Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1858-12-31

A PROPOSED GOVERNMENT PAPER CURRENCY.-Itis
announced that the Director of the United States Mint
proposes to establish new paper currency based
the deposits in that institution He has prepared bill
for this purpose which he intends to lay before Con-
gress. It authorizes the Mint to issue certificates
the deposit of gold bullion and of similar certificates by
the Mint and all the SubTreasurers, deposits Of
gold coin. These certificates to be redeemed only
at the offices that issued them the theory of the process
being that the gold deposited will always be kept
hand to meet the certificates when presented for pay
ment The director claims that it will greatly increase
the security of specie0Wners that afforded by the
banks that it will check the practice of boarding that
the certificates will become currency much the
gold itself that huge pile of coin thus stored away
will great balance wheel to prevent the loss
by wear clipping sweating; that the retaining of
government bullion fund at the Mint would no longer
be necessary that, being based deposits no over
issue of certificates could be made and that like bank
notes. they should be made payable to bearer on demand
and circulate as exactly as they do Senator Gwin is
quite interested in the enactment of such law. But it
seems almost identical with the Bullion Bank projected
in New York. with the single exception that depostors
pay nothing for the safekeeping of their coin.
ATLANTIC TELEGRAPH.-The Philadelphia Argus, of
Friday evening, publishes what purpors to be tee-
graphic message, dated Boston, Dec. l6, which says
ave learn that the most conclusive evidence exists
that the whole representation made in the papers of this
country, and simultaneously in the London papers, on
the 18th of August last representing the transmission of
the alleged first message of the directors giving Glory
to God &c. and of the Queens message to the Presi-
dent of the United States, false and fraud upon
the public of the two countries and that other no less
fraudulent representations of the working of the cable
are susceptible of the proof and exposure
One of the curious facts recently revealed by the pub
LEGATION of cusomhouse tables is that there was impor-
ted into this country last year three hundred thousand
pounds of opium Of this amount it is estimated from
reliable data, that not than onetenth is used for
me dicinal purposes. The habit of eating opium is
known to be spreading rapidly among lawyers DOCTORS
clergymen and literary men and enormous quantities
are used by the manufacturers of those poisonous liquids
which dealt out in drinks in the saloons and grog-
geres that inest every city and village in the country
POSTAGE TO SPA1N.-The United States postage only
required to be prepaid in this country letters for
SPAIN including Majorca, Minorca and the Canary Is
lands, forwarded the British mail via England The
u s. postage to be prepaid is cents for a letter of
half under when sent by British steamers
If by q. S. steamers IL cents
New York is certainly great city They have now
dog boarding house" and one is a0veriised at the
corner of Broadway and Fortyfth street. The keep
will board dogs at 81 per week. and train for 81 So
Then they have sporting depot where the proprietor
employs men expressly to catch rats for the ring and
dogs Not less than three thousand have been obtained
from the Astor three thousand from the ST. Nicholas
J &C., &c.