The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1869-12-30
Loss Estimated at $4,000.
NEW YORK

Richard 3. Caldwell, one Of the Par
ties connected with the Gus tom
House Frauds, committed TO Rlsis-
0n-Senat0r Pratt, OF Indiana, TO
Resign On the 10th PPOxImO--
fOOP aealth and q DistaSte for the
Position, given as Reason for so
DOIng-OtheP Items.
NEW YORK, December 29.-Col.
Whitley, Of the u. S. Detective force,
yesterday received a telegram from
Montreal, announcing that Richard
b. Cald we'll, whose connection With
Samuel T. Blatchford, in the Custom
House frauds, has received such a
wide spread publicity, has been com
mitted to prison, to await the arrival
of the necessary papers for his extra
dition, an appeal to the Court of the
Queens Bench and two writs of
hd6eas corpus having been set aside.
1t is said that the Secretary of State
at Washington has already forwarded
the necessary papers to the Governor
General Of Canada, and that two
CaldWells, father and son, may be ex-
pected here very soon.
A special says Senator Pratt, of
Indiana will o-day, or tomorrow,
send his resigDation to the Governor
of Indiana, to take effect on the 10th
proximo; that he will return home
and retire to private life. Declining
health and a distaste for the po-
sition are the chief reasons assigned
for resigning.
The House Post Office Committee
has transferred the scene of its oper-
ations to this city, and Will renew its
investigations at the Astor House
this morning.
Yesterday United States Marshal
Harlan reported to the District At
torney's Office that Charles Augustus
and Mason Loeb. and Thomas
F. Ray, against whom bench
warrants had been issued for
their arrest on a charge of attempt
to defraud the revenue, could not
be found In this city by his deputies,
and he had good reason for believing
that they had all fed to Europe
Government officials have evidence
to show that they eutered into an
enormous conspiracy to defraud the
revenue, involving the sum of a mil
lion of dollars. by manufacturing aud
selling spirits IL an illicit manner.
The World learns, by private ad-
vices from Washington, that the ad-
justment Of the Alabama claims is to
be made In Washington instead of
London, and that the Duke of
Argyle is to be the Ambassador
Of England, clothed with authority
to make the settlement upon such
terms as may be agreed upon. 1t is
likewise said that the apology which
Senator Sumner insisted that Eng
land shall make for its course during
the war, will not be acceded to on the
part of the Government, but that in
lieu of this the British Government
will propose to transfer to the United
America lying ives. f Lake Superior,
including British Columbia and all
their possessions on the Pacific coast,
in consideration of our paying q large
sum of money therefor.
Foreign advices state that the De-
istical Convention, which met at
defiance TO the Ecumenieal Council
at Rome, was dissolved after two
days session, by the Italian Govern
ment, the ostensible reason being
that the delegates shouted, E0UuUa
LS0 ETIlHCtCts ne LtDAOCtCtlN.
New YORK. December %. The
rumor of the failure of a prominent
iron founder proves unfounded.
A report of another bank defalca-
ton is unauthenticated.
Another rumor obtained currency
that the Treasury sales Of gold will
be continued during January on the
same scale as during the present
4 I.,A . Labs knl kills. A
the markets are unsettled by these
rumors, and there is great activity In
money.
The Treasury disbursed 81 ,150,0 900
to-day forethe January interest, max
ing So, $50, 000 thus far.
There are runners of a lookup Of
greenback currency.
The Treasurer of Illinois will be
here tomorrow to pay the January
interest on State bonds, and to pay
off the stock due at the end of the
year.
NEW York, December 29.-The in
vestigation OF the defalcation in the
Merchants Exchange Bank, has gone
so far as to justify the statement on
the authority of Mr.. Calender, the
| National Bank Examiner, that the
= 1OSG W luC DdAh ID 1CSo LA40A (LOOSOO0s
and may not exceed $4,000 in any
event He says it will not exceed one
third of the surplus of the bank at
the last quarterly statement. tits as
serted, on good authority, that G.
Oakley, brother of the cashier, was a
large depositor, and at times largely
overdrew his account. His business
speculations proved unfortunate, asd
he recently failed. Part of his over
draft the bank will recover. by means
of securities held by them.
Oakley's property and securities
will also go far toward making up the
loss. Oakley is on duty at the bank
assisting in untangling affairs, and it
is not probable that criminal proceed
ings will be taken against him. The
assertion that the populations have
been going on four years. is contra
dicted, an the books are examined
yearly by competent committee, and
at the last examination the affairs of
the bank were correct.