The Portland daily press., 1873-09-04

| be wsll show that others are responsible for it,
hodmn seems to be entirely deserted and
| irlendless. 1t is still affirmed that bonds will
De furnished in fev days.
=, The examination of all the departments OF
tne brooklyn city department. and banks in
termined upon
Daniel d. Chauncey denies that $4,000 was
pad MN by Rodman while be was receiver of
the Brooklyn Trust Company.
Inc national committee of Kings County. a
political organization composed Of members of
both parties, resolved last night in view of the
recent defacatOns and general diStrust exist
Ing IN reference to the financial condition of the
municipal departments to adopt the policy NOM
mating honest men to office without regard to
political utilization.
Carefu. Brokers
The effect of the recent forgeries has been to
iead to such close scrutiny of bonds of railroads
as to almost stop negotiations for such paper,
An officer of the stock exchange to-day, stated
mat the other two parties known to have been
engaged in the forgeries are expected to be ar
rested by tomorrow.
Counterfeit $500 Notes.
Advices from Des Moines, Iowa, states that
another $500 counterfeit note has been passed
There and the party arrested.
The steamer Wuwasset Case.
The District Attorney has been instructed to
institute suits against all the parti s incupated
In the report of the burned steamer Wawasset.
The BrooIsiyn Thief
Rodmao is still in Jail in Brooklyn He says
ne is surprised tha6 certain friends have not
6a'led him ont. His bondsmen and those of
City Treasurer Sprague gave their individual
notes 10 the comptroller of Brooklyn to-day,
payable January list, to secure the city against
loss
There is report Of heavy plunderings by the
street commissioner of Brooklyn, but his acs
counts are SO mixed with those of the contracs
tors for paving and street work, that unless
some contractor exposes the system, nothing
can be proven
Mayor Powell OF Brooklyn, is reported to
nave SAID this morning that unless Treasurer
oprague resigns he will cause him to be sus-
pended.
Various MATTERS.
Seven hundred laborers will be discharged to.
from Prospect Park, Saturday.
Fanny HYDE the alleged murderer of Geo.
Watson was again released on bail to-day.
Application fer the release of Leonard Brown
charged with passing forged bonds of the New
York Central railroad, was refused to day by
Judge Bowling, who in committing him for
trial without bail, advised Brown to give any
information in his power relating to the perpe
trations of these forgeries.
Peruvian advces confirm previously reported
immense land slide which damned upa rivera
The fears of its breaking away and nundating
the city of Lima and its Surroundings have
been partially dissipated. the wafer having ris-
en- to the top of the dam and flowing steadily
over it.
Another report is current that radical chang
es are soon to be made in force at the custom
house. 1t is stated Collector Arthur has sub
mitted plan fer complete reorganization of
the force which viii materially advance the
prOmptness aud efficiency of the system, and
be of great benefit to the mercantile public The
plan is believed TO meet the sanction Of the
Secretary OF the Treasury.
President Grant was today visited by Secre
tary Richardson and Lieut.. Gov. Pinchback of
Louisiana. The latter held lOug conference
with the President, relative to affairs in Louisi-
ara, and says that the President now under
stands the status of the political situation there
John Evans, negro highwayman, to day
was sentenced to ten years in the State prison
Robert Reed and John Wild, the negroes who
robbed and nearly murdered q farmer on July
4th, near Flatbush. We're sentenced 20 and 10
years in States prison respectively.
VIM. Is. Smith, the notorious forger, is held
in $1,000 for trial.
Frederick Fisher, a boy, was arrested to-day
for accidentally shooting Jacob Sehorman and
wife with heavy charge of buckshot fred at q
cat Rev. Newman Hall, Prof Leathes, Baron
Sacken, Hon. VIM, NJ. Fliess, Lord Skelmers-
dale, Revs j. G. Harrison and R. G. Hall ar
rived to-day from Europe.
Kaiir cad Axle.
ALBANY, Sept. 3.-At meeting at West AL
bany, to-day, of the superntendents of the va
rious Eastern railroads. the patterns and draw
iDgs of an oil'box and jaw for the standard axle
adopted by the convention of car builders at
Boston last June were adopted. A few modif-
cations were agreed upon and the patterns
adopted The effect will be that all axles be-
ing alike can be separated in any railroad shop
in the country.