Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1873-04-29
NEW YORK.
Charges Of DefalcatiOn Denied-RailrOad
stock ManipulatiOns-The Latest
Bank Suspension.
News OF Disastrous Fire in Liverpool
Seven Persons SufEOcated i'm the
Burning Building.
Arrest Of Pittsburg BOnd-RObber, and
his Departure for the Scene Of
his Exploits.

NEW YORK, April 2S.-POstmaster
James pronounces without foundation
the rumors of defalcation on account OF
Henry w. Whiting, cashier. The ru-
mors originated from the fact that while
Mr.. Whiting was making up the last
quarterly accounts of EX-POstmaster
Jones, another was acting cashier.
There is talk on the street of move
ment to twist those who have gone eX-
tensively short on the Pacific mail.
Gould, Stockwell and Hatch are said to
have most of the stock, and will not
allow Street to cover its shorts at pres
ent prices.
The depositors of the Atlantic bank
will meet this evening 10 consider the
situation. The United States marshal
has charge of the bank. There was a
slight furry on Wall street during
morning hours in consequence of the de-
fslcatiOn in the Atlantic national bank,
bUt prices were not much affected. The
mislOrtunes of the bank are regarded as
the consequence of imposing upon the
cashier the duties that should have been
given TO Others. President SOuthwOrth
was formerly IN the grocery trade,
aud bankers and brokers say that if he
was failure as a grocer he is not likely
Charles E. Strong has been appointed
receiver Of the Atlantic national bank.
TaintOr, the defaulting cashier, was
taken before United States Commission
er Osborne to-day, but not having coun.
sci and not having made application for
release on bail, he was returned to Lud-
low street Jail. No further information
Is given to all the inquiries at the Allan
tic national bank, where Mr.. Strong is
endeavOring to disentangle the confused
accounts. The greater number Of the
depOsitOrs who called at the bank to-day
appeared to have lost but little, and
none Of those painful scenes occurred
which is so often seen where large
savings banks have suspended. TaintOr,
tie defaUlting cashier, is married and
respectably connected. His friends say
his speculatiOns were prompted by de-
sire to serve the bank, and that be
erred through ambition with no dis
honest intent. At meeting this morn
ing Of the clearinghouse and conference
commission associations, the bank
was suspended from the privileges 0f
association. A full meeting of the
clearin ghouse association will be held
this afternoon, and the bank be expelled.
Among the prominent sufferers by
the Atlantic bank defalcatiOn is ROs-
well :. Burrows, a wealthy merchant of
Albion, New York, who had one hun
drad thousand dollars of the stock. A
large number of the depOsitors of the
bank held a meeting this evening, J. A.
Fuller presiding. a resolution was
adopted for the appointment of a COM
mittee of five, to cooperate with the re-
ceiver of the bank, and to report to the
d al of,FaiV fla frf gf ion
concerning the affairs Of the institution.
a number of speeches were made, in
which much indignation was manifested
against the defaulting casEier, Tain
tor. Several criticisms We're also passed
on other officers of the bank, to whose
lack of vigilance the accomplishment
OF frauds were attributed. Opinions
were expressed that Taintor still re-
tains a large amount of money obtained
by him. Also that frauds had not
extended through years, as he asserted,
but were matters of the last few days or
weeks. The meeting adjourned subject
TO call by the chairman.
4 motion was made to-day in behalf
Of W. Watts Sherman to vacate an at
tachment granted against his property
IN a suit by Mr. Fechter for four hun
dred and twelve thousand dollars
damages for an alleged breach of con-
tract. The motion was based principal
lv upon the ground that Mr. Sherman
vas not q nonresident, that he was not
living in London, as was claimed, but
that he was on pleasure travelling trip
on the continent The court reserved
its decision.
This evening, a gang Of sixty Long
shoremen refused TO .allOw a gang of
New York men to 60 to work on the
steamer Pembroke, at Jersey City, and
at one time a riot was threatened, but
the police appeared, and prevented any
outbreak.
-Four jurors we're obtained to-day in
the trial Of Bleakley for the murder OF
his niece.
The commissioners of Indian affairs
resumed their sessions to-day. b. r.
Cowan, assistant secretary of the inte-
rior. assisted the members of the
commission. Bids for transporta-
ton were received, amounting
10 twenty-five in all. Bid
tlers were chiefly from st. Louis, Chi
cago, Pittsburg and Cheyenne. The
quantity to be transported amounts TO
twenty-five million pounds.
The managers Of the Atlantic cable,
dissatisfied with Hog island, approach
and contemplate bringing their cable TO
Brooklyn by some other way.
Daman Il. Eaton decided to accept
ihe vacancy in the civil service board
made by the resignation of Curtis.
The special committee of the
board Of assistant aldermen to-day
reported that the fees, emoluments
aud salaries of the city chamberlain and
county treasurer was excessive, and an
outrage on the people that the interest
ON city money should be added to the
principal and that the corporation cOun-
-ei be instructed to recover and secure
such interest to the city.
The attempt to serve the second writ
of haJeas corpus by the deputy sheriff
having the alleged bOnd-rObber Hamp-
ton ia custody, failed, and Hampton
was taken TO Philadelphia this after
noon.
The suit brought in the United States
court by the Milwaukee national bank
Of Wisconsin against Arthur Hughes
and others, 10 recover money paid by
the bank on sight and time drafts,
which had been issued by defendants in
purchasing of a cargo of wheat and dis
counted by the bank, was to-day de-
cided bv a verdict in favor Of the plain
llfT IDl LNEhlA A-IuuI tuDu5dAlu SlA nun
dred aud eighty-five dollars.
Liverpool papers of the fourteenth
contain the particulars of the fire ia
tWeuty-siX Gay street, in that city,
whereby one Seharah was burned 70
death, and a family named Edwards,
consisting of six persons, suffOcated.
Charles G.. Hampton, the alleged Pitts
burg bond-robber, was brought up to-day
in the court OF oyer and termineT, before
Judge Brady, on a writ of hdbeas corpus.
The district attorney consented that the
Drisoner should be discharged, which
being done, the sheriffs officers rear
rested him on a requisitiOn from the
Governor. and he left the courtroom
bound for Pittsburg. On leaving
the court, Hampton was placed In
a coach. accompanied by two
officers. TO he driven 20 Colonel Whit
ley's office. This coach had no sooner
derarted than another arrived, and the
oecupants learning that Hampton had
been driven off, gave chase, but, at the
latest reports, had not Oyerhauled MN
II Is supposed that the occupants OF the
last coach had another hdbedS corpus 10
keep Hampton in the city.
Journalistic.
LEAYENwoRTH, April 2S.-The Com
laercidL newspaper aud job printing
Office aud bOOk-bindery has been pur-
chased by ID. w. Huston and II. n.
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