, 1876-04-22
ATTHE SuB-TREASuRY.

CONVERTING UUlsAEAt1 lhIo EuIa+
:ths mania for. converting ragged fractional
currency into shining sivcr continued yesterday
uuabatod. The Assla.ant Treaauler's Office was
beaIsged by o'clock in tho morning With
motley crowd, In which tho first comer had the
first chance. The crowd fornud In lius. CON-
menciug at tho psying-to!lor'a desk, and actually
lining tho rom, and thou extending out into tho
hall to tho door OF ths collectors Office where 1t
bent and turned back through tho hail. until tho
lAtc-oouers found themselves as the Arcade
court ensranco, with about hundred persons
ahead Of them. The crowd Was composed mostly
Of people who had scraped together their saw
ines, snd preferred to have them in the metallic
rather than In tho paper form. for tho reasop,
old stookingu tho ch,nk Of the coin would be 10
pleasant to the car. And then II looked 30
bright. How It glatared ~ tho clorka counted
It out in various suma the piles of con uoFo
formed into curious Hhapcs. ono overlapping an
otle1, and gradually kho whole mtas topping OF
10 tho form Of pyramid. 1t was attractive 10
the stocking-owners aforesaid. aud they eagerly
pressed forward - thar turns catno aud asked
OF pe1nops present. who had no such 1oinsnt!c
desires. 10 them silver presented no attta:siyo-
mesa says ita interest capacity ha medium OF
eschnge n.ys 9tssea 20 1.sts pqt
glite1sd or uot. They moro
TIE PnoBAlo bANK-OLEnKs.
They cana to ges certain amounts Of atlyer
for tbelr respective banks, and when 1t was de-
Hyered to thsm, 10 not very clean canvas bags,
they hotated tho coin On tholr shoulders, and
made their way out. Tho main hussaosa yoster-
day WAS to supply the banks. AZ = rule, each
bank took ~, QUO, put up IL thFoo bAgs. contan-
ing tho different denominations, ,-dlsnes quar-
eors. and hatyes. The Firpt National and QUO
OF two othore took $4,000 each, their country
correspondents being 10 nu.neroua thAt they had
TO be provided with An extra amount. It mas
ktNR hfHinAkd that 1f MaifttF nDOu tt& H6tlNftl
customer NTH his Is or e10 Of fractiousl cur
ronor. Thursday receipts wore gtven Tor the
currency aud i w.' 'sa a"ay II, to n,t be
WAS abandoned, and ~ each mRa presented llis
scrip the clerk counted 1t aud paid over tho cor
responding amount In slIssE. Tho result wan
Ahat ths work ef counting iutsrforod With tho
ordinary busneas Of tho sub-rreasury, aud at
O'Clock no more coin Waa issncd for tho day.
Those who wore 10 unfortunats - to loAyo thoir
acsip Thursday. with tho deslgn Of getting their
ailyer In day or TWO When thais money should
have boea counted, may call she@selycs lucky il
they Ret thoiF colu II : 'etk. The amount Of
silver paid ont yesterday ~ss &22.ooo. most Of
1t, ~ before etsted. going to ths oAnkI- The
day VA nearly s90Duo. Tea thousand dollaru
u coin wero received from the philadelphiA hint
yesterday morning. and el0.0V0 snors vii! 10
fece.vsd par day untl the remaining e70,oo0
the mins Ii 500 .o0o. at which amount three ,n-
asallments Of slV. .00o each have already hosn 70.
csiYed. -
INSTRUCTIONS WE'RE hEcE1vxD
from Warrington yesterday morning regulating
tho future issus OF coin IN plAco Of fractional
currency. Tbs o1dar II dated April ia, and AAys
thAs the various bub-Izessu.sts III shs dlnoreni
c.&iea naned ara authQtzed to .asue coin fol
fractional CURRENCY 70 III amount uut to exceed
4l00; and. furthermore, upon tho ptesoutatlon
Tor redemption, n tbs olhees of tho Treasure,
It Washington, Of any amount Of such currency
propotly escorted. AID In aunu Of not less thAu
In hA 1ntA IN abthhFiYAt n RYySA7
coin !of tho amount Of currency pFeAshietl or to
give hts cheok for the aatno. payable ia silver 1t
1uy Of tho olher SuhTseAsuTies, It tie
The fractional cosfcncy redeemsd IN ailyef II
ordered to b. sent to the Treasurer It Washing
saa, tbs amount to b. charged IN tbs T8etsusss'l