, 1866-03-30

The tergtaph info1ms this afternoon hat eever-
albanks N 11tusvtlle, OIL City md Fr1nklln, Pa,
have ta,Ied. These are probably the banks winch
were partly owned b. Culver, Penn Co, OF New
York rbo suspended few dayr since.
"A large dry goods commission firm IN Boston,
reported as having tailed. We are informed, has not
properly speaking failed. but hst asked and procur-
cd IN extension Of its obligations.
- The coupons due April let on tht Chicago &
Alton Railroad Company Income Bonds. Will be
paid AT lie ot1ce Of u. 4. Jesup l. Co., New York.
less le1.
- The coupons Of the Mexican bonds, due April
1et viii be PAID by John ". Co1lies 4 Co, New
York.
The Sew York Commercial Ade1tlstr, In re-
p!y to our paragraph stating that 1hese was no
ruth IN The report th1t Secretary AcCultocu en-
ploye relative TO eel! government stocks and gold,
says: ~ The e1tnpIe explanation OF the matter Is
this: The tAzvlattsef' to whom allostou Is made
Is 70! such by blood. bat By MARRIAGE
In New York money confines abundant. Tue
bankr arc nnab1e TO employ their balances at per
cent on cal loans, and therefore discount .athes
NOR freely. TIE street Is supplied with call loans
chiefly from the brokers, who have large balapccs
On hand. and generally at per cent. Dlscounts
are fairly active and, at present, rates favor The
eeer; per cent It the most general 1ate for prime
namee. with exceptions nj GnS7H per cent.
"a handsome game Of sharp. vas played On Fr,
day and saturuay n the guild boari, 90 called, or
tbe 1nf dependent Sene Room. In this place uuite
number Of - opctatoB" collect every day for the
purpose Of seeing how much they en- fleece each
other. Most o these tndlr1duai-, having no fr-p-
lar business, ind Other means Of livelihood than
gold gambling, consequently gain In b1lIty
~ the few brokers talnglng witt them, whosc
stnte Of Aanor har heen asstduonsly cultivated by
The keen. clai!y. and sometimes knayieh trunaac-
tions OF the regular Board. On the days before
me0ttoned. Inc 'shorts' hld been seltin. l1rceiy
nj q siicht advance upon Ncw TorS rates. Partles
dlepofcd Of f5G,0J0 md $IOO,0O when they had
little If any gold 10 deliver. A few shrewd men,
ob+c!ins the rashncet Of these persons, quietly
agreed to lake all they offered. and al the same
time went into the stree: and purcha :ed and bor-
IoMed MI The al:poeablc Eoid they could ind"
When O'clock esme on Saturday afternoon. the
fe!le1T found themselves completely told. rs the
busert had possession Of nearly all the arsilatle
precious uelal in the city. and none could be Oh
iatned except Of them. 1ne sellers wele cornered,
and Ind no other resource than TO keisie upon the
trns denznded by iho.e who had trapped them 70
adfoEly. One huudTd and twenty Y-elchf and half
va the price established by the cunning specula-
lots. lhr SUCCESS Of the nicely ConcesEa and thor
1anshy.e1eeu'cd scheme caused much 1oud talk on
ihe p3n o toa'r that had been euc1rcd By their Eel
LOW LOW paSe1ei =. many prophecies that it wonld
su'n Ea.u!nc ID gold. The moral Indignation
nan. maui.estea On M ocea-ton wae sufficiently ann
III occurrence which 70 powerfully Trinidad II In.
Gcase The number Of .<dcad dpctsr IN tIe min
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