Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1818-10-06

The face of bank checks, The first at
tempt was made on the Merchants Bark,
last week. Tor siN thousand dollars, which
succeeded, rs appeared by the advertise
ment OF tie Cashier. A second, OF the
aa'ne raiinc, but met with less success,
was made up0n Ike Bank at Jersey City.
&hc !ol.o@iaS,a are the particulars:
A yonns man of genteel appearance,
dressed IN blue coat, white vest, and
white paniaoons, presented 10 The cashier
OF the bank u, Jersey Cny, Il check draw,
by lmse;. ON the bank al Elizahe,ll-,own,
for ninety hundred dollars, endorsed on tie
back by the cashier of the bans at Eliza
be.h-!oWn, "6cOd for he ,rith',i "a'oi;s,;--
j. Dayton" The check being Tor SO large
sum, the cashier of the jersey City bank
hesi,alel about paying il. Upon which
Tie ycuug man, with an appearance OF
great indifference, SAID ii MAS d matter of
iio Glomeni, whether il was paid there or
not, aud taking back the check, observed
he canll get il done III New-iork. On
Monday forenoon he made the attempt
OIL tie City Bank, but, luckily tor that
bauk, vague suspicion prevented them
from accepting il; and strange as il may
secn, no effort was made 10 de'ain the
fellow.
On investigating this piece Of knavery,
tile first place ia the bank al Elizabeth
town, 500, and then drew a check for the
sum, and pol the cashier to certify on the
back Goct for tie tuitAin sum-" In
drawing lie check, he mad taken care to
write The Uerd iilIety so as to leave "a suf-
fcicni space between that and dollars TO
add the word hundred, after he had got
his check certified TO be good (; Tins
changing il from ninety dollars TO ninety
hundred dollars. AZ the foot of the check
where the figures are placed al The left
hand, showing Tie aniount drawed for,
the see, by adding 90, is changed into
$4,000. Snch a forgery might easily be
prevented by the cashiers parlicularizins
the amount for which the check is good,
instead OF merely certifying, as has been
the practice, good for the amount" Az
ter The sieed is stolen saws the proverb,
the stable is locked.
This same fellow lodged at the widow
Fanderbli's, Siaten.l Island. ore night last
week, and after the family had refined,
rose, broke open "A trunk belonging 10
Mrs. Vanderbilt, and robbed il of between
nifty and sixty dollars in specie-tl then
hired a black man 10 take bin in skitf
over 10 Bergen Point, and made his cs-
cape. Police officers would 90 well 10
keep sharp look out. Ep Pos,.
"RONE.SI' THIEVES"
On Sunday morning, whilst the prison
crs, brought up by the watch, were under
examination, ID yellow woman presented
herself al the police office, and demanded
entrance. a stiff contest ensued between
her and The watchman, atfendingthe door.
he refusing, and she insisting Oh admit
lance that she came there 10 get justice
dorc her She finally entered, came up
in hisli style before tie justice. and pro-
cseded wlili her complaint as follows =
Justicci b. Il very disorderiy woman, !
get drunk, fight, and raise hell am not
long out OF Brideweil, and wants 10 go
back. i be 40 lit To be out ct prison,
ought now be sent 10 penitentlary, want
you send ne there" IL being well known
that her complaint was substantially true,
her demann OF justice was complied with,
as Ia commitment, and she went eli high
Iy giaiiiicd, bearing her mitiinuns for
Bridsw H. G. iniae Cshtm6iaw.
C'0mmoioyc Tayloy. fins gentleman, af.
tar solemn argument, was On Saturday
last discharged from bah, by his honor
Judge Van Ness, os the District Court OF
The United States, III ~ suit instituted by
Don Thomas S.oughtou, consul of Ills
Catholic Majesfy.-We are not sufficient
ly informed to state all The points which
came beioretl,e cant; bat understand Ike
court deci..ed
First--ihat il had no jurisdiction over
prize cases as between Spain and her CO.
inHies; or tie colonies and any other
powerai VA, where The vessel making the
capture was not fitted out of the United
States.
Second--Tl,at were The vessel making
the capture, wasaiirgedto have been fitted
out oil the u. s. but WAS cruizing on the
llgli seas, under the commission and au-
tliurty G! one OF the bclligerenis, il.e court
would not interfere, unless ihe captured
property was brought wiiiiln The jurisdic-
ton Of The cOH!t.
Ihir.!-iiial ihc court deemed lie ql.cs-
ton OF damages 10 rest entirely upon the
question of prize or no prize: That not
having jurisdiction Oh the li-iler, i, could
not have OF ii mailer necessarily growing
out of and depending upon li--and,
therefore, that il nould not bold Commo-
dOre Taylor 10 bail IN The sui; Instituted
against him for damages The property
not having been brought within the iuiia-
diction OF the coUsi, but carried into port
OF HE captor.
fiiaying the promise OF Il copy Of lie
a5ose detislona al length, we hope 10 be en-
abIed TO lay il before our reAde:sin day
or two.--N. I. Werc. Adr.]
- BosToN, Sept. 2G.-On Thursday the
new 1dg OF tie United States Has display
ed at The Navy Yard, on board the iI..-
t!onal ships OF war in lie harbour Of B0s-
tou. The star spansIed banner was
salnied by each vessel, by direction otihe
Navy Department. Sifniiar honors are to
be paid, ont. being hoisted al ali tlie sta
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