New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1872-07-27

zling $500 and sentenced to Is months ana me OF
SS2s, with a recommendation TO the mercy Oh the
President.
Gen. VIM A. LAWRENCE u. s. Pension Agent at
New-York; discovered to be a defaulter April, 1871,
TO the amount Of about $4,000; absconded.
WI FORBES, Invalid Pension Agent at Phila-
delpha: suspended Sept 80, 1871, on charge OF
being defaulter to the amount of SS.OOO; he ex-
pressed his willingness to restore the amount 10 tne
Government and was held in $1,000 bail
Judge j. w WRIGHT Indian Pension Agent for
soldiers of the Creek Cherokee. and Seminole Ma
tons; charged in 1S71 with irregularities involving
about $5O0.0O0.
ALEXANDER CIAPPERTOS. Acting Indian Pension
Agent at Fort Smith Ark, under j. w. Wright; ar
rested in January 1872, charge of defraudlng the
Government while holding that position.
Major A. r. CALHOUN, Pension Agent at fhii-
adelphia charged with being defaulter, Noyem-
Der, 1871.
W. T. COLLINS. United States Pension Agent at
Washington; discovered to be defaulter to the
amount of about $4,000 in February, 1872
GEORGE A. BATCHELDER, Secretary OF Dakota Ter
ritOry SS 900 of Territorial funds discovered to be
unaccounted for in June 1871; an effort was making
TO compromise the matter, and it was thought 1t
would be successful.
PosT-OFFICE DEPARTMENT.
About a week ago The Ner- York Times contained
a Washington dispatch which was significantly
headed, How figures are made to lie" The dispatch
says: 1.-THE total amount received and disbursed by
the Post Office Department from postal and money!
order funds from the beginning of President Grants
Administration up to March 81 of the present year
was S17s 46S &C. and the amount of defalcations
within the period mentioned was $95,Sl6 49, OF
which S12446 95 has already been collected" FOL
lowing the example of some other departments the
Post-Oce officials attempt to garble their accounts
for the purpose Of manufacturing campaign cir
culars. document was prepared giving the frauds
by States Of which the article IN The Times gives
the total The Times article being transcript from
this Grant campaign document This official state
ment was given TO the Grant Executive Committee
and as they were fearful of its being exposed they
refused to use any portion of it but the total
amounts. As an example of its falsfcations, 1t re-
turns New-York State as not having single Post
Office defaulter during the Grant Administration
Curious to know how this document was manufac-
tured inquiry made at the Department in Wash
ington and the following facts were elected: The
statement is nothing than list of the amounts due
tie Government from suits chch hare been Instituted dur
ina Grants Administration against p0stRGSterS 'ho
have dcfaulted In the judgment of the Post-Oice no
man is a defaulter against whom suit has not been
entered. 1t only comprehenGs postmasters; default
ing deputy-postmasters, money-order clerks, and
other employees are not included, because they have
no account with the Department proper. Again, no
defaulter is included if the POst-Ohice thinks
his sureties are good. At the present day
the Post-Olhce has an extremely good opinion Of
all sureties. Finally defacatlOns that have been
compromised account of political favor OF other
reasons do not appear in this official statement nor
do those relieved by special act of Congress. In
short nothing is in it which could by any possible
subterfuge be kept out. When asked for a correct
list of the defalcatiOns, the Department officials
were indignant and while they admitted everything
stated above they expected the inquirer to be salts
fed with their campaign document. The Norton
defalcaton in New-York was $4,000; McCartney's,
in Washington, $4,000; Woods in Indiana, $1,000,
making total, including the $4,000 which the De-
partment admits in its statement of S212,OoO.
p. b. HATHAWAY clerk in the Hartford, Conn,
Post-Ofice; charged with being a defaulter; abb
seconded; arrested in Charles City, Iowa, February,
1870.
O. S. PINE clerk in the Registry Department OF
the New-York Post-Offce; June 20, 1870, held in
$1,000 bail before UIkted States Commissioner
Shields on a charge of embezzlng and secreting
letter containing SIS in bank bills; preferred by
James Gayler, Special Post Office Agent; examina-
ton set for June q, 1870.
ANDREW STAFFORD, mail agent between Balt-
more and Philadelphia; arrested June 80 1870, for
robbing the United States mail of letters and
money; he admitted his guilt, and was committed
in default of $1,000 bail sentenced for five years.
CHRISTOPHER +. DUGAN, a letter-carrier in the
New-York Post-Ofice; charged with embezzling
letter containing money; examination set for May
t. 1870; detected by deooy letter containing
money part of which the prisoner deposited in one
Of the city banks the case was postponed several
times on the 2ith Of February 1884, he was again
arrested on bench-warrant issued from the u. s.
Circuit Court and gave bail in $4,000.
r. w. FRANCIS, formerly Postmaster at Hauma
La; arrested in Washington the charge of rob-
bling u. S. money-order offices of $1,000; taken to
New-Oreans the 18th Of September, 1870, for trial
in the U. S. District Court of Louisiana.
NATHANIEL j. GILBERT Assistant Postmaster at
Spuyten Duyyil. charged with robbing the mails;
examined November %, 1870, and case adjourned;
complaints were received at Washington from per-
sons who failed TO get money RENTED by mail, and
decoy letters sent several Of which were found
on the prisoners person.
JOSEPH HARTwIcH a lettercarrier attached to
Station H. New-York City; locked up December 6,
$780, in default of $1,000 bail, on charge of secret
ing letters
JOHN T. LAWRENCE, a letter-carrier from Station
T. ON Third-ave route; arrested January II, 1871,
on charge of embezzling two letters containing IS,
and committed in default of $1,000.
EA MCLOUGHIN, alias John w. Mclean, for
1nerly Assistant Postmaster at Atlanta, Ga arrested
in New-York City, March II. 1871, for embezzling
5000 of Government funds about seven months
previous while Assistant Postmaster; when be
reached this city he had $500 left which he
invested in billiard saloon at Crosby and Broome-
sts he was identified by photograph, and made
full confession; after conveying his saloon to the
Government, he was taken 10 Atlanta.
Miss MOREY an employee in the POst-Office at Nc