The Shasta courier., 1854-10-14
The Meiggs Forgery aR4 Faiipre.

The Meigss Forgery aR4 Faiipre.
Henry and John Meiggs, Of San Francisco,
have recently absconled from that city, after
perpetratng the most astounding apd stqpend-
Gus frauds-amountiag in the aggregate, ac-
cordng to the Herald of the 9th, to upwards Of
two millions of dollars. Henry Meiggs was
one of the largest operators in San Francisco,
and John Meiggs was elected City Controller at
the late election. Both were esteemed men OF
the most incorruptibe integrity, and their Gre
dit among bankers and merchants was unlimited.
Indeed the former was commonly called
honest Harry Meiggs." They left San Fran
cisco on the morning of the 9th, in the bark
america, which they had purchased through an
agent several days previous, the agent alleging
that he was making the purchase tor two gam
blers, who were going on pleasure excursion
to ports Oh the Pacific. The Her1ld says she
had always carried one smal cappopade, and
three more were purchased and placed on
board prior to her departure thus evidencing
an intention on the part Of the abscopdipg for
gers. to make desperate resistance if pursued
and overtaken. .
The Times and TraBsrrjpt of the 10th, how
ever, says that the statement Of the amounts
forged and of individuals losses, are greatly ex-
aggerated;-
There is as yet no snre indication of more
than SID00Gg OF warrants having been forged
these were RECEIVED at 50 cents on the dollar,
and the loss thus ascer,ained is 5000. .O00.-
Placing the forged notes at the highest estimate,
| does not add more than $4,000 to this amount /;
and the extent of the fraudulent issue of Lumber
Company Stock not yet calculated over $500, 900.
o,hecated at the rate OF twenty-fiv cents on
the dollar would be $4,000 more, WHICH makes
| the aggregate cash deialcatlon aponpt to $685.
00G. This is quite euonsh for even the recu-
peratixe energies OF California To bear up under,
but 1t is not by any means two million dispen
satiuu, and there is no particular advantage in
making the matter worse than it really isl
The SEsAroRiAL QUEsrIoN--Seyeral of the
papers below have been discussing with great
eafnesineSs tie claims of various gentlemen to
the distinguished position of U. S. Senator from
this State. The State Journal thinks McDongall
better suited to the Snpteme Bench: and Nc
Corke deficient i'll that indomiabe energy so
necessary to accomplish anything considerable
IN the L. .. oenale IL is perfectly SATISFIED,
however, that Mr.. Broderck is possessed of all
those qualifications for firstra,e Senator that
the other gentlemen are so deficient in.
The Times and Transcript, OH The other
hand, considers Senator Gwinn the man; does
not think anything of any body else; and scouts
the idea of the North furnishing U. s. Senator
The North, forSooth, what is she, that she should
ask for this great thing. True, when an elec.
ton day approaches, the men of San Francisco
who make politics trade, are ready enough to
talk about the rights and the wrongs of the
North, for then they recollect that about two
thirds of the votes of the State are to be found
in that division. But jnst soon as the men of
tie North come up to their help and win vic
tory, they glide back into the old idea, that San
Francisco is the State of California The
North, indeed, ask to furnish U. S. Senator
while San Francisco stands! The idea is truly
preposterous. The North Bah No wonder
the Times and Transcript is disgpsted. We are
astonished that the Marysville Herald should SO
earnestly press this point, evidently very dis
gustng to s; n Fra Icisco masters.