The Portland daily press., 1874-05-25
NEW YORK.
Various Matters.

NEW YORK. May 23.-Wm Baker was to
day. before the Police Court on the charge of
embezzling the New Haven 81 Hartford rail-
road out of $4,000. He was conductor. He
was bailed in $4,000.
Both Gen. Stewart l. Woodford and VIM.
R. Roberts decline being candidates for Con-
gress again.
1t is stated that the difficulties between the
steamship companies as to the price of passage
from England to this country for immigrants
have been referred to a Liverpool merchant
rs referee, who will decide early Dext week.
The testimony in the case of the Commits
sioners of Charities and Correction shows that
on nearly all the purchases a percentage was
paid to the party purchasing for the board, vary
ing from five to ten per cent
Richard DeKennett, distinguished Catho-
lie priest, was sent to BlackwelPs Island yes
terday, for six months, for being found drunk
in the streets.
Henry Ward Beecher.wil address the SOL
diers on Decoration Day at Stenway Hall.
A forty-foot whale got aground on the shore
neor South Amboy, yesterday morning, and
was killed by fishermen.
In case in court yesterday witness testi-
fed that neither in China nor in the tea trade
was there such tea known as English break
fast tea and that majority of the Chinese
marks on tea chests are fancy marks toj attract
attention.
The schooner Porto Plata, bound for Porto
Plata, returned to port to-day with the body of
Captain jeremiah Smith, who died at sea few
days since. He was native of Greenpoint,
Long Island.
Vessels arriving here the past week and to-
day all report passing large icebergs in the re-
giOn of lat. 44o.
VIM. Baker, the negro fiend, is still held for
examination. the little girl being too badly
injured to appear in the Courts against him to-
day.
Not Comforting to Boston.
Relative to the reduction of rates of freight
on the Boston and Albany Rail lroad to Boston,
Mr.. John Rutter, the agent of lthe New York
Central Railroad, states that it would be abso-
lutely impossible for the road to make any re-
ducton if it should be attem mpted; it would dis
arrange the whole fabric of rates now estab-
lished. The compact between this and the
other roads provides that tue price for carrying
freight shall be five cents per 100 pounds high
er from Western points to Boston than to New
York. If this compact be broken the other
roads will take advantage of it and put down
for the Boston and Albany road to do the
same.
Mr. Rutter said it was not on account of the
railroads that the steamers were to withdraw
from Boston, but that it was entirely the fault
of business men, who were not so energetic as
the New York men WERE He says the Boston
merchant tries to make a bargain with the
steamer company to transport cargo, and, if
successful sends for the cargo he wishes to
ship. He takes 10 risks in New York. The
men of business have a constant influx of
grain and merchandise, and vessel can be
loaded on a very short notice. Mr.. Rutter
shows that business in Boston is done on q
peck measure SYSTEM" The officers of sthe
Erie Railryad say that they have no interest in
reducing rates to Boston, as that would draw
much New York freight to the former place.