The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1868-11-25

NEW YORK, Nov. %. - Further
correspondence is published between
Washburn and the Paraguayan Gov
srnment. Beritz, the Paraguayan
Minister for Foreign Affairs, charges
Washburn with corresponding with
Caxias, and forwarding important in
formation to him, under the seal of
the Portuguese Consul, and supports
his charges by the affidavits of DIR.
Carrenas and Minister Berges. An
other more serious charge is that he
carried drawings of the Paraguayan
camp to Caxias. and received from
Lopez, one of the alleged conspira-
tors, $4,000, and afterwards $4,000
in currency. and a promise of $780,
900 in consideration of this act, and
also in consideration of his binding
himself to recognize the success of
the allies.
NEW YORK, November A.-Henry
B. Whitley, citizen of New Jersey,
yesterday preferred bill of complaint
before Judge Blatchford, of the
United States Court, inquiring into
the validity of the issue of the 10000
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for convertible bonds, under the resO-
luton passed BY the Board OF Direct
ors on the 10Th of February last, and
if it should be judged illegal, that the
Company be compelled to make good
to its holders the amount; that in
the meanwhile an injunction be placed
on that Company, preventing them
from parting with the property, and a
Receiver be appointed. and that the
Company be directed to transfer
enough property to him to meet the
claims Of the plaintiff and others. On
this complaint, Judge Blatchford
issued the injunction, and appointed
Jay Gould Receiver Of the Road, to
the extent above mentioned, with
sureties in 81 100000, and that eight
millions in money in securities be
placed in his hands, subject to the
further order of this Court, to protect
the plaintiff and others.
Mr.. Gould's bond was thea filed,
Henry w. Smith, James Fisk, jr.,
w. Tweed, and III. Hugh Smith be-
ing the sureties. Two new suits have
been begun by the Erie Company, one
against Belmont aud others, and the
second against Richard Schell, Daniel
Drew and Frank Work In the first
the Company claim $1,000.000 against
the defendants for hampering them
in the course of their business by
means of suits last Spring, and those
recently begun in other damages to
the extent of 1886, 900. One is claim
ed for alleged corrupt practices of the
defendants while acting as Directors
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paid out of the funds of the Com
pany by Messrs- Eldrige. Drew and
| Thompson, to settle the first named
suits. out of which said Work re-
ceived $4,000, and also bought from
a friend of Schell's, for the Company,
s., ,000, 900 of its own stock, for which
he paid S1,000,000 more than its ac-
tual value.
Gould also alleges that offers haze
been made to the agents OF the L IN
pany to settle the recent Beln )nt
suit, if the Company would pay en-
a large amount of money.
Judge Barnard, to-day, issue,L AT
order vacating the orders granted By
Judge Sutherland yesterday. Sub
sequently Judge Sutherland issued
an order requiring the defendants tC
show cause why the order ofaJ Judg,
Barnard should not be vacated. Il
will be argued tomorrow,
Fisk and Gould are entrenched il
the Erie R.R. depot, foot of Cham
bers Street. No person is permitteC
to approach who cannot prove him
self a friend and brother, and eve
then there are more keys to, turn an
bolts to unbar than at the Tombs
There are some deputy Sheriffs insid
the building, on what business the
refuse to tell.
The Rosenburg naturalization
. frauds were in argument befOr
Judges Nelson and Blatchford, in tn
United States Circuit Court to-day.
A dispatch from Lowell says Ger
Butler is quite we'll.
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