The Daily empire. (Dayton, Ohio) 1865-1867, 1866-11-20

llIon PRIors.-Alloyer thccountry thcr
Is complaint Of the high prices that pre-
vail, not only for luSurles but for the noe.
essarlcs of life. IL sceuis almost inepdibl,
that pcaplo should be- forced 10 pay sucl
prices IA they do nowafor their fhmily sup
plies, and IL Is equally surprising how they
are able to bear up under the load.
The great cause of the high prices In th,
United States Is the enormous amount o
deprecated currency anoat. Before the
war; the currency, then equivalent Go spe-
Gle, amounted TO S30O,0OOO0O. Now the
currency, OF Which 1t costs l45 to buy lOC
In gold, amounts to more than thousand
millions. The National Bank issues are
S300,0O0,000. Tho grcenbacks amount t.
five hundred millions more; and then the
small denominations of 7-aO's which are
con stantly used as currency, swell th,
amount 10 over thousand millions.
Here we have the solution OF the qucs-
ton Of high prices Bring our currency Ia
a specie standard, and prices would come
down nc once.
II Is not alone the expanded currency
that initiates prices. speculators take nd-
vantage OF It, They procure large sums OF
money with facility, aud they not only add
the difference between gold and paper, but
q very large per centage OF profits besides
The people need not look for low prices tin
they get specie currency.
New CNrnotic CmuRcn Ar LoNDoN.-A
new Catholic Church was dedicated at Lon
don, Madison County, on sunday last, by
Archbishop Purcell, assisted by several
distinguished clergymcn. A large con
course of people were In attendance. The
church cd1co Is constructed Of brick, aud
is handsomely finished inside, being deco
rated with stained glass windows aud
archcd ceiling in stuceo finish. II viii
comfortably scatbetwcen one thousand and
twelve hundred persons. This church was
built chiefly by subscriptions collected
during the past year through the personal
cxertions of Father Conway, II populnrand
energetic young priest, who Is an honor to
his calling.
TnE ADDITIONAL BouNrY.--lt has been
decided by the Government authorities that
enlisted men who were discharged to accept
commissions rs volunteer officers, though
they may have served period of two
years OF the full three years term of SCR
vice, are excluded from participation In the
benefit OF the additional bounty under the
lawsof July %, 1860. Drafted men aud
substitutes are also excluded from the adj
diiionll bounty,
Notwithstanding the recent decision that
soldiers who have lost their discharges eau
not establish their claims to the additional
bounty inquiries continue 20 be received
at Washington, asking whether some eX-
pedicnt can not be found to make amends
for the loss OF discharge papers II should
he distinctly understood that the failure to
present the discharge with all applications
would be mere waste OF time and trouble.
eB- Captain Wm. Patton, whom every
body supposed to be dead, Is In Washington
besecchng the President for General O. G..
MaNwclls place, us Assessor Of Internal
Revenue for this District.
The above startling announcement ap-
pearcd IN the Journal this morning. tits
another specimen of lhe remarkable verac-
ity of that truthful sheet. Captain Patton
has been ut home for weeks past, quietly
attending 20 his business, has not been to
Washington ne all, and don't expect TO go
there on any such mission rs the journal
speaks of. The paragraph quoted above Is
only another striking illustration of n
somewhat anliquated saying, that 1.-THE
world is strangely given to lying"