Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1872-03-29

The new Board of Directors is but q
temporary one, and It's members will re.
sign as soon as an election can be ar
ranged. There is, however, scarcely q
man in the Board who would not be ac-
ceptable to the stockholders Some of
those who consented to act temporarily,
because their names would be a sufficient
guarantee of the good faith of the revolu-
tionists, would not accept the position rs
o permanency. Others Intend to remain,
and are already soliciting proxies from
stockholders on which to vote at the COM
ing election, II Is not believed that Gen
eral DIX will remain as President of the
road, but no intimaton is yet given as to
who his successor will be. Tom Scott
who came looking for jim Fisk's place
when Stokes made 1t vacant, is now in the
field looking for Goulds, or rather, for
Dix's. He says he can run the road bet
ter than it ever has been done, and that he
can save million dollars a year on the
running expenses. think hb Is tied up
In too many roads now to be acceptable
to the present management.
General Sickles is, of course, iubiant
over the success of his mission" AS
Minister to Erie, he has done well. Out
OF chaos he has brought order. In a
told me that he looks upon the downfall
of the Erie Ring as being as great
a triumph for the nation ae was
the fall of Tammany to the city. He
says no one can appreciate the disastrous
effect OH our finances abroad that the Erie
nismanagement has had, unless he has
been there and seen for himself Foreign
capitalists invested their money in Erie
securities, and were deliberately swindled
out of it, Confidence in all American Sc
chrities was being gradually undermined,
and, unless stop could be put to it, our
credit would be destroyed. He is thank.
ful to the President for having permitted
him to carry out his plan, and now that
he has accomplished what he came for,
he will return to Spain, and resume his
duties as our Minister to that Govern.
mont. Washington correspondents. not
knowing what else to do with him, have
been superseding him and removing him,
and resigning him from his position, for
the past few weeks. But the simple fact
is that he will sail for Madrid the latter
part of this month, when his leave of alb
sence expires. He has not been removed,
he has not resigned, and no change in the
Spanish Mission has been suggested to
Kim by the President or anyone else, ex-
is his statement, made to me last night.
While this Erie fight was progressing,
the city was alive with excitement.
The streets In the vicinity of the Opera
House were crowded almost as much as
they were on the day of Fisk's funeral
The widest rumors circulated freely and
we had Gould killed, and several respect
able gentlemen seriously damaged early
in the engagement. In Wall street the
rumors flew about thick and fast, and
nobody knew what to believe. Sickles'
movements had been so quiet that no
one suspected what he was doing; in
deed, some of those who are now Di-
rectors were not invited to seat at the
Board until the night before the raid
was made. The effect of all the excite
ment was to suspend, for the time being,
all transactions in Eric stock, and to make
all spectators resolve to await develop
ments. Had Sickles let one or two
operators into his SCENE, he could have
made a fortune in those two days But,
as no one was in the secret, the oppor-
tunity for big speculation was not inn
proved.-Nelc York (Harh 13.) Cor.
Chicago Tribune.