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Correspondence OF The Tribune.
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GALEsA Illinois, August /, 1872.
Absence from home and i'll health must be the
apology of your correspondent in the Lead Mines
for his long silence. Coming hither frem my own
New England,


Cline Of the brave the high hearts home,'
| have been the subject of full share of the dis
eases of the climate.


Since ] last had the pleasure of addressing you
we had aRother severe shock in the monetary
world. A, that time the notes of the Bank of H.
linois at Shawneetown constituted almost our en-
tire circulation She to specie pay
ments on the 18th Of June, and the people had
every confidence in her ability to resume, and
in the honesty and istegrity of those who con-
troled her affairs. Every man who could get
Shawneetown money thought he was safe. The
miners took it freely for their mineral and many
laid it by as specie funds. The mother Bank was
about TO establish branch in this CITY, and our
merchants anticipated some relief from the Eastern
exchange which it was said the Bank would throw
into the market. The 18th of June came, but with
it, unfortunately, no resumption of specie payments
bv the Shawneetown Bank. The consequence was
that her paper went down Immediately TO fifty cents
on the dollar. In common with almost every body,
l was grossly deceived in the Shawneetown Bank,
and l now freely confess it. Our people have been
so often deceived, cheated and swindled by the
Western Banks that they have very naturally lost
all confdencein Bank paper. Our staple (lead)
should secure to the best currency in the eouu-
try, and the principal transactions in il are in
specie. 1t is now dull at 81 25 per hundred,
specie, whchis lower than it has been for many
years.


This is election day in Illinois, and the contest
is going on very quietly in this city. The result,
as have said in my previous letters depends en-
trely upon the Southern part of the STATE. If
Joseph Duncan runs ahead of his party among the
Suckers, his chance of success will be fair. On
the other hand, if lie only gets the votes of the
Wings in the South he is badly beaten. In the
North the Wings will lose heavily on the vote at
the Presidential election in lS40. Van Buren, then
carried the State by l6<0 majority. The Locos
in this section united TO on Ford and are
making vigorous rally.


2. S. The polls have just been closed in this
city and the vote stands for


Duncan. ALI Ford ....-..55 553


Enough has been heard from the balance OF the
County to render it certain that the Locos have
carried the County of Joe Daviess, which gave 400
majority for Gen Harrison. This looks badly.