Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1859-09-21

PRoGEess OF BARK NoTE FoReEkY.-Ye haze
without exception, the best haBk-nots engraving IN
ihe world. and we have also. more counlerfe bsnk-
notes than any other couulry with paper cuTren-
cy. The ingenuity Of cue sugravers is taxed snd
tasked to produce bank notes which the ccuntsrfeter
cannot initiate, and yet forgeres are exceedingly
flush For example, as we learn from Peterson's
Counterfeit Deteetor of yesterday, many as hffy
eight eounieTfzi have been put in circulation
within the lasE fortnight. This I'D appear mott
incredible but is is rue The Bank Of England
notes, which are nov very rarely initiated, are dis
tinguished. in their execution. ~ the utmost sim
plicity Of design ard wcrk Yet, with tl this sim
plleG and psinRess forgery OF itis seldom male,
an when made is really detected. The pIOtee
9 on Les IN tSe mplicity Iastead Of being cover
ei over with msuy AID beautiful decorations ssd
drawings, inelniipg gems Of landscape by barley,
portraits Of individuals or "reminiscences Of The
Greeisa ny thOlogy. the noies Of the Bauk Of Eug
land is little than promise 70 pay, duly DAT
aud numbered, with signature of cashier, or one
his assis!an g on right side, and the signature Of
entering CLERK, t1e left The chief pseuliari-
ty is 8 different ink employed On tho mechanical
Numbering Of each note, and mathematical exact
ness and harmony 90 the whole engraving There
are a fea secret marks five il all, consisting o.
dots placed with apParest csrelossuess on various
parts OF the note, which bank clerks and ether mi
tiated persons can Immediately asceitliD- Above
ALL TIRE paper with its peculiar 6RtsT-mark Is Diff
az t. forge the hand writing the nOts itself This
paper is made byG process kuoWn only to a few con-
fdental persons in the bank, and even were the
mysieTy laid open, would require saeh costly plant
OF i3trIes!e machinery, that pefsoSs possessed Ct
the pecGRary 10 establish It for this purpose,
would be 50 far above the usual inducements te
crime hat hey would scarcely be tsduoed to run
The risk. This paper possesses such remarkable
tOughnsss tai If Babk CT EaglaDd be twist
ed with weight # two hundred and tWenIy-Isar
pounds suspended to Il, the twist will sus ain it
without yieiGigg or breaking It appears utterly
improbable that couBterfeising cannot be prevented
here as it IS in London and Paris. Suppose that
some back should try the experiment OF issuing
notes, The very perfection of cunRog art employed
tO-prcducs tho most beautiful simplicity Of design
and Observation-Disclosures Press, Sept. lG.
PosToFFIcE CONTRIBUTIONS TO TaE WAsHGx0ToS
NArIoxAL MoNuMEST-The plan for raising funds
to complete the Washington National Monument
through the agency Of pOstmssteTs, seems likely to
prove successful. About four thousand circulars
sent out last month by Lieut. Ives, aud already
retrrus coming in. The smallest amount that
has been sent is % cents and the largest S8, the
latter from the cry Of Wheeling. Va. When it is
recOlleoed that the former cum, insignificant it
appears, is nearly double what wOut be required
from each place. monthly, in order to complete the
monument in few years, the entire prscticability
Of the project will appear. Il only requires The
universal Cooperation Of posmasteTs to insure its
success and thus far all that have been heard from
have promised q cordial cooperation to the enter
prise. New York city, Charleston, Providence, Z.
l., and the little town Of Putnam, in Ohio have
81 ns each more than SO. These four returns would
make Up the average for about $50 thst might
contribute nothing at all Two or three months
will be required to fairly test the pr act, but there
is little doubt that it must ultimately succeed. The
letters enclosing the remittsnoss are kept on file
smoug the records Of the Monument Society; ami
il is intended, ct sisted intervals. to publish CON-
plete SIS Of the amounts received and the places
where they we're eontIibuted.-W Washington S;ar.