The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1869-12-01

Field then Immediately brought up the suit OF the
Erie Railway Company against Joseph II. Ramsey
Numerous ailidavits 10 the effect that the present
management Of Erie was not what it should be were
read IN MIR. Ramsays defence and Judge Barnard
took the papers.
Arnold Meyer, young man. was arrested recently
in this city under the cxtraduion treaty with Swift
zerland on q charge or embezzling funds from the
State Bank OF Liesta, In the canton OF Basiland.
He confessed that he guilty, but SAID his crime
was committed only TO shield his friends In the
bank. who had really embezzed the funds, ana for
whose safety he had made false entries in the books
! Mr. Iltz, the Swiss Consul General, finding him IN
| poverty sent HIM back TO Liestal by the steamer
| Siberia furnishing him with clothes and money
He had agreed to return IN order TO avoid the heavy
| litigation in our courts.
HERALD reporter yesterday had o conversation
| with Owen Hand, who Is condemned to death on
December IL in the Kings County Prison. Brooklyn.
The condemned mans family were with him in the
CELL He sau that he killed Donnelly in scf-defence
Thomas Kelly was before Justice Downing yester-
day On a Charge OF personating policeman; but it
turned ont that he was Of company OF fantas-
Tics and had assumed the uniform for fun. The
Judge released him and severely reprimanded the
ciother who had hired hmm the Dress saying that II
was property furnished by the authorities and must
be returned by the policeman who had used It, and
any who accepts 1t is guilty of receiving stolen
property.
The stock market yesterday was excited and fever
sh and underwent heavy decline. Gold fell 10
1915 recovered TO 1875 and closed dnaly at 122A
Prominent Arrivals in the City.
Judge ]. Austin Mcdowell. Judge +. II. Rockwell.
Colonel C. f. Bent and G. W. Perkins, OF Pennsylva
mia; Colonel j. p Chaplin, OF Ohio; Judge Charles L.
Veal. of Hudson; Colonel II. McMichae ana Colonel
NJ. Cram OF Saratoga: DR.. G. W. Best OF Utica; Col
onel ;. s. Brown. OF New York; Judge G. w. Sears
and Colonel Samuel Colby, Of Massachusetts. and
MAJOR j. O. II. Mathews OF Albany are at the Metro
politan Hotel
General J. r. Anderson, of Virginia; otto Kah, of
Baden Baden; General Frisbee, OF California, and
Captain s. D. Stone, OF Stonngton, are at the New
York Hotel.
L. +. y. Foster, OF the United States steamship
Connecticut; John H. Reed, of Boston. and J. d.
Rodney, Of Philadelphia, are at the Brevoort
House.
Major Atwood. Of the United states Army; A.
Kline, OF the United States Navy, and Edgar @.
Wright, of keily's Island, are at the st. Charles
Hotel
Colonel G. s. Bushnell, Of Connecticut; II. G.
Parsons OF western virginia: ID. G. Mills, Of Mata-
moros; ). n. Goodwin. of Washington W. S. King
OF Indianapolis; ]. Gilmore, OF Cincinnati; Dr.
SchhHf3fhtF, Oh A"s'lia, anu T.. SeEfeiup beigidn
Consul to New Orleaus are at the Fifth Avenue
Hotel
Colonel j. ID. Ferry, Of Connecticut; G. Parish and
G. w. Haldeman OF Pennsylvania; q. NJ Pond, OF
Hartford. and Lewis N. Tappan, OF Colorado. are at
the Hoffman House.
Prominent Departures.
Governor William Bross, for Illinois; e. p Ross
and Major Baardsley, for Auburn; j. Tilnghast, for
Albany: J. Meg. Adams. FOR Washington; Colonel
NJ. Hornspy and DR.. Thomas Glenn, for Baltimore;
Colonel s. Derrick for Philadelphia and DR.. A. Whit
taker. for Washington.