, 1872-02-15

1OuSo 1u'tStlS,ttiou tO-uiiN, a. ". Deaf
ty. late detective, testified that Col.
Whiteley, chief of the service and also
Inspector of customs after seizing S1O,-
600 worth of smuggled diamonds, paid
duties and sold them to his men, wit
ness himself buying eight small ones
for thirty-fve dollars. When cigars
we're seizedby Col. whiteley the police
and reporters helped themselves. Wit
ness mentioned several instances in
which lots of forty and fifty thousand
cigars seized were never accounted for.
Also a case where two casks Of Scotch
whiskey, seized and taken to White
ley's Office, suddenly disappeared.
The smuggler was never produced.
Whiteley sent large quantities of seized
cigars to the Treasury Department at
Washington, to the Banfeld clerks, and
said that the detectives were in the
habit of arresting people without au-
thority and took them before the Com
missioner and got authority afterward.
Settlement of case was made at the
District Attorneys Office.
NoRwIcH. Uonn, Feb. 5-k tSrrthls
double murder and suicide was COM
mitted in Bosearth, Conn.,, to-day
William E. Wing, an employee of DIR.
johnson, killed first the DR.. s daughter
and then his wife, afterwards cutting
his own throat. The cause of the muir
der was that Miss Johnson had refused
to marry him. The murderer first shot
and stunned the girl. then he beat her
over the head with the, gun and fraetur-
ed the skull. He then attacked the
mother and beat her over the head, in.
fiicting injuries from which she has
died. He also attacked the servant
girl, who fed and raised the alarm.
CHICAGO, Feb. IA fearful accident
is reported this morning on the Rock
Island and st. Louis Railroad, near
Alton, Illinois. Two passenger trains
collided, ten passengers being killed
outright aud 40 wounded. The cars
caught fire and five passengers were
burned to death. No futher particulars
received. IL Ts "a . 4
PoRrLAND, Feb. 12-FIour Of all des-
criptions declined fifty cents per barrel.
There has been one continued roar of
Chinese fireworks all morning. One
house ON Dupont street burnt $500
worth at one blowout.
Parties who started east last week and
are now in Salt Lake, telegraphed that
that they have hopes cf getting through
within three or four days.
WASHINGTON. Feb 9-Thomas K. Cree,
of Pittsburg, is appointed Secretary Of
the Board of Indian Commissioners vice
Vincent Colyer, resigned.
The bill of the Secretary of the Treas
ury to redeem three millions per month
of three per cent. certificates passed
the Senate. & II
| BURLINGTON, Feb SJames W. Grimes
died at his residence in this city at half
past 8 o'clock last evening Of heart dis
ease. It came on while conversing with
friends. Since his return from Europe
he has been in apparent good health
though he complained occasionally.
The heart disease first made its appear
auce two weeks since. Senator Grimes
father died of the same disease.
LONDON, Feb. 8-The excitement over
the Alabama claims is unabated.
Speeches in Parliament serve to keep
the public agitated. . There is smsch
anxiety as to the manner in which the
Cabinet at Washington will receive rep
resentations Of the British Government.
On Change business for the moment is
much dsn,ocalized. ~