Daily national Republican. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1862-1866, 1864-09-30
couNrERFKIrING II THE ARMY.
Astounding DevsIopments-An Army Oi
noer Convicted Of Passing Count, rfei

Astounding DevsIopments-An Army Of
noer Convicted Of Passing Count. rfeit
Money.
From the great care taken by the Government
to prevent the possibility of any Of III notes
being counter feited by reason of the immense
outlay of capital, 1t was deemed next to lmpos.
sible that any attempts would be made to lmi-
tate them; 1t was said by experts that the ex-
pense would be altogether beyond the results
that the most sanguine counterfeiters could
hope for in return for the outlay necessary to
be made before any return could be expected.
One can readily imagine, therefore, the surprise
which the Government manifested when one
day, not long ago, their attention was called to
what appeared to be spurious Imitation Of one
OF It's recent issues.
By aid of powerful microscope, what at
first was mere conjecture, became confirmed
knowledge. Little hair-lines were discovered
In the suspected notes that were not to be seen
in the genuine, the ink presented a peculiar
shade, very unlike that upon the Government
Issue. The paper, also, produced different re-
suits, upon chemical analysis, to the genuine
notes; SO that, ultimately, what had been
strong as proofs Of holy WRIT
The fact being established, then, that cuun-
terfeit notes were un fat aeeomlli, 1t became Il
question of momentous importance to discover
the fountain. head from whence the impure
spring flowed that was beginning TO delugc the
commercial world. After various efforts to
"hnd a trail" had proved fruitless, and saga.
cious detectives had, in vain, essayed their
skill In the great commercial cities of Now
York, Boston, Philadelphia, &c, the matter
was placed In the hands OF Col. Z. D. Baker,
the chief of the Government detective force in
this city.
DO rkiliully was the work performed that for
awhile all hope of success wac abandoned. AT
last, one day, parcel Of money was received
from sutler connected with q regiment in
one Of the corps Of the Army of the Potomac,
In which several counterfelts of each Of the
denominations were discovered, viz so cents,
$40, $50 and $50. Although so admirably TX.
ecuted as almost to defy detection, the unmis
taxable evidences were presented that stamped
them At once as limitations of the real "simor
pures Of Government paternity. The matter
was at once placed in reliable handa, and th,
suffers referred TO were waited upon imme
diately, and, greatly to their surprise, mad,
acquainted with the fact that had become
known to the Government, viz: that counter
feiters were at work upon them.
Upon looking over the money in their safe
stil further quantities were found, and In the
money drawers Of their counters more was
detected. Satisfying themselves that the sut
lers were not the guilty parties, measures were
adopted to fnd the re.TIay guilty, and in n little
while the perseverance of the Intelligent de.
tectives was rewarded by the Presentation of
currency and notes, not only by privates and
subalterns, but by at least one officer Of the
Army Of the Potomac. Among those that
were arrested and convicted are the follow.
Ing; PriVates Meyer, Cridley, and Charles
Miller, (the latter belonged to the 53d Pa. vol
unteers) eergeant Lind, (sentenced at Cul.
pepper to have four months of his pay stopped y
Sergeant Amos, 56th Pa. volunteers, ex- Lieut..
John Wilson, Of Bedford, Pa; aud last, but
not least, Capt. Mcdonald, of company D, Is,
Pa. cayalry-the latter being found to be- mos,
culpable Of ALI In fact, most of the Others
being mere tools In his hands.
j sPPeaFs that only few weeks previous lo