The New York Herald Newspaper, June 17, 1851, Page 6

\ OUR MARYLAND CORRKSPONDENCE Buxton, Cecn County, Md., June 14, 1851. ‘Drial of Exve Collier, Cashier of the Havre de Grace Bank. jer Eberzlement—The Plainfield Financiers, and various ‘Men of Straw in New York, wizing in a Curious Case. ‘The Havre de Grace Bank, as far as this trial has pro- has been exhibited to be one of the same gene- ret class of shaving and swindling shops as the Plain- Geld, Jeoksonville, Millington, Port Deposite, and other ‘exploded establishments, of the wild cat and red dog orders. And it is remarkable. that our New York finan: ciers of the Peter Funk schoo! <hould be st the bottom Of all,or mixed up in all, those fraudulent rag mills as far as the courts have looked into thei We will briefly explain to the readers of the Herald, the system pursued by this Havre de Grace coucvra, and illustrate | the bearings of the testimony. The prosecuting direc. tors of the bank affirm, according (» tue indictment of the State, that Kara Collier t+ alow yj that he is- oved s sbort time, and frew time t» ‘ae, before the ex plosion, and embezzled large suum of (he money of the Dank, the directors being kept iu ia! ignorance of the real extent and character of \he-r (-sussetions down to the dey of the failure ; apd that (hs S2ra Collier is re sponsible to the bank fir some » -. more or less: embeauled in various ways. or appropisied without au thority, The defence as-ume that ter Was the faith. ful manager of the concerns «1 the touk, accordimg to the programme of its organ'n nd the policy pre- weribed and adopted from Uy bezianiog. The facts think, very oleariy abow that Ears Collier did issue, shortly before the exp <icn. > srge amounts in notes of the bank to Chari 5 1 New York, “a | aman of straw,” or more Lik f some judicious ; invisible to the po rise of Charles | ‘ood. oF Woo alled im court ‘This Chariey appears bay: ife and soul of the concern for the Lavi you nown aud invi- | sible; but admitted te the + the direetors on the recommenda’ tien of the ¢ also appears ‘that the sureties in th. « of the cashier, Moses Y. , Erg. and unsurpassed in | fipanciad ability ana intoer ry body knows, | ™ ‘were by the cashier sr gis ¢ ~cooded as suretis and that this same ( bers “ vthers, might be substituted in their piece ars, that by ne- | glect or common conse. ry, the practical | drely Left to the usibility of the sublic have been ve pocketed the | ot management of the bank » cashier. The failure i» a 1: failure is involved in (bi t ewindk d. and some ) profits, There is» cality about the | ‘whole concern. 1! et in the trial in | thie place, and in the av) James T. Sullivan. 4 rectors, sworn.— Bxamined by Mr. scot! ~ he condition of the bapk at the time «ts Avgust (the bank burst the resources of the binh Of the book found on Ui. Mr. Collier, the day atte o & private diary in the house of Specie on hand... &Co.... p63 Cheeks of other banks uwAns....- 2015 ke. . ut same day, $6,202 Girard bank notes | ‘Cross examined by M: tal stock, paid in ‘York, to be used there Br. Scott objected covered by the indictu: lier cmbraced in it id not the capi- k in 1845 to New beyond the time snsactions of Col- Mr. Constable—We ) ~ that the whole thing isa fiction—a nv that the moneys ebarged as having br: 4 vere used according to the system pursuru 1 the first Point debated. 1 1 by the Court from the beginning 0 f the bank, from the books of the cu ir. Constable ‘ur and "49, to») the whole existence and capital stock of U ‘Wim. Applegate, ava « and stockholders, and - records of 1846, «ginning, during reanurees, issues ve in the handa of + York managers «* axeumed that Lin. the books ex. re or leas, all the time cmployed in New Dr. Thomas © Hopks of the late bank, fworn —Wae elec Pp tor part of Decem- ber, 147, and contin « “ate the time of its failure; has no kno + ber transactions than those on the & » of Mr. Sullivan ition of the bank # integrity of Mr rs are required to a of the bank. but hier an inspec. from vollier’s by Mr. Sul ; nooks aro kept in d. and answered ch books kept in We felled With contioe: and we feldem trou tiem of Abe be ke counsel) was found ov house, the day aftr | {eash book or diary), | banks, r aber ein: ve that Mr. Collier Mme led paper ang the board mo, sir, we did uever encouraged him in it; the quired @ ma- jority of the dir Collier acted ns ope bank; Mr New York, but c: retty sy joubt Mr. Wood t Wood ons in tod to Mr. Collier seul, didn’t you? f the protection nt length by e bank wa to Charice + the whole capital stock, paid bim i for other bank notor Dr. Hopkins persisted consent, and without th: @ireotors; and that he by Wood, and could and did r comwnt of the wedge of Obaries had never seen him, «wan exasnination. called aut of $120" to 4 others, the stiention of Ly tie) Jemking. Patten. Mitebes . Donot know that Wot i t paper Gay and « was to be paid in caster they wore ere represented to wkhot vm ate a for ex the $20 out ido net ae done Mr. Constable amid it « transactions of thr bunk © | be ke eho w We . ke—that the ke in biack mod on the 2th of ursted, there were of the bank. not «to show «# single Lue books those $46 000° uy «fl the transac Beott—How do you # ew Jonstable— Well wit. +h © the bank that ren Mr Eeott called ¢ . dent of the bank) & knowledging the trae: : money from the benk. ¢ mn York benefit in t f the bank, of cer he bank to Charte we waul to know who Charley Comstable— During the lat f the of the bank, we find in all som sat down ws due tovhar~ Woud On the doth Be received $21,500 to exchange fur the bank. of re term, on the 12th August. 9/241, on the Ivth August $4,113, 00 the 2d August, $10.000 to + ccbange for notes Of other banks, or revurn — Thew are some of his re. coipta, wad he war remitting moury baek to the bank al the time = Here we have © © to hie oredit; and « Payment recorded of $5 400 only the day before the bank Beott—Look at Aug 1s00 Mr. Constabie-—The vniry the transfer te Charies Wood. for exebang- of 914.400. There Ht ald ie By Seott.to Dr Hopkin pess—That money Went out without my knowl ig vou said that Collier let that money ont to ¢ y woud without your Knowtedes or dirrotion as ve ves. sit” “And these rome. together ea fe You sit inquired for Charles Wood. ins. York, but could not fad him. There were two or throw persons of that name thet Lealied upon; and { ovee bought that L had my man, but L wee mieias o te Uharlos Wood, of the Hare de Grace Bonk have found. Ax the f Jorn hope I went Mr Grayson— Wha! bow Witoew— Moree) tear! ri theoght he ought t * anything about it, and Know; be didn't, however kn i eted to by counsel for wecused ve inquiries I made t find cui thir My Bit, Aveber made ee versi pay im: nist Mr Constable tend fron memersndum auth: riving Wim. Applegate, of New Vork pp and two of § fut the hewefit of the beik. *)thont p Witnere—1 think rome ft stock wae pledged for thore not Mr Scott produced & paper guaranteeing th theration of foreign stock Ry Me Constable—I reeoilect that | dissented ¢ payment, but was overruled by the directors cant: nded that it was upon theee New York transf the bank bursted—the notes being protested in New York Mr foot? read certain receipts of moneys purporti © be paid over to Charies Wood, of New York, by the teak, in ite notes, to be exchanged for motes of other know Applegate; I have nut surf of the bank « souni liability he books will show that no these payments to Mr. Wood. When you were oramialng the room, those receipts; knew nothing about ther she money By Mr. Scott—I vever korw anything about Mr Wood nthe 26th of Last | xe following were | ‘Mr. Scott. ‘of any authority to Mr Collier to make books after the failure, [ was exaintuing By counsel for accused—I kaoew nothing abot out | By Mr. Constable. for sccused—I only exemined | the books once on & committee, while director of the | bank; it was in 1547; Mr Collier did ay d that neither should discoust a noise @ $500 without the consent of the other; 1 a whether our discounts at Havre de Grace woal: penses or not; we bad one lan we were generally caretul of discounting. requ paper, and two good endorsers: Mr, Uollive rep the board that Charles Wood was good 19 New 4 stood high with the New York board of directors Mr. Constable read an entey in one of the bo September, 1847, designating. by authority of Wm. Applegate and Ira Yale, as agents of (t New York. and authorizing wach (Ww take S400 bank's notes for exchange. &e Mr. Sullivan—That ix an erroueous entry gave any ‘uch authority Mr. Constable—Here it is Witness—A man may write anything in tive | Mr. Constab! re again we tid, ui 1847, William Applegate authortied to act ws Aree bank, without persoual liability. and we fod oath, as here recorded, was administered by W to Charles Wood and others, New Yurg agents nk. Witnes:—Never saw Wood, to my kus Mr. Nickol called—By Mr. Mr, Seutt--iid ye adnla wath to Uhurles Wood ? ever Will, L reckon. ble aaked if witness reco! Mr. Stryker, Conzor, and others of New has. FA. Cole, directo on hand, June Ist, 1850 and multiplied it by t and (he amaunt was aid in Was = bank started Mr. Constable —We have proved it sum to Applegate of $20,000, Uw $10,000 to Wood and Applega' ther of have rev ived from Yale. Apple all know that the bank <ougut to eiveulals it and that was the object of its creation It wa another branch of the subject. Jacok ank director. sworn —i wow : Wood's discounts. or any authority for formed by Mr. ollier. four de that in f di at ninety—ruch was the condition Mr. Collier whether L or Mr. sap; money cut, he raid Lhad I then -« out aby more; “yes,” said he. “ts ‘ in “New York, you may but I did not take it. sueb « mind; the bank, on the 27th August, in W ather ina bad ¥ay “y nowe’ be in & baat “ paid in. and only ou0 paid out’ t crying. and said, “gentleme a L my tuult te — Yes, it was paid ov 2 ‘ ppore. avd twkew out by 0 wT the @ bad swe talk wah | bond Mr. Collier, thr cashier Objected to, but Court ruled in che Weil, 1 remember Mr Collier taikou and of substituting Wood as ou of Mr Beach. I asked whe Wood ww & New Yorker. I asked if be was v Deposite, and some others thet | kw was. I did not think much of hi no, aid LTphink be said Wood was iu the Now) Ce a House. In eeme discussion between Wim Applegate ty Charis ¥ . wiedge, or authority wu of it if 1m Urano emt 'y Woed, till the explosion of the bauk. After which court took a recess til 3 P.M Cyrus Huntington. sworn —I acted sometim ier Of the bank, in the absenge of Mr, Collier thing ¢ transactions with Wood till the failure benk Mr Sul any cf as Cash kaew ny the van recalled —By Mr. Oiiver—v 4 © New Yori stockholders? W Y a ie th y ouel knew. & —Dia all hers Gi us personage Beach was ly man to be fou board? A. —No, sit; I thought the S toma fide stockholders and directors bw F o now, I never saw apy of them avy Beach By Mr Scott—I suppose go. sir, Ch Word sented the New York stockholders tis ad Collier represented Wood; 1 have * i times at the bank Mr. Constable—What bas Mr Hea Mr. Seott—I want to show that My b 2, and that wll the rest are mere au « tious or imaginary people Mr. Constable—What of that? 1 wil banks to issue stock and Botes to i . It js the practice of every bauk in He rd the guaranty of Applegate o . . the bank. ip come $20.00 part pervons, Chari-y Wood among ing the only lone fide man of be redeemed in New York. Bolt. our a The witnesses for the prosowsion & xnralned and those for the def apewered that they a in the taking of testimony feient for an nequittal Mr. Scott then submitted that th wed fective; that the real transaction 4 but which the indictment did wot rene 1 of those tremendous frauds upon thy + not to pass unpunished It hax beew «4 got up for a fraud, The theory of the ¢ They bes nd oul Was fraudulent from the first; aud (lia agit therefore to gofree If a poor fell p, to allay the pangs ol . be the pemaity ot del.'s the whole community’ This iudvetuy not mean to east aby crusure u , but doesn t definite. It does not xpeeify t ter, of amount, of the funds embessi bes simply the embezalement of ten theu« practice in Bngland (+e Chitty) reyatrr to be ne opecitic ns jo—thiat tiie i yoo embe ceny He wked me quashed the view of d * ome. The prieonet could be reiensed on he oe trial Mr. Constable —Thix would be a woe prisoner 1 Months continement oy the 8 pon the indietm fs verdict indictment qaa-l eounse m both aides a c ue he power of the a a (uestion raised, of indictment at length. in 7 y.¢ The following Beaches ns auretio the trial nd Havre de Grace Bank m of ten thourane « a of this ol Hora Cc cashier bligation to be ¥ and virtue. Witness ou fourth day of April, A_D and forty reven MY no, Notary | sworn. in end for thy ty of New York, p me ofthe irmofM ¥ 1 be for “1 h affixed © twenty fourth day and forty seven ANC TALLMAN,N », having racked Hetmen HARM Mr Srett, for the 8 permission to medify the the plen that it offence of the » try before the jury, and the Court having wea deliberate upon the matter, and havin ‘ Without any decision, the counsel f agreed to allow, without opposition. the uo cation under the eireumstancer, of the © Btate the privilege of amending the indictm Mr Beott necordingly undertook the task; but, com time after, the Court being in waiting, Mr Scott rose and seid that he wae afraid that counsel could not agree upon the indictment to be drawn up He wished to jeclfy against Collier the sbetrection, fraudulemtiy, was defective, and did which it wae the object the indictment charged an twe count ot $104 of the a +4 © estpiok srr p eben ¢ Havre de Grace This, cubstamtinlly -— viv felonious and fraudulent embesz! un! making away with— 1. A note of jkemen?, secreting illinm Applegate for $20,000, payable to he Jiavre de Grace Bank dated 15th April, 1847. ‘ ceceipt of Moges ¥. Beach for $7 , receipt of said Beach of said sum, in bound nk. by which receipt aid Bese! he said notes, or to pay the » notes of other banks. motes of wo amount in other (ften thousand notes of five dollars each; of five t d noter of two dollars each, and of one thousand + of one dollar each, being notes of the Hal bank; and five thousand dollars in specie and de RICHARD GRASON, for the State. ALBERT CONSTABLE, for Collier, ‘ir Sullivan reealled by Mr. Scott.—Here are some re- (pls nigned by Charley Wood; look at them, and look ritipg; look at these letters, Answer—I found them in the © ope exception, ? cod in evidence without proving the Mr. Scott—Yes. sir, we can put th ‘aud and felony of this cashier, ‘he court and jury. We preetime | were written in 1860, thou, s respect They are all addressed to «letters, and see if they are not all in the same Where did you find bank; yea sir. the rs and receipts seem to be very much the same vl, 1 think they were all written by the same person, rv Constable—You can't show the letters of Charley in, to show the (The letters were read all these letters wh some of them are blank in Collier.) April 25.—Letter signed L. H. Mays. Have not much nds in their possersion in New York, y 10—From Hays, ‘ud it to me. # vg them over Cut out blank stock certifieate end the receipt taken of Beach for 2500 package. Get all the small notes you can, and Appended to this letter an adver- ment cut out of a Buffalo newspaper, calling for mouey Sc , signed Townsend u 16.—Yours witl + might do, &e » Grace and Hagerstown bank notes, and Per a aod Co, Buial. the $1,010 received. “Yeu bad tter discount the note for so lo Signed by Charies time. Short ‘ood. May 18, 1550 —Collicr’s favor of 16th received Glad ed report of funds on hand. Wants some $690 or toada to $800 or $900, which I have to hand to op for & short time. Has heard nothing from the \Ufersometime; but expects information, aud funds in a short time. Signed with HO Moses Y. Beach and sons); formation, and I sent the aed by Charles Weed), ve thei initials of Hays, gust 2—Called on the Beachs’ to satisfy them of the J +m sour bond (this was the bond of Collier signed m the satisfactory bond to you, (the bond Signed by J: L. H. Hays, August 6 —Sorry to hear of #0 Large redemptions; draw ro) what yon want; when you draw, make your draft pay- ic at some bank; card dollars; Wood will not be this week; (Mr Scott urge Chat week); signed as by Charles ‘These letters were read by ir. Scott nected with the receipts of W ions of Wood ‘and i Hays to be by the ‘ood, to prove all the tr: the signature of Charies Wood was used at the ins! ‘n of the prisoner, in collusion with his confed+ rates, hopes the bond is ali right, Signed by 8. 22 —Authorizee certain moneys to be paid over nd Mr. Root also read & receipt for @ thou- letter and receint signed by Charles August 26—Bond matter all fixed; I hoy redemptions t—They were not Wood. as evid oo for emberzling the funds of the bank, and defrauding the community THE ARGUMENT. Mr. Oliver IH. Thomas, of counsel for the argument against the prisoner. He proposed to | show from the testimony, that the transactions upon | the State, opened which this trial is based were of the most infamous character It has been admitted here that this bank was established for the express purpose of committing a niost glaring fraud upon the community, If such were « fact, the design had been only too successful, We rhown by the evidence that when Collier came into bank as cashier, the bauk was in & solvent coadition us he admits by bis reeeipt to Austin. It appears that he disposed (f at least $60,000 to Charlee Wood, of which there is no account exi pt these papers, (Wood's re- ? ceipte); that the president and directors knew nothing about it over to Wood from January, 1850, to August, the monch of the failure, showing an ageregate turned over to thia ¥ cod of $55.000 in six months, without the directors knowing & ey about it It fraud which bis confederates. the conditic cashier, explosion — Havne pe Gaacr Bask Star were nd of July 1, 1960, % or Due by oth Dice Volance profit and Llosa Liabitines Capital stock Notes im circulation Due to depositors. . Due to other banks surplus fund... was nystem of the outeet, acted upon the policy of ding the directors to the real transactions of the cash- olt here interpoted a moment, and submitted nl evidence the following official statement ot { the bank, April 27, 1847, when Collier en- month before the eMENT. 18 09 -S1994 2 1150 74 64515 69 60.000 00 8.715 00 © loo by 64.615 80 Have pe Ginace, Md., April 97th, 1847 A. J. AUSTIN, Cashier. [cxatiricary } Thayne ne Grace Bank, April 27, 1847 —I hereby certify J that T bave examined the within statement of Mr. A Aurtin. late cashier of this bank, and find the same to be EZRA COLLIER, Cashier Haver ov Grace Banx Statement. Kevources correet Hille and notes protested Notes and clecks of Due by other banks Halance profits and I Personal property, not Liabitities Capital stock N surplus fund... Havas oe Grace, Md, July 1, 1860. OOL Mr Thomas resumed—The defence al I $2612 0 AAG Ba 670 00 . 44,006 32 2.10: LIER, Cashier how us the books are fail of fraudulent entries, recording to the tes | tunony of the directors, Where cise are we to trace them but t thone sellor dling foreign stoekhotders ? rged upon the jury the «conspiracy of fraud between the prisoner and The young coun ount duty of pro- tecting the ec mmunity to the extent of the liw ogaipet the repetition in this State of such infamous transactions Henry W. Archer. for the defence, pleaded the unfor tinate Inismanagement of the lavre de Grace Bank ay the cause of the present unfortunate pusition of the pri- wind that it was ew attempted to be made the Foape-goat of the real de- lie argued that the eo neceuce, from his readiness vetment thet the State could frane nary authority asa dire the te tigen dure ret pe + transactions to eubinis to nny against him, and teee of the trial when he was virtually acquitted indictrocnt, was entitled to great Mr Archer urged upon the jury that the ¢ er wetor; and by the conerot of the other directors, from their leaving “nt of the bank in his bands, that be had nary power to dispose of ite moneys the bank; and that the freqrent wy Word. down to the last day of th + thet hie trensactions were in go. etions of Collier's with Wood he b ane believed to he established by the books they expected the bank to go on | ® rwommingly, but they resulted unfortunately, and th honk toiled your verdiet « ine matter Mr Constable, for the scoused, did mot propor to say much, tor there was but little in the ease to take hold of aod the Jory, perhaps, knew as much about it however, undertake t imeelf He should. be law ne applied to this indictment a he did Lustente He contended ‘bat the failure to account for money expended by an wry @ of it; and we conte het appropriated without authority t ny Charles Woods there were mouey in ben ot If it were, how would the pi gate entrust yrats afier maturity. when this Appiega' J pi gate Wee then no longer lable for the note 4 we) the fhoers of the bank collect, nt without authority, was an emberzioment T did secount fur it; the books account for it— ed with the whole funds of the swith & note of $20008 euffered to lie ovr three Bit md that it was Nor do we care ; the putting of «hands of an agent for the bank is not em- Taw apply to Ap bank, te died insolvent? Why or attempt to col August, in whieb the bank rand six hundred dollars, in current funds, lock like an intention to ent in $3264, and te an the account. Wood upwards of $38,000, and was still ry Nigiri 2 when the thi re Ts that a bad — And talking about itious names, the whole thin; moonshine. Herve is alist of several hw stockhold- ere. Do you think they were so in fact? Not a bit of it ewsRpapers, These names are picked up at random or # poll beok, and were written i Upalist, That’ all, Mr. Applegate was the stockholder; und the bank was transferred his hands to Charley Woods. But this first charge, gentlemen, falls of itself to the ground. On the second specification of abstract- ing w receipt of $2500 of Moses Y, Beach, there is no evidence There is no evidence of any such @ receipt ever having been in the bank. (Mr. Constable and Mr. Scott discussed the question of evidence of this receipt. ‘The letter itself ix no evidence.) (It being neardinner time, the Court ordered a recess of oue hour, After which } ey Mir. Constable continued—The ji sider the books of the bank as evidence; they account for the management or mism: mt of the to day. He maintained t kia fide agent; that his repeated payments to the bank proved it, that if there had been # design of fraud, these payments would bave been withheld; aud that, in short, there was nothing in the evidence or in the a1 nts of the other side to justify any other verdict of the jury were bound to con- - | Beaches were Counsel cited the reveral sums Of money paid | 45 | every dollar of his transaction: ot uecessarily trom criminal prac- | ™ t bat the bank exploded. Bad lations may be | a 4 the enuce. or thie manmay have been the dupe of otlere, | uaune of Shatley Wood and others. ‘The New Y The prisoner we beliewe ia free, snd that | ught to absolve him of wil moral guilt in | duction of the ecil, which we exa thy money, before the tune of limitation expired’ | J Wet Uhl note of $20,000, half the eapit Hun iteelf out before any attempt wae made the © Ob the ®Uh November. 1846, we find by the books, | othe very next thing they shed wd rome time ‘ $1040, to be sed in Now York be weed in Pbiiadeiphia for the bank our tix thourand, and another eum flor, three other notes. amount- egate pays in G0140), the capital stock of the do, they give eas Then of three | will come to be's Valuable article of commer 400, #0 thaton the 26th day of Decomber, | War a Christine job.) $49,000 of the « were paid out ogain to Wm month before ate. ne the agent Of the bamk in *e find t# done by authority rey for the b the fret red cont fed cont of it Hecowd al Lock, New York: And of the dite stors y for the firet $26,000, and mo feeurity for the except the guaranty of Win Applegate New York @toekholders. which was not be held liable | cot Ob yen, he wae & ptockholder ¥hed 3 Mr Constable rerumed—As 1 ex Ury Applegate wne not a stook! with wides proceed to examine the books ted, gentlemen of der aad not lable Jt} *@urrenty, for the firetredeent (Read « meme. vndom trem the books allow end Wie. Applegate. of notes of the withowl pereonad linbility ) First (hore ly nothing im it; 86 note of Lonee notes covering the $20,000—one $080 ench to Ire Voie | | he w | wfine »pecimen of indigo; tobacco, which is fully than a verdict of acquittal. Mi. Scott rose to close up the argument for the State. ‘The counsel for the prisoner had been exceedingty loose in their constructions of the law; and had resorted a goo deal to imagination, They had argued as if it were a case between the directors and the cashier, when it was between the State of Maryland and Ezra Collier. ‘They rely upon the books, when We declare, upon the tes timony of confident witnesses, that they are full of fraud- ulent entries, He read the act of Assembly for the pro- tection of the community against swindling bank of- ficers It was pluincr than the English guthorities of the other side, and bears directly upon the case; em- bexrlement ir, in this matter, to make way with, or secrete or appropriate feloniously, tbe funds of the bank, whereby the community as defrauded. We say this man is guilty. Itis no defence of him to say the directors did not do their duty. Hie came to them a strict professor of reli- giou, high in the church, and was thus calculated to win upon their confidence, They thought him honest, with these high religious qualifications. He certifies to the solvency of the bank on his coming in; and he ma- | nages its ailairs so skilfully in securing the full confi | dence of the directors, that it is not till April, 1860, that they learn there is something going on between him and his’ New York confederates in reference to his bonds. Even then they did not suspect him or his designs. They did not know that Charley Wood was @ fictitious name, end that the real name was J. L. H. Haye. And where bave we in the books any evidence of this receipt of Beach for $2500? We have the letter | of Hays, Aline Charley Wood, admitting. But what | evidence have we in the books that he and the illagivg the bunk? Upon the books there are no Teaches, but every thiog is in possession | of Ubarley Wood. Mr. 8. contended that the proot was | clear that the note of Applegate, cf $20,000, had peen ab- stractee; and that if the payments purporting upon the books to have been made by Charley Wood were 89 made, they must have been pocketed by Collier, for they were not in the bank. The extries were false, or the prisoner had taken the money. If the entries are fuse, and the money War not paid ae recorded, where are these sums amounting to $55,000, turned over to Charley Wood? | 1 he paid back the $27,000 on the books, Collier pocketed them, by his own statement But at the time of the failure, there were $86,000 In circulation, of the bank's paper, which proves that these entries were fictitiow ‘There is no record cf any additions to the funds of the | bank; but from May to August the circulation went on inerensing from day to day. The learned counsel of the other « seem to think there is something extremely | satisfactory in these recorded Payments of Wood, includ. | ing the $4,600, the day before the failure, Where was | the money ? it was not found im the bank Mr. Archer.—It was used in the redemption of the | bank's notes, Mr Seott.—If #0 expended, the notes were redeemed; but there were none of them in the bank. As the notes Were redeemed the circulation would be ditniniahed; | hut the bank closed with $86,600 in circulation, with only (0 of resources in the bank, so that there must be 386,000 in Collier's bands. ‘Counsel cay, that from books, Wood was faithfully engaged in paying up ; ey forget to tell us what was done or has been done the meney erable diseussion upon the books followed, be Mr Scott and Mr. Constable, the latter contend- t from the books it could be made to appear that r’s account Were balanced, or could be balanced, for and the latter, that the books themvelves furnish (ie strongest evidence of his eriminaiity, in the fraudulent entries he had made sworn by the directors to be such Mr, Constable called the attention of th ¢ tothe fuet that there wasa C apd An th Beet nonans a 0 se - Badauything todo with it, which Mer. Scott admitted, and that Wood he conceded to be a bona fide man; bat not gg with the (barley Wood of Mr. Collier,whe was only | Mr. Hays in diaguise, as from the letters of | Wood and Hays, read to in the same hand- writing In co frauds perpetigted by the prisoner, and the wrongs euf- fered by the community {The reporter of the Herald, dispensing with the mas: of verbiage in theae prove 4s imply end-avore to retain the gist of both evidence and argument in the Uriefest apace, fora fair understanding of the trial, an ob- Jeet which bas, perhaps, been suthioiently achieved for all practical purpores } | ‘The bailiff wax ordered to take the jury in charge; the | jury were ordered to retire; and the Court adje ‘bout 6% o'clock, P.M. At 8 o'clock, they r | when the judges were called again into court, with the | counsel on both rides and the prisoner; and being called | on tc render their verdict, the jury pronounced the | prisoner “ not guilty.” ‘The verdict was received without any demonstration of approval or disapproval among the spectators; it w rroeived coolly. all hands very quietly disperse | Mr Hays. auas Wood, and other New Yorkers, were | precemt during the tial, which hns disslosed at another very interesting avd useful epecimen of New clering in the “rural districts.” ndictment against Collier, charged with ne $400, comes up to-morrow. | is his thanks to the Judges, | the couvrel on both sides, and the clerks of the court | for sevirtanes und facilities im hie making up | his rep We regret to learn that the visiters from Havre de | indignant at the verdict of the jury. After w fxir trial, with very able counsel on both sides, Collier has been nequitted of eamberzling the fund« of the — Havre de Graee Bank, An impression prevails here that | either the dupe or the agent of the New York re—the chief of whom are aileged to be the Plain- that the whole concern was corrupt from nd that it would be ir to make nerant and unqualified men for banking operations. | The Havre de Grace people are exceedingly displeased with the verdict, they bedieving that Collier i# the guilty | and that the bank exploded because of hit faise « 1 his extensive appropriations of ite funds, in at the trial. including Mr. Mays, MeVrey, and | waid to be waticfied that the verdict wns cor- | 0 informed, this morning, that Wood is | and authorized Heys to use his nace, which it ix «aid, accounts for the letters of Wood and iin the same bandwriting. If this be #0, in persons in New York of the ruspicions though they are here con anagers of the bank's opera- that rid i tions lowes one indisputable fact When the bank broke it haa $86,000 out, and on 21.000 funds on band; 90 that, in soine way, th largely ewind) lier ie underg, ing a check Kk. of $60, upon whieh it i# supposed he will be Propyetions or tHe Isruwrs or Tr rec.—There is ocular evidence of what c: pected from the cultivation of the splendid lands on the Isthwus, belonging to the Tehuantepeo grant, when these shall be s by a foreign colonization superior in charnct Uigence, and habite of in- dustry, to the native, aud which will be thus itvelf imy roved, regenerated and rendered happier. This evidence may be seen in the apecimons of the pro- ined yesterday, at the office of the company, in Camp , and whieh were brought from the Isthmus, anples we Lave seen, and which have now attracted our attention, are, cotton of wild growth. The white- nees and etrength of staple are remarkable; there are two bolle, for size and beauty, u lied. We urge on our cotton frien eooing for the lvee. There are two cars of corn, of over twelve inches in length, said to be of the fi h crop, and of the dry season; also, a sample of sugar, of excellent dry grain, evidently from the rudest | and most primitive process of manufacture. We | bear that the eane grows fiom twelve aptocightecn | feet high; this is the usual growth. There isa semple of pita, equal in oak strength, and th of fibre, to any of Manila growth. This | for coreage and other substantial uses. Vanilla, of | high flavor, the eame which we are accustomed to receive through the neighboring port of Vera Cray, equal to the most fragrant production of Cuba; separa, which are greatly admired by connoisseurs; and, finally, we will mention the specimens of marine ehell, the old vaunted Tyre purple dye, which is rarity that has almost disappeare 1, and is chiefly preeerved in history; ite existence ia now discovered anew in the rocks of the Pacific const. We will obverve that, in this collection, there are no mineralogicn) specimens; neither docs it show what the forests can give, of which we have infor- mation that there is an infinite abundance and great Variety of the most valuable specimens of | to and from the | Xe, basvengers ana light good t Pertenent. on the SErvicpton or Gpomint Bretactsy oe Pa nh ife anids—it must be evident to honorable members that the classes were not to sit down contented with of experiments carried on almost entire! expense. clearly to raise the cl part of her revenue by duties on imports, Ascciminating between those that did and those that did not interfere with her own manufactures. This protection had been ex- tended to omy branch fe fag tion with the single exception of agriculture. rea marked distinction Thad been made, as, while preadstuffs and previsions were admitted almost dvty free,a very heavy excise was continued en rome important manufactures from the products of the soil, on distilled spirits, beer, hops, and malt, while the cultivation of tobacco’ was absolutely rohibited. ‘The remission of duties had led to so fargo and continuous an importation of grain from foreign parts, as to lower prices, and throw acon- siderable portion of arable land into pasture. This state of things had areused the ener- ies of the strong agricultural party in reat Britain, and, coupled with the fa that the income tax had now been renewed for o1 year only, and that its place must be bepplled by some other duty, there was every reason La that a strong effort would be made to return to a fixedduty on wheat. The present ministry, too, were now only holding office at the will of their opponents; and Lord Stanley, whose course had been perfectly consistent on this point, had lately declared himself in favor of that course. That no- blemar had always been the friend of the colonies, | and was the author of the Canadian trade system. It was, therefore, he bis ia the duty of the co- Jovy to support Lord Stanloy, and the: by giving the British manufacturer that advantage io her markets which she possessed before the pro- vince was driven from the differential duties by the legislation ofGreat Britain. ‘I'he extent eapecially of the import trade of Canada, was little known in England, and still less appreciated. Mr. nounced Mr. Dawson’s book on the commercial progress of the British colonies as incorrect. It underrated the commerce cf Canada. Mr. C. | said— The average ofimporte into Canada for five yea from 1812 to 1546 waa . = For seven years—1544 to Ta BBD... 06. eee eeeee cence . He stated the average imports into other British dependencies for the five years preceding 1817, wae— North American Colonies, (less Canada). £2,673,663 Weat Indi African East Indian, Australia aes * East Indies, (British Goods). Speaking ofthe trade of Canada, he remarked that the estimate, that a thousand vessels, principally Vritish, ‘wore engaged in that trade, was rather under than over the mark. There was another branch,of the subject on which he would | touch very slightly, the right that Canada had to be considered part and parcel of Great Britain, and to have the products admitted into British ports, free of any duty which might be imposed on like products from foreign countries. Irrespective of their claims as a colony, a dependency, an off-shoot oi Great Britain, England herself had suggeted, pointed out the way, and advanced a considerable portion of the means, for the construction of those great works on the St. Lawrence, on the Welland canal, and the Ottawa, at a cost of upwards of three millions to Canada, which were to convey her | peetesta to England and receive her manufactures in return. It would never be contended that her trade thus directed, forced it might be said, into a particular channel, (if the works were to be made productive.) was to be regarded as a foreign trade, and that her products, excluded from the United States and other marksts, because they were the manufactures of a British dependency, should be treated in the British market as foreign productions. Mr. Mennirr said, be bad elways striven to equalize the prices of agricultural products of this country, with those of the United States, to enable the Canadian farmer to procure as high a price as the American. Now, how would the differeatial duty remedy that evil? Nothing leas than the ex- tention of the Navigation law to everything else, would answer the purpose; and to ask less, would be only to deceive the agriculturists of the province. He was willing, however, to postpone the present discussion, in order that the United States should know what same duty as the United States put upon Canadian vroduce. This would have an imuy 2 effect at Vashington; for as soon as they began to think that this step would be taken, so soon would the Amorican government begin to negoviate. Mr. Hicks, while he professed to have no hope from addresses to Great Britain, had never been disposed to throw any obstacles in the way of ad- dresses like this. | Justifying the, fra ting pies £4 Westroy the protection formerly accorded in Eng- Jand to colonial products, be alleged that every ono knew the free-traders had always desired to retain | these advantages as long as they could. Mr. Carcnton opposed the motion. England would not change her views for the sake of Canada, and therefore it was useless to ask her. Mr Sterwoop contended that the colony was reduced to the condition of a miserable puny little State, unable to follow out any abstractions of free- trade or protection, England caring nothing for her colonies ; the United States refusing our request, and laughing at ourthreate. If this caused people to cry out for annexation now, the inertness of the government would soon make five hundred annoxa- tiouists for every one who now existed. The reme- dy for this, he thought, was a federation of the North American Prov which would form a ¢ that would possess real power, such as would e itself respected, both in England and the nited States. Though nominally dependent on Great Britain, we were really independent. We possessed no favor, fer even the troops were about to be withdrawn. Instead, then, of a railwa: vention, there should be a convention of al provinces to form a confederation. Mr. Tiincks, with reference to the remarks of Mr. Sherwood, stated that he did not believe that a confederation of the provinces would put us in any better position than we were; and he considered the Provinee of Canada to be in as prosperous tlate as any other part of the world, and did not the think there was any need for the devising of new | constitutions to put it in a better. He ridiculed the idea of the Americans building # canal ii Welland Canal were closed ; he said it was ridiow lous and preposterous, and out of all probability Ilonorable members were too fond of veaenting the helpicesness of Canada, and its inability to in- flict serious injury upon the trade of Americans As to what Mr. Sherwood had said of the neglect of the colonies by the mother country, it should be considered that whenever we as for pecuniary aid from that country, we were asking money from people infinitely worse off than ourselves. Sir A. McNax said, if the Hon. member for To- ronto waa bo sage to bring the federal union of the provinces before the House, it would be well he should print his resolutions as early as possible. For himself (Sir A. McNab), he did not see the advantage of such an union. The following resolutions were introduced June 12, into the Canadian Parliament by Mr. Merritt. ‘They are a part of the retaliatory measures against the United States. desired to be adopted by the Canadisne. We trust they will pase, and hope the British government will accord with their wishes ‘The measure will be a beneficial to New Yor and, indeed, the United States generally, as to Ca nada. The more steamers to Feecics the better We hope in tess than five years to have at least a *teamer from Lurope daily to this city :— 1. Resolved, That the connection of the western lakes with the Atlantic ocean, by the construction of the Welland and St. Lawrence canals, notwithstanding their present untinished state the transportation ofa barre! of flour down, or a ton of govrls up, between Lake Erie and the > of Quebec, at a much less cost, and in one third of the time that it would take to convey similar arti- cles between Lake Erie and the port of New York 2. Resolved, That, notwithstanding the vastly ior advantages afforded by the Canada ship A oduce and merchandise bs ja d the diff Re ‘te, a barrel of flour is now transported from | srie to Liverpool, at loss cost by the way of I York than by Quebeo—a circumstance which aris» from the difference in the price of ocean freights, whereby the trade of the St. Lawrence has been diverted to the Hudson, ag tue relative amount of tolls received on the two routes will show, the one being about £750,000, and the other only ut £60 000, 3. Resolved, That t from New York to I great measure, to the liberal sid afforded. by tho governments of Great Britain and of the United Statos respectively, establishing the Cunard and Collins’ lines of steamers, together with the large tums snnually paid for the conveyance of the mail hited States by those stoamors. 4. Kesoived, That the steamers in question con- between thse ports in which the different lines of packet ships wers heretofore employed: thus compelling thoe vessel: to embark in the ordinary transit trade, and there- by occasioning grent additional facility for the eon- ance of emigrants and freight to New York, and bling them to take back return cargoos of pro- duce at merely nominal prices, circumstances which combine to favor New York and tho Isrie canal, to the prejudice of Quebec and the St. Lawrence, low price of ocean freights is attributed, in a might do so | C. de- | nada was about—should know that | Canada was asking Great Britain to put on the | con | nay (which, moreover, abounds in would further tend to lessen the 8. Resolved, That the estab! ent of w line of Slesmnaes hetwosh Grta beieeny ant British North would, in the opinion ot House, offer tor faclities for commercial intercourse between ‘reat Britain and the Northern and Western States and colonial possessions bortering. onthe valley of the St. Lawrence, than can be o! by the port of New York, inasmuch as emigrants, merchandize produce, can be conveyed with more speed | by the way of the St. Lawrence, at less cost ; | ut no distant day it is apprehended, increased facili- ties will be afforded for the conveyance of maila by | the same line. 9. Resolved, That in furtherance of the views enunciated in the foregoing resolutions, an humble address be presented to Her Majesty, praying for the extension of similar aid and encouragement ia the establishment of a line of steamers between Great Britain and Quebec and British North Ame- rica, as that now extended to the Cunard Li upon condition that the Provincial Lepiiee ure Wi confer upon the proposed steam vessels similar aid to that which the American government has ex- tended to the Collins’ Line of Atlantic steamers, running to the Port of New York, under such regu- lations as the Imperial and Provincial Governments may deem most advantageous to promote the de- sired object. ‘The New Female Costume. {From the Mobile (Ala.) Register, June 9.) | We have heard it intimated that several of tho most fashionable ladies of our city have been seri- | ously contemplating the adoption of the Turkish or Greek style of costume, which is now rapidly growing in favor at the North, and that the prome- naders Le Dauphin and Royal may soon expect to behold at least some half a dozen fair forms, | arrayed in the short skirts and wide flowing trow- | Sere, neatly gathered at the ankle—which form a@ at onze, so picturesque, convenient and be- coming. Our ladies are too strict and well regu- Jated in their taste to adopt precipitately any of the innovations of fashion; but this oriental garb pre- sents so many advaftages, in view of our dusty streets and warm climate, that we should not be surprised to see, ere long, the graceful daughters of the sunny South emulating Gulnare, and Medora, and Nourmanal, in the light and slogant form and arrangement of their personal apparel. {From the Lowell (Mass.) Courier, June 14.) Our readers may remember that some two or | three months since, we published a letter from a lady at St. Louis, to her correspondent in this city, giving quite a graphic description of her own succes, and that of some of her friends, as imita- tors and disciples of Mics Weber. ‘This lady, Miss Mildred A. Spafford, is at present on a visit to New Y ot egy Cope the Katskill mountains, on the Hudson. She has assumed a complete male attire, as an cope | drees with the gown, and Pry be seen by those who visit that sestion, arrayed ed in a dark blue cloth sack, close-fitting pantaloons of drab cassimere, buff cassimere vest, with gilt but- tons, and wearing a black silk hat. She is an ac+ | complished lady, aud an earnest believer and dis- ciple of Miss Weber. We have bofore us a letter | written by 8 particular triend—female, of course— of the lady just mentioned, from which, though it was not intended for publication, we are permitted to give a few passages, as follows:—Te letter is dated at Cincinnati, J “ Many of my friends profess to like me the better for what they are to call my brave spirit, in —— to dress aceerding to my taste, while others taought I was going too far. 1 have worn my suit so often, that [ vel us compozed in it asl even did in any dross. ‘True, Ihave never worn it in town; but I have worn it out doors in the country, and also in large compa- nics at our own house. Two young ladies of my aequaintance bave suits like mine, which they wear occasionally, and I have heard of others being worn, though by strangers to me. | think the time is now coming when male attire wll be more worn than ever. The Turkish dress uovement will aid the cause mate- riully. Laet evening, I dressed myself in male ap- parel, at the request of a number of my acquaint- ancc#, and in conversation with them, I was sur- prised to fiad how general the sentiment is in favor of it—but they are all afraid to do it. Some aro | afraid of censure, and others say it is unlawful—I suppose they are right. And yet it seems to me very strange that women do not hesitate to wear men’s hate, contr, vests, shirts, cravats, boote, &e., Pha seg eeuea'vemoermmed at te idea of wear: ing pantaloons. Now, | cannot see why pantaloons are not just as proper for women as for men. On the score of modesty, they are more proper-—dia- playing her symmetry of form. But you see this easily enough. L expect to wear a mile suit fre- | quencly this summeéy, while we avo ruralizing. I | bave quite a masculine wardrobe with me, no jess than three coats, as many pairs of pants, and fivd vests—all buff’ Talso have a black hat, put up in | & leatber hat-box, an odd article for alady’s travel- ling baggage. ‘oer —— The First Steamship that Crossed tne Adantic, (From the London Times, May 28.) |. Sir—In your potential journal of the 22d inst., | the following statement ovcurs in an article desorip- tive of machinery in the (ireat Exhibition. —“About 1836-7 the project of crossing the Atlantic was started; the Sirius waz, we beli the first steam vessel which performed this feat.” | On nee he the 7imes, of June 21, 1819, you will find the following paragraph, credited to'Mar- | wade's Commercial Report for tuat week. —“Among the arrivals yesterday at this port, we were partie cularly gratified and astonished by the novel eight | of a Ge teamship, which came round at 74 p. m., without tho assistance of a single sheet, in a style which displayed the power and advantage of the Application of stenm to vessels of the largest sino, being 3A) tons burden. She is called the Savan- h, Captain Rogers, and sailed from Savannt Georgin, (United States) the 26th of May, | arrived in the ebannel five days s ace. ‘Dariag her parrage, she worked the engine eighteen days. Her | model is beantiful, and the accommedations for | sengers elegant and complete. This is the first ship on this construction tl bas undertaken @ ve age across the Atlantic.” The Trmes, of June 30, 1819, says: —“The Sa- Veunah steam veasel, reeently arriv dat Liverpool | from Amer the first vessel of the kin! that ever crotsed the Atlan was chased a whole day off the coast of Ireland by the hite revenue cruiser, on bn Cork station, which mistook her for a ship on ng Ticyd’s List reports the arrival of the Sa rannah at Liverpool, on the 20th of June, 1819, bound to St. Petersburgh; and in Gore's Annals of Liverpool you will find this American ste xmer's arrival re- corded among the remarkable events. The steamship Savannah was an American ship— built, owned, and navigated by Americana Francis Ficket, of New York, built her for Daniel Dodd ; and the engines were made by Stephen Vail, of Morristown. She was cc unanded by Capt. Moses Rogers, and navigated by Stephen Kogers, of New Connecticut, who is still Yage performed in lee uif the time, by # line of American ates aers, tre chief engineer of one of which (the Atlantic, Capt West, is his nephow, J « Rogers. It is not inappropriate to mention that, at the prosent writing, the quickest trip across the ovean has bon made by the PaciGe, one of the Coiling line of American steamers, in leas than 10 days--so that we are not only the firet but the fastest. Snglond, Copenhagen, Stoekholm, St. Peters burgh, and Constantinople, the arrival of the stemmer Savannah excited grea: io. ity and at tracted thousands of visitors. The King of Swedon event ‘ay sin Rogers with a “stone and mal- "and the l.mperor of Kussia presented a “ silver kettle ne a token of hia gratification at the first attempt to cross the Atlantic by steam.” Lord Lynodoeh, of England, who went passenger in thia ship Petersburgh, presented Stephen Rogers with a “snperb gold snuff box.” All these testi- Monials are now in the possession of the famil The log- book, containing an official ascount of the voyage, isin the National Inetitute at Washington City, and may be veen at any time ery respectfully, sir, our obedient servant, 8. Consinanam, of Norfolk, Va. Joun Anrigrytins or St. Domroo.—Sir Robert Schomburgk, her : ty's Consul at this island, has discovered some very interesting romain of the aborigines who formerly inhabited island, among which there is a granite ring, ) feet um circumference, and 21 feet in breadth. Inthe mid dle of this circle lies on idol, nearly 6 fect in length, formed likewise out of granite, During all his travels in Guiana, Sir Kobert never met with euch a monument, which bespeaks a much greater ad- neement than the races possess who at present abit that vaet territory, or who inhabited the island of St. Domingo when Columbus landed there. Sir Robert made this discovery during one of the journeys which, under the command of her Majow ty's government, he has already undertaker order to make himself Acquainted with the caps lites and popalation of the lominican republic. 5. Resolved, That the distance from Liverpool to the Strait of Betisle, ia about 2,000 miles ; to the port of Sydney, in Cape Breton, 2,400 miles; thence jon, | Wood. The exploration of this region haa onl; fe olresiation, | coemmenced, pad we pay. ewalt Will fetoress ref to Quebee, by ihe former route, 600 miles, and by there were | reports which will shortly appear.— New the [attee SOF | making the entire distance between ton, and two of | Dedia, June 4. , | Quebec and Liverpool from 2,00 to 2,950 miles ; ia now preparing for a journey to the most intersst- ing district of the republic—tho provinee of Cibao— comprising also the classi os ing 0 the classical ground where Colum- There were 160 deaths ‘Philadelphia during Fook euding the Lith inst, ” ns