Union County star and Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1859-1864, 1862-01-10

States iu Philadelphia, for the fiscal yea
eodiug on the last day of June, loGl, ha
just been printed.
In no former year was a larger amour
Of bullion received and coined at the Mint
The total deposits Of bullion, received a
ihe Mint and its branches, iu the yea
ls60-6l, amounted in value to SILL,
594,96i: dednctiDg the re-ieposlts o
bullion or bars made a, Que Institution anc
deposit.s a, another, for coinage, the tota
is So l46, 57l.
lu this period Of twelve months the to
tai coinage of nickel cents was 10 value
Sol 600; the whole coinage-goli, sll
yer. and uickel-amouured to $50, 693,
167; ,he pumber of pieces of all denOmi
nations of coin, was %, 3,724 ,9l3.
\ large amouut Of the gold deposited
a, the Mint, was the product of the mine.
Of the United States. From this source
vas received $5l,2lG $50 III gold, and
s6l00ll in silver. An increasing qnan.
MY is yielded BY the mines of the Wsshoe
region, aud we are also Informed that 'the
gold mines Of Kansas amply repay the mi
uer for his toll" Moreover, uew and val
uable silvcrmines have been discovered in
be Territory Of Arizona, abou, lGJ miles
from the Gulf of Mexico, aud only a few
miles from the proposed line Of the South
crn Pacific Railroad. The ore and its
product in silver, as exhibited at the
Mint, encourage the belief, Mr. Pollock
reports, tha, 'this region will soon rival, 4,
in the extent and variety Of its mineral
productions, the rich mines Of Mexico, or
the other silver-Prodacing sections Of our
own country"
For the most part, the coinage Of the
pas, year consisted principally Of double
eagles.
s799, G23 ,362 are coined, in gold, silver
aud copper, at the Mint Of the United
States and its branches, from their re-
spective organizations to the 30th Of June,
1861; and the Director estimates the
amount Of specie in the United States on
the 10Th Of October, 1861, at from $3.50
OO0, 200 to $500 600 600, all Of which,
except aJoa: $50, 100000, he assumes, is
l L.,
ra-Tbat long, lean, lauk, bupgry-look-
Ing secesh BrjssdicT General, Zoliick offer,
has been trying hi. hand at improving
E,op. He first tried " stones" (at Wild
Cat) aud fadiuc, to his great di-conf,ure,
that our boys would not come down" aud
abandon the apple of keutucky to lis
f4,herly care, be has been Induced to try
what virtue there is 10 "s5fr words"
lie accordingly has beaten Up his brains
and brought forth an affecting pTo:lama-
tion. lie tells the keutuckiars what 4
wretched, tyraut-riGien set of Gupes they
aTe-oPpEesscd and starved cut by - nur-
,lern hories and feels greatly grieved
because the true character of his brigade
has been found out lie, however, denies
that they are murderers and outlaws
they did all they could in the numbering
inc at Wild Cat, but finding that our men
entered a mos, effective protest against be-
Dg bulchered in the trenches, this chiyal-
c band of land pirates ran like mad, and
brew away what plunder they had, which,
# course, they did Mt steal The lying
10 sneak tells the kentuckiaus that his
,rigade has broken our columns 10 almost
very couhct. He has certainly adopted
singular plan to break them-be breaks
is own column first, and suffers the " mud !
Ills TO break" after them We really
ear these unhappy Kentuckiaus, who in
.t on preferriug the Union, go,d govern' :
rent aud right to disunion, despotlsm and {
esiruction, may not be able to appreciate c
,e preaching of this modern wouid-be
onah. Tue proclamation is the most
recious bit Of balderiash aud Inconsistent d
honey Juggling that this rebellion has r
It produced
Private letters from England settle all q
,ubis a. to the acceptabiii'y Of the settle
Il