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Show GENERAL. H naii i lit to 11 Atl vlves. Washington, 2-1. It is eUted that' during I'VbnMry, Mitrrh and April coupon? due Junmiry lat of that parti of the- coihoIh of 't') which were ro j cenlly eallKl in, w-re received through . ilia London syndicate, represonlmg i interest on nineteen million dollars ot bonds, Treifiiry ofTicials stats that fifty-three fifty-three millions of one and two dohar iifitea are outstanding, and half of each. This ia the Hevwiith of the entire en-tire greenback circulation. Owing to the acarcity of this chango it is believed be-lieved Home people are hoarding them, thinking that with tho BUMpeiibion of issue that in the proeeds ol return p- lion of uperie pnymenU they will bu-i como more valuable than any other denominations. Tim idea is erroueoun, an these notes aro ti'l being furuientd to assistant treasurers- Tne total i amount of Bilver i?tupd since April iJOth, 1870, ia $31,738,400; fractional fiirrHiif'T now outritanditiB 420.075.- 807. Ouo million will be retired this month. New York, 25. Times' Washington: Washing-ton: A few cays ago the Daily Nation published an iditorial criticizing tne liiiauci'il policy of Secretary Sherman and calling upon the president ts remove re-move him. Tho authorship was attributed at-tributed to Judge Kelley, but Kelley has written a letter denying the authorship. While he dissents from the secretary's financial viewa, he expressed the fullest confidence in his patriotism, honesty and integrity of purpose in administering tho treasury department. |