New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1848-12-11
CALIFORNIA.
A Mint Wansed-The Army and Navy peser'e"'

The Phtlld<lDhta North AHser,can Of Saturday
nu,r.he. le,,e, from Monterey CALIFORNIA; which we
infer from the Initials was written ~ he'' " ALIhA
coLroS. the Alcalde Of tina, city. His suggestions IN
reference 10 mint are deserving Of the Immediate At
tention Of Congress
There are now about 1900 persons 81 WORK IN tne
mines They average, AZ the very lowest computation
40 ounce per day each TINS makes an aggregate
of more than million a month and this quantity will
b. doubled In three months Ibis gold now gor- 70
Mszstlsn Peru aud Chill, where II = coined, ana De
eomes part Of the currency Of those countries u u
Loot to US the metallic basis Of our circulating me
dun Il can be secured to Us only BY mint and one
should be sent out here forthwith Ihers IS al pfeseh
very little coin in California. and the consequence H.
this grain gold sold mere for slV the ounce " mas
been Asssyed Dy com etsnt person and proved 70 be-
~ carsts good IL must therefore be worth Al our
mint nearly double what lie sold for here
This nOnstrOus sscrincc u made by Americans ~
poor emigraDts aud can be saved from II only Oy 4
mint and the gold can be saved 70 "a As NATION snu
Incorporated with metallic currency Ony Oy iD
Therefore ssnd Us a mint and the sooner the oetsI
Take oae Of your minis that IL standing nearly oe ahp
a Good sssayer and an honest treasurer, aud seuo theh
% Chagres over the lstbfuus u Panama shu 'u'u ~
Monterey aud will coin gold enough lot you !" p'y
the Mexican War ,
rs aoDossible 10 procure labor at any price The
offer Of go day would not detain any one from toe
rnines The consequence 10. our heids are without
farmers, Ous shops without mechAmcs' our io''' VIII"
out soldiers our SHIPS without sailors.
The pay Of soldier exclusive oil me provisions anu
clothes IL about - per month one OF 'heih so'
Tough for twenty days from Col Mason went 70 'he
mines speut six days in going and as many 10 return
iDa leaving eight for work there and OrOught pacs
Win him 1900 lust about what he would make IN eight
years soldering IL Is II TO be- wondered al theo mat
they desert doubt II there will be- By the time th-
letter reaches you hy soldiers 81 all the military posts
In California They will be In the mines and II you
send the few that remain 10 brinY them Oses tney VIII
themselves 20 % digging gold
Nor does The Navy fare whit better Let man OIL
war anchor IN hsrb0r tomorrow, and IN thfee
weeks she would hardly have men enough TO get her
10 ,ea seamsn who have been on this station I'VE
wears and VINO have 600 $500 due them forfeit the
whole and escape 10 the mines. me only way nei
chant vessel ges to is 20 give the men strong IN
terest Ia the voyage There is no discipline except
what they choose 10 establish among themseves--eacn
for the time being, is cock of the walk
The Isaac Walton Naval e-ship has just srri-
we'd here from New.Y0rk and II ia cseus'ed that u
will cost a. much discharge her as the whole piice
of her freight around Cape Horn. Indeed she Cannot
discharge without the aid of OF our national sbps
and the result will be the loss Of some hundred sailors
IL il 10 vain 10 talk about sentres the sentres VIII run
The only remedy s 10 cut OF all connection win tue
shore and In that man OF war might ss wen De
IN midst Of the Pacific the coast But enough
OF this