Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1864-03-11
TIE NEW ISSUE.


YIIE NEW ISSUE.
Everybody looks Forward to the appearance
Ct tho new currency with o great deal of in
~uerest, not unmingied with somc curiosity to
know whether it viii, in p~ointlof artistic de-
| sign and mechanical execution, be superior to
the w1ctchtd shinplastcrs tina. huve been
with the exception Of the fifty cent notes.
perpetual eJe-sores to good taste since the
commencement of Mr.. Memminger's manage
ment. Aside frcri tho demand OF the pub
lie that the new issue shall approximate to
the requiremcnts.oC financial art (if We may
emplcy-the term ut least not: iaorc than~fTe
hundred years age, Considerations Of humans
ity should induce the Secretary to pu: an end
to the ctusl joke hc has No long perpetrated
ut The expense Of several d;stingui shed gem
tlcmen whose f0rbcararce must at length
cease to be q 1irtuo. . 1t was all very we'll 80
long is the .ick. was en.inyed among the few
initiated; bugwhcn, after months Of close exam.
~in;.tioi:. assisted by a fertile imagination, scme
ingenious fellow discovered and promulgated
! the fact that what had keen generally regard
! Cd as, on enc corner Of Is treasury rote, Il
inc specimen CT the hickory nut, was not L
| botar:cal Illustration, but the counterfeit pre-
laugh was ou: ard the fun over. So, like
| Wis.,, wicn the geological illustration On an
! other note was discovered. 20 INC discontinue
! Of A.natcu- natura!isis, TO staEd ijr the jea-
rurcs o! Il prominent official instead Gf y
| pie:a 81 lnrnblaud", :. regard for tn. feelings
Of he gentlemen 80 p!ercilnssly caricatured
might have suggested Il termination Of he
riLic@!e. 1t may he said, in defence of the
| originator # Jhc iykc, tka: b: circulated his
own f-uniiA piece under the mask Of a crab
! apple; hu: si@,' ;t.a ca!icnturc is not general
| " distinguished. /; cunro- IL claimed that lie
i. irciudnI among II. victims oil his o~n
.lsge.y.
J. j. WHISPERED that one Of the new icnomi-
nations will contain full iensshed portraits of
,tc P:cs.1car, Wee President, Secretary t.!
War ari the Co:nE:is.ary Genera. Nv,
however nue.! nf rlaesir beauty woul,! per-
tain to the iistin guislseI group, !: i, possible
the Outside word would not draw 50 iaior&-
DE an Inference about Cur internal resources
rs might otherwise be aIfor,isG--say, Icr IL
>'aEc", by putting the rnt.!Y firm Of =
certain mtsi} -:lcc.e6 C)ngTes-,naa FROM ti:c
VS., IL the centre Of the bill, tlInked on one
side by the iolig face Of + furlcushed soldier On
his way h"rnc . h: married, and OIL the othe:
by the portrait Of Saisucl Merritt Bishop, e
Prince George county, Va, aged fifteen
months ard weighing one hundred and eleven
pounds. We offer the aWgscstion to the Score
tary, ire: of ch.rg:. il would be a decided
Improvement On bis for. Ier plan of keeping
the public in humor with his currency by en-
pl,y in5 designs similar to th0se Partisan pic.
lures .ha, ~exascisc The ingenuity ns children
n u1ra7eling the human features from some
specimen If nntaral history. L, VIC lid be ali
enc>ur: gin , design. Il would appreciate the
cote icarins it iity per sent. abovelH other .
W. hope the appearance Of the ness issue
will d;sabuso the world Of the idea conveyed
hy the present currency, that we are 5aiba-
r:ans in ali thu: pertains TO the fine arts. Lc.
L. haze something better than wrctched e.
r~ica,urcs and childish puzz.es. There is no
lack If artists in the South, WI" c;!n supply
the requirements OF the most fAst:i;jus tl>ie.
We presume Mr.. C;chen, Of this city, could
readily get up a design for tho new currcncy,
az handsome and appropriate rs art could de-
manG.
At all events, we trust we may De ablS to
corgratLl lte tho Victims Il shc cruel jokes
aforesaid, On Il npeody termination Of the wide
ly circulated misrepresentation Of their per-
sinai pulchriiu1e.
ADJOURNMENT OF THE LEGISLATIVE,
Both Houses Of the General Assembly OF
Virginia I'D iourned vine die 4: a late hour last
night.
The public business transacted at the lutc
session is of ye,y great importance t" the
State: tue laws for tho increase Of maj ufac-
lures alone arc u the greatest value to the