The daily Chattanooga rebel. [volume] (Griffin, Ga.) 1864-1865, 1864-11-23

L PDcoCooit
OF Als dominions, and " hen the effort was
naade to get up snow storm in the very
heart Of his empire he burst into loud laugh,
and brushing the clouds. which had obscured
his face away, BID dzed forth in all his magni6-
cence and splendor, and sHowered his brill
iant rays into the very midst of the myriads
Of flying snow fakes. It was o grand and
unusual spectaclS-the bright sunshine and
falling snow Th . coatest was too unequal
to be long sustai4ei, and the snon King. At
urst 20 resointe and boistarous, was compelled
70 beat speedy retreat and give up-the field
From Smith a Barr 9w,s Monthly Maga.in.l
The Currency.
Start no.t reader. 1t is no part Of cur intent;on
'oinilct any disquIsktion on finance. or bore you
Win our " vtesfsk on taxEtion fundiuK, dpptec-
atlon of oeprectAtioH. redundant issue, purchaiuR
power, excess Of mpdium, relative value or ,anv
other such topic uhttsoerer. All flat is currency
"a ne ABSTRACT and belongs 70 the provinces OF the
legislator, With which We have nothing TO do. what
ee would speak OF is the currencv in the eouer<f,
tne vlsole' tangible, Epalpable curfeucy-that cur
reaey we are 50 ready 70 atss and yet so eager to
eotAin-,ne iitte bill ets in bpsAnH green and pink
furnished BY The powers thar BE, tad rarnshod. sc
cordlng 70 The requirements 9f e4etutive art, With
ships ana sentfies cfttea baeg ard negroes. sfste
houses enYironed vi iih forests s1A sages Gersobie
Il is Of these that We would spsak-tsf the papsr,
and the ink, and thelPlates and in noting the tall
ert ana ingenuity ahd skin bfou gh TO bear in sEch
varying stage, from the bliss kssheet 70 tde fshed
note there viii be found much 10 interest and not
little 10 instruct Mosrnfblly evident il IT, to be
sure that some OF these partitoiored bllets have
osen the products Of anything rather than artistic
Skull ana are. indeed n man were 70 speak tru--
y, qua Aitls better khan so many hidsous notn.{al
aoertfpns, but IN othet and later evidences OF in-
aeoteqntss' higher ordor Of talent seems 10 have
been, AZ last recognized By the official gems and
We have tome results equal "a deicacy and finish
% any productions ff the North. "A an excuse
iurther Tor the monstrosities formerly foised upon
u.s. there must IN addition @ tho sublime igno-
rance OF our 'nnaneifrs, be some accpunt made Of
the peculiarity OF out position pccaiiarty which,
al hrsl. forbade any use Of the finer processes Of
ART Engraving on fteel furnishes Us with By FAR
the most fecuFate and beautifalresults but unfor--
tunately steel Is stubborn thins to deal with aud
demands much time and PAfience before tho sun-
n.ns wofk ot rae srdTsr can be properly wrought
LithOgraphy, on tfe ether hand. though lacking
m clearness and prefision, is very speedily made
Ayeia9ls to tho rept4duetion Of any given design,
and soft happened that, When the young Republic
uSeded tho largest pfssibls quantity OF notes With
the least possible delay, hthography WAS the art
resorted 70, ard the ex xgeneies Of state prevafed
over the requirementf Of aesthetics.
Before-rroe4eding further to speak oF tho vay IN
which the governHient notes. ,bonds. coupons,
stamps e'eeare predacsd i tnayIntt be unadvisa
And ioftaa reader nt shrink ri,h s prthonition
bf eanssfat the sound Of these eabal5ssie r6sds,
arc stu AdhSring eotely tolthe eoaotefe ks heforo
and wish 70 speak Of the substance Of the money
ITSELF before touching on thnee arts whereby an
impressh value is given Il. IN AlHciyilized coun
r,ef papsr money Is largely nsed and owing to tho
AdoptIon OF certain pFecaations expericnce has su-
gested ~ at present exposed TO but little danger
from the arts Of theceuntetteiter. Thess precsu-
tons are tnree IN number and require, frat. that
the paper upo7 WHICH tho no,e Is printed should
have water marx secondly, that the zen craving
should bf executed BY the very best avalable tall
eni, and IN the highett style OF tho art; and, third
lys that each note should be numbered and signed
by tho party issu1ng or his duly authorized repre-
sentative. 49,.
En EnglsndI and throughout Europe the .sasst
marx Is tho precsution most relied on, the ornal
Fnentauon ci foreign notes being generally OF the
simplest character. In this county, on the other
hand, comPlexity OF design has been regarded rs
tho surest safeguarn, though neither here nor
aDroad has any on Of the precautions enumerated
been eyer wholly di5regardsd. By the seafer mark
the reader viii undefstand an invention whereby
CERTAIN marks are mkde in the, very substance OF
the paper, which marks arc invisible exeopt when
looked for IN ccrtain lights and positions, I'D not
to be altered OF rem4ved without insurinE Ne de-
structfon Of the papef ittef That upon the Bank
Of England notes in particular, has obtaiued his
torlc celebrity Tho secret Of its design il known
mark, so jesousy guarded, many wonderful stories
are told, and one may be fremepabersd where
mans life depended upon the date Of bank note
AID the circunstantlzl evidence would have hanged
him. had notthe sedfer marn. with unerring pcr-
tainty, demonstrated his innocence. Upon our
own notes. also, will DO found water mark, though
we will leave each reader 10 his own ingenuity 10
/ discover what the c. s. naork is,
sThe third precaufion against countcrfeiting. -
pals by the second for The time Is that each nete
4 shall DO numbered and signed. Tho signature is
generally difficult "a initiate exactly, and As there
Is but one note of afy given number ever issued,
the government can fever be called upon to redeem
more than one with the same figuring. Formerly,
all this numbering aud signing Tero done by baud,
/ bat since 1909, the nsnk Of England has numbered
aud dated all its notd, with an, Ingenious machine
invented By Braham4 tho originator Of she cslebra
/ ted lock. Some of those machines were imported
into this country, ahd are nov IN daily USE
Whether better TO write or print tho signa-
lures has lsng been mooted point, and is not even
vet satisfactorily determined In the North they
are printed With the hotc (grsenbaek y With they
4 are almost exclusively written BY hand andin
England il is nnderssood that, By xcqrious compro-
mise between the tr9 methods, uiey are written BY
machine for the purpose ess
i So much, then. for the water mark, tho unfnbsr-
ing and The signature and now to speak of the
prscautIon mainly relied upon IN ihis country
complexity Of engrfving DiedaininE the elAsic
simpcity Of their Trans Atlantic brethern, Amer
can artists prior to the war gave free play 10 their
bruins aud decked their Pnoduetions OF with
landscapes aud fancy sketches, eods ,and toddes-
/ ses aud Roman senator's fat Cattle sad 9portive
hamadry ads, work shops and languisAing beauty,
cupids and canal boats, locomotives and lion.
flowers aud birds aud rosctts and whirlig3s, not
/ 10 ,pe.k OF an inusmcrl iie generation Of great
mems portraits, the ineal Heslss,e progen1iors nc
doubt. OF those Official faces that, some with q
smirk and others with EcoEis pqer out UPON as
from our notes Of the preseat daf.
Iu all our fanciful ornamsnfafion Of thesi notsl
there will be p.eceiFed ciearress and shkrpnesl
Of outline that add greatly 70 their beauty while
on the other hand The other blsts that cohstitut,
our currency present q certain ciondine3s and