The Beaver Argus. (Beaver, Pa.) 1862-1873, August 07, 1872, Image 2

-'`-The Beaver Argus.
J. W - EY AND, Barre* aro PROPILLITOt.
liTaver, PO.. August 7th, 1572.
THE Deknocrilde convention in
this place on last Monday, was not
run by but two or three persons, nor
was it engaged-during the Fs.sAion in
,ratifying jobs previously "set
up" brinteresteil and scheming par
ties.
.In these respects it was a vast
improvement on the last two or
three Quay-Rutan conventions.
SENATOR CAMERON is reported to
have sent word some time * ago to
General Allen, that it would be a
good think (or the State ticket if he
( Allen) would retire from it, as a
candidate for Auditor General. Allen
answered that he would do so pro
*v ided lie, (Cameron) would pledge
himself not to hen candidate for re
election to the U. S. Senate, and give
a hood for its faithful performance.
•v )(d Winnelxigo" would not pledge,
and the negotiations ceased.
f:v El: I Republican newspaper; we
believe, in Pittsburgh, published the
affidavit of Carpenter, the Oneonta
N. Y.) man, who swO're that he saw
a letter last winter, written by Hor
ace (iieeley in which the ex-editor
ofjhe Tribune favored the payment
of pensions to disabled rebel soldiers.
The Radical likcwise copied Oarpen
ter's affidavit. Since then, the scoun
drel 4C'arpenter) has become con
sciencestrieken, or has received in
tiniationkof a suit against him for
perjury, and now he comes out over
his own 'Signature and retracts the
whole of his previous statement.
This retraction has been widely pub
yet neither of the Pittsburgh
papers nor the Radical have had the
,manliness to copy it. Is this honor
:011(4 journalism?
A NEWPORT, IL I, dispatch of Au
gust 4th, ssys a U. S. Marshall, ac
companied by Capt. Ritchie of the le
venue cutter MoceAsin, went aboard
the Cuban schooner Pioneer yester
day afternoon, and took charge of
her, by order of President Grant, for
violation of, the neutrality laws.
Lieut. Chaureon, of the Cuban ser
vice, demanded the, Marshal's papers
in the name of the Cuban Republic,
which were read to him, Capt. Bach
e endorsing them, and informing
the Lieutenant that 'he recognized
the Marshars authority. Lieuten
ant Chaureon protested in the name
of the Cuban Republic against the
seizure of the Pioneer, fired a gun,
threw his sword overboaid, nailed
the Cuban colors to the mast, and,
with hisotneers and crew, left the
\-ssiel in the hands of the Marshal.
The United States officers then un
loaded the guns, and the Pioneer will
he docked and dismantled. The
(-Ilse will be brought before the courts
at Providence on the 12th inst.
WILL/AM 11 . KEN( 13LE, the
ran t committee matt for P,etipsylva
n ia. He was State Treasuret..i when
Evans was collecting the war claims
of Pennsylvania. People can deter
mine for themselves whether he de
rived any "pleasure or profit" from
the Evans swindle, by reading his
letter introducing Mr. Evans . to Mr.
Titian J. Coffey, who was at that
ti MC practicing in the Court cf Claims
production:
TIZEAFFIZT DEPLIPPILICT OP PEICNVITVANLL, I
11..ar61r‘su6G, Much, 1;461.
T/LAII TITIAN: Allow me to Introduce to
on my particular trend. Mr, George 0 liviter
lie ha, ,, a claim of amine magnitude that he %mitt
... )ou to help him itt. l'ut tom through as you
would toe, Ile underidand* addition. thvision,
and ,oletv-e loam, t,ti. U. KLIIRLE,
If, a:-; committee man, Mr. Kern
hie, comes into po:-Isozion of the cam
paign fund for this State, we advise
the rank and file in the "regular"
orl;:inization to keep a pretty close
lhokout. Whether he adds, divides,
or keeps still, Is the point we wish
them to ascertain. If he is an honor
to a political organization, we hard
ly know how it could be dishonored.
WITIIIN the past year or two, the
term "Legislative rooster," has been
frequently used in connection with
disreputable proceedings in our State
Legislature. "A Legislative rwster"
is one who goes to Harrisburg during
the winter, and as a lobbyist or
member makes money by iassisting
or atmlining to assist in the passage
of bills hmught up in the Assembly.
It _matters not to the "rooster"
whether the hill is right or wrong.
lie takes hold of it—to defeat it or
to put it through—for the money he
can ohtain for his services. lie is as
wilting to labor for an iniquitous bill
as he is for a just one. Ile is as ready
to swindle the State, as he is to "go
-through" :a corporation or an indi
vidual. Isis objective point is mon
2q, and whether this is obtained hon
estly or corruptly- is a question he
gives himself no concern about , wh t
vvt. With this definition of a "mis
ter," we ask otir readers to turn to
another column in the Attous, and
read [headdress of Mr C. W. Ellis
of Warren county, Pa. to its itepub-
Itean. , , touching theconduct of Gen
eral Harrison Allen while a member
of the State Senate, in a pipe bill in
which :tLr. Ellis was interested. If
that transaction does not prove Gen
eral Allen to be a "Legislative mois
ter," of the most corrupt type, we I
would hardly know how to convince
any one that such a fowl existed.
Would a man, at all events, who is
guilty of such practices, make a safe
Auditor General? is a question the
people of the State are to decide at
the s t )ctober election.;
THE adicat, of last week said that
a Grant majority In North Carolina
"will virtually.aecide the Presiden•
tial struggle. Having carried Con
necticut and New Hampshire, it only
needs North Carolina to satisfy in
telligent men of all parties that Gen-'
eral Grant will be re-elected by a
larger majority than he received
four years ago."
During the same day the above
written in Dwyer, the election
in North Carolina was held, and the
result shows that instead of Grant
carrying that State, - the Liberals
‘vere victorious by a majority of
about 5,000. Bearing in mind the
fact that General Grant succeeded in
.North Uirolina in 1868 by over 12,4XX0
majority-, it will be seen hat his
friends there have been making head
way backwards "right smart," tiu
ring the past four years.
As to _Connecticut and New Hamp
shire, we have only to say that no
elections haiee been held In either of
these States since the Reform move
ment wasstarted. At their elections
in last April-tea month before Give-
ley was nominated at Cincinnati, the
contest in both stats was very close
between the old parties. Since the
_Cideinnati convention, sixty-five
Greeley Republican clutr4 have been
organized in Connecticut, and the
Hon. Daniel Clark of New 'Hemp
shire--one of the belt posted
clans-in it—writes that that State is
sure for Greeley and Brown - by 8,000
inayority.
if the 'Radical can extract any
coronet from these facts, it k wel
come to all it can get. Were we in
Its place, however, we would not try
to ling our hat on a moonbeam just
now:
the'county Republican conven
tion held in Beaver last May one
year ago, Cot. Quay, who was one of
its memberS, offered a resohttlon,
which appointed Thos Kerr of Free
dom and J. L. B. Dawson of Deaver
Falls, delegates to "the next Repub
, Ikan State Convention." The reso
lution was carried. It will be noticed
that these delegates were selected al
tryst a year in advance of the State
Convention:, "Why this haste?" was
a question frequently asked. but an
swered satisfactorily by no one. The
Gubernatorbil question had not been
talked abOut by the people, and at
that time too, it was riot known who
would be or who would not be can
didates for - that (Mao.. The repre
sentatives; were, of course, unin
structed. One fact, however, seem
ed to impress itself upon a great ma
ny minds, and that was, that Col.
Quay carried both of the above named
delegates in his "breeches pocket,"
and could give their votes in the "next
Republican State Convention" to
whomsoever he saw proper. About
eight months after the appointment
of the delegates here alluded to, Col. l i
Quay received a o very fine cow from
the herd of General 'Hartranft, esti
_meted to be worth $2OO 00. •
Three or four months later "the
next Republimn State Convention"
was hetti, and not only did Messrs
Kery an Dawson support General
Ilartranft for Governor, but by seine
means or other Mr. Ruti/ worked
his way into• the Convention, and
voted for flartranft too. Probably,
some urilooked for fine points in the
Alderney were discovered
ile and an extra et to was thought
to be due her previor owner.
Of course we do hot allege that
there was wiythifig corrupt in all
this, but we are a little alarmed lest
some of our people will come to think
that the Republican support of this
county was exchanged last spring in
our•SLate Convention, for a cow.
STATHelections were held in North
Carolina, August 1 ; inli_eiut reky,
Montana and Utah,August 5. State
elect ions will be held as follows: New
ilex leo, September 1, California, Sep
tember 2; Vermont, September :1;
Maine, September 9; Colorado Ter
ritory, September 11); Dakota, Indi
ana, lowa, Nebrask.a, 011ie, Penn
sylvania and District of Columbia,
October 8; South Carolina, October
Iti; West Virginia, October 24. All
the States vote for Presidential elec
tors on the 9th of November, and on
the same day the following choose
State officers: Arliansa4 Delaware,
Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Kan.gis,
Lousiana, Maryland, Massachusetts,
N'ami s ,`" • ..N l Sit3S i ,
New-YOrk, Tennessee, V irg n ,
and Wisconsin. Arizona holds her
Territorial election on. the Sth of No
vember.
Nownt Carolina election returns
come in very slowly, moreewecially
since it is close and the correct result
might be thought to have an effect
upon the elections which were to
come off on Monday in Kentucky,
Montana and Utah. It seems to be
conceded that the Conservat ves have
carried the Governor, five of the
eight congre*atien and a majority in
the State Legislature.• This, when it
is considered that the Administra
tion threw all the money, documents
and speakers into that State which
they could serape together, may he
looked upon as a grand Liberal tri
umph. The trilijority is said to range
from 15110 to 2,090.
The latest dispatch is as follows:
lt A LEpitt,'August t,—Otlicial and
partial returns received from seven .y -
five counties reduce the Democratic
inajori tylo some two thousand. Tt
remaining seventeen counties are
mostly small and will not materially
change these figures. The Brant
men concede the State by fifteen or
twenty-five hundred majority. There
is still Intense interest felt in Alto-re
suit.
Ttiv. fulluwittg etmg,ratulary ad
dress was is,uetl yin last Saturday:
111.1 A ll . t4ttA AND Llll- )
ERAI. It Ell • itLi s ( . 4)1 •T'1,7.,
NEw-YouK. Aug 141, I'7•'
The National Democratic and Lib
eral Republican Cominittees desire
to emigratulate the people of the
United skates who are in favor of 14--
form in the tiovernment upon the
magnificent victory achieved by the
people of North Carolina, virtually
deciding as it does the Presidential
emitest., When it is recollected
that in no perio.l in our country's
history have such uu warranted
means been used intimidate a free
people, the result ISM! the more grat
ifying and glorioas. Let each State
favoring r►x;tmciliation, union, and
peace, vie with its sisters in contribu
ting to the overwhelming defeat of
an Administration that has vainly
attempted to perpetuate its power by
means at once a x ram-t 1 ina ry and dis
g, mitefu 1.
AUG USTUS SCHELL,
Ulen Dem. Natiumil Cutrimittee
ETHAN ALLEN.
Cb'ti Liberal Rep., Nationai cern
Later.—The Times' Raleigh special
of August sth says 1-2 counties give
Caldwell, for Governor, one thousand
nine hundred and sixty-six ma
jority, which it is believed, cannot be
overcome, as the Democrats will nut
get the vote of I s7O. Merriman says
he will contest the election before the
Legislatbre unless the Itepublican
majority is more than one thousand.
The Legislature Is Democratic by a
majority of eighteen on a joint ballot.
The Chairman of the Republican 1 1
State Committee estimates the Ite
puhlican majority at two thousand.
I=Ml2l
Or the sixty-five- Republicans in
Lake !gills, Wismnsin, sixty-one
are Greeley men. Of the eighty-one
Detnuctits every one is for Graeley.
Lass than one year ago "The New• York
Tribune," Tun 13aavEn Annus, and all
ttle other Greek). Republican papers were
total in their praise of Gen. Grant and hi , '
i3JI ministration. Now they are filled with
nr ;he President and attacks on his
adtiiinistnition. We w..tibl like to see
etithiri give a reason for this sudden
thalize salistacfmc to t...eir readers.—
Barb:cot.
As The .117dieal has singled - out
The Tribune nd THE Auk; us, we pre
fer to let the former give the "reason"
asked for. Here it is:
DEFAULTERS UNDER GRANT.
A I'AI TIAL LIST OF TUE DEFALCA-
TIONS
The Civil Service and Public Robbery
—Twenty-tau Delinquent Internal
Reroute Officers—Thirty-nine Post
(dice Culprits—Thirty Offenders in
other ltepartanents—Over $2,300,000
Missing, and the half not told —thn
-Nothing Beller than This be hoped
foe?
The following is a very incomplete
list of public robberies and defalca
tions under the present Administra
tion. It is compiled from The Trib
une tiles, and of coarse embraces only
those case• of embezzlement and fraud
that have been exposed in the news
papers. It can hardly be doubted
that, if the truth were known, a far
more frightlul ilyt than the following
could be made of the doings of the
plunderers and scoundrels who have
held office under the Government,
under the auspices of such men as
Murphy and Terwilliger:
INTERNAL RENE:4LE.
'rhe Internal Revenue thirmui fur
nishes the largest amount of defalca
tions. The aggregate balance due the
States mom ex-Colleetors
reaches the enormous sum of one mil-
lion three hundred and two thousond
nine hundred and fifty-eight dollars!
This does not, however, include all
deficiencies. A statement has been
published as official which represents
the actual int !wive due 1 1 -4512,31M-S0 ;
but this, like ail official documents
now-a-days, is deceptive in its wattle.
In reality, it is a:statement thecush
balms erN due. When the in.stion
was asked at the Bureau in ‘Vash-
W i gton by our correspondeid, " Does
this represent the entire amount of
defalcations?" the answer was, " It
does not." Nevertheless it was, like
the Post-office statement, sent out try
fully correct and trustworthy.
Barton Able, Collector of Internal
Revenue for the Ist District of Mis
souri ; On the sth of Octoberris7o,
suit commenced against 111111 by his
sureties for about kr2.50,000, alleged to
be unaccounted for by him as a Gov
ernment officer.
John Speer, Collector of luterital
Revenue fur Kansas ; arrested at
Lawrence, Kansas, in September,
I s7O charged with being engaged in a
conspiracy to defraud the revenue
and embezzling te 4 l;i9,(X)) of tiover►t
ment bonds.
John Van Horn, Deputy Collector
of Internal Revenue under Collector
Speer of Kansas; arrested in Septem
ber, Inn, charged with conspiring to
defraud the revenue.
W. W. Rarricklow, Deputy Collec
tor of Internal Revenue under Coke
tor Speer of Kansas- arrested in Sep
tember, in7o, charged with conspir
ing to defraud the revenue.
John A. Phillips, Deputy Collector
of Internal Revenue for the sth Dist
rict of New York; a defaulter in the
sum of $30.000 or more; flea! to Eu
rope in March, 1870.
Joshua F. Bailey, Internal Reve
nue Collector fur the 324 District of
New York ; proved a defaulter in
March. Is7u, in the sum of 81:12,642,
inliAle up of taxes collected and not
depixoted, collections from !it:nov.l
not devisited, special deposit account
with the Secretary of the Treasury,
collections on spirits and tobacco un
acmunted "tor, amount collected on
account of sturekeepebs' salaries, and
amount collected on account of gau
gers' fees; the greater part of the
money was used m detecting frauds
upon tin• revenue, and a complete
him at the time he af►sconded.. :init.--
tics ample, but no steps taken tow
ards coileeting from teem. Henry
Clews and miler prominent Grant
men aiming them.
Fielding Hurst, Collector of the Gtlr
Instriet of Tenne:see, was *uspended
fur fraud and neglect of duty in Jan
uary, 1671, and his deputy, Thomas,
placed in charge of the (Alice.
Colonel Alexander was arrested in
January, 167 i, on a charge of defal
cation In valet while supervisor of
Internal Revenue in New orleans.
Morgan L. Harris, ex-Colleetur of
Internal Revenue for the 7th district
of New York; suit coin menced in the
S. Circuit Court, New York, in
March, 1671, at his bondsmen
to recover $ . 200,000 for the alleged loss
of $240,036 to the Government, caus
ed by Morgan's accepting worthless
bonds for the removal of 120,017 gal
lons of whisky.
The Rev. M. S. /midis, ex-Inter
nal It"enue Assessor for the Ittl dis
trict of Ohio; arrested in April 1671,
fur neglect of duty while in office, for
recei v presen Ls and bribes, and for
offering a bribe to his Assistant As
sessor to induce him to allow frauds
to be committed in the otllre.
F. Mier, ex-Amistant Assessor of
Internal Revenue in Texas, commit
ted suicide on the 27th of November
1571, iu consequence of u fear that he
would be arrested fur enitwzzling
Government funds.
lieNarge A. Lawrence, a Revenue
()Cheer in New York city ; arrested
and indicted in March 1872, for black
mailing, Francis Gutzberger, a \Vest
street liquor dealer, released by the
court on the ground that lie was not
a revenue officer under the law.
Floyd Fields, a revenue ()Meer in
New York city; arrested and indicted
in March V 72, for blackmailing F.
Gotzherger, a West-st. liquor dealer;
released by court on the ground that
he way not a revenue °dicer under
the law.
Cien. Daniel S. Stanton, Collector
of the sth Internal Revenue District
of Maryland; charged in March, 1872
with being a defaulter in the sum of
about $19,500.
George 1). Orncr, Collector of in
ternal Revenue for the sth District of
Missouri, accused April, 1872, of
being a defaulter, and u suit entered
against him and his sorties for $lOO,-
00o; reported April 1.10, 1872, as hay.
ing itilsanided with some $10,(1)0 in
tiovernment funds.
W. C. Y. Hicks, Collector of Inter
nal Revenue in the 2d Congressional
District of Mississippi ; defaulter in
the sum of $6,629 R 9, according to the
books in the Treasury Department;
appointed Aug. 20, 1869.
B. B. Emery. Collector of Internal
Revenue in the 2d Congressional Dis
trict of Mississippi; defaulter to the
amount of 4 4S, according to
the books of the Treasury Depart
ment; appointed Nov. 14, 1869. Suits
are said to have been commenced
against Hicks and Emery, although
the representative of the district has
never heard of any, and can learn
nothing of them.
Louis P. Wetmore, Revenue In
spettor in New York, arrested in Jan
uary 1870, charged with 'having false
ly guaged ifia gallons of whisky with
intent to defraud the revenue. held
to bail in $4,000.
Ezra Farrington, Revenue luspec
tor in New York; arrested in Janua
ry 18711, on a charge of having falsely
gauged 5,616 gallons of whisky with
intent to defraud the revenue; held
in 45000 hail.
F. A. Stevens, ex-U. S. Inspector
and Guagerin New York; arrested in
February 1870, in St. Louis, charged
with perpetrating frauds, in C01108.!-
OM with citizens of New York, to
the amount of 42,000,000; brought to
New York and committed to answer.
Horace Houton, Assessor of New-
Orleans; arrested in March 1570, on a
cherge of fraud.
Ex-Congressman Win. B. stokes,
Supervisor of Internal Revenue for
Tenne,Nee ; arrested in Wasttington,
Oct. Xs, 1871; aecemory to defrauding
the Treasury out of $1;8,10) by mealy;
of fraudulent bounty claims.
PENSION 11U REA 1
Nearly p year ago Congr es s called
for a statement of the defaulters in
this °like, and it has yet. to see the
light. From the books of the Pen
sion Bureau, I n at appears that
the total sum abstracted since Grant
was inaugurated is two hundred and
serenty-eight thousand dollars! This
is divided among Lawrence and Van
Buren of New York, Pqrbesand Cal
houn of Philadelphia, and Collins of
this city. The reason why an official
comparative statement has not been
prepared is that during Johnson's
term 0n1y5132,000 wasstolen. Grant
would, in consequence be in excess
of Johnson slso,otXt.
George P. Thatcher, of the U. S.
Pension office at Philadelphia; con
victed in June 1870, of embezzling
$3OO, and sentenced to 15 months and
a tine of $325, and re ,inmended to
the mercy of the President. .
(ten. Win. A. Lawrence, C. S. Pen
sion Agent at New York; discovered
to be a defaulter April, 1871, to the
amount of about 07,000; abseunded.
W. F. Forbes, invalid Pension
Agent at Philadelphia ; :impended
Sept. 30, 1871, on a charge of being a
defaulter to the amount of $2.5,000; he
expressed his willingness to restore
the amount to the Government, and
was held in $25,000 tail. -
Judge J. W. Wright, Indian Pen
sion Agent fur soldiers of the Creek,
Cherokee and Seminole Nations;—
charged, in 1871, with ir i cegularities
involving about S'soo,ooli.
Alexander Ulapperton. Acting In
dian Pension Agent at Fort Smith,
Arkansas. under J. W. Wright ; ar
rested in January 187'2, on chat* of
defrauding the Government white
holding 11tat position.
Major A. R. Calhoun, Pension A
gent at Philadelphia; charged with
being a defaulter, Nov. 1871.
W. T. Coffins, U. S. Pension Agent
at Washlnatii: discovered to hen de
&utter to the amount of about SGO,-
000 in February 1872.
Dakota Territory ; SS,O otl of Territo
rial funds discovered to he unacruun-
Irtl in June 1871, an effort was
making to compromise the matter,
anti it was thought it would be suc
cessful.
}WIC E DF.I'A EsT,
About a week ago The New- York
contained a Washington dls
patch which was significant iy headed
"How tigures are made to he." The
dispatch says: " The total amount
received and disbursed by the Post-
Office Department front postal and
money-order funds from the begin
ning et President Grant's Adminis
tration no to March:ll of the present
year was $178,765,4(04 (G, anti the
amount of defalcations within the
period mentioned was $9."),316 49. of
which $12,146 9•i has already been
' collected." Following the example
of some other depart tnents, the P. 0.
officials attempt to garble their ac
counts for the purpose of manufac
turing campaign circulars. A dam;
'tient was prepared giving the frauds
by StAtes, of which the article in the
'elutes gives the mull. the Times ar
ticle being a transcript from this
Grant 'Mut paign document. Th is of
fiend statement was given to the
Grant Executive Committee, and as
they were fearful of its axing exposed,
they refused to use any Donlon of it
but the total amounts. As an exam
ple of its falsification 4, it returns New
York State as not having a single
Post-office defaulter during Grant's
administration ! ; Curious to know
how this document was manufactur
ed, inquiry was made at the Depart
ment at Washington. and the follow
ing facts were e belted The state
ment is nothing more than a list of
amounts due the Gorerninent front
snits which hare been instituted daring
Grant's (vim inistratien against inna
masters who hare defaulted. in the
judgment of the Punt-„f'le'e• no man
is a tlefaulter against w hula suit has
not been entered. It only compre
hends peast•masters; defaulting depu
ty post masters, money-order clerks,
and other employes are not included
be/~ause they kayo 4o_necoumt with
defaulter is Included if the
thinks his sureties are good. At the
present day the Post-office has an ex
treme•iy good Opinion of all sureties.
Finally, defalcations that have been
comproinistsi on account of political
favor or other reasons do not appear
in this official statement, nor do (tame
revel veil by ape cial act of Congress.
In short, nothing is in it which could
by any po , ,sible subterfuge be kept
Out. %%Then asked for it correct list
of the defalcations, the Department
officials were indignant, atal while
they admitted everything stated
above, they expected the inquirer to
be satisfied with their campaign doc
ument. The Norton defaltsition in
New-York was $11:),lion ; McCart
ney's, in Washington, 524,000 ;
Wood's, in Indiana, SS,(X/O, making
a total, including the s9:si,litin which
the department admits in its state
ment. of $212,4114/.
I'. B. Hathaway, clerk in the Hart
ford, t 'on n ist-ottlee rim rged
With beim! a defaulter ; at ;
arr(-4ted in Charles City, loge, Feb
ruary, I:470.
4 ). S. line, a clerk in the Registry
pepartnient of the New-Vorl: Post
(Ohs-, June is7o, held in
hail liefore United States Commis
cioner Shields on a charge of embez
zling and secreting a letter contain
ing $l. - ; in hank bills ; preferred by
James Gayler, Special lick-it-office
Agent; examination set for June 21,
I-ra.
Andrew Stafford, a mail agent be
twee•n Baltimore and Philadelphia ;
arrested June 23, 1870, for robbing
the United States mail of letters and
money ; ife`admitted his guilt and
was committed iu default of $10,40(1
hail ; sentenced for tiro years.
Christopher 1•:. Dugan, a letter•ear
rier, in the New-York Post-Ake;
charged with emliezling a letter con
taining money ; examination set for
May 14i, 1870 ; detected by a decoy
let ter containing money, part of
which prisoner deposited in one of
the city banks; the ease was post
poned several times; on the 24th of
February, 1871, he was again arrested
on a bench-warrant issued from the
U. S. Circuit Court, and gave bail in
K. W. Francis, formerly Postmas
ter at Hauma, La.; arrested in \Vwth
ington on the charge of robbing U. S.
money-order offices of $B,OOO ; taken
to New-Orleans or: the l'th of Sect.
isio, for trial in the U. S. District
(wort of Louisiana.
Nathaniel J. (Albert, Assistant
Postmaster at :ipuytto Uuyvii,
charged - ,With robbing the !nails; ex
anained November 22, 1870, and ease
adjourned ; cornptair.ts were received
at Washington from persons who
failed to vet money remitted by
and decoy letters were sent,
several .of which were found on the
prisoner's person.
Joseph liartwich, a letter-carrier
attached to Station 11., New-York
City ; lockel up December ti, IK7O, in
default of :.: 4 -1,(X10 bail, on a charge of
secreting letters.
John T. Lawrence, a letter-carrier
from Station P. on a Third Avenue
route; arrested January 17, 1871, on
a charge of embezzling two letlers
containing *B, and rommitred in de
fault of *'s,oou.
K A. McLoughlin, alias John W.
McLean, formerly Assistant . ['ost
master at Atlanta, Ga. ; arrested in
New-York City, March 17, 4871, for
embezzling $5.OtNl of Government
lands about seven months previous,
while Assistant Postmaster, when he
reached This city he had $2,51X) left,
which he invested in a billiard saloon
at Crosby and Braomestreets; he was
identified by a photograph, and made
a full confession ; after conveying his
saloon to the Government, he was
taken to Atlanta.
Miss Morey. an employe in the
Pint-otlire at MeGranville, Cortland
county, N. Y.; arrested April, 1870 4
on a charge of robbing the mails.
McCoy, Postma.4ter, at Mon
tevello, Mo., arrested in April, 1471,
for purloining money from register
ed letters, Orne of which was Pout d
in his posiession.
rani H. Lachantin, a Post-office
clerk in New-York; charged with
embezzling letters iptrusted to his
caret held Auguil2.l, 1871, in $lO,OOO
bail 13y Commissioner Osborn.
F.iNt, McCartney, Disbursing Offi
cer of the Post-Mike Department,
Washington; defaulter in the sum of
about $30,000; detected in June 10,
1871, when it w,as ascertained that for
several months.previous frequent do.
lays were made in the payment of
hills ngaimt the Department, for
which noexplanatinn could be given;
the salaries of some of the clerks were
withheld for several days at a time;
speculations and sicknem entailed
large debts upon him, which he en
deavored to relieve himself of by
speculating with Government funds;
he conveyed his property to the Gov
ernment a short time before being
confined itt an insane asyluM ; the
deficiencies in the salaries of the clerks
was about $lO,OOO. for which an ap
propriation was asked.
Reed, Postmaster at Jackson
ville, Fla., son of Gov. Reed of that
State ; having become a defaulter in
the sum of about 817,000. a special
agent was sent to investigate the mat
ter, with instructions to arrest him
unless he refunded the amount ; it
was thought his friends would make
good the a mOunt,and the Department
removed hitn from office.
John S. Kirwan, a Post-office clerk
at Station H. New-York; charged
with "secreting, embezzling, and de
stroying letters containintf money;"
held, July 21,1871, in $lO,OOO bail, by
U. CommL-Nioner Shields. Kir
wan and his friends claimed that
there was a conspiracy against him.
N. R. Kemp. Postmaster at Fair
view, Penn.; arrested Aug. 2, 1871,
by a Government detective, for rob
bing the mail of a pension certificate,
and forging vouchers to the game;
held in 83 . 000 bait to appear before
the U. S. C o mmissioner the next day.
J u d son A. Sheldon, Postmaster at
Sparta, Ohio. was taken to Cleveland
Ohio, May 16, 1871, charged with re
moving and using a second time van
eeled postage stamps: he pleaded
guilty. and was fined $l4O and costa.
John \V. Norton, Superintendent
of the Money-Order Department of
New-York Post-1411m; defaulter in
the sum of V 141,31186; the circum
stances of the ease were made public
Sept. 11, Is7l. In July, Postmaster
Jones calks! for reporfs from heads
of all the departments in the habit of
receiving or disbursing money. All,
with the exception of Norton, fur
nished thesevlirtsl information;
Nor t on (letWr ec IlirPSttitinglll -4 State
ment from day today on various pre
texts. Relieving something witA
wrong, thePostnauster sent to Wash
ington for a special agent to assist In
an investigation. Norton's cheek
book and accpunts tallied, but upon
a comparisoli with tikose of the Sub-
Treasury a differanee of $115,111 811
atrainst the Post-Ottiee was discover
ed. Upon being charged with the
abstraction of the money, Norton at
once confe.ssed his guilt. only alleg
ing that he had been tempted and
yielded to the temptation. lie placed
all his assets, which amounted to
Mimic $150,000, at the disposition of
the bondsmen of Postmaster Jones.
The bondsmen promptly made good
the amount of the defalcation.
Isaue S. Lunnigan, a letter-earrier
in New-York City; held in $5,000
bail, Sept. 21. 1871, on a charge of
embezzling letters intrusted to his
cure, indicted by the Grand Jury
((t. 21, 1871; Jan. -4,1872 Judge
Benedict of the U. S. Circuit Court
directed the jury to lind a verdict of
"not guilty," on account of a defect
in the indictment.
(;'urge 11, Chase, a niesi-eng,er in
the Post-( Mice Department, at Wash
ington; in September, 1871, an ested
on a charge of stealing gold and sil
ver treaty seals from the State De
partment, together with Frank
Met;raw, a watchman in that De
partment; they confessed their guilt,
and Lie seals, which were valued at
between WO and SGO, were recover
ed in a melted Mate.
F. W. Lendnun, a night clerk in
;h Witt' ihnt
hing the mails. Eleven abstracted
letters were found on his person.
Franeis Le Clair, a fetter-carrier of
Creenbush, N. Y.; arrested in De
cember, I 1, for perloininv letters;
he confessed the crime.
• A. Whittaker,
ter at linwlingi (;reran, Wood Co,,
Ohio; arrested in I)i-I:ember, 1871, on
a charge of embezzling money-order
funds.
ILichael Murphy, a OW: in the
New York Post-office; held in $:3,(100
hail, Dee. 2.5, al a %barge (‘' , f
embezzling letters ihlrtn-ted to his
ears.
Jam, s Super,.
in tendent of the Foreign I tepartment
of the New York Post•ottlee; held in
$:,,t)00 bail, Jar). 17, lti72, charged
w ill) entlaw.ling money front letters.
11(.411.0;m-1i to Pr"ve hits
eight' 1111.;), t•Oci. of the chart .
r t•lklis, of the Cleveland. (Ihio,
l'o-t-otlice wore arrested in Cincin
nati in January, 1872. chargod with
ait,Larting drafts and money orders
franc lettrr;4. They were admitted
to hail in the sum ori-1.50u
tieuuul (;iirioy, a letter-carrier in
I :rook ly :trrsted Jan. I 572, on a
charge of cml:ezzling t , ..srs contain
ing toom. \ from the route boxe , 4 in
tile font-oiltice, detected by mean") of ,
de, ~:s. left I-, which ‘Veri• ft , 11101 011
his person ; r"tirt--4.ii hi:4 guilt
and wa , c , a,ll:titted
Marshall S. I. Lows, n clerk in the
Innilut, d; partnold of the Boston
PII-4-0111(p, reported
to be a dofaultt r to the lantana of
ii.,o) . ntio, be eotife,-ed the eritue, and
conveyed flyerto 1'1141.-itstetter Burt a
valuable pr ,, pa.rty, accumulated mince
he held on a salary of $ l lOO a
year,
.laoll , 1 .. . 'toady. a clerk in the
N .- roc V.lrls I' ,qt-ottlee; held,
1.72, to hall. In tli , • -alit of ;$ 3 9 4 U ) i ) , uct
thargi• (t letteN coin
and A 44 MIS ; P le " (1 "
(41 guilty on larelt, anti hotitenced to
Frani Foster, Post-master at
Kalissaitily, Mo.; detorteri :11areli,
lt;7l', in ret,linin, , a portion of the sal
;airs of tin , kli.rk. in hi employ, and
~Ipproprialing for money to his own
tt•l
Itobert Eider, a New York letter.
carrier; arrested and Indicted in
March, 1872, on a charge ("Nei i veri rig
letters :attires-4-d to other permnis to
Freeman Cornish, an alleged owner
of a K itt swindlini.r, enterprise, the
latter ,Wst met ing.money from I hem.
A defairailon of over si 3 Ono was
discovered in April, 1572, in the
Money-order Department of the
Fort Wayne Post-office ; the A-sk
tant Post-master, the re-'possible
party, admitted the defalcation, but
declared he could not account for the
loss. and hat not taken a cent of it.
Hobert Dale, a clerk in the Balti
more Post- I nee ; arrested in Febru
ary, Is7o, on a charge of stealing let
ters, and committed in default of
non hail ; found guilty in April, on
the first and fourth counts but not on
the second and third.
The Post-master at Alexandria,
Va.. a 214 a rre•still in May, 1 .4 70, on a
charge t.of robbing the mails, and a
special agent was sent to Investigate
the matter.
John F. Wood, Deputy Post-mas
ter at Indianapolis Ind., defaulter to
the amount of; 4,540. Lie had been
suspected of dishoneMy for some
time, but it was not until the Ist of
July, 1872, that the Onset s were pro
ven against him. The Post-master,
Colonel Holloway, it is reported has
made good (lac—deficiency. Wood, a
nitwit-A man, aged ;in, confessed that
he took the money, which he expen
ded on wine and women. .
(leo. W. Durgin, jr., Postmaster at
Fort Wayne, Ind.; arntigned in the
Criminal Court, July it;, 18 72. on a
charge of embezzling the public
funds. He was also charged with
embezzling the funds of a Loan As
soeiation in Fort Wayne.
1 at i d E. 0 ein-ge, (u ty Postmas
ter at Sim Bernardino, Cal.; Convict
ed in the UnitedStatesCircuitCourt,
July 19, 1872, of robbing the malls of
4190 50, and sentenced to.lB mooths' .
im prisOn men t. _ , _•
Tho :Pittsburgh Post of.recent date ,
says that United giatel - Distrtet At
torney Swoope has received instruc
tions to enter , suit against , ' David
Hays, late : ruirmaster at Tionctai
Penn., for eultie'zilement:
ey-order account of Hays is $lOO 35
short, and he has been requested to
settle, but haS refused to du so.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT.
During the past -eleven years this
Bureau/11as beeß,4l4o,niggti ,by Gen::
Spineri,sl4; ittir a l , vuOilithj.7o-:
eaped iylthOut ofi ft5 , ..114k. 'awls.
to the adpithilittkitltittA n itirt:: , '
prevailjng kier,- howayerouut,_
of it, aid „nt:44/41thOttilt'Stoleil
reaches s9o; f u so:-":•'llifiCitidlatritfuttal
as folloo Edwinol3oin 3lardeir,
$12,090; 401,*qi,,..:09,•,(p:41ria un- -
known, $;.0.11190.49c.,,:•%•:;!), "...;!.•'!!•:` ,
Cliarle4,4'E,4l9Weit,!e* - 10ipli :In
winter iiritigoett*Z tos og, v
sno frotifferttlikt t •
.
was patty; tiit_faliiireh 1i r . i
, 4 - I . 'lw 4
Priisitieutt:Or.bi4..hillkitli.
Victor iltif,;-..!:,Ftwojr: *d e l.K : iv i k e
Second kidirnf- 1 44 - 0441e L ek . 11i.•': .
*
(ober, iEfnii4itrilßlPPA Catt4jo r
the foamy frauds of -Witi.-4Siiikeitt
tined, February, 1572,1500 anti cost.
Seth Johnson.. clerk lu the cash
room of the United States 'frettp.ur
er'f7otilee; disctivereil tp - 66 ft default
er, in the winter of 1671-72, to the
amount of $50,00), find il still In cus
tody. .
Frederiek A. Marden, Chief Clerk
Division of Accounts, U. S. Treasur
er's office; proved; •.in the Winter of
1871-7 . 2, to be a defaulter in the sum
of 812 ; 1190; he is still confined.
----, Yhillips,alias Forbes, charg
ed with embezzling money Irtliii the
Sub-Treasury In New-York, was ar•
rested tit , Queenstown, Ireland, in
April, 1870, and sent to jail for eight
days.
il. R. Hußumf, Controller of the
Currency; charged with receiving
bribes; forced to resign March, 1872,
in consequence of a report. wade by
the Committee on Banking and Cur
rency of the House of Representa
tives, which ymnerated him from
any dishnn es but advised
his resignation or removal.
"Lew" Hulburd, Bank Examiner
in Philadelphia; defaulter in the sutn
of 838,000; Wbtle cashier of OE2 Farm -
et's National Bunk of Richmond,
Va., in 18116; after being forced to re
sign this position he was appointed
to the position of Bank. Examiner in
Philadelphia, by his brother ; Con
troller llulburd; he reigned the ()f
-ile° of Bank Examiner a short time
since.
Charles Callender, ex-Bank Exam
iner fur New-York; arrested Dec,
11471, ehargt4l with retviving bribes
from the OCIIIII Bank of New York
City to the amount of s76,iiiio ; held
by U.S.Commksioner(isburn iit3o,-
000, Jan. 20, 1g7•2. to awli.it the action
Of the Urand Jury,
lienryJ. Allen, keeper of t sub
treasuryin New York; charged with
defrauding the Government I,y:
means of false vouchers; an hale(lite
postponement of the ease was asked
by the District Attorney In January
Itan,
DErAwrm EsT STATE
O'nunk McGraw, a watchman at the
State Department, charged iu Sept.
2's7l, with stettling,in connect ion with
George H. Chase, a Ptkit-Oinee mes
senger, gold and silver treaty seals to
the value of $4O tor $590; he con fused
and the scaly were reeovered in a
meltel condition in January, IM 72.
He pleaded guilty to petty I ; neeny
by consent, and aas lined $..101, and
sentenced to three mont hs in jail.
DEPARTMENT ur CSTICE.
John Logan, V, S. Marshal for the
Southern District of Illinois, charged
Oct. with Ira' -eating fraudulent
tick.lourits ; ZItl• %%tis prelerred
by his 1) puty, who prepared tht4 tit
counts anti knew them to be fraudu
lent; it \yam thought at the time that
no action %you'd helaken in the mat
ter.
11'..\. Itritton, V. S. Marshal fur
Western District of Arkansas; tie
idenee asdiire
in possession of the Government; he
was not proseented, Put simply dis
missed; his sue•eessor Root i was re
evtitly relieved and Britton re•insta
teel.
(9 . .-703 is
The amount standing in the hooks
of I lie °film, January 1, 1 against
ex-collet•ton<of Grant's Administra
tion was s9s.tto4l. To thin must he
added the defalcation of Statinard of
\:t.. of ....-t3.;,1;00, and nob!)
S.tvannah I,otfD, n 10/il/ of
full :...447,000. lii this office the em •
bezzlernents are numerous, and the
amounts taken by each individual,
exerld in ISOlattql cases, small. The
reason of this is that collectors are re
quired by law to deposit daily, and.
are !levier allowed to keep on hand,
except in the °dices of the (torts
where the litt-ities is large, More
than t42,litil.
Gen. Richard Dowermati, Dop
uty CollectorofCustmnsat Baltimore
--arrestett in Sept. 1470- charge, em
bezzling i12,0n0 of the public
and presenting a fraudulent claim for
in gold; indicted in September
171, and pleaded "not guilty."
Nathaniel Gale, clerk in the Naval
(Mice depart meet of the Roston Coq
toin-house, charged, May N7II, \vith
defrauding the Government to the
amount 01 .$6,01111 in gold.
Win. A. firay, temporary clerk in
the Boston, Custom-house, arrested
June 1870, on a charge of dealing, in
canceled revenue stiunps.
Rodney W. Daniels, Collector of
Customs at Baltimore; accused, No
vember, Is7o, of malfeasance in of
fice, in using the public funds for his
private business, and his office placed
in the hands of a t • . S. Treikury
agent.
Wm. D. Case. Inspector in the
New-York I 'ustoni-house; arrested,
May, 1570,.0n a charge of conspiring
with John A. Machado and William
H. ( 'ruts to (termii the re,vnue
hit-Ming imported goods.
Palfrey, rottector of l'ustotn4
at Salem, Mans.; charged with de
frauding the Government.
D. Ogden, employe in the New •
York Custoni•house; removed, April
Is7n, for receiving certain sums for
conferring favors upon outside per
son,. winch he fated to place in
his certified accounts.
Merrick, hi) employe in
the New-York Custom-house; re
moved, April, Is7o. fur receiving.
money fir conferring favors upon
out.side persons, which he fuiled to
place itti his certified accounts.
THE NAVY DEPAETMENT
The Navy ilcintrtnient also aids in
swelling the atnomd, four hundred
and sleventg-six thousand eight bun •
dred and eighly-three dollars and fif
ty-firr renti having' been taken by the
paymasters, including the defaulting
clerk in the Brooklyn Navy-Yard.
There are other cases to increase this
sum, but the accounts are not settled,
so that it is difficult to arrive at the
actual amounts lost.
WA I: DEPARTM EN'l
Paymaster I Igo, sentetteed lcto
her, 1• 4 71, to be cashiered to forfeit
all pay and allowaticvs, and to be
int
pri.utied at hard labor in the Albany
Penitentiary, fur 10 years for embez
zling 5445,106 of public money.—
There was considerable. discussion in
Washington at the.time the defalca
tion was detected (Sept. 13, 1871,)
over the responsibity; the , Treasury
Delia rtmept claiming that the Pay
Department was at fault, while the
Paymasters 'Bureau declared (tint
the Treasury Department ought to
have discovered the irregularity of
lodge's accounts months and years
before the facia were known.
'ls the 1. ttdical satisfied With the
~ehm'e revions:"'
(iREAT —ti. At J. tinelleri
burg will sell the balance of their Sum
mer stook of Clothing at greatly reduced
prices, prior to laying In a full assort
ment for Fall and Winter Wear. Look
out for Nubby Styles, Good Goods, anti
Reasonable Prices, at the old reliable
Clothing House of S. .t J. Snellenburg,
Broadway, Now Brighton.
Men's, Youth's, Boys and Children's
of the latest styles and 'pattertpt,' at S. 4!
J. Snellenburg's, New Brighton.
COIIittESPON MOM.
lir. recicy's Views of Civil SetViCe
• lkform ax Exprepteci in :a leiter (0
lion. air( SMuri.
The following correspondence be
tween Mr. Greeley and lion. Carl
Schurz gives the views of the former
,on tipa i rcptaution of civil service.
heform:
Sr. Lotifs'; June 'Nth; 18n.
rfo Hon. Dome Greeley: .
DEAR Sttti-Lfifyoni letter of aceep
lance you promise thorough reform
;of the civil se:tvico hi general terms;
The question how the problem of
civil servivt. reform :presentsritself to
your mind is one of great interest,
and 1 would suggest, if it be consist
ent with your views of propriety,
that you give me such explanation us,
will put your intentions in this re
spect in a clear light. -
' Yuan, truly,
C. Scut:az.
The foiloiiiing is Mr. Cireeley's
NEW YtotK, July 5, 1872.
Y DEAR, Situ Yours of the.2Bth
ultimo,only rwehed me three days
'ago. 1 twpontl its promptly as I
may. Tne"problein of civil Fservitv.
reform is rendered difficult by an al
liance between the Executive and
Legislative branches of- our federal
Uovernment. Tilosv Wein tiers or
congrems who 1,,v0r the Administra
tion habitually Maim and are accord
ed a vlttual monopoly of thoYedes
al offices in their reSpective Stites or
districts, dictating appointments Loaf
removals as interest or caprice way
suggest. The President appoiuts at,
their bidding; they legislate in sub
servience to his will, often in opposi
tion to their own convictions. . •
iThicks ull History is unmeaning,
this confusion of Executive and Leg
islative responsibilities and functions
could not disUmper and vor
rupt the [,tidy' pcilitie. I hold the
eligibility of Presidents to re-elec
tion the ;rutin source of this corrup
tion.
A I'm .);(It.nt should lie above huge
of tutu re favor or the fear of allenia
ting partisans. lie should be the
official chief not of a party but of the
Republic. Ile should dicad nothing
but the inexorable Judgment of trod.
lie shold fully reallZe and never
forget "`that Congreks" in its own
sphere is paranitiunt awl-nowise:tine
• liable to his supervision, and that the
heartiest good viii 4o his Adminis
-1 ration is perfectly eoMpatible . with
the Most peinhal dissent froth his
inculeatitins_ou the very gravest
questjohs In' 9 m 4. 'or politielii eixin
om
It y is the first step that mats. Let
It be settlid that a President is not
to be re-elected while in office, and
civil service reform is no longer dif
ficult. need no' °lglus, no
subsidized defenders; he will natur
ally select his chief counsellors from
among the ablest and wisest of
his feliowNi,izens, rwartil.,s alike
of the shiiek4 of lomuity, and the
suggestions of a selfish policy. Re
will have to conciliate no chief of a
powerful clan to attach him to his
personal fortnne;lie will be Impelled
to appoint (as none Will deny that he
should appoint) Wen of ripe experi
ence in business and eminent fast
motile capacity to collect, keep, and
disburse the revenue, instead of dex
terous manipulators of primary
meetings sad skilful tratlickers in
delegates to noiniwilingconventions.
lie will thus transform the civil ser
vice of the country from a party lOU
chine into a business establishment.
No longer aspirant to place, the
I'l - E- i sn't-at tvili naturally aiin to mer
it aiet s4.cui • ti' approbation of the
entire peeplc, but espe hilly of the
eminent, tt Ise and good..
As to the machinery of the boards
of examiners, &e., whereby the de
tails of civil service reform are to be
matured itial perfected, 1 defer to
the Judgment of a Congress unper
in legislatiuu 'a
which I have already exposed and
reprehended. llp Wilds our expe
rience of the doings of boards in this
direction has not been encouraging,
and II& I ant coolident Is not the
fialt of the gentlemen who have
tried to serve the public as cumin
loners. In so far is they may Ila ve
failed, the cause of their 111 success:
niust b«.x trinsie.
I tail tht ()mil neeoriled
field I ion sure tlicy have
\Yr( , ilgill to bytter purpose. A think
er iliac the spirit' in
u - bieli ut w, irk is the mutter,
and ue ran rieV , r se,r
-‘ lee ri.furni until I he interests which
itt.r.lllll4l it -111111 t , t• wore butt rit in
our p111)11,• couti,o-k than tho , r Nvhich
to fx\or it . That
Ott: eonsuinnuttion not iii-taint I
fervently tru.-t. .Mr:intinie, thank
ing y ,, ti c:irm , t arid cfri,-
t 0,•,• Intro to tii:s (••l, I lemilin
yours,
ard From C. W. Ellin
'I . () rut: Itraq itLit•\ Ns ))1 , WA It
-I;EN Olt N (;(7‘ll,ntert: Ay it lios
ta'on elaiined that smue persons did
hot fully utult•nstutul the statement 1
made at 'Warren on Friday last, in
rel.it ion to iii()nvy having been
used at Ilarrisburg for the purpo s e
of doeating.soltie special legislation,
I !mike tile following statement iu
writinu., that, none may be mista
ken as to the facts of the matter:
Two years ago last White!' 1 was
interested with Messrs. Henry Fish
er, .ldnah Neybart, ./0311Ua Pierce.
M. t;,. Cushing., James Parshall and
J. L. (;rainlii,, all of Tidioute,
in i t pipe for running oil fr:,tu the
wells on Detink run it' the riser and
The developements were at that
time fast extending westwardly with
very fav , irable indications, and sev
eral parties were making efforts to
,evure eharters to enable them to lay
pipt•' to coin pete with us,
Having expended about twenty
t 11011. , 11nd dollars (s2o,ntiol in our pipe
we thought it stavisithle to secure a
charter to protect
• As i was a personal friend of our
representative, Col. Harrison Allen,
it WILI stig,gestett at a meeting Of the
company that I procted to Harris
burg to sue what could he dune.
pon getting three saw Mr. A lieu
and told him what I awe fur, and
told him to use his influence in our
favor. He said that there %vete al
ready several applications for pipe
charters in Will rem and Vt flung°
counties, and on account of the cone.
pet ion It %% ould I huposskilu tar us
to ipht:;:n au exclusive charter, but
that he thought the better way for
our proteetlon would he to kol all
pipe chai ters Which other parties
might seek to obtain, and that that
would be accomplished in commit
tee, but to do so it %%mild require
some money. I asked hint how
mou eh. lie replitd that -it sunk' be
done for two thousand dollars ts2,-
ono). 1 told him that halving nu
au-tOority to wake such an arrange
ment I (Vould have to return and
consult with the e, loyally. He said
that so far as he was concerned he
did not want a dollar, neltherikvould
he receive it, but fur his services in
the matter and the right to lay our
pipes across his land, which at the
time was producing oil, he wanted
us to agree to give nim a draw back
of five cents per barrel for his share
of the oil run by us. I returned home
and laid the filets before t he Com pany •
After talking the matter over they
decided that rather than endanger
their interests it would be Well to
pay the two thousand dollars, and
also to give Mr. Allen the draw bark
referred to above.
I returned to Harrisburg again,
called on Mr. Allen and told him
that the company had concluded to
pay the money. Ile then said that.
be would not accept t►ny of the two
thousand dollars, but Would tell the
Where to leave it.
I then put the two thousand dol
lars hi currency In an envelope which
. . - -
I sealed and hedirecied me' hand
It to Mr. Chase, a young man from
Warren county, to whom tie intro
duced me t and directed me to say to
Mr. Chase to keep it until called for,
all of. which I did. I had no con
versation with Mr. Chase. nor any
one else but Mr. Allen in relation to
the money, nor did I mention to
any one except Mr. Allen the nature
of my business-at Harrisburg.
A few days otter my return we
heard that a pipe charter which pre
..viousiy covered Venango and Craw
ford counties had been extended to
Warren county. The company in
structed me to return to Ilarrisburg
and see if the report was carnet, and
if so to withdraw our money if it
could be done. 'I called on Mr. Al
len and had him to go with me to
the records and. found that such a
charter had been ;granted.
I .said' to Mr, Allen, •thia , beitig the
case I wish to withdraw our 'money
as its use then could, 410-418 PO good
lie replied that it was too late, that
the money had been applied to the
rise designed, but that he would guar
antee that the charter should not in
terfere with nil' whatever, and thit
he wooldiprateet our inter es ts. All
ofwhich I reported to the company
as stated. C. W. Et.t.ts.
Witnets present: Se!den Marvin
Enreaune 21, tB(9.
CT EiNrELD wants to sto you in his
new store, corner Broadway and I.,Tk
ktreels
New ..Idrertimement4.
xec 111 n. NOTICE?. —Fiadate of Ithibul.
.1.14 Darragh. decatnril. -Letter. trstatrimatnry
on the ortato,of Ihuluirt Darragh, (terminal. late of
the borcirigt(dlßridg..;witter. trt tho counts 01 BOA
ver, and State of Pentiryliraulu, hug been
granted to Il.e ealt.crllwr... all perlioll. 4 asl• g
ut drinand+ agyllint the c•tale of the Sala
deCklrlst nry linreby rru uredd to trtfike liattlirti the
'Mille hi the unilerniglimt without ilrlay.
II lIS M W
rtsoN Kamm. 1 R'`."
AGENTS '""
The Jersey, Alderney and Gurnsey
'' CC:rVET-"
The 1 e.t [look for Aireilio. It tells hour to intik
10 rdise. lu &11,11In!C and to tweed to the roust prqlll.
Price $1
So'd ,m`y 1.) suh,crlyllow Ilh.rnl tenno; cir,u•
lar• ncitt fr.•, .cud (or mem Ptyrr fill St CUAn.,
twrs, iptiss. Pa. augi - lua
- _
werAsueu co Is IV V.
The Large.vrt and Berl Stock of
11 1 1",712.,N . UT TT RH.,
of Nl.etut,one,
0( our own Manufacture, writ be touutt at. thy
Nome.°(4. Furniture Estublieltmeht of
C. G. lIAMJIL'IIf,& SONsc
The most approved styles of Fine and
Medium krurniture, in Larzer variety than any
Other lioune, ut very reasonable yric,e l'uraons
furnishing bowie. would no welt to sr rite for our
new eirtuthir, or when in Pitt•burgli we runlet" I -
roily 1..11C1t a vi-it to our warerootus. Pont tor
gyt the place,
4% 18. a: Seventh, A v Pittsburgh.
We cheroot...lle trot ld in prires ior tho .stoe
quality or to.terhit and Workmatiallip of oar GoOda.
(Cut !toe
J. I3l•:lst Gi eV. C
Eik LE.II, I
Queensware, Glass, China,
ax. Alen, a I:argv arsortlnent of Fruit Jars and
Jeas, l l uublers ou bland. at lowest figure, l.tse
1101 It Cull Mid ‘ve wiii pew, this 1.)• , t1f 64/11.111,
tiou. lOU Federal fitreot, Allegueuy City
PITTSBURGH FEMALE COLLEGE.
KLY.4.Ass bulltlings, well rurnie,hed a a.cl carpel
rd tburollglivat. 'ltsurougli course vt et , tdy.
Twchty..Thirce Teacher■.
&re!, thpartments. Spvci..l taschers -fniir In
Munk:— for ructi of ttb ortiamt•utal hrunchr*.
terkeLcre. La . Yrcuch I 1 i.ertuan. lhargcs
leas than any ,cip.wi quail adsnr.l.lages
Linn uccunitnuthitiot, Yalt term t. , annlenc.re Sep
tember loth. L.4We Yr, e. Meta, key. I. t...
I'lth..bu..lb. . for a t.....rea
ae. uag7:6sa
te„ct•ipoter'po 1 otit•e..
(al( E 11.•rt.by that the: toll...watt; at:
4 Couttte. of EitAttturA, Adaittaptroittre, t„;ustr
(yaw, Sr , htiv, bccu duly platetetl rid tiled in
Up, Ifegieter e of lieto.er county, Pm , mud
u la be repented to the Ur}, t for con
fut:Ratiou uud atltt , stauce on Wvdneetlay, Septeui
b,:r 4th, A. :
FinJf at:co:Lilt 01 Jodi:shawl Willman J. Strout..
fiduiliktoiraturs of the entate of Davin Jtrourr
decea6et.l
Aect,tlt/t of Niatlinoti Darrar,,ll.4ruAlthau ,1 lirur}
curd or Ea•Aari Mu•ta,
Account-1, .1 Tli.hotto, ,SIL Lartj gtiatilian v:
rnalk nnd 'Saucy H Smith, nnuor ii~ll¢t.o of
J °withal' smith, -
Act:ol4l.a of :tittrgttrv-t 1)oulty. I not% Bt-t,•••11.
Alta I.t. Mcllvato atliiiitnotratotr t'4,, it to/
Lliittt.ro, of II .1 I/ 01i ivy, qtreeziet,l
Account Jacob and Ihulualt Mom, cievutocs
of ;he vi It of icholas Motu, deed.
.1 - ,ICllurtru*, Vont, ttr tit:lrate stc•AcuTtrietwt-tr.-
Account or J. S. NUtall. of :,..yethey
J6lmeton, cbll.l of David Jutmetuu, deed
Account of ifiratu,l.Juseg. leaareliam, of Robert
I) i 2 ,14 tbtid ut Jame, Ll If lit,. der d.
Account ut Sarah .1 Douald, Admimetartric of
Lb t,inte of Juur Douai& decd.
Plural nrcoUnt Or A rcptl.ld 11134/ Nana I r Ag
fee,s. fixtxmcum 011 A m A;,mow. Uce U.
Fmal accoullt ut .131r0-s Arbuckle.. Jr. 11011141'sJ of
l'err) A rtm, 1.10, corn 01, .1.0110” A roudilr, dec d.
FILM :1,•••1111tr. ~f llrctmrl
t 4131 p,r. r kkt t ourad
vltk' .1
!turnout of Juntrit Couuinu'llam, Guardian of
Nancy Bruton,. t ttiltl ttl Mallet , liniu4e, d,,
, f 1 h f of M Adooto,o..tor or
Pat
of lir 4 I. Lir% 1 , 111.4
EN.etutor of the • , 1:, ) . ?*ol4.ltr. Llec u.
amount F f.. 1.n711, it. Exer.titor of ill, mrill
of M.,r4.nrri H .;
Feral Etu,,tu, N,.,:tzle, A 1 11(1141,1 , a'
i Of (110 t". 1111- l,,:oct,rai, 41,
t•IN k,LIiIUN, Iteqtat. I .
Rowell & Co.'s Advertise men ts.
IF YOU SPA:NT
A GOOD SCHOOL FOR YOUR BOY
V. II Elt Blt WILL BB
Well Taught, Well Fed & Cared For,
Amid hdypy earronnillugs, send him to
l'ilANI/SERSBURG ACADEMY
.1 11 ! , 111 . DI AKR Ph. LI., Principal.
ebambervba iv. Pa.
Lebanon. Valley College,
LWI.'
Nall feral Agin a Au:: 19
For adttrt,s the l'repqtlept, L. li
IiANINI(PN It, A 4_ Attlivl He,
COTTAGE SEMINARY
FOR YOUNG LADIES,
At Potuitown, Montgomery Co., Pa.
on Phlladelpbln 4.t Reading R. R. Twenty-sec
otnl annual session opens Slept 11th Situation
healthy and beautilul,
Classical. English and
llathronstleal courses of study- thorough 3 . 311
prat teal. For circulars, contains full particu'ars,
undress OEO. U. MRIGii. A N.. Principal.
OLLIgeIIATII3 & COMMERCIAL IN
NTITLTE,, New Haven, coml. ?re
paratory to Colleze, Business, Seteuerle Schools,
s. Military and Naval At - ado:nes. Fall sea.
tinth year. tiegine Sept. 11 For Catalogue,
atttlicss, (ieu H. BiLzia.riLL,
A.•LNT+ WANTY•O Pon LL'I AN]. 71.111 e,
JAMES FISK, JR.
Contain. lilographies of Drew. Vanderbilt. Gould,
Tweed. A:c., with a financial lin.tory of tho etlTl4-
try for the lart three yearri, and what G re Is t knew
uliont FRIDAY." liver Ent pug..., Ad
dre:ot Mc,/ York BOOK CO . li,i 3aanau Pt reet,
New York.
Campaign bowls for 1872.
A 4orit4 %tinted for our Csmpaigh Goods. Sea ill
•og41; /1111106*r reol.prolit. No* is the time.
&cid at cmco for descriptive circulars and Price
d
Usti tine Steel Ti.ngravings . of all tile Can Campine Biogruptdes, Photo.
graphs, bodges. Pins, Flags, and everything
to the times ten dollars peiday.esstly mods:
Full pazup iee , scut for Athircps, J. uuttE.
:t7 P.,rl; fto,,, New York.
yeas
JEivemr4 b sitvEß
c THOS.MCFADOENJR.
'l O .2- 415"An.PITTSBURCH.
GENTS Wanted. makr more
tlttaltuy k tur as than at an thtltz
Itupltless light and pvrmant•ht. Partkulart , frve,
STIN,ON 4 t Co Fen' A4l Pe/bilxhe rt, p u n.
land. Maine.
U. S . ); 1 4 ,
ire l u ' lairnitl!rter $290
BARLOW'S . INDIGO BLUE
t. the chespcsd au hsod article in the market for
litueigiq dlie genuine has both Barlow't
And Wiltbeezer•it name on the label, mid is pat up
at Win Serge r'r Drnt: Store. No. •22.1 North Second
St , Phtladeljohls. b. H. WILTD ERG Elt. Propr i -
et or 'For wile by nruguitths auttnroeerA.
itlect all . Violent Purgatims. They ruin 14e
tone of the howetk end weaken the dlgeotlon.
Thrroora 1 6 ;ffrrrescont Nettzer Aperient is toted by
rational people n. n mean. of relieving , all de:ange
l...loS Of tee .t.tanteh, liver and intestine.. !wean.*
It rentwee. otnoruetiono a/In:toot pain and impart.
vigor to the organs which It parities and regulate.
SOLD BY ALL DRUGGISTS.
$l,OOO REWARD
For any came of Blind, Bleeding,
Itching, or Ulcerated Piles that
UK DING'S Pile ltemcdy rait to cure. It to pre.
pared expnawly to ewe the Piles, rlOll nothing
elm°. Sold by nildruggints. Price. $l.OO. )04 4w
Mkeellanemcs.
BOGGS & BUHL,
128
,FEDERAL STREET,
ALLEGHENY CITY, PA.,
Are offering a complete tissorti , rit of
THIN DRESS GOODS
AT THE MOST TEMPTING pmc Es.
',AMU JapanePc (pn:q ;
LISLE THREAD POPLINs,
100 PIECES GREN ALAN!.
AT 13. 20 AND 23 CEN
I CASE o ROA NMI!: LAWS I;
'`JAPANESE Sf
pultE SILK CHAIN, AT s;', LNTs
A s good as any 75 cent y 04,11.1 i n
THE MARKET ,
SUITS! SUITS' $4 50 AN I.) 1 , 1.01, t,t; )4
and $9.00, in very eli:Jict sky
CALL AND BE CONVINCE') '
BOGGS & BURL.
I,G„SI Federal St
;2;IyJ ALLEGHENY. IPA
ES
ug 10;61v
Ificormated bl Act of Legislature.
CAPITAL. - $ lOO,OOO
PRIVILEG to,
cl/04111074 ettred 6y ii di F.Ar?,
exc . ( maircly
Six Per Cent: Interest
Paid to Depositors on the l'ompeun
ding
Per Attention i■ directed to the liter,
lour for vrtthdrawing money denos.tre , a 1
be done In *Wan amount*. WITHOUT ')fl E
FROM THE DEPOSITOR.
AVI COMMlLitiltslimis will reZeive ',romp: 151,, y
JA.3IES T. SHADY, Pr,tidre
DAVID CAMPBELL, Treasurer
T.J.CHANDLEit
lJent.im, pit; rontinan;
periorni •.
Yu , !. . r,
ith a Ca
t.. 114, e r duce
in the beat Itoaeible manner an 4 it..•
able terme.
The booki 01 the :ate n,n, • f T ." • :i.kNl).
LER & SON ere in hi. Lane, ‘.,`•r•
have accounts NI 111 please cal i .
genie the Pttru•!
H.. v. 1.-t,,
7YI-onLy r• 1 .1 r ';' • • .
•.)(),11()1) UI)
IN VALUABLE GIFTS!
T:) J`:
L. U. SIN E
157 , 11Ei ; (TAR 31 1 , NTIf
aTRT Pnf.orprise
To be Dravin lionday, Sept.9th, ISD2
One Grand
..4"4:5,00() (i--(41,1)!
Two Prizes, :$l,OOO
Five Prize:4, $,llO . (Trern\lack,
Ten Prizes of epliX)=
410 Fa m Ify Carriage and NI .0,1
Horses with Silver-Mounted II arne...l
worth $1,500!
tine Horse and Buggy with .`% ., 11T) . Mtn",
e t ! Il tnteas wur tivt,
Char Fihe..t.,nrcl Ito , wwoottll:wzo worth
Flee Faintly Si wln^ Machina., worth IMO es.r.
750 (t•it and Stir., Lrrer Hurting
at!) trorfhfrom VAR) each'
Lridiee Ch:11114, Gerit'F 1,,, d
Solid nti,l Doublc•pinted
pllOOl., 01:1111111 Albrim,:. Jewelry A. A.
Whole Number Gifts, 6.000.
Tichel4 Limited to : 0 , 10 ".
Agvnt , Want,•,l :
1.11 ,, rat Premilinis x% Hi I'.
tSue Tie Lo-
W. etty•flve Twk
Circulars contatning a full 11•4 ; r nur
Keriptiou of the Manner of draxeln..; ..
fortuatiou to referencv to tt...• d;•;-1'•.;;;. •; sy:
sent to any one ord.irinc 'Thum A
be midreAred L. I). '4l L. b.'
A u47;5t °face. 101 \V. Ful!:.•t
IFY1"1" I 11.:
•T.l PAM)
"7 , F2' s f
S('ALES I
•
SamsenStaiddrfl
A st.ar.t 11:4:g:wt.
'trucks, Patent i'asu I I r 3wf,-. and ‘ , r.'
eers's Supplies REPAIRED.
Pi(HUDER 711 . (1,1 . 1 1( i,
General Azent4. 1'
1.47 - SeIA for k,ircular..n..l Prict 1...:
The Best for All Purposes
11(tre t•asily managed, rw,: $.:
runs lighter than any
markt t , cleaned 331 1.. 1 , 1 .. r , '
tame tuAbie , i, holds twice• a ,
3S tint• other shuttle. 1. , a k '
on both --ides, ,cll
.Justly .IJ'Optt I ar.
Front the first " f~U~IL ii
rapidly inereaset: in pflpillar.h.
day, in the opinion of till ‘1"
Sewing Slaeltine men, it st:in.!.
TT NTRIV A I,LE 1)!
It is gaining favor much ta.stcr 11,3[1.“.
other Machine lieretollm pre,ent , d '
public, which can be seen fr.mm it
eil ear I , er tilt• prt.el`lll:.`2.
OVER Fl V E [MED IER CEN
No Is h crt-istoz ik sal :
gaining public Ltvor rap‘llv :s.
C:OMM r I W I C
This is hi nalsiAtiii !ivy ,‘t
SVIDEIZIOR , I TA'
wn. IL4)111:11TRON. .t gent.
Beaver F.iik. P. Call ; 01,1 t•\ LII.
Machin.
Dividend_ IN
_ -
N Arios.u. BANK OF 4EAI Li:
N KV. LI s
TIIE Board of Dlrertors 'Lim
day declared a Ills Wend of tUI K CF..: I
upon. tho Capital Mook . for the last.
payabie forthwith. free of all lax
jr2.4.3w. EDWARD 1100 els.
1 4 ' , 011. SALE A 1111 a-ra h, Cow, ti, t.
1 Apply at Tits Atutt's office.
$500,000
1111