Named Entity Results, Decie

A mammoth swindle — Livingston thrown into the Shade — a Million and a Quarter gone up. The swindles of this war are carried on onas grand a scale as the war itself — both exceed anything yet accomplished in their respective lines. Capt. Decie, an Englishman, residing near the Montgomery. White Sulphur Springs has "recognized" the Confederacy — done it for the handsome figure of $1,200,000--and sloped. His operations were sales of bogus bills of sterling exchange. The Lynchburg Virginian gives the following account of this great swindle: "The bills were disposed of to various merchants and brokers of Richmond and other towns, and on being forwarded for collection the startling fact was brought to light that they were spurious. They, however, hear the endorsement of the Cashier of the Bank of the Valley at Christiansburg, which indemnifies the holders from loss, but will rum the Bank. The Cashier had such assurances as to make him perfectly confident of his safety in

The alleged Grand Swindle. We copied from the Lynchburg Virginian, on Saturday, a notice of the disappearance of Capt. Decie, an Englishman, who had gotten money to the amount of $1,200,000 on sterling bills, which have since been notified to the parties here who bought them as having been protested. Capt. Decie came to America shortly after the commencement of the war, with the yacht Monitor, which he sold to this Government. He afterwards went to Montgomery county and settled there, sCapt. Decie came to America shortly after the commencement of the war, with the yacht Monitor, which he sold to this Government. He afterwards went to Montgomery county and settled there, since which time several of his children have died and been buried there. He commenced his business operations in this city by selling a bill of £5,000 on the Bank of Australia, and referred the parties he sold it to a firm in Savannah, who, being applied to, endorsed Capt. D. as a responsible and honorable man. This bill, like others, was endorsed by the Bank of the Valley at Christiansburg, Decie having requested that endorsement, as he said, to facilitate the negotiation of the paper. The b