Columbus Democrat. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 18??-18??, 1840-11-21

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NEw ORLEANS, Oct 81.
TIE MINT,
On tue invitation ol a gentleman connected
with the mint, We on Thursday visited that estab.
hshnent and were highly pleased with all We
witnessed. The high state Of mechanics, which
the complex machinery give evidence OF, the ex
trere cleanliness Of the building, and the well
arranged order with which the whole process OF
coming is carried on, are Truly admirable. There
ate at present some twenty five men employed
there, every one Of them noiseIe-rly iuitiiAns his
| province.
! In the smelling department, there are SIX fur.
naces-wo Of them were on Thursday IN opera
ton The men employed in this department
wear large stuffed gloves on their hands, resem-
! bling boxing gloves" Que man, through the
aid OF long iongs, raises the crucbs out Of the
iurnace and pouts the liquid metal into a cast
non monld--a seRnd man opens this mould,
pushes II over to rd,and throws the lngot just
cast into receptacle for Il third man astsns
up the mould opened by No. aud places ii in
position 10 be ready to receive an ingoI in proper
time. Doctor Riddle presides over this depart.
ny beneficial reforms.
The lncos are next ossayed and lhea taken TO
he rolling room here they Oro again placed IN
a furnace, where Il certain heat is infused INTO
them preparatory to their being rolled. The
rolling IS performed by the application Of macmn-
cry, and consists in rolling out the lngois whether
silver ar gold, to a consistency of a required
breadth ni1 Ihickncss, resembling in shape IRON
hogshcad hoops. These are nest con,t ytd to
the adjusting room, where they ale adjusted, 50
that Wien cut out in cIrculnr pleees iur eagles,
halt eagles, halt dollars. quarters, dunes, or hall
dimes, they will be found OF proper weight his
being done. these silver or gold slabs are, by 9TH
cr machinery, cut into exact circular sZss Of The
designed coins, They are next brought 10 the
mil where the ed &c is raised on them. This null
~ another evidence nf the uerlectnn nr rnarh,nr-
- Anr1uunu ptc es are put INTO kiud OF hop,
per, where they are placed over one another in IA
pie, and drawn Cut one by one, The edge is rus.
ed Ivy Their coming in contact with piece Of
grooved metal. az they 60 round, after which they
drop down. They are finally taken to the com.
,ng room, where, by machinery also, they are one
alter another drawn under the stamping picss
where they receive the necessary impies sIon,and
come oL good and current money of the United
States, to which the most sciupulous Beniouiau
could not object.
The whole of the machinery is worked by a
powerful aud splendidly finished steam engine
placed IN the centre Of that part Of the building,
where the coming which We have endeavored
'npertectly,,o describe,s carried on Picauuas.
THE GALLANT STATE OF SOUTH
CAROLINA.
his noble State will cover herself with glory
The following article, entitled, "the casting vote,
lIom the Charleston Mercury, emanates from
tue republican heart.
TIE CASTING VOTE.
The quietness with which South Carolina w.
ted at ne late election, and with which The resul,
has been received by the great Republican part
ol The Un'on' Is IN strong conltas TO The noisnes
OF the Wings, and illustrate fotcibly the differ
ent spr'l OF the tao parties, the manly dgnr
OF Inc one, and The exasgeralng, Juggling. hum
bug splr'I OF the other. The Republicans are a
composed and reserved US gentlemen should be
although lhe Palmetto State has just decided TO
lhcm with Unparalleled unanimlty. Onc nigh
suppose that this arose from no superiority Of Ii,
State Rights men to the motley crew of rac ba
Tons, bankrupis, spectators, aud needy SoulherI
renegadoes and adyenIuferos who make IN n,
opposition but from The fact that South CaroIn,
never leaves lneud or enemy IN doubt as 10 he
position, that she surprises nei,her with disap
Poinlmen' painful or joyous: both knowing al
Ways where 10 had he's, and counting her in III,
opposite battle rs OF course when such ihinr
as HaTrlsonls made tho stalking horse of FEEDER
a'iShl' ana IS vouched for by such pure and dsln
,erested aud consistent Jeffersonlan Dpmocra,
as Webster, Clay, aud Adams, Stanley and Sal
ionStall, ffesion and Slade; bm this Explans
llon Of The thing viii not meet the case. for q,
the other side We find the whole Why mess !,
blaze OF phosphorc rapture, TN truupe,in, Il
umnalIon aud cannonadng for every Abofno,
hh'g"am which votes on their side, al,bouoI
they knew as IA The case of Vermont, Tina, bs =,
AbolIaonlsts II was enevItably Waig. MOI n,
hcZzaing on enc side, and the ,emne,ate ,assry,
o the oIher are as Illustrative Of the cop,ra,Ie,
characters Of The two parties as the late sneech
G thus Col. Hunt and Darrell Webster-the man
4 ~, argnmenailse eloquence Of Col Hum, h,
consistent aud sialesmanlke vindcalion &c III
erso'an principles, without ad captapdum prnIs.
sion, and tho equhocalng and docinp nnd d,s;n
h genuons mixture Of slang and bynor,;,y ,,.,.,..
out by the giant Of the East, and his unhIusA,n,
DECLARATION that he was Of the school Of j, sysa,'
! IN the very speech in which he was ad ,oc.n, /,
1 nGt,onnh1Sd currency in the very sp,r,, Of al.
. eNandeI Hamilton, and at war with every p,i,r;.
, pie OF Stale Rights and Of Jefferson.