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# Bank Notes- Twenty years ago a member of the Massachusetts Legislature profanely observed, in a public speech:- "There is not a bank bill in this good commonwealth which, if it had a voice, could honestly exclaim-'I know that my redeemer liveth.'" Were we as unfastidious in our diction, we could with as much propriety, put the same words in the metaphorical mouth of every bank note in Tennessee--we might almost as well say the Union -at the present moment. There is, substantially, as in 1837, a universal suspension of specie payments. In this State, during the suspension, notes of the old Tennessee banks will be considered, we presume, as the standard, and all notes of other banks redeemable in these notes,and bankable, will pass at par. The following is a list of the banks, whose notes are taken on deposit and in payment of debts at the Bank of Tennessee: Bank of Chattanooga. Union Bank. Traders' Bank. Bank of America. Bank of Commerce. Bank of Memphis. Bank of Paris. Bank of the Union. Buck's Bank. Bank of Middle Tennessee. City Bank. Citizens' Bank. Plarters' Bank. Farmers' Bank. Merchants' Bank. Northern Bank. Southern Bank. Kentucky Banks. New Orleans Banks. Bank of Tennessee. Notes on the foregoing Banks will be received at the Observer office, at par, in payment of debts, or for new subscriptions, job-work, or advertising, until further notice. The notes of the following Banks are purchased by the Brokers of Nashville at from 60 to 80 cents on the dollar: Bank of Claiborne. " Tazewell. " Knoxville. " Trenton. " Shelbyville. " Lawrenceburg. " Ocoee. " Nashville. Seasonable Suggestion-
