Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1879-03-30

MINT ASKS ED FOR.
The citizens Of Omaha have petitioned
Congress to establish a branch mint in
that city, and this step is regarded with
some concern in New Orleans, and fears
are entertained there that il such a mint
be established it will prove a formidable
rival to their own. The New Orleans mint
has not been in operation since the war;
nor indeed has there been much occasion
for it. Formerly, when the United States
looked to Mexico for its supply OF silver
the branch mint at New Orleans, being In
the line Of transit, coined more than
$4,000. 900 annually. The mining and
coming Of silver in Mexico is heavily taxed.
consequently since the discovery and deyei-
opment Of the mines in the Pacific States,
of this country, Mexican silver has grad
ually ceased to be imported. The average
annual value of the gold and silver pro-
duced in the United States since the war,
is about $40, 600. 900. Part OF this was ex-
ported as bullion, and the remainder was
coined in the three minis Of Carson City,
San Francisco, and Philadelphia, respect
lively. An appropriation was obtained from
the last Congress for the purpose OF re-
opening the New Orleans mint, with the
expectation of diverting to that city a por-
ton Of the bullion heretofore sent to Phil
adelphia. for coinage. Omaha, however,
has the same thing in view. That city is
1900 miles nearer the sources Of produce
ton than Philadelphia, and about $500
nearer than New Orleans. In 1875 she re-
ceived Of ore and bullion over $40, 900, 900,
and in 1876 over $50, 600, 600 She claims
to have the largest smelling works on the
continent. The New Orleans Times is of
opinion that should this Omaha mint be
established, it will be to the interest of that
city to take steps towards obtaining some
concessions from the Mexican Govern
ment, and . modification of the tariff on
both sides, and by improving the commerce
between the two countries, bring into New
Orleans the coin md bullion of the sister
republic, and again give employment to
their branch mint.
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The Philadelphia North American"
the organ of the respectable portion of the
Republican party Of Pennsylvania, thinks
it about time to let the colored race rest.
It has the benefit of every political and in
dividual right, and is wanted where it is
by the white population there and here.
If we are still indebted for years of bond
age, we make no payment by sending our
creditors among the Comanches, Apaches
and Piutes lone by committing them to
Neither experiment can be made without a
considerable cost, and we are in no good
condition, nationally or individually, for
fancy philanthropy now. The substantial
we have shown. Dur only duty now is to
protect the e~nfranchised, and secure for
them proper compensation of those labors
which it is equally to our interest, to that
Of the Southern people and the country
fIey should be allowed to discharge. All
of this migratory philanthropy is wrong
and foolish.
THE last three censuses give the total
(not assessed) valuations of real and per-
sonal estate, exclusive of Government
property, in all the States and Territories,
as follows In 1850, ST, 135. $50, 22S ; 1860;
Sic, 156, Git, 06S; 1870, $50, 0Gs, 81 s,5O7.
Between 1856 and 1860, the wealth of the
United States more than doubled, and
will soon be prepared, if they
are not already, to compete for the honor
Of being the richest people in the world.
They are fast gaining in the race, and will
soon pass France and England. No coun-
try has become rich as rapidly as this in
the past twenty years.
SENATOR SPENCER, Of Alabama, now in
White Pine Oh mining business, and who
called at the SENTINEL Office a few even
ings since, says it is the prevailing feeling
among Republicans in the East that Grant
will receive the nomination by reclamation
for a third term. The Senator informed
M that no other man is thought of or
talked of east Of the Rocky mountains.
NORTH CAROLINA pays its legislators for
q certain number of days, after which they
can sit as long as they please at their own
expense. They always manage to get
however, the day that the money
out.
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The Baltimore Gazette thinks that the
Southern Californian, who pounded Denis
Kearney the other day, is entitled to live
in the hearts Of the American people
alongside the champion long-distance Pc
destrians.
The temperance people are preparing for
the campaign of 1880. They ought to pool
their issues with the Greenbackers, who
stand about as much show Of success.
ST.. LOUIS once tried the experiment of
licensing the social evil, and does not pro-
pose to try it again. AT the recent election
the vote was 4,716 for and 1868 against it.
PUBLIC OPINION,
A. ShOw by the Press of the Pa
cflc Toast
la N LDE FOR 1880.
From the Virginia Chronicle.
A campaign with Tilden for the stand
ard-bearer on one hand, and Grant on the
other, would be one Of the l~iveliest and
most bitter in the history Of the nation.
the battles Of the war would be fought
over again, and the bloody shirt would be
e~nsanguined for the fray. There
would, too, be such a washing Of dirty
linen of both parties as was never seen be-