The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1868-02-14


SHALL after s-ncc,pg such cofhcats and permit
NIT u " the assessor Of the district In which II was
s.acd The Commissioner Of Internal Rsysnus repre-.
and abuse exists In regard TO this matter only
small portion Of the permits heretofore issued having
been issued second TINA He therefore represents
collectors OF customs be required after canceling these
which the 1' Custom Hsuss Is located, to be
BY such assessor returned TO the assessor OF
the district IN which they were issued approving InIs
Gated be pursued In all by collectors Of customs a.
ports from which cotton is exported Each such col
thorough examination into the manner in which the
duty Of cancsng and returning permits been here
the result to the department. The utmost care will IN
future be observed 70 insure the cancellation OF these
permits before their delivery TO the assessor.
The Mutricai System Of Weights, Measures
and Coins.
Tho petition Of the American Statistical Association,
recently presented in both houses Of Congress- respect
fully asks attention 10 the following nine propositions
and requests that the principles involved in them may
DO incorporated in any that may be adopted In re-
spect 10 the metrca system Of weights measures and
coins
Frst-That the American Statistical Association ear.
nesty avors the speedy practical adoption by the peo
pie OF the United States OF the meIrcal system Of
weights and measures the system OF which the meter
LENGTH OF capacity and Of weight and the Of which,
by act OF the last he thirty ninth Congress- has been
rendered permissible In the United States in tho making
OF contracts and has been by the require
ments of several branches Of industry.
Second-That coinage should haye simple relations
as to weight with the unit OF weight OF the metrical
system-the gramme
Tard-Yhat the standard as to lneness OF our coin
age. whether Of gold of silver, should continue as
now, nnetenths Of fine metal to one.tenh OF alloy.
Eonh-That in the opinion of this ASSOCIATION no
widely extended and permanent uniformity as 10 coinage
be secured through the adoption by our government
Of any system which is in conflict with the principles
! Ffns-That the weight In grammes and the fneness
OF tho coins hereafter TO be used should be legiby
stamped thereon prior to ISSUE
| Sirh- That the changes required for converting
existing coinage into etrcal coinage slight
that the reconage Of the existing coins Of tho United
| States would DO unnecessary; that the difference
between the existing coinage and that pro-
posed especially regards gold coins Of less denomi.
the deviation now allowed to the Mint, which Is
fourth Of grain for the gold dollar and tho quarter
eagle and one half Of grain for the half eagle. the
| eagle and the double eagle.
SepenA-That pursuance OF the foregoing, the gold
dollar should contain and one-haf grammes OF fine
gold or It's equivalent one and two.thirds grammes Of
standard gold (nine-tenths finch and that other gold
Eighth-That the silver half dollar and the smaller
silver coins hereafter to be issued should contain OF ne
silver at the rate OF twenty two and one-ha grammes
to the dollar or It's equivalent twenty-five grammes OF
silver lpnc-tenths lne) 10 the dollar.
| Ninth-That the gold coinage, as above described,
should be made legal tender In pay ment OF sums OF all
/ amounts and that the silver coinage should be snb
sdiary and admitted legal tender to an amount not
/
Note Proposition Seoeath-rhe weight of the exist
ing gold dollar when Is slightly (ouy about three
| tenhs OF one per cent? In excess OF the proposed
metrcal dollar containing OF fine gold l. sos grammes
gramme contains / 5458 grains Troy, nearly or OF
standard gold inne-tenths fne l. 672 grammes an ex-
cess OF about Ave one thousandhs Of gramme, eight
one.hundredths OF grain, about one third OF deviation
| allowed to the unit.
Note Proposition Eighth--The existing legal tender
silver five franc piece OF France contains twenty live
grammes OF standard silver ninetentns ine or twen
tytwo and oneEalf grammes of fine silver the same
herein proposed Our existing fractional and subsidiary
silver coins are somewhat smaller than the above, about
onehalt Of one cent containing Of standard metal
ut the rate or "a 50 grammes to The dollar instead of
twenty-five grammes the difference being nconsider
4 able.
Note Proposition Ninh.-It will be observed that
the proposed silver coinage has precisely fifteen
times the weight Q: the proposed gold coinage Of the
same denomination. The market equivalent Is
and for tho past sixty years has constantly been
greater than this the value Of gold relatively 10 silver
having averaged for tho past fourteen years about fifteen
and three times that Of silver. Hence by the
above proportions silver isovervalued according to
the experience OF all commercial nations IL should be.
But 10 prevent the silver from driving the gold from
circulation II is necessary as proposed, that the silver
should DO legal tender only payment OF sums OF small
amount The limit in the United States IL IS, in
| England 40s. tabout $l0).
| The Quarantine Mt Malaga Reduced.
Our Consul at Malaga wri,es that by q decree dated
the 1Ath Of January last quarantine vessels IRON
Boston, New York. Philadelphia Baltimore and Charles
ton las been reduced from ten TO throo days. This
three days observation may DO performed at Cadiz,
/ Carthsgena and Barcelona
United States Supreme Court.
| The following disposed Of In the United
States Supreme Court to-day
No. IO2- United States, plaintiff vs. Cook
No. s4-lEtna Insurance Company, plaintiff In error,
No. se-wiamson, plaintiff in error, vs. suydam
The above argued