UNITED STATES TREASURY NOTES OUTSTANDING, DECEMBER 1, 1852. Amount outstanding of the several issues prior to 22d July, 1846, as per records at this office ... Amount outstanding of the issue of 22d of July, 1846, as per records of this office.... Amount outstanding of the issue of 28th January, 1847, a per records ⚫of this office... Deduct canceled notes in the hands of accounting officers, all under acts prior to 22d July, 1846 ... Total. $107,111 64 11,600 00 2,750 00 $121,461 64 150 00 $121,311 64 DEBT OF CALIFORNIA. A writer in the San Francisco Herald makes the indebtedness of that State to be as follows: Civil indebtedness... War loan according to limitation.. Total civil and war indebtedness... $2,192,506 66 800,000 00 $2,992,506 66 DEBT, FINANCE, AND PROPERTY OF ARKANSAS. The debt of the State of Arkansas in October, 1852, was as follows: In regard to the prospects of the State creditors, the Auditor remarks: "The State is not now prepared to meet either the principal or the interest on these bonds; but from an intimate acquaintance with the citizens, and some knowledge of the resources of the State, the Auditor hazards nothing in saying that both the principal and interest of these bonds will be eventually paid." The receipts and expenditures of the State for the last two years have been as follows: The progressive resources of the State are exhibited in the subjoined table of the taxable property in several years, since 1838: Number of tan-yards taxed.. Household furniture over $200 taxed 87,860 83,370 147,006 Money loaned at interest beyond amount on which interest is paid taxed..... Capital in steamboats, ferries, and toll-bridges taxes.... 29,618 19,463 Value of gold watches and jewelry of every kind taxed.... Capital employed in manufactories taxed.. Pedlars of merchandise licenses..... BANK CAPITAL, CIRCULATION ETC., IN THE UNITED STATES FOR TEN YEARS. The following table exhibits the amount of capital, specie, loans, and circulation of the Banks in the United States, for the ten years succeeding 1841: BANKS OF THE UNITED STATES. The Courier and Enquirer gives an abstract of the annual statement of the condition of the banks of the United States, as communicated to Congress by the Secretary of the Treasury in August, 1852, at the close of the session. From this table it appears that there were in January, 1851, 787 banks and 128 branches, making 865 banking institutions, of which returns were received at the Treasury Department:— The annexed table exhibits the leading items in the comparative statistics of the banks in different sections of the Union which have made returns nearest to January 1st, in the years 1850 and 1851:— Eastern States Middle States..... 1851. Loans and discounts. 1850. 1851. 1850. 1851. 1850. Total......... 824 864 217,317,211 229,084,496 $364,204,078 $412,710,315 Total........ 824 864 $45,379,345 $51,907,501 $181,366,526 $153,968,383 11,314,306 20,829,540 21,973,160 4,255,280 14,373,246 16,151,320 REVENUE OF VIRGINIA IN 1851-52. The statement annexed shows the contributions, under the various items, to the rev enue of the State of Virginia, for the fiscal year, 1851-2: Taxes on lands, slaves, horses, etc.. Licenses and taxes on collateral inheritances.. $621,691 176,130 REAL AND PERSONAL PROPERTY IN THE UNITED STATES. The following table, from the report of the Superintendent of the Census, exhibits the value of the property assessed in every State and Territory of the Union in 1850: VALUATION OF REAL AND PERSONAL ESTATE OF THE INHABITANTS OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE YEAR ENDING JUNE 1ST, 1850. Real and personal estate. Alabama States. Assessed value. $219,476,150 True or estimated value. $228,204,332 Arkansas 36,428,675 39,841,025 California*. 22,123,173 22,161,872 Connecticut. 119,088,672 155,707,980 Delaware 17,442,640 18,652,053 Florida 22,784,837 22,862,270 Three of the Savannah banks have published their semi-annual reports, from which we learn that their capital, circulation, specie, and loans, are as follows: In New Jersey as the real estate only was returned, the above is partly estimated. BANKS ORGANIZED UNDER FREE BANKING LAW OF CONNECTICUT. Under the Free Banking Law of Connecticut, passed June, 1852, it appears that three new banks have been organized : The Uncas Bank of Norwich, with a capital of $100,000; the Bank of Hartford County, with a capital of $200,000; the Bank of Commerce, New London, with a capital of $50,000. All of these banks have a provision for a further increase of capital at some future period. There is in contemplation a bank at Westport, another in New Milford, and one in Litchfield or Winsted. By the recent bank law in Counecticut, the stocks of the cities of Hartford, New London, Norwich, and Boston, as well as of the States of Virginia and Kentucky, are receivable by the treasurer as collaterals for bank issues. The Bank of Hartford County has adopted the Atwater patent in its bills, by which the denomination is ascertained in addition to the usual figures, &c., adopted by the engraver. Mr. Atwater's plan is to manufacture the bank note paper in such a way that no alteration can be made from a low to a higher denomination. He introduces borders on the ends of the notes, in addition to the figures which indicate its value, a single border for a one-dollar bill; two borders for two dollars, and five borders for five dollars. These are inserted on the left hand of the note. For the ten-dollar notes, a single border is introduced on the right hand; two borders for a twenty-dollar bill. These various borders change the positions of the names of the president and cashier, and also of other portions of the bank note, so that the general appearance of each denomination is entirely different from any other. EXPIRATION OF BANK CHARTERS IN NEW YORK. The charters of the following banks in the State of New York will expire on the 1st January next, and it is supposed that they will all resume business, under the general banking law. Those marked with a star have already given notice to this effect. The Chancellor of the British Exchequer frequently receives anonymous communications, accompanied by small sums of money. These are made generally by parties who have defrauded the revenue, and whose consciences prompted a remuneration for the loss, or else by simple-minded people, who hope thereby to lessen the burden of the public debt. Among the last acknowledgements of this nature, is the following, in October last, which we find in the London Times: "The Chancellor of the Exchequer begs to inform X. Z. that the half of a Bank of England note for £50, no. 16,207, has been received. A. B. S.' is informed that £5 83. has been received. The halves of two Bank of England notes for £5 have been received from 'I ate, but not too Late.' The Chancellor of the Exchequer also acknowledges the receipt of a Bank of England note for £5, and £1 13s., on account of income tax not applied for, from 'H. D. R. The Chancellor of the Exchequer acknowledges the receipt of a Bank of England note for £5, no. 83,061, from 'Z.' The first half of £17 has been received from M B.'" |