The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1873-04-25
The recovery Of nearly a quarter

States bonds, which haf been OBJ
taiued By Mcdonald, alias lhiawell.
and Ills associates IL tile late Bank
Of England forgeries, vas effected
April 2lst. The facts are as fol-
lows. On the 5th Of March last 4
trunk said to contain wearing ap.
parel was delivered at tile office o.
Che North Atlantic Express. No. q
Margaret street. London, by a per.
son calling himself Z. I-eSsing, Of
Tunbridge Wells. and addressed
to Major G. Matthews, New York,
to he kept in bond at the express
office, No. II Broadway, New
York, until called for. The trunk
was duly forwarded by the express
company, and reached New York
by the steamship Cuba. which ar-
rived March 10Th, and was kept ID
bond by the company as pcr iastrsc-
tions until Saturday last when q
woman calling herself Mrs. Mat
thews presented an order, duly
sigued g. Matthews. Meantime
counsel for the l}ank of England
had received some information with
regard to tile trunk which led 10
its detention until to-day, when it
was taken possession Of under an
erder by the Supreme Court by
Nathaniel Jarvis, ESQ., receiver in
the Bank Of England forgery case,
and on being opened and examined
was found TO contain a quantity of
wearing apparel, two gold watches,
several miscellaneous articles, and
three packages Of United States
$40 and 10-40 bonds rolled up in
soiled linen, amounting in all to
500 900. The bonds were found
to be identical in class, amounts.
and numbers, with those advertised
by the Bank Of England to have
been obtained by the Bidwell for-
geries. In the trunk were found
cards and card plate, memorandum
bill, etc, showing conclusively that
it had been shipped by and tele-
graphed to him out OF 100000
obtained from the Bank Of England
BY these forgers. But about $780,
600 remains to be recovered.
A special announces that one Of
our Commissioners who is now on
his way to Vienna, is suspended tor
improper practices, and another j.
suspected and his case is being in
quired into. Reports are in clrcu.
lation that some Of the complimen-
tary commissioners secured their
appointments in order to represent
certain manufacturing interests, and
that q Sewing Machine Company
and a Gun Company, each, have
Government Commissioner in its
employ.
4 The suit ofG. 3. Davis against
the New York Times for libel, was
SuNmarily ended on the 21st. Ds-
vis was just on the stand when
counsel for defendant objected to
h S testimony, on the ground that
he was a convicted telon. The
Judge sustained the objection, and
so it ended.
A special says d session of the
Peace Commissioners will soon be
commenced in New York for the
purpose of a general consultation on
Indian affairs.
A freshet caused a train from
Stonington, r. l., to Boston, to fall
through a bridge at Richmond
switch, April 10Th, Some Twelve
persons were supposed killed, and
about IS wounded. Three passen-
ger cars were burned.
Geo. T. Burton, a negro, was
convicted at Georgetown, d. G., on
the 10Th, Of raviShing little daugh.
ter Of q white man, and sentenced
to be hanged on the Goth Of June.
The Court Of Claims at Wash
ington have rendered judgement
against the United States in favor
of Senator Caldwell for $780,
$3.50 on a contract tor army trans
portation in Nebraska in 1866.