New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1858-01-22

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earning. hay. been tor 1857: s5o8o5 -
Nov nber 80 sS
Total for quarter. li"E' IL
The Company have l2O miles in operation, aud the
expenses are estimated at As cent.
The Southern Wisconsin Road, branch of the Mil
waukee and Mississippi is to be formally opened on
the Goth The annual meeting of the Company takes
place in few days, and the Managers will be able to
announce the completion Of the road to Monroe 1t Is
probable that the Directors will formally close the
construction account and hereafter charge all expendl-
tunes to operating expenses.
A letter from Havana, dated the 18th inst, says:
"Silver is becoming very scarce the large quantity
of American dimes and half dimes that lately formed al
most entire circulation having disappeared Fart
of il has doubt been absorbed by the country, ana
part it sent back 10 the United States in orerto save
the present high premium of exchange on remittances
American coin now bears premium OF from - az v
cent in our market, and it Is not improbable that ne
cessty will force IA TO admit II IN our crcuato not
wtlstandmg the opposition of the Government.
A petition has been presented in the United States
Senate from Edward " Kent of the IT, :. Assay Office
of New-York representing that he is the inventor of
useful apparatus for separating gold from foreign sub
stances the exclusive right of which has been secured
to him by letters patent. This invention is now in use
for washing sweeps at the United States Mint, at the
Assay Office at New-York, and at the Branch Ants
at New-Orleans and San Francisco. From the cyl
dence accompanying the memorial Is seen that ine
eayng to the Government effected by the use OF TINS
invention a. the Mint, where silver Is principally
worked is 81 GOO T. year, and at the Assay Oihce,
where gold is principally worked, - ,Vo Y year
At this rate the saving at the Branch MINIS at New
Orleans and San Francisco will doubtless be "a much
more making total OF S24O OOe For tins great saw
inq effected the inventor has received no compensa-
Ii, or reward from the General Government and asks
that the small sum of $50 900 be awarded TO him for
the perpetual use of his invention in all mining esab-
lshmeits Of the United States
The new Treasury notes of the denomination Of 500
heve been furnished to the Department by Messrs.
Toppsn, Carpenter & Co. of Phiadephis. In the CEN
ter of the top the national eagle beneath IT, group
representing the apotheoss of Washingtoni in the
lower le hand corner, feminine figure typical OF the
Union; and in the right, that OF boy personrying
Young America. The engraving of these vgnettes Is
exquisitely delicate, and the mechanical work OF the
plate correspopdibgly fine. To render counterfeit
impossible, even by photography, the note il printed
in three colors black red and blue The distribution
Of the several tns managed as to produce an et-
feet artstically harmonious, and at the same time
novel for it, special purpose.
A Clearing House is about to be established in Phia
deplia Letters from that city intimate that the re-
sumption Of the banks will probably tax. place on the
let of February i
The Woodstock VT Bank has resumed business.
The Board Of Control Of the Bank OF the State Of
Indiana have suspended the Jacksonville Branch.
The managers of the latter have been guilty OF regu-
larity in their operations. The notes good, the
naming branches being responsible for them. Ii has
not yet been decided to wind up the branch. 1t will
probably pass into other hands aud continue.
"A BIZ for the Relief Of the People has been intro
tuced into the Legislature of Tennessee, authorizing
the Bank Of that State to issue million OF dollars IN
post.notes payable twelve menths after date. The blu
reads as follows:
sfe1toS Be enacted b. the General Assembly oftle Ssts
Of Tnnesss That the Bank II Tsnnesee b and = hereby
thorix.d 70 issue fr the relief VI the people million o tOs.
h sbe twelve months sitter date and that the aid
s Of one million dollars shall b. distributed and apPorDued
among The Branches and the parent AK according 20 he arpr
t0. OF capital spporoned under the original charter Of the
Bank but any Branch Bank mas st portion III It's capital
ter- BE- dsducted from such Branch Bank the eal' ent
10 lis loss ,sid deducted .ha be distributed
the other Branches.
src b. further enacted Tha. trrelrhs Of the issue
,us shall be the discount notes by the parent
Bank and Branches the remainder for the purchase Of bills
TIE Philadelphia Ledger says:
I'VE regret TO announce the death of Thomas
Wickersbam, esq, of the oldest members of the
B9ayd Of PJokes, apd pp!il within lev laG!Hs one