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The Daily Dispatch: June 25, 1862., [Electronic resource], About McClellan. (search)
Deserving a medal. --The price of gold for some time past, as our readers are aware, has been quite in keeping with that of provisions, and that the latter have been extensively elevated by the machinations of speculating extortioners, an indignant public will readlly certify. The people have shown an unreasonable desire to get the "color," as Californians say, even if they had to dig pretty deep in their pockets to accomplish the undertaking. To demonstrate the fact; Peter McCown was arrested a few days since and brought before one of the Assistant Marshal's, charged with passing a brass medal to Wm. White for a gennine sovereign. Believing his assertion, White did not hesitate to disburse a considerable per centage above prime cost to get possession of the coveted coin. The article in question bore a more striking resemblance to a warming pan than to the Queen's coin, and the transaction proved that White was not a judge of currency. He should have visited some of the Main