The weekly Placer herald., 1852-10-16
SAS FRANcisco, Oct. IS, 1859.
Iriepd, rMitehsis-rhe last j%esk bas
bean 4hugh, vit ev pts of van d mspt
'otheh herrda T ! o6ils E0aI puui'y Of a]Fjrah-

been Taught 4vitt ey1nts OF van nMmept
to fhe&herda 7 lis None enuuity of ead FsaR-
TcisEo o seventy oMm6kc vital iMpeftaheey'
perhaps, than had previously transpired
since the admission of this State into the
glorious Union. I.SMded to thesexpats''
sion Of ihis. .opipion from :. a.conyiction thai
we Are, q s"sslue,", leying comlpnpitYs lcnd
that the safety and stability, Of our .'ppch
| Ilpyed i'i;slpg7''s = sihas, bsen IppmelKariy en-
Fdangersd. sTbel oraeraGom, Secretary
Gorwin,t 70 the Hon. Z, B. King, prehib1I
| ting lbeIacceptaneea ne atthe isugS EuSIon House,
in payment of duties, of the fifty dollar
issues sf5r3Qml ~ ths Qpiea States esssoi i-06sssya of
fce 'in this city. cagassed H., an ns. .eTcctemeHt
whichsYght hays proved ddisastfT9ussp 70 spp IN lFs
.e6eets to some of our beat mercchanntt;s,, bpf
for their upnring epergys Which wibY hIna has leep
since San Francisco was, 9ne of their pre-
dominating eharactefslriHefF ehlaq if nTll They bbave,
in this instance,, won for, themselves ns a
name, which shall stand with San Fran
Cisco As have not time before the eX-
press leaves to enter ipto detail tpf ther
actions, beg leave to subjon the follow
ing report,, whch was, unanimously ql!}9 lfpy
adopted at a meeting held op M n onndday
last. The eommitttes had lb,eep, ,qpPolnIted
at previous meetlpg. sdl' .isrsd9nu
The commiaee appsipted,atla laeeting
of the merchants of San Francisco TO con
fer with the Hon, r.. B. King, in REFER
ence 10 the late Act Of C Congreas prohibit
ing the further recebtion of ingotssIn pay
4 ment Of public dues, 9 and to desire a
course of action to. be adopted by 1.thpse
Interested in the, subject, have the honor
! to report:'o'i 7i'' G"'FF"to' ''7"' ~ ="
q 'Hhat ? in two several conferences ilIeld
with Mr.. King, they could not fail to per-
cejve the emharrassments that attend any
measure which is designed to relieve the
community from the hardsliiis Of the act
and iiabilitiesfimposed by law SO s''@''q
= They, take pleasure however, imam
nouncing, that, the measure OF q prachca!
nature which has been suggested obtained
his Immediate acquiescence, with the as
surance of d hearty -co-opefation on his
part, individuality 'and officially, in the en-
deavors of the, people Of California to OBJ
tain a repeal Of the law under which the
instructions from the Treasury Depart
meut were issued. ~ '2Sa bif f9n1 i8a"
!. The committee submit, in view Of the
COLLECTOR, not feeling himself under any
construction, of the laws Of Congress TO
which he can give his assent, authorised
to receive the ingots I'M payment of the
revenue, that, FIVE trustees he nominated
TO- execute bond to the Collector condl-:
toned for the payment to him, at the pc
| r;oaeofs his ~rcliTerncut from Office, of
sum Of American, or other legal com,
I equal to the amount of ingots received by
him froin' this date To Indemnify the
parties to the bond, il is proposed THAT
importers who may not wish TO bond
their goods or enter the market to. procure
coin at the advanced premium which It
probably will command, shall make de-
post Of five per cent of the amount OF in
gors paid by him to the credit the trus-
tees, and al the same time execute a bond
to. said trustees. under the, provisions Of
which the sum SO deposited may be used
either in the purchase Of com at low
rates ifpracticable to exchange forthe III
gogs Or ttO,n which to realize the amount
of coin when called for by the, Collector,
Should repeal Of the !awa as is conf
dently anticipated, be obtained, or the re-
ception of intots IN any otherifofm be au-
thOrized, the sums SO deposited wHl beire-
turned toslhe owners thereof.i4ss.l 9hE
1t is also recommended to the commit
tee that 4 memorial to the Secretary OF
the Treasury nowin course OF Iifepara-
ton, ,be signed hyithe merchants land all
others interested,in in remedyng 50 great an
evil. not only. TO the community, but TO the
" hole State at large.
sud1 Respectfully submitted, of4 7"' '' u
F. w. Macondray, B. G. Saunders, ia'
Fl. Haight, &. Rodgers,
G. B.lPest, ,saR94st J.P. .aHaven.
The report bfthe comniittee whs 'unan-
imousy adopted, and the committee en-
powered to name the trustees, and with
power to make substitution :" 7''i'l
The fesult7 Of the Whig nominating
convention has become pretty GENERALLY
known, and 7 believe Is giving satisfac-
ton, VIII 60 into no detail on the mer-'
its or dement's Of the nominees, farther
tban "a Sneak Of Col. Crozier,, the cs,ndi-
date for the office Of City sIarsha!.' Evt
ery 1tiaf,l III the State who ever saw SAT-
Fr.,c;ssc.o has seen f,uIo. Crnzier. and nlost