The weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1858-1860, 1858-08-03

gard 10 the value OF musitated bank notes, and
the method Of preventing fraud IN that connec-
ton, has latter.y become increasingly important.
! Formerly, IL was tho custom for the banks to
redeem all parts Of bills which contained cum
cient oil the signatures, &C., to secure id-ntifi-
cation; bat adro,t rogues took advantage Of
this, and BY skiliidl manipulation easily made
FIVE bills out OF four, and secured the redemp-
ton the whole. II one Of these i've bills were
paid, on the same principle, neither Of the
others could be refused. The process Of the
manufacture was very simple, and by decreasing
the proportion, A. was done in the higher de-
nominations, the bills we're readily circulated.
Thus il six bank notes Of the denomination of
ten dollars were operated on, the Disagreement
would not be very great.
The operator first carefully tears of one.sxth
Of the FIRST bill the remainder will easily pass
he then tears off two sixths Of the next bill,
and supplies It's place with the one sixth which
is taken from the first; three-sixths is taken
from the third note, and its place supplied with
the piece taken from the second; and so on to
the last. lie has thus seven bills Of ten dollars
each; two Of them minus piece at one end,
Tone at the right, and the one at the left,) and
the other tour, each with a single seam from
which a smaller piece has been taken. Mixed
with our notes, these mutations readily pass
without detection, or at least are not rejected
If the bills are upon some well known bank
The New York banks have low decided to re-
fuse all niutilated bills, and to stand suit to
test their liability. The bank department OF
that State redeems all notes upon which the
number and registers signature are perfect, and
rejects all others.
CAUSE or GEN. QUIrMANs DEATH.-The Gen.
was one of the victims of the National Hotel
poisoning, having dined there on that fatal
day which has cost thirty-one persons their
lives, and destroyed the health of sixty or
seventy more. Since that day General Quitman
had not well hour. But so long az be felt
that duty to the South and to the Republic de-
manded his presence in Congress- he faithfully
remained there; but for the past few months
painfully combating with the rapid Increase Of
disease. As soon as Congress adjourned he
FASTENED to his home, hoping that cessation
from work and repose in the bosom Of his "a
miiy would restore him to health. The fatigue
OF travelling night end day aggravated his dis
ease, and when he reached Natchez he was
compelled to take at once to his bed. The mar
rage a few days afterwards, Of his daughter
TO Captain Lowell, U. S. Navy, of the Water
Witch, revived his spirits-greatly depressed
by his disease-and heshospttabIy remained up
until alter midnight, to do the honors TO the
guests with that courtesy and affabity which
characterized him. The fatigue and excitement
constitution, and increased his maady so much
that afterwards he was unable TO leave his
room. constant fever had been upon him |
for many weeks.-Vieksburg True Southron.
ANOTHER Cure FOR CoNsuNpTIoy-The |
French physicians are at present much interest
ed in a new treatment for consumption, intro
duced by DIR. }. Churchill, American physi
clan in Paris. DIR. Churchils theory of con-
NTH ia hat in ia |
or an Insufficient supply of phosphorus in the
system. To supply this want he administers the
hypophosphates OF lime and Soda in doses OF
from five to twenty grains daily in a small
quantity OF sweetened water. In paper read
by him before the Academy of Medicine at Pa
rs, he gave an account of forty one cases treat
ed in this way with success. He insists that
the cure OF consumption in the second and third
stages, lat a period, consequently, when there
can be no uncertainty as to the nature of the
disease,) can be obtained in all cases by this
except when the existing lesion of
the lungs is of itself sufficient to produce death.
He also says that these substances have not
OILY curative effect, but will, il used wherever
there exists Suspicion of the disease, prevent
its development, and thus act as a preservative
with regard to consumption, jus. vaccination
does with regard to small ox. 1t is already
extensively used throughout the whole Of the
Continent, and favorable results have been al
ready obtained in France, Germany, Italy and
Spain, as well as at st. Petersburg and .Con-
In consequence OF DR.. ChurehIiIs
discovery the manufacture of the hypophos-
pilates in Paris has already attained a consider.
IDLE degree OF Importance, whereas before they
we're applied to no use, and were only to be
ound as chemical specimens in the laboratory.
PERILs BY WATER On the 18th of April,
4i6, the sea broke in at bort, Ia place famous
or the Protestant relision,) and drowned ~
illlages and 100000 people. In the neigubor-
ng provinces Of Friesland and Zealand, up
wards of 800 villages were oyerfowed, and the
ops OF their towers and steeples we're for ages
liter to be seen rising out of the water In |
o2U, general inundation took place in Hol-
and, BY which 100000 people, it is said, were
irowned. A rock miraculously opened At
Yorkshire, England, and poured out water to
he height OF church steeple, in 1856. In !
september, 1877, 1000 persons lost their lives
It Niyaufre, by torrents from the mountains- I
n 1911, 81 villages were swept away by an
overflow OF the Danube at Pest, near Presburg. '
n 1913, III Sesia, 5000 inhabitants persisted. ,
nd the ruin OF the French army, under Melon.
Id, was accelerated by the foods; also in Po-
ana, 4,uoO hives were supposed TO have been ]
ost, same year. In Germany, in March, 1916.
~ villages we're laid under water, and great I
ooss OF life and property was sustained. At r
Jenna, in February, 1880, the dwellings OF :
q, 200 OF its inhabitants were laid under water ,
ne same time, 10000 houses were swept away,
nd about 100 persons persisted at Canton, in
nina, IN consequence of humiliation occa-
Toned by lncessantsra EqGa or greater ca A
lmity was produced by the same cause in 9TH ;.
r parts of China, October, 1888. So in France, d
'om like cause, in $40, the Saoue poured its | u,
aters into the Rhone, broke through i;s banks b
nd covered SO, 600 acres; Lyons was inundated u.
Ayignon loo houses were swept away: Els Br
ouses were carried away at La Guillotere; and BIZ
pwards of 81 ST Vase, Marseilles and Nlsmes b
CURE FOR THE BITE OF A MAD Dog-A ri
ightul case OF attack and biting 81 a child in b,
e family OF one OF our friends recently, which o.
e pnbiic IN this region have generally SEEN r.
duces US to give the following remedy to cure 81
e bite OF a mad dog, which should be care. Br
ny preserved There is not a year passes in n
hich some rabid dog does not 90 at large, bit BIZ
& cattle, sheep, swine and horses, and some
mes human beings, and spreading their ter ~
r aud future anxiety through the nciehoor- Go
rod o.
Inns remedy has no smack of quackery and u
our OPINION Is worthy OF immediate anpilca | o.
N to any one who has been bitten, either re. Ca
nifty or remotely. CT
writer in the National Intelligencer saws NJ
al spirits OF hartshorn is certain remedy tor D.
bite OF mad dog. The wound, he adds. Da
Quiz DC constantly bathed with it, and three ~
Tour doses, diluted, taken inwardly during by
DAY. The hartshorn decompases, chemical. Da
the VIRUS inslauated into the wound, and i'm. +.
'dlatey alters and destroys its deleterousues En
. writer WHO resided in Brazil for some time Ea
y tried it for the bite OF a scorpion, and IA
ma that 1t removed pain and inflammation 20.
host instantly. subsequently he tried il for For
bite of a rattlesuake vith sio,tIsr stt.,a.a Fla
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