Arkansas true Democrat., 1862-03-06
Arrest of Southern Agent-Capture of $500, GOO in Confederate Scrip-The Treasury Notesofthe Southern Confsder- acy Autographed i'll Chicago-Another qecess;on;st sent to Fort Lafayette.

We find the following important state
 ments in the Chicago Times of the 10th
 for A copy of which we are indebted to a friend:
 7 On Saturday forenoon force of the city police, under tue direction of the govern
 ment agent, John C. Miller, arrested a.sup-
 posed 'secessionist, with $500, ,g0Oin blanks of Confederate scrip, as he wascoming cut
 of lithographing establishment on Lake
 street. The arrested party, on being taken
 into custody, gave. his name as l. N. Hem dricks, Of Memphis, and denied that he
 was rebel but said he was acting accord7 ing to arrangement between government of- ! ficers at Washington, whereby the coun- terfeit scrip should be taken to the South, and there put in circulation. This was of 1 course intended as ruse, but the officers new the facts and the prisoner was march | ed off to jail NJ,
 To make the whole affair plain to our [ readers, 1t will be necessary to go back q few weeks. It seems that, about three | weeks since J ohm c. Miller, the govern 1 ment agent in this city, received intelligence 1 from hthographer on Lake street that a person calling himself l. N., Hendricks, 1 from Memphis, Tenn, had been at his es- | tablishment, and was anxious to procure toc Sin,ile lithographic plates of the Con- | federate States scrip of the denominations of firties and one hundred He had exhib ited, two notes of the genuine. scrip, and ot- fered large compensation if the work was done in the specified style andsecrecy main tained The Photographer promised to take the matter under consideration. and as soon as the applicant had left the office, penned a note to Mir. Miller, informing him of the above facts. Mr. Miller immediately had an interview with the Photographer, and after consultation, devised a plan for the arrest of the supposed secessionist. The latter, however, was to be allowed to pursue his schemes quietly for awhile, and the litho- grapher was to undertake the job of copn terfeiting the scrip. Competent detectives were at once summoned and directed to fol- low the track of Hendricks, and keep care tul watch of all his movements, but not to undertake his arrest until tie guilt of the man was thoroughly proven. The parties then separated, each man to pursue sep arate and distinct part.
 Hendricks in due time appeared again at the lithographer's establishment, and the bargain was concluded. The engraving was commenced, and was pursued contir- uously day by day, Hendricks being pres- ent most of the time and supervising the iob as it went on. Meanwhile the detectives were busy at their secret work, and the web being woven stronger and thicker around the audacious rebel in addition to Hendricks 1t was found, aftera short time, that otherA i'll the city were cognizant Of the scheme, and that more than one were directly con cerned These likewise were spotted an4 watched quite as carefully as was Hena- ficks.
 At length the plates were completed5 and the affair was soon burst. The capefuliy- traced Autographs were placed in the press the paper prepared to receive the impres sions, and after few hours, notes to the amount of $500, 900 struck off. By pre- concerted arrangement the detectives were at this time in the street in front of the es- tablshment, waiting for Hendricks to make his appearance with the scrip in his pos session. Hendricks took the notes, togeth- CT with the htograph plates, paid for the job according to the previous agreement, and went out. 1t the door he was met by the police, and, before he hal fairly gained the street, was in custody. He was ;mme~ tli&tely handcuhed, and placed in secure quarters, while the counterfeit scrip was conhscated by the government agent.
 Hendricks is mau of about twenty-five years, rather tall, has black hair. beard, and eyes, with a dark, southern complex
 ol. He IS on the whole, a smart slireWd looking fellow, with enough of reckless ness in his character to undertake 8 job such as the above He says he tormorly Y resided in Ohio, but te has evidently spent most Of his time iii the South, having that peculiar cast and appearance of features | that belong exclusively to the people of the southern climate.
 The notes, as previously StG.et,. are of two eIotninatlons--Iittics and one hun. dreds. They are Autographed on paper not nnlike in quality the paper on which this is printed. Accompanying the fac-simile scrip were specimens of the or;S;a,ai scrip which Yers engraved in Richmond, Va The latter are poorly engraved, and are much inferior. bott in general appear ence and quality of paper, to the fac-sim- iles Each denomination Is nearly of the same size as the regular United States treasury demand notes, tl4oash theIe is no comparison between the two as regards nicety of execution Both notes are inn printed at the top with these words. '+Siy months after the ratification of the treaty of peace between the Confederate States and tie United States, the Confederate States of Arteries will nay fifty CT one hundred dollars to the bearer Richmond Virginia, September 7, 1892 and to tue date, .Redeemable in Confederate stock bearing ten psf cent interest" The des. cription of the two denominations is as fol lows:
 100's-Vignette, negroes loading cotton into wagon; cotton gin and press in the distance. Dn the upper left corner, square border, containing the words: "Recievable in payment of all dues except export dues. ' Lower left corner, sailor leaning on sa an7 chor in the distance. Upper right corner, figures t0o; lower right corner, tue letter C.
 The 50's are Of the same inscription, the vignette being the goddess of commerce sitting upon and surrounded by money bags and iron chests, with train of cars ia tLa distance LQwor, nautical scene. " I
 Tn the above account we have not stat