Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1857-06-05
The New cealt--areata Rush az The Mint.


The New Cent--Great Rnshsa at the Mint.
wing been announced that the u.
lint at Philadell hia, wound commence
on Monday morning. at9 O'Clock. TO pay
out the new cents, a large crowd Assem-!
hled before the front OF the building long
before the appointed time. all anxious 60
secure some of the bright little strangers
at the earliest moment in exchange for
other coin. The Phiadelphia Bulletin
thus describes the scene:
Every man and boy in the crowd had
his pocketSof coin with him. Some had
their-rouleaux of Spanish coin done up in
bits OF uewspaper or wrapped in handker-
chiefs, while others had carpet bags. bias.
kets aud other carrying contrivances.
filed with coppers-s'Sery cheap aud ill,
ing" like boarding >hoase fare.
The officiating priest in the temple OF
mammon had anticipated this grand rush
and crush, and every possible preparation
was made in anticipation Of it. Conspic-
nous among these arrangements was the
erection OF neat wooden building in the
ard of the mint for the special accom-.
mediation oil the great crowd Of money
changers. This temporary structure WAS
furnished with two q en- windows. which
faced the Sou h. Over one ofIhe,e win.
dows was inscribed the words, - cents for
CENTS" and over the other. ''crnls for sill
YER" Inside the little Office were scales
and other apparatus for weighing and
testing coin. gOOdly lile oil bags CON
tanning the newly struck compound OF
nickel and copper. and detachment oi
Neighers, clerks, DC.
II e bags containing the "Nicks." were
neat little canvass arrangements. each o.
which held i've hundred vi the dImiuu
tive little strangers. and each oil which
bore ~ on it's out side tie pleasant IN,
scription, "S5." Just as tie Safe House
bell had finish d striking rIne OcrUck the
doors of tue mint were thrown open. and
in rushed the eager crOwd-paptr pAr>
cels, weliti led han l. r hieis. ba>kt t. ind
all. But those who thought the t MAS III
be grand scramble. and that Il e bodies:
pusher would be first served. reckuneu
without their host. The inv AIDING tkr ny
was arranged into lines which led To the
respective windows those tho bore sill
yer had the post Of honor assigned them
and went To the right while those who
bore nothing but vulgar copper were con
strained TO take the left.
These lines soon grew to an uncOuscion
able length. and to economist space tLeS
were wound around like the convoluti"n>
Of n snake. Ola whimsical turn vi mind
The c:eI kr and The wei. hers X, rltd them.
selves To The u;m0s! u meet The IT, mHnd~
of all come rs: and 10 deal out the Iil'h
canvas bags 10 all " hu we've en'Iilel t..
receive them :, but the crowd grew Apmc, ,
aud we estimated at one time, that there
could not have been less than one thou
sand pers"ns in the zigzag lines. weig he'd
down 81 h small change aud waiting pa
tiently Tor their turn.
Those who we've served rushed imme
diately into the streets Will their bags
many Of them were surrounded BY Hu
outside crowd. who were willing to buy
out in small LOTS at advance on first cu>l.
We saw quite number Of pers ons on the
steps Of the mint dealing cut the new Ia
voTites ut an adv a7ce At Ir, III thirty " one
hundred per cent and some. Of the ont
side purchasers even huckStered Out the
coin aga'n in small r lots AMI still high
er aeyance. The gr,at shortly OF those
who came out made tracks" with THEN
bags Of money, and not an omnibus wcnI
eastward past the mint for several hours
that did not, like the California steamers
carry 'specIa in the hands OF the passen'
gers"
Those who made their way homeward
sfOot. attracted the attention Of the pass.
ers.by by their display OF specie bags
and we doubt whether in the history o
the mint, there was ever SO great lusl
inside the building, or SO animated seen.
outside OF it. IL was, in effect. at once
the funeral OF the old copperS and of the
ancient Spanish coin. and the giving
Of a practical working existence 10 IL,
new cents.
In the course Of few weeks the new
coin will be pIen iiuI enough at par. III.
Spanish coins will so out Of the hands o
the brokers, just rs they have disappear
ed from ordinary circulation. and MS re
CARDS the old cents heIe Mill be- mar,
Ted' to be seen. except such as will bs
found in the cabinet Vt coin collectors.
Scene ON the ISthmuS.