The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1854-12-13

in charge Of the post office department, opened
copied re-sealed ,thecopes circulated privately
and even-in two cases-pubIished in the news
papers Of New Jersey One of these paper
even accompanied the publication with boas
that-
"The discovery and possession of these letter
, will show the plotters that their movements ar
t all watched and known, their secret disguise
: will be stripped from them, and in future the.
: will have to act openly with the wings"
The correspondent charges moreover 3tha
copies of secret circulars issued in other states
have been, within the last few weeks, after bein!
mailed copied and published without the knowl
edge or consent of the writer's, or those to whom
| they were addressed" He adds that the 'scor
respondence Of the know nothings is chief,
rifled by the post Office spies.'
We abstain from any expression of condem
nation natural to such a statement until 1t shall
have been corroborated We cannot believe
the system of Austria and Italy possible unde
government protesting to be republican. A
both the writer's of the four letters copied, ant
those to whom they were addressed, have made
oath that they never furnished copies of the
same to any one, or permitted any one to have
an opportunity to take copies, either before they
were mailed or after they were received, ant
as all the facts connected with the subject have
been laid before the district attorney of the Uni
ted States and the postmaster general. we shall
await some official and authentic notice of tht
charge If those officers should, however, omi
to bring the subject before the country, we trus
some member of congress will move an earl J
inquiry into the truth of charges affecting SC
deeply the honor of the country and the actor
of the government. Baltimore Patriot
BANK DEFALcAr1oN.-We published tele-
graphic dispatch, a few days ago, stating that
Mr.. Candee, the paying teller Of the Ameri-
can exchange bank. New York city, had been
found to be defaulter to the amount of $780,
500. 1t appears that to protect the bank, Mr..
Candee has placed securities in their hands,
consisting of bonds, mortgages and other pro-
perty to the amount of !-161,O 600 at their cost
value. The bank further holds bonds of $780,
600 from his sureties, and it is supposed that
the ultimate loss, if any, will be tri1ing. The
Journal of Commerce, Of the Gath ult. says;
''Mr. Cardee has been very much respected
in Yonkers, where be lived in good style, keep
ing his horses and carriage, but not being con-
sidered particularly extravagant. Various sto-
ries have been aAoat in regard to his luxurious
parties, but gentleman who is acquainted
with the facts, states that those parties have
been very unfrequent, and that the one given
last week could not have cost over $500. Night
before last hint was given to the bank that
all was not right, and after the business of the
day was closed, the officers, called him into the
presidents room and asked him if his accounts
| c,,.bt II i,l ,ta)1 tbo+F &c
money was short 1888, 500 He stated thata
year ago, by certifying check which was not
made good, (notby taking flyer" in stock?)
his money became short about SIC, 900, and
that he has been during the year specializing
in various ways, in order to replace the money.
If this explanation be correct it is matter of
curiosity to know how he filled up this gap in
his leash on hand" when the bank made its
quarterly examinations. The most probable
explanation is that he used for this purpose
checks and trust funds deposited with him to
meet notes presented at the counter
Bogus money is being introduced about the
city pretty extensively, justnow. We have seen
pieces of various kinds, within the past week,
passed upon unsuspecting persons, but the chief
one is counterfeit of the haf-dollar cast at the
mint of this city during the present year. They
are tolerably well executed, but may at once be
detected by a slight examination, their feeling,
their softness, the bad imitation of the milling,
their lack of ring are too palpable to mislead
those who will examine what they receive. 1t
will be as well, in cases Of making payments to
strange or doubtful persons to be careful in
previously assuring oneself that the money
passed is good, for it is a common trick to sub
sttute bad piece for a good one received, and
make the unsuspectng or careless payer replace
the bad one. BY this operation, the operator
gets two good halfdollars for his one counter
felt, the profit on it, consequently, is 100 per
cent. more than if passed in the ordinary course
of dealing, and the temptation to pass it in this
way is proportionally greater. Picayune.
The Irish hands on the railroad, from Tip
perary county, working on the tunnel, and for
miles below, turned out about two hundred
strong-some say three hundred-and started
for Jefferson city, to kill and destroy all the
property of the Corkonians in Jefferson city,
and run them away from the railroad. They
only came in sight of Jefferson city, and on
perceiving the citizens ready to meet them, they
halted. Captain Parsons, being informed some
time before; ordered out the Metropolitan guard
and citizens, which order was promptly obeyed,
and a company of about one hundred and
twenty-five to one hundred and fifty men were
ready with cannon and rifles. Squire Harrison
and the priest went to them and read the law,
and they promptly promised to go home They
did not 60 at the appointed time, and captain
Parsons company advanced with cannon load
ed with chain, which put them to flight without
any firing. They pursued them mile or So
and overlook some. They all promised to be
quiet The cannon is still loaded, and ready at
q moments warning. Another attack is expec-
ted tonight. The Tpperary men were all well
armed with rifles and knives The town is
quiet. The fuss has been going on for some
time Yesterday the Corkonians went to the
tunnel to whip the Temporary men away from
the tunnel, but found them too strong, they
made excuses, and came back
81. st. Louis Intelligencer
1t having been alleged to the general land
office that "some persons have obtained 10000
acres of public domain under the puise of