New-York tribune., 1842-02-14
THE TRIBUN E.
THE PRECIOUS METALs-No. ".


computed Tor ne ou NJ conm"yce
IN" Precious Metals a''. ''''e''''s d o'o a '''
world. As tar back Us 'nc records OF civilized
society extend thes 'l'e=SP"heh o'.--sr 0lcC"t-
lech establishes their carly use by reference TO
proianc history Sacred history carries " back
period antecedcnt TO this. About two thou
sand years before tie Christian Era they We're
evidently used as much as they are at the present
day Abraham, 1t is said. was very rich in cattle,
m surfer and in eod And the King OF Gcra
sud TO Abraham wife .. nave giventhy brothcrn
thousand Of silrer; our translation says pieces
abraham paid toar hnndred saehefs= Of silrcrlor
the field OF Mhchpclnh 10 Ephron the Hittite: his
proposition wa. 10 give for it as much money as
ii was worth. Aud he weighed 10 EI.iron the
silver he had named, .to~r h~mdrcd xdehrls cur
fcut mcney mifhthc merchant" ,loscph'S brother
sold him for treuhy PEERS 10 the Ishnaccs.
This transaction, ii-appearS, took place il! II field
or By the highway: the money must then ncccs-
.,rilv have been in a form tina, il could easily be
Ios.nl,s lr,,brcn as 10. o,r,,od= ,bor
sacHs' i's."o ee'1y "'"N o"'S''se1l s0"'2 III us
sack. Micah OF Mount EPhriuH, restored the
elcycn hundred ShehclS Of siice1 10 his mother
he restored tie moncV to his mother" Nannn
said 10 Cebuza, captain .. the host of SYRIA. Take
,,lo,t.. and he n,ocd Inn and Lo Lor,, ,,,,,
~
1"'e"SS u Se''f, ." ~" o"SS NJ chl"Feh ol
Ammon sent hoHSo"d f0f'"hS. ot=Stlccr, to have
them cllario,s and horScmcn. Joseph gathered all
lie money that was found in the land of Egypt.
10 E,=or;, aud ,bo#p,;ns,s ,hu Lon, ,,o J,o.
- - =, ;, ~, ~
pun tiielei!' oe' '' ''o'' ''' ''icS saw 'iiu'
there was much money IN the chest. ne Kings
Scribe and the High Priest came up and they put
no ,,o,cu :, Loos .nd yoUs,}tLc uou.u,, .s'rhoro
was ''''' ''''' .sSSe9S y s0s" u s'SS''S
$ 81 ~. me money
ne woman suotc OF heart sld TO the young
man VOID OF understanding, ne good man Is not
al home; ne hath taken0bno Of money rim HIM
I.,an;o),a CIV. :. ,ce;oled HIN, ire ,,o,,eU', OF
~ : . 49, ''''.' 't,o nm
o. money. he weight OF s0ld that came TO
Solomon in one year wassix hundred three score
ard ten talents he lirshatha gave to the
treasurer " MonSo"d dr0ch"s Of g"ld. And
some OF the Chief Fathers gave ~e"'y M""soma
afachmS ~ Gofd ana tc0fho"S"hd F0"naS o. @t-
ger. JoD says, II cannot .c sotteh lo' gof"'
iitner silai "tctf De NefShtd l0f hHt Prise mere
~, billaam sad, IL falak would SiVe me ms
house full OF &irer and 90fd, cannot go, NC.
Isaiah says. hey lavish Sold oMf 81 a nag, ana
They weigh Sflrcr IN a balance According 10
Maccabees, Ahtlochus wtote 10 simon, tle l rihce
=ona hlng OF the Jews IA years before inc eht1s-
e'ah Era give .hee ieaSc aiso 10 coz" =No'ey
.'t II s'ls country "'l' t,sa'e &C"
INC Romans mao .iie u'''
oil Cesar on Their CONS as tile cosliheheeii'tht 81
the Christian i.:a. what was the P,act'ce WIN
those who lived TWO Thousand years oeio.e' a. 70
the stamp or impress we are leit 10 s"r''lSe o'''
"a TO the DIVISION OF inc hc'alsii 'o l''''S 'o'
pondlnS wltli#lhc wciSits III use, at Vet. c'"is
period, there can DC no llo'pt. ma ho' t,'!s oct"
Inc case, II would haiulv= nave oec" sllu ~ ~
scph brethren tlmt th'y l"liia efer9 man on1t-
de Of money III ms sack.
Neither could the money have been put through
q hcie IN The nd OF n chest; neither wonld bags
lave been CONVENIENT to=keep II m nor could II
have teen tofd as ne money takcnout OF me chcSf
'taS Nothing Is SAID about weighing H. IL
man al that day received hrentg ShfSefS 81 81
yer, or t'reafy pounds, he would expect II OF i"ll
weight aS much SO rs men OF the present genera
'9a expect fn'l weight II lSlu FRENZY "o1t''1 III
silver and was there any=dlSagiccmcnt or doubt
as ii no doubt did then; whether these cons were
'udely on finely finished is not known. The I'M
resslon scems 10 prevail that they were rude, and
uat tc \ncicllls Knew hul ittc OF 'in' az oi ~