, 1873-01-28

The Internattonn1s--Dr -.AttAt,
TIC mnM Steamship CoEipnny--Dfa
eased Mutton D,na3 FIRTH -- TIL
Tweed CaSe--StoIkcs, I1iIl of Excep
tionR-.Ttao Gua1 Tralc--Ilurder Trl
ais Next Month.
| Spec.al Uespatch to zhs Chicago Tribune.
NEW YonK, Jen- 27.-About ten days az
Stokes recoiTed an anonymous letter, in whic
the writer said the papor had been saturatet
| with preparation Of poison, and that it va
strong enough to destroy life by application t
| the tongue. To-day another letter Was sent t.
! him which contained white powders carefnu
folded In neatly-cut white papers
| Tbs 1Btter, which was signed ~
Friend" counsclJed STOKES to keep Ut
his spirits, and il everything else failed, to IT,
the enclosed powders, as they would help him
Stokes handed these communications over *
Warden Finley, by whom they were cent to tht
Commissioners Of Charity and Correction. The
poisonous paper and powders arc to be analysed
After the firm Of Phelrs, Dodge i Go. to-day
had ELECTED Q compromise With the Government
by paying S500, 900, the Hon. VIM. E. Dodge, the
senior partner, caused an immediate dissolution
Of the firm, e1pelling the junior partners, who
wero the principal agents in sTindlng the Gus
tom House.,
It is reported that the twelve or fifteen wool
QEa1eI8 III tQlb city VINO attempted 70 C0IleE
wool aftor the Boston fire, have abandoned the
effort, and arc in q distressed financial condi-
tion.
The additional evidence, taken in the Greeley
will case to-day, indicated that Mr. Greeley was
insane even before the Presidential election.
paign the circulation OF the Weekly Tribune in
creased from 119, 900 to 10000. It WAS sworn
that A1r. Sinclair was bankrupt debtor to the
estate. 4 very damaging revelation
vas made Of how A. J.. Johnson, Gree
lsy's nearest friend. attempted to purchase his
Tribune shares at 5000 share, Mr.. Greeley
agreeing to the transaction after the derange-
ment had become decided: The papers we're
executed, but Mr. johnson found that his nego-
tiation with an insano man Wns invalid, and
dropped his claims. It WAS also aworn that
Gabrielle Was Mr. Greeley's favorite daughter,
and that be alwaya deeply regretted the CONVEX
sion Of Ida while in Catholic convent.
I7d the 4ssociattd Press.l
New YORK, Jan. 27.-At meeting OF the Fed
eral Council in the National Workiugmen'B As
sociation, on Saturday, d COMMITTEES was ap-
pointed to confer with the Cuban Junta. and to
protfer the aid OF the 1nternationals in their
cause. Resolutions we're passed calling upon
General Grant to veto the Bill granting lands in
Iowa to railroad corporation.
A movement is On foot by the Workingmen's
Union OF this city to have rural homes erected
for them. They have resolved to petition the
State Legislature on tue subject -.
Yesterday morning, about 1:30, while sur
Prise party Of ladies' and gentlemen was leaving
the steamer Armenia, at pier No. SO, North River,
Mrs. Lavlnin Smiley, formerly the wife Of tho
notorious Bill Poole, who was murdered here
nearly ~ years ago, fell from the gang-plank
and WAS drowned Her body has since been re-
covered.
Charles q. Pfeifer, murdered by Nixon, VAS
buried yesterday at williamsburg. An immense
multitude Witnessed the ceremonies in the
church, including tribes Of the order of Red
Men, Of which deceased was a member. The
white horse which Pfeifer WAS riding when shot
There is every indication that tho Atlaptio
Hail Steamship Company must BOOB pass into |
other hands from its present management, il the
inc is not altogether discontinued Some forty |
alleging debt are said to have been |
prepared against the Company, aggregating I
II ia stated that some 1900 sheep which ware |
ufering from contagious skin disease we're
ecently sent here from Illinois and slaughtered, |
nd the meat distributed through the city. No !
larn exists, however. as it is thought the NUT
On is nearly all disposed Of, and that no more Of |
ne sheep have arrived.
The annual session Of tho Grand Lodge Of the I
Hebrew order Of B'nai Birth WIS held mere yes-
erdnY.
The Treasurer Of the Atlantic Mail Steamship I
company to-day said he had strong hopes that
he steamers now in the hands OF the Marshal
Fou1d soon be released The crclitors OF the
company are he said, protected by liens on the
'roporty TUG Havana malls will go BY another
inc.
In tho Tweed case, to-day, the examination Of
ilden Was further made to connect the defend
Mt nth coutemporaueous transactions in the
eposit OF checks. The witness testified to I
nding these items in the Broadway Bank, not
astitied to before, NAMELY. deposits by Garyev
Thousand, aixty-nine thousand. and
1rty thousand dollars, and the game day similar
ems to Ingersous account; on the n1me day,
127, 600 entered to the debit side of Ingerson's
count, and the same amount to the credit side
Woodward; on the same day deposit BY |
'oodWard, and similar entry to the credit Of
reed. The aggregate Of Tweed Is deposits from |
~ to December, 1870, was 5l,284, ass; Wood
ard's corresponding deposits, $685., ,858.5o; the
tai Of WoodNards account from NAV to Hen- | ,
onded in amounts With the county liabilities'
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n ~ Torr, ~ ~. ar1 Ta.,e;,,a1 ~ t;a ttn