The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1862-01-18
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ArURDAY MORNIN0.....JAN. 10. isss.
loUg OWN CORRESPONDENT


(OCR OWN CORRESPONDENT .
NonroIs, Jan.ls
"Do you call this money!
Leaning over the cou uter, puxxied volun.
.e.r w.sen dea~oring to reckon DIP the change
tsst pad out by the sieek-ha1red clark BE.
sore him Law quantity Of mutilatsd hills.
ragged and dirty pieces Of paper, bits OF card.
hoard. printed checks. = few copper pennies.
milk tickets. postage stamps. and other inter.
estinx specimens OF the present outrageous
| d" coin Of the realm" Over aud over again
the puzzled volunteer esssyed TO count the
riie Of viilainous currency, and over and
over again he failed to ind il satisfactory -
1t was too much for his rustic arithmetic: the
problem was too difficult to solve npcn only
ten fingers. The bystauders laughed. The
money was spread ont upon show. case as
young ladies' lay cards upon table In telling
seerchiugiy examining every piece. :. u
you call this money ?" ne asked, taking upX
snail. yellow parallelogram looking very
like the brass ezra on the top Of sardine
sD advertisement OF fine Havana cigars -
And this "a bill for Is cents, in which
some weak minded printer had gone raving
mad in different kinds OF type. =. oood for
II
DO yt u call this money - The sleek b aired
CLERK was puzzled also. "It'H pass all over
town; indeed il will, ell" !" Once more the
| soldier scruti ,zsd the ragged and incongruous
p:ls, and grasping itiu one hand, oliloq ujzed:
| $50. this is money-money ha call it
| stuff Why. man might hoic bis hand full.
and then have but thirty seven and a half
| cents money !"
| A few Gays ago spoke OF the currency in
| the days OF rs" Allow me to recapitulate
| little for the purpose Of gong more into
| detsii To carry on the revolution colonial
| bills Of credit were issued to the amount OF
| two hundred millions Of dollars. For six
| years this Was aim ost the circula ating Nd edium
| OF the couatty and was exclusively used 10 do
] mestic trade. After time owing to the pres.
/ enceof The French army and trade wi tn Span
ish emugglers, specie b came plentiful and
| the Colonial notes grew valueiess and went
oct of eircu ia,ion Hundreds OF private in
England, issued notes upon their own respon.
| sib,li ), AMI these, too, be CAME wort h'ess. No
one thought of redeeming them The wh ole
history ofthis Continental PIPER money is q
with Boston spectators, who periodically
| shonte. "down with she King" and cla-
| mored loudly for revoIu ioa and war. AS
soon as eaoe was declared the paper issues
! entirely ceased TO circulate the specie was
| cent on TO pay tor fIreign goods. aud. the i'm
portation being large, the country was
soon drained OF its gold and silver
Once more thu people began TO cry out for
want of charge, aud many of the States h I'd
| r. course again TO the same Wretched ~xs edi.
| ent 10 supply themselves with money. This,
after short time, Impoverished the mer.
| chant, nnj embarrassed the plan Ter BY driv.
ing ali the specie beyond his reach. shin.
| plaster would rot be noticed when com
'ouid be had, and every. possible plan was
res ,rted to 70 k@ep IL IN circu uatiOn. The State
of Virginia tolerated u base practice Of allow.
ing people to cut dollars and smaller pieces
| OF silver for The purpose OF making cha, ge
| without recourse to paper note of small de.
1 n tons (11CrRia f0llnUpd
| lat ton soon became the rage. A piece OF sill
| ver was cut into Eve parts, each part passing
| for quarter. the owner making one bv the
| operation. When there was no silver To
! speculate on, everybody went to making pa.
per money sgain, until the country was com.
| p.etely flooded with vile shinpla stels. The
consequence wss that when foreign trade was
| stabllshed, the States found themselves In
| an indescriDablA PROSTATE condition. Half
| the people were utterly ruined; only the
/ ban kers makiag money. -.
| The same necessity fOr change exists now
that existed eighty years ego; there is the
| same mama for snecaa tion, which IL rot
Checked oy timely legislation, will be attend.
ed by tae same results. Hundreds OF corpor.
st'ons anu even individuals, regardless of the
law. are engaged in the pernicious Business
| OF issuing private money, not TOR public con.
venience, but that profit may accrue Bank
ing has become rage The no ies Of '.Dick,
| the barber" circulate the same and lie ia the
same portmonn ale beside those OF "(3uuny
h ,es, the ship chandler Norfolk is dis.
gnstingly ful' OF these personal shin plasters.
Men advertise their wares on a bit OF paper
sign tneir names 10 it. and out it goes as good
rs illegal tender" We have boat money
bridge money. river money, road money, stor,
''Eood for one copy of the daily Dispatck. ;
''goOd for one cigar good for this thar
aud the other thing, of q market value eu "a
the Iessamped upon the note. All peo
pie enquire about is the signature. A prin ted
| piece OF paper with a name in the corner II
sood-and Ieslly believe one could pass tk,
label from a bottle OF olive oil Stranger
| coming here are apt 10 look with SUSPECT u
| upon some Of the issues that pass perfectl,
| Well, aud ofrentimes ask, like the puzzled
Eyolunteer mentioned above, "dO you cal
this money!" a weeks residence, however
| cures them OF all scrupulons feeling
The lse OF postage stamps is getting some.
what out OF fashion, as they wear ont will
little handling. A short ii rue ago the news
cussomed To give as chsngs stamps IRON
| which the gluten bad departed, and dirty
that no one could tell whether the figure w Il
intended for Jetf Davis or the eae L. bird -
| Ii was ont OF the question to use them or q
| letter uEl less they were pinned on as the back
| WcCdsman at,ache his ste m y fe " years M
When the new three. cent q. S. stamps were
first Iut ia circulation, letter wss dropped
into ole OF Our post offices that ut the tim.
attracted attention. Il appeared to have
been written with the greatest care; the en-
velope was nicely ruled, that the addres.
might be perfectly straight; it was sealed K
picety, and directed in q cramped but care
full hand TO q Miss in the country. Only OF,
thlng remained-a stampi The writer W.T.,
evidehtly tyro in the art Of payiug rostsEe
and his nice, white en- velore tt-sted the + tct
The stamp appeared to have been soa ked, anC
the letter licked from one side to the ether. -
In vain endeayOrs 10 make il stick the stamI
had been pressed here and there, leaving il
each place a spot OF dirt and gluten. Tn,
. ! trial seemed to have been a severe cne. Blu
! At last the tyrO conquered, and running pil
through the letter. stamp and all, wrote an
derneith. seemingly in fl OF desperation
"Paid, il the id thing sticks.''
Moral Beware how You uss r. o. stamps
for chenge. Il
rapidly noode with inplasters and worth
! less personal notes. How the pernicious eyi
can be stopped leave wiser heads to deter
mine. ] have spoken OF the matter as it ex
ists-tn a spirit OF ievity, may be-but never
| thel ess have called attsn tiOn to some pa teu
| trnthe. But. joking aside, this is a matte
that calls, at least. for an examination, no
so much on account Of its being q presec
, | outrage as on account OF he evils 1t entail
upon the future. %s
About the burnside hset. Like "his illus
trious predecess 'rs." (intended for sarkasrn
as Artern as Word says Burnside went 70 Sc,
> In storm, after allowing six weeks of lovel,
weather to @scspe him. Soon after the expe
{ dition sailed u huge wind arose, and from
that time to this old Bore.s has kept out hi
scouts In the shape Of storm clouds, which
| ecud fapid y across the "a. The ocean ha
been rough and turbu'ent. It must hav
l bAen amusing 10 have seen the condition o
these transports yesterday AID day befOl
and to have seen eight or ten shousand sol
diers paying their devoirsto Hattaras as ID,
sh grounded the CAGE. Old seamen cay th,
| storm was very severe on inside, 4, d Va hAvi
> | be-n piously hoping that every vessel maj
: 70 20 the bottom before 1t IL over. Jfshe ex
pedition escapes the Scyiia Of the sea, II hal
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