The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1898-06-10
CONFEDERATE MONEY.
Richmond (ya,) Dispatch.

1t is pleasant to hear that though
the Confederacy has been dead these
tnirty-three years, some Of its notes
or bonds are worth their face value.
Those particular issues were printed
by great engraving and printing
house in New York, and were put
forth while Montgomery, Ala, was
the scat Of government OF the C0nfed-
cracy.
We presume that no great quantity
Of this paper was delivered. Certain
loyalists of the North made it very
shot" for the printing company in
question when they found that the
company had done the work for the
Confederates, and they caused the
printing to be stopped. Hence the
rarity and consequent high price of
specimens 0pthe issues in question.
There was no steal plate printing
ablishmcnt within the bounds OF
the Confederacy, and the best our gov
ernment could do was to contract
with IIoyer s. Ludwig, photographers
here, for the printing of their notes
and bonds. THIS firm long occupied
the upper floor of the building at the
southwest corner of Broad and Ninth
streets. From there it moved, we
think, to the upper floors Of the Bosh.
er Building. which occupied the lot
upon which the Chamber of Com
mcrce has since erected its imposing
home. At any rate, there was lith-
ographic establishment In that build
ing when the war closed.
For the last year or two OF the war,
however, most Of the Confederacy's
engraving and printing was done at
Columbia, S. G. Numbers OF the
artists, engravcrs and printers were
brought from England, running the
blockade. Others, however, were citi-
zens of Richmond or OF Baltimore.
One of these Richmonders was
Arthur Dabney, who in May, 1864,
having furl0ugh to visit his home
here, fell in with the Richmond Blues,
who we're returning from a campaign
in South Carolina. The Blues found
the enemy occupying the turnpike be-
tween Petersburg and Richmond, and
with the entire regiment were order
ed to attack. Dabney was in the
Blues ranks as volunteer, and was
the first man killed on that victorious
day.
At the close OF the war only the
fractional notes were being printed
here. For these the Confederacy had
accumulated large stock OF pink
paper, that was destined never to be
used as designed.
This paper and the presses. etc.,
were all seized and confscated by the
Federal authorities, and the building
at the corner of Ninth and Main
IIstreets soon thereafter became a
newspap office. First 1t was occupied
by the Republic and afterward BY the
Examiner. The editors and reporters
Of both those journals for long time
had dealt out to them as "cOpy
paper some Of the paper that hat
been bought for tho tifty-cent nott
issue of the Confcderacy. The pres
work on these notes was done on
fine double-cylinder press, which, hay
ing come into the possession q ch'
Examiner, was disposed Of by tina
/ paper to the Charleston News ant
. Courier.
Q Not only was the work OF printing
most OF our notes and bonds trans
4 ferred from Richmond to Columbia
!, but our Treasury Department estat
. lished In that city a bureau, wher
y hundreds Of young ladies were en-
ployed In signing the names OF tn
treasurer and register. Many Of thes
ladies went from Richmond and r.
mained In Columbia until the war wa
over. And here 1t may be remarke
thatsit was the Confederacy that mrs
J. instituted In Richmond tho practic
~ OF employing lady clcTkR. Previously
i II was the rarest PA thing 70 ~
: \ girl occupying clerical position
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