Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1816-02-03

sent IN pursuit tthin.
Further fcrhcnLlrs, commum'c0fedJy the Ggent
cfGhe .Neghuny Bark oT/'e,Dsnip0tio, for ne
Information -ffhe Banks and others mirrested
an detecting tne gang
Byr-oRp, January &.
AsOut the frs, of Sept last, D. Lewis, who then
called himsetD. Lewis Wilsor. aud person By
the name of Smith, arrived at Mll,r's tavern, GA
tie Alcg'any, 8 miles west Of Bedford, Che old
Pennsyiya"is road On Wednesday following, =
person who was called Captain Noble, and another
called Cgosb, Howard, arrived sl the same place.
They had twotrunks carried to NiillrI's in rpatl
vaggon-Srid they were going to survey land on
the mountain On Thursday they went 10 the
woods taking with them sonie bed clothes, l. owl
SIMS aud uccesssles Tor cooking, with other arti-
c'es not known They said they expected to re-
main ON, Nc long the weather would permit. No
Die appeared to DC the principal They came in-
To Miller's, occasionally, when the weather was
hsd. Smith stad about one or two weeks, then
went off TIE others tenraineiabout three weeks,
until their camp discovered by hunter, about
three miles Ncrtn Fast of Millei's tavern. They
went TO NI!er's-Inet with Wagon at the dor,
hastily packed NJ their trunks aud dccaupei---
Their ut,aks were carried 70 i-iiadclpha. n. T.
Wilson IS uow in cuetoAy 1t y -,ii0rl. The person
called Grossly Howard, i. Ru,,,s Crosby, fiddler.
who Formerly travclcA ahont with c1nrs,uv of
stroliing players lie is uuw IN tine .lai ct tuuber-
land, Allegheny county, Maryland charged with
pHssiug counterfeit notes OF the above .s,ri:iion
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person TO whom he md lent small sum of
money, which mad been repaid by r. Lewis, lie
has wife or correspnparut NJ Nrw-Bruuswi k.
The perynn called Captain Noble, is shout feet
10 nohes high cOrpuiont, bald headed, .ar hair cnt
short dressed in grey clothing is about Is ~
5Nyears Of age-supp-sei 20 be native If on or
the Eastern states Glnd of groc, and often in
t0~icated Curing his stay the mouaiain.-Iic SAID
lie came las fran 'bii;ieiphis, and iad been late
" IN New-Gork
4 H. IN y
age, feet inches high; dark hsir-suppossd to be
Eor one ofthe Eastern states.
IL appears that g. Lewis, on his way tn The ALE
ehany, 1t Drennae's, aud returned there about
the time that ti.e party decsrnpcd. sout the
sane time, Lewis DrcnninE and Samuel Rose sine
maker, set out for Priladelphis Lewis Dreaming
says he lodged for some time at the house OF I,cu-
bin Lewi,, AZ the upper ferry, and passed some time
with Lewis Lswis ut Bristol. That he met with %.
Lewis accidentally at the Museum ia Philaielphs,
and at tie upper ferry SchuylkiIl. Shortly after
the return of LOWS DrenHing 10 Bedford ouu,ty,
ID. Lewis At the house ot WIN. Dfsnuns.
Rose is stiil misunderstanding says lie left him in
Phila.eiaIia.
The first notice that we hal OF Lewis passing
counterfeit notes In this country, the Sta al
Dc. last when lie passed one OF the PhiioieI-
phia Bank, to Thomas and James MC,eliand Of
MCOunels'pwn and one Of twenty dollars. on the
Union Bank Of VI AIRY land, TO Mr.. Duiiich On
or about the 20th OF Dee. he reached the tlvern of
MIR. Hill Wilson, a few minutes before The stage
Left the hay horse abov-. described, ard took the
stage-Same day, attempted To pass az Nidqdv
Run, bnt without success. Next morning, went
OH with Reid--purchased Mr.. Brcathsd's horse,
anil returned 10 Drenning's before day, the Esd
OF Dec. Do Sunday the 2+th, he went on Glot 10
Morrison's Cove. On MONDAY the 25th, attended
a shooting match, about twenty miles North of Bed
ford. Tuesday 25th, pat oifa fifty dollar note, of
the Nagcrstowp Bank, to MIR. Borsler--another of
one Hundred dollars, on the Phiadelphia Bank, aud
one Of twenty dollars, the Uron Bank of MARY
land, tpM Mr.. Uipp,c-On the 27til, passed thr,nri,
burg, on the ,luniata. attempting pass off notes,
but il IS believed, without success. On the 2Stl,
reached Marshail's mill forge. about go mills North
OF bedford, on loot-Breakissted ut Shockcy's tav-
ern, passed so dollar note, 10 Mr.. Shock v--pro
ceeded past Gloninser's works To Maxweli's store
purchased some articles and offered first fly
dollar note of the Hagerst0wS Bans, next twenty
dollar note Of the Union Bank of MARYLAND, and
lastly two dollar note Of the flagcrstOwn Bank,
which was pronounced TO be counterfeit On the
rstusal Of tive last mentioned note, he, uader pre-
teHcc OF returning it 10 the person fro u whom he
received l., returned TO Glouinger's works Thence
returned by the way Of Yellow Spring and Cove, to
Drennings, where he arrived on Saturday the 30th
Of ID e. carrying with him quantity of store goods
and horse which, it is said, hepurehased Of an ac-
quantauce Of his, of the Of Little, at or near
Rogers fGrnPce.
A person of the name OF Anderson Ward, ira
yelling gambler, who has carried about With him
Pyebald runnag horse, was arrested ON The goth of
Nov charged with passing counterfeit notes of the
Bank of North America (; he gave bail, aid FORT &
ed his rccognizauce. A ili was found in the court
Of Oyer and Terminer, this week, against him. and
Jacob Hill for that offence. The Sheriff has scz ed
the Pyebad running horse, but It is believed that
Ward is still at large.
4 person Of the name Of BertsT, said 70 Sc snc-
theT travelling gambler, who has been FRI quenfly at
Bath and Winchester, in Virginia, Baltimore, Pbla.
delphia and New-Yorh, and who is suspected OF fiji
ling mp and signing the notes Of the iiagsrs,own
Bark is slidtO be in the Jail Of Union Town, Penn
syivaua. ID. Lewis has heard OF the arrest OF
Barker, says he knows HIM that he Is great scoun-
dre tlat ne de!i'auded him out Of 800 dollars aud
a running horse, that he pursued him to Lancaster.
where Barker made his escape Off the race ground
that Barker has n father OF great wealth in New
York.
-. Lewis has sworn ti,at ic received part Of The
notes he passed from Jacob kocs, tasern-keeper
in Berlin, Adams county, and 4 part OF them from
David Phillips, who formerly kepta store at Or near
Shppens5Tgh, and some iroIn Crosby Hoaard a.
bout the 1st OF Sept
From every information. the party consist OF a
number OF most artfsl and accomplished counter
fc;iers who have many under agents and circula,ors
ofpaper, not iutrusted wih the secrets Of their
principals Notes gwen ont ia great abundance
to the gdm5iers az low rate-they are said TO be
excellent money CHANGERS and G-om The testimony
taken, It appears that they have one pocket for
| holding The money 60 be staked, and another for
| securing what they win'--'rhev beast Of having
/ most wealthy aud respectable families They gem
orally carry their counterfeit notes, when travelling,
| in the folds OF their crayats.
Japuary G.
| About o'clock last evening, the agent Of the
! Bark, received iniJrmjion, that WIN Dreaming,