The Morning herald., 1875-10-25


at Jefferson City. He was placed in charge
OF the United States Marshal.
CONDENSED TELEGRAMs.
The building was entirely consumed, and
the charred remains of Mr.. and Mrs. Muir
ray were afterwards found burned on the
iron springs of their bed.
At the session of the Philadelphia Synod
on Saturday, the subject Of the consolida.
tion of the Presbyteries Of Philadelphia and
Philadelphia Central, lying open from last
year, received final postponemcnt.
Mcdonald g. Co., of Wooster, Ohio, man.
ufacturers of agricultural implements, have
made an assignment. Their liabilities are
stated at $500,O0O. Two hundred persons
are thrown out of employment by this fail
dre.
Orders were issued Saturday morning
from the Navy department to place the
United States steamer, Hartford, which re-
Gently arrived at New York from the Asiat-
ic squadron; out of commission. Her off,
GERS will be detached immediately.
The Ames pillow Company, in Boston, is
temporarily embarrassed. Its liabilities are
$21s, ,247, and assets, $542,s9l. At meet
ing of the creditors last week It was thought
that q reasonable extension would enable
the company to pay in full and go on.
The failure of Robert Tilton, woolen man.
ufacturer, proprietor Of the Spring Mills at
Cavendish, VT. is occasioning no little Elk
citenent in the wool trade of Boston. His
Boston indebtedness is quite large, the re-
suit mainly of purchases OF wool in this
market. The total liabilities are about
$40, 900. t'
Hon. Frederick Gehwig, the local Repub-
lican Representative in the General Assem-
bly,, of Illinois, and the editor Of the Gsr-
man Free Press, of Springfield, was satur-
day indicted by the Grand Jury for libel in
publishing an article rejecting OF County
Treasurer Perkins, the city editor of the
State Journal. The article grew out of q
political controversy.
The steamer Panther, from Boston for
Philadelphia, came in collision off Chatham,
Mass, Saturday morning with the schooner
Hope, Of Walton, N. s., which vessel sailed
hence Friday. The schooner lost her bow
spirit and headgsar. The steamer lost her
topmast rail and fore-riggfng, and damaged
her foremast and house badly. The Pan
ther towed the schooner to this port, and
proceeded. .|''"
About eleven o'clock Friday hight the
residence. Of Mrs. Susan Bradley, M.ehe
town of Cheshire, Conn. was discovered to
be on fire. Mr.. and Mrs. Murray slept in .
chamber near where the fire originated.
Mrs. Bradley was the first to discover tho
fire and she promptly gave the alarm,
which aroused all the inmates except Mr..
and Mrs. Murray, who were thoughtlessly
left to their fate. ~ ''''.'' ~ ''. ,'..,..,
VI An Investigation is now progressing In
the Treasurer's office at Washington as to
the $1,000 missing in the Legal Tender and
Currency Redemption Bureau. The Treas-
urer seems coniident that the mohey'whl b.
received within forty.eight hours. One of
the lady receivers gave receipt TO oue of
the counters for . certain sum of money
received from him, bat the next morning
was found to be short to the extent above
stated. She insists that the full amount
passed from her hands. r.
The fost Office Department has been in
formed by the agents of the steamship King
Arthur, announced to leave Baltimore on the
26th inst, for Janeiro via st. Thomas, car
rying the Brazilian and West India mails,
that she is detained at Barbados for re-
pairs, and her date of sailing from Balu-
more cannot be named until her return
there. The department is also Informed
that the steamer Switzerland, of the Red
Star Line appoidted to carry the Belgian
direct mail from. New York to Antwerp to-
day, will not sail until the 18th inst
Bassett, Of St. Louis, one of the guagers
charged with conspiracy to defraud the
revenue, has appealed to the Secretary Of
the Treasury to abandon the civil suit
against his bondsmen He says he is will
ling, If this be done, to stand trial on the
criminal charge, and to make full confession
of what he knows Of the operations o., the
Whisky Ring. In the judgments already
rendered against the distiilers and rectifyers
ofSt- Louis, tho Government is fully 60
cured. from all losses and Bsssett and his
tbonhameu pray that hsatt|t the Government wiz
not visit punishment on the latter. who lare
entirely innocent of any wrong doing. Bas-
- "a ..xaal fos olauaancu To him. |