Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1861-09-10

The Petersburg Express of the 5th contains an
account of the arrest of parties charged with issu
ing the counterfeit Confederate notes. of which
ce has already appeared. 1t appears that the notes
are from the genuine plates, but the filing up is
forged.
The arrests referred to were made under the fol-
lowing circumstances as condensed from the state
ment of the Express:
On Monday afternoon last Thompson Allan, Esq,
an experienced attache of the Treasury Department.
was dispatched to this city for the purpose. On his
arrival here he was informed that the spurious
note which had been stopped at the Bank of the City
Of Petersburg had been brought to the bank with
other money, by merchant of this city, to be placed
on deposit. Mr.. Allan visited this merchant and
learned from whom he had obtained it, Ia lady, we
believe, in PoCahcntas) From her, in his energetic
prosecution of the matted Mr.. Allan traced the
note, probably through other hands, to Mrs. Louisa
Tatum, wife of Henry I Tatum, an Express agent
on the South Side Railroad, residing in the eastern
part of the city. Ia answer to various questions
Mrs. Tatum informed Mr.. Allan that she got
the note from the pocket of her husbands
coat and that it was her custom, when she
wanted money, frequently to take it from his purse
pocket-bOok, without saying anything to him,
having anything said to her 10 turn. Here, it is
supposed, Mr.. Allan found the fountain head of the
whole business. It was subsequently ascertained
that Mrs. Tatum had purchased from Abraham
for which she presented $40 counterfeit Treasu-
ry note receiving change in current funds thai she
had made other purchases from Mrs. Rebecca
Wolf, keeping store in the lower part of the city
for which she paid another SO note and received,
her change.
As regards the first possession of these notes. it
was ascertanel that packages of the genuine en-
craving were being sent through to Richmond from
New Orleans, per the Adams Express Company
On the route, probably by rough handling. one of
these packages had become loose or opened. 10
the Express Office here thus package was observed
by GoOdwyn-sOme of the notes were possibly ly
ing outside the bundle. G. subsequently obs
served TO have some of them in his hand, and the
remark, Those are dangerous things to handle or
something TO the same effect, was made TO him by
a bye stander. Goodwin ayows that he tore up the
notes that were seen in his hands-which we un>
derstand is not vouChed for by others. GOODWIN
afterwards attempted to refx the bundle, and of
course it is not known whether he distracted any
OF the contents or not.
The information obtained by Mr. ALLEN resulted in
the arrest of HENRY T. TATUM and WILLIAM CoeD.
WIZ, Express agents on the South Side road, JOHN
R. HUGHES WILLIAM Y. HUGHES, and JAMES T.
HUGHEs, brothers of Mrs. TATUM. The Express
adds:
"No examination, or at least, no formal examina-
ton was held here, for the reason that the ofsIce
of the parties concerned was committed against the
Confederate Government. ard of course does not
come within the jurisdiction of the Mayor. The
parties will therefore be taken to Richmond where
an examination will be held before Commissioner
W F. Watson OF. the Eastern District The penalty
for such crimes IS very heavy.