The Portland daily press., 1871-03-03
NE w YORK.
OF NAIL MANUFACTURERS.

MEETING OF NAIL MANUFACTURERS.
NEW YORK, March 2-Twenty-two compa-
MES, with capacity of 100000 kegs of nails
per annum, were represented at meeting of
the nail manufacturers of the Atlantic States
in this city to-day. The following scale of
prices, to take effect Immediately, was adopt
ed:-Cat nails, ten penny to sixty penny, at a
standard on the lowest rates; eight penny and
nine penny, 25 cents per keg above ten penny,
SIX penny and seven penny, so cents; above
four penny and five penny. Is cents; above
three penny, 81 80; above two penny aud three
penny tine, ~; above spikes of all sizes, 25
cents; above fencing, sheathing and hookhe
brads same as common nails; clinch nails, 81 so
per keg; above same sizs of cut nails ,finishng,
flooring, casing, Stating, box, trunk, tobacco
and coopers', 90 cents per keg above the same
size of common nails.
THE JOINT HIGH COMMISSION
Sir Stafford Northcote left this evening for
Washington. he expresses sanguine hopes
that the result of the labors of the com mission
will be an amicable settlement of the questions
at issue between the United States aud Great
Britain. He thinks that side issues will not
peril the settlement of the main questions.
OUTRAGE ON AN AMERICAN CITIZEN.
Seuor Casanava, wealthy Cretan and
american citizen, who was lately arrested at
Ravana, whittier he had gone to visit his fami-
~, arrived in this city this morning. An
official permit to land was given him when he
reached Havana on the Oath ult., but on land
Ing he was Immediately seized and returned to
the steamer by the authorities. Then he
wished to come back to New York by the Co.
lumba and was forced to 60 to it in small boat
IN the night Ia the morning Spanish officers
came on board to arrest him, claiming him as a
of the steamer would not permit MS arrest
while under the protection of the American
flag. A short time previous to the sailing of
the steamer a small Spanish boat from the
shore arrived at her side, in which was Casa.
nava's daughter, who came to bid him fare
well, not suspecting a plot to kidnap him,
Casanova stepped into the boat Immediately
afterward the order was given to shove off and
a rush was made to seize him but without snc-
cess, as he jumped back upon the Columbia
aud escaped. The friends of Casanava visited
the United States Consul previous to his sail
on;raaes S1w non nork, demonstrating against the
only had been imprisoned but robbed of over
$1,000 OF American fund.-, and the Consul has
brought the case before the authorities at
Washington.
ARREST OF THIEVES.
This AFTERNOON detectives arrested Thos
Murphy, Edward johnson, Frederick II ubert.
Charles Ransom and VIM. Robinson charged
with having obtained large quantities OF dry
goods from leading firms here on forged let
tiers, bank checks and forged certifications
About four thousand dollars worth of goods
were recovered.
THE NEW HAMBURG DISASTER.
ALBANY, NtarCH Z.-Iho legislative lnveSt-
| eating committee occupied over three hours
this afternoon in examing Supt Toucey of the
Hudson River railroad in reference to the Cir
cumstances ofthe New Hamburg accident, and
| to rules and regulations of the road MIR.
| TOucey said that if the bridge had been soldly
| aoored the oil train would probably not have
| been thrown off the track, and from his con-
| versation with the fireman of the express train
! that night he was satisfied he thought more of
| his life than of the putting on the brakes He
also learned that Simmons, the engineer,
| sounded his whistle three times before he put
on the patent brakes, whereas his duty was to
| put on the patent brakes before he sounded his
| whistle. He did not think the fireman made
proper effort TO put on the brakes aud that the
train ought to have been stopped with the
means at hand and the notice given. He also
said we allow passenger car axle to run only
| three years as they become brittle by that time.
| On freight cars we run them without regard
| to time We don't test wheels on freight cars
between Albany and New York. We test
| those of passenger cars twice in that distance
| If the freight train b i'd been tested perhaps the
| defect would have been discovered. An en-
ployee would have been justified in using any
| means to signal danger. He would not have
| been censured for changing the lights on the
| signal tower.