The Portland daily press., 1873-06-02
NEW YORK.
The Return of Plunder to the waterford
Bank.

The Return of Plunder to the Waterford
Bank.
New YORK, May 3O-The total amount OF
stolen bonds, stocks, &C., returned by tne Durg
| lars to Waterford Bank will exceed $30O, 0O0.-
| The result of the acquittal of Pete Curley, VINO
| was tried at Ballston last week and the oegin-
ming of the present week, verifies the assertion
| that this acquittal was by agreement Win tne
registered U. S. bonds railroad stock, &c, tax
| en- from the bank The negotiable bonds were
long since disposed of and could not be returned
| under any agreement. Those whe lost by the Dur.
glary will now receive from on to1o per cent. OF
| their loss. There is much rejo cling in conse-
| quence, but loud threats are now freely NUT
| tered against Peter Curley should he ever show
| himself in the vicinity.
The Steamer Cromwell.
NEW YORK, May 31.-The owners of the
steamship George Cromwell, now over due at
| New Orleans from this port, feel no uneasiness
| as to her safety, she being a very strong sea-
worthy boat She has five first-class life boats
She had only seven passengers who, with thir-
| ty officers and crew could be accommodated in
| the life-boats.
The Board of Excise have classified licenses
into five grades The first-class, hotels ana par
rooms will pay $3.50 year; the secone class, ho-
tells and restaurant, $3.50; saloons, where liquor
! is sold and drank on the premises, $l0O; wnere
liquors in quantities less than five gallons, such
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| $50.
Naval Cadets.
| An Annapolis dispatch states twenty-eight
| cadets graduated yesterday at the Naval Acad-
| envy. Admiral Davis delivered the address and
| Secretary Robson distributed diplomas. The
names of the graduating class are as follows:
| w. HI. Schetze of Missouri, c. w. Deering OF
| Maine, G. Fowler of Massachusetts, L. b.
| Howard at large. w. G. Cowles of Connecticut,
| S. w. b. Diehi of Pennsylvania, G. j. Bodger
Of lore A Niahnlcnn of loro T., VO1nO n
Kentucky, R. j. Nicholson of Pennsylvania, j.
P. Underwood of Michigan, F. A. Wilbur of
| New York, G. F. Putnam Of Illinois, f. Tyler
| of Michigan H. Morrell of New York, E. B
Underwood at large, A. L. Case at large, W:
F. f. Halsey of Louisiana, NJ. A. Shufeldt of
| Connecticut, j. G. Lernly of North Carolina,
| w. w. Winder of New Hampshire, c. E. Muse
| of Maryland, j. B. Robinson at large, y. w.
Bacon of North Carolina, A. Reynolds of Mary
| land.
CannbnIism.
A letter from the Fejee Islands states that
| the mountain savages killed family of whites
| named Burnes and some PolyneaSian laborers,
altogether 16 The whites, whose babies were
found, were horribly mutilated. Some of the
| bodies were carried away for Canibal feast.
| The Hoboken Fire.
The fiIe at Hoboken broke out about 5 a. m,
and in few minutes the ferry house and the
| offices of the Delaware & Lackawauna Rail-
way were in flames. -Four trains in the depot
| had fire up and were run out and seved. -Four
freget cars were burned, The total loss, includ-
| ing the depot and docks, is estimated at S550OO
Various Matters.
Oliver Charlick announces that he will not
for the present at least resign from the Police
Commission. Mayor Havemeyer, who says
the appointment of Mr.. Charlick is the very
best Of all he made made a personal request
that he remain in the Police Board.
| The spotted fever is what aff1icts the Coney
| Island Railroad CO. s horses
The subscriptions to the Greeley statue
amount to $10,633.
| An effort is making to effect settlement
with the creditors of the late banking house of
Bowles Brothers by payment of so per cent
of the indebte dness free OF expense to the cred
| itors.
Train leaves at once for Europe, after insti-
tuting proceedings for 900 damages each
against Surgeon General Hammond, Doctors
! Clymer, Parsons Andreas and Cross for malic-
| ious libel. He also begins suits against William
E. Dodge, Morris X. Jersup Anthony Com
stock, Judge Davis, District Attorney Phelps
and others, whom he charges were instrument
| tai in keeping him in prison.
! Governor Dix takes two weeks vacation
Between two hundred and three hundred bills
are still before him unsigned, but he has the
| whole year for their consideration. About
| 1900 were introduced into the Legislature, of
! which 1852 went to third reading, and about
1000 were passed
Henry Ward Beecher made no alluson in his
| Friday lecture-room talk to the extraordinary
covenant published yesterday.
The general toue of all the orations in this
vicinity yesterday, the most of which were de-
livered to soldiers was that of Cancellation and
friendless to all former opponents.
1t is said that the 100000 robbed from the
Bank of England by the forgeries of MacDon-
aid will he absorbed by American lawyers de-
tectives and others
DR.. Brown, sentenced to ten years in Sing
Sing for assaulting Murray, the New York gas
bill collector, died in prison last night.
H. o. Penticost, an open communion Bap-
tist having difficulty with his church at Rock
will, L. l., preferred resgning to church inves-
tgation.
| NEW YORK, June lin the match yesterday
between American Girl and Harry, the former
won, time 223 1-2-221 1-2-2. 26 H. &c "a
The weather to-day is extraordinary fine, the
churcht and parks are crowded.