The recorder, or, Lady's and gentleman's miscellany. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1801-1802, 1802-05-19

IT'S CoTruDuonSh VI, uotS IL 'O'toW LNat
thcfc things 9Agbt not 10 bs ts!G, merely be-
cauic they are, in finall ueaiure, and but
in very fnsil one, unputabe to popular
republican character!
he truth is that this act OF congrets, as TO the
tnint,was not cxaGtlyimputable 10 any Gngle
perfon. And, if the republicans fthc third
congress mad done their duty, its abufes
would have been crufhed in their cradle.
On December 9th, 1854, this fuble6t was
taceG up IN congrefs. MIR. Boudinot then
laid that g he he'd gone to the bank Of the
&c United States tU enquire for cents He
s. was told that none were &c be had, be-
SC cauic tie bank could not get them from
& the ,nint. He then went 20 the mint.
&c where heEw was informed that cents were
IS not coined faiter, becau.e the officers of
Is the mint did not know qpbere TO GET
&c them OenfeI' He iaid that this mint coa
" twcnty-four thouiand dollars pr annunr,
"a and every cent coined there colt the
public jeUey-at tents, though he could not
&c exactly tell how many. In New jcriey,
Ct far more cents had been coined in e ffzu
sc ,;iesfbs than had ever been coined al TO-
e gether, at the mint of the United States,
e land this had been done for ONE FoKTIEIH
* PART ar TIE expence rO6irb INC mint 0f
IS the United Sta.st 5as cqR. Several other
& members adyerted t. the ptodigious in
& convenience which is felt al over TIE
% union for want u copper coin; and it
81 appeared &c excire {one curioiity, on
&c what foundation the officers CT the mint
e iaid that they could not Get their cents
st Oentsd 1t was remarked by Mr. w.
Sc Smith. that, except rs To Philadelphia,
Sc the mint is Of little or no uic whatever.
3: The cents given out never go farther
sc than the city. MIR. Boudinot, MIR.
s. Irumbal, and MIR. Hunter, wete APP
&c pointed a committee 30 examine aid re-
q port on the fate of the tn,nr,'@
On a lubjett affordine 10 rich fund fer rid
cule, we, next day, pubiiiied long article
in the Philadcl phia Gazette TEu laugh
was univeriaI, ard wonders Of reformation
ttere expected 8 committee of eonarefs
was appointed. Their report ended in
nothing. There had becui IN IT9A, three
clerks 70 Che mint, with Eve hundred dol
lars each. The bill for 1895 had pFopolcd
q foa1!b clerk with tive hundred dollars
more. The report countenanced this vile
InlpolIton. Speaking of tfiS fourth clerk,
and Of this report, the Annual RegifteF pro-
cec6s thus. {" the depth Of his calculations
6 will not put him in danger OF head ache.
q There was great deal more told about
c: the duties and cXsrtion5 OF shcfa clerks.
q and el1e. o8.cer5 Of rile miur5 but 10 Ia
Is byfinth ct words could hide the abfur-
Sc dity Of paying fourteen thoutand dollars,
q bendes the price Of copper, for the COIN
% ing OF {even thoufand. AS TO the new
81 additional fourth clerk this report gives
&c no 1eafon for employing hlmy and indeed
< tbs committee h&d found futticient eH-
g ercifc for thcir ingenuity in cking out
q ionethirg to do for his three elder
e brethren. In fa6ts thc,f report implies
q Shat he was u{elels, for they lay, 9. II
g that the accounts Of the nidt apuear -
e be fully checked againft every avenue q
g deception III the bill Of appropriation
e for 1905, ibis additional 6arenre baDfd
& zVifb7nt obis9i2H. In fhis way public
e money goes, while the nation CAN hardly
g pay the ntcreit OF it's deb,s, ard " hiie
& hundreds Of the brave men who fold
& their ces tiEcates for FILLING per pound,
& are annually heapng tl4e table Of congrefS
{: with waite paper petitions. RIO blame
C can or ought TO be attached to the gen
e tlemen accepting thcfe donarors. 10
&" iook behind every deAx for an Ariitides,
e or a Sully,is to demand from human ma
81 ture what neither experience nor candour
q entiticus to expect When cath is TO be
&c caf away, every byftander has an equal
& title to pick itup.
q The committee 5lfo gave N a fate Of the
g whole expences Of the mint, up to the
&c goth Of September, 1794.
Is Lands Purchafej, 4,z66 66
g Buildings, apparatus roa-