Purloining notes
--Peter H Morgan, charged with receiving notes valued at $5,000, knowing them to have been stolen, and attempting to use the same for his own private purposes, was again before the Mayor yesterday. The accused introduced two or three witnesses, by whom he proved his good moral character, and also proved that some six weeks ago he brought here a large letter bag from Maryland, and had the letters properly distributed.Morgan's explanation of the whole matter is this; Farr and himself were blockade runners, having made one or two trips together from the United States. As they sometimes brought goods in the same bag he conceived it a duty to save what he could for Farr, supposing that Farr would do as much for him. After Farr's vessel was captured in Washington, and not knowing where F. was, the prisoner started to run the blockade. Learning that Farr's letter bag had been stolen by Capt. Dickinson, Morgan proceeded to recover it, when he took that and another filled with Farr's goods, and started to Virginia. On arriving in Richmond Morgan had Farr's goods sold in the owner's name, and held the money subject to his order. He also attempted to have the notes collected for Farr. leaving the funds in the hands of his banker till Farr arrived. Blockade runners, it is said, feel it a duty to save for each other all they can, and to benefit Farr and not himself, Morgan says, was the cause of his bringing over the bags. After hearing the evidence the Mayor dismissed the warrant, and Morgan was discharged.
