported 10 the
directors as depositsat 3a4 per cent. s55
The parties who loaned this money to Ludlow,
supposed 1t was being used at the West ct f0al2
per cent, ard therefore did not suspect there was
anything wrong Collection paper was deposited
as collateral security for money thus obtained and
Of this the New York directors say they had no
knowledge At the time the bank suspended all
the collection paper was hypothecated. Thisi an
Indication of the manner In which its business was
transacted Now, the question Is, where did this
money 20 tor To this answer has as vet been
obtained it does not appear that the funds were
stolen outright. Ii Is not probable they WERE
fhe only reasonable hypothesis Is that Ludlow
speculated largely in stocks and thus lost the
ney. 1t is known that he purchased four hundred
thousand dollars of the stock of the Trust Com.
pany at high price. 1t ia also known that ne took
the last batch of the bonds issued by the State OF
Ohio. BY these two operations he sunk over half
million OF dollars. e-lt.sss
IT MI
port already mentioned by telegraph, of the schr
I'll Dorado, which arrived at Boston on Thursday:
'On the 1ith inst. in lat. 900 I0t, long $50 2V,
experienced terrible huI ricane during the preva-
tence Of which she lost her nainsai On the 18th,
at ~ p NJ, in lat. 2le IS, long 75o 10 spoke the
steamer Central America, the wind at the time
blowing gale. We laid under her lea until 9. 30
the following morning. Her lights disappeared at
l5 minutes after the previous evening Wore
ship and run rs near possible to the spot, but
saw nothing OF the wreck or the passengers either
frem the deck or aioft"
"a Tho New York Times, of Thursday, says:
Funds fer the relief of the sufferers come in free
ly At the adjourned meeting OF the committee
for collecting subscriptions, Wednesday, at the
insurance rooms over 5000 additional were re-
ported, making with the 5000 and over. subscrib
ed on Monday and Tuesday, Sli,5lS in all. There
will still be large additions to the fund.- and ii will
all be wanted. aud more. Captain johnson, Of the
bark Ellen. who was present, stated that he had
been OHereu IZJUU from the united states Mail
Steamship Company, and he would not, therefore,
receive the funds from the committee. Mr. Frazer.
second officer, promptly, but gracefully, declined
to accept money from the committee. Mr.. J. A.
Foster, of Pennsylvania, also decined to accept $50
which were offered him: he had saved $ioO out of
$4,000 which he had accumulatedin in California xnd
thought others needed it Ianre A member Of the
committee stated that Mr. Foster gave all the mo-
ney he had, token of gratitude, to the captain
of the brig Marine; and this fact coupled with his
refusal OF the donation, the hearts Of the CON-
nIttee. who shuok hands warmly with him mt part
lug aud hoped he never might want dollar.
The journal Of Commerce has a friend who "A
year two ago, bought two life policies from pas
stnEers who we're about going te California; and
who found this the emily means OF paying their
passage, will soon come into possession OF $500
bJ Of these policies, which dG not cost him
above joC. The parties whose lives the policies
covered, were board the Central America on
her recent trip to New York, aud are among the
lost. -.stf- 81.
JoYFUt MEErISG or OLD AcoUAISTANcns = Herr
Driesbach, the lion-tamer, who few years ago re-
tired from the nenagerie business, and devoted
himself to farming in Wisconsin, has lately visited
his oi companions. the lions, tigers and ieopards
at Dubuque, Iowa where the menagerie containing
| them wis stopping The meeting was quite affect.
| ing The itohes-, which was particular favorite
| caught sight ot him, and her eyes beamed with
| pleasure, while her tail waggod glad recognition
''n his coming up to her she appeared frantic with
joy, and when he spoke to her and presented his
I.ce 10 titt Kissed Nun ana placed
IN his haIri with an air of intense ailection. In
deed. whila ha WAS in her presence, she could not
control herself but would lick his bands while hs
attempted 20 pat her. roll over, reach out her paws
{" bin, aud then press her nose between the bars,
s though she would like 10 have eoser presence
The other animals we're equally alteis3natc.
RonnFsY OF rug u. $. Mixr IN saS Fa,scrsco.-
rhc san Francisco Herald of fhe ootl utimo states
that Wm. Btin, who had been for some time ehi.
| Poyed in the coiners department Of the United
States Mint in that city, arrested, the pre-
| vous day. on suspicion oihayiug abstracted gold
from the establishment. His apartment seaTch-
ed and about 5000 In gold found, together with
deeds for proper to near the value Of $4,000.
lie admitted his peculations, and restored $4,000
nf the amount. 1t was supposed, from the wax
IN which the gold filings were found, that he com
nitted the tbefts by means Of wax placed under
the instep Of the boots, to which the geld when
tr0d upon adhered. The Herald says: .'sfnce his
arrest he has acknowledge that be has been carry
ng on the piltering ever sinee the establishment
Il the Mint in this city,
Blunt CoscLusIos.--The New York Sun de-
ciarrs clearly, but with great calmness:
ave are becoming nation Of vain, eytrRvagsnt
fols From January lAt to this date We have i'm
urted foreign merchandise to the value Of hun
dred and seyenty-fye millions Of dolars-abOut
fourteen millions more than our imports amount
rd for the time iart year The value Of our
exports since January LIST is about fifty millions of
.tars, four millions ofdollars less than our
loris fnr the came time last year. We have run
into debt this year alone about one hundred and
twenty five millions of dollars. and by the end Of
ihe year orr foreign debt for imported goods will
he much larger.
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NEW YosK glPUBLIcAS NoNINAroxs-The Repub
| lcan State Conveption assembled at Syracuse on
| the Sd inst. Abjah Mann, jr., was chosen Prcst
/ dent Of the body. and made an address. In which
| the subject of slavery n the staple The Conyen-
ton made up its state ticket as follows; For Court
| If Appeals, Timothy jenkins; Secretary of State
| iinon " Clapp; Comptroller, Robert Denniston
attorney General, VIM. Custis Noyes Treasurer
John ). Hoeeboom; Canal Commissioner. ARIEL =
| ihurstnH; state Engineer, Geo. Gsddes; State Pri
son Inspector, Thos. kirkpatrick. tf
DgifH FROM ExcITEaENT.--Among the deaths IL
! Providence last week, esused by religious
excitement, intense conviction. OF sin, from
! which the unhappy sufferer, y0ung lady OF mucf
| promise. could obtain no relief Medical mel
could discover trace of physical disease, and th'
forts Of fsthfsil elsrgymen 10 tighten the bnrdel
from her mind, were unayailing.
~ FOR IT AGNx.-A free negro named Fentoi
Lewis. has been arrested, aud confessed that h
stole the goods from the store Of Nr. French, n
Hamilton, Londoun county. Va. The washisgtt
uiab says that he has not been out Of the penfier
tiary more than year or two. Ssts4 -.
I A PAIh FIRE DKPAhrMExr-The indications NJ
that St Louis will have paid IRE department.. III
/ frequent InSeuufAf1 hDa fhe ftuts atHoHS "
fiFemen giving general dissatisfaction Ia thi
city.
Az AaspIcts COILEGE IN Roax.--Bishop 0'eoi
nor of PittsLurg, who has just returned frol
home states that the Pope has agreed 10 puyfhs'
| 4 house in that city, at cost Of $1,000 t1r
American College, which s To be fitted NJ bT 81
tributions from the United States. The kHs'ls
f, scotch the French, the Germans and ~
Irish all had colleges there, and the tlsh'
thinks there should alss be an American Coli
where the people of this country might nis
each other aud exchange the same eourtestts
z other nations.
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