New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1862-07-28

bers and attendants having gone to the couotry 10
escape the hot weather. Following DIR. Cbapin is
the Rev. Joel Parker, ID. d., who sailed for Eu'
rope on Saturday. On the day previous he was the
recipient of complimentary breakfast from bis
fr;ends and admirers, at the Fifth Avenue Hotel.
SMALL CHASGE.-From the time that Abraham
returned from Egypt, every rich in CATTLE in silver,
and in gold," down to the present day, the use OF
money has been constant source OF annoyance,
and the lack of it very serious Inconvenience. Be.
fore the art of coming had been suggested, the
clisel the hammer, and the balance, had to be
brought into frequent requsition. The Lydians
were the first TO strike money, and they did 30 eight
hundred years before the birth OF Christ. Ia the
four century afterward, coins were circulated In
all PARTS Of the civilized world. In Asia Minor, a
mixture Of gold aud silver, called eectrum, was en-
ployod for coming purposes. Lycursus banished the
precious metals from Sparta, and caused the money
TO be made Of iron Copper was frequently used by
the Romans Charles IL used tin. CONS OF pati-
nun .re struck in Russia. Except the silver forms
of Hanover, aud the gold sequins Of Tuscany, it is
difficult TO iiud unaoyed metal in the coined money
of the present time.
tLc Pih',i't vi VIC "iihe 10 ."
initiate the color Of the gold cointge by using an al
10y OF about 9-l0 copper ana lilo silver; that 49, IN
900 ounces OF standard gold, there are 300
ounces of pure gold, 10 ounces OF silver and ~
OUNCES Of copper. BY tie term standard, we mean
the coutition Of ne and weight to which they are
required by law 10 conform. The gold III this conn-
try mus, be made of metal consisting Of oOO.lOJO
pune gold anG 100000 alloy i'll other words, they
must bs 9lO fine.
So much for the past, now for the present. We
: are il the midst OF u temporary panic. few days
ago money wan abundant, and There was plenty oil
change Tor all practical use.i now the brokers and
bankers and money monopolists generally, are de-
mandug premium of 10 OF IL yer cent for silver,
and l. or more per cent for gold. Tie scarcity OF
change interieres dsastrously with AMY branches
nf business and il u constant of ern5arTass-
rnent TO all, save the gold bugs who thrive or the
downfall of Others.
II has been the constant practice Of the Ferry Com
panes, and the city RAILROAD Companies, 10 take IN
ns much coin as they could put their hands on, and
pny out us little ar possible. They never give pre-
minm 10 the passenger for bis silver and gold, but
they Usually demand al eAorb.iant discount Tor CON
whtn they give it ia exchange for current notes.
Respectable IuCn and women have been insuted ana
driven from tue by conductors, beense they re-
monsraed agains, tits unjust and arbitrary demand
I and multiiudes have been denei q passage across
the river on the same ground.
Tie specie CLEANED day after day, at the rate OF
$50 900 per day, by tie omnibus COMPANIES, the city
railroad companies, the ferry companies, and SIM
lar corporarions bas been sold to tue brokers, aud
I they have " sated j, down" while they prayed for
a panic Eagle-oyed SPECTATORS have foreseen the
, event which cast its shadow upon change 1T the
commencement of the war; and they made them
seves friends 10 the msmmon of unngbtsonSnesa
being wiscr than The children Of light on all matters
pertaining TO finance. The upshot Of the matter H.
we are In ,he midst Of y smalchange pailie-not
for the lack Of money, but because there Is de-
fciency of change iii circulation. The coin Is IN
hears in bank vaults in brokers chests, In speeu-
laors safes, waiting for higher, and higher STILL
and still higher premiums. Ii has not been melted,
has not been exported it has no. been psd out 10
redeem bank notes.
All sorts Of persons, in all kinds Of trade, have
, awaited themselves Of the excuse afforded by this
crsi. 10 issue sbnasers Not lees than 20 varieties
q these illegal notes have been in crcu-
larion, ard they are or were multiplying like the
our bedrooms and in our bread-tronghs. Bakers,
bufbers grocers, cigar dealers liquor vendors, have
turned bankers, and issued their promises TO pay
with a. much assurapce 40 though they were dis
, tinct governments with miats of their own 10 an
swer for their rotes that fall thick SHOW flakes.
= Tho issuing Of postage-stamps has been great
source Of relief. TIE city railroad COMPANIES or
dered their conductors not u accept them in pay.
men, for fare, but theee men have generally diso-
beyed these orders and saved their employers from,
storms Of ansthemss. Sbinplas,cfs are no longer
current the tickets printed by car companies 50
much dead matter, ami the Spectators who bad
noards1i vast sums Of silver and gold tremble in
their shoes, because the first Of August gives legal
currency 10 the public that will soon bring them
A to terms.
Tx NEW STAMP CuRREscr.-A semi-oficial
commune alton Just received here from Gen. Spinner
Of the United States Treasury Department sets forth
that the design for the stamps has not yet been
determined upon, and that several weeks must
elapse before the stamps will be Issued. In the
mean time, after tue LIST Of August PostOfIi
stamps as OF present used by the Department will
Giro ulse, but care must be used, or hey eM not be
recognised By The Posi-OEce Department JAey are
deJaeed in any ray. Attaching them to paper il
considered by the Post Office Department as cancel
ing the stamp. The Of envelopes is good, except
that in the pocket the stamps may become heated
as TO adhere to each other and thus ytiate their use
for postal purposes" On Saturday, quite panic
was produced Throughout, the city by tho refusal Of
grocers and marketmen to accept postage stamps.