The eastern clarion. [volume] (Paulding, Miss.) 1837-1863, 1859-09-07

EuEElzLEuENr.-Thc arrest Of Edmund .
French, engineer and pay clerk .undcr
MAJOR BowmauI oftho Bureau of Construc-
ton OF the Treasury Department in Wash
lngton, for emhczlement, has been mem
toned 10Y telegraph. The amount Of the
frauds l. said 10 be Slj.uOU. The Star
says:
The fraud was discovered ~ Major
Bowman. who was called upon 10 draw "a
check for payment of some II .2pu to "a
concern IN Philadelphia. of whom he had /
no knowledge. and for material OF which /
hr knew nothing. This led suspicion az .
once To French. who was Immediately /
confronted with his ~uuerior~. I'M the -oli-
citpr's office and called upon to explain. .
which he could not da aud appeared .
great deal confused. lie was shown hi- /
books and requested 90 explain WHY en-
tries had not been made of the articles
charged, and hi, manner nj once BETRAYED /
him. There were no entries. and little .
examination discovered the fact that /
many vouchers had been altered 20 a. 90 .
call for erroneous sums of money. which /
money could not Doe accounted for hv the .
accused. An examination into the ,
charges a-liu-t him showed false entries /
and voucher. 60 the extent Of S5.uuu. 1
French was required to give bail in the /
sum Of >lo.upO for his appearance at the /
Criminal Court.
y. Oslc TAYLOR. Esd. became his surety. /
Mr.. French is q man of good family: lac /
i, brother og Rev Or. French, formerly |
pastor Of Epiphany church, in thi, city. /
and graduate 40 West Point. and we I
understand cli-~matc Of Major Bowman I
az that institution. who has treated HIM |
with great kindnc~- uniformly. and with |
the above stated return He was at one |
| time engineer of CrotDu Water Works in
New York. and mp To- Yesterday had al |
way- horne an excellent character for
| lrUhitv. IIcrc~idcd ia quite rural style
near the city. ON Rock Creek. and hi am
/ pie salary Of 5000 seemed quite sufficient
| Tor th" wants of himself and family
a-1,a Rev John A. McClunr. Of Ken
lucky. brother of the late col Alex. K
. McClmg. orthi~Statr. was recently drown
/ at at Niagara Fall. Tho Louisville Jour
nal SAYS:
Mc'lung was q man of distinguished
/ ability and great force and caue~ucs,
I of character. though perhaps of rather un-
steady purpose. Tie was at different times
/ q novel writer. politician, and clergy
| man, and Iu each capacity lac made his
. mn.k. llewa- q good man. and all who
/ knew him will regret his death
/ Tur Ei,E H,Ryr,r.-Thc savannah Re
I PThHcIu says: several planters on the
. savannah river commenced. the latter
/ pant ct last week, to cut and harvest their
/ rice crops Southwark ct us. on the Osee-
/ chcr and AltamahI, the crop Is usually
. cat "a little earlier. and they no doubt
/ commenced the first OF the week From
. a rice factor m this city we learn that the
/ crops ON the savannah and Ogecchee river,
are excellent. From the Altamaha the
reports received indicate that The plant
tcr~ on that river will reap good crop.
Ii Is. though, not wholly free from danger.
such a. trc~het~ from rains and breaking
Of dams, continued rainy weather Gc..
which may materially affect both the
quantity and quality Of the crop.
TuE SnE or , Lr..-Iu Worcester. at "a
lawsuit. plump female witness was ask
cd 10y the counsel az what time the cars
passed hcy house ou a certain dav She
replied that She began knitting 1t . o.
clock and had knit twice round the leg
Of q stocking before the train passed. Of
course counsel next asked her how lou.it
J.
one remarked that the time would depend
ON the size of the stocking. The lady
readily replied that the stocking was for
herself and the court could exercise H..
Judgment and guess 20, 10 the size and
time required. The answer brought down
the bench, bar jury and citizens generally.
who were present.
4 LNEsE FtwIN.-The Nashville Al
. yogttc. in speaking Of large camp meet
ing recently held IN that vicinity SAYS
: that among the per-0n- present was q
church member named lynch % man Of
wealth and lherllifv. lie bore the bur
then of feeding and lodging" large num-
; Der who were ON tine camp ground. This
3 . Mr.. lynch must Doe q remarkable man
: , hc has now nineteen children. and his
: father hal thiriy-tVo. and at one time
+ duriu. the last war. thirteen of hi, sons
. I were 100 tho army. The ~t3tco f Virginia.
I. whore hc then lived, passed au art rrlca--
{ I ins the patriotic patriarch from all taxa
. ton.
% Ea5a In GAINESVILLE, ohio, a few days
+ since e loud church member was publicly
! whipped with O raw hide, for repeatedly
% insulting "a married lady with di~honor1-
= hlc propo-al~ The indignant lady gave
70 her husband a letter that the fellow Lad
+ sent her. and the result was that he got
= hi, deserts. This rascal. some time ago
ID moved the expulsion OF Deacon Cox from
y his church for acting rs Deputy T.. state,
% Marshal in the arrest Of q fugitive slave
= and lac was expelled.
Y The .IguuE NJ Commerce thinks that
q the letter of Gov. Wise to Mr. Donuel
u ~. however injurious IL may have beer
m to the fortune Of the former. has been o
immense benefit % the latter since il ha
i brought To- light the fact that Mr. Don
= nelly l. a respectable Auctinnccr an,
~ Commission Merchant with rricreuc,
b. among the best business men Of New
I York
.a 4 SrIrr-NEcEEp old politician. Twin,
r near Detroit. recently refused 10 allow hi
60 daughter to marry the man of her choice
because he didn't vote the regular tick
30 ct But tho marriage took place in IN
parlor. while the oil gentleman was hold
ID. ing caucus ir his library.
h. p,Rl>C AND SINGULAR RnuHFm.-On
It Thomas Dra. q sailor. entered the taths
"a lic Church at Norfolk. one night Ia.
js week. and stole from the altar two candl,
~ | sticks. ana laTg" brass rrUrIHN.l which u
Ia probably mi-took for goid.I and a ,ma
In silver image. Thee article, he alterward
S- sold about the town. and In that way "a
.rr was tracked and arrested.
90.
rJ Br9 \ merchant whose affairs wer
ui somewhat embarrassed having suddeni
~. deceased, one of his creditors called upo
~ the widow. All Mr.-." said III
di,con-olatc dame, poor Henry has pai
the debt Of nature" I'D rather hc ha
l. paid mine" was the con~oiug reply.
A Call.
if Ir JrgV 20. U,,F. gIrl consent run fer {,
ofiI-. of senator from the d.stu,. composed If %
caIutis- Of J0ue-, r,yiu-tHu. Marion. Perry 90
GrHyua amt. I;uisoHi t1z candidate hs Will r-re
!. tue vote 81 20 lares mganty of THE PEOPLE
"' Tribute Of Respect.
~ regular meeting 90 NyIIau l.n.Iz,. No Us. De-
their bail 10 chunk rs yH. Hu Wrill-.ll. tIr, .
day ~ July. lN1 tlo following resolutions w..
unanimously ai1p'eti. f1yfs
Nv Whereas, DO hI- pleased 40 alI-a.-s Prov 5deuuy
an remove from the walks ut life worthy broth
n and Wur-Hrphl Master. BENJAMIN 3. g. supI-. ar
le- The suIue-a ct Dts heart - illustrated y th. pact.
,v 1f iu- Masonic virtues and sucr-4- o. j. ha-uuf
- lu Us Co give tTrfuH expression uf .tI. ia.fl
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