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Show The foreign mail jiMt roeived contains con-tains several important furls hearing on the siiver question. Tho Herlm Jlorsrn '. -ituivj gives tho total valuo ol tho tilver coins withdrawn from circulalinn up to April I v 1 10,1100,-000. 10,1100,-000. Of thin Amount $-C,ir.O,000 haa been used for tho new silver token coinage, somo $-", U00, OIK) has been Willi, anil tho baliincn, about $;!0,0(H),-HHl), $;!0,0(H),-HHl), is in U io hanila of the govern ment. On tho 1st of this month the government begins to retire the fractional thaler pieces, after which the thalers themselves will ho withdrawn. with-drawn. Tho minimum amount of Ihu Hiker which will now be taken in is estimated at JlOO.lUHlloi), and the provalunt opinion is that tho German government will havo at least $7.V nno.OOU of silver lo got rid of. Silver has accordingly declined lu-r.ll pence per ounce in buudmi, the luwcut price ever known, and the Sherman silver dollar of 'HUH graniH can ivw he cnnipukd as with only about ninety-eight ninety-eight cents in greenbacks. New York Time, |