The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1871-04-26
NEW YORK CITY.



story in connection with the recent dis.
placement Of NJ. Victor Place as the
French Consul at this port: In the be.
ginning Of the recent war between France
and Prussia, the French government
contracted with the Remington Arms
Co. foral that could be manufactured I'm.
tilfurther orders. Place was then French
Consul, and upon him deyolved the duty
oI receiving and paying for the weapons,
and shipping them'to France. lie did
not however, itis said, assume the re.
sponabllity OF this position himself, but
appointed person named Heetcr Chau.
viltcan as his agent, and established him in
an Office on Broadway. To ChauviltCau
Place referred all manufacturers OF fire
arms who applied for contracts, and al.
lowed him commission Of one per cent
on all purchases made for the French
government. Place also, it's said, charged
the French government per cent com.
mission upon oil payments made, and de.
Quoted that commission from the funds
In hand. As N. Place Is said to have
paid more than ten millions Of fdollars for
arms, ammunition and provisions during
the war, his commission must have
amounted to over two hundred thousand
dollars. Its said this large sum Is com.
paratively Insignificant, when compared
with other amounts which the French
nation has been deIrauded here by some.
body, through the process Of buying arms
at one price and selling them to the French
government at higher rate. For instance
100000 new Springfield muskets bought
ut SIC 05 and one hundred thousand ser.
viCeable Springfelds bought at 80 80 were
charged to the French Government at
$l9 80 each. In another case thirty.fivC
batteries Of Napolean guns bought at$0, 600
d battery were sold TO the French Govern.
mcnt at $4,000. 1t Is reported that
agents in New York exported 10000 bar.
rels of beef, which was purchased at
$14 per barrel, and charged to the French
Government at $25 90 per barrel, clear.
ing over $3O0,00O by this transaction.
About o month ago Mr.. Bellaque De
Bughes, formerly Consul at Charleston
arrived at the French Consulate and plac'
ed his seal upon the books and safe. A
French committee will it is said, thorough
ly investigate all these charges, and it is
limited that some well known citizens
said to have influence at Washington, will
be found to have been interested In the
speculation
When the Tribune reported some
weeks ago the Investigated pane
house business they found some OF the
thieves chuckling over the recent robbery
OF $50, 900 in U. 8. bonds from wealthy
citizen Of Ohio. 1t has been since dis
covered that soon after his return home
the receivers who had as usual come into
possession Of the bonds, had caused letters
| 10 be sent to their victim offering to re-
turn them for a certain price. He answer.
ed that as he had caveated the bonds al
Washington as soon az they we're lost, lit
would give only $1,000 for thOlr return
1t appears, however, that he did moi
caveat them, q fact which tue holders o
the bonds had no difficulty in ascertain
ing, and they renewed their proposals fol
the return Of the stolen property. Their
the matter rests. The loser Of the bond
was one Of the prominent State officials II
Ohio, and is q man Of wealth and higl
standing.
Gustavia AdOlph Boden, a fugitive
! forCer from Prussia, has been held b!
| Commissioner White to be sent back Il
Prussia as sQop es the warrant for his re
moval has been Sigued by the Presiden
Of tho United States.
The 95th anniversary dinner Of 81
| Georges Society took place last evening
at beInionicos, Among those presen
were Gen. Mcdowell, John G. Dale, jas
W. Girard and other prominent citizens
Letters regretting inability to attend wer
received from Sir Edward Thornton, mem
bers Of the High Commission and others
BaRey's stables, at Princeton, n. j
were entirely destroyed by fire ate o'clocl
, this morning. Sixteen borses were burn
ed, several valued at $500 each, No In
surance,
United States Master in equity White
granted to-day TO the counsel OF Heatt
Raphae s. Co, English Erie stockholder
certificates setting forth that Jay Goul
had refused to produce the books OF til
Erie Company in court, on the groun
} that he, Gould, did not know what authol
| ity he possessed under the charter In th
premises.