Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1868-06-26

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al OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
NEW YORK, June "a.
After the boat race yesterday, Brow was
taunted by members of the Rowdy Boat
Club, who had bet upon him, with selling
the race. A disturbance arose, in which
the Club were only prevented from rough
ly using Brown by the Intervention of the
police.
Mr.. John W. Deverent, an affidavit clerk
of the Commissioners of Emigration, at
Castle Garden, recently resigned his posi-
ton, and has filed with Richard o 'Gorman,
chairman of the Irish Emigration Society,
several very serious charges of mistreat-
ment of emigrants against the Commission
erS. rrr
Three alleged lottery dealers were arrest
ed yesterday on charge of violating the
laws of the State against lotteries. They
were held to bail in $4,000 each.
The master masons held another meeting
yesterday afternoon. A number of reso-
lutious were unanimously passed, all tend
ing to resist the eight hour system sought
to be introduced, and to invite all OF her
master mechanics to join in opposition. A
more permanent organization was perfect
ed and the executive committee will meet
every evening until the strike is ended.
In the case of Sedgwick, assignee, against
James K. Place and others, q motion was
made in the United States Circuit Court to
set aside the assignment of the defendants
property; that the assignee be compelled
to account and be restrained from further
execution of the trust. The motion was
denied.
Ferdinand Sulzberger, George Strauss,
Charles Hietman, Jacob Flecheimer and
William Silver were convicted'i in the Uni
ted States District Court, on Tuesday, of
defrauding the revenue. Silver was never
arrested, and the other defendants were ont
on bail when the jury returned their YER
dict of guilty. The prisoners were not
found, nor has any trace of them been dis
covered.
Venezuelan advices of the 9TH state that
in the recent battle in Coro, General Gill,
with 5000 of his troops, figure among the
killed and wounded. General Monango
was before the gates of Caracas, demand
ing an unconditional surrender of the
place.
Nassau dates to the 23d state that busi-
ness was stagnant, failures numerous and
starvation cases frequent. A petition is to
be forwarded to England for the removal
of the Governor and Secretary.
A Havana letter states that an American
brig had been compelled to pay two dol
lars duty per ton on her cargo, instead of
the legal rate of five cents. The United
States Consul had laid the case before the
State Department at Washington.
The six military commissions in Cuba
had sentenced twenty-seven prisoners to
death in three months.
A heavy hail storm in Broome county,
this State, yesterday materially damaged
cornfields, fruit orchards and gardens
Some of the hail stones were as large as
hens eggs.
At the inquest over the bodies of the
victims of the disaster in the Bowery, ex-
tended testimony was taken. The testi-
mony of practical machinlsts examined
went to show that the engine was undoubt-
edly defective. The valves were out of
order and the boiler rusty.
Isaac G. Applewhite and Joseph Chap
man, arrested recently on a charge of kill
ing man named O'Rourke, in Ferdinand,
Fla, were yesterday discharged by Justice
Bowling, as the Florida authorities had
failed to take any action in the matter.
A call is to be issued for an International
Convention in Portland, Me-, for the pur-
pose of attracting attention, if possible, to
the harbor of this city, as point for the
expectation of western produce, and to the
advantages of direct line OF railway
across the continent, uniting Halifax, Port
land, Buffalo, Detroit, Chicago and San
Francisco by one connected chain of rail-
way. The convention will probably be
held on Tuesday, August 4th.
A Washington dispatch to the Telegram
saws: Considerable interest is felt there
from indications that the leaders IF the
Soldiers and Sailors Convention, to be held
here on the day of July, strongly insis
on the nomination of Hancock.