Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1871-07-11
From New York.

New York, 10. The western division of
the Western North Carolina Railroad Com
pany being suit IN the Supreme Court
against Sidney w. Hopkins & Co., to recover
$500, 900 on an accepted order. The suit grew
out of the issuing OF four millions of bonds of
the State of North Carolina to plaintiff, Geo.
w. Simpson, President of the Company at
the time, and Milton l.. Littefield, it is al
legged, sold bonds in this city, and with some
what over million dollars of the proceeds,
bought bonds of some Florida railroad COM
panies, which were afterwards consolidated,
and to which the Florida Legislature offered
State bonds in exchange for first mortgage
bonds of the consolidated company. Those
Florida bonds were sent to this city to Hop
kins & Co., for sale. The State of North
Carolina however. appointed commissioners
to examine into what had been done with the
bonds of the North Carolina Railroad Com
pany, and it was alleged under threat of
criminal prosecution, that Simpson and Lit
tleteld gave an order for $500 900 in favor of
the North Carolina Railroad, and offered to
furnish iron for tifty-three miles of that road.
The order Hopkins & Co., accepted, but af-
forwards declined to pay, on the ground that
they had not received the money for all the
bonds, whereupon Sidney Hopkins was ar
rested, and placed in 100000 bail. To-day
motion was made to vacate the order of ar
rest. 1t was argued by the defence that
Simpson and Littlefeld had no right to pay
their own private debts to the North Carolina
Railroad with the proceeds of the sale of
bonds issued to the Florida Railroad Com
pany, for special purpose. Plaintiffs argue
that by accepting the order the defendants
are not in position to question the plaintiffs
right to the road. Decision reserved.
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several members of Gov. Hoffman's staff,
have been at the police headquarters most of
the time to-day. Special policemen have
been sworn in to remain at the station houses
Tomorrow night and to be on reserve duty
all day Wednesday. The Orange procession
will not probably number over 2000 persons.
The line of march is known only to the police
and the committee of Orapgemen who have
the parade in charge. 1t is supposed that it
will be on the west side of the city probably
in Broadway and Fifth Avenue, where there
will be no opportunity for firing on it from
windows A strong body of police will
march in the front and rear, and reserves
will be placed in the station houses nearest
the line of march. 1t is stated on good au-
thority that the Hibernians will parade on
Wednesday, headed by a man called Captain
Cleary. 1t is also said that the It'll, Sth, 9th,
18th and list regiments of National Guards
will be ordered to hold themselves in read-
ness at their armories to aid the police if
necessary to quell any signs of riot on that
day.
The appeal to Gov. Hoffman for commu-
tation of the sentence of the murderer Foster
has been postponed, pending the result of
the trial to be had before the general term of
the Supreme Court in October, on exceptions
taken by the prisoners counsel during the
progress of the trial.
John Hagerty and Jason T. Hazard were
buried alive under an embankment on the
corner of seth street and Sd avenue this A.
NJ Their companions soon extricated them
but Hagerty was dead, and Hazard had brok-
en- his thigh.
Thirty-four lager beer saloon keepers who
were arrested yesterday for breaking the ex
else law, were to-day held in default of
$4,000 bail.
Barclay Galager, late of the Tribune, has
become proprietor of the Sunday Free Press
There is reason to believe that the riot
consequent on the Orange parade projected
for next Monday will not take place Su-
perintendent Kelso has this evening issued
an order forbidding both the Orange process
sion and the target excursion of the ancient
order of I1ibernians, comprising large COM
pany, who represent that portion of the Irish
Catholic element which expresses the deter
mination to oppose the Orange display. Su-
perintendent Kelso in his order, says he has
been applied to by the Grand Master of the
Orange Lodges in the United States to give
the police support to the celebration by a
procession through the principal streets and
avenues of New York on the ~ inst, in
honor of the battle of Boyne and the surren-
der, which was its consequence. Those
serial commemorative victories ON the soil of
Ireland by one English King over another,
two centuries ago, engendered national diff
ferences which have decended from genera
tons with increased acrimony, and large