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Nhips,

,r For Providence and FaII River
S66&s The Al schooner Kate Nj. Hilton, CAPT
3fE Stone, is now loading, and having most OF her
cargo engaged and going on board will have dispatch.
For balance OF freight apply to
GEO. A. FOSDICK CO.,
mhZo-tc 80 Carondelet street.
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tFta OUACHlTA RIVER. t
REGULAR WEEKLY CAMDEN PACKET.
LEAVES LIVERY SATURDAY at p Ii.
For Camden, Vuaci,1ta City,
AESs3ta Trenton. Monroe, and all intermediate
landings on Black and Ouachi.. Rivers,
connecting with boats for all the tributaries-The ns
sidewheel steamer -
Bart Able,
M Kenison. master-G. P. Work and Owen f. Jami
son, clerks,
board, or to
sINNO1T l. ADAMS, II Commercial place.
= LORD MCPEAKE, 46 Camp street.
mh25u j. E. CARLIN, Della street
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NteOneshius.

PHILADELPHIA VIA HAVANA.
PHILADELPHIA VIA HAVANA.
SEMI-MONTHLY LINE
Carrying the United Ststes Nails.
Juntata, J. w. Catharine, Commander. 100 tons.
AGO, L. d. Barrett, Commander. 1900 tons.
To sail FRIDAY, April 9. n ga II.
A The nne Al steamship
SRlEn&S Junf1Sa,r
= y J. ". Oathaxine Oommandeg
win leaTe Aee wharf, opposite Jackaoe square, assbove
Passage % PhilsdeIphis. :. 80. -.
T1aOesh ecAets issasd to Nsw Tori. ......a..:
lfeiGht for Liverpool, Antwerp md Bremen takea
By this line. snd through bills OF ding given for sams
Fcr freight or passaGe. apply % - Dfu
= Is aSessste fr5e kDW. 4. aYoR4R, Aeoak,
{ 1ah2s-s Cor. csrondslst ard aravisr sEest~
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MARINE NEWS.

George j. Duncan lie the authorized Marine Reporter
of the New Orleans Bulletin.
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Cleared Yesterlla v.

NEW ORLEANS BULLETIN OFFICE,
Tuesday Morning, March 81.
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TENsAS AND BLACK RIVER
TENSAS AND BAYOU MACON PACKET.
Leaves on SATURDAY. March %, at IN.
r. For Floyd, Monticello Joe's
l&4Rlkk Bayou, Delhi, Warsaw, crocket's Point,
Egypt. Brahms. Osborn's, Chambers,
Calioway's, Cut Of, and all landings on Tensas and
Black Rivers-The steamer
Fleta,
L. s. Greenlee, master-Jas. l.. Robbins clerk,
will leave as above. For freight or passage apply
board or to LORD NCPEAKE,
mh24n 46 Camp street
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STEAMBOATS,.

Bismarck. Spane, from st Louis
Exporter, Williams, from Cincinnati
La Belle, Boardman, from Shreveport
Hunter, Radovich, from Lower Coast
Empire, Jeanfreau, from Lower Coast
Lizzie Hopkins. A1coin. from Thibodaux
Henry Tete, Dalferes, from Th1bodaux
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Arrived Sunday.

Steamship Mississippi, Crowell, from New York Doth
instant. to Fl Ludwigsen-2d Dist
Bark Hortense Dosautay. Clusand, Sc days from
Havre, to master-Point
Schooner Lizzie, Cripton, from Grand Caymen, to E
Pillsbury-2d Dist
TOWBOATS.
Norman Averill, from the Passes--went down light
brought up bark Hortense Dosautay and schooner
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RED RIVER. ST..
NEW ORLEANS AND. GRAND ECORE PACKET
.-. "a, COMPANY.
Leaves every SATURDAY, at p. NJ.
For Fort de Russoy, Barhtn's
leQH& DNorman's Alexandra, Mouth of Cane
River. Montgomery, Grand Ecore and Ill
way iandlngs-E 4a.. - .As
st. Mary,
j. c. Mitchell, master, g. C. Hamilton, clerk,
Particular attention paid to way and plantation bust
ness For freight or passage apply OIL board or to
NJ. w. JOYCE, il Delta street. ast
; BRITTON l. EPPLER, JOG Common st.
mh27 LORD MCPEAKE, As Camp street.
MEMPHIS.
r. .g .-T FOR MEMPHIS. 81 s :
Leaves EVERY ALTERNATE THURSDAY at 5 P. NJ
r. For Memphis, Vicksburg, Nat.
t6sss1 chez, and all plantation and bend land
- ings- f @S
Dr. Hivr r John b. Ma de,
John F. Noel, master-Alt Grissom clerk =
viii leave THURSDAY, March rs, at M.
aty hlSNOTT l. ADAMS, IL Commercial place
W. II. BOFINGER, 104 Common street.
The above boat will give through bills of ladng to
all points on Arkansas and White Rivers and the
Arkansas Central Railroad to clarendon, giving
through tickets East at reduced rates. mh26
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BY railroad.
3. MOBILE AND TEXAS RAILROAD

SHREvEPORT-Per steamer La Belle-2l7 bales Of
cotton to w Burbrdge &co--150 D Hidden &co-45
Blakemore &co-20 Walmsley &co-19 Britton Il
Moore-l2 do to Jno Phelps &co-5 G Sentell &co-3
] PAYNE &co--3 Lehman Abraham &co--3
Airey &col6O head cattle and sun5rIes 20 order
Total, 5S1 bales cotton IT l-1-- =
THIBODAUX-Per steamer Henry Tete-1O bbls of
molasses hhds sugar Bush l. Levert-20 hhds sugar
Milliken-10 bbls molasses G A Lanaux-3 do j M
Walsh-2 bales moss U Terrebonne-and sundries
to order-Total. IS hhds sugar Is bbls molasses
. daIboDAUAIPer steamer Lizzie Hopkins-16 hhds
sugar to Sewn Il Gourdain-10 do Tertrou-8 do TO
+ Beltram-3 bbls sugar . bbls molasses 70 Bush
Lev r-2 bbls rice H Flashpoler-1 do g Lanaux
30 bbls potatoes to Peasants--1O do and sundries
lasses
LOWER COAsT-Per steamer Emsire-42 bbls rice
to Roder-60 do Socola-27 Fernandez &co-9
Jas Wood-22 sacks rough rice W Homan-and sun.
dries to order
LOWER CoAsT-Per steamer Hunter-sundries
ST LoU1s-Per steamer B;smarcl-1oo s.o.s ~. ~.
Alnoruster-2pkgs hardware Branch, Crookes eco
III bdls handles A Baldwin &co-6O casks bacon II Bid
Wen &co-25 do Byrnes Bro-200 bbls pork to r
bowman chests tea Barnes Il Tabony-9 hhds To-.
oacco Beadles Wood &co-2O6 sacks oats Jno Calder
bbls faxseed bbls oil P Cusachs-4O bbls pork to
- Converse-2O0 bbls lime G Clark-2OO bbls flour
ioo Dds meal Pritchard Bckham-5 bbls pork 20
boxes eggs Is kegs butter $50 sacks oats Dol Bondio
10 sacks bran NJ Druhsn-24 boxes eggs DelBon
uio-t essk hardware Cross boxes eggs Dow
hne-l3s mead hogs w Dore-10 sacks malt Fas
nacht.54 boxes bottles II Flashpoli-2O do and 10
casks bacon Forcheimer Brus-6O do Finuev sheehan
500 Flash Dolson-8O0 bbls -four Gordon 4 Go
mliaaOO Glover Odendahl-2OO to Howard q Pres
40 70 bbls meal 684 sacks corn 100 scks mae
Hamilton &co-5s3 ssaks rye h Georee-16 tnhs
OF ocsseI aoys Micoxlso sacks corn Joh1 Giynn ir
cesks nace0 100 sacks screenings 1O11 bble DOM N
boxes egp Keller-1S tics bacon i Iahat xcc1 -
pail: ard Loche Cordes-76 head cattle q Tebie
ia COWS Aenne-2s boxes eep,s1 bbi Of
Dele .eof foshans Doll ID stoves apd nxfnrea R;ce
- Scos4 sssas con 70 sacks oats Schwsbschsr
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ST. LOUIS AND NEW ORLEANS AND MER-
CHANTS SOUTHERN PACKET LINE,
Composed OF the following
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1874-07-29

'1,IIE STEAMER MAGNET. Benjamin Baker
L Master, will leave Steamboat wharf, Augusta,
for Squirrel Island and Boothbay, Saturday after
noon at o'clock, Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday
mornings at O'Clock.
Return, leaving Boothbay and Squirrel Island
Monday and Thursday mornings at o'clock, Tues
day and Friday afternoons ut O'Clock.
Tuesdays and Fridays the Steamer Magnet
makes her round trip from Augusta, also
excursions among the beautiful islands every
"Wednesday afternoon, leaving Boothbay at
q ~ nj
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1874-07-29
1ailg Nennebet gomrnal.
THE CBIyCH.BUG IN ILLINOIS.

Your correspondent has had occasion to
visit several localities in this comfy, and
finds that the ravages of the chinch-bug
upon the growing corn are much greater
than first reported. A Mr.. Leadford,
residing four miles east of Jacksonville,
has ten acres of corn that has been totally
ruined by these pests. The entire held
looks as If it had been scalded with boil
ing hot water-the stalks being dead and
dry. and fallen to the ground. Many 9TH
er fields in the neighborhood are one
fourth and one-half destroyed with count
less million of the bugs. going for the re-
manning goods parts, and there is no cal
culating the extent of damages that will
be sustained to this cereal, as the insects
are, seemingly, just beginning to make
their appearance. In some fields. appar-
entity untouched and in fine growing con-
dition, by stripping oil the lower caves OF
the stalks, these bugs may be found in
great numbers, so it may well be supposed
that their disastrous work had just begun.
Recent advices from Brown, Pike and
other counties calculate the losses in their
localities from these same pests in about
the same manner as do farmers of this
county. 1t may be safely estimated, say
good many farmers, that at least one-haif
of the entire corn crop will be destroyed.
In many instances these bugs have been
seen migrating from stubble-fields to fields
of corn near by in great armies, so nu-
merous in places that you could not see
the ground. These insects have been
steadily increasing in numbers the past
few years. and should the increase con-
tinue in the same ratio, and no plans be
devised to abate the terrible destroyers, it
will be almost out of the question to raise
corn, oats, or even wheat in this country
in a few years. -JacksonuiUe, Ill.,, cores
pondemce 81. Louis Republican.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1874-07-29
State Of Maine.
LAND OFFICE,
Rapuor lima o tc-A


Bangor, June 8, is74.
Pursuant to the provisions of Resolve authoriz.
ing the sale of State lands and timber" approved
March 4, 1874, the undersigned, Land Agent of
Maine, will sell at public auction at the City Hall
in Bangor, on WEDNESDAY, the twenty.third day
of September next, at ten O'Clock A. NJ, the follow
ing described lands and interests in lands and tim
Der belonging to said state, viz
I. The following described lands held by the
State in Zee and Internationally, viz:
Township No. 4, X 5. w. +. X. F., Oxford County
(No. of acres to be determined.)
N. w. corner part of Township No. o, II 5, w. Is.
*. P Oxford County, containing about 1888 acres.
Tract of land lying north of township No. l. X 8,
W. Il. Il. T., and west of township No. u, Range ?,
b. X. +. Franklin County, (No Of acres to be
determined.)
Tract OF land lying north oftownship No. 4, Range
d, oxford County. (No OF acres to be determined.)
ii. The following lands set apart and held by the
state for Permanent School Fund, viz:
township No. 3, Il o. w. E. l.. ST. Piscataquis
County % O40 acres.
S ~ Township No. II, RIG, w. E. L. S., ARGOS
took County, Ii ,52l acres.
W. part Township No. IL, ~, VEL. s. ARGOS.
took County, SOL acres,
Township No. s, X Is, W. Z. L. s., Somerset
County, 1888 acres.
Township No. 4, Il. 8, N. B. X. p, Somerset Coun.
ty, IT, l9l acres.
Township No. 4, re, W. B.K.P.. Oxford County
(No. of acres to be determined)
Ill. The right to take of timber and lumber from
the following townships until 1854, as excepted in
the grant to the European and North American
Railway Company all in the County of Somerset:
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1874-07-29

Augusta, Halowell, Gardiner 10 Squirrel Island
and Boothbay, $780, Augusta Hallowell, Gardiner
to Bath, 80 cts; Round Trip-Augusta to Squirrel
Island or Boothbay, Sl.75, Hallowe 81 %, Gardi-
81 80, Richmond 81 % Bath same otherroute.
Children half fair. Tickets for school children or
parties made up for excursion, at reduced rates.
For further particulars see posters. Apply to the
clerk e.. \. 4 j. ID. WHITE.
Gardiner, July 9, 1874. tiff
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CON SU m PTI0M

C0NSU m PTI0M
which can be cured by a
timely resort to this stand
ard preparation, as has been
proved by the hundreds of
testimonials received by the
proprietors. 1t is acknowl-
edged by many prominent
physicians to be the most
reliable preparation ever in
troduced for the relief and
cure of all Lung complaints,
and is offered to the public,
sanctioned by the experience
of over forty years. When
rcsorted to in season it sell
dom fails to effect a speedy
cure in the most severe
cases of Coughs, Bronchitis,
Group, Whooping Cough,
Influenza, Asthma, Colds,
Sore Throat, Pains or Sore
ness in the Chest and Side,
Liver Complaint, Bleeding
at the Lungs, &c. Wistar's
Balsam does not dry up a
Cough, and leave the cause
behind, as is the case with
most preparations, but it
looscns and clcanscs the
lungs, and allays irritation,
thus removing the cause of
the complaint.
PREPARED by
SETH W. FOWLE & SONS, Boston, Massp
And sold by Druggists and Dealers generally.
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Nem advertisements.

WuJyLCY MInNICUTSend stamp. w. EVANS &
NHlohBl MlpAloHI Co, Harris Falls, n. Y.
july22-t4w
ts.OREiNC PeQPlE-Mae or Female, Employment
SY at home $50 per week warranted no capital
required Particulars and valuable samples sent
free. Address with cent return stamp, &. ROSS,
William burg, Ny july22-iiw
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1874-07-29

is the reward of genuine merit. Those who it
once never will be without it. For sale by all drug.
gsts. Price - cents REUBEN T, Propr, y.
York. july22-t4w
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1874-07-29
SEMI-ANNUAL STATEMENT
of the
Milan Steam Mill Company
OF
Portland, Maine,

JULY list, 1874.
Existing Capital paid up, $4,000 90
Bills Payable $3l ,0Gl %
Sundry Book Accounts Asa 30 3jGl6 Is
Vmt invested in Real Estate,
including Machinery and
Fixtures, 52,9i7 "a
Last taxable valuation of Real
Estate, HOO 90
Aggregate taxable valuation, $500 co
State of Maine, Ice
County of Cumberland, 90
I, Colin X. Cross, Treasurer of The Milan Steam
Mill Co., of Portland, do solemnly swear that the
above statement is true to the best OF my knowl-
edge and belief. COLIN X. CROSS, Treas.
Subscribed and sworn to before me this LIST day of
July, 1874. A. w. BRADBURY,
t3wjuly4 Justice of the Peace.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1874-07-29
Pacific Mail Steamship Line
FOR CALIFORNIA, CHINA AND JAPAN

GREAT REDUCTION IN RATES, PASSAGE, AND
FREIGHT, To CALIFORNIA, VIA PANAMA.
The magnificent Steamships of this Line will be
despatched from Pier A. North River, New York,
as under:
July Is, at Il NJ, COLON, Capt. j. NJ. Dow
August |, at IL NJ, ACAPULCO, Capt. a. q. Gray
And every fortnightly saturday thereafter, con-
Meeting at Panama with all steamers for Central
America, Mexican Coast and South Pacific ports.
Passenger steamers will call at Kingston, Jamai-
ca, both on their outward and homeward trips, ar
irving at that port on Friday, the sixth day after
leaving New York, and leaving Saturday L. NJ, for
Aspinwall.
Extra steamers, for freight etc, will be dis.
patched on intermediate Saturdays, whenever the
necessities of transportation may require it,
TO JAPAN AND CHINA.
The splendid steamers of this line, carrying U.
S. mails, leave San Francisco for Yokohama, Hong
Kong and Shanghai, as follows:
ALASKA, JULY %.
COLORADO, AUGUST s.
Tea will be brought from SAN Francisco to New
York fast in rs days at $40, gold, per ton of 900
pounds.
RATES OF PASSAGE.
(Including Berth Meals and ali requisites for the
trip
New York to San Francisco, $50, 800, and $40
currency, according to location
New DIRK TO Kingston, S25or SO gold, according
to location.
San Francisco to Yokohama, $50 gold.
San Francisco to Hong Kong $500.
For Freight and Passage, or other information,
apply at the Companys Office, Pier AZ, North River,
foot of Canal Street, New York.
RUFUS HATCH, Vice President and Managing
Director.
febls-tly II. J. BULLAY, Superintendent
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1874-02-04
A National WatchW0ri /.

Mrs. Admiral Dahlgren write :"Tf Peru
has a watchword it must be n lanaua.' TO-
morrow ; and in this dispositie IN to DELAY
until tomorrow what may ju st as well he
done to-day, may perhaps be 70 .und onere
son why the country remain! in so many
repects re tr0grade. One fair morning the
United States Consul, who one of the
most aIniuble OF men, makes us n call He
lives in CailaO, and only com es up To Lima
now and then. On this of casion he has
such wearit d, dsappointeS look that we
iuvoluuturily ask What the matter ~
The matter--why "mauaI IA, - what do
you mean we interrogate. We'll. mean
that nOlhing can be aco 1mplished here
definitely you are aiWa, ~ POTTERY un4t
patiently listened 10, and answered. q n'o
nanR."' am sick of IL. For six months
past / have been couing up here at infer
walls, by appointment of State officials IN
attend to a matter While h ought 10 he ad.
jusled in one half houc When for the
thOusSnith time tO- day thought 10 have
reached tho end ] avn bowed out with
:" "manRnA." For onca | lose nv tenner
and eAclaim: But, y our exeellepcy. il is
" manana " forever sad ] suppose In the
other wOIli it will We tho same, " mana
ma" We laugh, bat we, too, hear II
every day. In all Osieks business affairs
delay, heyeE-endiLg d-lay. The eperyat-
ing climate duuOtbhss has something to ID
with thi-, but II is als0ia "a measure IN b.
attributed To the characteristic subtIetv of
this people They are wary, espenioIlv 1f
strangers, and, eV&l though dlstrw.ir1I
are tao kind hear Af and miId-t4n,sr-9
expressly To dissrnt, Hence the connro-
mise Of mRnanP,'h -
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1874-02-04

The cartridges are forced into the breech of
the barrels 10y steel locks, conta ining each
a firing-pin aud an eye. cor. The eNirac-
tor draws the empty 'NpiOded shells iroui
the barrels, aud leave, them again in the
cells of the charging ,|e, the case then he.
ing removed 10y 81 .uple reversal OF the in
lating process. me firing, ns below
shown, eau be done either by volley or 10y
fusillade, the former method being obtained
by "A lever and the latter by a crank. The
chief points of excellence and superiority
Justly claimed for the invention are l>t
the radiation of its fire; thus avoiding the
oscillation of the piece and III Tie rame
time evenly distributing the balls ID, su-
perior accuracy of shooting, by reason of
the rigidity aud steadiness Of the barrels !;
Sd, combining in one aud the same battery
gun the volley and the fusillade fire, the
former being effected without inconve-
ncuce from recOil; 4th, unsurpassed ra-
pidity of fire 9TH, facility and rapidity of
| charging; 9th, absence OF liability to be
checked and clogged III its movements by a
Misrepresentation of cartridges, these being
all Bred before insertion into the piece, not
depending on gravitauon or any eXtraneOus
force TO bring them into position fDr enter
ing the barrels 9TH, forcing the cartridges
entirely into the barrels, thereby securing
u perfect gas check, and avoiding firing
across Joint: stn simplicity and compact
or apertures about the breecn-cylinders
, through which any water, mud, or dust
can enter TO foul and obStruct the working
parts; 10th, sym metry of shape llth, ca
pability of rough usage; 18th, strength and
durability.
AT the test to-day these claims to superb
ority were fully substantiated. The target
used was placed at distance of five hun
dred yards and the upper barrel was first
fired singly, being sighted upon the bulls
eye, inches in diameter. NOtwithstand-
/ ing the fact that a strong cross wind was
blowing the bullets were placed at times
directly into this small circle, which at the
distance fired appeared 10 larger than Il
wafer, and in every case his the target ut IA
distance of not over three inches from the
bulls eye 30 that after the firing, when
one OF the party stood up in front of the
target, his body covered every bullet-mark.
Ia repeated trials at 1000 yards the same
deadly accuracy of firing has resulted, Af
ter the single shooting, cartridge-cases
were inserted, and a number OF trials We re
made ut firing EN- fusillade. Three
turns and half of the crank,
occupying second of time, sufiiced 10 ex-
plOde the twenty-fOur cartridges, and an
examination of the strips of board twenty
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1874-02-04
BRIGANDAGE IN MISSOURI.


ST.. LOUIS, Mo, Feb. las the train on
the Iron Mountain Railroad, which left
here at 0:45 this morning, came in sight of
Gad's Hill Station, 100 miles below this
city, at 1870 this afternoon, il was sigNalled
to stop. The switch was turned and the
train run in on the side track. AS the train
stopped the conductor, Afford, stepped "tf
To ascertain what WAS In" M ulr., when he
was confronted by man MvalIIG "A mask, ,
and pistol was placed to his head aud he
was marched off. The engineer aud fire.
maa, mail agent, press nlcsreHger itui
other train men were then seized ~ i've
masked and heavily armed men and also
placed under ruard. The roOhers ther
went through the entire train and took
from the passengers about s., 900 aud "A large
amount of jewelry, they also touk from
Adams Express Company about Sl,DOO
aud rifled the mails. The rOObrrs then
left in "A southerly direction, and nfer lhc
release OF the train men The train started
south. The robbers left note on the
train, which is now in the possession Of
Conductor Afford. The following Is hcopy {:
"The south bound train on the Iron
Mountain Railroad WINS robbed here tins
evening by five heavily armed men OF
- dollars.
"rhe robbers arrived ct the Station II few
minutes before the arrival ot the train and
arrested the agent aud put him under
guard. They then threw the train On the
switch. The robbers were all largr iurn
none of them under six feet ia he gh..
They were all masked and started il II
soutberly direction after They had r,'nbed
the train. All were ned "n fine
b CODED horses. Thereis II hell of a. cN
itement in this part of the conn.rS.'
Signed, JNO. y MURRELL.
The robbers offered no vIuicrcc &" any
one on the train and dad Il" harm 10 The
train men.
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1874-02-04
Opposed 10 Imitation.

Two hundred prominent New York
firms have petitioned Congress against
further initiation of the volume of cur
rency now in circulation. The petitioners
state that they :" view with alarm the nu-
merous propositions before Congress for
increasing the volume of the currency.
They believe that any additional issue Of
paper money, either directly by the Gov
ernment, or indirectly by the national
banks by authority of the Government,
would be most Injurious to the interests of
the nation. The country Is now suffering,
and has been for the past twelve years,
great loss aud Inconvenience arising from
an irredecmable currency. Values of all
kinds of merchandise and other property
are continually tluctuating, owing to the
constantly changing price of gold, and
thus no certain calculations can be made
in business. Speculation of all kinds is
stimulated 10y the excessive volume of the
currency, and the minds of the whole ma
ton are demoralized and rendered unfit for
the pursuits of steady industry.
"Your petitioners beg leave to represent
most earnestly that resumption of specie
/ payments at the earliest practicable time
is imperatively required by the true inter
/ ests of the nation, and they most respect
/ fully deprecate the issue of any more cur
! rency, as such proceeding would postpone
/ indefinitely return to a sound financial
condition.
! The petitioners also favor loan to the
. Government at a low rate of interest
/ which in the present condition of the
money market could easily be effected
| Among the list are such names as Brown
Bros. & Co.; Drexel, Morgan Il Co.; Phelps,
! Dodge u Co.; Harper d Bros; Roosevelt ~
| Son Arnold, Constable d Co.; Moses Tay-
| lor & Co.; Vermilye & Co.; ID. Appleton &
Co; John j. Cisco & Co.; Morris Franklin,
| President New York Life Insurance Co,
and many of the leading bankers, insur-
ance and business men generally.