Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1857-10-16
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~ GEORGETOWN, Oct. 1G, 1857
A new and unheard of piece of fnanciering was
attempted to be played OF on lady of our city on
yesterday, which would have been piece Of
bald. face injustice had-the pnrtys attempting i
succeeded. 1t appears that the lady in question
had made some purchases In one of the Northern
cities, amounting to several hundred dollars for
which the seller drafted on her through one of the
District banks. The draft was promptly met in
District bank notes, but to her inter surprise, the
parties from whom the purchases were made
called upoa her and demanded seven and half
per cent. more, which the lady, after advising
with friend, wisely refused to pay.
a cruel TICK was played upon one OF our ply
sicianS on Wednesday last in your city. The
disciple OF Esculapius stopped his carriage in
front OF an exchange Office while he went in to at
tend to some business, and to his utter surprise
when he came out his horse and vehicle was non
est, and after making fruitless search for some
hours, he was compelled to return home In one Of
the Union line of omnibuses, minus his no: sc and
carriage Yesterday, however, he received IN
FORMATION mat the unknown borrower had left
them at one OF the livery stables in Washington.
The money market with us continues stringent,
and in deranged condition. consequently, bust
ness OF almost every kind is, as appears to be the
Every day the difficulty with all classes of retail
ers to maxi change for the paper currency in cir
culation becomes more trying, and very frequent
iy it occurs that persons wholly unable to bear It,
have to submit to Il considerable shave upon such
money as they are compelled by necessity to take
for their labor, before they can obtain their
meagFe supply Of the necessaries Of life Indeed,
II is upon this class of persons that the present
deranged state Of the currency bears with the
most serious effect. Their wages being barely
sufficient to meet their daily wants, they cannot
article; they are either compelled to pay more
than their more fortunate neighbors, or, before
remarked, submit to five or ten per cent. shave
upon their little earnings
mt nd Il fhod -
ing change bids fair to be seriously felt than
that which existed during the suspension of 1897,
when the small note system, supplied the place
OF gold and silver change. Such state Of things
we regard as almost too intole cradle to be borne
and If the present local bank system of the coun-
ny Is thus to rule, and in many instances ruin
the people-to be their masters instead OF their
servants-and there is no other remedy that
he applied TO cure the evil, we think that the
sooner We are rid Of them altogether, the better
1t Will be for nine-tenths Of the people.
The following shipments of coal have been
made from Rays docks, since our last report -
Schrs Rayner, Rayner, 2s6 tons; Antares, Cord
way Jos tons; George Washington, Camp, la
tons; Thomas p. Cooper Godfrey, t77-making
| in the aggregate et2 tons, all for New York.
There is but little doing in the Flour market
Held this morning at IS 12asS 25 for standard
purposes. Wheat, red and white, of good quail
ty is selling at 81 05aSl Is. Corn is greatly in
demand, and a good article of either white or
yellow would command 10c.
Quite a multitude of our peoples wavs-we
| mean the footways-badly need mendihg, indeed
We have found in our wanderings some places
that are almost impossible. We not little
surprised that the season for such work has been
suffered to almost pass without any of them be-
ing attended TO. Some two years ago ordi-
| nance passed for renewal of the footway on the
north side of part of Water street but strange
to say vet not blow has been struck upon IT,
Arrived-Schrs. Geo. w. Grice, Palmer, New
York, cement to Capt M. c. Meigs for the Wash
ington Aqueduct; Gus. Holly. Davis, Baltimore,
y shal- HEAT to IN D,,tta
Hubbard Port Deposit, a5 900 feet lumber to os
Libbey & Son; Geo. Banel, Bennett, Port Deposit,
7oOB feet lumber to F. Wheatley; Henry NJ.
Smith, Taylor, Salisbury, 1900 feet do to same
SPECTATOR.