The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1865-12-10

test question referred TO above
rnE ncnMosD rorIcE-rK PUBLIC DEsrrrUrIos.
The military police Of this city hitherto furnished from
the command OF Major General John w. Turner, will b.
withdrawn on the fifteenth of the current mouth and
ready framed and passed bill providing FOR force
which Is To consist OF chief Of police eight officers
police and eighty policemen from the latter Of whom
IN extraordinary IL vested with power TO tempor
ry increase the force II is thought that this fore,
Will be equal 70 many emergencies that are likely L
arise during the present winter, in view OF the grea
amount OF destituton and suffering that will prevail
consequent OF suggested by dire necessity
The number Of people already suffering In this section
the commonest necessities OF life Is IMMENSE and viii
be feanuliy increased when the system of dispensing
government ratons shall cease il will within
| days or weeks at farthest
REArrsARAscR OF NIX GLENN rHx ACTOR
Mr.. W. Glenn the actor and manager, whose sudder
and wholly unaccountabe disappearance was noted in
DESPATCH reappeared here day safe and sound
mishap. The alarm OF his friends however was very
| great for the time being
RICHMOND, Dec 8, 1855,
STARTLING POLITICAL iSrEILIGEScR
Tho Legislature OF Virginia has determined to remove
Tuesday next all Of the State officers present hold
ing place under Governor Picrpoint save the Stat,
| Auditor These mon were originally selected bccaus,
| OF their well known Union proclivtes, and they are
now to be displaced for the reason. When writing
my despatch of last night no we'll defined ap
prehension that any other of them than Colonel Lewis
Secretary OF State would be offered in appeasement
| the Virginia Moloch, ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS for those
| yIrginans who helped to sustain the late rebe
| against the Union Only this morning was it de
termned to make the sweep general, save as to tb,
Auditor and next Tuesday tho day apart by the two
hosscs for the election will witness this significant
oyersArow Of Union men because they are Union men
4 sEcRETARY STATE
there are I'VE candidates, namely Marshall OF Eau
quicr, Formerly Senator Riddck OF Nanseynond; Bas-
sett French, q chesterfield Mr. Boykn, OF Islo OF
uufnr fnftn
and during the rebel rule the occupant OF the place
Colonel Lewis, the present Union Incumbent who is .
didates Of whom 1t IL thought either Colonel Munford OF
Mr. French will be chosen were and still ardent do
| rmK sArx rRsAsuRxn
II is thought that Mr.. John u Cavart, OF Shenandoah
will be elected Treasurer the State in MACE ~ NJ
| Smith, the present incumbent
| FINAL PASSAGE DrsARIIirrEs BILL
Tho bill amending the third article OF the constitution
which was itself amended as reported In my last de-
spa.ch, passed amended today Under its pro.
VISIONS citizen Is not required to take any oaths and
the implication IS that rabei service increases one's
| measure OF both public ami private responsibility
| There are disabilities 10 prevent vrginians
from running riot in the direction Of States rights aud
| he pestiient outgrowths OF the doctrine.
/ ANOTHER SYMPTOM OF LEGISLATIVE rKnrG
was made manifest to-day by ihe introduction OF
| ing Of Court House in Washington county the reso-
luton adding In specific terms that the previous struc.
| ture Vas destroyed by the public enemy
MesrASr AcrIos sEGRoes
| There are about seventy thousand negroes on the
peninsula, qrife thirty thousand Of whom followed
| General Sherman up fr,m his march to the sea A
resolution was introduced to-day looking the removal
Of these negroes to tho states aud counties wencc they
came.
committee OF i've members Of the Senate and ten
members OF the Houe was appointed 10 confer with
Colonel Brown, Commissioner OF Freedmen for Virginia
relative negro aairs and a. the resolution strangely
reads to urge the Immediate Withdrawal OF the troops
from the State" One member ef the House remarked
that no hoped the resolution would be tabled because
1--WE had truckled 10 tie government long enough ia this
matter Of the Freedmas Bureau"
IL is also contemplated TO build poor house in each
county for the negroes compelling them to bear the
burden OF the expense
AUTHORITY ~nxD r. BORROW MONEY
The Richmond AMI Petersburg Railroad has been
authorized to borrow money.
| The Counterfeit One Hundred Dollar
Compound DEMONSTRATING Notes.
II was stated in Washington despatch the HERALD
few days since that there reason to suspect that
the governments authorities had been successful ferret
ing out and securing the original plates from which
the cesbrated eounereit hundred dollar interest
bearing nosessevsn hundred and nfty thousand dollars
Of which b circulation printed and that
the authors Of this ssupeadous scheme dsfaud tho
Treasury Of the country we'll known and would
DO arrested and receive their well mertsd reward
Subsequent sxanstion. In this city and Brooklyn has
resulted In eonasmxiion Of this supposition.
An o6hcw Of the Department came " New York
last week TO what had been done and wse
Edward Joardso, Solicitor 81 the Treasury he
bold session Of detectives 1t the ONCE OF
well klown law nrm Nassau street, where be had
Mr. r. Lowell, the Chief OF the New York force be-
ssanalion OF the wonderful fraud was entered into
Ha wss we'll satisfied that Mr.. Lowell had done we'll
wiz we counterfeiten Ia this vicinity. II is now
thght that one result Of this interview tho cap
,hs operators sss u. s.asfsr % wssSinsson, never
again 70 be used by Illegal manufacturers Of paper cur
rsncy. The propcry, 10 understosd vas found in the
CITY Of Brockyn The principal actor In the prepare
hs
made his escape from ell TERRESTRIAL punishment He
vas suddeaiy attacked with vrulent disease, which
before he Suspected Of his crime All She passss
Concerned In the crime arc known 10 the detscsvss
and will soon - brought before the proper tribunals for
trial.
An interesting history 1. connected with the plate
from which fhs backs Of these one hundred dol.
present, bu, will be unveiled before the courss Il
u sunicicst TO say that q former employe Of the
bscame their most efficient ally ana confederate Il
through hts agency and that Of woman who ngurss
The back Of The bill vas Som. 81 ,ss o :.
skifu engravsrs In the country engaged in pro-
ducing the plate for the face Of the note which, wish
Than The new banking Inslution went into opsrssss
sss sa Ss q :sss a.: .sS
thcu:and dollars In The nsw carsncy before shs trick
was discovered and the game exploded
wHo IN TO BLAnny
Considerable consure hiss heretofore been useiessv and
unjussiy expended upon bank note engraving concern
in this CITY, they were 81 rst supposed TO have been
In measure responsible for the imposition which has
been pracssd upon the public, and the consequent cir
culaon given TO bills which intrnsIcaly worth no
than tho paper upon which they are printed To
set that rn right before the people II NAV he stasd
that they had 10 do with the game 81 The coun
tereiters than the tabled man in the moon Nor were
any persons a. present engaged in the Treasury al
WASHINGTON The Facts soon to DO brought upon
legal investigation, VIII substantiate ali the preceding
statements
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