The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1870-08-25
STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL.

w Heu NOuSTtoS autilOIlLtu TIC pItS'
ent issue of Greenbacks. the Treasury
Department executed plates of enor-
nous cost and wonderful workmanship,
from which the whole amount Of cur
rency authorized by Congress was to be
printed, and it was ordered at the time
that as soon as the whole amount
had been printed, the plates, come 100
in number, should be taken from the
Treasury Printing Department, convey
ed TO the Navy Yard and melted. Now
it so happened that the plates from
which the |, . and dollar bills had
been printed, were not destroyed How
it was brought about, we as matter
of prudence, do not state. tits enough
to know that the plates are still preserv.
ed uniniured, and we trust their where
abouts will never he known except 10
us.
We have now on hand aud ready for
circulation, some 5000, 900 in ], 2 and
j dollar bills, printed from the plates,
and of course they must be absolutely
perfect and exactly like the Greenbacks
now in circulation. They are printed
on first-class paper, cut the exact size
az the greenbacks, and are precisely
similar in every respect. The only
possible method of detecting them is
by the paper, bu; our paper is so per
feet and so exactly resembles bank-note
paper tina, not one in ten thousand
could ever notice the difference; in fact,
no one has ever vet been troubled in
passing these notes One man, how.
ever, put $1,000 Of il in bank here
and was arrested on suspicion, he MAS
tried and the Jury brought in verdict
OF not guilty, on these grounds; Al
though the jury knew in their hearts
that q poor man could not have $4,000
in new !, . and ) dollar bills without
knowing where he got it from, and
they fully believed it must be counter
felt, yet the experts who were called
upon 10 testify could not agree which
OF the bills were counterfeit, ono ex-
pert pronouncing bill bad and an
other pronouncing the same bill good
and another one bad. The truth was
they were all good and all printed from
the same plates that the United States
Grcenbacks were printed from, only
they were printed for the special benefit
Of ourselves and friends and not for the
benefit of Uncle Sam. This circum-
stance, however, set the authorities on
the scent to find out where this money
was coming from, accordingly for the
last six months we have not issued one
dollar and things have become quiet
again.
As men are apt to be SO indiscreet, we
shall not circulate any more in this city
but we are on the lookout for few
trustworthy persons in different sections
Of the country, TO take the matter in
hand, so as to divert all suspicion from
here, for you must be aware that If the
plates are once captured il will kill the
goose that lays the golden egg
Then comes the instructions how to
send the money and the price charged
for different lots. He is willing TO send
out a fifty dollar lot when he receives
sa5 and to trust his agent for the
other So, is this amiable Joe Bell.
If there is any one in this town fool
enough TO be taken in by the promises
and circulars of this honey.tongued
Joseph, TO him we say save your money
and buy strychnine with it, and swallow
the 'pizen as soon as NAV be, for YOU
are too big fool to live.