New-York daily tribune., 1854-05-30

n .nutlry ELECT We drunken he se,s
since ihe Issssge Of the law.
FRAUD oN THE Passion BUREAu-From the report Il
the (omm of Pensions Just submitted To The liouJ
of RlosoutativCs by the Secretary of the Interior
pdols that frauds in revolutionary cases have been de,
81 IN ten States; that your cases have been found
be fraudulent which twenty ynine have been admitted
and TWENTY-FIVE rejected The amount of money abstract
Cd fl, tie Treasury in these is SOS 2j3 and hi
amount claimed in that have been rejected becau
oi q cir being fraudulent is si0i OF the money taxed
rom the lIousuy 600 were received upon the elaat
recently discovered TO be fraudulent IN Lancaster County,
Pa These frauds need as early rs lsi, ani hii
been gularly pcrpchated 10 September lsj In I'd
bounty land division the frauds have been numeroai
and more difficult of detection. One persOn IN New fo
CITY, WHO had been largely engaged in this branch OF bus
nCrs had been arrested by order o The late Commissioned
tired IN May, ls53 convicted aud sentenced TO hAni
labor for tenn of years in the penentiary OF NewYo
Several other indictments against guilty parties IN NeS'
lok City Tor frauds IN procuring bounty land claims wer
detected by the statute of limitations The number
iiudu, in this division IL known 20 be very large
AT the present time there indictments pending agan
hloo for fraud in bounty land ia the state
Penn sy, ana: also against three persons n the state
Maryland one in the State of North Carolina, and twl
persons ia the City of New Orleans The numb1
f fraudulent presented by these nno persons NJ
city known, bat cannot be els than two hundred BE-
sde- these extensive operator IN this class Of east
diecOY cred last summer IN Philadelphia; and Jusn
the officers ready to arrest him Tor hrs oense, he w
removed from the world by death. Washington Star.
GRFNr BANK RoBBEKY-sI,5 800 SroLEs-Betweon
and 2, clock Wednesday, nine packagas, containing
500 each stolen from the counter of the Canal Bani
We apprsod OF the matter very soon after, and s
tally charged To- make no mention Of the matter IN ~
NAMING Lc0der; but observe that the evening papn
make the occurrence public a. do tire Cincinnati paper
The money mixture of about one-hird Canal Bad
notes balance mostly Now England, viz: City Bank Ner
Haven't Farmers and Mechanics Bank iHartEDrll M1I
contile lIiartfod, notes with the letter In blf
right end, Nesifed Bank, Stock Bank liIenningsn
and a few Wheeling and Akron Branch Bank notes. III
money was pushed out of sight behind tie iesk Of hs
receiving counter, bat it Ind been in view few mo-
ments before The cnser and teller had barely urne1
their backs and gone a few steps, the clerk busr
writing within feet OF the money and in ull view s
$500 were extracted from pile of 100000 and III
rogue glidcd out Of the Bank amid dozen monet
changers in the lobby of the Bank The robbery is III
boldes and neates have read Of lately yfuly equas
the ceverest exploits Of London pickpockes. reward
Of 81 900 Offered for the apprehension Of the thief AL
recovery and OF the money. The police eyorywhere ha
been teegrarhed. vigorous search will bo made in ~
city. close investigation s being made to who we
III the Bank et the time of the larceny which, IL fully a
ceftaned. viii reduce suspicion To narrow scope an
give some promise OF recovery lCeyeO lLesder 2th
ARREST OF SUPPOSED IMrosrER.--A man ciiil.
himself George W. Smith, and claiming TO be a secr
Agent Of the PostOce Department, called at the Pos
once IN tins city, yesterday forenoon and presertedn
Dir Alls, The Postmaster, letter Of appointment dad
at the PosOfce Department at Washington and beann,
the signature Of the late Assistant Postmaster Gene
Mai S H. Hobbe, stating, at the time that he hh
been visiting many Of the I-ncipal Post-Oices in u.
West os secret agent, rve purpose OF a-cerains
their condition and the Fitularty of the postmssps
Offices. Mr.. Holbrook, for many years agent Of thf
department, happened to be present, and not recof
nizing Smith as an employe Of that branch Of u
Government privatey expressed his suspicious ibt
oil not right; IN which Mr. Allis fully concurez
Smith, after talking official matters whA
and carefully inspecting the Office Withdrew, renark
thai ne would call again IN the afternoon when he cam
according TO appointment and the result Of hs ntery
was an application for the loan Of n Of money, wh9
the Postmaster advanced him. An officer was now -
for, AID smith arrested and il nOv in i awstingi
reply 10 telcgrnphc message from Mr. Holbrook 10 b
PO-t Office Department There cen be no doubt that ms
Ios,inastes at the West have been swindod out OF M
HnOr HObbie Is q forgery.
+. S.-snce the above WINS written, we have hcaria
ore Poetmester not far on, who done ont Of ss
oi money by this same impostOr.
fRoehss,er Advertiser. May
GEEtT FLOOD ~ DELAWARE CouSTY.-On Thursdsi
the 18th inst, et about o'clock p. NJ there occurrei
TIC village OF Andes and vicinity the most terrible a.
destructive food ever witnessed. The usual oxpresO
" the rain fell in torrents CONVEYS no impression Of "a
decent Of that element. II seemed as though the W
" dows OF heaven were opened" and the fon,ias OF N
great deep broken up cloud ponderous ds 4 and n
rihc. approached from the southwest and passed TO a
north Of the village. thunder shower was expected n
Mount PlsgGh, when it actually burst Taecipi,ntng
contents IN volume TO the earth. In s de.ccn. on n
surface the water carried before it fences tree brid
dana sheds, houses, and the soil 10 consiirale dsp
and in fact everything usually and unusually moved
torrents.
PIRE IN CHrc.co.-A FIRE broke out about oc1 Is
Yesterday morning IN frame barn belonging 10 Ca q
John i. Fish in the Of his dwelling o. J,c.soa -
between Lake and Fulton. The flames spread rapid y
the large frame cabinet factory owned and occup ~
ID. l.. Jacobus Bro furniture dealers; also totl y
psnicr shop Of Cevea and & Russell aud the story sni
half frame dwelling nouse Of Mr. Morris Donoyan-slf
which were totly destroyed. The buildings being o'
very inionmabe character also most Of their contes
The IRE made quick work Of cm and before the eng'f
could be fully brought into action, they were mas
ruins.
McsTs: Jacobuss loss Is estimaied TO be abon, sse1
included IN which is the destruction Of their machinery
"A large quaniiiy of seasoned lumber. The building y
contents were insured for ~ 400-si, 900 In the lpi
Mutual, and the balance in the Farmers Insurance ~
ToDy, Oneida Co., y. Y. The loss sustained by CT