Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1858-10-12

| drew pistol and shot him in the abdomen. killing
him instantly.
Extraordinary Case-A Turkish Lady En-
gaging in Counterfeiting.
| An extraordinary case of counterfetine the
bills of the Turkish Bank il detailed in the New
York papers 1t appears that Mrs. Seyesti ar
rived at Syria short time since.on her way from
Liverpool TO Constantinople The custom. house
officials usual proceeded To examine her baggage
The first trunk which was opened was found to
have a false bottom. A further search was then
made aud two other trunks were found TO be made
in the same manner, and to have carefully packed
in them forged notes of twenty piastres, 10 the
total amount Of l.230.000 piastres. made up in
packets of !, 900 each. Tho lady hersMr was af-
forwards searched. and there were found careful
~ sewed in her under garments. 1000 piastres
more Of the same notes. The Indy was nmedi.
atey taken into custody. when she comic sseI
that she Ind had G00.0OO Gaines" printed in
New York. and had passed off great number of
them in Cnnstantinope. The intelligence war
transmitted by telegraph to New York by way
Of London. and on Thursday the police arres-
ted Mr.. Harrison. II job printer, and found abou,
4oO 600 of the Gaines" in his Office. The Courier
SAYS
From his explanations it became evident that
he was entirely unaware Of tho true character Of,
the job he had done for the Turkish lady lie said
that he recollected her calling on him about the
and engaging him to print IA large quantity OF
what appeared 10 be labels, mt 81 per thousand,
exclusive Of the cost Of dyes and engraving. She
called several times to see the proofs. and mt Inst
became satisfied with the paper and impression.
and ordered ak hundred thousand to be printed.
She cyade1 his inquiries ~ to the nature of whit
he was printing. but finally said that they were
labels She paid him 81 100 in cash and n note
for $500 in payment for the job. On the ODD of
.Jnlv she had the labels" transferred to the As
tor House. and that was the last he of her,
lie hnd not the slightest suspicion that what she
called "labns' were pieces of Turkish money
H. supposed them to be labels To be used on some
nostrum articles Of commerce OF Eastern origin
f-rm there being Chinese characters upon them
His wprkmen were detained witnesses. The
Gaines" found an the promises Of tho printer
were the refuse sheets which Mrs. Sevesti rejected.
The GOO 900 Gaines which she carried u Con-
stantinope were worth 90 piastres each, and the
pastres hcng valued at 40 cents, the entire guam
tity Of paper money was tn 81, 800, 600. Mrs.
Scsast is native Of Moldavia and is supposed
To be connected with an extensive gang of eougfe
erlctors in Turkey. -
Mr. Harrison has published card. narrNt1
the circumstances Of his connection with the af-
fair which seem. t. leave little doubt Of his inno
ccnoe Of any criminal knowledge or intent con
corning it.
The New York Post of Saturday has tho follow
ing additional in regard 10 the above strange al
fair:
Mr. Oscanyan, who is native Turk informs
us that many statements in our contemporaries re-
carln. the counterfeit Turkish money seized by
the police day before yesterday are erroneous. 1t
is not true ~ has been stated. that tho color Of
the notes, whirh is light pea-green. il sacred,
any more than the paper Of our bank notes The
statements in regard to the Sultan seal have been
Incorrect
His seal is in charg, of the Grand Nizier, who
gives it in eharg" Of II deputy, the only person
who hns to do with it, So far is it from being true
that the money is never counterfeited that ON the
contrary the country i. flooded with spurious notes
by fnreigners-tnc Franko-Tnrkish
The present counterfeit is well exc
cnel with tho exception Of the seal upon the back,
which is very poor The following is u desrrip-
ton Of it. the only correct one which has been
published, furnished us by Mr.. Oscanyan:
The bill n we have said is light pea green.
lighter than the genuine money 1t re-
scmhles surcFieially the labels Oh bundles of pow
der crackers. 1t is five hy three and three-ephths
inches. The paper is of common quality, rather
thin The four corners have IN ornament hall mn
inch square. diagonally placed having for the
centre the figure 20, which Ii surrounded by the
following; just twenty pastries. withoutntercst'
The four sides Of The border of tho bill is writ
ten IN these words in Persian ser pit sort OF run
ming hand: Apapcr currency of the Ottoman
I, ,ernmeht. value of just twenty pinstres. with
ou intesest II he circulated among the people.
aoI acrel'e rs such by the imperial treasury
At ;hr npirr raft of the bill is the Sultan's seal,
sur unar h, rays. The border is taken up by
h ',iNs. the centre withhs cipher embossed.
l. rrrtl, underneath this is written in script
corresponding to cur oil English text, the words
90 tpias,rcsl value" Then follows: This is
legal paper currency If the Ottoman government
# the value If uSt twenty piasircs with interest,
Ia in, accented n llWIul tender
A. tn" bottr'n, balancing the Snlans seal nj the
top, is the seal Of the treasury department.