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Show Kutioual Hoard of Trade, Philadelphia, 17. To-day the members of the national board of trade proceeded in a body to the Masonic temple, where they were received re-ceived by Grand Tyler Sir Harrison Clark, who escorted them through the building. Regular proceedings were opened at ten o'clock. Holtlen, of Milwaukee, stated " s-- Hgu iitj waa iti Doston and witnessed the anniversary of the battle of Bunker Hill. The speaker's heart was with the celebration in Boston to-day, therefore he oflered the following fol-lowing sentiment. " The national board of trade, in session at Philadelphia, Philadel-phia, in consideration of the questions ques-tions relating to commercial and industrial in-dustrial interests of tho common country, begs to offer to Boston and to tho nation at large its expression of patriotic fervor, its love and devotion devo-tion to the national life, and its earnest earn-est hope that those liberties which the blood of Bunker Hill helped tn establish, may never be abridged." Carried unanimously. Henry reported ft resolution that the national board of trade memoral-ize memoral-ize congress to restore the law regulating regula-ting the rates ot postage lo its former status; adopted. Windsor offered the following: Resolved, that the present time, when the commercial indebtojiiCBs is small, prices of commodities low, and currency bo excessive that large amounts are lying idle, presents a favorable opportunity for the institution institu-tion of measures to restore specie payments. pay-ments. licsoleed, that euch payment cannot bo restoredjand maintained so long as paper currency exists, which can be used in legal payments instead of specie. Jiesolved, this national board of trade prays congress to withdraw from circulation anil cancel United Slates legal tender notes, by instituting measuro3 for that purpose at its next session. |