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Whiskicrs.?A youitf lady in Vermont
having, by accident, spilt a few drops of
patent hair oil on her cheek before going
' to bed. awoke in the morning with whiskers
several inches long 1 At least, so the
story runs. Some of our would-be-whrskered
bucks had better resort to the same
expedient. ,
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* HE f RESBYTERIAN UlIURCII flAS diVI- I
did?in other words, the * Old School* j
has turned the 4 New School* out of doors.
The 8ynods of Western Reserve, Geneva, <
*0006860, and Ulica, are among the most
heinous offenders, and have been honored j
with a Special ejectment. The Presby- |
tery of Wilmington, Del. and the Third i
Presbytery of Philadelphia have been dis- j
solved. The only serious trouble is con* 1
cerning the funds and property of the I
Church, which the 4 Old School* seem
disposed to monopolize. The Home Missionary
and other Societies under the
control of the 4 New School* have been
included in the excision. i
Waking Himself.?A Dutchman, the
other day, bid an extraordinary price for
an nlnrm plnrL and nawn ? n ?
? -mmm-mmmmmm ?/?wn MliU gU f V U O U I CUSUIIf
44 Dat he loff'd to rise early, lie had nothing
to do but bul the string, and he
could wake himself."
A Question.?If your mother's mother
was my mother's sister's aunt, what
relation would your great grandfather's
uncle's nephew be to my elder brothei's
first cousin's son-in-law?
Early Rising.?Dean Swift says, that
44 lie never knew any man to eminence
who lay in bed of a morning ; and Dr.
Franklin, in his peculiar manner, says
that 44 he who rises late may trot all day,
but never overtake his business."
Some of the office holdrs are doing a
snug business just now. The Government
collects its dues in specie, and pays the
office holders in specie. The office holders
sell their specie at the current premium,
and pay their own debts in paper.?
jBait. Pat. i
Literary property ?Mr. Hood, in !
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?m uiih ic lii singular nutrior, states that I
the phrase 4i republic of letters," was ! 1
hit upon ' to estimate that taking the '
whole lot of authors together, they have '
Hot got a sovereign among them." j '
The Boston papers com plain of the size t
of the bread sold in that city. Where is i
this not a subject of complaint in these
times? The best bread-men now give \
cause for murmurs. The Transcript arch- <
ly inquires: 14 What is the reason that i
loaves of bread look so dwarfish ??do the
bakers put all the yeast into the price?"
it IT P rPlT n n ' t # la ?>tn 1/1/1 * ~ ? i
. ttu a u 11 r It 1.1 ouuril III till l',\i;llilllge
paper that a piece of fresh turf in the
croth of a tree, wiil cause all the caterpillars
forthwith to descend. Well, there >
is a plenty of fresh turf a little below the
croth, is there no attraction in that?
A lady was recently turned out of church
in Vermont, for kissing a gentleman.? i
Prentice says it was certainly a pressure
which no honest woman ought to regret. I
Curious.?A late Puris paper mentions j
that two poor fishermen found, while draw- !
ing the nets in the Seine, ne.r the Isle of
Swan, a little wooden box eery neatly made
and surrounded by plates ol iron, which
were nearly destroyed bv rust. The box
was in an excellent sta e of preservation,
and hermetricallv scaled. On ih<. nnicri. 1
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were still to be seen some feeble traces of
Fieurs do Lys, and the letter? 44 M de V." !
surmounted by a double royal coronet. I
The fishermen were delighted with their 1
prize, and lost no time in breaking it open,
expecting to find within treasures of no
ordinary value. But their surprise and j
horror may be conceived, when their eyes :
rested on a human head embalmed and,
perfectly preserved ! In the bottom of
the box was a silken scarf, some withered
Bowers and a little poiniard, whose point
was stained with blood. The box with its
contents was purchased by one of the
Savans of Paris?who is confident that it
belonged to Marguerite dc Valois, the
Queen of Henry IV, and the head is that
of Coconas, which is well known she
caused to be embaled after the tragical
death of that individual.
Portable Mill for Military Service,
Rl. Saget's newly invented machine rests
upon a carriage which is drawn hv a sin
w " "" ~
gle horse, driven by a man, whose seat is, 1
on the cairiagc. It has some resemblance i
to a mounted water-butt; and, when in*
motion, grinds the grain and sifts the flour, ?
at one and the same moment. The moving
power is derived from the revolution
of the wheels, and the driver readily stops'
the machine from working without being
compelled to stop the progress of the
carriage. The construction of the mill
is so adjusted, that when at rest, it may
be employed as a water-mill,or hand-mill,
which a child may drive ; and it will produce
either fine or coarse meal accordingly,
as occasion may require.
It was inspected at a sitting of the
Academy of Arts and Sciences at Hor- \
deanx, when a report was drawn up, from ;
which the following is an extract:?44 M.;
get's machine is so contrived that it will
act under any circumstances of season or !
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jucuuiy ; 11 is noi oonoxious to the impe-|
diments arising from atmospherical calms
in those climates where wind mills are
used, or from droughts in those where
water-mills are employed ; the products
which it yields may be increased or diminished
at will, with regard both to
quantity or quality ; and the process of
grinding may be earned on uninterruptedly."
The following is the average product
of this mill; when worked by a sing!e
person, 66 gallons per day; when I
worked by two men, 132 gallons per day;
and when worked by a horse, ab< ut 227
gallons.? United Service Journal.
Washington, June 19.?A very misterious
robbery of the mail was fortunately
detected at the Post Office in this city.
As far back as last January, a remittance
was made from a house in Chambersburg
to one in ballimore, of the amount of
2,000 dollars, which package was traced
to Baltimore, but how abstracted from
that office, or lost, no tidings could be
obtained. About a week ago, however,
the merchant to whom the original was
sent, received a letter from Washington,
containing eighteen hundred dollars of the
money. The envelope, containing the
direction, was sent to the office of this
city, with a a view to identify, if possible,
the hand-writing, which was most fortunately
done this morning, and the whole
affair traced step by step. In a day or two
we shall have a history of the transaction,
which, while it will be found amusing,
shows the almost utter impossibility of
robbing the mail without detection.
The Wandering Piper is about to take
his final departure from Baltimore, where
he is only known as a mysterious stranger
who for several years has devoted
himself most assiduously to the laborious
and certainly inn cent occupation of obtaining
money, bv the exertion of his musical
abilities, with the singular view to
apply it to benevolent purposes?scarcely
reserving from lus philanthropic object,
so much as was necessary for his personal
expenses. During his several visits lie
has paid altogether to benevolent and
charitable uses in our city above ?1000.
We have had the gratification durimr his
" o
pri^scnt visit, of dining in liis company
with a select few to whom lie is most intimately
known here; and were pleased
to find him a gentleman of intelligence
and agrceableable conversational talents?
ready to speak treely on ail subjects except
the mystery which surrounds himself.
After several hours conversation on various
subjects, and among others the course 1
[if his travels and the receptions he met
with?one of the company proposed the
following toast.
44 The Minstrel's mystery? we know
inly its benevolent results and therefore
espect it.**
lie joined in silence to drink to the
.oast, hut immediately began to converse
3n another subject?and we learn from his
most intimate acquaintances that be lias
never yet explained here the nature of
his four years perigrinalion in the charac-j
tor of a Wandring Piper. His acqaint-1
ances address him by the name of Capt. I
Stuart?but thev think it probable that'
this is merely a travelling name.
Singular effects of infected air in
a sleeping room.?Mr. P , an architect
of Vienna, went on business to the
country seat of Baron dc . One of
the most beautiful chambers of the chateau,
was assigned him for his lodging
apartment. Scarcely had he laid himself
down, before he seemed to feel as if he
was taken up from bis bed and cariied
about the chamber hither and thither ; ut
one time he found himself upon the bed ;
at another beneath it; now lie was near
the door or the windows; now in the
midst of an enormous fire chimney ; at
the same time there was not light enough j
lo enable Mr. P. to distinguish clearly
e/ery object in the room. It wns r?..t I
an illusion ; he felt the movement, he re- |
cognized every place in the chamber. The
next morning he appeared at the breakfast
table, pale and wan as after a night
without sleep ; but from a natural delicacy
he gave only evasive answers to the
questions of his host.
The second night brought the same apparitions,
and the next day he was more
pale, and cast down than before, but still
came to no explanation.
The third night was like the first; and
his livid cheeks and sunken eyes excited
the next morning, uneasiness in the fami-;
ly. The Baron took M. P. aside,;
and urged him to tell him frankly if he
l ad not experienced something disagree-1
able in his sleeping chamber. Then the
latter related all that had occurred, and i
the Baron confessed that for a long time
this r?l?nnihnr ?,*d bnnn fb*. 1
would occupy it; and that the domestics
Jared not to go there.
After the explanation, M. P. requested
permission to examine the house.
He found that the chimney of the room
was closed up from within, so that all air
was excluded ; the windows beside, were
always kept shut, and the doors were
scarcely ever open ; he remarked also that
the chamber was situated in a wing of the
building, and surmounted by a roof thro'
which which there was no perceptible
opening. He concluded that ?he menhitic
gas inclosed within the garret had penetrated
into the room through some old
wainscotling ; there the air became corrupted,
and, with nothing to renovate it,
the brain was affected by it in such a way
as to excite a momentary delirium which
presented to the imagination these nocturnal
views.
Mr. P. , made a report upon his
observasions and set himself to work to
remedy the evil. The windows were
opened; a current of air was established
between the room and the chimnej' way ;
an opening made through the roof. The
air which came through this aperture was
of a quality so mephitic, that one of the
workmen was taken sick, and would have} <
fallen had it not been for the aid of his i
companion.
The same night, Mr. P. slept in
the chamber. As he had been without f
I rest for three days, he slept better than |,
|ever, and nothing more was heard about <
I apparitions. \
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Communications. [
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FOR the courier. ,
AZURE DEMONS. ,
DY A LAOY. |
So full o( shape is fancy,
That it alone is high fantastical.
SflAKSPEARn. <
Winter had made a sepulchre of her i
dead leaves, and sang Iter last requiem to i
her dying reign. Spring usurped her throne j
and nature began to smile beneath her ge- !
nial influence. The inhabitants of the city ]
of P observed her advancement with ]
apprehensions of terror. The stately trees <
that bordered the streets remained unpruned, i
the gardens that beautified the habitation, j
shared the common neglect; in vain, the <
early flowers looked up from their bed or I
beauty, imploring aid from the gardener to i
extricate them from noxious weeds. They
were lelt to bud and blossom in unsought so- I
litudc; the mildew of neglect had visited I
thcin, and they were abandoned. | i
And why was tLis beauty neglected without
one glance of admiration? One pious i
thought to the tiiver who formed them. 1
Why was the desolate places about to be i
made glad, the wilderness made populous ?
The C-lndera?that scourge to human exist- 1
cnce, had reached New York, and the ap- 1
proximation of the two cities were such as I
to render escape impossible to those whore- i
maincd. Day and night 1 could hear the I
hurried departure of carriages from the city, i
Many merchants were compelled to give up i
business, their customers had abandoned I
them, and they c-uld not meet payments. <
The farmer who ventured to enter the city to i
sell produce, met with poor sale; vegetables i
were denounced as food for cholera. Fear I
superceded all after lion, nil interest. Life
was the selfish boon. The streets soon pro- i
claimed one eternal Cahbath. Humor was <
busy with us, it was reported the cholera had <
made the expected appearance?my bus- i
hand became alarmed, and convened inysell i
and babe to a place of safety, and returned , i
to brave the d;m->er '
My rclreat, was on a heatiful farm in ti
Falmouth, Mass. Health reigned here i c
triumphant. Here *he contemplative mind J |
could roam arnid nature's wildest sceneny; li
the full crowned forest; the majestic hills; *
the moss-covered rocks that were inter- V
spersed among fields, and formed the di> \
rable fence; combined with the beautiful
bay, rendered my retreat a most desirable i
residence. If, in exploring the In autiful i
mysteries of nature, we could drink a s
lelhcan dose of worldly cares, and world- I 1
ly all'ections, it would prove a most deli- 1
cious draught to the troubled mind. Anx- I
iety and fear are too closely blended to
allow oblivion from the love of nature's
works. In vain I explored the hills, the 1
fields, the forest, with the beautiful flow- 1
1 crioj: underwood, these beauties only served
to enlarge the trouble of my mind. !
The troubled waters of the ocean were j
more in sympathy with my feelings than
all the glowing landscape scenery I could
survey. It was not the loss of gay society
that I mou.ned, I never was dependent
on the crowd for happiness ; I was certain
to anticipate sorrow, whenever I gleaned
a gladsome hour in mingling with the gay
throng?it was a r sentiment of sorrow,
I>ut was often realized.
Hooks, ease, retirement, were resources
that never failed to secure a quiet happiness,
a Sabbath for the mind. If I did
not exercise the faculties rf hope and joy
in reciprocated feelings of intercourse ; I
at leasi escaped the pangs of sorrow and
disappointment.
The charms of nature had not lost their
attractions. I still made companions of
the birds and flowers, but she could not !
ullay the devouring suspense, that was I,
lpreying upon me. Every paper and let- j
tor I received, appeared to bear the insignia;
of the death of my husband, and a t
confirmation of my excited fears. Fear,
who can analyze the passion? Imagina- ]
tion is her mirror to enlarge her danger, ,
and multiply her horrors. .
One evening, as the light of day dc- i
parted, I wandered to the sea-shore ; the (?
murmuring waves soothed my distracted i
imagination; 1 seated myself j>n a mors- I
covered rock, and reclined beside a wide
sj reading oak, that grew contiguous: and 1
yielded to meditation. I gazeed on the s
starry vault above me; all was quiet there, |
it breathed of omnipresence ! Ilow ar- <
dently I desired to unravel the mysteries j
of that charactery of God's alphabet! poor i
human curiosity ! Science with all her r
reflected rays will never penetrate immor- r
jtality. Infinite power, displayed the fir- |
| mamcnt as a comforter to the bowed heart, c
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! ami 111 eievate the thoughts to enjoy the r
| knowledge of created works hereafter! p
i The knowledge of the motion, distance, p
or magnitude of heavenly bodies, will s
avail but little when we are judged beyond! p
The view of the heavens and earth re- s
vealed by the softened light of a full , c
moon ; her trees, her green grass, her
flowering shrubs, ought to elevate rather p
than depress, and yet where is the heart i
that will not court the dark spell of sad-Is
ness, which a sun-set scene often inspires? i i
There is something so fraught with sim- t
pie yet sublime associations, that it seems t
to partake rather of heaven than earth ; i
the day with all its selfish coninion-placc t
1 interests, are at an end, and the season t
>f intelligence, imagination, of spiritual- 1
ty is dawning.' 1
'Mad with the signature and stamp of heaven.' <
My reveries were interrupted by the }
ipproach of a stranger, who came toward \
ne,and presented a letter, I eagerly grasp- '
?d the treasure, after thanking liiin for 1
lis politeness?commenced opening the '
teal; and to my utter coftBtcrnation, dis- 1
covered it was written in a strange hand, '
nut evidently dictated by my husband.. It '
was alarmingly concise. My presence '
was requested to see the last of him on , '
earth : the fell disease hud prostrated him j!
ind he might not be alive when this intel- j '
ligence reached me. 1
' Yc who have lost, or who fear to lose', '
1
can alone sympathize with my lacerated j
feelings. I obeyed the mandate ; how I (
.nnitlmil il.n o!li> 1 Irnmir nn' lint tliMt*#* I
I VUVIIVU 111V> VHJ M ? V v? v ? |
arrived in nil the magnitude of grief. I 1
saw the cold lifeless remains, the dark (
poll that covered him, his narrow resting
place: heard the sepulchral rattle on his
coffin, and then I lost ull time! grief had
reached her acme, and the listlcssness of
passing things came over with chaotic ,
darkness. I am unable to communicate |
how long I gave up to this lethargic existence.
Misery had not absolved me, there
was another tie to earth, another victim to
Lhe insatiate foe?it was my babe : this
beautiful bud was called to blossom in a
region more congenial to her purity. I
I had no comforter now, save the Invi- >
>ible, and lie whispered peace and union
hereafter This assurance soothed me in
:ny utter loneliness.
Years passed on ; I became changed !
1 had drank deeply of lethean waters, and
was revived back to youth, to love, to
hope, to jov. Sorrow makes decay, it is
not the number of years that roll over us,
that have half the effect of blighted beauty.
Years before I bad entered the pale
Ill lllllll I'lltMl > , A It lis <1 IllWIlUg UIIIISI, 1 nil- |
bibeil the idea, until it became a pure principle
with me. If the heart becomes interested
in an object of affection, there
ire various excuses formed to shield it
from error and instability of opinion.
Woman's heart will 'kindly leap to kindness
' Lei man endeavor to cheer her
trooping heart, devoid of selfish feelings;
menu rage her returning elasticity of spirts:
cement the broken bowl of hope,
ind give to life a radiance yet worth Iivng
for : independent of a selfish speculaion,
and woman's heart is seldom proof
igainsl such rare combination of genuine
lisinterestedness. Gratitude will find a
>assport to her heart if not affection. I
iad received such attention from one who
vas gifted with every manlv grace and
icauty, and I was not insensible to their
'alee.
The evening arrived for m** second marriage;
the guests were assembled, the
minister arose to pronounce those indissoluble
bonds till death separated?when
I heard a voice exclaim, 'Your husband
lias returned, conic and see him.' 1 did
not faint, for with all my love of romance
I never personated a heroine so far as to
lose iiiv senses by the admission of joy
or grief; but 1 awoke, and found my wanderings
were indebted to the suspension
of all senses, save imagination, guided by
the indulgence of uzurc-dcmons, or in the
vulgar definition, blue-devils.
Wh ere is the heart, that has not indulged
in moments of despondency ? When
life itself loses her attractions, and hope
the reserved gift in Pandora's box has
flown, and left her altar shrouded in darkness
and despair. The superstitious would
solve such feelings as a sure precurser of
coining eVil, and every dark dream they
can memorise, serves to increase their
self-imposed unhappincss. Suffice it to
say my dream was never realized.
ELOISE.
For the Courier.
WHERE IS T1IE SPECIE?
The annexed paragraph is taken from
the " St. Louis Republican,"of 22d April j
last. j
"The people of the west, it seems, are!
expected to endure any thing. We have
now been for some months paying our
portion of the public revenue, derivable
I'ro.n the sale of lands, in gold and silver.
It costs the poor farmer from five to twenty-five
percent to procure it. It is taken
to the deposite banks, sealed, and shortly
afterwards shipped to Cincinnati and the
seaboard?just as 8100,000 was sent away
at the beginning of this week. It does
lot return, nor can it, as things now arc,
!ac expected to return."
Specie is at this moment, scarcer than it
ins necn lor mc last 1?> years, 11 otvit!i
standing there have been such hca*y importations
of it from abroad. On the oth)r
hand, the people of the Atlantic States
pay to the Government the paper of all
ranks which are of good standing in the
leighborhood. Specie is not exclusively
oquired. They have not to pay a heavy j
premium, such as is paid by us for gold
md silver. They invariably pay in bank .
lotes. Such is the difference between the
people of the West and North?the one
mrtion is ground to the dust, to obtain ,
pecie for the land oflicc ; the other is,
etted, and in every thing having the reetnblance
to bank, is paid to the Revenue
dicers."
Now, this is the language of the Whig
>apers of the West, and if they are to be
>elieved, what cause have we of the East
ind North to complain? It seems there
s no money in the Treasury of the Unied
States, and it is only drawn for on the
leposite banks, and disbursed as the denands
of the government require, under
he laws by which it is appropriated. If
he "poor farmers of the West" pay the
leavy premium above mentioned, they
and it their interest to do so, but not a
iollar of it goes into the United States
Treasury. 'The Whigs of the East and
North are even more clamorous in their
inquiries for ihe Specie, and denouncing
:he specie circular for sending it all to
ihe West! J\ow you growling party,
what do you want? Do yo want a bank
[>f the United Slates? And for what?
;4Oh ! to be a check on the States banks
Lo procure an over issue of their notes."
Is not the Treasury circular demanding
specie in payment for our public laud,
doing that business for you? ft appears
lhat the circular is doing your business
even more effectually than your Midas,
ihe bank of the United Slates; as that
tuouiuiiuu i8 now unable to redeem its
own bills with specie, and has gone by
the board as well as the States banks in
that respect. ".Will you answer," "it certainly
has had that effect." Then what
more do you want? "Oh! the removal
of the deposites, the removal of the Government
deposites has deranged the currency,
and created a mania for banks
among the Slates, and thereby ruined the
country;" yet, stiJl you wish the States
banks to continue their issues and discounts,
when many of them are not able
to red? cm with specie, one third of their
issues !! Is there not something rotten in
Denmark ? The removal of the Treasury
deposites may have induced a spirit for
speculation-, as evil often results from intended
good ; but we may with the same
propriety, infer, that St. Paul intended to
induce drunkenness, when he recommended
a little wine to Timothy for the benefit
of his stomach. Again, you say "the
country must he relieved, and money
must be had : Congress must be convened."
For what ? Not to create another unconstitutional
Bank of the United States, as
ti e removal of the deposites and specie
Treasury circular has already demolished
that mass of monopoly and corruption :
n??t to recind that check upon fraud, the
specie circular: not to compel the revenue
officers to take the rag money, which, according
to the Louis Republican, is
already sold, at a loss, from from five to
twenty-live per cent, and thereby, bankrupt
the government and country: Heaven
forhid. The government money is exclusively
the property of our whole united
Republic, and if you want it, you must
come forward with your ' quid pro quo/'
or earn it honestly?rag money out of the
question.
The removal of the Government deposites,
was an act that regarded the rights
of the Slates, who paid the money, and
who ought to be allowed to use their quota
for the benefit of the people, and every
real States right man will applaud it.?
The Treasury specie circular is having
the desired and designed clltrt, checking
the over issues by the Ranks, and will
bring the currency to a sound and whole
_ 1 . ?
Mime cmiuiiion ; ami any interfcrance by
Congress in our monotaiy matters, may
bring a heavy curse on our beloved country.
That there is pecuniary distress in the
country cannot be denied, but the measures
of our government have had no more
agency in producing it, than it had in reducing
the prices ol cotton in Europe ;
the mania for Banking, and borrowing of
the Banks to speculate, is the true cause
of all this distress that now exists in our
money market; to restrain which, our
General Government has been endeavoring
for the last six or eight years. The
exclusive privileges, granted to companies
to establish Banks, allowing them to issue
from three to five times the amount of
I their capital, is unconstitutional and dan|
gerotis to interests and morals of our
people; inducing a spirit for reckless
speculations, overtrading, and extravagance,
seemingly afforded by Bank facilities
; which will always produce distress
and pecuniary ruin, when there is a sud.1
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urn ii -pression 111 me prices oi the ngrioultural
productions of our country m
foreign markets. I do not w ish to be undcrstood,
that I desi?c all the banks demolished
*'at one fell swoop far from
it; I know and appreciate the portable
convenience of paper money, and never
wish to see twenty dollars in specie together,
(unless in a bank) again as long as I
live?but that the Treasury circular demanding
specie in payment for our public
lands, 6lc , should have bad the effect to
compel them to close their doors against
paying specie for their own notes, demonstrate
that they are literally broke, or
a mass of fraud and corruption, calculated
to deceive the people, and at war with
their best interests.
AN OLD FARMER.
No Gambling.?What right lias any
of our hanks, from the United States down
to the meanest institution in our land, to
enter into any speculation whatever 7
\\ hat right have any of our banks?whether
it be those entrusted with the business
of the old United Slates Banks, the
"pets" or the local institutions which do
business on their own accounts?what
business, we say,had any of these concerns
to use ihcir money for speculative purposes?
for the purchase of cotton with the
intention of selling it again ? Nowo
whatever.
VVe have it from the best authority that
some of our hanking institutions have
made heavy purchases of cotton within the
last few days, which has been paid for, as
a matter of course, in paper oi the most
depreciated and valueless nature, and this
cotton is already shipped and on its way to
Europe. Shame 011 such proceedings !
The banks cannot redeem the paper they
already have in circulation' Is it honest*