The Nevada journal., 1857-11-20
From our extra of Tuesday
Arrival of the Steamer
G O Id e M "A q Il !.

The Philadelphia Bulletin of the 21st.
ult says we have official returns from 80
counties in this state which foots up as
follows For Governor, Packer, dem.
245,6S4, Wilmot, Rep. 1O3,2S9, Horle-
hurt, Am. 27,157 in these countless
Gen. Packers maj GRITTY over Judge Will
mot 42,391. From the remaining %
counties we have sufficient returns to
show that Packer and Wilmot's vote is
about balanced in them so that Packers
majority in the state will be somewhere
between $4,000 and $4,000 over Wilmot
and as the entire vote, for Horlehurst
will not exceed $4,000. Packers ma
jority over both viii be about 1900.
The Democratic candidates for Canal
Commissioners and Supreme Court JUDD
ges will have about the same majority
as Gen. Packer.
The Legislature is largely Dem.
Ohio-The Ohio State Election for
Governor is very close 1t is still un-
certain whether Hayne or Chase is ell
ected. The Cincinnati Enquirer says
the House of Reps. will stand IS Dem,
40 iiep,, and one Independent.
Mi@nesota.-lt is thought the Repub-
licans have carried the Minnesota Leg
islature by a small maj
Ioaea, yet in doubt. Looks favorable
for the Republicans electing their Gov
ernor.
Tenncssee-For Governor, Isham O.
Harris, (Dem.) 71,159; Robert Hatton,
57,S17.
Mississippi, has elected five Dem.
Congressman.
FINANCIAL.
At last advices the New York and
Boston Banks were standing up nobly
against the pressure and redeemed their
bills with specie. They maintained
this ground until Tuesday Oct. 18th,
when the New York Banks suspended
and the next morning the Boston Banks
following their example
On the part of the Boston Banks the
step was considered necessary by the
movement Of the New York Banks. If
they had not suspended they would
have had their specie all drawn from
them. Ths suspension seemed to pro-
duce good feeling in the mercantile com
munity. Bank Bills pass current as us
ual and the public seem to have conf
dcnce in their Banking Institutions
They have voted to resume specie pay
mcuts at the earliest possible moment
and in the meantime it is expected
that they will increase their discounts.
The feeling now is that bottom has
been reached and that after a little time
necessary for men to look about them
and see where they are, business will
improve.
The prospects for the working class
es during the coming winter are anything
but encouraging.
On the 18th ult. the money market
was extremely tight, and failures con-
stantly and heavy. The failures inclu-
ded the Harper Bros, Bowen & Nc
Nance, and othe~ heavy houses IN New
York. The assets of those Houses were
much larger than their liabilities and
they were forced to suspend by the ut
ter i'npossibility of obtaining accommo-
dations. On Friday and Saturday Oct.
9th and 10th, the Illinois Central, Mich
igan Central and Erie Rail Roads went
to protest and made assignments These
occurrences caused the climax which
took place on Tuesday the 18th of Oct
There had been serious runs upon some
of the N. Y. and Brooklyn Banks, and
two of them had been compelled tCclose
fifteen city bankers had suspended, of
which the following is list
Bank of New York, Orleans, Chatham,
Ocean. Market, Butchers and Drovers,
Merchants Exchange, Irving, Citizens
Tradesmans', Bullshead, New York Elk,
change, North River and Marine
The assignments of the Illinois Cen
trail R. r. caused great excitement in
Wall st. A general suspension was re-
solved upon.
New York Oct. 18th, 1O1 o'c. P. NJ.
The bankers have resolved to suspend
specie payments, so far as paying it over
their counters is concerned, and to
make all the regular exchanges of each
others bills at the clearing house. Also
to send a committee to Albany to con-
fer with the Gov. in reference to an ex-