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VOL. I. ALLIANCE TALKS. NEWS OF THE ORDER FROM ALL SECTIONS. Items of Interest to Alliance men Everywhere. SOUTH CAROLINA AND THE THIHD PAHTY. Colonel W. J. Talbert, of South Car alin i. superintendent of the penitentiary and lecturer of the State Alliance, whose utterances on (the subject of~the third party have been widely quoted and have attracted attention outside the state, in a recent interview, gives the lolloping as his posit on on the third party question: “My idea of the principles of the Alli nnce is that they are the principles of the democracy; that there is nothing incon sistent in being both an alii nceman and a democrat. Our order is political, but not partisan, and in its ranks men of both parties are fighting for reforms without, however, renouncing their party allegiance. We propose to indorse for congress, or for the senate, or for president, only these men |who will advocate the reforms we demand, but we will make our fight in the primaries or conventions, as the case may be, and will abide the voice of the majority of the party, wheth er it is for or against the Alliance candi date. Now, as to a third party, I want to say this: I am opposed to it, unless we find that the reforms we advocate cannot be brought in any other way. If they cannot, then there wil be time enough to decide on a course of action. It might be that a third party would be found to be the best, or it might not. I have never crossed a bridge before I got to it, rode a horse faster than it could go, or paid a debt before I got the money and, therefore, I can’t say what would be done if it should be found that the Alliance could m t achieve its ends through either of the old parties.” * *4* THE NATIONAL ALLIANCE EDUCATIONAL CAMPAIGN. The National Alliance Educational campaign is meeting with unreserved commendation trom nearly everywhere. This campaign involves the holding of two or more great Alliance mass meet ings in each state, to last two days or longer, during the summer months. The ablest and most favorable Alliance speak ers are to attend each meeting, and it is proposed to have an interchange of speakers between the several sections of the country. Among the states whose presidents and executive committees have enthusiastically endorsed the movement, and have already named the times and places tor the meetings, are: Ala bama, Arkansas, Georgia. Illinois, Indi ana. Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mis souri, North Carolina, North Dakota, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, West Virginia, Indian Territory and Oklahoma Territory. The States of California, lowa, Maryland, Michigan, Mississippi, South Dakota and Virginia have all declared in favor of the cam paign, and are now arranging for the best times and places for their meetiugs. Nearly every State has urg< and President Polk to attend those mietings, and he will be at as many of them as he can .possibly reach.— Farmer's Advocate (Tar tboro, N. C.) * * TILLMAN TALKS. L Governor Tillman, of South Carolina, wants something better than the sub fcfeasurv bill, au<i in his own view of the question, that something better he be lieves to be the fiee coinage of silver, combined with the issuance of green backs, cither on the government’s own credit or on land. On being asked his opinion of the future of the Alliance, the governor said: “It is hard to say,but it seems to me the order has a great future. Even when its political reforms have been secured, there is its business organization to hold it togo her. Already the order has done vast good, not only in affording direct relief to the farmers, as in the jute bagging fight and through co-operative stores, etc., but by teaching them the secret of acting to gether, of co-operation. It has shown toe farmers that they can do something when united, and that without unity they are hclphss. There is one danger the Alliance will have to guard against, and that is the individuals who would use the Alliance vote for their selfish ends. The rank and tile of the order will have to relegate to the rear those leaders 'who would attempt to enforce unanimity; to measure men by a ‘yardstick,’ and ostra cise or ex pell all who refuse to do their biddmg. ” *** In reply to a request from the Weber county, Miss., Alliance, asking for his views on the sub treasury plan, Governor J. M. fetone, who has frequently and fa vorably been nr ntioned as successor to ex-Senator Walthall, has submitted a letter,;; the following being an extract therefrom: “So far as the sub-treasury is intended to supply an increase of money, it promises nothing good to the farmers, who, above all others, will be the victims of the evils of any inflation which will disturb values. They need for their welfare a currency as steady and stable as themselves. Traders and spec - ulators, those looking out for corners, can riot amid the excitement of specula tive values and fluctuations from disturd ance, leaving the farmer and laborer no sort of even chance iu that condition of things. Promise of opportunity to ob tain money at a low rate of interest by depositing cotton and getting an advance of 80 per cent, of its value is, I think, a delusion or a snare. ” *** The Farmers Vidette, of Alexandria, State nf OaiV |to. La., reports fine progress iu the order ia that state. The Vidette reminds its readers that “the furmer must educate himself. lie must familiarize himself with everything that goes to constitute government, lie must take an interest in his surroundings. He must awake to the fact that duties and obligations as a citizen require a knowledge how to per form and discharge these in an intelligent manner. He must, if he wishes to pros per, cease to think by ptoxy, and do so himself. He is a man, a being who moves, lives and fee's, and not a machine who is set in motion by he who desires to do so. He is not the docile beast of burden that some men would make him. He needs education, apd should drink deep at the fountain of knowledge. It is in his reach and he should avail himself of it. He must do his own thinking, work his own salvation, thus be in fact, that which he is now only in name—a man.” * Several colored Allianceinen of Sumter county, Georgia, are reported to have bought a large tract of land iu that county, and have put up a saw mill. They are shipping lumber all over the State, besides setting out over 2tO acres in fruit, and Superintendent Richardson, of the State Colored Alliance, says this beats politics. The colored Alliance is niarchiug on to victory. There are in the South to-day over 2,000,000 mem bers. The time is near at band when this grand organization will demonstrate to the world that its members intend to keep abreast with the times and demand the same recognition granted to other races and nation dities in the United States. The agr cultural fields will work out the race problem. Labette County Statesman (Oswego, Kas) says: “Teaching the science of government is one great object of the Farmers Alliance. Too much ignorance has prevailed, and the word of dema gogues has been taken too long for the welfare of the people. False systems and lalse policies have so enveloped the farmers and laborers that life is perpetual bell before them. They are aroused at last to the misery and injustice of their condition, and they are struggling man fully to escape from it. They neither stop nor s'acken their work until success crowns their labor, and justice shall once more be enthroned in the government. Speed the day.” * * * The People’s Press (New Castle. Ind.) says: “Take good care of yoursub- Alliancc; use every means to keep it pure; strive to make it an educator; la bor to keep up an interest; teach the doctrine of truth, justice and social equality; stimulate the young mind as well as the old to a higher and nobler purpose in life; cultivate a high degree of social fellowship in the order; invite free discussion on the living issues of the day; do not expect to accomplish too mucb in one day, but be satisfied to see your strength increase day by day.” + . * * .Mississippi and Tennessee are now making it lively for their United States senators. The various Alliance organi zations are asking Senators Walthall and Ge rge and Senators Harris and Bate how they stand in regard to the demands of the Alliance platform. The senators to be elected in both these States will have to make very active campaigns and prove th' mselves stronger w ith the people than the Alliance, or else suffer defeat at the hands of the order, if they refuse to ac cept the platform of principles laid down by the Alliance. Under the new congressional appor tionment in Alabama the Sixth District Alliance was cut in twain. President R. W. Beck, who was sent into the new ninth district, calls a convention of Alli ancemea from Jefferson, Blount, Bibb, Perry aDd Hale, to meet in Randolph, Ala., to organize a District Alliance for the new district. ¥ The county Alliances in Florida are taking action in regard to President Polk’s circular relative to lecturers for the Dis trict Alliances. When these shall have been provided in each congressional dis trict the lecture system of the Alliance will be fully completed, concerning na tional, state, district, county and sub- All lancet. FROST IN MAY Unprecedented Weather in the Northern States. An Albany, N. Y., dispatch say*: Farmers at market, Tuesday morning, re ported heavy frosts in their neighbor hood. Fruit blossoms are blighted, foli age withered, and ice half an inch thick formed. It snowed in Albany Tuesday morning and the weather is blustering. Much the same condition prevailed over the entire northern portion of the state from east to west. At Fort Wayne, Ind., a very heavy frost oci urred Tuesday night. The dam age done to fruit trees and garden truck will be enormous. Ice one-half an inch thick formed at Kalamazoo, Mich. Opinions differ as to the amount of damage done in the fruit belt. The grounu was covered with snow at North Troy, Vt., Tuesday morning. A light fall of snow is reported at Rich ford. The thermometer at Shrewsberrv, Mass , was three degrees below the freez ing point. Ice formed in the pails after sunrise. Cherries arid plums are in bloom. At Winsted, Conn., ice formed in pools all over Litchfield county. Cherry trees are all in blossom, and it is feared the crop has suffered by the frost. Apple and pear trees have not yet bloomed and those crops aro n<>t injured. You should subscribe for this paper and see what i* going on in the world. TRENTON, GA., FRIDAY, MAY 8, 1891. LABOR DAY. PASSED MORE QUIETLY THAN WAS EXPECTED. Although Several Riots and Numerous Strikes Occurred. A cablegram from Paris fays : The city on Friday the first of May, a day anx iously looked forwaid to in many quar ters, presented its usual smiling aspect, with the exception that there was a stir somewhat more lively than usual in the quarters which are inhabited by the so called working classes—in other words, artisans, laborers and the minor class of employes. The city, in fact, seemed to be in an active state of siege, for in addi tion to cavalry and police patrols the many infantry regiments garrisoned in the city were held under arms, with rifles loaded, through the night. Acting upon the theory that an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure, the police dur ing the mo ning arrested about 300 anar chists, socialists and other persons com ing under the category of “dangerous characters.” SEVEN PERSONS KILLED. News comes from Fourmies, France, that one-half of the workingmen there attended to their duties Friday. The re mainder, about 4,000, abstained from work and were very noisy, marching about the streets singing, shouting, etc. During the day there was a bloody colli sion between the miners and police, in which seven persons were killed and twelve wounded. A RIOT IN ROME. A cablegram from Rome, Italy says: A meeting of the workingmen took place Friday near the church of the San Gio vanni. Five members of the chamber of deputies were present. An anarchist speaker violently urged his hearers to at tack the police. The mob stoned the troops stationed in the neighborhood. Some of the rioters hurled stones at the troops from the windows of bouses. At the same time the infantry were ordered to storm the houses from which he stones had been thrown. Signor Barzilai, mem ber of the chamber of deputies, Signor Cipriani, socialist leader, and twenty-five others were wounded. One man was killed outright by the gendarmes’ fire and one gendarme was stabbed to death by the rioters. Altogether 100 persons were arrested. Nine soldiers and five civilians were wounded. THE STRIKE ON IN NEW YORK. The threatened strike fixed for May Ist began in earnest in New York Friday morning, so far as “housesmiths” are concerned, and with them all the inci dental trades are out. It is reported that at least 4,500 men, representing the dif ferent trades, are on a strike. THE STRIKE AT PITTSBURG. The long-threatened eight-hour strike in the building trades was inaugurated at Pittsburg, Pa. The leaders of the car penters claim 3,000 men within the limits of the twelve-mile district as being out. Of these, it is said 1,000 will continue at work on contracts that must be com pleted, leaving at the outside not more than 2,000 men on strike. IN CHATTANOOGA. Union carpenters, painters and boiler makers of Chattanooga went out Friday morning. The painters demand nine hours and $2 25 per day. The carpenters demand 30 cents per hour and nine hours per day. Eighty carpenters and forty painters have struck and the strikers allege that their ranks will be doubled. There is no excitement attending the •trike. ALL QUIET IN THE COAL REGIONS. A telegram from Washington, D. C,, says: From a great number of dispatches from labor centers throughout the country the following is condensed: No demon itration whatever was made at any point in the Pennsylvania anthracite coal regions. At Trimble, 0., 1,100 miners struck for advanced wages. They are divided an the eight-hour question. At Brazil, Ind., 2,600 miners are out. Wages are the principal issue. A dispatch from Ottumwa, la., says the miners of southeastern lowa laid down their tools Friday night and say they will not take them up again until ordered to do so by the supreme officers of their union. They declare they are not on a ..trike, but have merely sus pended wort. . Between 5,000 and 6,000 miners in the Pittsburg, Pa., district struck on a ques tion of wages, the strike having nothing to do with the eight-hour day. It is possible this will be settled satisfactorily. In Pittsburg 3,500 men, employed ih the various building trades, are idle on the eight-hour demand. The same condition prevails in all towns and cities in western Pennsylvania, Ohio and West Virginia within a 100 miles radius from Pitts burg. At Duquoin, 111., one of the places where the miners demand an eight-hour day, ,jOO miners are out They also demand weekly payments. At Cincinnati and Philadelphia no eight-hour demand has disturbed the building trades, but at Covington, Ky., the carpenters have struck for nine hours, with ten hours’ pay. A dispatch from Columbus, Ohio, says out of 12,000 miners employed in the Hocking Valley and Sunday Creek dis tricts only 1,500 are working. The re mainder are waiting the result of a con ference with the owners on the wages question. At Wheeling, W. Va., 1,000 Miners quit work to await a settlement of the wages question. At Louisville, Ky., Labor Day drew out probably the largest -aiade seen. The day was pleasant and was asatlo a general holiday by all manufacturing es tablishments. At Kansas City there was nothing to indicate that it was Labor Day, while at Topeka, Kan., the day was generally ob served by working classes as a holiday. Throughout Colorado, New Mexico and Wyoming but little notice was taken of the day, and there was no strikes of any importance. At Springfield, 111., all coal miners in the Springfield sub-district, about 1,500 in number, are idle. The operators posted a notice that hereafter they will pay but 50 cents per ton over an inch and a quar ter screen. This is 17£ cents less than the price now paid. At St. Louis, the carpenters’ strike for an advance of 5 cents an hour, was suc cessful, 272 bosses out or 350 having granted the demand. At Chicago large crowds and great en thusiasm characterized the labor demon stration for eight hours. The bricklayers’ union, about 2,000 strong, did not take part in the parade, that trade having al ruauy Deeu uccorded the eight-hour day. Other trades unions, however, were gen erally represented. SUNDAY’S MEETINGS. A London cablegram saxs: The at tendance at the labor meeting at Hyde Park Sunday is variously estimated at from 20,000 to 30,000. The profession in "conm ctiiin with the meeting included workers or all trades, and was miles long. A resolution in favor of a compul sory labor day of eight hours was moved. From various dispatches it is ascertain ed that in general quiet prevailed in the continental countries during the day. A number of labor meetings were held in Berlin, and passed resolutions favoring a c mpulsory eight-hour labor day. They were conducted in an orderly manner. The city was guarded by mounted in fantry. THROUGHOUT EUROPE. The principle towns in Germanv, Hol land and Switzerland were on Sunday the scenes of demonstrations of workmen in favor of the eight-hour movement. In Hamburg 30,000 persons, one-tenth of whom were the wives and sweethearts of the workmen, paraded through the suburbs of Horn, the delegates from the workmen’s societies keeping excellent order. IN DUBLIN. Ten thousand workmen of Dublin marched iu procession to Phoenix Park, where they held a meeting at which a r solution demanding a work day of eight hours was pas^^. THE MURDER OP WORKMEN. A dispatch of Sunday from Paris says: The details of the labor troubles at Fourmies immensely heighten the politi cal importance incident. The fact that six womeflPseveral children and eight men were killed on the suit, while twenty were seriously several fatally, gives the affair the character of a massacre. "The soldiers were merely exposed to stone-thro wing, but they re plied with successive volleys from their new Lebel rifles, inflicting frightful wounds on their victims. Parliamentary circles view the affair as snaking the position of the ministry. Labor centers throughout France arc profoundly moved, and oublic meetings at Paris. Marseilles. Lyons and elsewhere are being organized to protest against the precipitate action of the authorities. CHEAP LABOR. A later dispatch from Pittsburg, Pa., says: The expected sensation of the week is the promised importation of 7,000 workmen from different parts of the east. It is said that many will be negroes and Italians. The operators have little to say except that they must run their plants somehow, while the ci'i zens generally are indignant that steady, skilled labor seems about to be driven from the field by this threatened invasion of ignorant and by no means desirable laborers. NORTH CAROLINA VETERANS Preparing for a Grand Reunion Next Month. There will be a reunion of the survi vors of the confederate army iu North Carolina iu August. The reunion will be held at Wrightsville, on the eoast, on the camp grounds of the North Carolina state guard, and immediately following the annual encampment of that organization. The state had 130,000 soldiers in the war —more in proportion to its population than any other southern state. Of this number about 30,000 were killed while fighting for their cause, and it is estimated that there are now fully 40,000 survivors of the state troops. An im mense crowd will be present, as this is the first reunion of the North Carolina troops. Many prominent men will be present, and will add interest to the oc casion by speeches. Great preparations for entertainment will be made by the people of Wilmington, near which place the camp is located. THE GRIP IN LONDON Spreading Rapidly and Assum ing a Serious Phase. A cablegram of Saturday says: In fluenza is spreading rapidly in London. Many barristers and officials of the law courts have been attacked by the disease and it is spreading among members of the houses of lords and comnwns. At Woolwich arsenal so many of the work men are suffering from influenza that work there is greatiy interfered with. At Leicester, the and sease has appeared in a serious form. At Windes, Lancanshire, the influenza has developed into a veri table epidemic of a dangerous and pecu liar tjpe. The physicians of that town and neighborhood are working night and day. At Sunderland there has been several fatal cases of influenza. VINDICATED. REPORT OF THE NEW ORLEANS GRAND JURY On the Lynching of the Italians. —The People Sustained. After six weeks’ investigation the New Orleans grand jury completed its labors on the Hennessy case and the killing of the Italians at the parish prison, by pre senting a special rep rt Tuesday alter noon. It is a very long document. Throe thousand words at the beginning are de voted to the subject of the alleged brib ery of the jury which tried the Italians. The grand jury is emphatic in the ex pression of the assured conviction that the result of that trial was due to tam pering with the jury by Detective O’Mal ley and others associated with and em ployed by him. Regarding this the re port says: “But sufficient evidence was offered by voluntary and reliable witnesses to justi fy the indictment of six men, as follows: Thomas McCrystol and John Cooney, with C. C. O’Malley, for attempting to bribe a talesman, and Bernard Giaudi, Charles Granger and Ferucard Armeant, for attempt by each to bribe three differ ent talesmen. These parties are clearly shown to have been intimate with O’Mal ley, informed of all doings, and were active workers in the jury fixing busiuess generally. We are prompted to express ourselves in deprecation of the hesitation of many of our citizens to ba connected with criminal prosecution by seeking re lief from jury duty. Intelligent and law abiding citizens, with t hose engaged in various enterprises of business and trade, must recognize the obligation, without which the guilty too often go unpun ished.” The report then sets forth O’Malley’s criminal record previous to the llennt ssy murder, from which it appears that he served a term in the workhoiuse at C leve land, 0., in 1875, for petty larceny, and that he was afterwards indicted in New' Orleans for perjury in connection with tbit case, was indicted in the United States court in New Orleans for perjury but was acquitted owing to the timely disappearance of an affidavit; was con victed to the parish prison for attempted blackmail; was five times convicted and sentenced for carrying concealed weap ons; indicted twice and convicted once of assault and battery and twice indicted for attempting to prevent witnesses from appearing and testifying. A thousand words are devoted to dis cussing the immigration question, and then the report deals w ith the lynching affair as follows: “In the pr. sc-ntation of the main features given to us as evidence, condensed as far as possible by the S'-lee tion of the most important portions of in quiry, we have referred mainly to the ev idence bearing upon the trial of the nine accused in section “B” of this hon orable court, but directly connected w’ith all these circumstances are terrible events transpiring on the 14th of March last, events which within themselves may be charged as directly traceable to the nib carriage of justice as developed in the verdict rendered on March blth. We are deeply impressed with the serious charge delivered by your honor to this body on the subject, and at no time since have we lost sight of the necessitv of all the conditions antecedent to it. We have engaged ourselves most assiduously with the examination of a large number of witnesses. It is shown in evidence that the gathering on Saturday, March 14th, embraced several thousand of the first, best and even the most law-abiding of citizens of this city, assembled—as is the right of American citizens—to dis cuss in public meetings questions of grave import. We find the general sentiment among those witnesses, and also iu our interviews with people, that the verdict, as rendered by the jury, was contrary to law and evidence, secured mainly through designing and unscrupulous agents employed for the special purpose of defeating the ends of justice. At that meeting the determination was shown that the people would not submit to the surrender of their rights into the hands of midnight assassins and their powerful allies. The assassina tion of the late chief of police shows the culmination of the conspiracy. His death was deemed necessary to pre vent the exposure and punishment of criminals whose guilt was being fast es tablised by his diligent pursuit. The condition of affairs as to a certain class of violators of law had reached such a state, that law itself was well nigh powerless to det.l with them. So far-reaching was their power and influence in the trial of criminal cases. Good citizens were pro foundedlv impressed by the repeated aud signal failures of justice. '1 he arts cf the perjurer and briber seemed to domi nate in courts, paralyzing and rend' ring powerless the ends of justice. Certainly this was a desperate situation. In the public meeting above referred to, general and spontaneous in character, as truly in dicating an uprising of the masses, we doubt if any power at the command of the authorities would h*ve been sufficient to overcome its intentions. Evi dence is before us from official sources that eleven persons were killed in the attack on the parish prison In a c ire ful examination as to the citizenship of these men, we find that eight of them were, beyond question, American citi zens, and another had “dec ared his in tention” in this court, which act c irries with it a renuuciation of al egianco to his native country. It is a notewoithy fact in connection with the uprising that no injury whatever was done to either per son or property beyond the one act, which seemed to have lreen the object of the assemblage at the parish prison. "We have referred to the large number of citizens participating in this demon stration, estimated by judges fiom 6,000 to 8,000, regarded as a spontane ous uprising of the peple. The magni tude of this affair makes it a diffic-ult task to fix guilt upon any number <>f the participants; in fact, the act seemed to involve the entire people of the parish and the city of New Orleans, so profuse is their sympathy, and extended toeir connection with fhe affair. In view of these considerations, a thorough examina tion of the subject has failed to disclose the necessary facts to justify this grand Jury in presenting indictments. Respect fully submitted. G. H. Yennard, T. W. Castlemau, ' O. Carriere, W. L. Baxon, David Stuart, G. C. Lafaye, G. A. Hoosett, .Jr. John Jackson. E. Gauche, Paul J. Christian, S. R. Graham, Emile E. Haley. BUSINESS BOOMING. Dun Sc Co.’s Report of Trade for the Past Week. R. G. Dun & Cos. ’s review of trade for weekended May Ist, says: Business it large in volume and sustained by general confidence as to the future. It is an en couraging symptom that the market for breadstuff* has broken and wheat is nearly 6 cents per bushel lower than a week ago; oats, 2 cents, and corn 1-} cents lower. Wheat and flour exports from Atlantic ports continue far behind those of last year, and while the reports of foreign crop prospects are not favorable, there is really no reason to anticipate any shortage or unusual demand from abroad prior to those of the current crop year. The possible demand next year has to meet it an exceptionally favorable crop outlook. Trade at most western points and south ern points is encouraging this week. Bet ter weather helps at almost all western points. Trade is improving at Louisville. Nashville and Atlanta, with decided strength at Sr. Louis, though for the week barely fair at New Orleans. At Pittsburg the glass busings is active,and Bessemer iron is 50 cents higher. The great industries are in better shape. It is a hopeful sign that, notwithstanding the addition of many furnaces, which have been idle for a mouth or two, the price of pig iron is fairly well sus'ained, and the demand for finished products of iron and steel is more encouraging. Woolen manufacturers still hesitate, ap parently because producers are inclined to usk higher prices for the new clip of wool than the manufacturers can pay, but there is a belief that the consuming de mand for goods must be as large as it ever has been in any previous year, and clothiers, though very cautious hitherto, begin to act upon that belief. The shoe trade is still retarded by uncertainty as to prices for the future, but is neverthe less fairly active. There has been some financial irritation during the week, owing to statements made by Mr. Leech, director *of the mint, as if by authority of the treasury department; and the latter statement by Secretary I oster has not entirely removed the feeling of apprehension. Tjje treas ury has but little money available to meet any emergency in the money market, and has paid out but little during the past week. But gold continues to go abroad in rather large amounts, and while the collapse in speculation in wheat tends to help exports, it is possibly too late to have much effect at present. Merchan dise exports from New York continue larger than a year ago, but imports are aiso remarkably large, and there is a prospect of heavy exports of gold for some months to come. Failures for the week number 228. For the corresponding week of last year the figure was 185. THE SECRETARY TALKS. Confident That Uncle Sam Will Pay Off All Obligations. A dispatch of Friday, says: Secre tary Foster, in speaking of financial mat ters, said that in his opinion the govern ment would be able to take care of all its obligations, and that, in addition to $v!36,000,000 of bonds already retired by this administration, it would, in his opin ion, add a considerable amount in the two years that remain. Concerning the SIOO,- 000,000 legal tender redemption fund in the treasury, the secretary said that he did not expeo. that any condition of affairs would arise which would make it necessary for the government to touch it. He intimated, however, that this fund might be used without legislative action in case of absolute necessity to prevent any discredit to government obligations. THE S HAX.Ii CHANGE. The first of the steps contemplated by Secretary Foster for getting subsidiary coin nov' in the treasury into circulation was taken Friday when the following notice, signed by United States Treasurer Nebecker, was prepared at the treasury department, and will be sent to backs throughout the United State: “The coinage of standard silver dol lars. authorized by the act of February 28, 1878, having been discontinued by the act of July 14, 1890, the treasurer finds it inconvenient to furnish them otherwise than in' the redemption of silver certificates or treasury notes, but will forward silver half dollars, quarters and dimes to any address free of cost for transportation by express in sums of S2OO or more, or by registered mail in packages of S7O, in exchange for any other kind of money deposited in the treasury qr thu subtreasury or depositary bank. Bemit tances for this purpose will ba reeteivM by the treasurer and assistant treasurer Iff toe form of drafts on any bank or banker ia Washington, New York, Boston, Philadelphia, Cincinnati, Chicago, St Louis, New Orleans, or San Frs-nciscp." NO. 2.