The Portland daily press., 1868-11-13
THE REVENUE IMBRoGLIo.
NE w YORK,

NEW YORK, Nov. 12.-Gov. Fenton has I'M
der consideration proposition to call an extra
session of the State Senate. 1t is alleged that
the election frauds furnish one reason for the
contemplated movement.
An unsuccessful attempt was made this af-
ternoon in Cedar street to rob bank messen-
ger of 100000, and the highwayman was Sc
cured.
Two men, named d. c. and j. E. Cremmen,
have been arrested for alleged concern in the
celebrated Royal Insurance Company bond
robbery The former was taken to Binghamp-
ton on a warrant issued there, and the latter,
who was taken on suspicion, was discharged
for want OF evidence.
Nicholas Terry, JAS Conroy, Patrick Wha-
len and Hugh Martin, of Yonkers, have been
held to bail. The first is charged with procur-
ing and the others with using false naturallza-
ton papers.
William NJ. Andrews highly respectable
citizen of Brooklyn, is on trial in civil court
for alleged outrage, committed two years ago
on little girl ten years old, who claims $10,-
900 damages.
A person named w. ii. Moore to-day sold to
Henry Clews & Co., a one hundred dollar
fve-twenty bond, receiving therefor a check
on the Fourth National Bank for $10950. This
he altered to $95,000 and presented it at the
bank. The forgery instantly discovered
and the perpetrator after vigorous resistance
arrested.
James Griffin, alias Stephens, has been fully
committed on the charge of robbng the Dime
Two target companies, the Texas Guards of
Brooklyn, and the Vandam Guards of New
York, had fight at East New York yesterday
Several were injured and many windows
broken by flying missiles.
James Mclean, President of the Board of
Underwriters, has been chosen a member of
the Board of Fire Commissioners to fill the
vacancy caused by the death of Mr.. Able.
Parker Jones, a well known attachee OF the
Astor House, died to day aged At.
The list regiment has rendered MaVor Hoff-
man an escort to Albany on the occasion of
his Inauguration as Governor.
The removal of instructions at Hurl Gate,
East River, has been carried forward as far as
possible with the present appropriation, and
further sum of one million dollars will be ap-
piled for at the December session of Congress.
Mayor Hoffman to-day vetoed the resolution
for the appointment of an index clerk to the
Board of Councilmen at $500 salary, on the
ground that the present force OF clerks OF that
body is as large as necessary.
An ordinance is before the City Council
looking to the erection of new cemetery out
side the city limits, and appropriating $4,000
therefor.
Mike Fitzgerald, a politician of this city, was
arrested and taken to Philadelphia on the
requisition of Governor Geary, charging him
with having violated the laws of Pennsylvania
in voting in Philadelphia at the October cleo
ton.
INSANITY OF DIR. HEMBoLD.
H. g. Hembold, SO well known throughout
the United States for his extensive advertise
ment of patent medicines, extracts, &C., was
this morning seized with symptoms which leave
no doubt of his insanity, and taken to luna
tic asylum at once.
ARRIVAL OF THURLow WEED.
Thurlow Weed and daughter arrived yes5er-
day in the steamship Java. Mr.Weed's health
is iauch improved.
THE woRMALD PRIZE FIGHT HOAX.
The reported prize fight between O'Baldwin
and Wormald was hoax, palmed off as genu-
inc on some of the New York evening papers,
from which it was taken for telegraph use
THE INTERNAL REVENUE FRAUDS
The stenographer of the sub committee of
the Congressional committee on retrenchment
was glyeu TO the effect that collector of in
ternal revenue paid last June the sum of $780,
900 to d. G. Birdsall as black-mail," in pro-
,ceeding begun by A. A. Belknap, special
agent of the Treasury Department, for whom
Judge Fullerton was counsel, and that the
engagements for the payment of the money
were made by Judge Fullerton, being present
in Birdsall's Office, and that lately the persons
concerned have repaid to the ex-collector 1923,
600 for the money so extorted. The investiga-
tion will be resumed tomorrow.
SECOND TRIAL OF COLE.
ALBANY, Nov. 12-Ihe. second trial of Geo.
w Cole for the murder of l.. III. Hiscock COM
menced this morning, Judge Henry Hogebom
presiding. No juries have been summoned
yet