New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1866-08-13

From the philadelphia Telegraph, Aug
On the oath ult. young man entered the First
National bank in this city, and made his way with
out ceremony to the desk OF the cashier. de was
certainly entitled to take such liberty for, when
he gave his name, he proved to be none other than
A. r. Allen purser in the navy Of the United
States.
Purser Aliens business was soon made known
He had in his possession draft on the treasurer
OF the United States for the neat little sum OF
$50 900. 1t was duly signed and countersgnGa 3y
Secretary Wells, Treasurer Spinner, ana all the
other governmental officials whse duty II Is 10 aIhA
| their sign-manuals to such documents. Futatr |
Allen informed the cashier, i'll the blandeaI pos
sibe tone, that he wished to place thi5 aralI, 70
gether with $1,000 in cash, on deposit 10 ms otuel
| The cashier would have been extremely HaPPI ~
Oblire him. but in view Of the recent act o. IN IN
rress TO prevent another Washington BANK ~ Lll,,J
he was not at liberty to do So ne ~
Purser Allen, and volunteered me va the sb
| ton that the proper place VI ueP Wa '''N
treasury of the United states. J.. ~, ooo;,;,,,,
| Pnrser Allen then made his way to the recelYlng
teIers desk followed by me CASHIER TH t + tne
Il thonsand dollars cash, and then, when the latter
had turned his back lie slipped in the fifty thou
sand dollar draft. He was probably in hurry,
and did this to save the steps across the street TO
the sub.treasurers office. As the receiving teller
did not know Purser Allen in his official caPaclty,
he gave hi1p due credit to the full amount. T.
On the 9th ultmO Purser Allen found use lQt
| HE money and drew the tifty-tWo thousand dQl-
lars from the hank in one lump. He then sought
the Office of DreXel Co., and purchased OF tlc.l
| thirty thonsand dollars worth OF 5-2Os OF lSG3.
Having a little cash still to spare, ne procee4eu
next to the banking house OF Jay COOK " %,
g where he procured a draft on Washington LOT
twenty thousand dollars.
Pmrser Allen then took trip TO New York, and
entering the branch office OF Messrs' Jay % 20
n that CITY made another purchase Of his tayoHtt
ZOOS to tie amount Of $4,000, Taking fifteen OF
his $1,000 bonds, he next visited the establishment
; of Jerome & Co., in New York city and proc
draft on Paris for $4,000 lfahc5' ne NV
droppcd in at a steamship Office and pufchasel
tickets for Bordeaux on the Scotia, winch was I.
sail on Saturday of this week. From al 1hs !
l. was to be inferred that Purser Allen lntehdeu u
start upon his travels. .,,u
required his presence in Washington before
e crossed the waters. Thither he pr9cee9eu |itnou
delay and yesterday morning hao lofetd7sg Icy !
the happiness in store for him by being joined
g, the bonds of holy matrmOny. The BRIDE was a
interesting young lady by the name Of virgin
TQrneau Ia French name, evidently, wmch easA
accounts for the pursers desire 10 maze DoIueau
the first stopping place in his travels CT
1t Is rarely that wedding party passes on
, satisfactorily as did this one yesterday morning.
) ! the residence of Mr.. TurnGau. The BFdeslnals
and the grODmsmen were among the gayest OF u
ray, but despite their greatest efforts, they cou
not rival the smiles of the newy-Tedded pal
The whole party, as soon as the ceremony w
completed and the customary congI&IIltVlo
riyen and received, drove rapidly TO the baiLluLo
depot where an affecting parting scene W
enacted, barely IN time MOTTO pe interrupted
the whistle Of the locomotive.
In the meantime Treasurer spinner lad pe
greatly surprised one morning by receiving irI
Purser Allen reUuisition for the further sum
$5O0OO Treasurer Spinner wrote to the pnrs
to express his surprise at such an irregular d
unacCustomedpr proceeding. ne receiver d W
in reply informing him bluntly that Purser Az
was tneither knave nor fool ana that ne
ana made no previous re4uisitlon fora hke amour
The purser afterwards visited the treasurer
high dudgeon They compared tlslr I 3so = 4
soon arrived at the fact that the nrst dratt !
y been obtained by some unknown party vi
fraudulent representations and forged s!gnatuI
The draft, however, had already been pad nay
OH passed into the appropriate chaPhel tAfousn
sub treasury of this city.
ed, The cashier of the First National Bank was
once informed of this fact. He fastened TO wa
q, ington in company with ~ ReteeIye t Ealiubo o
together, and without any material asslsta
from outside parties succeededh obtaining
duc- to purser Aliens shadow.
This shadow gentleman proved to be one
Ringgold Cooper, the true hero Of the connu
affair at the residence of Mr.. Turneau. An &C
9hty rate description of the gentleman VINO he9ota
for the 5-2O's with the DreXes, OF tins CITY,
obtained at their Office, and found to corresp
ugh with the 'Purser Allen u who figured at
First National Bank,
When Detective Schlemm arrived at the he
4 not of the brides father, yesterday morning, ne
informed that he was few minutes too late
> marty had already been driven to the depot.
had; tectiye Schlemm was very anxious to form OF
their number so he hailed cab, and offered
officiating Jehu thereof an extra s. note,
and vided he was not too late for the y train.
were consequently not too late. The detet
and gained the train just as it was starting, and
rare He He had not the heart to interrupt their
lust then and there; and so they We're perm
to Journey in peace and happiness, all the "
PHILADELPHIA Arrived at the depot in this
they Mr.. Cooper, alias Purser Allen,' left his
for moment, while he took look at their II
ing luggage. For this purpose he entere(
y fell, baggage car. Here he found Detective Sch
awaiting him. ,-.-.
An explanation was soon amiFedat betWef
two gentlemen. The scene was very sa
ace, very affecting. When the denoHeneat was
z, known to the bride she went off into hyst
and was taken in charge by some friends wi
! side in the upper part OF the city. The
was conducted privately into the presence
again United States commissioner sergeant, wle
him hearing at the mayors office His d
an officer of the law was plain one but
one. m.. r.. .. T..
The whlom happy Cooper was remandet
cell in Moyamensng, with the intimation tn
financial transactions would receive turtl
vestgation on the following Saturday.
Verify, " the course of uue love never d
smoothn IT'S pity, but, alas it is too tn