New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1856-02-09

in Providence. Committee appointed Tor the Puf-
nose paid a visit TO the Boston Board yesterday
The Money market at Boston is easy The Stock
market is heavy. Tie largest decline lately expert
enced has been in the shares of Copper Companies
Within week the stock Of the Isle Royal has fallen
off from sl3 to sl 80, Toltec from e to IS s7 and
Copper Falls from 60 to "a 25 = share. Pittsburgh
copper stock closed yesterday at $50 bid 500 asked
dividend Of slO off; Minnesota at si5 bid, $50 asked;
National, els bid, $50 asked, and Rockland at sl3
bid sl3 50 asked.
The Supreme Court of Missouri, by unanimous
vote. has decided that the Railroad Aid bill Of the
last Legislature of the State, passed over the Gov
ernors veto. was adopted in accordance with the pro-
visions of the Constitution, and is law.
The Director of the Mint at Philadelphia has pre-
scented the following Report of the operations of the
Mint and its branches for the year 1855:
Mint OF THE UNITED STATES
pp1IIpgIPHIA. Thursday, Jan. 81, 1856.
SIR. Ibaye the honor TO present the following Report
of the operations of the Mint of the United States aud
It's branches, including the Assay Office for the year
1855:
The deposits received and coinage executed at the
principal Mint, during the year. were az follows: Gold
deposits slO 534, lO3 s4 gold coin struck, slo,59i
asa: fine gold bars sl6,293 IA. Silver deposits, III
Gliding silver separated from California gold and sill
yer purchased pursuant to the Act of March g. 1853
s26sO $50 75 silver coinage 81, 1870 copper coin
age SIC O3o 49, Total deposits of gold and silver,
sl32l4,66O SO. Total coinage, sl2, ,s52 80. The
coinage was comprised in 10, ss5, GIG pieces.
The operations Of the Mint, except the receiving OF
deposits and melting assaying and paying the same,
were suspended the 10Th OF July last at winch time
the repairs to the Mint building, authorized by an APP
preparation made by the last Congress, were COM
meuced. The construction of these repairs was en-
trusted to officers designated by the Treasury Depart
ment, and they are being completed In the most
thorough and substantial manner 60 as to render the
all nQrtn
Advantage has also been taken OF the opportunity
thus offered TO introduce useful changes and improve
ments in the rooms appropriated TO the different
branches of business, where the efficiency OF the
Mint and the security of the treasure therein, will be
greatly advanced and promoted During the suspen-
sion of coinage deposits were received ana PAID as
heIetofors 70 that no inconvenience 10 ueposIos mas
resulted thererom. But the accumulation OF bullion,
and the necessity of supplying coin, especially to the
Treasury of the United States have made It necessary
TO resume the coinage operations, Notwithstanding
the work upon the repairs Is III an diminished state'
The preparation Of standard ingOts Tor coinage was
commenced on the 4h Of the present month, and the
delivery of coins TO the Treasurer resumed on the
18th inst. The Mint is now in active and efhcent
oneratiop although considerable inconvenience IL eX-
perenced in equence of the repairs not being fully
COMPLETED. The pension Of coinage fOf period OF
six months will sufficiently account for the diminished
operations Of the principal Mint during the past year.
The deposits received at the Branch Mint at New
Orleans amounted TO e. s52 SO 90, OF which the sum
of s43l lj6 90 was in gold, and s2,42O953 80 IN sl-
yer The coinage was $3.50 500 in gold and s1glsOOO
in silver Total coinage, S2,3to,5OO the number OF
pieces struck 5j56,lOO
The Branch Mint at San Francisco received OF gold
deposits the sum of $50 5763l0 o. of silver the sum
of s2597s7 ~. The coinage operations were As fol-
lows Gold COIN sl7 1913 300 fine gold bars ses,7s2 50;
impaired or unrcfned gold bars s3,27O 59i 93 silver
coinage sl64O75 Total coinage operations s2l 49,
752 43-comprised in Ian, 272 pieces
The deposits received at the Branch Mint at Dab
lonega were in gold Sll6662 OF; the coinage gold,
s11G he q
At the Branch Mint at Charlotte the sum OF SAG
9ss SO was deposited for coinage. The coinage com
prsed in IS 2Gs pieces, amounted to s2l7 s3j So The
operations of this branch as well as that established
at Dahlonega, are confined to gold
The Assay Office at New-York received during the
wear the sum of s26 6s770l "a in gold bullion, aud the
further sum of $3.50, $50 o. in silver; of this amount
the suuIs Of 1882 "a was parted from gold and
So O6l s. was derived from the Lake Superior mines
The number of fine gold bars stamped at this office
was 6,le2, of the aggregate value OF s2Oil, slJ o.
For the bullion deposited during the year payment
has been made in fine gold bars TO the amount OF
ELI 246,2H "A, and III CONS 10 the amount OF S9,'9l
COB SO.
The entire amounts received at the Mint and it,
branches including the Assay Office, during the year,
were as follows: Gold s5s, SOP, 922 92i Silver s5,7ll
AS 10. Total, s64,574,37l o..
The coinage operations for the same period were
as follows: God coins, s2s 977,96S fine gold bars
$40 546s94 81; impaired bars, s327O, 594 80; Silver
coins So SOL PAS; Copper CONS ~ Total com
q. 49,
Ii proper to remark that the aggregate of the de-
posts above presented embraces considerable
amount of redepOsts, for example, impaired or I'M
refined bars made at San Francisco sometimes
deposited at the other mintng establishments, and
portion of the fine bars formed at the AsSayOiice
transferred to the Mint for coinage. Deducting these
rcdeposits the actual amount of the precious metals
brought into the Mint and rs branches during the year
was S55, Isl, 1902 81
The amount of gold of domestic productions depOs-
tied in 1855 was S49,35l 7s9 II, viz: from the Pacific
side of the Union, including deposit Of 5000 from
New-Mexico, SIS, 9s9439 "a; and from the Atlantic
States, s362349 81
Since the passage of the act of March 1853. au-
horizing reduction in the weight ot the silver coin
age there have been issued the following amounts,
viz In 1853 - 654 6; in 1854 ss6l9,27O; in Y5j5,
SO SOL 245-makiDg total OF s2O7i,676. A. few,
anv, of these coins have been exported, and but
small amount used in the arts, II will be seen that
large addition has been made to the silver coinage in
circulation. The issuing OF few millions more of sill
yer coin may be all that may be required in view of
the exclusion of the circulation of silver and the small
denominations Of the gold coinage in many of the
States of the Union by the of bank notes of low
denomination We shall never, it Is believed fully re-
aize the benefits of a sound specie circulation until all
bank notes-at least below the denomination of twenty
dollars-shall be excluded from circulation And Il
seems worthy Of the consideration of Conyress-as
suggested in the Mint report of ls53-whether some
provision is not practicable, either by taxation or
other efficient means to remedy the evil in question
Ii may be interesting to present in one view the en-
tire coinage operations of all the MINIS and the ASSAY
Office since their organization. They are as follows
Mint Of the United States Philadelphia Q795 $50 1903 u
Branch Mint a. New Orleans 1881 ....... s. s6 i5 %
Branch Mint at Dahonega QSsl 500 a65 90
Branch Mint Charlotte, tlsSsl .:........ 4l2625 50
Branch Mint Francisco, ls54l....... 81 8Sj5 81
Assay Ohee al New-loTk, tS'i).......... 2339s72 81
ass 500 SIS 81
The chief part Of this large amount has been re-
Ceved since December 1915 and is the production of
the mines of California viz: 1913, 23i SOP Il. In