Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1859-06-03

100000 IN COUNTERFEIT NorEs Shield
The Philadelphia papers speak of the arrest
of Washington Taylor, an old and well-known
counterfcitcr. lie had been living for some
time on his farm in Camden Co.. y. j., but
was suspected Of being still engaged in max
ing bad money. A search was made of his
premises recently, and a room was found I'M
rivalled in completeness AS mandatory Of
counterfeit notes. There was an elegant and
superior copying press. a very large amount
of note paper, inks, acids, cngraver's tools,
and large number of plates, both for print
ing counterfets and for altering notes. Eve
nv thing was in its place, and all his work
denoted skill. His tools and all his materials
were of the finest description. He had taken
great pride in fitting up the place
1t is said that Taylor does every thing him
self, engraving, printing and even signing.
He has been in the business some 40 years,
but never passes a note of his own manu-
facture He sells his manufactures to the
fraternity in quantities of $4,000 and
$50, 900. In his time, he has been in half
the jails of the country, and has been several
times convicted. He has no equal in point
skill in all the departments Of counterfeiting.
The Associated Press have for sometime
| had arrangements for the receipt of news by
telegraph but their arrangements have been
recently broken up. The Providence Journal
speaks of it thus
A great deal Of complaint has been made about
the monopoly which the Associated Press had es
| tnbshed over the telegraphic communication with
| the East. The result Of this "odous monopoly
| was the prompt and accurate transmission of the
foreign intelligence, its distribution all over tbs
| country, and the immediate and gratuitous pub
| LEGATION of the chief points Of the commercial
news so that position could not be practced upor
the public by spectators. Considering the dis
lance, the dificutie, and the nature Of the coun
try over which the telegraphic communication wa
kept up, the accuracy Of the arrangement wa
wonderful, and the public was admirably served
Well the monopoly is broken up the arrange
ment by which the report for the press had th'
precedence Of private messages has been rescindet
and the result is that the commercial intelligence
is in the hands Of the Spectators in season for al
their operations before the arrival Of the ship il
generally known.
Not the least Of the services rendered by thu
arrangement of the Associated Press has been tn
protc ction which it affords the public against tn
plumber Of spectators. We hope that some pla,
may be adopted by which the preference may b
given to the transmission of general dispatcl
which give the points Of the commercial new
for immediate publicity and for the general ben
eft Of the community"
Mr.. Craig the agent of the Associated
Press, givcs'the following account ofhow tn
arrangement was broken up.
"The line to Halifax was built some ten year
ago, for the special accommodation of the Associ
ated Press of this city, a. is evidenced in the fac
that before the contractors would proceed to bull
the line, they exacted from the Association here
pledge that they would use the line for at leai
three thousand words on the arrival of every reg
ular news Steamer at Halifax. The only peculiar
ity of our arrangements with the Nova Scotia lin
was, that we paid them about double the rate
which they charged to the public, and we had
, right to occupy the wires continuously from tn
moment our report reached the Telegraph Offc
until it was all sent through tothe city.
After the lines and the Associated Press ha
worked tremendously together on this arrange
ment for two or three years, the present Nov
Scotia Company bought up the lines in that Prov
ince, and demanded that We should not nj
\ pay them dou lie the former rate
but they actually insisted upon our paying thi
large sum for stale ncws-that is. news which hat
been anticipated by previous arrivals in New Yor
or elsewhere.
The Associated Press resisted this imposition;
the majority of the Nova Scotia directors insiste
upon their demands and finally broke off all FRIEND
ly relations with us.