The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1865-10-05
'TELEGRAPHIC.
New York. October 2.

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New York, October: 2.
The Heralfs Washington special says:
About the middle of last month General
Baker received information of plot at Y
Va, to rob the post quarter
masters safe of the large amount OF money
it was known to contain. The case worked
up and has resulted i'm the arrest and in
generation in the Old Capitol prison last
right of Brevet Brigadier General j. c.
Briscoe, of the lO9th Pennsylvania volun- /
teers, commanding post at Lynchburg. and !
A. w. Lackey, of Worcester, Mass, for
merly q sutler at that post. Gen. Briscoe
is an Irishman by birth, and has been in
command Of the post Mt Lynchburg since
Lees surrender. ...rss a.. rrrrZ
Capt. A. Alberger, son Of canal commits
sioner Alberger, of New York, has been
quartermaster at I.ynchburg, and had in
his charge on the 2lst of September $780,
600 in greenbacks besides large amount
of gold coin and bullion, which had been
placed in his charge for safe Keeping
Briscoe approached Albergerthro' Lackey,
and proposed to him that, as the war WAS
about to close and none of them had made
money out Of it, they should make grand
haul in concert and pocket IS, 900 apiece
Alberger kept the funds in safe which
formerly belonged to rebel officer, and
this fact was to give color to the charge
which was to he made that the rebel having
duplicate key to the safe had robbed it.
Briscoe WAS to arrest the quartermaster,
his clerks, and half the people of Lynch
burg, to avert suspicion. The General
took an depression Of the safe key in wax
and sent Lackey to Philadelphia to get the
key made. Alberger, ostensibly in the
plot, informed the Secretary of War, and
two or three of General Bakers officers
were sent down to Lynchbnrg to arrest the
guilty parties. These officers saw, thro'
| holes in the ceiling of the office, Gcseral
| Briscoe come in while the quartermaster
was at dinner; saw him unlock the safe
with the false key, take ont three packages
of greenbacks Of sac, 900 each, and losd
himself down with coin and bullion to the
amount of near SIS, 900, having previously
ignited saturated paper and cloth with n
view to burning the building. They fol-
lowed him across the hall of his own office,
and bursted in on him and found him
counting and arranging the money behind
his bolted door. The wax moulds and
false keys were found upon him, and the
proof was indisputable. These proofs are
now in Gen. Bakers possession. Briscoe
and Lackey are in the Old Capitol await
ing trial, and Alberger, the honest quar-
termaster is OH duty at his old post.
| Advices from Charleston of the 10Th of
September, are received. The South Car
DINA passed the constitution, with some
slight amendments, on the 26h. On the
following day the convention adjourned,
after passing resolutions complimentary to
Hon. D. L. Wardlow. the President.
BY the constitution the right of voting II
given to every white man of full age who
has been two years citizen Of the State,
and who il not a pauper, nor a non-com-
missioned officer or private in the army.
nor seaman or marine Of the navy of the
United States.
An amendment introduced confers the
right to vote upon European immigrants,
who have declared their intention of be.
coming citizens Of the United States two
years previous to the day Of election and
have resided six months in the election
district.
The first election for Governor and Lieut.
Governor will he held, in conjunction will
the election to the General Assembly, or
the third "Wednesday Of the present ypa 20 !.
Orr to announce himself ~ a candidate.