New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1873-10-25
This is magnificent kind Of faithi, but IL Is
by no means generally diffused

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10y no means generally diffused. 4
Rumor was unusually busy IN wall street
yesterday. and all reports tended ono WY
"bearn the market. The most starting Vi
the various stories afloat was that relating 10
an aIIeged defalcation in the Lake Shore
Railroad Company. This rumor, promptly
contradicted though it was, showed that mems
minds are suspicious; a great dedication
seems TO be the natural thing to expect. The
street. however rallied from this and other
concerted attacks, and the day closed with
restored buoyancy. But it cannot be denied
that the prevailing feeling is one OF uncer-
tainty and apprehension. This affects vast
number of interests; and, on the second page
of THE TRIBUNE to-day, we publish careful
summary obtained from few commercial and
manufacturing houses of the city. The gen
eral complaint is of dullness. depression, and
stagnation, though rays OF comfort appear
here and there. 1t is pretty clear, however,
that we have before US hard Winter
The case OF Messrs. Woodruff g. Robinson
charged with frauds upon the revenue, is one
of the most astonishing of the kind ever
brought to our notice. If the charges are true,
well -known house has been guilty of offeDses
which almost pass belief. If they are not true
the house has been made the victim OF one OF
the most outrageous rascas who ever sought
to make money by playing the informer. mus
far there is no proof either way, and the rev
enue officers seem to be in no hurry to press
the investigation which Messrs. Woodruff
g. Robinson are DANGEROUSLY demand
| ing. The alfidavits have been filed, and
there the case seems to stick. what
an illustration this story affords of the abom-
! Unable system of seizures and moieties which
disgraces our customs service, Any discharged
clerk can accuse his employers, just as the
man Hayes has accused Woodruff a. ROBIN
son. The Government is at all the trouble OF
prosecuting the infOmers case; ana what
ever the result of the suit, the defendants are
injured beyond remedy. Certainly we shall
! not hastily assume that these Brooklyn mer-
chants are cheats, merely because man says
so. to whom the Government offers a large
pecuniary reward if he can prove 1t; but
their case has passed into public discussion,
and we can no longer conceal It,
Private letters received here yesterday indi-
cate that the movement for fusion between
the Bonapartists and the Radicals in France ls
pursuing its course, independent of that gen
eral ridcule with which the correspondence
between NJ Portals and Prince Napoleon was
at first greeted. 1t is said that NJ. Portals
and his friends feel confident of returning the
Prince for one or more circumscriptions, in
the event of any general elections being held
There is an uneasy rumOr in Paris that there
are secret clauses embraced in the Treaty
of Frankfort by which Germany can
reinyade France in case of French
armament in excess of given figure which
has been already passed, and that this will be
done in case of the accession of Legitlmlst
King This report, whether true or not, ex-
! cites certain restlessnesS, and helps to pre-
vent the accomplishment of the monarchical
programme. 1t is also stated positively that
NJ. Theirs, on being addressed by NJ. Portals
in regard to his movement, answered civilly
that they were both working for the same
ends These facts and rumors taken together,
though they are by no means conclusive "a to
the practicability of the proposed fusion, still
show that there are many people in Paris
who consider it by no means absurd OF i'm
possible.