The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1872-01-13
NEW YORK.

NEW YORK CUSTOM HOUSE INVESTIGATION
NEW YORK, Jan. 1.-THE Congressional
Committee this morning received letters COM
planning of losses of goods while in custody of
ceived a tabular statement of the number of
persons employed and removed from the GUS
tom house by the last six collectors. --t
Assistant Collector Clnch testified that the
difficulty in the general order business could be
avoided by allowing five days for landing, the
collector not to be in possession of goods till
landed He did not think goods would be as
safe in the stores of steamship companies as in
those of the government. He considered the
general order business the most valuable per-
quiste in the gift of collector
Deputy Collector james testified that there
were 81 bonded warehouses in the port There
is no expense to the government in changing a
bonded warehouse to a general order store
The witness admitted having received occa-
sonal complaints of excessive charges on mer-
chants by Leet & Co., but never heard COM
plant of want of accommodations.
Stephen j. CLARK; deputy collector, presented
papers and blanks showing the process to be
gone through after the seizure of goods. Ad-
journed. III ttaHf
STOKES INDICTMENT.
The testimony taken by the Coroner's jury
at the inquest of James Fisk, Jr., was to-day
sent to the grand jury together with the bullet
and pistol used by Stokes 1t is expected that
Stokes will be indicted for the murder of Fisk
to-day. .--
EIaD KILLING AND AN INJUNCTION.
Commodore Douglass won the pigeon shoot
ing match at Jerome Park to-day, killing 90 of
% pigeons; James Gordon Bennett, Dr., killing
20. Pergh was restrained from interfering by
an injunction granted by Judge Barnard. The
legality of this sport will be tested in the
courts. Mayor Hall was present at the match.
VARIOUS MATTERS. 7'si Aa
Gen. Jordan, Cuban leader was honorably
H.
day, who recommended the Indictment of the
witnesses for perjury.
The remainder of the Erie shares belonging
to English shareholders were Transferred to-
day. They numbered Il, 735 shares. ST
The Assistant Treasurer paid, to-day, $4,000
in gold for $40 redeemed and $500, 900 of JAN
uary interest
Bergh's officers inspected number of swill
milk stables at East New York yesterday, and
some of the proprietors are likely to be indict-
ed by the grand jury. --e-..--,.
EXTRAORDINARY TRANSACTION.
Alexander Delmar's paper, The City OF
Brooklyn, of to-day, brings to light an alleged
extraordinary financial transaction, affecting
the Liverpool, London and Globe Insurance Co.
1t charges that, through financial manipuia-
TONS the managers have pledged $4,000, 600 of
trust to secure to themselves 100000 per, an
mum forever inyiolate, and that the former i'm
mense sum is advertised falsely as among the
company S assets.
SPANISH INTERFEs ANcE-y FULL PARTICULARS
~ or OF THE FLORIDA CASE sk5t
| The Tribune tomorrow says that Geo. Mitch
ell, master of the steamship Florida, has made
a sworn statement of the circumstances attend
| ing the departure of the Florida f-om st.
! Thomas. 1t is as follows:
'On the 18th of Decembe-, the Florida set
| sail from st. Thomas laden in ballast bound fol-
New York. At A. NJ. the Spanish war vessel
Vasco Nunez DeBalboa which had been watch.
ing the Florida, followed directly in the track
of the Florida.
AT 1910 the war steamer bore down on the
| Florida with her crew at quarters and guns out
ready for action. When the war steamer was
within speaking distance she fired blank shot
and lowered boat nearly to the waters edge.
| The United States flag was hOisted on the Flor
ida and no further notice taken of the hostile
demonstration. Ten minutes after, the wal
| steamer fired second gun and the shots rich
| ocheted astern of the Florida. The Florida then
hove to and cutter from the war steamer came
| toward her.
| A boat from the Vasco came alongside and
an officer and an interpreter came on board the
Florida and requested to see her papers, which
were shown by the master, and after examining
| the papers the officer returned them. He then
asked 10 so through between decks, and the
master considering it useless to contend against
superior force, acquiesced. The officer and in
terpreter then went away, telling the master he
could proceed. All possible sail was then SCI
on the Flo-:da and she proceeded. The Nasct
Nunez followed till 8 p. in. when she was lost
sight of astern.
On the a4th the Florida put into Nassau fol
repairs and having been repaired on the 30th
the Florida proceeded on her voyage to New
York. the Spanish gunboat Descuoridor follow
ing her out of port
AT $50 a. M, when distant about mile, the
gunboat fired d blank shot At $40 q. m, gun
boat fired a shot which came whistling through
the air across the Floridas stern, falling in thu
ter then hove to. The officer boarded and made
the same examinations as the officers in the
| previous case and left .-