, 1877-10-09
Good Clerks Getting the Benefit
OF Their Record.
Candidates for the speakership Set to
Work Quietly.
Mr.. Morrison Announces IFS Opposition
to tho Texas Pacific Scheme.
An Increasing Demand for SUBJ
sidiary Silver Coin.
fhs Supreme Iudssshlp...Probabla Changes II
Foreign Missions.
THE TREASURY.
IMPROVEMENTS INACGGHATHD.

sptrta1 Df,nafcA to 7at Chicago Tioun'.
WASHINGTON, d. c., Oct. S.-Chicf Afcphcr-
ION, Of tic Bureau Of Engraving and Printing,
srportcd to Acting Secretary Of tho Treasury
Mccormick to-day on the efficiency Of his force
l. shown by report recently prepared In the
bureau. Previous to the 1st Of August the
number Of countIngs aud examinations to which
all notes, bonds, and stamps were submitted
was much greater than deemed necessary to &C.
cure accuracy antl strict honesty. It WAS there
fore decided to dispense with portion Of tho
manipulation heretofore required, and what
WIRE equivalent ia I've separate colnttngs were
discontinued. It now appears from the records
ot the Bureau that, while the MINI
ber OF sheets passing through tho Du-
rcau during the month of September wns
II per cent greater than that during July. tue
last month Of tho old system, tho number Of
damaged mud mutI1atel sheets were 53 per cent
less. The saving of pancr, consequent On tue
more careful Workmanship sccured, amounts TO
about
500 i MONTH.
Chief McThcrson attributes this ftrlklnE I'M
provcmcnt IN tho character Of thu work donc
by the employees OF this bureau to the improved
morals OF the force caused bY knowledge that
the future ot every one depends on tho charac.
ter Of Ills or her work, promotions now being
based entirely IN tho record which employees
make In tue ol1lce, and mot on political or per-
tonal influence. There Is every induccmcnt to
perform The work thoroughly and cxpclltlously.
coUNTsRrElr .
Attention has recently bccu called through
r.1blicat ons tn Western new wsDapcrs to ttIe fact
That counterfeit $l.H0 tnited Statc notes Ut the
issue Of 1sio arc still in circulation. and that scv
rral at tletn hare rcccaty been captured BY tho
Sctsct Service detectives. THIS counterfeit Ia
reported 10 bn almost netfect. and 1t ts said tu
have passed the 6ub-'rfcas,lrics at New York,
Chicago, AMI st. Louis without detection. Only
Il few wCuks ago, nccorllnR 10 ono report, ono
ut these notes was received Ut the Treasury
Department from, the Sub-Trcasury at Chicago.
III order that this counterfeit may be easily de-
ss H. III lie nss asss II eea sn
Two separate $1,000 notes have been Issued BY
The United States. The frat was engraved IN
New iurk by the American banknota COMPANY,
uni VIVA put In circulation about tHN9. Theae
notes were numbered lu scrirs Of sl00,0 600 each,
without regard to the date of their tssne.
ruEr CONTAIN NO HiUSErrn
upon thelt frs, and haye portrait 81 Robert
tonk control uf the Treasury Department, .
new plate fur S1,o0u grrcnl,acks was engraved
al thc l'urrau u the Department. Ths note
conln,ns lead Of Dewitt Clinton, ans!
POSITION. with une hand resting on q globe.
rhr-e notes are designated by the year when
il.c plate wns nrst used, asd contain tho words.
Iscr:cs III 1N;a" THIS latter note
HAS SEVER nEKN coUxrRHrEtTHD
10 The knowledge VI the Secret Service force OF
thr Treasury department. hut tho older one of
M! has teen co'interfcftc'l, ard Is the ono re-
prs. All si,uD Treasury notca having upon
ii,cir farc portal. Of Dewitt Clinton aud
yisncttc Of Columbus n,ny therefore l,a con-
G1cn,iy accepted ,.s genuine. Those containing
tlle I,urlrnt Of KobeEt Morris should bc carc-
fully examined.
NlsyrarEMssTs CONNECTED.