Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1857-03-25

prOplfIate fhr second Tue britff.
Peep into thr Hnnh Of England.
The Bauk 81 England must be seea On me la+tae
vel ont aud 10 get into tie interior OF this re-
marktble building, Ia observe the operations oi an
institution that ezerts more moral and pulitical pow
or than any sovereign IN Europe, you must In an
order from tie governor Of tue bank. The building
occupies irregular Of eight acres OF ground
an edihce Of 10 architectural beauty, with no. one
window toward the street, being lighted altogether
from the roof Of the enclosed areas.
Wis led on presenting my card Of admission INTO
a private room where after delay Of lev moments,
a messenger came and conducted me through the
mighty and mysterious building. Down We went mo
a room where the of the bank received the day
before examined, compared with the entries
IN the books, and stored away. The Bank of Eng
Land never issues the same note second time. 1t
receives in the ordinary Of business, about
$500 ono or 81 900 600 daily in notes these are
put up INTO parcels according 10 their denomination,
boxed up with the date Of their reception, aud are
kept ten years, Mt the expiration Of which period
they taken out and ground mp in the mill, which
| saw running and made again into paper, il in the
course Of ten years any dispute in business or law
suit should arise concerning the payment ofauy note,
the bank produce the identical bill.
To meet the demand for notes constantly used
up. the bank has lis own papermakers, lis own prin-
tcrs its own cngravers, all AT work under the root,
and II even makes the machinery by which the most
Gifts own work Is done \ complicated but bean-
tai operation Is register extending from the print
ing Office 10 the banking Offices which marks every
sheet Of paper that IS struck of from the press,
thai the printers cannot mlnufleiure sngle sheet
of blank notes that IL not recorded in the bank
On the saline principle OF eXhcncss shaft is made
10 pass from one apartment 10 another, connecting
dock Ia sixteen business wings of the establ hment,
aud regulating them with such precision that the
Whole of them are always pointing to the same sec
Ond time. In another room WAS machine, exceed
ngly simple, for detecting light gold coins row
Of them dropped one by one upon spring scale If
the piece of gold was Of the standard weight. the
scale To certain height, aud the coin slli oil
upon the side Of the box; if less than the standard
rose IA little higher and the coin Slid off upon the
other side asked the weigher what was the aver
age number Slight coins that came into his hands,
and, strangely enough, lie said it question lac
was not allowed to answerl
The next room entered that in which the
uoics nre deposited which are ready for Issue I'VE
have thiry-two millions of pounds sterling in this
room" the officer remarked TO will you take
little Of ii ?" toll him /, would be vastly agree
able aud he handed me II million Give millions of
dollars) which received with many thanks for his
libeenlitybu heinssted on my depositing twilh him
again AS it would be hardly safe to carry SO much
money into the street very much fear that shall
never the meucy again. IN the vault beneath the
/ door WAS n director aud the cashier counting the
/ bugs Of gold, which men were pitching down 10
them, each bag containing thousadi pounds stcrl-
ing just from the mint. This world Of money seem
| ed 10 realize the fables of Eastern wealth and gave
the business here, aud the extent of the relations of
! this one institution TO the commerce OF the world.
Ex-Prcsidcnt Pierce not Coming Sou,h.
Ii appears from tho following letter Of Ex
| President Pierce to the City Council OF Sayan
nah, Ga. that be is not coming South, rs was
! anticipated:
WAsnINGroN. Feb. Is, l50.
To Hon. j. T. Screren Mayor, Savannah:
My DEAR SIR: have the honor to acknowl
| edge your very kind letter of the 18th instant,
conveying the preamble aud resolutions unan
mously adopted 10y the City Council Of Savan-
nah.
NV contemplated journey TO the South was
suggested Ivy the state of Mrs. PiArce's health.
have delayed replying 10 you until this tlmc,
in order that might be nhe tc speak definitely
with reference to my movements. 1t would at
ford Mrs. I. and myself great pleasure To visit II
city So distinguished for its attractions and IS
pecnlly for the hospitality of its people a. Sa-
vannnh but en- pleasant anteipn'ions of passing
| the months Of March and April in II latitude far
/ ther South than this city must he abandoned.
/ appreciate highly your expressions of approha
ton. and beg you to accept for yourself and the
/ CITY Council NV cordial thanks, with assurance
of the high consideration with which have the
/ honor to be,
Your obediont servant,
FRANKLIN PIERCE.