, 1873-03-12
WASFilNGTCM.
Tho Currency as 4 CovrnE!er.-Com-
torfcit Money and Duplicated
EOnils.
The Decentralization Of 0apitoline
sooiety--Syphers
From Our Otrn Correspondent.
WAaIf1Ndroa, March 2, 1879.

WAR1f1Ndroa, March 2, 1879.
TALK WITH AN Etl0RAvEn.
You haycprobably mot, amongst your aoqunlnt-
ancos, this kind Of n man An ngrooablo, do
corous, thrifty, well-to-do gentleman, WHO will
talk with you intcliContly about tho growing
evils Of tho country and Of tho general corrup-
tion Of politics, but will, at tho Same time, in-
Aerib1y pursue Ills private purposes against tho
Government, undor tho belief that, in tho do
struotion i,nminont ovor everybody, tho boat way
to anticipate 1t is to mike onoa atake aud Bharo
10 big that 1t cnn boar ono up aboyo tho common
calamity. Tho country ia full Of rooplo who do
procate corruption, but do not nrroBt their por-
aonal achemo Which is n part OF It. "'''
Tho gentleman In this caso reforrcd to was
taken with communicative mood. He know
perfectly vol that he could toll mo nothing of
consequence which would not print, but 1t is
qnoor that worry many caro- fnl mon have aomc-
whore concealed about thom n hidden dosiro to
glvo points against their cass to newspaper
people. safd this gentleman
81 An ONE OF THE oLDE9r ESaHAvEas
in this country. Thoro In NIL investigation ono
day to bo mndo into the currency OF tho country,
which will atartlo you, and your ncwspnpora
and nil thoir rondors. There is Il $40 bill. Take
it,-1ook ut 1t Do you Boo nnything notable
about it ?"
looked tho bill all over, and then tho mRn nil
over, and aaw nothing to excite n remark In
oithcr. "Thoro is nothing particular nbout
that bill lo said, "oxcopt TINT it is countorfoit
There aro eighteen distinct co,lntorfoits OIL tho
$40 bill, and, aa an ongravor, I know that thoy
represent eightocn different counterfoiting
ganga. I got this bill from {, Btroet-car con-
ductor in Now York. I got into his cor,
aud, az ho came along, said, My friond, nm
sorry to ask you for SO much change, but really
1have nothing loss than a20.' 'Ol' said ho,
'lll onligo you, 'and, tn a smiling way. Ito gave
currency. put tho whole away. III my pocket,
and, being m engravor, I got to looking at tho
number o7 on tho lantor1l window Of the cay.
Thought to mysolf, That'a nromarkab1y hand
know that an onSravcr notices such things.
Well, that evoninE went into tho Astor House,
and, going up.to the fine, old, whltc-hairol mau
wig who aells 3 cigars there, aud is known to overy-
60-cont papora. Old Jimmy looked ut it and Baia
to mo- Z nm sorry, 1rr. Robinson, but that stamp
Is counterfeit. Its q worry wol-eSccuted ono, but
havo nothing bottor to do i'll my loisllro limo
handed mo the stamp, mud lookcd ut it, nnd
then Mt tho othors, mid, aure onohgh thoy wero
al counterfeit. 7 quietly atepped outside tho
cars. I found that tic conductors ran oisht
hours off and on, nnd that my man would not
como on till ne1t morning. There I found at
tho appointed time, my conductor, and stopped
you changed 9 bin for me yesterday, and gavo
mo quantity Of counterfeit money. Now
want you to tako it back without any noHo.'
He Affected to grow Indignant, but said, 'Stopi
stopt! Do YOU 800 tint poliseoman2 II y9n
amount Which you Changed for' mo,
I will have you under arrest in two
minutosi Well, it was interesting to soe tho
promptnosa with. which TINT 'slorer Of tho
n m n
ask for hiH own.
"AIr. Gath, you newspaper mon know nothing
whatever about the
DUPLICATION OF UNITED srATEs BONDS,
and nbout tho quantity OF counterfeit scrip
niloat. II you, aa 8 newspapor-1nnn, wsro to 60
to Con. Spinner and to tho hends OF tho Treasu-
in circulation they would probably tell you 10 por
CONT; but toll You, ns a. engrayor, that they
hayo admitted to mo that there iB 25 per cent
or ono quarter Of tho whole amount Of the stamps
ourrcnt in this country, which FRO fraudulent.
Do you know, air, that tho postal currency ID
RENEWED Six TIMES EVERY YEAR?
That is the case, aud SEQ the possibiitios for,
it's increased duplication aud countorfeiting.
MUM, aud use gold, than Lave to deal as NO do
with q lot Of papor which IL beyond tho control,
70 groat extent, Of the Government officials.
Tho o1travaganty high price,. antl the e.; .e;orrnp-
\ roney. Tho duplication OF tho United statoa
| bonds will some day bo found Ruch nh alarming
matter TINT it will bring tho whole country to its
foct. That crime began IN the Treasury no far
III Congress- made strenuous efforts to oxpoBe it,
hut thoy woro gagged by. tho gayol and party
majority Az official, who at that timo was con-
eGod a With the prnstng naa in nn eo got
DO budgod from bis place by any
ono year sG3, 900, md lo could not tell whore tho
money had gono. They kept after him, how
nno1 H1f6r1
the examiners With his arms tnli Of bonds, anu,
| throwing them down, snil; 'There arc your
| s6s,000P Now, tlaero was u prcss used for
| printing ut TINT time, aud 1t ran repeatedly
| IN THE NIGHT.
| The o1tictnl hinBolf waB seen to omorgo nfter
dark, OIL two oceasious, with \ groat tin box in
lis hand, which ho put into, his buggy and
carried away. Now, how much duplication of
bonds do you supposo it required to make
$4,000 worth Of coupons 30 ea to cqanli2e that
"sevorel hundred thousand, ssn,npeeaaos;""o ea En- =
| "No, sir; it took between S14,D00,00O md
s19, ,o00, 600 Of bonis; and about that tmo hap
poned the frat duplication"
I lookod suddenly into tito old gcntloman'a
Dyes, and waa in great doubt whothor was
srcnlsing to nn Intelligent luuatio Or great ro-
wAsnrSoroS soo1ET7.
| Tho abuse of proInlscuoun receptions, promla-
cuouB tliunoru, md promiacuoua |'alls, haa beon
moro tian ovor n subject Of roprehonsian during
tho proacnt Encouraging soKsion Of Congresn.
Much was aaid, aftor last Now Years, about tho
thougltfuneBs of tho Indies hero who, oil that
day, removed Intoxicating drinks from thoir
tGblos, but tho nightly rocoptiona in lilo city
nro soldom given without bowls OF strongpuncl,,
ind frequently baskets of champagne aro saori
feed to tho gucstB; whilo young women, ninGle
aud married, nuke . claua OF acquantances not
tolorablo under their own roof, f,-:,many Of whom
como with tho allurin. nppounstous OF Gov
ornor, 0oneral, judge, or Senator. Tho
droHslug haB bocolnc nlarnliualy ina-
moloat. Tho lobby 10 n,Edo equal To
who ply tho trade Of public plunloror, present
their daughteru and wiveH to tho very ollicials
wlom otherwise, thoy would he unable to roach.
Ylloro was ono gontlonan implicated III tho lato
cumo directly through tho abuso Of pron'iycuous
dinners, Whom ho canle TO Washington City, III
tho first place. hu livoG romcto from tho fashion,
ab!o quarter, md was Industrious domestic, mud
perfectly unehallengea ny a'y sI'aorort at noHs o1