Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1860-05-16
THE POST OFFICE DEFALCArIo. IN
NEW YORK
The Post of Tuesday eyenin.


The excitement produced by the heavy daf.,c,.
ton Of Mr. Isaac V. Fowler, postmaster the rar-
ticulars Of which the Evening Post of yesterdav
frst made public, seems to promise no abatement
until the matter is entirely set at rest by the inyes
tigation now proceeding, and tie knoyyIed &c of
Mr.. Fowler's fate There appears to exist 4 ain
cere regret that such misfortune should have he
ALLEN one so generally liked This is particularly
the case In the post office. Further inquiry into
the matter has developed the following nation.
lars: The accounts as adjusted up to March alst
1850, exhibit balance due the Post Office Depart-
Inent of Sl55, 900. The deficit, If there hea
from the LIST of April to SATURDAY. the 18th IL
which time Mr.. II. st. George Ofutt. Of the
Auditors Department, took charge OF the office
cannot oe 1ul ascertained until the transcripts of
mails sent and received, and the postal business
have been fully made up, and sent to the POST
Once Department for examination and adiust-
ment. .....'.
ONCE are required by law 10 be made weekly al
tue Sub-Treasury, and certificates of deposte are
to be forwarded to the Finance Office az the de-
paI,menf, as they are given. The account current
and transactions showing the postal business and
;nues, are also forwarded to that Office al the
expiration of each fiscal quarter. MIR Fowler h; s
In the mere form complied with the regulation
having always made his regular weekly deno.ites ;
but the recent investi cations have shown ,hat tb
were, in many instances, far short of the amou1t
collected and due. This fact did not exotic sus-
plclon, as the business Of the office must neces-
sariiy huctuate, and there being a difference i'm
the nett proceeds between the various ousr,eTs I'm
some cases exceeding 500 600
tapPears, from his accounts at the Post Office,
.nsl pilor TO the LIST Of October, 1858, his settle
ments We're full and satisfactory At that time
there was a balance In his favor of 81 iGi The
dedication, or tn greater part Of t has probably
occurred within year.
Mr.. John ID. Guthrie the agent of the Treasury
Department, relieves Mr. Offutt who returns 10
washington this evening. 1t will be a work of
some magnitude, and occupy considerable time
TO close the accounts up TO date
ID layV will plty IN
case until an indictment shall be found against
him. He Is TO be arrested If at all. under dis
tress warrant issued by the Solicitor of the Trea-
sury.
IL is said that Mr.. Fowler has left the CITY but
OF this we have no positive information. Another
statement is that his friends will make up the
amount to the government.
Inc numerous friends Of Mr. Fowler will no
pained to hear of this disgrace for he is man of
many generous and popular qualities, who has
won his way into the kind regards of those with
wnom ne mad occasion to do business But these
very qualities united him for the discharge of
the responsible duties with which he was en-
trusted. He was regularly proved upon, We un-
Iers,and, oy the scheming politicians by whom
he allowed himself to be surrounded and in his
weakness yielded to their solicitations In this
way ne became hOpclessly embarrassed and was
competed TO resort to the official drawer to make
good MS imprudent loans and advances
The Express of Tuesday evening saws:
MI Fowler has left a letter in his Office entirely
generating bis deputies and assistants from any
completely in his acts. His most intimate per
spnai friends say that he is at least i've hundred
IihIeS away endeavoring to avoid arrest, until it
snail be seen whether no some compromise
can be made with the Administration II Is
tePor'ed that some wealthy men, who are warmly
attached to Mr.. Fowler, both personally and po
!iucsny, VIII willingly cone forward to make I'D
tue oenclencyi and one man alone offers $50 iEri
On Saturday Federal officer ir.tyed and took
Pc session OF the post office. Some of those who
Know Mr. Fowler well, and who have lent
nf intar
MS olsreSs OF mind for years past that they would
nor nave been surprised in the least to have heard
that be had committed suicide
AT the New York Hotel, where lie has we'd for
eeveih years, he Is spoken Of in the kindest terms
ana from the proprietors down there is a general
expression OF regret and sympathy Ii is one of
tne lew instances where failing man is not
kicked by his more fortunate ueipbbors His
disappearance from the house was not particularlv
observed until the newspaper announcements of
the defalcatiOn. 1t was then that evervbodv recoI
iec'ea what had not before been observed that
MI fowler had for a long time manifested preat
uneasiness. which his observers enoneoIsly sun
posed was In consequence of the distracted con-
oIuoh OF the party of which he was so promi-
heht d leader 1t is now known that this un.asi-
ness arose from the conscionsness that The dsv
Oh reckoning was near at hand, that he was
utterly unable to square his accounts and that
mercy al washington was out of the question.
mere has been nothing heard Of MIR Fowler:s
whereabouts as yet. The Assistant Postmaster
ana cashier, Mr.. VIM. Caldwell who was at
.aCneu 10 MI Fowler as d friend appears To be
In deep distress of mind; and although no susDI-
clon attaches to him bis accounts are correct To
traction, yet on the whole he has thought II his
duty TO resign his position, aud the Post Office is
now under charge OF Mr. Guthrie, Agent of the
Treasury. Mr.. Ofutt of the Auditors Depart-
ment is engaged this Tuesday morning in cred
lung the accounts. As has already been stated
v'uches for every fraction of money given TO MIR
Fowler have been handed over to MI. Ofutt by
the cashier y
Marshal Rynders says that he has been person.
ally on the look out for Mr. Fowler from u M
on saturday night until the present time; and has
s sem oIncers TO Orange county and Staten Island
to hunt up the fugitive
me warrant delivered to him by Mr. Hitler
Sohcitor OF the Treasury Department, instructs
nun that as Isaac " Fowler Is defaulter 10 the
government in the sum Of Sis 53i 81, to- firstly.
ieVY on MS personal effects to that amount; second
~, IN default of finding sufficient personal prom
cry, 10 seize his body and commit him to prison.
mere 10 remain until discharged by due process
OF law thirdly, If his effects will not cover the
his bond "
IL Is rumored down town that cert,in officials
know where Mr.. Fowler is and could easily ar.
resi- him II they wanted to.