The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1882-01-05
following extracts portraying the dying
throcs ~ a once-omnipotent financial
| anrn,rntinn

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throes of a once-omnipotent financial
corporation.
| l. Rcsoirei, Iby tho stockhollefsl, That II II
| cSpcdtnt for tho Bank OF The United states to
Esake n general assignment of the real aud per-
| sonal estate, goods anl chattels, rights and
| credit. whatsoever and wheresoever Il the stid
corporation. to Ave persons. Tor the payment or
securing Of the debts OF tie same mgr, eaLly to
the provisions OF tho acts OF Assembly Of tais
| Commonwealth tpennsylyanial
& 1t IL known that measures have hetn taken
to rescue tAs property OF this shattcic<, instltu-
| ton from impending peiil. and 10 recover ~
much IA possible Of those enormous bountles
which Il was conceded had been pa,d by the
late managers - trading polt Claus and mer-
cenafy publishers FOR corrupt service. rendered
TO Il during its caartcr-sccking and electoncei-
| Ing campaigns.
3 The amount or tho suit instituted BY the
| Dunk Of the United States against Mr.. N.
| pidd'e ia sl,0lS.OuO. paid out during his al
| mnis,ration, for which 10 vouchers can 10
| fonnt!.
4 The Untca States Dank IL perfect wreck.
aud |. seemingly the pry OF tho officers and
| the tilen II, which arc making away With its
| Choicest assets by selling them t. each other,
and taking pay III tue deprecated paper Of tic
South.
g. les lies is own stock Of s35, 600. 600 which
| is sunk, the bank carries down with 1t II great
many other institution, and con,pt nies, tnyeiy-
| ing loss Of about i2l Coz more making
! los. OF soc, 900 nDo-besd.s mjaro, 10 in
| dviinAl..
u There 10 40 price for the United States
BnaA stock. Some -haros arr sold, bgt as lot
| teiy tickets " autd lie. Tie mass of tue stock
aodcrs stand uni look on. M passengers on =
, ship thu, y going down. aud from NAicil there
In Ill escape.
I. by v.r,ne OF writ Of renditioai srpoaas
directed to the SherT OF tue city aud coanty Of
Pnhalelph,a, viii lc exposed To public sale -
the hlShest bidder. ON Friday, tie ii.a day of
November next, the marble louse uni The
grounds known as the Bank Of the United
states, etc.
$. Is, virtue Of writ trari fdcias. to me
directed, Will te exposed to puai,c sale the
estate Known rs "Andalusia, nincty-n ne and
| a half acres. one Of the most ishly-inp,oyed
oathouses Sni offices ali on the M II srenild
eea.e. the greenhouses. lighthouses and con-cry-
atorlrs extensive ami useful; taken ~ tue prop
| .rts OF Sic4olas Bidi,e.
.. To the honorable Court Of General Ses-
SONS: Tho Grand Jary for tho county OF Pull
alelphla respectfully submit to the court. on
tneir o.shs and allirmalo ions. that certain Ulcers
connected with the United States Hank have
Teen guilty 81 gross yso.7t..n Ut the law, col
la,lnls togetncr TO defraul those stockholders
who had trusted their property to be preserved
hy them. and that there Is good ground 10 WAT
Issli ptos"cuttou ot SUCH persons UT cFtiliiEAi
| affenses. which tie Grand jury do now present
10 the court, aud ak TINT the Attorney General
be directed TO send up for the action Of the
Grand Jury bills Of lndetn, mt against Nicholas
Bdd.e. SAMUEL jaudon, John Andrews, aad
others t. the Grand Jury unknown for a coa-
spiracs 10 ,sosraud the stockholders Of the Bank
oi Tie United S;ates OF sums Of, etc.
10. Bills OF indictment have hyca found
against Nicholas Biide. Samuel Jaulon ami
Ialn n ~ ft III aaA II.
| the Grari Jury. aud bench warrants .ssuei,
Which, Ii. " BEEN execute upon tae.a.
II. Examination or Mich .as R.idlc al
others b fo,- Recorder vauA. YESTERDAY after
n,oa Iii. craMa xni eAe..caicat i'll aud about
!, Ia. courtroom where tic examination was to
saae place was cven greater than tho dag be-
fore. Tire coart room doors we're kip CLOSE /
up to within few miau,cs Of 1 O'clock. the
crowd euts.,!e a,ock,n: UP very avenue Leading
to the goum. Wren lie doars ~tfc thrown
a,ea !, WIS iasnedia civ flied To ov,i:iaain
4, the Recorder took his seat aud. sE.oune-
asg that hr WAS ready 10 proceed. tho iefe.l
ats were called, and s.yssally answered to
tn, II names, tic.
IL GA Tuesday. TIE 18TH, examination of
n. aolas Rlile and others Was continued and
| coa.ial.d and the Recorder oyl..ed that
Nicholas R:ialc, Thomas Dunlop, John An
are"s. hsacc! Jaudon and Joseph Cowpcr-
| inwsisu each enter into . separate recoEnixance
VIII two "a more SUFFICIENT Nnrcties. ia tlo sum
81 .la.tto. Tor Their appearance ut tho present
session 81 sac Coart OF General Sessions for
I'll, elis aaa county Or Phlad. iphla, to answer
IL, .ila. II anich they thus stand charg.d.
Is. Nicholas Ndd'e and those ine,Gaed with
. Liza have hv.a carried upon wr.ts OF habeas
e3tpes bcfor. the Judges Burton, Conrad and
nofaa, aai Discharged from the custody Of tie
SatrG.
Is. The criminal proceedings against these
fosacl officers OF the Bank of the Unted States
have bc,n brought 10 close. To ret rid Of
charges against them without t.ial Of the facts
against them before q jury. taey had them
r,.s,s surrendered ~ their ball. and sued out
wits Of habcas corpus for the relcase or their
persons. TIE opinions Of the Judges, the pro-
ceellnAs having been concluded, were delivered
Yesterday. The opinions OF Judges Barton aud
Cearai were for their dire args that OF Judge
DGan was GnfsyoraLls. They were accordingly
/. ssilsny 4. The indignation u the community
i ,nsense against this escape from the nldict-
| nsea.s without jury trials.
commend this remarkable chapter OF
history 10 the consideration Of the as
sociased baaks of the present time, snd
to Their official friends in high places.
1t presents n lesson on the mutations OF
human affairs, which they cannot with
| safety disregard.
III that lie >tstn TO be rich hsth An evil eve
All cons,d,r,h not tas. poverty shall come
uron him.