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Try DUNoANSoN BROS, Auctioneers.

TRUsTErs SALE OF FRAME HOUSE AND
LOT ON SEVENTH STREET, BETWEEN a
AND | STREETS SOUTHEAST 4, AT AUCTION
by virtue of deed Of trust given TO us and duly
recorded IN lber No 49, folio ~ seq OF the laud
records OF Washington county, IN the District of
Columbia, we will .ol at public auction. In front Of
the premises on MONDAY, December q, A. d..
1879 at 40 O'Clock D. M all these pirces parcels Of
ground lt Ing in the District Of Columbia and known
the north three (3) feet aud four az inches OF lot
numbered eight (S), in square numbered nine hundred
and eleven IN inches OF lot numbered niue (9), in
said square numbered nino hundred and four GOD,
beginning for the boundary OF the same ut the north
west corner OF said lot numbered eight (8l and run
ming thence south along Seventh street east three 90
feet and four inches; thence eat ono hundred and
nine 109) feet and one a. inch to 4 30 foot alley
thence north along the line OF said alley eighteen uS
feet and three () Inches, thence west hundred
and nine (lOg) feet and ~ inch TO said ,eventh
street east thence south with the line OF Seventh
street east fourteen 90 feet aud eleven IN inches
to the place OF beginning together with the right aud
privilege OF using and enjoying forever the north
gable-end of u certain frame house, belonging 10
corded In lber j. A. ~ No. 81, folio 80 together with
oil and singular the appurtcnnnces, rights, Priv
leges, &c, belonging or In any wise appertAlning
Terms OF sale: Onehrd IN cash aud the balance
In six twelve and eighteen months notes to bear
interest and TO be secured by decd of trust on
cost Terms to be complied with seven days other
wise the trustees reserve the right TO resell at
the risk and cos OF the defuing purchaser upon CIV
Ing i've days notice OF such resale In
published In Washington: deposit OF . 90 required
at the time of sale.
ded-l3.snsds
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THE COURTS.
supreme Court of the United states.
TUESDAY, December 0, 1879.

ibi@obAhI " lobs
No. 1O92-Edwin Henry, plaintiff IN error vs. Il.
A. Sawyers; in error TO the supreme Court of Ten
nessee. On motion Of Mr.. 4, Il. Crlttenden, dock
eted and dismissed with costs.
No. 2OO,-The Steamship City of Houston" &c.
appellant Va. The Good Intent Towboat Company.
ON motion of MT Fillmore Beall, In behalfof coun-
sci for appellant, dismissed with costs.
No 832,-The Western North Carolina Railroad
Company, appellant, vs., George II. Drew, Governor,
&c; motion 10 yacate order OF dismissal and for
leave 10 redocket case; argument concluded by
Mr. Joseph d. Stewart In support of same.
No 8l,-The United States, appellant vs. Henry
Clamorgan ct al No. 82.--Henry Clamorgan ct al,
appellants, VS.. The United States. No 93.-Cyprian
Clamorgan, appellant, vs. The United States. Ar.
gument commenced by Mr. j. l.. Bradford for
Henry Clamorgan ct al !; and continued by Mr. WI.
liam X. Walker for appellant In No. 90, and by Mr..
Solicitor General Phillips for United States.
Adjourned until tomorrow at ~ o'clock.
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1879
1879
GREAT

49,, PENMsYLXANIA ROUTE
TO THE NORTH, WEST, AND SOUTHWEST.
spnnNb R2y sdhSn SAk sG Sf HAh EQUIP
IN EFFECT Dtl !GM BIER l. is7a
ner OF sixth and streets. as follows;
For Pittsburg and the West, I0:l1 u. M daily with
P fHa car ' RSug and ssspss cs5
BALrTMoREA Nd POTOMAC RAILROAD.
For Canandn2ua Rochester Buffalo, Niagara Falls
and the North at q. m. daily, except sunday;
7:40 p m daily. except saturday with Palace Cars
and l.mil a. At 1910 a M daily. except Sunday,
For New York and the East $40 a. m 1901 and a'5 p.
r,r, m; On SUNDAY S:t3 p m, a,o
daily. except Sunday. -.
For Brooklyn, New YORK, all through trains connoc.
Mt Jersey City with boats OF Brooklyn Annex"
afr0rdinR direct transfer 70 Fulton street, avoid
Ing double ferriage across New York city.
For Phiiadslphis $40 a. N. $780, $50, and @4S p M
Limited Express $50 q, N. daily. except Sunday.
For Baltimore. $40 $3.50 1910 a. m. ana 1880 $40,
$40 sSC' ~ And DtaS P. m. On Sunday 1910 g.
For Popes Creek Line q o. m. and 40 y IN. daily
For Annapolis a. m. and 40 p. m daily, excep,
ALExxNDRIA AND FREDERICKSBURG RAIL
WAY IA AMP IA, ALEXANDRIA, AND WASHING
For Alexandra, T. 80, Q, II a. M: i2o. 52o. 62J.
and li:'o y. m. On Sunday. I. AND IL a. M. and 8
For Richmond and the South. 700 a. m. daily. and
r. S:ao p. m daily: except sunday, ,, n -
On sunday at aud 10 a, m, 7 and o;o5 p. m.
comma Citations can De procursd at the oices-porth-
east corner of Thirteenth street and Pennsylvania
avenue northeast corner OF Six street and Psnnsy
loft for thecheckng OF baggage 70 destination from
notels and residences
FRANK THOMSON, General MhlAxer
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An Important Personal Itom.

Charles S. Prentice. of Toledo, Ohio went to Parfs
and thence to England to be treated for Brighrs
disease and after the best physicians OF both con-
tries had done what they could for him. gave up in
despair and returned TO America to die. Here no
received further treatment from other skillfuI
physicians without benefit, and while "lis,lessly
lingering in pain and anguish" a. lie says heard
fthe Safe Kidney and Liver Cure. took IT, aud was
completely cured in n few weeks. lie gives chr
cumstnntial details of his painful experience aud
astonishing cure in long letter to II. H. Warner q
Co. which viii be forwarded OIL anpllcAlinn
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FINANCE AND COMMERCE.
MONETARY MATTERS IN NEW YOBK
AND SAN FRANCISCO.
Now York Money Market.
Ngy XnnU npComtnr q


NEW YORK. December o. 1879.
Money was easy at 5Cn7 per cent, closing Mt 5.
Exchange was reduced u cent making the nom
inal rates 4S2l for long and iS5 for short sight.
Government bonds were quiet and firm.
State bonds were dull and nominal except for
Louisiana consols which were strong.
Railroad bonds were firm Erie new second con-
soils rose TO S61A: Kansas 4 Texas seconds TO d9;
San Francisco seconds, class A, to 81 Mobile "
Ohio lrss debcntures TO G.; New Jersey Central as
sented consols 10 1t6; do convertibles to l03; do
adjustments to 1925; American Dock nssented Is
TO 10519 Delaware Hudson regular Is OF 1891 TO
11Ol6; Albany & susquehanna flrsts to lilo and
Wabash & 81. Louis division extra coupon iirsts
to 1857. East Tennessee e Georgia firsts declined
to 10i. There were some large transactions i'll
Wabash funded interest bonds Mt 7Sl4 to M.
The stock market was strong and buoyant In the
early dealings, and prices advanced q to 81 per
cent, New Jersey Central, the other Coal shares
aud Pacific Mail being most conspicuous In tho adj
vance. After midday the speculation became a
shade weaker, and there was a reaction of a TO
IA per cent, but this soon gave way to feeling of
strength, under which the entire market led by
Pacific Mail and Erie, made steady advance clos.
Ing In most instances at tho highest point Late
in the afternoon Western Union fell off 2 and AT.
lantic Il Pacific Telegraph per cent, but subse-
quently recovered "a per cent and u per cent
respectively. The advance for the day In tho gem
ernl list ranged from u 10 81 per cent.
The transactions aggregated 2Si 900 shares inciud
Ing Erie 1000, Northwestern 1000. st. Paul 1900
sey Central 1900, Reading 1000, Western Union
$4,000. Atlantic and Pacific Telegraph 5000 Pacific
Mail % 600, Wabash, st, Louis Il Pacific 5000 Kan
sas & Texas 1900, indianapolis, Cincinnati IL La
fayete 5000 and st. Louis u San Francisco 900.
The closing quotations were ~ follows:
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pY LEIGH BROS. & PHELPS. Real Estate Agts
ID and General Auciioneers, Nc. liz Main street
PRalPOSALS.
DRoPossAL FOR SUBSISTENCE STORES.

pRoPossAL FOR SUBSISTENCE STORES.
OrFfCE PURCHASING AND DEPOT \
CoM'Y OF SuBCK, =
Washington, d. g., December o, 1870
Sealed proposals., in duplicate, with copy of this
advertisement attached, will be received ut this Office
until II O'Clock noon. Monday December 49, 1879 for
the delivery, at the u. X. Subsistence depot IN ts
city, of the following Subsistence stores, viz:
100 barrels Flour. made from spring wheat
500 pounds Corn Meal
1900 pountls Salt, fine, In bags.
1000 pounds Soap, laundry.
600 bounds Oatmeal.
l,e00 pounns Table Salt, In S.tb. pockets
10 small boxes Table Salt.
A standard sample Of Flour can be seen at this
office.
samples Of the articles proposed to be delivered
must be submitted with tie proposals.
100 pounds Corn Meal TO be delivered january 10,
1885, and all the other stores Immediately.
Envelopes should be marked Proposals. for -"
For further Information apply TO the undersigned
This advertisement Is published by authority of tho
Commissary General OF Subsistence.
W. II. BELL,
uel03t Capt. and e. g., u. s.. Army .
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Washington River Front.

ARRIVED.
Inland and Seaboard Companys wharf-Steamer
Lady of the Lake. Trayers, Norfolk, freight and
passengers
Littleheds wharf-schooner ]. W. Fish, Watts,
Rockand, Me-, granite for State, War and Navy
Departments and Washington Monument
Shern's wharE-Steamer MattanO Byles, lower
river landings, freight and passengers.
CLEARED.
Inland and Seaboard Company swharf-steamers
Jane Moseley Barker, Cone river and j. w 1homp.
son, Wood. Nomini freight and passengers
Williams wh0rf-Schooner NJ A. Achorn Rol.
Inns, coal for ROCkland, Me.
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TRusTEES' SALE OF FRAME HOUSE AND LOT
FiFTEENI,H sfs. sotitrIiEAs AZ AtJCTIoN,


by virtue OF deed of trust duly recorded in liner
no. SIS, folio ~, one of the aud records OF Washing.
Ton county, IN the District Of Columbia, viii sell
~ public auction In front of the premises on SArUR-
ia Y, the 9th day Of December, A. d. 1870 ct $50
O'Clock y. M, all that certain piece parcel OF land
situated and being in the city of Washington, District
OF columbia, and known upon the ground plat or
plan OF said 'y rs and being part Of lot numbered
tour 90 III square numbered ten hundred and SIXTY
tOGD), described as follows BEGINNING for the
AZ point on south street distant twenty feet east
from The southwest corner Of said lot and running
thence cast twenty feet, thence north hundred
and thiry-sx feet thence twenty feet ami thence
south hundred and thlrtysix feet to the place OF
beginning, together with all aud singular the appurten
nnccs rights, privileges, improvements and other
Embellishments TO the same belonging or In anywise
appertanng.
Terms: one-third cash. balance In G and - months,
notes to bear interest at per cent and to be secured
by deed OF trust on tie premises Sold conveyancing
at purchasers cost II the terms OF sale not
piled with In seveTdnys the trustees reserve the right
to resell the property at the risk and cost of the de
htulting purchaser, after giving five days notce OF
such resale In some newspaper publishedin Washing.
ton city, ID. G. deposit OF slOO required at time OF
sale. JOHN A. VAN DOREN.l .,.,,.,oos
CHARLES NJ. FORD. i'"''o0'
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SUPREME CoURToF THE DIsrRICr-CHIEF-JUsrICR
CARrTKH AND JUsTIOR Unconstitutional Metropoll-
ton Bank VS.. Hitz OF al; argument concluded and
cause submitted; Judgment below reversed and
cause remended. Kelly, use Leborman, Va. Wright
argued and submitted
CIRCUIT COURT No. 1--JUsrIoR WYLR-Strong
vs. District OF Columbia; sill on trial. evidence for
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AUCTION SALES.
SALE OF oovEnNMENr PROP

A UCrIoN SALE OF GOVERNMENT PROP
"A ERTY.
OFfIcE or BUfBDtNg FOR STATE, WAR \
AND NAVY DtPARTnKSTs, \
WAsiifN0Tor ID. O., Nov. -. 1873
gu nifty OF refuse and secondhand building ma
terinl and tools VIII be sold ut public auction nj the
site OF the building for State War and Navy Depart
ments, on the 10Th day of December is79 at O'Clock
r IN. For copies OF terms Of sale and inventory or
Tor further Information, apply ut this Office.
THOMAS LINCOLN CASEY,
nogltd
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GREASoN-on the evening Of the 9th OF Deem
Der, at G:Jl o'clock Mrs. RosANSA GREAsoS beloved
wife OF William Grea on, In the year Of her age
born In the county OF West Math, Ireland A kind
and loving mother has left us.
Funeral Will take place from her late residence No
1891 street corner Thirteenth northwest, Thursday
December H. at2p. IN. Relatives and friends In
yiLed,
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TRAVELLERS, GUIDF,
RALTIMoRE AND ONO RAILROAD.

The Great Double-Trnck
NATIONAL ROUTE AND SHORT LINE
Nopru Nopr.u,,~ts9,t the n,,,,yr ANN .o,rru
WEST.
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PROPOSALS FOR GLASS, SLATE STEPS, &c

OFFICE or The SUPERVISING ARCHITECT. !
TREASURY DEPARTMENT., :
Washington ID. O., December q, 1879.
Sealed proposals Will be received Rt this ONCE until
/. m, the ed day of December 1870 for the glass
for the Bnreau OF Engraving and Printing. In this
city. Drawings and specifications, with any add.
tional In formation may bo had application at this
Office, or the office OF the Superintendent.
JAS. @. HILL,
Arc
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FOR RENT MISCELLANEOUS,

u AsGM ENT-suitable for office central location,
ID terms tl2 per month. No Gl7 Estnw. decd
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LOST.


T OST-Tuesday, Dec. 9th. Lemon and white Set
i ! ter Dog. Collar with owners name. Return to
1913 II st. n. W., and receive reward.
II OST-On Saturday night, on u sc W. q small roll
Il J of money Five dollars reward II returned to
036 II SITS de9-3tt
A WHITE-AND.TAN pointer slut dog. The finder
"A Will be rewarded by returning her or sending
word to it3 III st W. des-3tt
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To take effect
SUNDAY, NOV. 10, 1879. AT Loo 2. NJ.
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Pacific Mining stocks.

SAN FRANCISCO, December 0, 1870.
following are the official closing Iuolatiuus OF
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CTEAMER MArTANO (Captain
~ William III. Bylea). on and after J[s1f3Ae~
April 20 leaves wharf foot OF sixth kSJRsA1Nfne'
and streets every tuesday, Thurs Ss4ct.nias9.esss
day, and Sunday, at a. M, for the Potomac River
landings; on snndays for MattoT Greek coltons
and landings la ST. Clements BAy, on Thursdays for
Mauox Creek and landings in Wicomco River, on
Tuesdays for Colton's and landings IN Nomini Creek
Returning on Monday Wednesday and Friday morn
lngH, making Intermediate landings Also chapel
Point ON Wednesdays, coming up.
For further information inquire at offices or q. L.
SHERIFF.. No. as aud ma Pennsylvania avenue, or
NJ Once loot OF SIKH and n stroels southwest.
myR3u q n. JONES, Agent
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CARRIAGES.
CARRIAGES. CARRIAGES.
- CARRIAGEs.
have on hand large number OF Secondhand
Carriages, OF various Styles that am anxious TO
dispose Of
Persons IN want will do well to call, as I mean TO
REPAiRiNG All REDUCED RATES.
ROBT, ii. GRAHAM,
n02s2w Repository 4 Factory, 40 u il0 18Th st. NV.
INsTABLISHED 1888
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LIMITED STATES MARsHAIs SALE.

~
by virtue of writ OF herl facias, issued out OF
the Clerk Office OF the Supreme Court OF the District
OF Columbia, and to directed will sell Mt public
sale for cash at the hou door of said District
OH MONDAY, the 18th day of December, 1879, At IL
m all tile right, title clam aud interest OF the de-
PENDANTS IN aud To the following described property.
towt: Lot numbered 65, in square numbered ul5.
Washington d. c., together with nj! and singular
the improvements thereon leyed upon as the proper
ty OF defendants, John II. Mullin and licaTd W. Null
lin. TO satisfy execution No GA In Equity in favor
of Michael j. OBrien.
FREDERICK DOUGLASS,
no25-dts U. s. Marshal, District OF Columbia.
pY LEIGH BROS. e. PHELPS Real Estate Agts.
- and General Auciioneers, Nc. liz Main street
THE DISMAL SWAMP CANAL FOR SALE AT
PUBLIC AUCTION.
Pursuant TO two deeds OF trust executed by the Dis
NAL swamp Canal Company On tho lot day of July.
1851 aud the 10th day of February 1850 respective
ly TO the payment of the bonds issued by the
said company the Undersigned surviving trustees by
the said deeds appointed viii sell the ABOVE NJ EN-
TONED VALUABLE PROPERTY on the 18th day
of JANUARY 1850 at u O'Clock M, for cash, at the
auction house of Leigh Bros Phelps, In the city of
Norfolk, Va.
G. W. NEWTON, rrus,.o.
VIM, II. C. ELLIS, rus'eos
LEIGH BROS a PHELPS.
oci03ni AuctioneerA
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NOTICE 70 MOUNT vERNoN PASSENGER

The steamer w. w. CoRCoRAN,
which has been recently built and ~f1.0ftte
furnishel-L- L. BLAKE Captain kSSIHkeSEsR-
Ii the only boat allowed TO land pas Sc1tNlE1t3s
sengers at Mount Vernon wharf Round trip d, in.
cluding adm ssiOn TO mansion aud grounds Steamer
leave seventh street Daily Sunday eNoepted) at
" u M. and returns about y. m.
j. MCII HOLIIN0SWORrH,
Supt Ladies' Mount Vernon A association.
L. l.. BLAZE Steamer w, W. CorcOran. jol
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FUTURE DAYS,

nUNCANSON BROTHERS Auctioneers,
~ :. H. corner OF Niuth aud ID streets, northwest
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STEAMBOAT LINES.
INLAND AND sEABoARD CoAsTING COM.
PANY.
FOR NORFOLK, FORTRESS MONROE,
AND THE SOUTH.
FALL AND WINTER ARRANGEMENT.

Steamer LADY OF THE LAKE E9Ns
Will leave Washington MON kS<En2aNu{agl~
DAYS at y, m, stopping ut Pney Point and Point
Look out, connecting with steamers to Boston, New
York and richmond and railroad lines South.
Leave Norfolk TUESDAYS, THURSDAYS and
SATURDAYS ut D.
First cias lara ......S2 co. Round trp.......B %
Second-class fare... sl.50 Round trD........s2 "
DAILY LINE ONTIIE Potomac RIyER
Steamer JOHN W. THOMPSON leaves Sixth-SL
Wharf every MONDAY aud THURSDAY at a M.
for Nominl, and SATURDAY 70 leonardtown stop
ping ut tntermediale landings goiug aud retur ing
H. m. ON SUNDAY for 81. Clements BAY, TUESDAY
for Cone River and SIN this Creek aud FRIDAY 10
Captco stopping at intermediate Ia dings.
STEAMERS For NEW YORK
The Steamers JOHN GIBSON and Il. {, KNIGHT
alternately leave Pier VI East River, New York, ev-
cry Saturday, as u m; Georgetown Friday morn
ing aud Alexandria same day.
Freight taken ut Lowest rates Apply NJ once under
National Metropolitan Bank. Fifteenth street. or olce
OF agent foot Of Six III street, Washington, and 0S Wa
ter street. Georgetown. SAM l. BACON,
SEES President
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Wy ANTMD-A Few respectable o practically
100 N st w. oc2-n
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I'm private family, two servants. white or coored,
Il who car furnish good city references ono to cook,
wash, and iron, the other 10 do chamberw0rk and
help take care Of children. Address l. A. Lock
Box 4, 20. de9
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4O - PER MoNTH-Eiegant suite OF rooms on
W <1C second 1loor newly furnished, at l3d u o.,
near Eboitt and ggs House; house has all modern
/ improvements. dei0
The Portland daily press., 1879-05-23
American Missionaries.

A greater contrast to the native people than
are the American missionaries in Turkey it
would be difficult to find. Resolving small
salary from the society in America that sends
them forth, they are free from any suspicion of
trying to increase their worldly wealth, direct
ly or indirectly. Enthusiastic in what they con-
slider the good cause, they devote their energies
and even their lives to the education and en-
lightenment of the degraded race among
whom they labor. Most of them are highly
educated, some are profoundly learned men. L
met gentleman at Aintab,-an old man,
whose whole life had been devoted to good
works in the East,-who, besides being a
scholar in the usual acceptaton of the term,
spoke French, Italian and German, and has
translated, or assisted others to translate, the
Bible into modern Greek, Bulgarian, Armen-
ian, Arabic and Turkish. As a linguist doubt
if his equal exists, but his modesty exceeds
his great knowledge, and it was not until 1 had
lived under the same roof with him for several
days that bacame aware Of powers so rare and
deep. In some cases enthusiasm leads men to
take an exaggerated view of the results o f
their labors. 1t would be surprising if it were
not SO; but, as rule, found the missionar-
les tilled with the plain, common sense for
which the New England agriculturists are cell
ebrated. They are all married, live in COM
Portable houses, and are simple and unpretend-
ing in their habits, following as near as posi-
BILE the habits and customs of their forefathers,
to which they had been accusomed before
they left their native land. They never drink
liberation allows the guest within their gates
to indulge in the latter bad habit, they never
provide strong drink for them or for any one
Corr. London Times.
The Portland daily press., 1879-05-23
THE San Francisco Bulletin discusses HI

THE San Francisco Bulletin discusses the
trade dollars. 1t says: ''The trade dollars
were manufactured for the Chinese trade.
At the time they were first issued they were
worth $1.03 But after the demonstration
of silver in Germany, they fell 22 per cent.
The merchants of Hong Kong and Canton
were not in the least deceived by this change
of values. AS the silver went down the COM
modities went up. 1t is fair average that
prices were increased fifteen per cent. 1t is
true that these merchants may have pur-
chased their commodities from the interior
with silver at par, as the English and Parsee
merchants did in India, such revolution in
the standard of values not being likely to be
comprehended among the dense masses in
these countries for a century to come. The
profit, however, went almost exclusively to
these shreWd operators. The other side of
the ledger exhibits the fact that our silver
lost on an average Is per cent. of its pur-
chasing power. But now, if we should turn
around and allow the exchange of standard
for the trade dollars, this silver would be re-
turned to us and the foreign holders would
make another Is per cent. on us in this way;
with the standard dollars they can pay debts,
custom dues, and purchase commodities at
par in this country. No doubtthere are some
trade dollars in circulation in the United
States, but the great bulk of the coinage is
abroad. As soon as it was announced that
there was prospect that bill would be
passed in Congress, either providing for the
exchange of standard dollars for trade dol
lars, or making the latter legal tender,
heavy shower of these coins at once de-
scended upon u.s."