New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1875-04-07
WASHINGTON.
Appointments.

l AVRUAutmcntSs
| WASHINGTON, April Cd. Madison Wells,
surveyor of customs, New Orleans; C. w.
RinggOld, appraiser of merchandise, New
Orleans; J. NJ. G. Parker, postmaster, New
Orleans; James w. Ward, postmaster, Cor
pus Christi Benjamin COnley, postmaster,
Atlanta, Georgia, vice Governor Bard.
Ten Per Cent.
The First National Bank pays ten per
cent to creditors on the fourteenth instant
Counterfeit Five Dollar Notes.
The only dangerous five dollar notes
(counterfeit) are the Traders First, and the
Third Merchants National banks. all of
Chicago, exceedingly we'll done. No more
notes of these denominations will be issued
to these banks.
General Sickles Retained on the Retired
List.
1t has been decided that General Sickles
retains his place on the retired place.
Court of Claims.
The Court of Claims has decided the case
of Sophia B. Moore. a minor, against the
United States. The treasury agent having
leased or rented the lands and houses of
her late father, in North Carolina, as aban-
doned property during the civil war. The
court Gays the right of action given by the
act of March l2, 1868. applies to rents
collected and paid into the public treasury
under the provision of the act of July,
1856, BY the treasury agent appointed
the former act, and the claimant is there
fore entitled to recover for rent, but the
right of action given by the act OF March
l2, 1868, does not apply to the proceeds of
property which was captured on land by
the military and naval forces of the United
States. removed into loyal State by said
forces and libelled in g district court be-
F>no oT IL E -
1862, and which was sold and the proceeds
thereof paid into the public treasury before
the passage of the act.
Supreme Court.
The Supreme Court will hear the famous
Elgee cotton crse this week.
House ct al. VS.. Mullen ct al.-From the
middle district of Alabama. Reversed
original.
State vs.. ChiIes.-Decided Chiles mav
under an act of Congress. be compelled to
testify by the State in its behalf. An order
was made directing that his deposition be
taken.
Obtained.
Full details of the mail route irregular,
ties are as follows: The stamp used by the
POstOtfice Department when bids for mails
are opened contains the the initials of the
First and Second P0stmasters General. As
each bid is opened the stamp is put upon it
to show the bid is prima facie in possession
of the department. When the bids are
opened and thus stamped they are passed
to clerks detailed for the purpose of CLASH
Tying, indorsing and making q record of
them. kittle, who has large contracts
for Texas, obtained, through clerk named
Channel and a messenger, ROthrOck, both
employed in the POstOtfice Department, a
fac simile of the genuine stamp, and from |
that had counterfeit made by an engraver
in this city. Channel obtained for his SER
vices in this business $500, and Rothrick |
$50. Kittle next obtained, through clerk |
named Colt, together with Channel, a men, |
Orandum OF the lowest bids on number of |
routes in Texas, which we're opened at the /
last regular meeting about q month ago.
He then made up fraudulent bids at less |
figure, with the impress of the fraudulent |
stamp. and employed Channel to slip them |
among the bona tde bids. Ia this way the |
fraud was complete.
Kittle formed a partnership with J. 7. |
Hines, lately appointed United States mar.
shal for Alabama the terms of which were |
that each should pay an equal share of all |
necessary expenses of getting these bids in |
by corrupting the clerks. Kittle fraudu.
iently bid in the name Of Patrick Laughlin,
a resident of Michigan, and Hines princi-
pally in the name of William G. Iddings
L uCAC AdNC tuuS idT Uccu 1OuQU seven /
fraudulent bids in the name of Laughlin, |
two in the name OF Hines and from twenty
five to thirty in the name of Iddings, with
Hines as surety. After the above facts had
been discovered kittIe made full confes.
sion on condition that he should not be
1t further appears that many
genuine bids were abstracted from the
rooms of the department by means Of a
false key which Kitte himself procured. |
Thov Unro ia akou t0 bin rOOyv, from, <;,,,a 20 [
time by the clerk, Channel, for inspection
The fraudulent bids of Hines and Iddings
were made up on a Sunday, in Hines
room, and the fraudulent stamp put upon |
them IN the presence Of Hines, Kittle and
Channel. Hines denies being present. but
by cOllusion with the clerks in the depart
nent they were admitted. While the bids
approached Rothrock. the messenger.
claiming he had bid on certain route in
hat State, which he said was missing.
and he privately offered Rothrock $50.
20 slip a bid into those lettings, in
leu of the pretended lost one Hines,
IN the investigation, admitted in Roth.
'ock's presence that he did ask him
% slip the bid in, but denied Offering
nm money. kothrock Gays that in January
ne malls as they came into the Depart
nent and abstract from them an important
'lE..lar from certain parties in California,
IND in consideration of that service offered
Q increase his monthly compensation from
S7O to 500, and continue the increase from
month to month. Before the Texas bids
we're opened kittles arranged with a clerk
FAMED Floyd, who had charge of the Texas |
lesk, for information to enable him to com
nit the frauds, and for the services to be
hus rendered pay him s25O0, $1,000 of which
vas afterwsrd returned on ascertaining
hat Floyd would not have charge of the
Texas bids. the Department having q q
measure temporarily changed
he clerks at all tho desks connected With