The Cleveland leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1865-1865, 1865-08-21
Associated Press RepOrt.
From EEW YOKa.

NEW YORK, August 20.
The Herald says the assignments oi
Morris Ketchum, Senior men bar of the
| firm, baving included all of his propertv
In his transfers for the benefit of his credi.
tors, render attachments that have been
ISSUED of no sccount whatever.
Mr. Ketchum's estate will probsbly be
divided among his creditors equally, &C.
cording to the amount of their cisims, save
small amount which he held in trust for
his children The total value of proper.
ty thus assigned is stated to be two or two
and half millions of dOllars-about
eq 1ivalent to the losses Of the firm. The
statement of these losses will soon be com.
plete.
A claim of about twenty thousand dol
lars Is said to have been among the se-
curities sbstracted by young Ketchum.
1t is likely to prove the only one left
standing out -.
Mr.. Charles Grahsm, broker of Edward
b. hetchum, has nearly completed his &C
count ct losses. They will amount, exclu-
sive OF forged paper which he redeemed
to about 81, ,045, 900, which, with $2S5 900
for which he holds forged certificates, will
swell the total % 81 $4,000, including the
losses OF the Importers & Traders Bank,
the Fourth National Bank, UAbney,- Nor
gan & Co, and Ketchum 4 Co, who held
$50, ,OGo worth Of forged paper.
fne whole sum OF losses by Ketchum's
defalcation will not much exceed four mil.
lions of dollars.
Mr.. Graham viii speedily affect settle
ment with his creditors. About forty per
csnt. OF the claims against him will no
doubt be paid.
The Times Richmond correspondent
says party of scientific gentlemen, who
have just returned from minute exsmin-
alton Of portion of the gold region of
the State OF Virginia, give most sstonish-
ing accounts of the undeveloped mineral
resources of the interior of the Stste.- Not
whole d1srrlcts % SDonnd with iron, silver,
lesd, tin, plumbsgo and other valuable
minerals.
The Herald's Washington special ssys
the rebel Gen. Joe Johnston, accompanied
by his vile, is reported to have left Rich
mend this morning for Baltimore.
The Commissioner of Internal Revenue
decides that policy OF insurance Issued
by an accident insurance company,
which contains clause covering the cause
of death from accidental injury, is to be
regarded as q life insurance policy, and is
subject to stamp duty like the other in
suranee policies. And again whenever a
writ EUbjoet to stamp duty, but which hiss
been issued unstamPeA, ia afterwards
stamped in manner allowed by law, such
stamping relates back to the time when the
writ was issued, and makes it valid Gb
fylitio. If the writ wss issued prior to
April l, 1865, it should be stamped under
the provision of Section 163, of date of
June 30, 1864. 1t since, the case falls un-
der Section 1853 of said act as amended by
act of March Sd, 1865
The Qusrtermsster General hiss Issued
an order under the instructions Of the
Secretary of War, in reference 10 horses
recsptured from the rebel armies, to the
effect that where q horse which has been
recsptured and is identified by sufficient
proof as the property of a loyal citizen,
the claim of such citizen to his property
will be recognized by returning the horse
to him, or if the necessities of the service
prevent such return, by paying for it at
an average price.
A patent for 46ls acres of Government
land has Just been issued TO the State of
IowA IS an indemnity flor an equal
quantity Of swamp land situated in Mont
gomery county of that State, which had
been disposed Of by the United States
with other public lands.