safe to assume that the national flag would still have been left floating over Fort Sumter.
Thirteen banks of the city of New York contributed nearly half a million of dollars for the defence of the Government.
Added to the previous subscription of $250,000 by the Broadway Bank, these contributions amount, thus far, to $715,000, divided as follows:--
Bank of Commerce, by J. A. Stevens, President,$100,000
New York Exchange Bank, by S. Van Duzer, President,10,000
Mechanics' Bank, by S. Knapp, President,25,000
National Bank, by James Gallatin, President,25,000
Merchants' Bank, by A. E. Silliman, President,25,000
Manhattan Bank, by J. M. Morrison, President,25,000
Bank of the Republic, by R. H. Lowry, Cashier,60,000
Phoenix Bank, by M. P. Bryson, Cashier,25,000
Bank of New York, by A. P. Halsey, President,50,000
Bank of North America, by J. Seymour, President,20,000
Bank of America, by J. Punnett, President,50,000
Bank of the State of New York, by R. Withers, President,2