, 1881-02-17
The United States National Bank
Alleged to Be n Political
Machine.
The Bears Greatly Agitated over
The Present Prospects OF
Funding.
Tho Enterprises Of Gould and Sage
The Day in Wall street-Many
Items.
IMPORTANT MOVE.

sp,etai p;,patea TO 7ae chicago Tribune.
yyw YnIY, Feb, l6.-A prominent of!icor Of
nm Of tho telegraph companies, referring to
tbc suit OF tho Direct Cablo cumpnhy to en-
io1n the three American telegraph companies
ind preycp. tholr consolidation, sad this ovcn-
tno: at hns been evident for somo tIn,o
Int tho cablc compnn!cs felt great anx-
inv In regard TO tho consolidation Of tho
telegraph companies. Tho Western unonilas an
exclusive contract for the interchange Of husl-
ness viii the Anglo American Cable Company.
The Atlantic g. Pncitlo Similar eontrnct with
,he ulrect Uuitcu States Cable Con,-
n.ny. and tho American Uniou a con-
tr,ot pth thn nnY French Cnblo CoulpntJy,
Tho contracts wuro Hadp for Il lnng torn Of
5cafe a1,l for tho exclusive exchange Of busL-
ness by tho respective companies. If it wcro
possible for tho now Western Union Company 10
fulfil! tho provisions OF theso
SEPARATE AND ASTA1oSIsTfc CONTRACTS
the equitable division Of tho business betweeu
Tho cablo companies would be extrcnniy dii1!'
cult Tho cubic companies, 10 be suro,
haze what they call n working
arrangement for tho division Of business under
their existing contracts with land cot1-
pancs. but this pooling arrange.
meDt did not contemplate tho union
Of tho telegraph companies. This state
Of ahalrs would appear To bo But!1c!cnt!y com
plcated, but tho interests Of tho several COIN
pan!cs might possibly DO
ADJUSTED IlA1sstoNIous1Y
,tevea this WIS tho worst, but for tho present
eablo company which hHs boon formed
by Mr.. Gould and his associates
rho now control also the Western
Cn!on Company. The Cable Companies foruscn
Ia this movement bitter hostility and conlpett-
uou." "Dut could their existing con-
| ,rocts ho ron,,.roa ,tto,Pv ,nfly,. tim
reporter askett. "S0mo persons mako
eontructs." was tho reply, (which they think
themselves at liberty IT, break whenever 1t sults
saer purposes to do 10. It ii fcnr OF this result
which undoubtedly has instl9atcsl tho present
tat.'
ANOTHER INJUNCTION AGAINST GOU Id.
To the Te,tsra A,soetatta rrsss.
NEW YOuH, Feb, 19,-A suit IN eo,.ty was be-
fua today In tn, t1n,tc{l stntcs Circuit Court,
bs main object of which Ia to proyont tho
ssr,y1nv m, NJ nm ovrcon,cnt ri cunscJi,fntiot,
between tho creut toIcprnnh comunnIcs an tho
noyud. suhssaGtI,,,y' ,,,nt thn ..onsolldntion
s,s u result IN 'ho violation Of speclo contracts
ils Direct United States Cable Company,
s.l.'s mIsu. rue aoaon ts orought ny tho lust
aanea ~. Company aga'nst tho Western Union,
os and tsn 1nn a um,o% GS
rot Tho ~, =, ,.,i,. sots , that o n
to, "a 1no ,s, p'., o. complaint sots out 1hat on
.'pth ~, lstlt Ito Atlantic d PAcino TGlcRrAph
eoupaay cntorcd Into an agreement With tho
'sa hitter Company, for n term Of three yenry,
saa 10 receive, and tho Atlnntlo & raclac
anaa,En saapa Comp'ny bound Itself to deliver
1. ues,ssa" ana escs'vs.y to tue can!o Company
sopS S h. suu destined FOR Europe Or ponss which
sesaset'oas' sassAs' 0' 'a0eA''' e0"'a"' ''0'''s"
TIE CONDITIONS oE r,,s AoKrr,tEyr