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ta is to be divided, and that Ziebach is to be the governor of the south half. John speaks very positively on this subject. We trust the John knows what he is talking about. The total suspension of the First National Bank at Wahpeton occurred Saturday. To pay the deposiiors in full an assessment of $20,000.00 will have to be levied upon the stockholders. The bank at Coopersotown closed its doors Tuesday morning. The Bank of North Minneapolis failed the 26th. There seems but little chance of Dakota being admitted as a state at this session of congress. The democrats of the territory to a considerable number have written to the committee on territories, objecting to a division on the 46th parrallel, and asking that the line of the Missouri river be followed instead.