Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1841-10-14
bum ESTIU INTELLIGENCE.
THE GREAT FoRGER.

TIE GREAT FoRGER
We subJulh ayniett al onfioHs particulars re-
sprciing ihls aished villain Who recent. commit
ted the hels, loigeties und the nnne al Jain r.
Taidtr,H bm hose real name Ia believed 10 be
1lOafoe Ed,ca,ds
Thr atfe,I oi the 70 -ue effected. We ieatn
from the New York Tribune, b, D,scf NJ. Io"udcs,
Esq foimerl, Police Justice AID sherh 81 New
York, aud nov law agent OF the Btuhs 10 that cuy ,
Who ept Ia Boston, some dt,s siucc n pursuit Of
= man nan.cd Po~ Ell, who suspected # ltasrug
been concerned. IN some way, ~ the lote',ies. He
succeeded IN f .dhg him AID Was induced, h, his
septcspn atoms proceed t. Philadelphia, IA seat,h
vi Que Col. Monroe Edwards, who la. figured more
at less conspcnausly, Ion several ,'n. past in sh-
Ion,.be soCiet, AZ Mas tBgton a. vel Il, IN Nissls
sippi AID l. ulsana.
Soon after his aitiyali Philadelphia. NJ Lowndcs
received letirt, srnl by cNpt,ss by Nj Lewis
T~ppan, OF n lotk. en-, losing anofhti winch he
had received 6ts CT months ago to.n TIA
same Col. + land., the hand wtling u winch vs.
iouud closely 10 mble tat Of he fleed checks.
foflifed with tins additional e,iderte, he TOOK ID.
wards before aag stafe. 10y "hn,n lac MAS commit
ted for father examination. Narfam was thrn
procured, aud he trunks OF The pIlseu.t EXAMINED
a, his dgtg e.; ~ then ~"te fauud Bank notes d
gold 10 the amount ol s44 geo, An hclvc pursuit
Is on Lot Tor ma spi posed Ia have Lecn an at
,smpl.e, who III Philadelphia ,try hastily Vi on
hcang oi the attest
The New lnk Ansrlcan states ihstlh Colonel
Monroe Edward, came 10 ihat cav some years age,
intr duoed BY The Presideu Of thc l. ). Branch
Bank at Mobile. lie desned 10 b introduced to
Mr.. Lewis Tapptn, 10 whom he told stony Il hay.
ing liberated 20D slaves. aud tha he ihen entng
10 Eagianj, TO apptiso The Bniish government oil Il
nefrious scheme ui Introducing slaves mo Iexa..
Shorty before emb,tking, he applied TO lh,s genie
man fer loan 81. 900; but before this granted,
Mr.. Japan took means To seeupn The NUN 81 the
emancipation story, which was tUuhd 10 he false.
III
sog aranscd Of this ( c. by Mt Japan, lie ~tole a
s1ost abusive iett TO thai gentleman. aad weni of
TO London. tbs was the identical letter VIII ch Il.
hsliy secured his arrest.
This same Co'on,l Monroe Edwards figured very
extensively In Texas about three Yeas as the
proprietor of large landed estate, wilh some Two
three hundred negroes. and ieputed 10 be OF
the weaiihiest meu IN that country, until, unottu-
naieiy Tor hun, one d'y It was discovered that he
had been exercising some OF that shre"d and ddroi,
ingeuu, which has Characterised his public HE In
tins counity, by oblieraing mlih chemical process
The body OF some lettGs lie had received from -
wealthy planter, preserving the signature and aitrr-
wards Ming them up with vaIi Goles aud aflrlts
Of agreement, which placed IN his power tie greater
pant OF the property Of the planter alluded 10. Fut
ihs offence he WAS arrested, aud would undoubtedly
have suffered The penalty Of the law, (Which, We be.
hevc Is death IN that county, SO sfong VAS TIE
proof against HIM, but fortunately Tor him, and uu-
fortunately TO- the public lie conuved to escape the
county. lhe next that was heard al hln, he Had
terued abolitiunssi, and most generously rmanclpa
sd all has stdres--th"se. We presume. he Lad beer
concerned IN introducing into Texas irom the coas
Of Ahica, 10 dnect violation OF the laws Of Texas
ShIeh declare such acts TO be piracy and punshsbl,
With death.
Nj. Lewis Taprau, of New York, has futnisbc,
lowing relation.
Sometime 10 May or June 1870. paragraph wa
inserted III the Cm,innatI, OHIO, ne" spapels, tha
Col Monroe Ed" aids, OF Louisiana, had cmanci
rated IN that cry between one aud TWO hundet
slaves. Tbs was copied IN various papers IN differ
snt parts OF the coun,ty. In The month OF June, tn
person named arrived here, ard came the sof
Of Arthur Tappan Co. wuh nole OF introduction
IRON Morris Robinson, ESQ., OF this CITY, 10 WHOM
be was introduced by lete, nom The tate Presl
deut OF the Bank OF The u. S. al Mobile. accoupa
MED ny handsome looking CO oted lid named He
~, whom he represented TO be his servant. lie ap
peared TO he man OF about 26 81 2s years Of age v
oeet and SIX or seven inches IN heIght, noiid com
te.ien, geuIeel appearance and prepossessus in hi
Sddyess.
lie stated that he belonged TO lherille louisa
mn, and that he had plantation at that plnec, sum
seventy OF eighty miles from New Orleans, near tn
rvts Mississippi; that he had recently owned on
hundred aud Sky me- d, women, aud children, hsv
log inherited all uf hen except five six. whom h
had purchased. That his father, Hon. Amos Ed
~afds, was a native OF Loudoun county, ~ Pruc
William county, Va. that he had en- ietaied To Ken
lucky when young. and lived al Pans. Bou bo
county; and afterwards resided at Russeivlllc, Loga
county; that his aiher was a merchant and specula
tor that he vent 10 LOUISA in l6i2, aud had bee
sSenslor IN the Legislature OF that state; thai Ia
father owned urs ards OF 200 slaves whom he dsrb
uted by will, TO his widow aud chldren. liz sait
his mo her had slaves in her own right. and was ri
Gus. but none Of them proiessed 10 have relipiou
principles; that his father deceased III 1899, II
Texas, where he Owned immense esaies, bein,
grants from the Mexican Government, toge,he, wnl
purchases.
lie stated that Wien he arrived al the age OF q
ne came into The possession0t l42 slaves, ~ub plan
tsiios asd other properly, The whole of "hich wa
assessed at two hundred aud Twelve ih"asanj dol
lars. lie said that The Slaves at that time woult
have SveraRed one hundred dollars zach. Sumo .
them he sald were excellent mechanics, aud Ii,
could have sold them five thousand dollars
i,-sd. lie cSosids red his slaves tie principal pan
"'h's property, as land "ouc hot brips nu.h si,l
.ut slaves.