Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1859-03-17
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cOUNTERFEITERs ARRESTED.
Descent upon a Bogus Coin msnuFactOry--
A whole Family Arrested and Commits
ted 10 JaiI--Large Haul OF COunteFhels
Coin and Notes.
From the PisisOurg Post March la.
For year or more, family named MCleaIy'
residing on Centre Alley in the Fourth " ard Are
aheny City have been suspected Of dealing Al COUP
terfet money, aud for The las three weeks Alayui
Morrison's police have been endeavoripg " I,
the guilt uron them before making any arrest II
was knogn that the mo her and osughttr were IN
the habit of attending market and .'sao7ing con-
and Two officers wer- placed co tneIr raeA ca TIT
day morning TO detect them, II pSsioe' ~ the ac-
They observed however that they' were S4tcheu'
and left the marker house without maAlng any Pof-
chases The officers Then followed them home, and
arrested tbem. and soon afterwards the father and
son Their names are John ACieary, fiua his
wife James his son, and Eliza has daughter They
we're taken TO ihe Eatch-hoOse, aGd placed in The
tombs.
nepts for the manufacture Of counterfeit coin. TO-
reiher with a large quantity Of coin, were f1Uad.
The coin is il imitation Of gold dollars, quarter
ges hall 1llsrs tEentyshye cent pieces and dimes
The mIlemeuts consist # bsttles Of piuc and ruu
ristic acids, chemical solutions, sheet Ziuc metal
prepared for casting. in bars, flask for cas- sing
plaster mnul Is, pots for melting, metal, sc in f.et
every hing necessary, except the uOu DIS in whiel
the eoin is cast.
On ne pers,n Of the elder ErCieary ives found
$40 in counterfeit SIS he Merchants Bank Of
Nugina, and a. Ire house feWed in the carpet. a
large quantity Of cogne.f il bill en- he sane
bsnk, los atd rs the State Bank OF Oh!o aad
g. aud 81 OF the Geauga Insurance Cons any Also
seine ken nk bills wuh pieces cut cut, for riJ
ing otner Loef aad Fieaes OF genuine balls lRttnied
to be used fer the same purpose The largest OF
ton of the coin f6und-Nss found 10 hunk at the
house. done up in ~ az package, though some was
found in closets in the kitchen and teichambcr.
When the officers ester The house the daughter
endeayored dispose Of pocket book by drops
piug Il on the hi5r. struggle between an officer
and the two femsles ensued, the mother striving u
get it, in which the latter had heI fingers cut The
pocket book, when examined was found TO contain
several c5unterteit 81 so gold pieces.
The parties being uEaole TO procure bail, were
coeImi ted nv Mayor Morrison for trial the next
term Of the Uaited States Court, in May.
TIE captured money has not yet been counted,
but the quantity is large, and probably represents
$1,000.
Neither Of the McClearys has any occupation,
and it is believed obey have long Teen engaged in
this illegajmate business The evidence against
them Is overahelmnirg, and their chances fer q
term IN the PeEiren.iQry are almost too certain 10
be pleasant 10 reflect UPON.
ELEcTIoSrERnG The New Orleans Picqyyne, in
some observations on the science of electOneering,
ssys that an Acknowledged necessity in this science
is to cultivate the good wishes Of he ladies, in order
to enlist their lords. But the Hon r. Singleton,
of Mississippi, is entitled to premium for carry
ing the present mode step in advance of all his
competitors. A Few days since he addressed pack
age Of garden seeds to the wife Of one Of the bach-
elor editors Of VitsbGrg to which the "Old Solita-
ry' returned the following numerous reply:
We have no doubt should we ever be so fortunate
as to have Mrs -, that she will be duly grate-
1ul TO Mr.. Singleton. We have GlSay heard that
Singleton was some in a canvass, bat his play ing
The attentive TO wife, before We have been even
able get in gun shot Of that necessary ornament
is about the "tallest' specimen Of elccdoneerng
we have ever heard Of! 1t beats the flush times
to death
P S-Tbe seed awaits the order of The owner