Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1861-03-29
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Ms FRAUDs-sKETcH OF HIS 11FE-Hrs MoDI
or OPERATION.
The telegraph has already announced th,
extensive frauds Of Mires, the French banker
and the Paris correspondent Of the New YorE
Atme' gives these Interesting particulars in biz
letter dated February %:
Ihe hnsl crash arrived on Sunday las'l
thanks 20 the honest and determined efforts OF
ihe Minister Of the Interior. So closely were
The pc pie about the smPeroF's person-foT
example, the Count De Morny, Count Wsiew-
SKI, AID Gen. Fleury-reported TO Be in league
with NJ Mires, that il seems a majority Of the
cabinet were IN favor Of covering the affair up,
IN order 10 avoid the scandal. Mires himself
wrote a letter 10 the emperor, threatening that
n be were driven 10 the wall, be would make
such exposures as would shake his malesty's
throne 70 its foundation. But N. de Persiguy,
with an upngbtness which entities bin 10 the
gratitude Of The nation, declared that, scandal
or no scandal, Justice must be done; and the
emperor coinciding 10 this view OF the case.
a was decided that the course Of N. Mires
should be cut short, sndhis affairs Investigated.
He was arrested on Sunday, and at FIRST carried
70 the prison Of the ConeiergeFie, but there
being no secret chambers there, he was trans
ferred the same day to the prison Mazss, where
be Is closely guared, and from whence it will
be difficult 10 attack the for the present.
10 ls40 NJ. Mires lived in a garret-in other
words he was a poor man. But be Is a Jew
and a Ehrewd man, and with the natural mon
~ey-making instincts Of bis race, saw the revo-
luton was the favorable moment for a man
like himself to fall into the current os public
affairs, and b see whether fortune was not in
his favor. Els hrst essay was in the then de-
precistsd government stock: this succeeded.
ahd be went on from one successful coup TO
another, until in 1860 NJ. Mires had arrived at
the head Of 5~O,000,O00 francs, and had become
2 great rival, and we may add torment 10 NJ.
De hotnschild. He was irector-generS OF the
combined treasury Of the French railway com
Fanles, a position 10 which be was entrusted
with hundreds OF millions OF money belonging
70 others; he was the founder and head Of tie
great dock improvement ct MaTseiles, known
as L4JOlfsife; be owned and managed for
himself and others an immense amount Of the
best paying property In Paris, and he lately
made a grand coup In the affair Of The Otte-
man oan-a coup which viii create eonster-
nation at C-onstaHtih0ple when the fact OF his
arrest Is known, and viii come nearer baking
TIE Ottoman Porte 20 its foundations than the
throne Of Louis Napoleon.
The charge upon which NJ. MTres was ar
rested 10 not that Of forgery, 30 far as I can
learn his o~hense, to give it a mild name, is
mat OF ~sWindling the French term is escro-
qHale. As keeper Of the money Of all the
taliroads Of France, money OF which be was
eatHorized 70 speculate in order to increase re
e'i9enes OF the companies head Deposited
So trale&lm Of 100000
francs, and this sumXs has msnaped ~ sons
,msans to chest-s6e bank and r. rsiiroa5
kers. Various delays were given
10 iufslli--e bank, and threats Of exposing bis
ere made bat to no effect; and it was
us slasslnacing latitude Of the bank which
sricL the government 70 take stems in the
to poier- This money belonged to the stock
M edeTs IN the various railroad companies, and
SUI be lost as well 10 then probably, as to the
bank Of France; but these are not the oulv
losses the public viii sustain il the frauds and
failure OF n. Mirss. In an the industrial en-
kterprises in which be was engaged, there will,
perhaps, be heavy losses.
In the management Of The combined railroad
treasury, N. Mires had Joined to him fsur
eounsellors as q COMMITTEES OF surveillance.
OF these the Baron de Riehemont, receiver Of
TIE taxes Of Paris, was one. NJ. Mires was
arrested on Sunday, and the Baron de Riche-
mont died suddenly, it was said, OF apopIexv.
on Monday. But the fact is, be Blew Lis
brains out with a pistoi-at least, SO it is
sad BY every one. The papers Of Paris,
should have mentioned, have not published a
word on the Mirss affair, the law here being
very severe on any publication made before
eonTetion- Tue three ether eounseIlors OF
n. Mirss, Of whom N. Ozanam. CHARGED with
N aEHNAAaAltAs was one nave
Hksn hight. Iney are all supposed to be i'm
pleated IN toe frauds.
Aneed lot tell you that IN Catholic countries
a msn Who commits suicide is refused a Chris
uan burial. It's, therefore, the custom among
lpe Fichs when such a catastrophe falls unsn a
family either 10 attempt 10 deceive the world
and the church in the real cause OF death, so
as 70 gain admission 10 the church, or else to
Dlys with a large sun Of money. from the
church, the rites TO burial they could not other
wise ohS21. Within the year, a rich negoci-
Efn the came house in which l live, com
United suici1s dJst Dg himself through the
heart, al eveht which was perfectly well
known to an the people Of the house. The
papers Published that be died OF apoplexT, and
bis widow gave 5000 to the ehuceh to obtain
q Christian burial.
Six months ago N. Mires married bis only
daughter to the young Prince de Polignse. to
whom be gave as a marriage portion $780, 900
100000 francs. The prince is the Young
est Of the cons Of the Minister Of Charles \.
all Of whom were authorized bF that monarch
70 bear the title Of prince. He il the same
that went out to Nicaragua two years ago
with N. Belly, and was charged With the mill
tsTV department Of that celebrated expedition.
Airport having got into circulation, since he
Incarceration Of NJ. Mires, that he had made
over to bis son-in-law, in provision Of what
was gong 70 happen, a large proportion Of
his fortune, the prince has gone to the Count
&c GsTminl, President Of the Bank Of France,
and c1aTged Professionally with the direction
o. TIE railroad treasury in place Of NJ. Mires,
AM offered to give up 70 the railway compa-
mes the marriage portion Of his wife, and all
The diamonds and other presents which accom-
panied IT, The act lie a noble one on the part
II the prince and bis wife, but as they are in
no way implicated in the transactions OF the
father, ard the marriage gift was paid over at
the time Of the marriage, il is to be supposed
that the offer will be refused, as it ought to be.