The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1860-1863, 1861-08-29
The New Treasury Notc--Their Mnn-
roafa 1IIIfacture IN New YOFk.

The order TO 7engravt the United States
Treasury notes, authUrized by tie act Of
July I'M, Was received by the American
Bank Note company July 95th, and since
tbat time from thirty to forty first class
artists baye been engaged 10 preparing the
plates fot the printers, The work has so
far progressed Ftliat we are enabled to give
a general description Of the notes to be
forwarded 10 Washington for signature
by persons appointed to sign them for
the Register Of the Treasury and the
Secretary of tho Treasury Of the United
States. '| v '
2 Tie following plates have been en-
graved, and are now printing as rapidly
as possible:
Eight Plates Of four Eve dollar notes
on each, payable in the following places.
New York, Boston. Philadelphia, St. Lou
is and Cincinnati The names OF the
places are engraved on the notes. The
notes are printed in two colors, green
on the back. This green is indestructi-
BILE, and is a prefect protection against
Photographic counterfeiling The 50 note
is embellished on the left margin with a
full length figure Of American" stand,
ing on a globe, with the motto "E Plu-
IriJus Unums," and on the right portrai,
of Alexander Hamilton.
Tfere are five plates Of $lo's lour notes
on each, made payable at the places spe'
cited above, and printed in the same col
ors as the tives On the left is an admi
rable likeness Of President, Lincoln; il
the center the American eagle; and OF
right full length figure Representing th'
Arts.
Five plates of eos payable as above
and in the same tin,s. IN the center o
which is full length figure Of Justice
The other parts Of the note are filed viii
combination Of geometrical lathe worl
and other securities against counterfeit
ling.
These notes ale all executed in th
finest style Of engraving, and are reali,
beautiful works of art, ~.
OF these notes portion oft 1Vs vii
be sent TO Washington for signature to
morrow, and will be the first in circula
ton. These notes are all payable on de
mand: they are a little larger than ordiua
ry bank notes, aad are much smaller thai
the Z $40 interest notes; and were re
duced IN size for convenience as circu'
lating medium,
lii addition to these notes, the follow
ing 7 $40 interest notes, payable three
Years after date, the interest payabl
semi annually, are IN the course otprepa
ton, and some Of them win be issued o
the lst Of September
Fifties, distinguished by very larg
engraving of the American Eagle; on
hundred dollar notes. which will be OF
namented with an engraving of Genera
Scott, The best and cheapest and most lik
portrait of the original we have ever seer
the five hundreds have in the center
po rtrait Of Washington, on the left fig
ure of Justice, and on the right fgur
OF Fortune.
The 81, 900 note has a fine portrait Q
Secretary Chase; the $4,000 note has
picture OF an Indiana woman supportln
the arms of the United States with an az
propriate background and figure ofJu'
tice on the left. I..
The Z $40 interest notes specify o
the face that they are convertible int
twenty years 6 per cent. United State
bonds, and also state the interest per da
on the notes Of each denomination.
The notes have been prepared wit
great care and excellent taste. The dl
lerent denomtions, from S5 to $4,000 al
printed in the same tiDts, and have III
. same general character. The design
the Treasury Department has been
give these Issues an indentity as Govern
ment securities, and while the warrior
denominations differ from each othe
. here is general similarity which dlt
tingWshes them from the ordinary ban
) note circulation,