The Arkansas banner., 1849-05-22
A Manfnetory of spurious col..


 The New York police have got hold of an establishment rom which California is 10 be sup plIed Nith base con R exchange Tor her virgin gold The Courier and Enquirer furnishes ,he following details in regatd to ii
 On the 2lsi oT ApFii Mr. MA,sell, the chief eI police, received atormatioR that led hin to beiiere that ieionous opeta'oas had been carried on iu the state ot New-Jsfsey. and he forthwith despatched ocefs Leonard and Brown lo ferret ogs The matter The officers Tfoeeeded al once to he Blazing Star hnding, on the Rarsau nseI and afier rroeeeding about one tniie they came 10 the suspected place. Aod on making aR investigation they asceFiainsd that the place had been used as oae of the mcst extensive establishments loT manulaeiarag spurious coin tha; has ever been discovered in this esun,ry The place was occupied formefly by man named Sweet, who was long suspeeted by the police. but for several months past they lost all track of him. and It appears that he has been living in that .eca ded place during this time carrying On his nelarioas businsss. Some months since he sent of a number of kegs and boxes to California and on the 2d of April he staried in person for ihs place. and there can he but little doubt that before Information caa be sent there. tte whole of that country wiIl be Hooded with base coin. The officers Ioant at the establishment be had vacated ia New Jersey large quantity oi unfinished coins, some of which had been piafes with silver and were uiIled and ready for receiving the stamp from the dies end they are 80 well executed that they withstand the best chemi. cal tests They also found number of large and small boxes filled with rare and valuable ma. chineFy used iH manufacturing the coin.
 The coin seems tohave gone through three several processes previous to being nilled. In the first place they were cut out oi solid compositon--thEn they went through another operation which gave them the appearance of German silver, alter which they were plated with silver, and they ate so N ell executed that they cannot be detected by the sound Some coin had been buried in inc gronnd in keg The house in which they carried on their WAS built by Sweet, and was so constructed that while they had an abundance of light, they could not be seen CT heard outside oftt,e building Sweet soon aiter he removed into the house. was joined by others, who aided hiin m his operations The officers immediately secured the implements and then returned 10 the city, and the chief of police made the whole affair known to Hon. Thos. Ewing, Secretary Of the Interior, who directed the Marshal m this city. and the Marshal of New Jersey, tc dePutise officers Leonard and Brown t9 seize the com and implements. They accordingly proceeded 10 the spot again l".i resumed their search. and succeeded in fiDding several bags of spurious coins some of which were finished and ready Tor crcua- tion. They also found several craicihles some of which eontained silver, and evident that the rounteieiieTs became alarmed and fled in haste The officers immediately sezed all the coin and manufacturing apparatus andhad them conveyed 10 ms city, where they were deposited in the U. S. Mdrshal's office. The officers have been 10 work in ferre,ing out this matter day and night since il was hrst given them in chaTge. and they deserve great credit for the skill and ability they have dis played. Immediately upon Information being com- munIcsted to The proper department al Washington, special messenger was despatched to California 10 prevent, as far as possible, ih. immense swindIng operation which has no doubt ere this, been In part peTpetI ated.