Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1868-02-07
lFdIAUKES lND lSUNPENBIUND."
Heavy LIABILITIES ana small Assets
for January. th<'i
from the New York Herald

| From the New York Herald.
| Business seems to have again lost all con
fidencein itself, and Tor the month of Jan,l.
airy thus far failures have increased from
week to week in rather dangerous progress
sion. The list for four weeks ending Janu
airy 18th exhibits an aggregate liability %
SO 100000, of which assets viii cover abou
one-fourth. eSI y s-aaasq7 FdI
For the week ending January 3, 1868, 6yt
failures are reported in New York city, Il
eighty-two elsewhere IN the county OF The
provincial failures, the only important aont
was the suspension Of, L. @. Hopkins h 60
with liabilities Of Sl,250,000, the greater
portion of which was held in this city, The
firm offers twenty-five cents on the dollar
The city list is as follows: go 70 h9ardsHA
Clark &,Stebbins, petroleum ! failed. Va!
A. A, FouId h Co, teas failed.
Ramsey Coles & Co., dry goods; failed.
Townsend, Baker-kCo, sadders failed
Z A. Stout 4 Co, coal; dealers, suspended in
rating. yss-,
Failures in the city, 5, with liabilities, in
aggregate of $780, 600 elsewhere 80, with
liabilities Of ss.ioo,ooo. Total, SO, with H.
abilities of $4,000, 900. a..sl gai4s-l ! 50
The week ending January 10 exhibits on.
ly three failures in this city, against seventy
three elsewhere. The city list Is as follow;
b. Clark, halter, suspended.iasa saF
Garrett, Young, Scott & Co., clothing;
failed. lEs srts 81 ff .a I'D Cg3i EE0f
Harrison Il Co., bankers; suspended,
y New York city, B. with liabilities in az
gregate of $3.50. 900 (; elsewhere, 10, with
aggregate liabilities of S73O0O0. Total, 76,
with liabilities of 81, $3.50, 900. s.' .a.lf' p,
For The week ending January II the list
Of failures was very large, especially in the
city, exhibiting ten failures OF New York
houses TO eighty-slx provincial suspensions.
The New York hist is subjoined, with the eg.
timated liabilities of the several firms. Ei5lQ
Burdick &Iyes, Numbers; failed; $40, 900.
John Uarlin 4 Co., dry goods; failed; 8s-
600. --qs1rei i.t,t VI - oaRi
Carter, Kirkland L Peet, clothing have
offered to compromise $4,000 E aFa{
James Forester & Co., cloths; failed ;
$4,000. sE1l1 .h 90 80 less ~
@. II. Griffin & Co.. cloaks; failed $780,
900. a0gi glieri aE a5d =
IIanan y Rickart, boots and shoes failed;
100000. 10 sesf7aG a wlvai
Alexander Irvine, dry goods; failed I;
Si2D,OOo. 90 90 lf FnNtttalT tI p
A. H. Kelly, jewelryf failed; 10000. 3
Jacob Waller, cloths; failed and Offered
TO compromise; $4,000. o j. .A-ii s.f' II
james Warren & Co., wholesale grocers !;
failed; 100000. 'eF 80 bbf,5rb su u
Failures in New York city, 10, with liabil-
tiles Of $l,050,000; elsewhere, 80, with es.
iimaied liabilities Of 81 100000. Total, 90,
with liabilities of S2,250, 0o0.,-ssf b,
For the week ending January 25 the list
is moderately heavy, there having been z
here and los elsewhere. The following are
the names of the New York 6rmse: -
Bacon, Green, Woolly & Burtis, cloths:
suspended. 's'.
Cox 4 Smith, cloths; failed.
Hastings 4 Seymour, paper; suspended
and compromising.
Lsthrop Cady h Burtis, fancy goods ia H.
ed and asking an extension.
J. Neidlnger, glassware; failed and offer
ing compromise. N
w L. Northam, coal failed.
@. II. Pond, guns; suspended.
New York city failures, o, with estimated
liabilities of $3.50, 600 elsewhere, Os, with
estimated liabilities of 81 $50 900; total, lie,
with estimated liabilities of. 81 SO 10 900. Z