Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1871-05-10
Miscellaneous Dispatches.


ITEMS FROM NEW YORK.
New YORK, May 9.-An attempt was made
Sunday night, April Both, to throw from the
track of the Erie railroad, near Deposit, the New
York express passenger train, containing the
directors car, in which were Fisk, Could and
several division superintendent. The train,
while descending a grade of fifty feet to the mile
and moving at speed of forty or fifty miles per
hour, ran into some obstruction, which, by its
momentum, it threw aside in safety Two green
hemlock ties had been placed on end in the cat
tie guard across the track, and above these a
heavy oak tie had been placed in such a posi-
ton that the front truck of the locomotive would
partially mount it, raising it from the track.
The weight of the engine had fortunately been
so great that the hemlock ties broke short off,
and the oaken tie, thus relieved, shifted around,
letting the wheels drop again. A Waterman at
once began removing the distractions, when he
was assailed by shower of stones from the
woods on one side of the road. He was COM
PEELED to abandon his work and procure assist
ance. The matter has not been made public be-
fore, as it was hoped that clue to the perpetra
tors could be obtained. Armed patrolmen have
watched the road from Deposit to Susquehanna
since the affair, to guard against repetition of
an attempt.
The lease of the united railroads of New Jer-
sey is still pending, though the negotiations
which were almost continuous during the past
few days are progressing favorably. Yesterday
another powerful corporation offered to lease
the New Jersey roads on the same terms as pro-
posed by the pennsylvania, and give, in addi-
ton, u bonus OF nearly million dollars Tn
board Of trustees is openly divided, and the side
to which Gen. Joe Hooker, Gen. Shepherd and
Prof. Samuel F. b. Morse hold are in possession
of property which is worth a quarter of a mil.
lion.
Mrs. Arson Burlingame arrived on the Siberia
yesterday, and will reside in this city perma-
nently.
The morning papers generally agree in an
proval of the treaty agreed upon by the high
commission. They believe that we have secured
fair dealing and probably the best end of the
bargain, and recommend prompt and full dis
cussion of the convention by the senate The
Times says that the claims of British subjects
ought not to have been mixed up with the Ala
bama claims at all, our own courts at Washino-
ton affording full redress for all the former class
of claims, and those arising from the Alabama
difficulties being of an entirely different charac.
ter.
The contest for the possession of the Lippiott
silver-plating works at Newark, N. j., Yesterday
resulted in the calling out Of the police and tie
arrest of several officers and prominent EN-
ployes of the company.
The detectives claim to have discovered the
parties concerned in the attempt to rob the Cen
trail Park savings bank, April 8, in the persons
of Walter Moffat James Woodruff and James
Murray. Moffatt is proprietor of low drink
ing den, and Woodruff and Murray notorious
thieves On the occasion OF the attempted rob.
berry the thieves put pistol to the head of the
cashier of the bank and threatened his life if he
resisted The case will be investigated to-day
at the tombs.
REPORTED INDIAN BATTLE.
Fort LARAMIE, May "a great battle took
place Yesterday between several thousand In
dams and United States troops numbering sew
eral hundred, in the Wind River district. The
troops were surprised in the attack, which was
led by several of the most noted chiefs of the
Snake, Cheyenne and Sioux Indians, of which
tribes the Indian army was composed. The In.
dians were defeated after very hard battle, in
which several hundred of the redskins bit the
dust" including two of the bravest chiefs. The
loss of the troops was comparatively small. 1t
is feared that general Indian war is inevitable,
and every preparation will be made for 1t.