Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1873-06-14

The News Of a Day by Telegraph from
the Great Metropolis Interest. .a
ing ITEMS f
Wife Murder and Suicide-Sharp Prac
tlce, Bank Swindled Of Twenty
Six Thousand Dollars.
Funeral Of Minister 0rr-HeaVy Banl
Failure-The Excitement on the
Cotton Exchange.
SPIRIT OF WASHINGTON SPECIALS TIC
THE NEW YORK PRESS.

| THE NEW YORK PRESS.
NEW YORK, June 13.-A Washing
| ton special says that the most import
| ant cnange in the rules recommended
by the civil service advisory board, is in
relation to the examination of candi-
dates for office in the various parts OF
the country, and not subject them to the
expense of travelling to Washington for
this purpose. 1t is recommended that
the country be divided into four or more
districts, each to have chief examiner,
and he to have associated with him GER
tain officials, or others, qualified for the
work.
1t has leaked out that during the re-
cent excursion of the examining board
of the treasury department south, a col
leetor of customs was found who could
neither read nor write.
The secretary of war, according to a
| special from Washington, has submitted
| to the department of justice statement
of the condition of affairs found by
the war department to exist in
the division of the late freedmen's
bureau, charged with the settlement
of bounties to colored soldiers. The
statement sets forth that the claimants,
for whom the treasury certificates were
issued and sent to the freedman's
bureau for payment, have never re-
ceived their money, although they We're
marked on the records of the bureau as
paid. They were reported to the treasu-
~ by the disbursing officer of the bureau
as paid, and so credited in the settle
ment of his account. For this fraud the
secretary of war wishes to know the de-
gree of responsibility and the relative
responsibility under the law of General
o. o. Howard and his disbursing officer,
General Culloch. When the war de-
partment took possession Of the records
of the bureau unpaid claims were found
amounting to seven hundred and thirty
thousand dollars, and thirty-three thou
sand dollars were found unpaid, al
though entered on the records and re-
ported to the treasury and there credit
ed as paid.
WIFE MURDER AND SUICIDE.
In Yadkin county, North Corolina, on
Saturday last, John Holcombe shot his
wife dead and then killed himself
Jealousy was the cause.
SHARP "TRIX " IN BANKING CIRCLES.
The police have not yet found J. H.
Horton, who yesterday swindled the
firm of Osgood & Co. out of about twen-
ty-eight thousand dollars in gold. Sew
eral weeks ago Horton entered the
banking-house of P. s. Peterson & Co.,
Philadelphia, and expressed desire to
open an account with the firm, and
with that purpose in view he offered to
deposit on account a considerable sum,
which was accepted, and an account
opened. Horton continued to increase
his credit account by depositing several
checks, until Wednesday, when he
stated that he wished to go into certain
stock speculations in New York, and
Peterson IL Co. granted him letters of
credit, two houses here authorizing Hor-
ton to draw upon them for thirty thou
sand dollars. Yesterday Horton made
his appearance in the Office of Osgood &
Co., Broad street, and presented letter
of credit for siXty-seven thousand dol
lars, remarking that he should pTbably
want to draw all of the money, and per-
haps more, as he wished to go into the
street and speculate. Osgood & Co. de-
INJURED, whereupon Horton directed
them to send dispatch to his Philadel-
phia bankers and have a transfer made.
The transfer was promptly made, and
everything being satisfactory, twenty
six thousand seven hundred and eighty
dollars gold was bought and paid over to
Horton, who had, meanwhile, remained
in the outer Office, and then vanished.
A later dispatch was received from Pc
teTson & Co., cautiOning them against
paying any money to Horton, as the
checks and drafts cashed for him in
Philadelphia had been discovered to be
forgeries. 1t was too late.
CONTINUED EXCITEMENT IN COTTON
CIRCLES,
The excitement continues on the cot
ton exchange, but no additional failures
have been announced and it is thought
that the worst is over and that a panic |
will be avoided. The stock exchange
will adjourn from July 30th to the fol-
lowing Monday.
MORE ABOUT THE HORTON SwINDLE. |
Horizons swindIing operations, it |
turns out, include two hundred shares |
of the Reading railroad stock received |
for a certificate of two hundred shares |
of Pennsylvania railroad stock from |
Reed & McGrance, of Lancaster, which |
he had raised to that amount from one
share. Horton has resided for the past |
six years in Lancaster, occasionally Wis
iting this city.
HEAVY BANK FAILURE.
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