The New era. [volume] ([Portsmouth, Va.]) 1845-1847, 1846-10-29
Your obedient servant.
ISAAC e. MORSE.
WASHINGTON CORRESPONDENTS,

W~AsHINGToN, Oct. 81, 1916.
me Treasury Note issue-The futile attempt
Of Brokers and Wings TO discredt hem-
Gfeat call for our Rail Road-Remooal of
Com. Decdfur's remains TO philadelphia. &c.
Mr.. Secretary Walker'snew issue ofsS ,000, 900
IN Treasury Notes bearing five and two. ffihs per
cent. interest, will be eagerly sought after by
private capitalists, and even by those whie money
changers at the North who endeavoreG so unsuc-
ccsstuliy to shave him to the skin. Doubtless
an attempt VIII be made tn discredit them but il,
must prove uOavailing. They will be regarded
in the light of +" specie bearing intersst"-,be
Inscriptions efforts Of the Wall street brokers' to
neat them down, backed by the howl of the wing
PRESS to the contrary Notwithstanding. Five
hundred thousand dollars of this issue are now
being prepared for transmission to New Orleans
Although $1,000 is The minimum at which il is
proposed 10 issue these Notes for deppsites in
SPECIE yet have no doubt persons having three
or tour hundred dollars, and wishing to inves, in
these funds, could do so at your Station by max
Ing a dePosite with the Purser, or with the Col
lector of the Port.
There is another class of Treasury Notes
bearing no interest, about which a word of advic.
may be gwen. If there are any holders Of them
IN your neighborhood caution them aaainst nar,ino
with these notes at an iota below their mar yalue +.
and especially ought they TO keep them ont Of the
hands OF the brokers, who sre INSCRIPTIONS in their
Tricks and misrepresentation to beat them down
81 that they can buy them at a discount of one or
two per cent. on the dollar. Every man must
see, at a moments reflection, that a Treasury
Note. Guaranteed nv tho I1nitaI C,a, 49,
deemable IN gold, silver, or drafts, il far nrefer.
aoie and safer than the mere 4" promise TO pay
ot any bank in the country. 1t is a matter Of as
constituent that The Z" shavers" can find dunes
enough among sensible people to sell them these
Notes. at any discount whatever. understand
that within the past week a New York broker
has presented at the Treasury Department Sl25,.
OF these Notes, and received therefor the
cash in "slIver wheels" and :" yellow Jackets"
Shavers. ~sharpers. brokers, or any body else, who
will unpatrioiically beat down and destroy the
credit ct their Government, would, if it were pos.
sIble, hammer our Nation into a lump of gold. and
speculate on it.
Why don'tyOu put your Portsmouth Rail Road
into full operation2 1t cannot but proys . sue
cessful and highly profitable concern TO tho Town.
or to any Company that will undertake it,
Scarcely a day passes that do not hear travel
lers regretting the stoppage Of the Road, and
complaining of the tifesome and monotonous car
travelling on The other route. There are ,hou.
sands compelled to 20 by the way of PETERSBURG.
who greatly prefer your Road and a delightful
trip on the Bay. Portsmouth enjoys ADVANTAGES
Of climate, loca ton, Sc, that ought 10 make if
with a small sPrinkling of energy and ENTERPRISE.
decidedly The most thriving and prosperous town
in The Old Dominion.
The remains Of Com. STEPHEN Dgc.rup
which have been lying for upwards Of twenty
years in The family vault Of Col. Bomford. al bis
place called Kalorama, about a mile from the CITY
left here this morning in charge of a Marine
Guard, by the IL O'Clock train Of cars, on its w,v
TO his native city. 1t was the dying reonest n
this distinguished Naval Captain tina, his 6,aI
resting place might be in ST. Peters cbn,cb.
yard, Philadelphia. The volunteers Of tba, c;,v
have made preparations for a splendid military
display. The ceremony Of re-iptermept is IN
take place on Thursday The 29lh inst.
Vice President Dallas is in town today
We are still in The enjoyment Of the mos, deli
cious weather. Yours, truly.