The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-09-12
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rHE ALLEGED DEFALcATIoS A. THE TEfA9o Rh'
Il aow appears that tn ,lcfacati.. discover!
by the examiners N tho Office OF the Conru"H'i
Of the currency is less than s6OUU and It II not pro
perry in public money. The bank lnspcclnHr5 n :"
examining the accounts OF The Nationai i.ai's' M
have been III the habit OF assessing the Da;lhS lO'
their expenses and the. would GIaw dralt p'N =
able TO the Comptroller Of tic Currehcy ior 'he
amount which would be deposited in the 1reaaiI6
to his credit tor the purpose or paying the eAaii
ers. The books i'll which were the accounts ol tl'S
ban. examiners were IN the hands OF 'ne ,' ancNou
dcfauler, aud II Is supposed that py at&" ,i'', ns
checks from time 10 time and represeitihS tAi!'
certain examiners were waiting 10 receive 'iv'i
money, he obtained the requisite signatures '""
got them cashed, pocketrng the funds.
PARDoSED BY The RECENT PROCLAMATION.
Major S;itt, Chief of the Pardon Bureau ut inc
Attorney Generals Office has had on ME ior the
past two Wears about four hundred aP!'ic"'ioIii7
fol pardon from persons who were cnga3cu III 'l1V
rebellion and not pardoned by the proclamauou oi
May 20, 1865, which granted pardon 10 al ;' eA;Dp
those embraced within the fourteen eNcePtloiS
therein set forth. BY the proclamation vi o"'i. u
day last about one hundred of those persons m ait
within the three exceptions, and OF co,ilse , .m,"
cases must be acted on hy the President sei-
rately.
1iIE ASHLEY BUTLER CONSPIRACY.
From The VaShrqton Correspondence Ne'O York Hfrd'
1t Is said that a mass Of testimony bearing up
on the alleged Ashley Butter conspiracy mas peci'
collected SINCE the publication OF the ConoNel & us.
closures and will soon be gwen out III a'io'ii'i
elaborate paper from the Office OF the Aliorhes
General. The additional testimony Will lnciuue an
affidavit of Captain Cha dler, formerly OF the Jai
here. in which soma important items arc @ oc'tt-
opcd a. to the proceedings oi the aile1eu
sonal conspirators showing the connection WIN
aud rho which his 2lu WIS " ut
obtained. Interviews between Nrs. Dthna'" an'!
General Butler are said to be sworn TO IN one VI
the aidavits and ono Of the aihdavlts reiaes an
occasion where Butter is alleged to have pald Sou
10 Mrs. Dunham, and to have upbralded her FOR
not accomplishing what was expected rom .'. nen'
Chandler Is said to be 4 man OF Goou ci"l@V''5
against whom nothing damaging can be prouIceu.
He is also Radical, but he Is SAID 10 ti'Se pe,H
so disgusted by what he saw and heard, tlat he
deemed i. his duty to inform the Governiheo''
RADICALS At WORK.
Within thespast week the city has been unusu-
ally full of visitors for the month OF Sepsemper'
All of the hotels are showing pretty well nieu reS
isters and an inspection OF them reveals the TACT
that large proportion OF them are from ne"
York ami Pennsylvania. The familiar faces, TOO,
of old politicians are beginning to be more ire
ouently met with in places of public resort. Iele
is no doubt that some phase OF the pol tcal game
is craving hither numbers OF well khoWh party
directors and sundry hints and rumors droppeu
now and then tend to inspire tue Deei thsI coii-
siderable planning is going on in private corners.
Many o the Radical pioneers aio known to De
here hey conduct themselves quietly .d:n ana
myster ,usly, dropping IN and out OF the ,i H!,et
emit dc ,artments, and lifting hither and thther
among tho dwellings of other high priests OF the
party. Rumor has even whispered that the proc,
iamation of amnesty is regarded by the IL az
successful COUP d'ea OIL the part of the President
against contemplated move in the direction OF
mild confscation. 1t is said that the prominent
g -. Dct1 oItrir1
toretl,er TO concert and agree upon measures with
view to providing remedies for the recent heavy
hits of the President and for those which are
threatening to fall, that there may be no delay IN
fhe work of retaliation on the meeting u Congress.
The Conservative Republicans and Democrats
have also goody representation here here looking i.
cljoues and coteries of them ma; be encountered
at almost any corner. The conviction is irresistl,
bic that an astonishing amount OF mining and
countermining must be in prog :ess, which in the
conrse of 4 few weeks will do velop itself to the
country in a series of startling explosions