The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-02-14
MAKING REBEL MONEY.
Method Is Described by nm English
photographer.
Now York sun.

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New York sun.
I'm July, 1851" in the words Of Jefferson
Davis. 1.-THE Confederate leaders realized
that they had entered on desperate
struggle, and the plan then adopted was
to Issue treasury notes convertible at the
pleasure of the holder into bonds" More
than s@0oo0,0o0 of these treasury notes
were issued w,,hin the next two years.
Before the work could be begun on any
large scale it was necessary TO smuggle
the paper and presses, the outht for a
large lithographing establishment. and the
men to run this establishment. through
the blockade. Like most of their other
supplies the Confederate leaders got these
froin England and brought them in by way
of the West Indies. How the task Of
turning out from sixty to one hundred
millions of paper money every week which
the Coufederacy had set for itself, WAS
carried out forms an Interesting chatter
IA me unwrluten history OF the Confeier-
a ae movement. ana Is here set down for
Hodge one of the few survivors of the
group OF young hngl sn printers and lith-
1spa phcFs brought to Charleston. :. c., in
~ Tor the express purpose of making
,ohIcirlNte money. Mr. Hodge is now an
amer NJ 't'Vil citzei. His story follows:
wear n'nm NoS, when | was in my Path
i..r, 80 ihtl'p III LONDON Tor
idrEe hthoaHaphng es Adjustment. All
H 'S't!, VIZ SreAly interested in the
81 Win az mpriou!55sS,e aad therefore we look
~, ~ tappearAnce, p!a.nly an American. who
repoI,tdo u ~ t shop one day, and VINO was
Si1Iss w. " an |Sclt oil the Confederate
orr. ~, , cnSdgei IN purchasing supplies.
~ tulcEe9t was greatly Increased when
d SNIItY 20 about til1t thc gentleman had
erlphino IN 10y Tor large litho-
looking aboilII' io, .'o'n nu. Arm and was
TO be d"v ,,'t' Si'Is lmeni which was
Confednr,V,,,eN 10 printing money for the
The prospce, of large nov ,.., u,.,..
is LkeIv 70 We as attractive 10 me- rs 1t
age, and / Won S"une l9HoW or mat
With Inc reg,i"'t ~ th sne neal OF the flrln
mend mr 10 orr ~. ne suoulu lecon-
result i W 20 our Anercan visitor. AS 4
OF Chnr,e w Ms 'nvi,ed to visit Major Evans
to sre him IN 90, o., a. uts NOEL, ana "ei-
workers at my craft r M,tn Yen other
of our i nS,.ySan,e person, and the npshot
20 to Charleston w - ~ VA w. We ogreoI to
Sd6 ~ t government: We got promise of
piece w,orlI "a, "a soil ana q liberal rate OF
his ccn,ract. rccs,,.o az e% tr man, on gnlns
70 KY ne eXpenses Of the Journey.
shin I,eon, ,,Th Us On May 10, ls62, on the
Nassau We wern ~, ,'.'i,'Sgow' On reaching
and the ships cargo won b be- ait Cur airty
for the sh9rt hi ~ o11esu. ny sepdHtc boats
tourne,. .,titn put utNSei Gus part OF the
M IL, I'll pelore us. olc part contain
Bit On H. ans ana six Of our men, was
,,i,,,,' ny NWlonlca. regular blockade
". "a canl the rest Of Us Went on the
r6,n W., Sea9rook, an American river ho51
wax knowno o oy oartasn Dan Vincent, who
The CE1r,M' n ga as one OF the most daring of
.'rboc 1891 p-'Cts
o,d Ip Sethrook Wa, light draft boa,
d'rectlv ~ ,%p'a ~ plan was not TO sn5i |
was ir, ~, putE1 an '1!f with VIII II he |
clos a ~, - we were bear M in |
n t-,i," ~, oouth Carolina coast we :, 60
a, bn,r%,' Sl11lie9 eru.str coming up cioss |
Ruli's nlo. ~ Seanrook sped away up |
tanr' Vincent } me, Iiils stream whilh Cap
an c',r XIX Scr could not follow Us hui tbe |
~ ~ nHd ms. alcu'atcd the de wbinb !
~ u,Ilher out than he supposed a11
IN enI,.'lN We found ourselves stuck 49,
W. ,"e rl',a' lNlr lookout announced H.,
crnizo,. a,l wore putting OFF from tbe
Ct user ana We're coming he ,Sii1,a', -, tIle
wv us. '7 10
,o,,nn. VIZ we heard this announcement ro
. M. OF lhe crew dropped quickly ovcr ana .hd
nvn, 1'ur mo the TWO boats snd row, ~
IA ~" ne capt2in stuck dorgoii,. -,
fnl,., ~ S'2rs and Str nos ma Gov 4"
III" So ne pace Of the Palmetto H,r 'o ON
~ no, ,,Hok' hui we were out of eici,
or ' way ' ibrer &S3d were trying II MAKE