The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1873-04-23
NEW YORK.
The New Atlantic Cable.

miles of the American shore end OF the
New York and London direct marine
cable, arrived in the harbor yesterday
She carries this immense coil OF metal
rope in her hold without apparent
labor She is commanded by Captain
Manning, and owned by the Telog Con
struction and Maintenance Company,
which .as charge OF the repairs 10 the
present Transatlantic cable, and has
Tor wears been engaged in laying other
cables in European waters. The lay
ing OF the cable will not begin un'il
the arrival of the Great Eastern, ex'
pected several days hence.
The English Frauds.
The recovery Of nearly quarter Of q
million dollars OF United States bonds,
which had been obtained by McDon-
nell, ala, Bidwell, and associates in the
late Bank OF England iorgrries. wa-
effected to day, the facts concerning
which are as follows:
On the 5th of March last q trunk
said to contain wearing apparel,
was delivered at the Office OF the North
Atlantic Express Company, No. 2
Msrgate street, London. by q person
calling himself C. Leasing of Turn
bridge Wells, Eeglsnd, and addressed
10 Major George Mathews, New
York to be kept in bond at the ex~
press office, No. II Broadway, New
York, until called Tor. The trunk wa
duly forwarded bv the express comps.
nv and reached New York by the
steamship Cuba, which arrived March
20, and WAS kept in bond by the com
pauy as per Instructions until Saturday
last when a woman calling herself
Mrs. George Mathews. presented an
order to the express company tor IT.
delivery duly signed George Mathews
In the meantime counsel tor the Bank
of England had received some intorns-
ton 10 regard to the trunk, which LED
to its detention by the company un-
til to-day when it was taken posses
sion of under an order OF the Supreme
Court by Nathaniel jaws, Eco. recei-
YER i'll the Bank of England forgery
case, and on being opened and exam'.
ined it was found to contain
quantity ..of wearing apparel, old
and in use, two gold watches. several
miscellaneous articles, and three pack
AGES OF United States fve-twenty and
ten -forty bonds rolled up in solled lin
en-. ountiug in all to $22o,95O. The
bonds we're found to be identical
in class, amounts and numbers with
those advertised by the Bank OF England
to have been oblsIned by the B'd"ell
foreeries, and in the trunk were found
cards and card-plate with the name
oil Geo Bidwell, variety Of menoran-
da, bills, &c, showing conclusiveIy
,hs, it bad been shipped by and be-
longed to him. Out OF 100000 oh
tanned from the Bank OF Englar ID by
these forperies sll but about $50, 600 has
now been recovered.
Stokes and other Hurderers.
The case OF Stokes is before the gen.
eral term of the Supreme Court to-day,
for argument on the bill Of exceptions.
The arguments OF his counsel have 80
tar consisted in motions to delay the
hearing w
Fi,zsibbous, murderer Of OHsrra,
WAS to-day arraigBed for sentence. The
priso, er claimed he had been convicted
through false testimony. Judge Brady
sentenced the prisoner to State prison
for lite.
Savings Bank Burned,
At four o'clock this morning fire
was discovered in the Enlgrsnt Indus
trial Savings Institution, 81 Chambers
street. occupied by some forty firms.
1t was with difficulty that the fire de-
partmeut prevented its spreading over
the block. The upper part OF the
premises was gut,ed and the root al
most DESTROYED. The loss on the build
ing 10 estimated at $5,OOl. Several
law firms lose from one thousand TO
two thousand each. Many valuable
papers DESTROYED.
Defense of the Atlantic Owners.
The main questions again sgitated in
connection with the Atlantic disaster.
in regard to the shor,ness OF coal and
iusufiiciency of provisions, have again
brought out the agents OF the line in a
tenn perste but exhaustive reply, show
ing these charges to be erroneous. Ac'
cording to the certificate OF the Gov
ernment officer Tor immigrants al Liv-
erpool, there were provisions enough ID on
board to last thirty-three days. There
WAS a large margin over the average
supply OF coal 1t was therefore mere
" a discretionary matter with Captain
williams to 90 into Halifax. The
agents of the company further state
that an accident similar to the Allan
tics may happen TO any shipping line
As a proof that public confidence is still
maintained in the White Star, it ls
stated that only three out Of one thons'
and ssloop passengers who had taken
ter,hs tor voyages withdrew their
names after hearing OF the Atlantic dis
aster aud the steamers OF the line are
now as before, crowded.
The New York Cauai Debt.
A meeting OF the members Of the