New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1843-08-11
Things ct ST. Louis.
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innings ct st, Louie.
Eortesr0ndenc4 OF The Tribune.
Sr.LouIs, July3l, 1873.
The heat IN thus city for the last ter or twenty
days has been most intense. The thermometer
has ranged 'madiq up to go ard l0Go Sick
ness has come IN IKE food. During last week
We had 15 deaths in the city "a degree OF NOR
tally, considering our population, greater than
even prevailed in the times Of the cholera II Phi
adelphia The day before Yesterday, the weather
changed, without rain, and since 1t Is cool as Dc
tober The season Of leisure has come and busl-
ness languishes. The price Of gram recedes, rs
the anticipation of very fair CROPS grows stronger
There Is no doubt whatever that there will be
quite an dcerGge crop of all our staples the opin-
ION Of crackers and spectators to the contrary
Notwithstanding You may rely upon that. y
great many new buildings are gong upi as many
as ever before IN any one year. The Johnson par
ty are beginning to str, ard they will never cease
until the Loco Fuco nominees to the General Con
ven,ion are selected and then ,ciU be for John
son for President. The Standard fingers on,
but violent consumption is upon it. Old Mr.
Penn has carried the day triumphantly Hurrah .
Benton cannot control him: and if he should at
tempt it, It will soon be SAID Benton ,od5 Po
lticay the old Colonel IS on the wane. The
sceptre has departed from him. There is great
muss here among the 7ylcrites, and you may
look out for blow-up shortly. The Supreme
Court of this State has made decision which
stipgthis city Of all her schoollands, worth more
than million of dollars. The case will go up
to the Supreme Court of the United States, am
told 1t will be great stab to the city If that
decision IS sustained. Capt. Cook, OF the L. ).
Dragons, has captured no gentleman.
The ROBBERY OF THE PORTER OF THE Lone
ISLAND BANK-In the month of June, 1912, as
our readers will remember, the porter of the Long
Island Bank, while passing from the PhnmX
Bank of this City, having made the customary
exchanges with that institution for the Long ISL
and Bank at Brooklyn, was robbed of S27 600.
of which or $4,000 Of the Long Island Bank
some of them $1,000 bills and the residue bills Of
exchange.
In order to ferret the authors OF this felony,
committed by daylight several corps of Police Officers,
considered among brightest and the best selected
and dputed who, after prosecuting their Investigations for
period Of nearly year. unable detc, and tba
eons although nearly $1,000 were expended by te Bank TO
stimulate their efforts hoped-lor success.
nger who had been substituted May BY the Bank oI the
other officers when in Philadelphia connection with OH.
cer Russell deputed BY the Mayor Of Philadelphia, arrested
man named William Rushworth, who keeps species of
tavern porter boarding house Water in that City,
which reputed be the place of Of sporting
all their extensive The information which the
officers acted communicated TO them IN part by the
Bank viz that the $1,000 bills stolen had come into
possession Of the Bank through Mr. Shaw, importer, in
Pearl street who obtained it'll the following
Rushworth it appeared, became acquainted with Mr..
Shaw Phade pha convva party and there foI the
lime the acquaintance ended On Tuesday Of last week.
however Rushworth this City, and, calling on
Nh Shaw at place Of business they proceeded Clarke
& Browns in Maiden Lane, and while there Rushworth
told Nh Shaw that he mad large amount, money about
him, aud asked Mr. Shaw if he kept Bank Being
answered amatvely he said he wished to make deposit
Mr. Shaw then went and got his bank book aud his
turn was handed $1,000 bill the Long Island Bank and
los on Philadelphia Banks They then proceeded the
Union Bank aad Rushworth remaining outside the deposit
made They then returned TO Clarke Browns daed,
and after eating Nh Shaw deemed itproper that the check
should be certified and again they went to the Union Bank
for that purpose Rushworh remaining in the street be-
fore. On Thursday Of last week the $1,000 bill passed
from the Union the Phoenix Bank and thence TO the Long
Island Bank, where discovered to be of
the stolen bills After tracing the Union Bank the
dsposte of Mr. Shaw that gentleman stated the
ner fits coming into his possession.
In the interim, Rushworth, who had come hithef to
attend the late cricketmatch had returned Philadelphia.
There the officers according authorised him;
doing So Mayor held him bail $1,000 TO explain his
the On his examination he stated that
he ceiyed the bill from stranger who slept at h house,
and for whom he changed The officers have thus far
covered two OF the $1,000 bills.
This statement the oncvaryng it does from
the imperfect and incorrect prematuely made BY morn
ing paper Of yesterday Our reporter possession Of
the facts Of this but requested by the officers
10 publish them at the time do until the necessary
papers obtained bring Rushwoh to this City,
which will be within few days.