Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1873-10-22
Our Washington Letter.

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est. The business u Reveniy i PaHiy Profes-
sional. he having several eases before The sa-
prrne Court.
The friends Of Andy arr ~prOmiscd a sp0eh
from him before be leaves.
The Report that the Commissioner Of Inter-
nal Revenue will recommend to Congress a
change q the present Internal Revenue to re
suit in increasing the force. is incorrect. The
Commissioner is well pleased with the present
workings Of the law which has saved In the past
year, two millions Of dollars.
1t Is stated, with considerable show Of conf
denoe, that the Senate COMMITTEES on Transpor-
tation have agreed to report in favor Of three
water line routes from cast TO west, q northern,
a central, and a southern route. The choice for
the northern line lies between the Erie, Niagara
and the Lake Champlain projects. The James
River and Kanawha is the fivorite central line,
and the St. Philip canal around the mouth Of the
Mississippi appears to be the route agreed upon.
The President and Secretary Of the Treasury.
both anticipate a speedy return to specie pay
menis. As this important measure requires the
action Of Congress, the President will, in his
next Message. bring the subject prominently
forward. The minis are coming four millions
per month. Large amounts are coming from
abroad while the drain upon our stock to for
eign countries has been so far avoided that cur
production Of precious metals is in excess Of
our export. There is no fear that we win net
have gold enough.
The foreign delegates Il. the Evangelical ALI
ancc, whose conference has just closed in New
York, have paid a flying visit to the Capital.
The President received them Tuesday, after
Gov. Shepherd, in a speech Of welcome, had ten
dcred them the freedom of the District. The
following eve, four leading churches Of our city
held o%vstions, at which they expressed their
views Of America, and as these representatives
of all civilized, and some scmi-barS arous, ma
tons Of the earth, are, to some extent, leaders
in their respective localities, the influence which
their agreeable visit and brief study of our VA
rious institutions Of worship, learning Sc, can
not fail to hare n favorable effect upon the fu-
ture peace and goodwill of foreign nations to-
wards the United States. Much Of the time Of
these gentlemen has been spent IN the study of
the details Of our public school system, and they
will carry away with them many corrections of
distorted views of America, hitherto held in Eu-
rope and Asia.
The work before the L.. s. Supreme Court this
term is enormous. There are over five hundred
cases on the docket, more than can be attended
to, it is estimated, in ten months.
The Commissioner Of Internal Revenue is
rather hard ON those national banks that deal
in currency or script issued by municipal or 9TH
err corporations. The several U. S. Collectors
have been directed to collect ten per cent per
month upon the amount of such currency used.
The Mark Lane Express acknowledges a
very bad harvest in Great Britain. 1t also
states that the heavy rainfall, accompanied by
wind and electricity in the northern part Of
England and in Scotland, not only intcrfered
with the gathering of the crops bur that much
wheat was left in the field exposed to the wet,
and consequently in great danger of injury
therefrom. The failure of the British crops
will necessitatc the importation of a hun
drcd million bushels of wheat or its elui,a-
Tents.
The decline in the value of silver is q pho
NJ menon of special interest. From days Of
Piny the countries of Asia have drawn from
Europe and America enormous quantities ofsil
yer. The practice of hording this metal was
brought about by the insecurity of prop
erty under native rulers. As European gov
ernmcnts, however, have given stability to
social order in conquered Asiatic countries and
have given reasonable security to individual
rights, this practice has given way and silver
becoming a drug in the West. 1t is supposed
to bring this fact into requisition in the con-
templated resumption Of specie payments. 1t
may be made to take the place of our fractional
currency. LIFE.