The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1867-10-12
An m orfant DiscOvcry-Scyen.
thirty Bonds COHnterfcited-Dc-
scrinfinn of the Count crfcif.
From the National Inteiligcncer, III

ScrtnfiOn OF the counterfeit.
From the National 1nteiligcncer. nth.
These bonds had been sent by reputable
New York banking houses to the Loan
Branch, of which Mr.. Andrews is chief,
for redemption. They came through the
! assistant treasurer at New York. They
were there passed and cancelled. During
this process it was discovered that some
Of them were duplicates Of other bonds
that had already been cancelled. They
were forwarded to Mr.. Clark, superin-
tcndcnt Of the Printing Bureau, for an ex-
PLANTATION as to how the duplication oc-
cured. Even Mr.. Clark was deceived by
the excellence Of the execution of the
bonds, which were pronounced genuine
even by experts.
In the mean time difference was dis
covered in the seal upon the duplicates
and The genuine bonds. This discovery
was made both in the Printing Bureau and
the Loan Branch.
Colonel Wood requested, and was by
the Loan Branch supplied, with the names
of the bankers by whom the bonds had
been forwarded, and also the numbers and
letters Of the bonds, and the date Of their
receipt. Furnished with this information,
upon investigation he discovered that all
the duplicate bonds were Of the class a
and b, and that there were none of the
class C and d. As each printed sheet Of
the genuine bonds printed in the depart
mcnt contains four impressions, lcttercd
relatively A, B, G, and d, it was concluded
that the duplicates had not emanated
from the Printing Bureau, as no G and D
lie
This fact was reported to Mr.. Jordon,
| solicitor. Mr.. Clark was sent for, and as.
surcd that the bonds could not have come
| from his bureau. Mr.. Cassilcar, the best
expert in the bureau, was summoned to
the council, and upon close and thorough
examination it was discovered that there
were other important defects in the du'
| plicatc bonds, establishing the fact thai
| they had not cmanatcd from the Treasury
| Department, but were cOuntcrfeits, exc
cutcd outside of it, and evidently without
collision with any ono whatever in the dc.
| partmcnt.
The defects noticed were as follows:
The points Of the star forming the sea
arc longer than in the genuine, and have
q slightly blurred appearance, and the rec
ink OF the seal is shade lighter than IN the
genuine.
The imprint at the bottom Of the bono
is set differently in the margin.
There is an observable difference in tht
expression Of the vigncttc representing ;
female figure upon the face Of the bond
the lines being not SO well shaded, nor a.
smooth and uniform in color.
In the counterfeit the figures denotinE
| the number of the bond are slightly un
| even, and the blue ink in which they are
| printed lacks the metallic and glossy ap
| pcaraucc Of the genuine.
The red figures in the coupons attached
designating their numbers, are larger thai
in the genuine.
| The borders and ornamental ]athc-work
Of the coupons appear blurred and indlt
fcrcntlv executed; and the white space
between the margin Of the bond and tho
coupons is wider than in the genuine
bonds.
The duplicates were found unqucstion-
ably TO be countcricits, well enough exc
culcd to deceive even experts, if particu
lar attention had not been called to then
by the discovery Of duplicate numbers.
Upon examination by Hon. +. +. Spin
ncr, Treasurer, he discovered that tn
letter L Of his signature to the duplicate
bonds was very imperfect, and he unhcsi
tatingly pronounced them counterfeit.
The Treasury Department was fully OK
oneratcd from any connection with hi!
| fraudulent issue.
1t is said that these bogus bonds have
been largely negotiated with leading bank
! iur houses in New i yrls, and that Il guam
| tity of them are in circulation in the west
crn cities and Canada. The amount dis
covered in the Treasury Department
$50, 900, was received for redemption prin
cipally from Jay Cooke {, Co., Ecrmilyc
Co., and Fisk & Hatch; all rcputaol,
bankers in New York.
All the bogus bonds have been destroy
cd without having been passed to tn
credit of the bankers by whom they hat
been forwarded. THUS the Treasury De
partmcnt sustains no loss whatever in III
premises.