Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1838-10-12


money has been so great that dollar looks
as large as a cart-wheel through the pecun-
! iarv rarefacion of the atmosphere.
The Clerk who stands charged by the
Kitchen Cabinet with the supervisory care
of the local Elections, Witnessing this state
of facts, no, unuaturaly concludes that lit
lie dispensation of the +" real metallic" will
he hailed as was the mamma in the desert
AT any rate, the expedient must be " tri-
ed,' and we may add, in the language OF the
l2any Argus, " is now in praclica opera
ton"
For this purpose an instrument well
known and practsed to great extent IN
this community" called specie draft, was
issued by the Treasury Department upon
one of the banks of this city, which keeps
and uses as its own all the public moneys
here, maugre all the dec araiions Of the Post,
Argus and Globe-and was put in charge
Of four clerks of that department to be execut-
ed The Corporals Guard of the Treasury
came 10 this city safely with the specie draft
for $4,000, and presented ii TO the bank
and demanded payment in American half
dollars, or American gold The officers Of
the bank concluded to accommodate the par.
ticuar gentlemen and offered Immediately
to them the money out of the vaults. But
no difficulty arose! The gentlemen. on
referring to their written instructions, stated
TO the officers that they were directed to count
every dollar of it, The officers replied that
the silver was in boxes of 8 900 each, and
the gold in bags as marked that the Bank
had counted the money and was satisfied it
was there, and fthey had any doubts they
/ for THAR c1tIclarti0n
The officers proffered the use of room to
those SubTreasurers 10 count the money,
and ii was turned out of the vaults, into that
apartment The Sub. Treasurers opened
one of the S 900 boxes and commenced the
task and completed that box in about one
hour. and found il correct. II was now APP
parent from the time consumed in counting
one box, and the number of boxes to be
counted, thatthe business would occupy these
Sub Treasures for several days; whereas
their instructions were equally explicit and
positive to leave the city that afternoon at
five o'clock, to carry onward the precious
metals. 1t was therefore necessary 10 break
the instructions as TO the counting OF the mo-
ncy, or as to the time Of leaving the CITY,
In this dilemma, the readv.wiited cashier,
who, by the way. is not Yankee, suggest
ed a remedy, and the Bank came to The re-
lief Of the Government, as usual. The cash
Ter proposed that as the boxes were all made
alike, and OF about the same weight, and as
the Sub Treasures had counted the money
in one aud found it correct that they should
return the money into that box, and then re-
sort to the patent balances" by putting this
box into one scale, and successfully trying
the other boxes against it. and iflheir weight
the sIo6t ssssssl tina, they shggld assume
sob SUI T s. tried box afer N6at2psssa the
satisfactory result on the scales until they
came TO the last, which kicked the BEAM"
and was pronounced by the Sub Treasures
TO be 5 or dollars short. The cashier in
sisted the fraud in the box, if any there was.
lay with the Government, and not with the
Bank and that the gentlemen must count
this light one, which was then opened for the
purpose. The counting was commenced,
and the coins contained were found 10 be
the latest issues of the United States mint
The requisite sum was found in the box, and
the conclusion was irresistible that Uncle
Sam was issuing short coins, as well as r
redeemable paper" 10 compensate for the de-
6cency in his income
! w buNiIS oStu thuo SuuSCu Ou,
the Sub Treasures next proceeded to pur-
chase an iron safe, with bolts and bars, and
| with the kind aid of the officers OF the Bank,
where enabled to start with the chest for De-
troit on the afternoon of that day. The OPP
Grafton being SO very strange and curious,
gentleman enquired what the estimated ex
pense was transporting this S 5000, and
was informed that one thousand dollars had
been appropriated, but would not be suffi-
cient
Thus goes the Sub-Treasury, and thus
goes The Peoples money
Let the farmers and taxpayers look to il.
| If the bill of denominations should become a
law, there must be raised three or four mil
lions per annum by direct taxation, or by
plunderlng the merchants, and through them
the yeomanry, to pay for the transmitting
moneys, which the State Banks transferred
without one cent OF expense or loss 10 the
Government. Let the People remember
this at the polls, and vote against every man
who is in favor Of the Sub-Treasury.
Not Bad A Conservative Ia rare bird
: by the way) expressed the opinion, few
} days ago. that F. O. ] Smith would have
been assuredly elected il there hadn't been
SO many scattering votes for Fairfield and
Kent "--Very like MAINE Democrat
The Loco Focos would have succeeded in
carrying this state at the late election, if there
had not been so many Wing votes by about
sir thousand! 1t must be provoking to them,
after so much boasting, to fail of success for
want of a feW more votes. In this county too,
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