The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1852-08-13
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- -~AeLsJC-N kDNESDAY.
n,ana,;nn s-nr, Bradbury made personal ex.
The amsnaeh - whieh ne denied that he prepared
ns .a, aniensment ~. to the supplemental Census
ACT out OF which the dif6cuItv rssra.,;n ",Is
arisen. " .ae Census mas
Mr. DAVIS reported back the river .,ah.
Dor OIL. with amendments increas;ns ~. .a
preparation in the sum OF $l60 900. '' ap-
resolution TO amend the rules by rene.,-
ing the prohibition OF private claims being add,
ed to the appropriation bills, was taken nm d.
bated, and rejected.
The Indian appropriation bill was taken Cd.
and amendments were debated.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, The morn.
ing hour was consumed in the consideration
of the bill to regulate the costs and fees of =
torneys, marshals, and clerks, in the circuit
and district courts Of the u. States.
The general appropriation bill was taken up
10 Committee of the Whole on the state of the
Union.
After debate and the offering of amendments,
the proposition of Mr.. Gentry, offered yester-
day, was altered so that twenty per cent. shall
be gwen TO those only whose annual compen-
sanon does not exceed 81 200, commencing
with the present fiscal year.
Alter passing upon many amendments, the
COMMITTEE rose, and the bill was reported to
The House, which prOcee ded to vote on concur.
ring in The amendments agreed to in Commit
tee.
EFFECTS OF GAMBLING.-We mentioned a
few days since that man named Lopez, for
merly of Mobile, had been arrested in St. Louis
charged with embezzling from his employers,
Messrs- North and Scott, of that city, over
$4,000. The following, from the St. Louis
Republican, gives the particulars of his crime,
and the causes that led to it i:
The young man enjoyed the unlimited con-
hdence OF his former employers, Charless g.
Blow, and he lett that establishment only be-
cause OF some personal disrespect to the Junior
member Of the firm He was then taken into
the confidence Of Mr.. William North, who be.
ing otherwise engaged, gave ur to him the
| custody OF his moneys, books and papers, with
| regular power OF attorney to act for him.
When Mr.. Scott went into the concern as a
partner, he suggested some change in this par.
ticular, but Mr.. North having unlimited con.
fdence in Lopez, declined it, and he continued
10 have charge of the books, &C., up 10 he
time Of the explosion. hlr. Scott's suspicious
were excited short time since, that all was
not right, and he commenced an examination
ofthe books of North s. Scott, and was not
long in discovering that there were forced en-
tries in the cash account, to the amount OF
some $500. This led TO further examina.
ton of the books of Mr. North, and then il
was discovered that Lopez had distracted mo-
ney from his employer TO the amount of nearly
$4,000 This process had been going on from
the second day of his entrance into the house,
when he took $40, gradually increasing in
larger sums, from 500 10 $500 per week, until
he had defrauded his cuntiding employer out
OF some $4,000.
H., Ioo
he is said to have confessed TO the manner in
which it was done and assisted in making an
examination so as 10 fiud out the amount ab-
stracted. So good was The credit of Mr.. North,
and SO we'll known was the position of Lopez
towards him, that he was in the habit of draw
ing, out of the counting room, checks on one
OF our bankers for large sums of money, and
they we've ALWAYS honoIed. Mr.. North is now
absent in the East, and the discovery of so
outrageous fraud will, no doubt, be a matter
OF great surprise to him.
The question will, of course, be asked in
what manner he could have disposed of sue h
an amount of money. He lived free and well,
bat he is said to have acknowledged that the
greater portion of it was lost at the gambling
hells so common in our city. A very large
amount oft went to them, and these sc0un
drels did not hesitate TO entice him to their
houses, although they must have known that
he was using money which did not belong TO
him. While the grand jury are employing
themselves in hunting out petty offenders
against the "peace and dignity of the State"
but which are really OF very trivial moment
when compared with the evils which these
houses, established under their very noses,
bring upon society. it might well be inquired
whether they do their whole duty under their
oaths of office. Why are not these houses
indicted, and the keepers of them exposed, so
that the community may have their eye upon
them.
THINGS BY THEIR RIGHT NAMEs.-Perhaps,
reader, you may remember the reply OF the
old maid in the stage coach TO question
from "Ollapod" as to where the Ridge
Road" was: "that were the er-ridge er-road
:hat we have stricken upon the hill, DER which
the driver has just riz!" Not unlike this
pompos ty of speech was a request made
by certain careful-speaking dandy in
vords," who was out fishing upon the Sus'
quehanna, with a couple Of not very choice
rowing "blades" to aid him. All at once ne
paused, pointed to the shore. and said "Cease
rowing gentlemen, please fancy perceive
a tortoise bawsking upon the benk. Looking
in the direction indicated, one Of the rOwers
said to the other, Hold on Bill! Coy blamed
if there amt mud turkle, any howl The
two speakers had come TO the same conclusion,
but in slightly different terms.
The STEAMER HENRY CLAY.-The wreck
of the ili.fated steamer has been taken entirely
from the water, at the foot of 9th street, North
River, and upon close examination Of the
cinders, nothing in the shape Of human re
mains was found. Stair rods, metal sheathing
copper cents, and glass bottles were melted by
the intense heat and running in shapeless
mass. Portions of the machinery were benz
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