Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1838-05-04

LATE FROM FLoaIDA-We understand reports have
ssa received the War Department, stating that ALI
a,Or one Of tie most active and warke OF the hostes,
rad surrendered at Fort Basinger the 4th of April
he found with 80 OF his people, among whom was
oha Cowaya and q blacks, TO the southwest Of Okee
chobee Alligator to return TO his party, and, by
c.Ds Of runners colec; all the scattered indians and
concentrate them al Pease creek il is confidently eI-
pec,ed tina, Ceacoochee. with small parity be pre-
r,rled on by Alligator to come 10 also.
In addition the above, it is also learned that DO In
dams Il Of whom warriors were recently captured
BY detachment Of regular troops aud Tennessee voun.
,eers under Lieutenant R. Anderson, Sd Artillery, and
Fort Lauderdae. General Jesup, at the last
sdTces, (IS!h ApEil0 was at Tampa Bay
Washington Globe, .Hay2
INDIAN MURDER.
Posr OFTIcE, TAMPA, April IL, 1888.
SIR: The s,ai! which Jeff here on Tuesday, the Sd
INST is lost. The carrier was bEutally murdered about
sixteen miles this side of Fort King. He was shot from
rs horse by Indians, his scalp taken OFF, his eyes dug
cot his ears and nose Gu. off, and other hosrid airoc!
les and torments inflicted upon him The horse, and
nail bags, have not since been found
Resaectfuiiy,
AUGUSTUS STEELE, P. NJ
Hon. AMes kEssALL, P. NJ. General
BIZ the schr Empire, from st. Augustine. we learn
express arrived at that place Friday last stat
ing tha, upwards of 100 Indians had gone in at Fort Van
STearingen.-C Charleston Courier, 4pril %.
NORFOLK, April 30.-Maior Gen Scott, U. S A, left
Saturday the SOutn Sar0Dd Tor on
way 10 the Cherokee coortry.-BcacoI-
person BY the name of John B. Henderson was yes
eay arrested by Mr. Constable Beck, of this city, and
fully committed for trial by Justice Mofsell FOR having IS
sued and passed forged Treasury notes In his posses
found several impressions OF those notes. some
o. them filed up and some blank. All the impressions
from the original plates, and are what are usually
known proof impressions, and, Of course must have
been stolen from the engravers, (Messrs. Rawdon,
rh, md H.trb 4 IL, Yn,k rhoh he
10 their possession
There reason to believe That he may have passed
others of these notes. and all found in his possession
we're on India paper is TO be hoped that none OF the
forged ones of the paper used for the genuine notes
Il such be the Il, is very easy to detect The coun
,sfe as ting India paper which they are impressed,
rather thinner and softer than the genuine and
en- being wetied, nearly dssoves being easily torn, al
most with breathing strongly it, whilst the paper of
Inc genuine notes is Of the strongest material The sig
aso of the forged notes. although we'll executed,
be readily detected. The signature of the Acting
Treasurer, VIM. B. Randolph, appears as if written,
Vim. B. Randolph That Of the Register, also, L. l..
Smith, appears to be written S. T. Smith.
One Of the passed by Henderson purported to be
70; 81 Geo. the being filed up by the pen the
impression used for the fractional sums between So0
and 500. No Of that has been issued,
The issues as yet being only notes Of 600, SoUO 800
So and the fractional issues of sums between $50 and
SC0, The amounts and figures being filed up with The
pen.
We hasten to give this information in order to pro-
Zee, the community from being imposed on in case any
OF the forged notes should be offered Globe
The ~ nei!igencer says that ",he prisoner, Fri.
Gay asst presented two papers, purporting TO be Trea-
sury notes Of the u S of the value Of $4,000 and $50,
4, the Farmers and Planters Bank OF Baltimore, for
which he received their notes and premium. 1t was
soon afterwards ascertaned that these notes forge
'es and the prisoner was traced TO this city He after
wards before he left Baltimore, exchanged the Baltimore
notes for Virginia bank notes