Wisconsin tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1847-1854, 1851-11-27

The Mint has published an interesting re-
port Of its operations during the past months;
from which II appears, that the coinage dur
ing that time, has been as follows:
Gold, S4O,657. .522.
/ Silver Observation-Disclosures S20S.400.
hree Cent pieces, ,------- Sl3l,547.
"copper" ------- SS2,O54.
Total, l,.-.-..-S SAL .089, ,626.
Money, although somewhat scarcer. is still
easy on call; the Banks acting very cautious
! ly. This movement. on the part of the Banks.
has probably originated in desire to check
the export ofPecie, which, owing to the scar
city of good Exchange, has seemed inevitable.
! he Niagara, which sailed on W eduesdaY,
took out nearly Nine Hundred and Fifty
! Thousand Dollars, IN gold; and, it Is sup
posed, that shipments OF coin must continue,
/ while Exchange remains at its present high
rates. Europe, however, does not take all
our specie. Large shipments are being made
to the South, for the purchase of cotton. Let
not our country friends feel alarmed. how
ever; for we have plenty Of it left TO accom-
modate all Legitimate demands, notwthstand-
ing the tlmldIty of the Ban s. During tie
month OF October, the shipments of specie
amounted TO Sl,209,000 while the receipts,
during the same period, were 50, 1867,
which have been increased, during the pres
ent week, by the arrival of the Cherokee and
/ Empire City, the former vessel, alone, bring
ing nearly e2,500,0O0.
Before this letter reaches YOU, YOU will of
course have rece. we'd full returns of our State
election. Scattering and incomplete returns
only have, as yet reached this city; and it
is difficult to ascertain the precise result in
any section; but the confused accounts, such
as they are, ind Icate the election of the Whig
State ticket The Canal Enlargement appears
to be pretty certainly sustained by majority
OF the people. The city. however. has gone
over to Locofucoism. The Loco wirepallers,
through their chief organ. the .Iourr u of Com
Dlerce, have distracted the " hig party, and
defeated 1t, by giving out that they were GO
ing TO vote for, and use their influence in favor
OF, the Union Committee of Safety ticket
They thus induced many Wings to join them,
and these voted the Union ticket, in good
faith; while the Locofoco Union men voted
only for the men of their own party on that
ticket While we are all cut up-the Iri-
6uhe, the Times, the Express, the Co rier q
Enquirer. ard the COmmercig .7duerfiser. rid
lcuiIng and abasing each other, aud inter
changing day after day. such eplihets as
- " oolly-headed," Cotton Whiu,'' &c
the ilunkerS and Barnburners have been IA
/ teTnlzing and, on election day, they march
ed up TO the polls, forqetful of all past differ
ences, aud vo.ed for the Democratic nominees.
trust that this defeat will show US The
necessi Of harmony for the future. Why
don't some OF you influential Wing editors.
/ IN the country, protest aga inst this personal
pickering between Brooks. Greedy, Wells,
and Others on the eve of an e ection, You
can, If you choose. All personalities must
; all
gotten, until after the presidential election.-
II this not De done, we shall be inflicted with
a Locotoco Administration for four years.
| see that Santa Anna is resting at Trubaco
/ ~ New Grenada, while his partizans in - ew
MEXICO are actively preparing TO issue pro-
nunctdnens for his recall to power. 1t appears
that he VIII never cease his intrigues until
his head Is cut of, as well as his left leg
Then, Barnum must pickle it for exhibition
IN his Museum of Atrocities.
Father Mathew has now nearly terminated
MS iabors In this country and as soon as he
has Pocked The proceeds of concert which
Catharlne Hayes Is about to give for his bene-
fit, he will return 10 "Old Erin He al
ways administers the Pledge in a Roman
Catholic Church and among the crowd who
receive 1t at his hands not the least remark
able sight has been, las the Freemqn's Jour.
the atholic organ. observes,) the QuakerS
and Presbyterians coming for The =. Pied ue''
into Popish Church, kneeling down before
PoPish priest. and letting him sign their
foreheads with cross
Y ou will no doubt have noticed. that efforts
are being made, by the circulation Of all kinds
of ISLANDERS, to excite a prejudice against
hosSuth, whose noble exertions to sustain the
independence of his country against Austrian
tyranny. have endeared him to the lozers of
liberty, all over the world. 1t seems possi-
ole. now, tha. the great Hungarian will not
visit the United States; but. if he does he
Will be sure Of a reception worthy Of him and
Us. rumor was started few DAYS ago.
that Mr.. Huiseman. the Austrian charge daft
fairs at w ashinoton, had threatened to demand
has passports, it kossuth received official hon
ors from our Government. subsequently,,
the report was contradIcted; but | incline to
the belief. that 1t Is true, notwlthstanding-
Ii the threatened event does take place we
ought 10 be heartily rejoiced. Ii would save
the c)untfy the expense of keeping an Amer
lean representative at Vienna, where he is of
no possible use. Our commerce with Austria
amounts to little. and never can be much; so
that charge d'Cfairs is not required to pro-
iectl II. Simple Consuis at Trieste and Venice
would be all sufficient. Our representative
at Vienna has scarcely been able 10 obtain
for American travellers. the ordinary rights of
men beneath the sierntst despostism. Our
ieliow-counirymen travelling in Austria have
been arrested and imprisoned. without par
ticle OF evidence Of their having violated the
laws Of the country; therefore. the sooner we
cut of all intercourse with that deies;abIe
Government, the better.
ours truly.
C#As. FosTER.