Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1872-02-24
Another Exposure of COrruPtiOn-ViCc
President COIfax and Alabama Claims
school Boy ARRAY, etc.

AMHERST ALUMNI.
New YORK, Feb. % - At the annual
reunion of the Amherst college alum
nj in this city last evening, the following
officers were elected for the ensuing wear: Wal
do Hutchins, president; James S. Wellcs, Col.
Mason, W. Tyler and II. NJ. Storms, D. D.,
vice-prcsidenls; Elliot Sandford, secretary; ID.
j. Sprague, treasurer.
sICKLES BANQUET.
Generals Hooker and Owen were among the
speakers at the banquet to General ScklcS last
evening. The latter STATED that he now consid-
cred that the position taken by General Sic5lcs
and the third corps at Gettysburg, which has
been condemned heretofore by military men,
was the only one that could have saved the day
for the Union arm $.
CoRRUPTIoNs.
1t was shown in the quarantine investigation
yesterday that enormous charges had been
made for assistance which ship agents were
compelled to receive from agents of the quaran-
tile department.; that brides OF various kinds
always facilitated the inspection OF vessels He
also testified that the quarantine property was
undcrsold. 1t appears that the examination of
! the accounts of the bureau of roads in the Ie-
| partment OF public works, which was under the
management of Tweed, show that emo nous
| charges had been made for tools and road re-
| pairs.
In the legislative investigation committee to-
! day l.. 5. Pond, one of the directors of the
| steamship company whose vessels run 10 Ha-
vana, testified that under the present quarantine
| officers the DELAYS and expenses are much
| heavier than ever before; he thought that the
| present health officer released all vessels from
! quarantine as soon as possible, that is, as soon
| as he had made all the money out OF them he
could. Experienced lghtermen offer to do the
| H9hterage for half now charged. The result of
| these quarantine eXactiOns has been Il loss to
this port annually of 100000 hogshcads of SUI
/ gar which had been taken to Boston, Philadel-
| phd and Baltimore.
SPEECH OF VICE PRESIDENT CoLFAX.
Considerable interest is felt in that portion OF
| the address of Vice President ColfaX, made In
| BROOKLYN last night, relative to the arbitration
question. He said III rive no credit 10 what
| hear by the cable under the ocean as 10 the moth
| er, as we call her, recedIng from this solemn
| compact (Applause.) Oh, mol oh, mol With
this great step in advance; with the distinct I'M
| dCrStanding all over the world that every Ques-
tion and difficulty between these two nations
| were TO he submitted to The arbitration at Geneva
| ana the majority OF persons appointed by mon
| arches 10 Sesee the questions between the re-
| public and the monarchy, | say neither nation
| VIII dare, IN the face of the civilized world to
destroy that compact, which is soemnly made
before God and man, and to leave those irrta-
ting difficulties open 10 further alteration in the
future. (ApplauSc) No, no. II we wee not
to receive one dollar as tue result Of that arbi-
tratlOn ] would stand before my cOuntrymeu
and say "sctllc this question whether we re-
cclyc nothing or whether our treasury becomes
bankrupt rather than rcccde hairs breadth
from that great moral position that these ma
tons occupy to-day in respect TO the other ma
| tons of the earth. 1t saws TO the countries of
Europe, in trumpet tones, dIsband your armies
of millions of men in France, in Germany, in
| Austria and in Russia; copy our example, and
| submit your disputes to impartial arbitration.
| (AppauSc.)
ARRAY
During an assault by Edward Schuler upon
james O'Connor, the latter, in self defence,
stabbed Schucr, with, probably, a fatal result.
| OConnor was arrested to await the result of
| the Sta5bmg. Both were school boys.
| EFT CETERA.
The army and navy club OF this city, has al
tered its constitution so as TO allow citizens to
become members under certain conditions.
Eleven new cases of small poN in the past
twenty-iour hours.
Another suit against Roche, vice president of
the Bowling Green savings bank, was brought
to-day by the receiver; bail affixed at 500 900
Other officials of this bank will he arrested soon.
Two children Of PeFlanuigan Ct fremont,
WestcheSter county, were burned to death this
morning, in the destruction of the shanty in
which they lived.
A letter from Florence, January 24th saws a
fire there the day previous rendered two hundred
families houselcss, dependent upon charity for
suSteuancc.
An Admiralty suit to recover one hundred
dollars, commenced in 1856 against l.. Auden
reid by L. N. Kirk, was today decided in favor
of the plaintiff.
| Several parties testified to-day to abuses in
quarantine matters, all being similar to previous
evidence.
George Jones, of the Times, was examined to-
day, alter Horace Greeley, relative to charges
against Hustled Of the assembly of frauds in
supplying the city with gravel. Nothing particu-
larry implying the dishonesty of Hustled was
| elected.
All the employees of the health board were in
formed to-day that their salaries will be reduced
| after March 1.
A Rio Janciro letter of January &c states that
coffee has advanced with the sales of the fort
night OF $4,000 bags for the United States.
| Police justices Seymour and Reese, of Jersey
| City, were held in S5000 bail for trial each to-
day, ON charges Of unawlully imprisoning CHI.
ZenS
Police Commissioners Edmondson and Gross
were held in $1,000, and Fire Commissioner
Boyd in $1,000, for trial for mateasauce in office
The dwelling of MIR. Stayler on North street,
was robbed of $4,000 worth of dresses and Jew
elry, Wednesday night; no arrests
Henry Quackcnbosh lately on the staff of the
Evening News, committed suicide in Central
park, yesterday, during mental alteration.
All claims for labor are expected TO be settled
this week by the controller.