, 1873-11-07
NATIONAL FINANCES,
Special Dispatch to The Chicago Tribune.

4H4EHNAA REVENUE RECEIPTS.
WAsulSoToS, Nov. G.--1ntcr,lal revenue re-
ceipts are now ranging at about quarter of a
million dollars per day,-a little mora than half
what they ought to bo at this tinlo in the year.
cusTo1lu RECEIPTS
hnvo also fnllen of, but not to as great IN ex-
tent ne those from internal sources.
THE COIN BALANCE
in TUG Treasury ut tho close Of business to-day
was 81. .20U, ,001 less tnn p,, tho let inst, whom
it amounted to ss,3oo,oE.
r11E Cul!nESc? DALLAycE.
On tho 1Bt there WaB 4 currency bnlance of
s. ,ooo,Sl2; to-day there was little over 32,-
100000 currency ia the Treasury. There still re-
mains outstanding nearly s5.o0o,oo0 Of the So
called legal. tender reserve.
Outstanding legal tenders, $3.50, ,978,GT1.
THE PROPOSED 1SrEncoSvEKT1BLE BOND.
uHsAinaon {for. p Dispatch to The i;ostou Globc.
The financial proposition which attracts tlo
most attention is that OF the intorconyortii|o
IL also associated with FREQ banhing aud the
Postmaster-Gcnoral'sp postal savings bnnk plan.
These arc not necessarily connected, though o
number Of Scnatois and Representatives. hayc
sition. Attention las bcon called in these diB-
patches to tho fact that tho President tavors tho
issuance Of such bond It il now understood,
on good authority, TINT the Cabiuot arc practi-
cnlly q unit Oh tue thrco pointu namcd. AIr.
Richardson cortain1y 1favors tho, two
gucsco in tho third. Of tho prominent
Treasury officials, AHsistant-Socretary Sawyer,
Treasurer Spinner, and Alr. Cox, Comptroller Of
tue Currency, nre prominent in support Of tho
will come from the National banking interests,
which Hco plainly that their deposits arc likoly
to DO lnrgoly decreased by Tho facilities tho inter-
convertible feature will afford for temporary in-
yest,lnonts, etc: A careful reviow of the Houso
Banking aud Currency nud tho Senate Finance
Committees III tho last Congress-, most of whose
mctnbcrs aro re-otectcd intlicatos quito clearly
majority in favor Of tho pia1. TLo idea was
iirnt hroachcd BY tho Hon. john Lynch, Of
for retiring grconbacks BY IN exchange for
notes, to DO payable in gold after certain date,
the dates to be divided into series, as business
house wonld give out its paper: But
ifr ;mto aftor~afa asro,ss took i up aud brought
tho sailo limo the payment OF tho 5-2os. princ-
pal aud interest, in lcga-tondcrB. During tho
discussions then ant Since. The status Of most Of
tho men best known in financial legislation has
f" oeo9 %o, aea ~ TO- sh snoect or the Sen
Mohsrs. sherman, Scott, Ferry Of Michigan, and
Amca arc certainly for sonlc kind Of I'M ntorcon.
Yerttble bond. Mr Bayara Is generally counted OIL
tue same sido. It il known TINT Senator Summer
most likely to support it. AIcasrs. Morton, Lo-
Ssprague, Buckingham, Ferry, Ran,sooy, Wiutlom
1a,';!,', stoW;ars, ALLISON, satgont FgoIi,ghuayen,
Conhling, l1amlin,, Cragin, md 1lorrill. Of
Maine. aro all sot down ns favorable. Gov
Fcnton is regarded in tho Same light. The
Younger men, from tho South and Wost, aro
all iilely to favor my plan which will give cur
roncy OF which their SECTIONS can avail thon,-
svlyos According to this analysis, the propo-
stlon for such bond !.as already majority in
tho sonnto. IL the House, of mombore re-
elected, bosidcs Mossra. Hooper, Norman,
Alnnro, and Fatwol1, Republicans, with 0loHars.
Coz aud Randall, Democrats, a minority Of tho
OLD Committee Oh Banking and Currency aro
eonntod on, There IRE McssrB. Kelley, Butler,
freeman; clarke. Whcelor, II. Boardlnan, Smith,
neil, MeCrary, bnrc!lnrd. Williams, Of l'ltliana,
Ortiz, Myers, of Pennsylvania, Platt, Of Vir-
g!I'u, Bu!tinton. Parker, and many othors, who
tro regarded as favorable or committed to tho
policy OF low ratio intolconyortible bonds and
itoo bal']iitg. Tho Southern and Western monl-
bcrs arc nearly all counted ou That sido. Should
T. T. 30 made, M nll appearances indicate, ono Of,
II not the most prominent mouBuro of tho Adj
mlnlslyation. it is regarded aB Iikoly 10 bo suc-
ccssIul,
THE SPRACUES.