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THE RESUMPTION OF 1838.
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now paying specie. Seventy more are expected to resume on or before the first of the ensuing month. Of the residue, amounting to about twenty-five, with a capital of from $3 millions to $4 millions, it is believed that six or eight are winding up their concerns because unprofitable; and that the rest are insolvent."