Unsettled currency.
--The Macon (Ca.) Confederate, referring to the present unsettled condition of the currency, says:‘ We were obliged to pay $10 yesterday for a few sticks of wood for which only $8 was asked. We tendered a $10 bill in payment; but the driver had no change, and as we had near, the $10 passed for $8. We understand that the acting houses on the various lines of railroads charge either $5 or $10 a meal. If you have a $5 bill, well and good; if not, you must pay ten, as no change is given. We are also informed that throughout the country the stores are generally closed, dealers preferring to retain their goods to selling them for a currency which will, according to law, depreciate thirty three per cent in the next forty days. Five dollar bills may be said to be at 25 cent. premium.
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