The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1872-02-29
NEW YORK CITY.

New YoRY, February 2S-Edward 1
Cooper, soon Of Peter Cooper, and Henri
L. Hogeret were elected Commissioner
Of Emigration, III place Of Messrs. Bel
and Huested. ttT"'aI u.a lsTf N
! Stillman, the lawyer who olfendet
Judge Barnard yesterday, was ordered Il
be imprisoned for one day, in addition h
. fine Of sevehly.fivc dollars. He spen
last night at the Ludlow street jail. = y
At a meeting OF the depositOrs Of thl
Bowling Green Savings Bank, last even
ing, . proposition from President Smitl
70 pay $50, 900 as q, compromise with thl
deposltors was accepted. The amount O
deficiency In the bank Is $l4G,0 L
About five hundred French citizens me,
last evening and made further subscrip
lions tor the payment Of the German wal
indemnity, and appointed a Committee o
Collections. III I''.- ..-
The importers, groCers and Board o.
Trade OF this city petition Congress, ask,
ing that In case Of % reduction Of the duty
on coffee, ninety days time be given before
the law takes effect. Tong
In the Stokes case to-day the District
Attorney said that he had no witnesses t6
examine. He simply filed papers as "a
the organization Of the grand Jury, when
Graham, one Of Stokes counsel, argued
that the illegality Of the grand Jury had
been established, sc. n 0f ~
The effort to obtain a Jury to try the
case Of Mayor Hail was RECOMMENDED
this morning. Ten Jurors had beer
drawn up 10 three O'clock.
The bears in Wall street predict de.
cline In stocks, as they say the banks are
ina bad condition and will lose much oil
their surplus reserve this week. The
market to-day is ieverish. ar 3,
Eleven jurors have been obtained in
Mayor Halls case. '..-.. r...
Fisk's horses, carriages, &C., were sold
at auction to-day. There were about
thirty horses, the prices Of which ranged
from $500 to $500. The total amount re.
ceived was $4,000. sl.s ... 4.
In the first OF fifteen suits against the
Atlantic Mail Company, with the aggre.
gate penalties amounting to $4,000, on
allegations that cigars have been landed
from It's vessels without payment Of duty
Judge Woodruff has given a decision in
favor Of the United States. drs ri
Ex.Judge Troy, ol Brooklyn, has sued
the Brooklyn Eagle Tor $4,000 lor alleged
libel. 80
Eight roughs Of the Nineteenth street
gang, who nearly murdered Officer Tully
on Sunday, were held 1lbr. trial. One Of
Them named Clemens is. heir to $4,000
worth of real estate in this city, but his
mother declined to go bail for him. OH.
tion.
The steamer Algeria, for Europe, takes
out to-day $500, 900 In specie. " nj.
U. 8. District Attorney Davis, has com.
menced suit against Naylor & Co, Of this
city, based on evidence furnished by
special treasury agent Frank E. Howe,
charging that certain invoices were un-
dervalued by them. The suit Is brought
to recover 100000 by the government.
The District Attorney has given several
months time to Naylor s. Co., 10 produce
books from London, by which they claim.
ed they would Justify their action, but
having submitted their explanatory, At.
torney Davis deeming them unsatislac.
tory, proceeded as above stated. This
takes the case out Of the hands Of special
agent Howe, and Is considered indicative
oi his action in the matter.