The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1881-11-05
FINANCIAL.

There is sum of money, yariously stated
from $1,000, 900 to $17 10000 in gold, lying
in the bank of England deposited there
during the rebellion by the confederate au
thorities. When the war ended and the
confederate government ceased to exist
there was no one authorized to draw this
money, and it has remained there UNI
claimed to this time. 1t is now asserted
that Mr.. Jefferson Davis and Honorable
Jacob Thompson, in convention with Mr..
Judah p. Benjamin, have united in an at
tempt to have this money applied to the re-
demption Of the confederate bonds issued
from 1861 to 1863 inclusive, to be
distributed per rata ON all the bonds
registered at committee room No. 30.
Coleman street, London. There were about
100000 900 of these bonds issued during the
war, but the amount between the dates
named would probably not aggregate more
than $40, 100000. OF these bonds it is
thought that nearly one-half have been lost
or destroyed, which would leave an amount
not above $500 600, 600, and perhaps not
more than half of this amount will be
bought up and registered The mount
in the bank will probably pay twenty per
cent. of all the bonds collected, and il inter
est is allowed on the deposits twice that
amount may be realized. This
seems to be the true status of the Confcder-
ate bond matter, which Is at present puz-
cling the brains of the financiers of this
country. Should there be more of these
bonds in existence than is now estimated
the pro rata will Of course be lessened. The
Confederate government ii seems kept no
reliable record of the bonds issued, or If
they did so these records are not to be found,
and while the amount cannot DO less than
QbpVa atatnH ma hn a Il
The demand for these bonds will not prob
ably continue for any great length ofiime,
for whatever is done by tho parties
now having the matter in hand
will be accomplished at an early
day, and should the money be disbursed to
those having bonds registered the value of
all the remaining bonds will forever cease
The committee who have the matter in
hand in London charge'one shilling for reg
istering every. $500, and the fee must ac-
company the bonds. In New Orleans these
sold as high as 81 per. 1000 but in
try their value is much less.
Davis, Benjamin and Thompson, all having
held high positions in the Coniederacy, It
is thought they will succeed in recovering
the money for the purposes set forth above.
These are the facts so far as we can gather
them from the most reliable sources In
this city some eighty to one hundred thou
sand dollars worth of these bonds have been
purchased
The quarterly reports of exports to the
United States for the period ending Septem-
Der 30, show falling off of 5000 as COM
pared with the corresponding period last
year.
The United States treasury now holds
S338,N5,OO0 of government bonds to secure
national bank circulation, us follows: Cur
rency 6s. SS,G02,O00 @ per cents $5l 900;
5per cents, ii ,5Si 200; Al per cents. 49,, 0i0,
10; per cents. S92,0S5,3 800; 81 per cents
$237 ,G02 $50.
Last year there were 1904 persons in Bos-
ton who paid taxes on over 81 100000 worth
OF property, and of those POS were women
From this it will be seen that about Is per
cent. OF the taxpayers of Boston who pay
ON over 81 100000 are women, and it is esti-
mated that there are altogether 5000 female
taxpayers at the hub.
In twenty years past Pennsylvania has
reduced her state debt over $l90O0,00O. 1t
IL good picture for some of the repudia-
tors to look at.
About $32,O00,OO0 are assessed annually
tie run the government of New York city,
ana yet the city remains stuck in the mud.
EXCHANGE AND COIN.
Buying, Selling
New York Exchange. ..,......h@a Par@A
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Chicago. Observation-Disclosures.
New Orleans. Observation-Disclosures,
Galveston and Houston. ........k
Commercial exchange upon all points y TO Y
discount
Sterling sight 81 IS.
Francs 5@5 10.
Marks %.
., Gold, silver other than trade dollars, par.
nruue uolurs OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. w cents.
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Mexican quarters. .....,.....,.........l5