The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1860-05-17
Nirtmunh pispatrt,
MORNING .MAy1. /,
THE NEW YORK DErALcATI0N,

ThE NEW tOkk UEFALCATION,
Tho New York apers are full OF the lust.
discovered defalcaticn by Isaac Y. row lar tha
pcs tnaaster there, to the exten. Of Si55OO0 He
| has not yet been arrested. The Herald savs
There were rumcrs a short time since that
there was deficiency in a quarters report of
Mr.. Fowler but they We're immctl in telv sst q :
rest by his deposi,img the fifteen thousant dol :.
lars claimed in the Snb-Treasnry. which
amount he obtained ofseveral personal friends
but II appears there were other deficiencies on
much Grander scale, and which Mr. Fowler
had apprehe asions would soon be discovered
by the(ieneral q GoveTnment a ad he acc rdinelv
on Thursday last finding the inc trio able net
work OF hnanciai embarrassment around him.
induced MIR. Butterworth and Mr.. Hall, Of the
firm Of Campbell, Hall & CO.. of this city. to
proceed to Washington in his behalf and ob.
Tain, if possible, stay Of the proceedings un-
til the 18th inst. whe1 he would be able to
meet all his obligations to the Post Office De.
partment. The matter was taken into cousid. .
GRAFTON by the Cabinet, and at first the promo.
sition was thought favorably Of on the h po-
thesis that there might be L possibility OF say
ing The United States from any loss; but on
further deIibera'ion the ease was deemed of
too great magnitude to allow any compro-
mise, and the suspension from duty and arrest
of Mr.. Fowler, Were agreed upon, and two Of
tcers, Mr Horatio King, the Assistant Post
master General, and Mr.. Orfult, the chief
clerk in the Auditors Department. were dis
patched to this city 10 investigate the ma ter
and procure the arrest OF MIR. Fowler. They
arrived in this city on Saturday last, and pro-
ceeded 10 the Post-Ofiice in Nassau street
where they met Nj 7. Fowler and explained tn.
object Of their mission, reading TO hin their
commission for their mission, which in sub
stance deposed Mr. Fowler. The latter soon
left the Office, visiting, As he passed out, the
apartment OF the Deputy Postmaster, Mr.
CALDWELL, and, shaking him by the hand, babe
him good bye" adding that he would see him
tomorrow. Mr.. Fowler's demeanor did not
appear to Mr.. q. unusual. AS it was his Gus tom
To go through the same formula of leave
taking daily.
The next step of the governmental officers
after Mr.. Fowler left the office, and in carry
Ing ont the orders of the Postmas lsr General
was 10 procure warrant for the arrest of Mr.
Fowler. The matter was placed in the hands
of ex-Judge Roosevelt, the newly -appoin ted
DISTRICT Attorney, who issned warrant for
his arrest on Saturday, and placed it in the
hands of Capt Rynders, the United States
Marshal. The Marshal also received from
Washington. from James Hillyer, Solicitor of
the United States Treasury, An execution
against MIR. Fowler for the sum of Si55, ,55i 81,
said TO be the amount of which he is in default
Immediate search WAS made tor Mr.. Fowler
which has been continued mp TO the presen /
time. thus far without success. After Mr.
EoW lpr left the Post ftice he proc epded to the
New York Hotei where he has boarded for
the last ten years, and su bseq uently left there
ana proceeded 10 the residence OF August Bel
mont, in Fifth avenue. where he dined, and
left the table at nine O'Clock +. NJ. He after.
wards returned to his hotel, and left there
again 1T TWO O'Clock on Sunday morning, since
which time no one-~not even his intimate
friends-have been able to ascertain his where
apoutS.
Various rumors are currant As to the direct
agency or com binatien of circumstances that
led to this serious breach of high trust-some
alleging that ii was incurred under the ad-
ministrat!On OF President Pierce, from whom
MIR. Fowler received his appointment in 1858
Others state that il was owing TO his too great;
1iberality to his political friends, TO whom he
made temporary loans of the government
money for The purpose of eXtricating them
from difficulty, which they failed to repay :;
others state that he has resorted at various
times to the stock market, and was untOrtu-
nate. Another reason assigned is that owing
to the failure Of Congress 10 provide for the
expenses of The Post-Otlice Department., the
Post-Otiices throughout the country were tor
a while obliged to pay their expenses out OF
their receipts under the direction OF the Post
ter, and this also afforded channel for
pee ulation and dishonesty.
On the other hand, IL is alleged that MIR.
Fowl ler had mania for specializing in new
patents for sewing machines, steamboat pro-
peilers, car brakes, &c, and that since his con-
nection with the New York Post-Oiiice he has
owned no less than twelve or fifteen patents,
out of which but one turned out success
and that the car-brake speculation, which is
now being used with access, and whose value,
| il is alleged, with the indemnificatiOn, of his
sureties (.5, ,OOO), Will nearly, il not quite, bal
ance his account with the government.
Mr.. Fowler was born at Newburg Orange
county, n. Y; was educated al COlumb bia Col
| Iege, III this city. AS soon as he had acquired
his profession, he commenced the prac lice OF
| the law and for fifteen years, and up to the
| time of his appointment OF Pos tmaster of New
York, ranked one of the most correct,
prompt and reliable lawyers attached to the
| New York bar. He has ever been active in
| New York politics, and for the last tour years
| the leader of the Tammany Hall branch of
| the Democracy, and the present Grand Sa-
chem of the Tammany Society. and has al
ways been regarded as one OF the wheel
horses of the "soft shell Democracy" He
| is a man of fine talents, possessing much tact
| and great energy OF cEarac ter-liberal to q
fault-which has no doubt aided greatly in
his present embarrassment. He is Il man Ol
| about forty-five years OF age, "A bachelor; has
one brother, a lawyer, residing IN this city
| end of the firm of Crum Il Fowler his mo-
| ther and two sisters reside at NeWburg. This
| is a severe blow TO them.
| The Express OF tuesday afternoon, bas the
| following:
MIR. 70 wler has left letter in his Office, en-.
| tirely exonerating his deputies and assistants
from any completely in his acts. His most in
| innate personal friends say that he is 1T least
| five hundred miles away, endeavoring to
avoid arrest, until it shall be seen whether or
| no some compromise can be made with the
| Administr tration. 1t is reported that some
wealthy men, who are warmly attached to Mr..
| Fowler, both personally and politically, will
| willingly come forward to make up the defici-
| ency; and one man alone offers 50,WO.-
nee ted with this defalcatiOn, is one to the effect
| thai last week cOnceA,ment was deemed no
longer possible, and at meeting Of Mr.. FOW-
| ler's friends il was determined to send on an
ambassador to Mr.. Buchanan 10 present to
him the whole case, and, in consideration OF
Mr. Fowler's long services to the Democratic
party, solicit mercy. MIR. ButterwOrth was
selected for the task, and proceeded TO Wash
ington on Thursday. No sooner, however,
had he unfolded the case to the President than
that venerable man, drawing himself mp with
the stern virtue Of the Roman, said, ''Justice
to have telegraphed, 1.-THE old ruftian has not
u drop of blood left in his heart" On Satur-
day Federal officer arrived aud took posses
sion OF the Post Office.
A NoTkD THIKY.-The Albert Smith, ar
rested for attempting to rob the hank at
Thompson, CT, turns out TO be Jno. w. Rand.
who robbed the Portsmouth tVa.) Bank. The
New Haven Journal, noticing the exploits of
this noted thief, says:
As long ago as SI3 he was arrested for rob-
bing the Weymouth stage. and was sentenced
therefor TO four years IA the Massachusetts
State Prison. In 1854, he arrested for
robbipg The Concord IN Ii Savings Bank, OF
several thousand dollars. He WAS arrested
aud carried To Portsmouth, Va, for trial. on Il
charge Of rObbi1g the Portsmouth Bank of a
large amount of money, but managed to escape
from Jail. lie WAS next arrested tor robbing n
bank ia New Jersey. hst escaped there also
without punishment. In 1857, he was arrest
ed for robbing n hank at Fredericton, N. II.
Of the large sum of S96,Uu0. Hs laid in jail
there for some time, but WAS finally released by
the restoration Of nearly the full amount
stolen.
FATAL FLUID AoclDkNT.-The Troy IN. Y }
Times, of the lith inst, says that on Tuesday