The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1866-02-14
New Counterfeits.


erpton of the latest counterets Of the national issues:
POSTAL CURRENCY, NEW ISSUE.
Fifty cent notes. new issue. On the top of the bill
the words FURNISHED only By the assistant treasurer
and designated depositare5 OF the United Satesj OBJ
serve the two words 'of the on the genuine there Is
little space between them not SO on the mutations
Fifty cent notes. The engraving is good, but the
Gilt frame around the head is very bad The paper has
however disappearance ofeommon printing paper, and
is very whtsh The whole Of it is little smaller than
the genuine. Six barrels on right end Of Washington
are very indistiDet.
Twenty-Five cent noteg Poorly engraved, on poor
paper, and the gilt frame aroHnd the head don't show
any gilt.
Ten cent notes. Very coarsoy done, and the green
ink very pale.
NATIONAL BANKS.
Is altered TO lO's-yig. Of Is, two female figures
with hands clasped one pointing upwards los have
figure Of Franklin drawing electricity from the clouds
and on the back of bill is DeSoto discovering the Mis-
sissipp On back Of is is the landing Of the Pilgrims,
well done.
and landing Of Columbus on back. Look out for this
alteration.
Is and - altered from the Bullion bank Of Wash
ington D. c. FRACTIONAL CURRENCY.
in excellent imitation Of the new issue Of the fifty
cent fractional currency has been received the
sury department 1t is considered the best executed
counterfeit yet put in circulation 1t can however be
easily distinguished from the original by the coorng,
and in the signature Of S D. Spinner the re" having
been omitted. TREASURY NOTES.
lOs-A new issue, dated March 10 1852 The red
seal is badly executed is also the border of the note
which is made up Of repettons Of the letter x. Gen
eral appearance is bad great number is in circulation
50s-Uuited States treasury, (greenbacka) are in
circulation from an entirely plate said to be the
best counterfeit yet made of the government notes. So
look out for them, as some few have taken them.
UNITED STATES COMPOUND INTEREST NOTES.
zoos counterfeit are in circulation 4 fac smile Of
the genuine but the engraving is not so fine. They
dated May l5 1865 lettcrB The green ink in the
back of the counterfeit is paer than that in the genu
ue. BE careful and examine well all before taking
them they have deceived some Of our best judges
UNITED STATES LEGAL TENDER NOTES
Is counter!eit-large numbers Of one dollar c9un-
terfeit greenbacks in circulation Excepting few
minor discrepancies the spurious note is exact fac
smile Of the genuine bill The genuine appearance is
also very good. The green ink is somewhat of a
lighter shade than that used On the genuine and some
parts Of the note look scrachy and Blurred. The fig
ures Is on the green scolwork on lower right quarter
Of the notes printed in green in the genuine they
are white. The head Of Chase is darker. Bill has
coarscr appearance.
IS immitaton-the portrait on the right and the fig
Of liberty on the left rather coarse Well cal
culated to deceive.
5s and los raised from Is Portrait Of Chase on
upper left corner
los immitation-the portrait of Lincoln on the left
corner is yer! dark and the eyes poor while the toes
Of the females the right end can scarcely be seen
On the genuine they are very distinct. Look out for
them.
eos mmtation-poorly done, engraving coarse, and
the bills look blurred. The green ink used is tighter
than the genuine The dies and z0s are oneeighth Of
sn inch larger than the genuine
SOS altered from rs. In the ponuine 50s the sioDa-
ture Of the register is the left and the treasurer on
the right end Of the bill In the altered note thew are
both on the right end, with two strips Of lathe work
between them.
SOS limitation They are 50 wen done that all the
banks refuse them
zoos initiated. Upper left, spread eagle sitting on
a rock The general appearance Of the bill is good.
SUPREME CorBr DECISION ON CONFEDERATE MONEY
The supreme cout decided follows on Confederate
money case
Defendants J. Bloom & Co., on heinz s,slT h., -,a;n-
tiff D Strauss for the amount Of draft left with them
Tor collection answered that the amount of said daft
was collected in Confederate currency which defendants
sag ey are willing to pay and ask therefore that the
SUI y dismissed an sneing for the amount collected
sud net Tor the Graft its value the defendants cop
tended, in the supreme court that the nlaintF had
thereby ratified his acts in receiving Confederate cur
reney and are bound thereby The evidence showed
mat notes deposited in bank for collection prior to the
aale o. suspension OF specie payments on the 21st of
september 1861, were not collected IN Canfadar,to
currency unless under special Instructions m lf,
suee on was deposited before that date Nov, tha a.
PENDANTS did show themselves to bo artbo-:no
give snch instructions by their absent principal They
aled to show that they made a special denost of he
funds received in payment Of the draft hut Il
tn3t sad funds were mingled With their own-ia Con-
federate currency. By using the amount of Tho 5f
they became the debtors to plaintiff sa .e -
currency unless they show that plaintiff ratified their
ar. What they received and used was moncvN Con
iederate notes not money-they must satisfv tbn
plaintiffs claim in money Judgment affirmed
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arm supporter Of Macmillan, and profound admire,
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