The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1874-11-02
From New York.

ARRIVED.
New YORK, Nov. l.
Tie steamship Donan from Bremen.
SPECIE GOING ABROAD.
Specie shipments to Europe Saturday,
$219,300 in silver bars.
wARLIKE PREPARATIONS.
A letter to the World from Yokohama
says representatives of an American firm
left for the United States by the steamer
of the 18th of September commissioned to
purchase large quantity of rifles on the
Japanese governments account. 1t Is also
reported from Jeddo that the government
has dispatched officers to the United States
to negotiate for the purchase of iron clads.
PROPOSED STEAMER RACE.
The proposed race between the steamers
Shadysdc and Sylvan Dell from New York
to Albany, for $4,000 side, has fallen
through, the owners of the latter refusing
to let her go.
DETECTIVE STABBED.
Detective Comstock, of the postofiice
department, was seriously stabbed last
night in Newark by Charles Conroy, whom
he had arrested on charge of carrying on
swinding business through the mails
RULED OFT.
The American jockey club ruled off the
course John Coffee, owner of the horse
b. II. Carver, and Hugh Gaffney, rider of
Resolute, for throwing races yesterday
This action rules both off all courses in
the country.
ILLEGAL REGISTRATION.
Warrants were issued yesterday for 300
persons Illegally registered. The punish
lnent for the offence is one to five years
imprisonment.
DESTINATION UNKNOWN.
A letter from Marseilles announces that
the yacht Maria was again carried off
from that port, taking load of grain to an
unknown destination.
HEAVY ROBBERY.
Mrs. George Z. Hoyt was forcibly robbed
in prominent street of Williamsburg last
evening of diamond ear ring, valued at
$1,000.
BANK STATEMENT.
Loans, Increase, $4,000; specie, de-
crease, 81 1854, 100 legal tenders, increase,
$790,SO0; deposits, decrease, s452, 100:
circulation, increase, $44 900; reserve. de-
crease, 56OO,275.
EPISCOPAL CONVENTION.
The Protestant Episcopal general con-
vention, in session Saturday, appointed
committee to consider the means necessary
for reducing the number of trustees of the
theological seminary, and increasing the
efficiency of the remainder The commit
tee of canons, committee of conference
on amended canon or ritual, made their re-
port which amended the original canon
reported by the committee, by striking out
in specifications clauses relating to the use
of incense and the retaining of the crucifix
in any part or place of public worship
with few important changes. After n
short discussion the order of the day was
called for.
AN EXTRA MEETING AT JEROME PARK
will present attractions enough to DR."
thousands of our citizens to .,e race
course Five events, int.dding a hack
race for gentlemen riders, and two grand
steeple chases, afford unusually exciting
amusements, espt cially at this season of
the year.
BARNUM
advertised Friday for nine hundred super
numeraries for the hippodrome. The
great body of anxious, eager men outside
the building testified how welcome en-
ployment is to many thousands in the city.
1t numbered hundreds more than could be
accepted and large police force was nee
cssary to preserve order. The pay offered
was of course small, but not one of the
applicants said word about that. The
hippodrome troupe has been much in
creased, and the number of employees will
be nearly 1000. The street procession
Saturday morning contained 1, 800 men and
women and over 600 horses.
VERDICT AGAINST THE GOVERNMENT.
Friday, in the United States circuit court,
before Judge Nathaniel Shipmau, in the
case of the United States VS.. Polhemus &
jackson, which was an action to recover
$500, 200, being the amount of money de-
posted with the defendants by ]. l.. Hodge,
a paymaster of the army for the purpose of
conducting stock speculations on his ac-
count-the allegations being that the de-
PENDANTS knew this money was the property
of the government. The jury rendered
verdict for the defendants.
AN INTERESTING ITEM
in trade yesterday was the sale Of five
tierces of western lard which lately arrived
from Liverpool by the steamer Celtic. We
have in the course of the past twelve years
brought cotton and wheat from the other
side of the Atlantic to supply our pressing
needs. Last year we imported barley, and
1t may be observed that uniformly follow
ing such reversal of the ordinary course
of trade there has been serious decline in
price.
CONTRADICTORY REPORTS FROM LOUISIANA.
The Tribune special correspondence from
Louisiana tells of the condition of the
freedmen in the interior of the state. They
are cheerful and contented, and seem to be
on the best of terms with the white peo.
pie. 1t is difficult, in reading description
like this, to realize that horrible outrages