Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1853-11-11
document to Benjanlln Franklin.

Monument to BenJaraln Franklin.
Alta meeting of the printers, editors publishers,
,utbors and others, held in Philadelphia on Tues
dav evening last, the following preamble and reso,
linton we're offered by Gel. James ,. Wallace ana
unanimously adopted:
The Printers, Publishers, Authors and others con-
nected with the business of publication IN the
ted States, feeling it eminently due to the merits,
Genius and philanthropy Of Benjamin FRANKLIN VINO
Conferred so much honor and reflected so much lus-
ire on the professions to which they respectively
belong that suitable Monument should be erected
n his memory and from the fact that Philadel-
nhia was the scene of so many OF his labOrs and tri
ppmnhs. and is now the resting place of his remains
there is peculiar propriety in originating such n
movement in this city therefore
Resolved, by the meeting assembled that i'm
+sdiate measures should be adopted to procure the
necessary funds for the purpose indicated and that
m executive committee of fifty six be appointed by
the chairman, to take general supervision of the
whole subject and prepare address to the print
ers and literary men of the Union.
letter was read to the meeting from Eli K. Price,
ESQ President of the Woodlands Cemetery Co, re-
epectfuly rendering in behalf of the company, the
choice of the unsold ground in the cemetery
site for the erection fthe monument without charge.
Operations o the Mint.
The treasurer of the mint at Philadelphia, in his
monthly exhibit of the operations OF that institution
for October shows total coinage of So .926,
elusive of So. .236 in bars. The total value of
gold and silver passing through the mint was So
1898. OF the gold coinage, which, however.
was only 81 80l .926, nearly One-half was IN small
pOld-uuarter giles and dollars. The silver coin
age was larger than for any month IN some years,
reaching $l.2lOOOO, principally In qnarter-dollars
The demand tor small change IS mus Delng rapldiy
supplied. The deposites for the month were S4,-
$4,000 in California gold, and Sl25'ooo IN gold
from other sources. Silver bullion deposited S62O-
900. Total dep0sites, S5O52OOO. There were
coined during the month $4,000 cents. We copy
as follows:
GOLD COINAGE. 1000 nv m
1o9He S92 0
1"arf"rseooies '.,.. 23S $50 90
Go dollars $50 $50 90
LOW 80 w
IN ,0I0'IO o.
Total GOLD 53I7 1872 81
COINAGE.
lnifdol9rT w w
Tiao. uo''"'S 80 " " " " '' ia 000 90
II ,Ifdimes ~ .........,... g. 600 90
-
l,2lOoOO W
ne exports OF specie 10 Europe laSt month amour
tel 10 'o'o-sl'gh'iy more tnan 'ne eo,u "e-
PoSlS Oh Ine same PeF'oo DnG me recePt "6 n
lorna Sold mus lar arc sui ABOUT Sz4'ooV'oVV
greater than the "hoe shipments Oh com 10 foreign
countries
Thomas Paine.
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;gnonco Tho nartv oro;rS1 donen1onoe ,n,;' fnol
" lost ns Tho hIIons oponrs and nonv otbors of
IEo;rbt IN tho nommnn;ty >,
Sc vroJvot;or uo COWS .I bo oo,oo frone Enoiond
and got INTO such COMPANY as would converse with
him and ran about picking up what information he
could concerning our affairs and finding tie great
question was concerning independence he cleaned
from those he saw the common place arguments
such as the necessity of independence some time
or other the peculiar fitness at this time the JUS
tice of it: our ability to maintain it. etc. etc Dr.
Rush Put him upon writing on the subject, furnished
him with the arguments which had been urged in
Congress a hundred times and gave him his little of
Common Sense
Mr. Adams says further: 81 saw he had capacity
and a ready pen and understanding that he was
poor and destitute. thought we might put him in
some employment where he might be useful and
earn Il living. Congress appointed committee on
foreign affairs not long after, and wanted n clerk
nominated Thomas Paine supposng him ready
writer and an Industrious man. Dr. Witherspoon,
the President of New Jersey College, and then n
delegate from that State, and objected to it with
earnestness that surprised The doctor said
he would give his reasons, he knew the man and
his communications when he first came over he