The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1866-01-22
OUR NEW YORK LETTER.

The Weather-OpBrR- Edwin BOOtb-In-
teresting Libel and Scan. Mag. Case
Receipts of observation-disclosures OF Crime
The Mexican News, Etc
Special Correspondence Of The Evening Telegraph.
New YORK, January %.
The weather here yesteday was extremely cold
and to-day there is some difficulty met by the
upper Brooklyn ferry-boats in getting through
the floating ice. At daylight the mercury stood
at ten degrees above zero.
The latest bit of scandal is to be found in the
arrest, on Saturday, of George W. Matsell 4 Co.,
of the Police Gdzette, on charge of libel pre-
ferred by Mr.. Alexander T. Stewart, the we'll
known importer and millionaire of this city.
send you the full particulars of the matter.
We are to have another season of opera here
by Maretzek's company, to commence next
week and continue for four weeks. LAfTcdine
and L'EtOue d,t Moro are announced
Mr.. Booth still draws tremendous houses in
Hdnale 1t will be withdrawn shortly Mr.. J.
III Taylor, Miss Rose Eytinge, and Miss Efiie
Germon, will support him in Ray Bias next
Wednesday. ....
Here are the gross taxable returns made for
the past six months by the various theatres of
this city:---Winter Garden, $50, 443; Woods Min
strels, S22,2l0; Wallack's, Sill ia; Olympic,
$6l,390; New Bowery, $42,633; Nblos Garden,
$lS9,9S9; Old Bogery $44l92; Broadway,
$50, 79e; American, $50, 1896.
There was considerable trouble on Saturday
among the hide merchants and tanners, owing
to the fact that the Custom House authorities
here have received instructions from the Trea-
sury Department at Washington to prevent the
import of any hides supposed to be those of cat
tie which have died OF the plague so long preva-
lent IN Europe.
The case Of Martin, the alleged Confederate
hotel-burner, was argued before United State
Commissioner Osborne, on Saturday, by Mr..
Courtney on behalf of the Government and by
Mr.. Larocque, counsel for the prisoner. The
Commissioner reserved his decision as to the
holding of Martin
Still another counterfeit of the 25-cent trac.
tional denomination made its appearance on
Saturday at the redemption division OF the Trea-
sury Department at Washington and was
promptly rejected. Its general appearance was
decidedly bad
David schiff and George Boyce, aged respec-
lively twenty-four and twenty-seven, were ar
rested on Stanton street, on Saturday evening,
on suspicion OF being the persons who, on Friday
last in midday robbed a messenger of the
Farmers and Citizens Bank OF Williamsburg of
eighteen thousand dollars IN notes and checks,
on the corner of Beekman and William streets.
The prisoners are detained for examination at
Police Headquarters, where they have been
identified by the messenger None of the stolen
money has been recovered.
The outer door OF a safe on the second hoor OF
the steel warehouse Nos. 81 and 90 John street,
was blown open by burglars about eight o'clock
yesterday morning. The noise of the explosion
attracted the police, who, on their arrival, found
the rooms filled with smoke and burglarious I'M
plements strewn on the floor; but the burglars
had fed, and without having succeeded in pene-
tra1ng the inner safe door, and consequently
without any booty.
Early yesterday morning two thieves effected
an entrance to the sleeping-room of a man
named Thomas Hearn, on the corner of Tenth
avenue and Twenty-seventh street, and while
ON elof; them stood threateningly over Mr.. Hearn
with large knife, the other packed up such
portable valnables as the room contained, after
which both scoundrels made their escape.
Business is duh here yet but preparations are
making for very brisk spring trade. Gold may
be quoted at 13s5-nominal.
We are anxiously awaiting the arrival of three
European steamers now due.
The news from Mexico this morning is deemed
quite significant among our financial kings here
... II. FULTON.