The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1850-01-28

| ia Claim Meet1Mg.
Tue society met agreeably Aadjournlnent, when
n,etion wa made and carried, that a committee
Of ys be appointed to draft resolutions expressive
The president appointed 8. b. Hodges. J. NJ
sumner, jeremiah wheeled. hiram Jones, Henry
Noble, sr., acommittec, who roported the following
preamble apdresolutions. whteh were unanimously
adopted, to wit:
| Whereas we, the citizens of Allemakee, Winnis
hlGk, Clayton. and Fsyetts eeentiss's comprising
having lately learned that our lands will be in mar
ket, claim TO them forfeited, our homes liable
TO be wrested from us, our whole community in dan
ger OF being Legally plundcred Of all their improve
ncnts, unless in the unprecedented short notice Of
three months we fork over to the proper ofiicew at
the Dubuque land Office the Irregular dmes''
Resolped, That the approaching land sales impe-
| riously demand united action and energy in
the protection ofonr rights. as 7lFN
KtsolUtd, That We are not entirely destitute of
the characteristics Of the regular squatcr, and that
assuch, and like band of brothers, we will united
y protect each other in those customary rights Of
| possession which have hitherto been unanimously
recognised and respected ON the frontier. iS
| Rssolped, That the practice Of bringing the pub
lie lands into market before they fairly cleared
OF the Aborgnes and before the actual settler has
had time to get into his cabin, has strong ten
dency TO the future injury of the country, by invit
ing n0.resdet SPECTATORS to enter large tracts Of
the choicest portion of the country, thereby retard
ing is settlement. by keeping off the actual hard
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| times the cost ofit from him. 9
| Resolved, That If old lack wants our SURFACES
again for the high Office which he fills, he must
effect radical change in the presumption System
by giving the hard, selfdenying pioneer at least
an even chance with the lazy, selfish capitalist
| Resoiued, That we are determined 70 enter our
claims as soon as we possibly cannot for specua-
tive purposes, bat for permanent hoines; that we
should be very sorry to have any of our claims en-
tered from under ms; that, If such thing should
occur, the guilty party could never expect to re
ceve any thing less than our unqualified contempt,
and unmitigated hatred, and, in all respects, we
should give him every reason to believe that the
| way of the transgressor is hard.
| ResoIDed, That we are decidedly in earnest.
be published in tho bnbSdGs Weekly T iibus
Miners Express, The Galena Jcffcrsonian, The
Galena Gazette. the Chicago Journal, and The Re-
public. sa ae s9f
ResolUed, That a copy Of these resolutions be for
warded by the secretary Of this meeting TO the
editors of the above papers, and they
quested to publish the same Editors Of other pa
REUBEN SMITH, President
ELIAS ToPLIFF, Secretary.
PosTvILLE, Ailemokee co., Io,nG, Dec Is, l849.
California Gold--United states Mint
The Philadelphia North Aneican has the follow
ing authentic statement respecting the amount of
gold dust from California received in the United
States and forwarded to the mint for coinage It
is derived from official sources
The first California gold sent to the United States
Mint was in December, 1848, and was forwarded
by Mr.. Carter, of Boston. In the same month of
the same year Governor Marcy, the then Secretary
of War, sent small amount to the Mint, which
had beer forwarded to our Government by General
Mason, of California who had received the same at
San Francisco for duties. The whole amount pro-
duced only $44,l7 of coined money. The follow
ing table will show the deposites of gold at the Mint
OF the United States, Philadelphia, and at the
branch Mt New Orleans, from the first receipts in
December, l84S up to the present time, period of
about fourteen months:
At U. s. Mint, Philadelphia, in ls4s.... S44,I77
Do do do IS49. 49, 5,4SI ,439
Do part of january, ls5o.... $4,000
Total at U. s. Mint, Philadelphia .. :. s6,s75,6I6
To which add
At the branch mint, N. Orleans, in ls49 S666, $50
Do do part Of January, 1880. $4,000
SIX. g4t m $7l6,05O
REcAPITULATIoN.
Total deposites of California gold at the
U. s. Mint, Philadelphia ....... S6,575,6l6
Total deposites Of California gold at the 9ss %
branch mint, New Orleans. 7l6,O5O
0Thno totdl .........,. " ,O9l ,oSb
If the deposites Of the present month are any
guide in forming estimate for the balance of the
year. the deposites Of California gold at all the Uni
ted States mints during the present wear will ex-