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The Daily Dispatch: January 1, 1862., [Electronic resource], Fatal accident. (search)
t, were transferred on Tuesday to Fort Lafayette. Comptroller Dennison, of this State, has secured the National Treasury a return of $1,130,000, being 40 per cent, of the amount expended on account of the war. An attempt was made on Christmas eve to flood the city with counterfeit money. The plan was to commence operations simultaneously in different parts of the city, by passing off the spurious bills upon the merchants and shopkeepers who kept open late on Christmas eve. Six arrestChristmas eve. Six arrests were made. The counterfeits were upon various banks and of different denominations. The principal bills passed or offered were $10 bills upon the Commercial Bank of Dristol, R. I.; $3's on the Central Bank of Troy; $5's on the Farmers' and Mechanics' Bank of Philadelphia; $2's on the Merchants' Bank of Lowell, Mass; and $1's on the Merchants' Bank of New Haven, Conn. Affairs in Philadelphia. From Philadelphia journals of the 26th ult, we take the following: The prize schoone