Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1843-05-19
From he Glo5e Of Friaau eft.rreon.
IreasuYb Notes Sl0itn fr0u fLe Trsasuru.

treasury Notes A0ttn from The Treasury
R. P Dowden, clerk in the office of the Register
Of the Treasury, was yesterday taken before John II
Goddard ESQ and accused of passing off Treasury notes
stolen from The Treasury Department. The evidence
was, learn partly from n gentleman who was
present as witness, and partly from Justice Goddard,
that week or Two ago, Dowden assisted James u Der
re, Nbe clerk in the Registers Office who has charge
OF treasury cancelled, 10 be cancelied count
ing the Treasury notes which had been returned to
the Treasury hy the collectors OF the revenue, or by
other persons, for redemption.
Several days afterwards, Dowden engaged q negro
man of this city, named Robinson, 10 90 Baltimore
and take letter TO Mrs d., vino resides there, con
tanning FIVE one hundred dollar Treasury notes. The
negro took the letter 10 Mrs. ID. on las, sday
week. the Sd inst II was signed Benjamin Cam5elie,
Jr Mrs d. detained the negro abou, an hour, until
she went out and tired 10 pass off the notes Finding
that she could not pass them, she returned them 10 Dow
dem diids Benjamin Cambelle, j..
When the negro, Robinson, returned to this city,
Dowden gave him tco one hundred dollar Treasury
notes to pass oif-Promisnc him one-hali o.! one hu
dred dollars, If he should succeed. The negro made
several Intellectual attempts 10 sell them HIS having
Treasury notes, which now scarce in this city,
excited The suspicion of some persons and he was
watched
On Tuesday last, the negro and Dowden met in
the Centre or Marsh ma,ket.house, IN this city, and
Dowden was observed 10 take from his pocket let
ter, and 10 il Nth pencil, and hand it
The negro-who took 1t 10 Mr.. Spice upon whom To
waited.
The letter was written with pencil, and signed
Benjamin Canbelle, Jr., requesting Mr.. Spice 10 say
nothing about the two one hundred dollar Treasury
notes, which the negro had asked MIR Spice, to ex-
change, and which had excited Mr.. Spices suspi-
cions that there something wrong-ether that
the notes counterfeit or that The negro had stolen
them.
We make the statement, that Dowden gave the
Treasury notes to the negro man, Robinson on the
negro's word W hich is not evidence against white
man. But the negro's word is supported by The evi.
the negro, The market house, the letter TO Mr.
Spice, requesting Ian 10 say nothing about the Tea
sury notes by other circumstances and BY The ne
gros story being very straight and connected
All the notes. we understand had been cancelled at
custom house-Bosion, we believe-by small mark,
caucelling iron but had not received The large
mark finally TO be put upon them At the Treasury De-
partment The small hole made By canceiling them,
had been neatly mended with Treasury paper
further mend the hole, had been writer
over il, on both the face and back OF the note
Ii proven 10 the satisfaction Of the Magistrate
that these at least part of them-had bsen
written ty Dowden, The Magistrate committed Dow
den to prison. with the understanding that he should
be liberated when he gave bail to The amount Of So
500 No person in this city offered 10 bail him. and
his father law (Mr. Clements, who resides at Bia-
densburg, Md, about siI miles from this city, was
sent for, and came here last night and baiIed him.
Dowden s the only person implicated suspected
Mrs ID. OF Baltimore has been sent for has arrived
in his city, aud the examination is Il O'Clock P.
Nj y going on, IN The Treasury building.