The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1866-05-17
OUR NEW YORK LETTER.
The EUening Telegraph.

Special Correspondence of The EUening TeLegraph
NEW YORK, May H..
Gold opens at 13O The Stock Market is steady.
Governments strong The news IRON Europe
afit cts the channels of trade somewhat. Imported
goods are quiet. Domestic proouce Is Irregular IN
prices.
No deaths have occurred on board the cholera
hospital shlp during the last two days. The
patients are rapidly recovering, with one or two
The nitro-plycerine case, which was set down for
hearing yesterday before Commissioner Belts did
not come ON, owing 10 ihe engagement in another
court OF Judge Dean, who s to sum up the evidence
1or the prosecution. d..
c&ulkers has not been brought to close. he men
declare that they will not yield their demand for the
eighthour system and the say that If the pre-
sent condition OF affairs continues much longer they
must remove their establishments 10 other ports.
A new motion to restrain rhurlow Weed and
others from dlsposing OF certain interests the san
Francisco and New Orleans I o ePraph Company was
argued before Juuge Jones, at special term OF the
Superior Court, Yesterday. Afidaylts of Thurlow
Weed, John W Forney and others were read, and
the case seemed to be pretty fully present ed to the
Court. The plaintiffs charge Weed and his associates
with violating an agreement to OBJ ain gran for the
construction of the tele graph line from Secretary
Stanton for the mutual benefit of plaintiffs and de-
Iendants, and represent that they (Weed 6 Co pro-
pose to dispose OF the entire interest in the enterprise
to the American Telegraph Company. These state.
ments Weed and his associates deny point blank, and
give very different version of the affair. The mat
ter has been postponed till next Saturday.
SUIT growing out OF wOol uansactons has been
uled H. Part OF the Supreme Court, Circuit before
Judge Foster. The action was brought by James l..
Southwlck and others against Emil Hennemann and
others, the parties ON both siues beng dealers IN
wool. 1t was alleged that plaintiffs IN August 1884
purchased twenty five thousand pounds OF wool from
the defendants at one dollar per pOand the latter
contracting TO take back auY of the wool which was
unwasl ed Several thousand pounds of the wool
were found to be unwasned on delivery which de-
lehuahts refused 10 receive Dack ana pay the Yaue
OF, which refusal resulted q suit. A verdict was
given for plaintiff for S365l13
An action was Yesterday tried in Part of the Su.
pIeme Court, before Judge Foster, brought by Will
liam ETamer and Others against the New York and
Harlem Railroad Company, Tor loss sustained by
painus in the killing one OF their horses driven
by an employe, while crossing delen1ant's track at
Fifty fourth street and FOulth avenue Tne iury
brought n verdict tor plaintiffs, assessing the dam
The trial OF Dr. Henry Otto Claus was continued
IN the Court of oyer and Uerminer yesterday Mr..
Brady mace an able address for the prisoner, and
was followed by Mr. BedtOrO. Assistant District
Attorney, tor the people. Judge Ingf faham having
ctarged the jury, they retired to their room, nut
not having agreed at four O'Clock } esteTdaV alter
noon, the Court stood adJourled until to day
A butcher named Reinhard List, IN the employ of
Mr.. Henry hammond No. 227 uerchants' Row,
WashingtC n Market. was arrested Yesterday on the
charge OF having been eDPa0ed IN the robbery OF
ee9rpet-bag containing S 64SO, from. Mr. John II.
higgins on Saturday last SeVerai amdaylts were
made to prove that List was one OF he robbers,
but he protests that he can prove hIs innocence,
occurred
A young man named William II Marsh sixteen
years OF age, employed IN the establishment of
Messrs w, j, Il D. Underwood, No. Bowling
Green, was sted Yesterday charged with rObbing
his employers OF money to me amount of 1894 two
men who, 1t Is alleged, warned Marsh that the off,
GERS were aiier HIM we're also e-ted
Head centre stephens was waited upon yes
terdaY by several military gentlemen He was also
engaged in whiting on financial matters Ii 0 re-
ceves subscri ltons daily IRON circles The Senate
is in session. and the mysterious preparations that
Stephens altogether
a grand mass temperance meeting was held last
evening at the Brooklyn Academy oil Music winch
was crowded to its utmost capacity. In addition TO
TINS there were outside meetings. at which no less
than two thousand five hundred listeners attended.
Addresses were made by Henry Ward Beeeher,
Rev /. L. Cuyer, Rev Mason Gallagher Judge
Daley, and Rev. IL. M. 1allaher The new law was
discussed IN al its 1aVorab bearings ON the morality
OF the community. The different temperance orga-
mzatOns appeared IN Tega ia.
great complimentary dinner was given last
evening on board the steamship Napoleon III, in
honor OF the aoies OF New York. Between two and
three hundred guests were present. FULTON.