The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1855-05-14

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The Second ward ~ss tarewn ,sss an rnusus stat. q
excitement yesterday u0ralhg, is eon--Fssac. Of th.
discovery Of large p1mbsf ? silver ouls supposed
to b countsret bsnesss the e.Ar sur % "a. hous.
corner Of Nassas and BesaHa. strv.ss ~ts.A is =,
prefenf undergoing The procsss q demoou TIE fact
nearly cous sscertssn then shs eorr. NJ
accounts soeting abczt the cry, fsxo~a-
Between the hours Of ain ana oclSss yesterday
morning, pack Of newssoys ssa o,~r yvuay urchss-
were it seems, assembled the pre,-es sshisK for
old money which might Rave bee. erorped between the
floors or lost about the house whsn they
lot of coins, which they at nt supposed 10 be twenty
five cent pieces The boys managed TO supply them
selves pretty plentauy before the nstsr to the
knowledge of the poce hsviry % Is sail succeeded In
carrying off much as would ill . good sized pail,
crammed to the brim But rach tbisgs q long
kept secre the news Of the discovery spread rapidly
about the neighborhocd and finally reached Of
some Of the policemen stationed in this ward Who inn
mediate proceeded to the premises whers they found
numerous crowd Of boss and industrousiy help.
ing themselves TO the chnck" " ard 6llms ever oval
able crevice about their clothes with the coins The
officers soon scattered the crowd and compelled moss Of
those whon they found picking TO digorge aud deliver
up all they had collected, which was conveyed
to the Second ward station house The Officers
dsrstsnd from Mr.. Leonard, the gpntlemanIy and
obhSing captain of the Second district police
that much bushel basket full was tn US collected
aad slowed away at the station houe. The coins were
covered with green coating streogy resembling verdi
grs and were envei,psd with large bags very
Innch decayed and worn away. They shs common
Spanish PistaIeeIe and, II genuine worth about
sixteen cents OF our money We visited the premises
sboas 10 M, and closely inspected the place where
the eoias sre sac to have been formd which directly
beneath the threshold Of the basement DOORS
and all along under the hearth Of the frepiacs.
about hvs Or Pix IL may remembered by
some Of cur readers some persons arrested in
consequence OF quantty OF spurious coins having
neen oGno IN their posaesson and tried at the
United States courts and convicted 1t was yumored
about yesterday that this n portion of the oase
metal then found, which might have been thrown aside
in this place by the countefeters IN orrey to avoid
detection Though more improbaols things have turned
out tfue there Is yet goot for being
TINS case, an the coins discovered at that
sian whilst the circulated yesterday are Spanish
Most OF them, also bear oates of very distant perod
but that may have been done Intentionally fr the pur
pose OF throwing people OFF tbeir guard If they are
fact counterfeit pieces it is evident they were in
tended TOR circulation either in South America old
Spain.
Large crowds collected around the locality during
the wi ole day and considerable fun merriment
stoned by the occurrence The newsooys made quite
spec out Of it, having sold them all the city for
three six, and 12h cents eoch The Jews located |
around Chatham street mustered in large numbers
ABOUT the house. and dealt largely in the CONS having
bought up all they could posi- ,ly obtain which led
many to believe that the coins may after all be the real
genuine article fhs class Of psopis remarkably
cute about such matters Some boys it is said sold
particularly mean miserly looking Jew, absolutely
weep like a child because he could prevail upon
wicked young scamp, who seemed to take especial plea
sure in asng the lsraete to sell him dozen coins for
fifty cents,
great deal Of mystery hangs about the affair which
viii probably be cleared up, some measure to-day.