Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1862-07-25

'',o'' "'1ep't.oie 10 the public, They will b.
OF equal value everywhere. and will cxtn-
guiSi those promises 10 pay in becfsteaks,
lager oier' AMI peanuts, v llich arc already
al ihtn!erablc nulsaicc. They will do more
than this, however. They will cause small
charge To disappear, and in 4 short time &
copper cent VIII kc Is rare as al honest con-
tractor.
New stamp; ST2 10 10 :a;---r.c6, p-i.1ci O.:
thicker paper as:d s'itnoGs gulc, 90 as to rer-
der thc;n r':7re convenient. The will bc
rcceiTed In payment Of all government dues,
ard be exchanged in quantities. representing
s. Tor Treasury notes of the same denonina-
ton. Corporations and pirate individuals are
R pro freq: issain; shinplaste7s under
Tie lev ii-orh Tmes arEuaz as follow
: -Ih,; lar Will effect two good PURPOSES
Il wiil relieve the pubic Of The nuisance OF ::
Scarcity of specie change, which has well nigh
tacome mt"irrahle and it Will he the mems
III FURNISHING: 4 loan, OF no tring sum, 10 tht.
Government. 0fthr thousand.and-0 ne modes
proposed Tor believing iic rmall-chanse
scarcity this ): th" simpIrs'. J'lstcsi, most
universally applicable and most Satisfactory.
We stated the other day, as The Main ohjec-
ton 10 the use CT our present style of pos
tage stamps as general crrreac:;-. That they
stuck to the fingers and the portemcnn;", and
qulci:l::' got tora, dirty, wasted and TN
current. But the st:'le OF Stamps to be issued
for currcnc:' purposes, ;:.:dcr the nev- iaw;,
will obv;ate iE"Se objections. rs tnc:- viii BE-
printed Oh Stout, iEic!; paper, ard T-;il haze
no gun Gil tsir backs.
The anno yances suffered IN Ih,- .,i7-, nr..i
throughout 5ii2 country, during The I1s tTo
Or three we"k7, on account Of the scarc;t; ii
specie, kayc Been unspcakahie ana N Eauy
line, ui busineS',thr loss Of custom and pro-
bit have been heavy. The frl.at. shnplAs-
ter system has been carried to IN insurrabie
extrnt-nOt to spcai, OF It's i!lr&aily--s an.
none Of the other rcmeie. we're found 70
work cominitani, Already the public have
adopted the po>:a e-s.amp currency IL rood
extent in sinai! ,lalIy transactions
We shall now have ia further scarcity of
small currency, and nolnorc private shinpss-
tiers. Silver sill bc-YerY likely to re-apprar
in considerable quantincs-ior there i ae
much Of i in tic country & there ever ~
and the heaV. premium nron 1t VIII ia.i
| and the only parties that will safer will tr
the lnoney-chanC"rf and Spectator, =. no
haze been making good thing Out ii the
suiicrngs and annovance- Of others.
The Nv for. World (repubiram strong
Il crndEm, the act authorizing the issue Of
th!7 currency, and sly
Mr.. Chase has thus thc c:cciusiTc honor OF
being the lrst tinsncal agent Of anT- govern
ment that ever Tcnttr9d 10 i5sue legal ;:nler
none 0i thl denomination Il che sent. =
This bill is. the final crowning aat Of INSANITY
that cGnsummatcs this iniIuitcu= paper
non1T- system OF sir Chase.
Too mitch paper money has caused gold TO
! otI"incc 10 nincirrn per cent. prernulnl, or
Tet5 icfEi t 5l3H 'iG sii'r
Nr. Chase's remedy for this is Ike unto thst
Of RchoDo9rl for the evils Of the children CT
Isracl-Ec curcs them b. incrcasing them; he
decreases our paper money by aiding about
| ;4I,VDt',vV0 10 =t9.plQt.n."y il tbs prGf">rd
supply nj postage stamp
Gold is at nineteen per cent. preTIliiiEi from
] the nse OF about s10,00U,000 legal tender notes.
| What, then, will be its price when the poll
tIcsns and spectators paper scheme is car
RED out 10 its full result Any on can max.
the calculation.
| The injury Ia commerce from tins art i: IN
calcuahle The discount Of - per cent 81
every daily and hourly transaction. The
|
centaCe of l9 per cent On all they buy from
W.. ana we lose it. The paper system al Mr..
Chase is sapping the vilsis oi the people, and
must end III national bankruptcy and ruin,
unless Mr.. Chase Is stopped very Aonn IN his
hcadong career 10 Destruction. The poor
will become poorer, AMI the rich richer, OWING
10 Mr.. Glasses paper system, AMI the interests
Of the millions ana labornr classes vii! be
| sacrificed t. those Of lEc :!cE and favored
| few.
The Warrington corTo7sc"ie7s oi'l:a ''S;;un =
write
As pG-taS5 stamps aT3 soon l., lie currency
and LEGAL tenders. ii l. important that the
puhlic should know particularly about them.
The one cent stamp is Lluc aid has the Wig
netlc Of franklin. The three cent stamp (thc
orc commonly uscd is red or pink, nith the
portrait Of Washington. The five cent is
chocolate color, Nth head of Jefferson. The
ten cent is green: -7itn the portrait Of Wash
inston The twelve cent IS black with the
portrait Of washington. The twenty four
cent IS liia.2, With the head II < Warrington
The thirty cent valloT-, with the y,Enetr= 81
Franklin The ninety cent IS bile, vitk lie
portrait oil Washington as appearing when a
young general
The stamps na-977- III ,;sc - 1Ea Tostoiiicc
Department are distinguished from the old
ones mot now reccivabl;) By the fact that TIC
figUrc: ,lcnotinJ the denominations are in the
upper corners.
The postmaster at Philadelphia ,yrita.; to-
da5- 10 the fostoi1ice Department, saying that
there is great rush for stamps, and ordering
Ia large supply The 'lcpar'neniehaS III ';'rt'i'
| lation an average amount 81 hall million
dollars OF stamps. but it can Eet al million
stamps day, and this amount III dollar:
would he iowa rds hundred thousand. Tho
paper to b. used for the stamps for cUrrency
Lis 70 be thick and without gluten.
1KE!T DEMAND soE CENTS. sIf!E II TH6 5Iii'I
There is in Philadelphia, as e"er:- where
else great demand for small change. Tbs
"lcdccr" thus describes trc.rash for cents 81
the Mint:
Thursday being enc oi lrc days assigned
for the exchange st the Mint o. nictels fol
United States Treasury notcs, the door; weri
bcsieged with ali anxious crowd before sever
o'clock. and br twelve o'clock The hour SCI
a,art ~ commence The exchange, there were
several hundred persons present. men, women
and boys. Lines were formed Of the men ana
bows on on. side ii The building. AMI of ths
women IN the other, the inrinrr extending
half square along juniper street. Many O.
the bows were provided with small baskets tf
carry the cents in. II preserve order posse
Of the reserve police :aTr i'll attendance, Iii
their services ;"c7a not required. Though
r,,r~ &c ;ncec -~rc dc-:-cd cents stood III
line for rou.s waiting III opportunity to &c;
! into tho mint. they he'd 20 20 horne withon;
them. rs the supply on hand was exhausted
before half Of the applicants were acc"mIno.
dated We understand that two thousand
dollars worth of cents are coined daily ut the