The Sunday herald. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1866-1887, 1879-09-14
LITERARY NOTES.

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. ,.,oi,,ut,a,, % ,,,a '"k k l',,a ", ,esr - n,,,a1
,y lis earnest proiector cant H. w Uowcote sf
ihc Army.
TuR latest numlcrs of Littolls Living Aggl
contains. AMONG otber ,co1 uing. u-rbc worta of |
Rcmbrondt =, urnu,t ravo,r " ,,I,,l,, Emitting |
Animals ', rrrorcssnr n,rc,r , op,,ucc op,s VA |
polcons Expedition TO Rouiogne, ~ and :" A Gaciar
Novelist, y with combinations Of Jean Ingcow'S \
o''"' "o ne'cnser'
LEWIS H. hAMRRsL ~ to', oi IhllMel-
phia, send US the October number of The Cnite Ser
Vice, quarterly review Of military and naval affairs
which by far Is the best they have thus far issued and
contains the following articles; The Chesapeake aud
shannon, June I, ls13, hy Rear Admiral George II. i
ffeh'e' u > NJ rents Tor tue Army bS och'
John Gbhon, u. 9. A.; Naval Education, by Lieut.. ]
Frederick Collins ~ s n , Ifpnn the Employmcnt
of Yield ArtIIrry pu,inc ibc Norh American war of
srrcssiou, scicriinn Of cannon for Tninrc kr,na.
ments l,y commodore H. Sintnson A. s. y. Some
Defects Of our cavalry system. 10y Gen. wesley Mcr-
Inland sea by Lieut. Scaion schroeder a. s. A.;
Naval Rcminiscence-'rhc Destruction of the Donna
y n. T,,c Niycn, of ,hc ir"nria,ls. iy iosrp, II,
Coates; The Englisl, in south Africa, by Lieut..
r"r"n. "s., 'ssr"na ,nn"r ny liant II II q ,,r"Nn.
r. r. n Thc Naval n,ignJc and the Marine Raj.
taons in the Labor strikes OF 1877, ui. 10y capt.
Henry Jlny Cn,hr,ur A. = NJ e., rhc Dinrrcnce
nrtwsen Military and Martial Law l,y col George
4 WomiwntI. n X A Tie nubIshcrs nunounce
that hcgInumy win te new wear Thc United service
win he issued monihly, "A change which their readers
viii be grac /" learn Of as il is an evidence Of the
snrcess wIch h,s attends, their efforts The Mcnhy
In,,,l sn,v Vii hr nr ,hc same inr,n aud anncar
anrs ns The nortc,lv and viii r"ntnjn IRON ,ss ia lao
pages In every nuHlcr, thus making IL the largest
Viii ann"oy ON nrScm,r ~ uyt The military sis Of
the editorial conduct OF the magazine win ic under
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, ~ nr"n,o,n ,rs ,rn "'''' '''' VI "' LAWS :" "''S"
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SIR H.oR0E CAMPBELL, NJ. r., mas written
one of che kiud,ls NJ not tile kinicst bohs
Hiis ,i,u,rv M lta =. \yhH, anil H,a,k. tbe outcSiny
OF WISH y" Tue United S'a''S' U"",'s''" v, H'"
York hy II. W"rthingi"n' aud Tor sale 10y R'oe''
Ucilil In fact after giancng over 1t, the average
Am,rir,n viii rx,lnIm. els II possibIc live In the
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show that the member for kirkcaidy is snewd though
iululrent and optimistic observer aud II Is,
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s'NeS eNa'tN hl''"ie' 'N MS INV I"hS ''' s""''
suggestion The work Is made M of an article with
the title 'Whi,c and Black In the Southern states -
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dr'SeS ucilN'ich ri"fo MS constituents III inc s'"ch
hurghs Immediately after his return, AMI of copions
extracts from the authors Journal Though II might
in this WAY have become scrarry, it Is on the
contrary, hnhhsS nom Tue ehe'' :" Nv
queni rc,si"ns aud rr,vi"us submission of 1t 10
IN. ruhll,. ,ytr,mrIy readable even more
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50 IMAM tue worn "' W. ""N'N NN.'"' w. - WI"
| Just preceded sir Eenfge iu point of time. Tile
| lighter and more skrtcly pnrtiors at the present
v,,,,,,, ,,h ,s ,h, irt,ry,,,y with AIR u,yes th,
'"'"n', S"' w wv. '''''''" ~ WV, '.' ''',.'' '"' w
description ot ohr Attorney "chcEu MS one 'wh"Sc
style and appearance would pass exceedingly well In
the higher places Of Westminster Hall, " and so on
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| have NOT seen the extremely compete tN""sh prei
sketch of bi-mcallism and legal tender, which shows
really remork,hI. ur,snor Ideas combined with the
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We give place 10 II. not because the views expressed
Will he new I" attentive readers Of these columns, but
hoc,,s 81, FAR ,a they ,o they ro,uLl, eynctIy win
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our ""h' """ ''"' WV "'s'"'o''" e'''''"s VI
| competent witness. ana therefore ot the highest
| value:
| rur ,rrryx,y orrsrloY
system is basel-was originally silver coin, the cur-
regcn h"ci"g bee" lou"ded o" re Meficdn shre'
% INT ns. es eyef nTs Iys ssn @ in II. M
mctac that is both silver and gold We're coined IL
any quantity for all persons who brought these metals
| tn the mint. THE debtor had the "plon al paying
either in silver or In god ami, rs Is necessarily IN,
under such rule he ot course always paid In '
coin which happened 10 he cheapest ut the time Tho
silver dollar Of ihis coinage Is the dollar of our dad
dies. - weighing ii.l, grains troy, of which one
tenth Is alloy.
THAT, then, tl,e state of things np to 1862, tn
debtor having the option of paying In silver o IN gold
and on that basis alI contracts were made and loan
contracted. In lSG2, In consequence of the war,
very Important change took place-the legal coins re-
mane the same as before In theory, bnt IN that an'
able paper notes were Issued and made legal tenle
equally with coin ain payment of all debts, publ
and private except duties on imports and Interest oi
the public debit Practically, coin was not sec
again In the United States TIL January I, 1879, lno
| even then, he might have added. except AS curl
oslty.l
Meantime the interest of the intorcst-bearng deb
had remained payable In coin OF one or the other de
scrption. hut the gold discoveries had reniere,
gold the chea,.,r metal. aud the consequence tina
s4STyfnr vF.' nj rom WAS nj ita,l ,liald In gold
We wish we coul believe this was wholly true hut WI
beIeye an the contrary that toward the latter part
this p,ro the bonholiers' and money lenders con
spIicy had begun to work and gold was paid beca,s
| II was the a.arer coin,
'Ts was the state of things when new coluaCe nc
was nassed I'm Is73 silver was not ,lemonet ized-th
existing dollars sin remained a legal tender: but Il,
new art nookInp no doubt To the prevalent use
oolJ s far Az any coin was usa,D dropped the silye
nilnr on nf ihr t,.w coinage As in truth for mo,
of the ordinary business and transactions of life
coin Mt All was then us, iu the United States littI
visible erect was produced ly the new act lint
very f,w silver dollars were In existence and no ne,
nnrs were to lie coined, The effect certainly was thai
I'm case Of resumption of specie payments gold AN
MOI silver must he the coin used.
he a,t of Is73 see ms TO have been nut into the for,
q I'm Which a was ultimately passed at the last moment
and under The circumstances Of the time was not ,
th. hi"he.t interest nor did II create any excitement
later fi, tho nct far ia