Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1871-04-26
Miscellaneous Dispatches
Domestic Notes.


ITEMS FROM NEW YORK.
New YORK, April 25.-Ihe sun says that a
gigantic fraud has been discovered, and asserts
that Victor Place, late French consul, with one
Hector Chauviteau and some prominent person
aces made large amount illegally nom the
French government by eXactions of commits
sions and overcharges on arms and provisions
purchased in this country. One operation in
beef alone is said to have Melted the ring $780,
900. The total contracts amounted to over S10,-
100000, on which two per cent commission was
levied. The Sun adds that fifty to two hundred
per cent profit was charged on large amounts of
guns purchased of the United States govern
ment and that profit of $250,000 was made on
thrty-fiye batteries of guns alone. Place has
been relieved by Bclagne de Bughas, late con-
sui at Charleston. A committee of inquiry has
been ordered TO investigate all the transactions.
PRESIDENT GRANT.
ST. LOUIS, April A-President Grant visited
his farm at Gravais this morning and then
drove over to Glen Kenneth county, the seat of
II. Benton, where he lunched with number of
friends. At seven p. NJ. the president and Gen.
Porter dined with Col. Robert Campbell and
few prominent citizens, and at half-past ten re-
turned to Mr.. Benton'S where quite a number
of old friends and citizens generally were as
sembled to pay their respects. The meeting
was informal, and an hour or two was spent in
conversation only,
AMONG THE MINERS.
SCRANTON, April 25.-Four mines Of the En-
| pire, Hartford, Sugar and Notch, besides ma
| iority Of the colleries of the Wilkesbarrc coal
and iron company and the Warrior run COM
pany will resume work next week, upon salts
| factory terms, and a considerable quantity Of
| coal is being shipped over the Lehigh and Sus-
uuehanna railroad from the works of Swager,
Broderick & Co., from 400 to 600 loaded cars
passing Penobscot daily. The Rolling Mill
mines in this city are being worked to-day by
over fifty Germans and Irishmen. A large meet
inc of Irishmen was held last night to consider
| the means of protecting such of their country
| men as desire to Work in the Rolling Mill mines.
| Sixty names were enrolled as vigilance com
| mittee and the determination is expressed TO
protect every man IN his rl9ht TO earn Oreau Ior
his family.
| FLOOD AND EXCITEMENT.
New ORLEANS April 24.-The city is filled
| with rumors of crevasses and probable inunda-
| tons The greatest danger is feared from Bon
| net Care crevasse, and tonight the Mississippi
river is rushing through an opening seven hun
dred feet wide, with a rGshing, roaring sound,
audible for miles, blowing a channel fifty feet
deep far into the vacant lands, while the levee
rapidly crumbles into its boiling waters. Piles
four deep driven twenty feet into the ground and
packed with sand bags are swept away ike
reeds No efforts can now close the creyaSSe,
aud as soon as the food has cut its way into
Lake Pontchartrain the latter will overflow the
whole rear portion of the city of New orleans.
Property is already damaged hundreds of thou
o
state has been so tempered with by the legisla-
ture that any vigorous action is impractca6le.
Both the state and city levees were turned over
by the last legislature to private company Or
ganzed for that purpose, who are under no kind
of responsibility to anybody for damages, but,
on the contrary, have direct interest in making
as much work as possible.
At nine p. NJ. the Bonnet Care creyaSseiS still
extending, and twelve miles of the jackson rail-
road have been washed away. The engineer in
charge at Bonnet Care sends the following dis
patch: CAT 1880 p. NJ. we have of necessity
abandoned the idea of closing the crevasse, and
are combining our efforts to checking its extern
sion. ] am satisfied that our eXertions in this
direction will be successful, and the further
spread of this diTetul calamity be averted. l
have used our tug t. assist some of the dis
uessed planters in removing their household
furniture. Tomorrow pony express will be
established to Kenner, and will communicate
by telegraph several times a day" In commu-
licating this dispatch the state engineer, Gen.
JEFF. Thompson, says: Il am trying 10 get
steamboat to run excursions to Bonnet Care
crevasse, that the people may see miniature
Niagara or the force of the Mississippi river
when uncurbed" Two other crevasseS, one at
Point Manor, west of Baton Rouge, and one on
the McDonough estate, below the city, are re-
ported.
FROM WASHINGTON.
WASHINGTON, April 25.-Ihe secretary of the
treasury has ordered that hereafter subScrip-
tons to newspapers and periodical by heads of
bureaus for the use of the public offices must be
authorized by him. This is to prevent an evil
which has sprung up of subordinate officials
ordering these periodicals at will, causing great
expense to the government.
Nicholas P. Trist, who negotiated the treaty
Of Gaudeloupe, Hidalgo, was this morning paid
the sum of S14,5 $50 in accordance with the law of
last congress to pay him for expenses incurred
in negotiating that treaty. Mr.. Sumner was
very active in securing the passage of this law.
The Sisters of Mercy, of Charleston, S. c., |
whose property was destroyed during the war,
were also paid $4,000 this morning under an
appropriation of last congress.
The subscriptions to the new loan to-day were |
small, only $4,000. There are not expected to
be heavy subscriptions until the new bonds are
ready for issue the latter part of May.
Mr.. James r. Carpenter, the contractor for
printing the internal revenue stamps, to-day re-
ported to the commissioner the result of his ex-
1eriments with new paper for adhesive stamps.
Among the specimens, and that which will |
probably be adopted, are number printed on |
Cornelian or tinted paper, which secures the de-
against any attempt to blot out the
cancellation of the stamp, as any effort to clean
it will change the color of the paper.