, 1866-04-09
FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL
MONETARY.

SAICRpAT EVENING" drsn T. looa.
Them was = general anxiety IN monetary circles
today = tth reg1ld 10 The expected report Of tho
Clearing House Committee On the alleged connoe.
ton which A. C. Rsdger 4 Co. had with b b.
Badger; but thus tar report has BEEN nade. md
We aze reliably tnfbsmed nnue u forthcoming.
II now turns cut hat what vas called tbs .-Clear
Ing House Committee" wcru SIMPLY three roarnoess
Of the clearing House-eon4istIng of W. H Cool
bargh. Pr.sident of .hs Union National Bank g.
A. Smith, Pre4tdeut Of thn Merchants Savings
Loan and Trust Company; ard VIM. StuESee. Of
the banking house Of Solomon SturEes' Sons.
There grn1lanen we're kinylted by A. @. Badger i
Co. to 1nyeauRAte the matter, 1nd It YVES expected
that they would d1sw up report on tho cssc; bas
in this the pable 1re disappointed. ''We hsve 10
report 10 4n2ke Wis the reply which zach Of thn
Dember3 Of the Committee made to the numerous
queries put forth tu-day. "Did you Insesdgn4e
The matter fn-4o which the reply gene.ally MSS.
- The Nhole matter will be bruuzht up in the e.
animation Of B. L. Badger before Justice Brown
today."
Well, the examination Of B. Il. Bs1ger has taken
place, md he I. committed for I1al on tho criminal
charge Of obtaining. money under f.lso preteuces-
A fall report Of this cxamrasou will be found IN
our local columns. and our readers will draw thfr
onn conclusions from the testimony, and Judge
whether Or not 4. e, Badger Co. aee JUSTIFIED In
rcta.niux the money which B. Il. Badger wrong
fully obtained.
Touching tho Committee, however, 1t may hs sta-
ted tbat 1t Fns generally understood ioday. thai
VI. SipJgcp was ready 10 Sign document exonera-
ting A. G. badger al all blame In withholding the
| money What The o.heI two gentlemen Nete will
Ing to do, We cannot ttate. but up to tho present
wsilng ne have sesu netlhef report Of Justification
| from 1ny OF the COMMITTEES, Furthermore, Ar. A
| C. Badger informs us that no lnse.ugatfon Na1
! made-tbat he empty made 4 verbal statement &c
,bem OF tbe affair, snd that they did not esauipe a
angle secouDt or book.
We are not surprised ut th1s result. The whole
thing was informal, and until The Clearing Hou.t
Association takes up the Mailer In An ofBc,tl m&n
| nef. We need not expect any investigation. That IL
|. their duty to do 70 without delay, there canno
be question II the arm OF i. c. Bsdges j. Co
are acting In IN honorable md proper manner, with
regard to this transaction. they ought to b exou
Grated before the pubic; but II they not ther
Il Is the auty Of The Clearing HOUSE Assocooon te
disayow theiE actions a unworthy. Other~ise, the
suppoted guilt becomes distributed to each End
every banker Of good standing IN tha city. and 1he
standard Of morals among bankers will tail toathel
] lew poeiti0u- 51ence In 4 case like this vii :.
looked upon II acqn1sseence.
l. is proper to ttate that Mr. A. c. Badger ktste
/ that bis firm had no connection Whatever with B
Il. Bsdger, further than that be kept bis accoun
with tbcu.
The money market to-day Wa5 close, but good pa
per was generally dis scounted At 10 per cent per N
/ mum. Street 14tes were drm At I63a per Cent pc
month. EaeieIn exchanges WAS In better supply
bu. rates were unchanged, v1z. par buying and II
premium ceiling Tne following table shows th
clearinga and balanoes, At the Clearing House t
this c,ty, during the week ending to-day: