The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1856-11-19
ANOTHER New YORK FINANCIER.-TheN New

named Wight, whose alleged s'sharp practice
throws entirely in the shade the operations OF
that other fast man, Huntington, the Vail street
, broker The Times says:
This Wight was for some time book-keeper
) in the highly respectable house of John Higgins
IL Co., of this city, the senior member OF which
f is now our consul TO Belfast, Ireland So well
t and ably did he perform his duties IN this ca
; pacity that he won the esteem of his employ
ers and their confidence to such an extent that
, during the absence of the firm in 1e54-5, in
Europe, he held their power of attorney. Ot
this power he awaited himself By pledgIng
the firm whose interests were entrusted to his
care, he obtained credit upon the firms bank
ers at Glasgow for $4,000, with which sum
he went to Europe Representing himself as the
exclusive owner of this sum- to make arrange
ments for continuing the firm with this sup
posed additional capital, and he to be a part
ner He took with him letters OF Introduction
from some Wall street brokers, and these he
used to forward his designs. He also repre-
scented himself to be millionaire, and played
all bis parts so plausiblv that he finally sue
ceeded in buying the firm out with their own
assets.
The property thus fraudulently turned overto
tually prevailed upon one of the largest credit
ors of the estate a cannie Scot, to garnish the
| firm of Higgins d. Co., and the other creditors
in the faithful liquidation of the liabilities OF
the estate, so that the late firm are now held
harmless. The $4,000 credit which he had
obtained in the manner above mentioned he de-
posted in the Western bank of Glasgow. Soon
after he returned to this city, and continued
! 1 of t.,
last, in Vesey street, under the name of Wight
Brothers. Here he seemed to prosper great
| ly. He lived grandly, occupied brown stone
| front in Twenty third street, kept span offne
horses, and in fact, went it decidedly strong
! His career was very brilliant, but very brief
In ninety days after its establishment, the firm
of Wight Brothers collapsed!
| Wight has been taken into custody under the
act against fraudulent debtors. His liabilities
are said to amount to about $4,000, and his
assets to not over $1,000!
The masonic fraternity of this State (says
the New York Herald) purpose to erect in the
city of New York splendid ediice, which will
excel in magnifcence and finish anything of the
kind on this continent. 1t is to be five stories
high, of white marble, substantially and ele
gantly built, and will be 100 feet front by 1876
feet deep. 1t will contain ample accommoda
tons for the sessions of the grand lodge, sub
ordinate lodges, councils and encampments, and
the appointment of decorations of the rooms will
be on the most splendid and costly scale. The
masonic temple in Philadelphia cost nearly
$500, OOO but this ediice is expected to cost
100000 As the grand lodge cannot build
this temple-the law not permitting tan as
ISOLATION Of free nlasons has been formed, and
trustees appointed who will make application
for charter to the next legislature, one of the
provisions of which will be that none but free
masons can own the stock, and that the frater-
nifty will have full charge and control of the dis
position ofthe temple. The masonic hall in this
city, on Broadway, formerly belonging to the
uasons, passed out of their hands By outsiders
holding most of the stock, and they wish to be
secure against any such difficulty with the new
temple. The site has not vet been determined
upon, but it will doubtless be somewhere in
Broadway,
CsRIoUs SrArDTIcs.-Some recently pub
llshed statements regarding the population, ex-
tent, trades, the number Of dwellings of Lon
don, show even a more fabulous amount of its
greatness than was ever before dreamed Of
That city, which at the beginning of the present
century numbered 958, 600 inhabitants, at the
census of 1851 contained 1859, 900 For the !
ten years preceding, from l84l to 1851, the /
population has increased seventeen per cent
Since that time, it has increased in the same, if
not larger proportion, SO that population of no
less than SIX millions OF people would be the re-
suit IN 1900. Thus we may see chat our great
western cities, St. Louis, Chicago, Cincinnati,
or even our own great metropolis, are not alone
in their growth. The London Chron-
lce has made calculation from which it ap-
pears that there are more Smiths, JoneSes
Browns, RobInsons, and Thompsons in London
than any other city in the world Paris and the
Chinese cities excepted) has inhabitants; that
' Jenna has not as many denizens as London
las servants: that the shoemakers, publicans,
md dealers in meat and vegetables, OF London, ,
would make larger population by far than all }
Berlin contains, aAd nearly as large as that of i,
New York; that London has more St-makers =
han Frankfort has citizens, and more clerks !
han Boston has inhabitants =
:
We learn from the New York Journal of .
Commerce. of the LIST inst, that the L. States
toresEIp Release, one OF the vessels of the '
iartsteln expedition in pursuit OF doctor Kane y
las been selected by the government for the
purpose of visiting the American shores of the
outh Atlantic, to procure sugar cane and seeds 0
nder the appropriation of $4,000 which was '
made for that object at the last session of con- r.
ress. We understand that the mission is en- u
rusted to lieutenant Charles c. Simms, u S. n
ANY, who was second IN command of the Hart te
tein expedition, and that he will sail from that n
ort in command of the Release in the course II
f a week or ten days. 1t is expected that she "
ill visit the shores Of Central and South Amer o.
"a, as well as many OF the West India islands, "
nd return early in the next spring. II
KANSAS EMIGRASTs-The Petersburg (Va.) g
Express has a letter from one of the Virginia S,
migrants in Kansas, stating that times are very
ard the winter fast approaching. and there are nj
'any destitute of any prospect of Drawing it's OF
eserity in their present penniess condition C
he Missouri Republican describes the differ al
nee between going and returning emigrants Ell
hey were then in companies OF hundreds: they p;
ai family circles and Ioa-ed han,,-. RI &C