New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-03-16
NEW YORK.

Advance in Erie-AnOther Fatal Hydro
pbObia Case-Bark Lost with all ON
Board-Fee for Professional Services
against Tweed-Schooner FOundered
off Hatteras-Twcnty Years Sentence
for ArsOn-Chnrges against Judge Bar
nard-An Erie Exhibit.
NEW YORK, March 15-Erie railway
shares have advanced to-day from 39a4 to
444, with hronsiderable activity.
Another of the numerous children bitten
by mad dog in Brooklyn died of hydro
phobia to-day.
The bark Sarah Sloan, from st. Johns,
New Brunswick, for Cuba, was lost in re-
cent gale, with all on board.
Money active at 7, gold to commission,
on call loans Sterling 9as 09ls. Gold
llOls a ll0A. Governments closed strong.
Skies of 1881, 1853; fve-twenties of 1862
lll1h; 1864 lll1a; 1865 1925; new Ill ls;
Virginias strong, old 54A: new 81; Ten
nessees, old 66as, new 66le; Louisianas, old
So; new 54; levee skies Co. eights 20; Ala
bama eights 80; tives 60; Georgia skies IS:
sevens Sc; North Carolinas, old 3SA: new
%; South Carolinas of y to y: old 50;
new S.. All closed steady.
Arrived-Steamers James Adger, Leo,
Weybosset and George B. Upton. Arrived
out-Palmyra.
The Injunction against the meeting of the
Erie directors, issued at the instance of Jay
Gould, has been discontinued
Controller Green to-day paid George c.
Curtis $4,000 for professional services against
William M. Tweed.
The schooner Hattie E. Dodge foundered
off Hatteras, March ). All hands were
rescued and brought here by the schooner
Moses B. Bramhall, from Savannah
James Donahue, convicted of arson in
firing the house of a widow in Brooklyn,
was to-day sentenced to twenty years in
the State prison.
The examination of charges against
Judges was renewed by the judiciary Com
mittee to-day. 1t is understood the evil
dence this morning related to the charges
against Judge Barnard of granting exor-
bitant allowances to counsel and receivers.
Among the witnesses summoned for today
was Jay Gould.
The transactions in stocks to day were
exceptionally large, The regular report
shows sales of 64.70O shares OF Erie. 100
Northwestern, 1890 Union Pacific, and
other stocks as usual.
There were sixteen new cases of smallpox
reported to day, and three deaths.
Another boat of the Staten Island Ferry
Company was seized to-day by a deputy
sheriff, to satisfy Judgment against the
company. The sheriff will lay the boats
up, or collect passenger fares, unless the
Judgment is shoI tly paid.
The Herald publishes an Erie exhibit
which shows that there has been tremen-
dous increase in all departments where
frauds could be- perpetrated since 1867, the
time when Gould and his associates became
connected with the road
The extengency expenses within 1867
were S32, 1870 80: in 1869 they increased to
Sl46,629 81 and in 1871 to $l99.252 43. The
general superintendent amounted to $ll3,-
i6l 81 in 1867. and in 1870, Jim Fisk s year,
it jumped to $i67, ,2S0 %.
, The issue of stock assembled from So, ,000,
600 to $50 900, 900, and of this sum there is ac
tually said to be deficit unaccounted for of
SOL ,000, 900, covered up in some ingenious
way by those who have had access to the
Erie books The items of agents and clerks
which in 1867 was $6ll.7ll 90, increased I'M
til in 1871 it was $l,l73,625 - set down
The increase in conductors, baggage and
brakemen was over 100000. The board of
directors were yesterday examining the
books, but no publicity is given to their
proceedings. The official financial ex hibit
is soon expected.