The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1871-04-05


We ma, wen pause ana ask wh;t good does tins
money do tile country, locked up ~ IL Is ia he
treasury vau.,s ~ New AorA, Nasniagtoa aad other
lolntsY UnL .. 81, .-o,v5S,yS7 81 we are iod that
there prob thy $780, oJJ, IN CIRCULATION. ie4vlg
so.ooos,s. ~ .naer iock aud Key, aaa rs mas been
Of tils We political ecolioisls, aad sly II you can
solve the y ext onaucid pfuvlclA u tae age
wnAr VII wIrn 1T.
La this imiuense sum vi IN ney Mwayk to remain
locked up. Always To ne Kept from the vulgar kale
pieoeian - Wiz IL DC vccaslUhai, re suriiesi
10 tA> Mint ~ ve reufightcBet, some saw OILY
yesterday GENT lfo.n Washington 70 TIC urisntened,
because hartig laiu Ia th, vaults long At
had become liscoloreit Wn.t money iory 10 be
lockeo up aud Our ping intefeets and commerce
suaerlny when luGicluus Use t.lrreuI woulu gave
Tie cOaitry sacn an ..peans that inc world would
stanu a9ilast al cur prospertyf ships roitang
at tneir wnar,es AZ new YORK, san FRANCISCO and
New utleaIs lor want III ss.lieJh.ng 10 DO, whne
Congress, tuInlng deaf ear 10 lac enircalies OF
tneir owners, listens Win enraptured ga1, 10 the
hoascyed words Si railroad lsa graDDers and
poiiLcal jssbcis Oh evesy stripe
NY lite. view VITA The DirecsUr ended was re.
questeu TO
WALK THR ugh THE MINT
and view the process oi money making, from the
Lme 1t cutters tue iecetvilB room III its Guide
I'M II energies DrignI- ana newly stamped ''Soln OF
the realm. la coiapaa, with ooollel William n.
Aaurlce 1 started Oh a our OF iuspectisn The
Mint mas been 50 oitea and 50 well wrlGreh 40 ~
orsner Visions that anything coula shy would not
adj 10 the ililoritia ION al. c.ady pubiisncd.
went L.st 10 tae rcce,yiag room, and by special
direction vi .overnor iOdock was Conducted
through the vaGit III .nat department.. "here.n SAID
want IA wa.cd nave had over tive hundred million
dohars IN the last tweltS I'VE years 1 gazed
arounl and above. Suitably awed, 4 nope by the
STAINING inlrhatoa. | Was SHOWN gold and saver
bars anu bGiiio, anu handled PROBABLY one hundred
thousand uotars wor.n Of tne ,recious MEAL
from tue Receiving roo pa SEQ 10 ,nc melting
ana TAPPING departments, and thence the de-
livery room, where, unuer ulrectlon Oh CoiOnel
Snowden, everr dollar - delivered 10 tile cNprcss
cuiDpanles, United states auihorItIcs, banks and
parties ordering CON.
IHs ADJUSTING ROOM,
4 n. il
m sici .. ystcaistlc q elegant Dan iworN. None
but iaties are employed Ia tns .lepartmen cacfl
one IL gwen u cestaio amount oil nOaey 10 adjust
tprove. tiis she Is required 10 re. urd nighL and
~ perfect Is Tie svsten mere Ia vogue tilaG Hhoud
Gyr cent piece DE lost through tie DAY 1t louu te
Diet cr.Itled and t0und III &c IS tnan fifteen mnues
Tour representative Was greals aatsefed AZ beng
taken tie nc ,ideats son. IL Is Almost impossi-
be Tor an OUTSIDER 20 gain admission o. tile hai,owed
precincts Vi tue adjusting rOoin, and wnel en-
lered IN company WIN Coonei snowaen, young
lady eaned over AMI WINS cred 70 her conpanIOa
"lnat Is the fresiIenrs sol, ma ofsen seen mis-
picture, anu That gtDteinun looks exactly ike ninu
Aud sODn IL uecaiie whispered mat no less a per-
sonage Than q REPRESENTATIVE or the PRESIDENTS
fanny hli arrivea holc my co scious bushes
OF decctviix Uncie sans daughters.
ECvNOal ~ rHE MINT.
Probably the greatest system oil economy known
TO the world Is y acsscd ms ia lItu n,n Once n
year the noogs, wnicn are tn god meltIng
room, are taken apart ana the sweeplngs thrown
lillo the fire. Tie cIosalag o. the the Iur
mace rooms Is also burned when worn ou,; and 1t is
positively asserted thal the money collected Dy this
process alone
PAYS THE PRESIDENTS SALARY.
Our living Presidents little know iilat, while they
have been scor1ing Tue course OF Mrs. Lincoln In
disposinx OF tn. wardrobe .. Lincoln they ale to a
certain extent dependent on OH clothes for their
salaries; but sucii IS Tie TACT. .Pe0pe who live In
glass houses chou not throw stoAes.n
THE As>AfERS
appointed by the President viii arrive next week
ana begin their annual dulles February -. No bus
mess Will be transacted for two weeks after that