, 1876-04-22
At THE SuB-TREASuRY.
t.,NyrRr1H1 ouHnEycY INTO .pty.


the mania fer converting ragged fractional
currency into shining silver continued yesterday
unAbAted. The Assistant Troasuross ofIica MAa
bosiegod BY 9 o'clock In tho morning With
motley crowd, In Which tho first conner had tho
frat cbauco Tho crowd foEmsl In 1ino. COM
mencipg At the payng-tellers desk, and actually
lining the Eoam aud then extending cut into tho
hall to tho door Of the collectors Office, where 1t
bent and turned back through tho hail, until tho
late-comers found themselves at the Arcade
court entrance, with about q hundred peraons
ahead of them. Tho crowd wha composed mostly
Of people Who had Bcraped together their sav-
ings, aud preferred to have thona in the metallic
sstuer than In tho paper form, for tho reason,
old stockings tho chunk Of tho coin would be 40
PLEASANT TO the car. And then 1t looked 40
bright. How it glistesad ~ the clerks counted
It out in various Butue Tue plies OF coiu MORO
other, and gradually tho vholo mtss topping on
iu the form OF a pyramid. u waa attractive to
tho 8tooking-ow,lors aforesaid, aua they eagerly
prsesod forward ~ th cir turns CHINO aud asked
for tho clltteriuk coin. Tnete uas auothor cIass
Of persous pIoselt who had no auch Eoinxnsc
dontres. To them s,!ver prosecuted no attractive
ness ssse it, iutelest capacity ~ medium OF
exchange. It may have gtsercd to othela, but
to theni II mado 10 earthly difference xhuules 1t
glste1cd or Aot. They Tero
TAK TnoBA1o nAAK-CIEnKB.
They camo to get oertain amounts Of silver
for thelr respective banks. aud WHOM it wna de-
kvetsd TO them. in not very clean eanvan bags,
they hoisted tho coin on their shoulders, and
made their way out. Tho main bualness yentet-
day vas to supply tho banks. Ar = rule, each
bank took S3,0U0 put up III thIco bags. coutaln-
Ing Tho different nsuominations,-dlucs, quar-
tere, and halyut. The Firrt National and QUO
or two othets took "a, 600 each, tbetF country
co1ruspoudenta being 10 numerous thAt they llad
to be provided Nlth All extra Anount. 1t wRa
SLOW buaipase. that OF waiting upon tho general
customer with h,s Is or sl0 Of fEaotonal cur
currency saa i rs' 2.lsd away to 10
w2s abandoned, sud ~ each mau presented Ais
scr1P tbs clerk counted Il mud pad over tho cor
responding amonnt Ia sltsss. The result was
shAs tbs work Of counting inteEfeFsd with tho
ordinary business OF the Sub-froasury, aud At 2
o'clock no noEo coin Was iasned for tho day.
Those who wore - unfortunate ~ to loayo tluir
scrip Thursday. NTH tho design Of gostlug their
s,cs u day o. TWO when theiF monoy should
they Ket their coin In weak. The amount Of
silver paid out yuaterday MAS *?2,oUo. must OF
1t, - beiors stated, going to shs banks. Tha
day vAs nearly *s0.00o. Ten thousand dollars
In coin were received from the phiiAdelphia Mint
yesterday morning, and el0,o0o murs will 10
received per day uhsu the renlaiulnE A7O,0M
tho n,ut ia sloo. .ooU. Of which amount sLreo ln-
at.llments Of elo. QUO each hare already heen TO-
ceived.
INSTRUCTIONS WE'RE RECEIVED
from Washington yesterday noTuing regulating
tho fusuEn lbsus OF coin IN place Of fractional
currency. This order u dated April 10, and SAYS
that tls various Huh~TreAaatsEs IL ths different
cities named are authorized 10 .ssue coin for
fysehonal currency 70 At Amount nut to exceed
400 and. Furthermore, upea tho presentation
Tor redemption, 1t lbs othces OF tho Ittasuter
1t Washington. OF any amount Of suc1 currency
properly aA.otted. aud 10 auuAs Ut not less than
fu tkr,u f.r .xt.s
coin for the amount Of currency presented. or to
give h!4 chock fot tho salne payable In silver It
any OF the other 6uh-TseAsulIes, ~ tho
Sha c,;o 100 p.y Pse.eaog 70 eo;;seaey
exdesed to - sen! to The Treasurer At Washing
tee, Tho auount 10 bs charged IN tue TseAsu1srb !