Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1841-10-14
From IL. Philadelphia Inquirer.

, &HE 4AEAA tOAoLh
Il The individual charged with bein,
. guilty. OF the recent extensive forgercl
upon Messrs. Brown, Brothers & Co., ant
, upon Messrs. Fletcher, Alexander & Co
OF Liverpool, through their agent, Edgai
Corrie, Jr. Esq. OF New York, was ar
rested in this city, on Saturday last, ant
|, lis nov 10 Moyamensing prison, awaiting
the requisition Of Governor Seward.
About the beginning Of last week, The
gentlemen to whom the matter was con
fided, had their suspicious excited, and
put their wits TO work, IS well TO weave .
chain Of testimony rs to identify the for
ger. On Friday the Mayor OF New York
also became active to discover the where.
abou,s OF person whose real name is
believed TO be Monroe Edwards, and
whose conduct had excited no little dis
trust. Mr.. o. w. Lowndes, the we'll
known and efficient Police Magistrate oil
New York, tracked Edwards 20 this city,
arrived here on Saturday, and immed-
ately consulted Joseph r. Hart, Esq. OF
the Philadelphia bar. Together, they
succeed d al about o'clock in the after.
noon, through the medium of the Post or
fee, in ascertaining that Edwards resid-
ed at boarding house in Front street.
They forthwith obtained the necessary
warrant from Recorder Vaux, and with
the assistance Of High Constable William
Young, arrested the suspected individual.
He made no resistance whatever, and
appeared perfectly self-possessed. He is
about 30 years Of age, five feet eight in.
ches high, good looking and genteel in
his appearance. He is native of Ken
lucky, but has resided the most of his life
in Louisiana and Mississippi. He has
also been in Texas, which Republic, it is
believed he was compelled to leave, in
consequence Of a fraudulent attempt with
some slaves. His letters in relation to
this matter, are quite curiosi,ies. About
$44 900 were found in his trunk S32,-
600 in notes, and the rest in gold. The
testimony against him is strong. His
counsel is George NJ. Dallas, Esq, aud
the houses forged upon, have engaged
William NJ. Meredith and Joseph X. Hart,
Esqrs. He has been in New York and
Baltimore, since he obtained the money,
and intended to leave the city on Sunday
morning for New Orleans. 1t is thought
that he acted in the affair wi,hou, con-
federates.
The accused was yesterday afternoon
taken before Judge Randall on habeas
corpus--the object being either to obtain
the discharge or reduction OF bail. AZ
ter an examination Of witnesses he was
remanded.
THE CASE OF EDWARDS, THE FoRGER.
The examination in this case was con.
tinued before Judge Randall, yesterday
morning. Mr.. Edward Corrie, Jr., gave
the principal facts as to the fraud. Mr..
Nicholas Johnson, young man from
New Orleans, who boarded with Edwards
at the same house in this city, stated tina.
the accused was absent for week or two
before September 5rh. On the 9th they
started in company for New York. Sirce
his coTmittal, Edwards has written TO
him, stating that he was very lonely, and
tina, he would like to have a tooth brush,
some books, &c. He also sent letter
through him to his nephew, who is now
at College in Baltimore.
Mr.. Clark, Of the firm Of Clark, Dodge
a. Co., brokers, testified that he exchsng.
ed $4,000 for Johnson some time since.
and gave him Louisiana notes. Johnson
said ,hat this money had been so exchange
ed for the prisoner. On reference to their
books, Messrs. C. & D. also found that
they had previously exchanged $4,000 in
notes Of $1,000 each on the "Bank OF
America" New York; but as the trans
action took place under the immediate eye
OF his partner, Mr.. Dodge, Mr.. Clark
could not give the particulars. |. should
be remembered, however, that Mr., Cor
re testified that the package sent from
New York to Alexandra, for John p.
Caldwell, contained $1,000 notes on the
Bank Of America.
Mr.. Edward Enes, clerk in the Office
OF Messrs. Carter, Morton & Co., of Bal,
timore, identified the prisoner, US the man
who presented a draft drawn by u firm in
New York on his employers in favor oil
John P. Caldwell On asking if he was
the John p. Caldwell mentioned. the pri
soner sale that he was. They refused to
pay the draft at first, but on finding that
other houses had paid similar drafts, they
did not hesitate any longer. Caldwell
said that he wanted some gold, as he in.
tended to buy negroes. This remark in.
duced the witness to look stcadfas,ly at
him, and the thought passed through his
MUD that he was too good-look,ng for a
slave dealer. At this compliment to his
personal appearance, the prisoner bowed
very politely. Witness stated that when
IN Baltimore, the prisoners whiskers were
rather short. Now they are unusually
large, and grow under his chin as well as
round the sides Of his face. The exami.
nation was further postponed until this
morning at 10 o'clock. -Philad. Ina.
The AMIsTAD ArRICANs.-An appeal
is published in some of the New York pa.
pers, asking contributions in behalf of the
Amis,ad Africans. The committee say
that "the time has now arrived when an
other appeal has become necessary. Such
facts have recently come to the knowl.
edge of the committee, respecting the ma.
tive country OF these Mendans, and the
feasibility of their reaching their kindred
and homes, if they can be sent to Sierra
Leone, that it has been determined to