Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1865-10-12
NEWS OF TEaE DAY.
A nrnGl.ARIors nnlGAplER.

... A BrRGiARIous BRlGADlER.
New York, Oct 9. "A dispatch othe Her
aid says that about the middle Of last month
Gen Baker received information of plot al
Lynchhurg, Va, to rob tl,e Post Quartermas
tcrs safe Of u large amount of money it was
known to contain The case was worked up
and has rcsutelin the arrest and incarcera
tionin the Old Capitol Prison last night, OF
Brcvct Brigaiier General j. C. Briscoc, Of
mandng the post at Lynchbnrg, and j.. W.
Lackcr, of Worcester, Mass, formerly sntler
at that post. Gen. Briscoo is an Irishman by
birth, and has been in command of the post
at Lynchburs since Lees surrender.
Capt W. A. Alhcrger son of Canal Com
missioner Alherger of New York, has been
Quartcrmaster at Iynchburg, and had in his
possession on the DIST of September $4,000
in grccnbacks, besides n large amount of
captured gold coin and bullion which had been
placed in his charge for saie-kccping.
b. iscoe approached Albcrser through
Lackt y, and proposed to him, as the war was
about to close and none Of them had made
money out of it, they should make a grand
haul in concert and pocket $4,000 apiece in
flash. Albergcr kept the funds in safe
which formerly belonged to a rebel officer,
and this fact was to give color to the charge
which was to be made that the ex-rebel, hav-
ing duplicate key to the safe, had robbed it
Briscoe was trarrest THO Quartcrmastcr, his.
clerks, and half the people Of Lynchturg, to
avert suspicion The General took an I'M
preston of the safe key in wax. and sent
Lackey to Philadelphia to get the key made.
Albcrgcr osiensibly in the plot informed the
Secretary of War, and two or three of Gone
raj Bakers officers were sent down to Lynch
burg to arrest the guilty parties.
These officers looked through holes in the
ceiling of the Office Gen. Briscoe came in
while the Quartermastcr and his clerks werr
gone to dinner. They saw him unlock the
safe with the false key, take out three pack
ages of greenbacks of $4,000 each, and load
himself down with coin aud bullion to the
amount Of near $4,000, having previously
ignitcd saturated paper and cloth, with a view
to burning the building. They followed him
across the hall to his own office, and burst in
on him counting and arranging the money
behind his bolted door The wax moulds and
false keys were found upon him, and the proof
was indisputablc. These proofs are now in
Cen Baker possession. Brscoc and Lackey
are in the Old Capitol awaiting trial, and AL
berger, the honest Quartcrmaster, is on duty
at his od post
THE WAR IN SOUTH AMERICA. ii# ~
New York, Oct. Further details have
been received respecting the war in South
America The Paraguayans were actively
pushing forward, while their opponents, the
III nJ poI off, b,tnn
centrated at Concordia, waiting the attack
The Brazilian feet oil the Parma river had
commenced II retrograde movement fearing
that the Paraguayans would construct bat
teries below so as to gain command of the
river The magnitude which this struggle is
assuming, may be estimated from the fact that
at the date of our latest advices there were
10000 men under arms-of whom $4,000
were Paraguayans and $1,000 allies IA.
CHICAGO PosToFFIcE.
The receipts of the Chicago postoffice dur
ing the last fiscal year, were S29G,3l5 76-
The amount received during the same period
for registered letters was $637 So, and for
box rents, $26 $50 80. The expenses were
Sl06, 745 60, showing clear profit Of S217,-
$50 II. The numocr of letters which passed
through the Office during the year was II
4lS,3S2.
MONTHLY STATEMENT OF THE PUBLIC DEBT
The following is recapitulation of the
public debt, as appears from the books of the
Treasury returns and acquisitions in the De-
partment on the 30th Of September last -
Debt bearing interest in coin, 81 1868, l9i
so; interest, S6j,0Ol,57 so. Debt bearing
interest in lawful money, 81 ,26o, 900, 100 44i
interest, 72,527 ,645 IS Debt on which in
terest has ceased, 81, ,3S9,320 90. Debt bear.
ing no interest, SS66,891 ,093 a. Total
amount outstanding, 2,744,947, T26 II. To
tai interest, $l37, ,529,2l6 IS. Legal tender
notes in circulation, | and years per cent
notes, $32, ,954 ,230; U. 5. notes, old issues,
$392,070; U. 5, notes, new issue, 1927 ,76S,-
400; compound interest notes, account of
March 8, 1868, $l5,000,000; compound in
), terest notes, account of June 80, 1864, $207,-
l0l2isI; total, S67S, S,l26,940. AS compared
with the statement for August, there is re-
duction of the public debt Of nearly $l2,742,-
900, and Of interest over $500,000; and also
a reduction of Sc, ,0l2 900 of legal tender notes
in circulation There is in the Treasury in
coin $32, ,740 1888 49,; in currency $50, 1885,
AL l3; total, $SS,977,229 56--showing q
decrease of nearly S12, 100000 of coip as com
pared with the August statement, and an in.
crease Of Sl3, ,454,l5 Of currency. The
amount of fractional currency is s26, ,4S7, ,754
an increase of $l43,000 There has been ar
increase of June 80, 1854. $40 bonds Of S.,
oil 900, and of July IL, 1862, SIX per cent
t temporary loan ,of aearly $1,000, 900. and o
. the March, |, 1864 certificates OF indebtedness
!. reduction of over 81 00Q, 900 .s sE,.f{
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