, 1869-03-12
TIE EXPRESS 1mBRoGLIo.
A Great Btoct-IohbluC 0peras1on-
Deep LAID RIAns-xkFbNtRA AG y r en- Ion
An K11s Hptf1HEn.

Great Btec1-Iohblue operas1on-
Deep LAID dRIAns-xkEallt4AG AG b r. ion
An k11s DpeFztiGn,
From tic tlnct1nAu Gazette, March 9.
On the l1th OF February meeting OF the
Adams, American, AID United States *;
press Companies was appoitted to b held
IN New York, TO consumnase contrac:
which has been made for 4 redistribution OF
Territory. lhls became desirable owing 10
the absorption b. the Auerlesa Of the MeE-
chsntk' Union Company. Ihe terms OF this
agreement had all been previously arranged.
and the sscrstures were all that were Needed
| TO complete 1t.
As soon as 1t became kcown that the coIn-
paDiee rad come 10 an agreement when W
tuatIy ,uded competition and wiped ont the
Merchants Union, which vas conldered su-
rn1funus, express stecks advsneed largely,
Adams going up lon - to Il, and United
| States non 10 TO 63. As the companies
| we're known to be In condition to resume
Dividends, II Was besiesed that stfli nisher
| prices would Ire reached, and heavy Pufcha-
les were made fot &C.
The 18th OF February cane, and she ap.
poitted meeting VAS held 10 New fork, ONT
QUO Of The 2srties #as abseht under p'esext
OF other engagements
The consequence WAS po.tp1EemeOt OF
the meeting. Up 10 this time the Erie clique
had uot appeared on the suItace but, a. it
has kipce becu ascer1ained, theJ, with leading
| e1pseskmen who hare always oeen nodcr-
etood 10 be on terms Of the closest business
Intimacy with them, were lstge sei'trs OF e1-
| rrr.s ftuck., THREE days before the nesting
above referred ", ~heu It vas supposed there
| xns nothing 10 prevent ine con.nmmatt1u
fthe con5Yac1, and when the stocks were
bcouIpx, 5" the inside ciiques were unload-
Ire upor those Who were not IN the streets.
Epon thr poelponament of the meeting, the
re sart ras circulated Of "tronble.'' This
| tr.ke Adams from Il 10 Is, and INIT ID States
| frt,ra CT to ST,
Al II hi; point tho Erie clique showed them
eelyes on lie ground. The h:st step was an
o1d.r tor the 0nitco States to quit, accom-
panied By an announcement That the Erie
ComrsnI, on and af,er March l, wopl3
run he expz< IS over It's li.es- Thls project
had previously been talked up with an inslt-
tutIon known in our city as the Eric Trans-
portAtIou Company, which had charter
IRON the State oi Kentucky, under which AZ
e1press company could be run, The mem
that they were to step into the boots OF the
United States Express Comnany md Great
Western Dispatch, and its officers were ar
dered to New York 10 close up the asraIge
Dtn'. Al the same time an agent Vas de
epatched iron New York to Cincinnati wits
a circular, printed, PROBABLY on the sam,
press tbas ground out Erie "Convertibl
o1nds." The circular reads about as fol
lows:
rnr .c t4ret5 over ln1t.nes- In p1ics Of tie I
>. Express o. R13IEo1d 33ents WILL, raul fnl
lhel otcers, act fo1 this exptegA.
J.9orIo.
This circular looked f.hy. A. Mr.. Wad
. | innocenIy sajd OF the action of the henste
| regard to counting the electoral vote (
. Getrgfs, il might be aid 1t whs official if
made Lo difference, or It might be said II v.
! not official II tear made any difference.
: did Iot look Hke an official document; bu
1t was carefully distributed. Tne agent q
nred here, ana proceeded to look up gus,
ters. He proposed 10 reat the brldrng io
me'ly o~upied By the Merchants Gnto
{ De*pttch' but he WAS careful to MAKE
offer he merely asked questions. 49,.
!. Bot Ill thl. lookea Ike batine*s: Aoau'
: Express declined to IS, snd United states
big t.l Ae5s ~; r. ls5gs .s p,ons n;sees det =
!. Ger cent above these figures. NoT u
: "1ho1ts" began 70 "soves-" Ihs lst Z
r March drew near, It fell on Aondaf. -
q saturday dispatches were received eaytn
. thal tho Erie tompsny had postponed thes
I eIpreas one week 10 enable tha Unite