Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1869-07-10
MUTILATED iCURRENCY.


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The Treasury Department has issued
new regulations for the redemption o
mutilated currency, Of which the follow
ing is copy ]:
L,-MUTILATED CURRENCY.
Mutilated currency is redeemable by
the Treasurer of the United States, at
Washington, D. c., and by no other
officer. 80 ass
UNITED STATES NOTES.
Notes presented for redemption, the
abrasion or loss of substance from which
does not exceed one-twentieth of their
original proportions, will beredeemsd as
whole notes.
/. Fragments of notes will not be re-
deemed in full, except when proof is sd-
duced by affidavit that the missing parts
of such notes have been totally destroyed,
and stating the cause and manner Of such
destruction. Less than half note is
not redeemable at all, unless accompa-
niel by such affidavit when presented
by the holder. The character of the af-
iant must be certified to be good by a
magistrate or other public officer.
2. In the absence Of such affidavit,
fragments of notes, exceeding by meas,
urement one>half their original surface,
will be redeemed in their proportion to
the whole note, reckoning, as general
rule, by twentieths. See diagrams, sub.
divided by twentieths. H.7t
3. Mutilated notes which have been
torn, no matter how much, but Of which
all the fragments are returned-or de-
faced, no matter how badly, so that it is
certain they are genuine-will be re-
deemed at their full value en- presentaS
ton.
A. Fragments of legal-tender notes, for
which less than the full value has been
paid, will be retained six months, to en-
able owners to return to the Treasures
missing parts of such notes, and receive
the amount previously withheld. Such
return should give the date of the letter
from this office transmitting the original
remittance.
INTEREST BEARING NOTES.
The rules for the redemption Of mu-
tilated United States notes are likewise
applicable to mutilated interest~bearing
notes.
Coupons Of two years five per cent.
Treasury notes, separated from the notes
of which they constituted part, are of
no value except when presented for re>
demption with the notes to which they
belong. Coupons should not be detached
from the five per cent. notes except by
government officer authorized to redeem
them at maturity. But this regulation
does not apply to coupon notes or bonds
other than five per cent. bonds.
OUTRAGEOUS BARBARIrY IN TIE
FLORIDA PENITENTIARY.
The shocking occurrence related be-
low by the Quincy Ella Commonwealth,
shows the condition of things in the
Penitentiary, under Radical rule. 1t ris
hoped, for the credit Of our sister State,
the matter will be fully Investigated and
the cruel barbarians who perpetrated this
outrage upon a poor negro, be brought
to condigr punishment:
A short time ago we noticed the es-
cape Of a colored prisoner from the peni.
tentiary at Chattahoochee, and his SUBJ
sequent arrest at Townsville, Ga. He
was afterwards brought back and placed
in solitary confinement. We have reS
ceived the following accounts relative to
his treatment from very good authority,
there being various reports concerning
the matter in circulation here
We learn that when brought back the
prisoner WIS confined il q cell on bread
and water for several days, heavily irened
and in a debilited condition, taken out
and suspended by his thumbs with
cord, and left in that situation until the
cords cut his flesh to the bone.
He then begged to be killed, TO re-
lisVe him of his suffering. No atten-
ton being paid to it, he, in moment Of
desperation, managed to raise his body
SO as to get the cord between his knees,
when with a gigantic effort he broke it.
He was discovered and ordered not to
move. His reply was, :" / want you to
kill me. | know if l attempt to run you
will kill me. / would rather die than
live in this torment" He arose and
staggered toward the officers quarters
with his ball and chain, when the sen.
tinel snapped cap at him. Three of
the guard then came up at doublesquick
and pierced his body with bayOnets. The
surgeon of the penitentiary then visited
him, and turning off remarked that he
was not hurt. The wounded man re-
piled: "You a physician, and say am
not hurt2 | am a dead man in an hour"
He was then ordered to be pinioned
spread-eagle fashion, and left in that con-
dition. When visited shortly afterward,
he was found dead. His name was
Thomas -, and was sent from
Tampa, Fla.