The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1865-08-25

thousand dollars in specie formerly belonging 70 'n'
rebel government which had been secroed ny reoei
express agent and business agent VINO have been
arrested
The bel nest in Montreal becoming fuller every
day. Beverley Tucker, Carroll, George sanders, pr'
Blackburn Dr. Pallep, Ex-Governor Wescott d. B. Foote
and other less prominent men have been there some
time Robert E Lee is expected, and JEFF Davis family
are stated by the Montreal Gdss to be quietly living at
the Donegana Hotel
It is stated by Quebec correspondent that the o.
nadans have already TO certain extent initiated the
nreeedings which their delegates in the Detroit Com
nercia Convention limited would be the result Of the
non renewal by the United States of the Reciprocity
treaty. This was nothing less than the throwing open
of their ports along the border and encouraging snug
Cling Smuggling is carried on to an almost unlim-
tied extent along the frontier and is said, with the
knowledge and connvance Of the Canadian Ministry.
Our correspondent describes the condition Of the prov
ince very unpromsng The taxes and other burdens
are so heavy and the crop and trade prospects poor
that thousands of the inhabitants have already sold out
and emigrated to the Far West Real estate has fallen
seventy five per cent in value within the past eighteen
months and IT is estimated that In the city OF Toronto
alone there are thirteen hundred empty tenements.
The United States steamer Commodore McDonough,
which left Port Royal s. c., the morning OF the nth
the storm of last Tuesday and after struggling with
the wind and through that day and the succeeding
night sank on Tuesday morning. All on board of the
McAonough forty -four in number, rescued by the
Donegal but lost everything which they had on board
excepting the clothing they wore at the time The Don
ega arrived safely at this port yesterday morning.
George Gladwn, the. young man committed to the
Tombs on Tuesday last on the charges Of fraudu
leny obtaining four thousand dollar check from the
New Haven Post Office and Of procuring two hun
drcd thousand dollars worth Of bonds from St. Nicholas
Hotel safe by presenting forged order, yesterday
arragned on the latter OF these complaints pleaded
guilty, and remanded to the Tombs for trial He
was arragned and pleaded guilty to the former charge
on Wednesday.
The swndlng developments are taking larger field,
and extending from metropolitan financial circles the
army. Colonel Amos Binney, Chief Paymaster in the
Department Of Virginia and North Carolina, has within
few days been ordered from Richmond to Washington
for examination complaint Of having so manipulated
the funds in his charge, amounting to some Millions
to pocket between thirty and fifty thousand dollars.
The suspicion is that this done by paying the soldiers
in seven-thrty bonds and then receiving share Of the
profits which the Virginia banks made by buying these
up discount of four and eight dollars the hundred
There terrible railroad collision in the Pennsyl-
vana oil regions yesterday morning freight train and
same track, the Oil Creek road, Ttusville,
together considerable speed and with terrific force,
crashing the int, fragments and killing nine persons
and njrrinC many others. The catastrophe s said to
have caused by the engineer Of the freight train
running up the main track to get a switch about
the time the other train DUE An intervening curve
prevented those either train from seeing the other
An excursion train the Old Colony Railroad, while
returning to Boston on Wednesday evening, coided
with hand the track and the engine tender and
six cars with about hundred and fifty persons, in
Guiding many ladies, thrown from tho track three
OF the cars tumbng down embenkment. Strangely
enough, no killed. and only about half dozen
were injured, and of these, 1t is said in a serious
manner.
The steamboat Argosy No 8, while going up the Ohio
river last Monday evening, having on board three
hrndr men of the SEVENTEEN Ohio infantry drivn
ashore in the eighty miles below Louisville Tho
conclusion exploded the mud drums, and twelve men
were badly scaded, two Of whom died Immediately and
others not expected to recover. From thirty
to forty the soldiers jumped overheard and eight Of
them drowned.
Tho investigation into the circumstances attending the
death OF John f. wcstlake OF the victims Of the
plosion board the steamer Arrow resumed before
Coroner Lynch in Brooklyn yesterday and the evidence
went prove that the valve In the steam pipe connect
negligence Of the engineer whose duty II to have
that 10 OPEN The result was that the steam in
tended for boilers concentrated into one, and
hence the disaster The investigation further adj
joured to Monday next.
The new steamship New York. belonging TO the
Atlantic Mail Steamship Company went on trial trip
yesterday during which she ran sixteen knots within
the hour in the lower bay She will be open to the in
specion of the public at pier g. North river
and will sail for Aspinwal on the LIST Of September
There was another auction sale yesterday Of some Of
the property used by supervisors Volunteering Com
mitec in their late recruiting operations The building
the Battery thirty by one hundred feet constructed
OF white pine timber, and used for enrolling purposes
was knocked down for only three hundred and thirty
dollars Three safes used by the committee Sold
and brought about what they cost when new.
Judge Edmonds a communication which We publish
this morning. crticises the OF Colchester the spirit
ualst tried in the United States District Court Buff
fao and editorial remarks Of yesterday the mat
The Judge contends that the result OF this trial will
have depressing effect the minds Of true and intel
gent spirituass who themselves regarded Colchester
as little else than juggler and he thinks IL will be
fortunate thing for spritualism II tho jury's verde,
against the accused shall result in sicncng him forever
The Judge says he solicited TO become Colchester
counsel, but refused on conscientious grounds
II appears that under an arrangement Win tue new
Jersey Central Railroad Company garbage and oal from
this city are being empted into the docks which
that company are constructing at the terminus Of
their road south Of Jersey City. This has be-
come a great nuisance to the Inhabitants Of the
latter place. poisoning the atmosphere and threat
ening the generating Of an epidemic Remembrance
having proved unavaIing, public meeting was held In
Jersey City last night take for closing this
nursery Of disease and resolved TO apply to the
for induction TO compel tho company TO stop
using the docks for the purpose mentioned.
Yesterday the stock market was nrm. Governments
were steady and gold closed at 143k.
There was q fair degree of activity In commercial CTR
ces yesterday and both foreign and domestic goods sold
quite freely full prces Groceries were fairly active
at full prices Cotton was steady Petroleum was
hrmer under n fair export demand. On Change -four
was tho turn better State grades Wheat steady
Corn was nrmef Oats were &c. higher Pork higher