The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1881-11-03

6crs. The average
it 80 for each 81 900
he securities bought
inia, North Carolina
|it' q noticeable fnct
quite as ready to sell
y. There Is now little
fchasing movement grows
&c by officers the Conied-
Ing the late war, Of the sum
1 the Bank of England, and
this sum, which will lie there
hay be divided pro rata among
'of Confederate securities. tits
bable that the question of the
h of this money may become the
of diplomatic correspondence be-
leNHe government Of this country and
|cat Britain.
1.-THE explanation generally of the sudden
Hemand for Confederate bonds, which have
heretofore been reported worthless,
is as follows: At the close of the late
war there remained in the bank of Eng
land to credit of the Confederate States of
America an undrawn balance which,
according to Solicitor Raynor,
S been ' Herous Isas stated at rom
SIT 100000. This balance it is said still lies
there unclaimed, and there is a possibility
not prospect that'it will shortly be divided
pro rata am ong holders of Confederate Sc
curities, or at least this step will be
taken to secure such division. In
in reply to inquiries Solicitor Raynor of the
treasury department says that he does not
subject; that he has received number of
ints''' about o1Hin this sH' reported ported BAL.
ance in the bank of England, and that
he is engaged in making investigations
with the view to ascertain the, fact,
but thus far he has received no
definite information. He, says. fur
Of balance he does not see what 1t has to
do with Confederate bonds or how
bondholders are to obtain possession! Of
it. The money was not deposited
in the bank to secure it, and it can hardly
be applied by the officers of the bank to any
such object. A gentleman whose relations
with the, state department, have long
been snGh to to know aord the h% secr aa
said in conversation tonight that the I'M
doubted balance, standing to the credit Of
the Confederate States, inthe Bank of Eng
land, amounts to about 100000 with IN
terest accumulations, and that it was
q subject of diplomatic correspondence
during Northumberland of Secretary Fish.
bank of the British government at that
time was that the government OF the
United States in order to establish
claim to the money must acknowledge
the existence Of the government OF the
Confederate States, and prove that
it, as we'll as the United
States government. had the right
analogous to that of the administrator Go.
receive and dispose of the Confederate
governments property. as the government
of the United States bad
always contended that he government
af the Confederate sta ties had newr |
had legal existence but was simply 10 ~ /
semblage of people in insu1 rectioA These
conditions presNted insur1 1odntablc. OBJ
ton the secretai the treasury came
to the conclusion the money could
not be received. opinion OF gentlen al
the above quot asses of Coz !euerate
bonds, W now being
made, of great
speculat so far as the real
vnlV ncerned has no sig
Failure.
pvember Warren
director of the Me-
run law suit against |
debt, caused by neg |
|ounsel denies he re-
unit stated by Cashier |
e cannot assert how his |
bank, because Baldwin |
mixed up he was in the !
eceiver has not yet been |
are no further develop |
ldwin's operations
pr AFFAIRS.
ovember Ia state |
Merchants National |
[ttorney Keasby, shows |
gent & Co. has been |
raw its account 10 |
|of about $4,000 |
of last January.
for Prize Fight.
ember 1.-Frank White |
IN, who signed articles of |
cber 3 to fight for $500 |
|eather-weight champion
merica, met to-day |
r choice of fighting |
ID the balance of the stakes. |
toss and will have the
playground. The pugilists
anada, on the 10th inst,
miles of'Erie, Pennsyl
psts In Rhode Island.
November 1.-The
III delegation TO York
b Newport this morn
panied by members
\of reception and
ranset hotel, where
Afterward the Wis.
Neybossett riding,
exhibition of the
e they went TO
Panama etter.
Liverpool Cou-
pm says Re has
hat Secretary
secretary, has
tary Blaine's
Panama
ne. There
rpondent, an
4 Granville
he French
p joint re-
fsign.
reeman's
will fail
ess A.
old his
ent for
ecfi0n
p.