The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1867-12-16
From the Memphis Bulletin.
Sierk In tile Freetsmen's Bureau in
the Confidence BUSINESS.

Avery peculiar case of forgery and per.
Jury was developed yesterday, in which q
late clerk in the Freedmen's Bureau nj
jackson, Miss, named John III. Evart
played conspicuous part, and succeeded
IN getting himself consigned to "durahce
vile" to await an examination before q
magistrate on the above serious charges
About the end Of the month lSeptcmber]
certificate, connected with a bounty
claim, was placed in the hands of Messrs
Meyers Dedrick, claim agents, north
Court street, for collection. The order or
cert'1ca'e mad to be sent to the agent of the
treedmen's Bureau at Jackson, Miss. for
signature. A reply was received from
jackson requesting that the amount for
"nich the order called (s225) be trans
uilltcd TO that place, the package contain
ing the money to be addressed TOLL
townsend, care of J. II. Grant. The
money was duly sent by Messrs. Meyers g.
Decrlck, as directed. Some correspond
ence passed between the parties. and
few days ago Meyers & Dedrick received
a communication from the agent of the
Bureau at Jackson to the effect that he
had opened one Of their letters addressed
70 townsend, and giving it as his opinion
that Grant had swindled them ont Of the
money which had been forwarded to Jack
son. lie also stated that Grant, who had
oeen detailed from the Fifth United States
cavalry TO act as clerk in the Bure au.
once, had in the mean time disappeared.
ana was generally believed to have de-
serted the service.
Yesterday morning an active Young
man entered the office of Messrs. Movers
y DERRICK, and gave his name as Robert
L. Lindsay. He stated that he wished to
put claim in the hands of the firm for
collection. He then presented the papers
OF John ii. Townsend, private of the
fiith United States cavalry, claiming
oack pay from the Government to the
amount of three hundred dollars. The
name OF Townsend was very familiar to
the firm, and Lindsay was closely oues-
toned IN regard to the whereabouts of
townsend, and it was elected that he was
on board the steamer Pauline Kerr. Mr.
Dedrick determined to have an interview
with Townsend, and went down to the
leyee for that purpose. he went on board
the steamer, and was informed that he had
either left the boat at Hillman or Mem.
PMS. lie then returned to the office and
consulted with his partner, Colonel NJ overs.
and they came to the conclusion that
the Simon pure John II. Grant alias r
ii. Townsend alias r. E. Lindsay vac IN
their grasp, and they determined 90 amest
him. The preliminaries We're 0nicklv
gone through, warrant nrocured and
Lindsay, SO called, So N fonnd himself in
the tle custody of an officer. He was taken
U Ten Colonel Beaumont, at the police
hrsast or ' <, where he made clean
!, n o"0 "a the whole transaction and &C
lodged himself to be the original J.
II. Grant, and that Townsend and Lindsay
were both myths. He then handed over
the sum of 5000, in post-office orders, paya-
BILE to himself in Boston, to which city he
was bound, and from which he originally
hailed; draft on the Jackson National
Bank for $50 and $3.50 in cash, to be
used in making good the amount out of
which he swindled Meyers s. Dedrick.
He was then committed 10 the police
cells to wait an examination before ma
gistrate to-day. The charges entered
against him are perjury and forgery, to
which, in all likelihood, that of desertion
from the United States service will be
added to-day.