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far Southern as neighbors. they express confidence in their ability to maintain specie payments. The Nicaragua Transit Company. as the Ameri can. Atlantic and Pacific Canal Company, is popu larly called. has made an assessment of 85 on what are known as the Canal rights. We understand that the British Bank of North America has ordered gold from England and will remit its bills for collection instead of selling then at the present low rates. The amount of gold t cover its operation will reach £500,000 per month of which £100.000 has been ordered. The New York Journal of Commerce of Friday aftenoon, says: We regret to announce the suspension of P Choutou Jr. & Co., fur dealers. with large liabili ties. The house of P. Choutou Jr., Sanf & Co. dealers in iron, although composed of several o the same partners. is a different concern with dis tinet interests and is not affected by the above sus pension. The suspension of the house of Brum mel & Roysters. tobacco dealers. is also announced This respectable firm were winding up their affair preparatory to going out of busines. but have beer caught in the storm. Messrs Swift, Ransom & Co bankers are also reported. The same paper of Saturday afternoon, has th following: The pressure to-day is not greater than expected nor the financial disasters altage unexpected Some who have stood heretofore unshaken hav gone down but the most of the suspensions hav occurred among those who were widely known Messrs. E. W. Clarke, Dodge & Co., bankers and co lecting agents. after making every possible effor to sustain themselves have at last stopped pay ment. The primary cause was the large advance required by their Boston house. J. W. Clarke & Co but they had also large connections with the west both with railroads and business firms. and hav become 80 much involved that they could not easil disentangle themselves. They have been ver) much respected. with a wide circle of friends, an will have much sympathy in their misfortunes. We also notice with regret the suspension o Messrs Gage. Dater & Sloan dry goods jobbers it Chambers street. enjoying a fair credit, and o Messrs L Bauer & Co., in the hosiery trade. The failure of Messrs. Powell, Ramsdell & Co o Newburg has been followed by the suspension 0 the Powell Bank of that city. Foreign Exchange continues inactive. with considerable quantity floating upon the market and but few buyers. Bills on London. draw against produce, have been sacrificed at 90a95 pe cent but bankers rates are quoted at 100a103. The Tribune of Saturday gives a list of the note thrown out of the banks there: The following Banks are thrown out to-day The Farmers' Bank and Hudson River Bank. at Hud son; Old Saratoga Bank. N. Y.; Thompson Bank Conn.: Phillipsburg Bank, N. J.; Bass River Bank Mass.; and Stark Bank, Vt. Many of the uncurren money dealers have been unwilling to purchase Eastern currency to-day, and buy State only to moderate extent at 1 to 2 per cent. discount. The American Exchangeand Metropolitan Banks, how ever. continue to receive as usual at 1-10 for Eas tern, and 1/4 per cent. for State, from their dealer and correspondent Banks. and we are assured the will continue to receive as long as the New York Banks sustain specie payments. THE SUSPENSION AT WILLIAMSBURG, N. Y. The Farmers' and Citizens' Bank of Williams burg, L. I., which suspended in consequence of on Thursday, had $103,000 on deposit, and about $277. discounted paper in its possession $225,000 of the latter is considered perfectly good Depositors have been assured that they will no lose in the slightest degree, although they may have to wait a short time for their money. The circulation of the Bank was $100.000, and as this i secured by State stocks, the bill-holders canno suffer. It is believed that the Bank will very soor redeem all its circulation. dollar for dollar. MARYLAND. The Baltimore Patriot of Saturday, learns th following: Our banks are discounting only to a limited ex tent, and disposed to restrict their lines as much a possible-hence mercantile accommodations ar less than generally supposed. As much, however, is being done as can be with prudence and due regard to the future. Quite large amount of good business paper is offering or the street, but capitalists being backward-not posed at present to invest largely-negotiation are consequently, restricted. Good to first clas notes may be quoted nominally at to 2 per cent a month-very little under the highest name figure and difficult to sell at that. Second clas meets with but little consideration. Money on call ranges from 13/4 to 2 per cent. Exchange on the North has materially advanced and is now selling at to 10 per cent. premium We quote Virginia bank notes (old) at 3a 4 pe cent. discount, and other descriptions at 5 a 6 pe cent. discount. North Carolina difficult of sal at 5 to 6 and 7 per cent. discount. Ohio and West ern bank notes are not selling to any considerabl extent. Specie in demand. Gold has advanced. and sell to-day at 7 to 10 per cent. premium. as to amounts &c. Silver is also in pressing request, and som banks have been selling it in small sums to mee exigencies. at to 6 per cent. premium. This ad vance in price is caused by an absolute necessit for small change in the way of convenience to pa laborers and others. The banks. we learn, are obtaining as much of it a they possibly can to accommodate their customers Great difficulty and much distress exists amongs the poorer classes. Many of them are forced t sacrifice, comparatively speaking. much of thei earnings, in order to procure small change, or us the money given for services rendered. IN PENNSYLVANIA. The Philadelphia Ledger of Saturday. says: Monetary affairs here. are more quiet. but mone is as hard to command as ever. and if there is les excitement. it is only because there is lessened et fort to resist the seemingly overwhelming difficult ties that threaten to whelm in ruin SO many of on active, though unwisely extended, business men.Our banks are acting with more uniformity and i is hoped a good understanding may be establishe among them by the time the legislature goes int session. Coin is already fast hiding itself from view. The difference between coin and paper still 5 per cent., with a moderate business a these rates. Among the Pennsylvania Banks that have no suspended specie payments are the Bank of Pitts burg, the Honesdale Bank. the Wyoming Bank and the new Bank of Catasqua. FORWARDING CROPS TO MARKET. The Chicago Tribune of the latest date state that several of the leading banks of that city have entered into an arrangement to advance currenc for the purchase of grain, taking the bills of lad 10g in the name of the bank making the advance and selling the grain on account of the home pur chaser The Tribune says: The obj of this arrangement is, of course. to
