The star. (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1874-1875, 1875-05-15
RY TEIEGRhpY.

NEW IORK, May 16.-Proceedings are
being instituted in a. suit to compel the
Panama railroad either to forfeit its
charter or carry out it's contra,ct With
seedlings are based on a stipulation fn
the charter of the Panama, Company
With the Government Of Grenada that
oil steamship lines shall have equal IA
ciliJies. 1t is averred that the Panama
road has, in violation of it's charter, ia.
vored European steamship j lines as
against American, and that this course
OF action is the cause of the difficulties
In the Panama and Pacific Mail Com
panies arriving at an understanding ia.
vorable to the interests Of American
commerce.
'ii DISTRICT ATTORNEY BLISS a..
has made statement Of circumstances
concerning the arrest of Charles L. Law
renee, who is charged with smuggling
silk through the Appraisers office. The
report duplicates number Of persons
in Europe, and asserts that the loss to
the Government may be roughly estima-
ted at one million dollars. When cap
turea at Queenstown Lawrence had two
sets of cypher, one for telegraphing and
the other for corresponding, together
with many letters, which will enable
Bliss to make thorough exposure of the
whole frauds. These frauds were con-
Quoted by system of false invoices.
After the warrant for Lawrence's ex-
tradition had been issued, A. Hoffnung,
one of the Liverpool members of the
conspiracy, offered the officer having
Lawrence in charge five thousand dol
lars in gold to allow Lawrence to escape.
Subsequently Aaron Wolf, another men,
Der of the .conspiratOrs, offered ten thou
sand dollars, and on its refusal wanted
to know how much would accomplish
the result. Lawrence is still in Ludlow
street Jail.
AN INTERVIEW WITH BOWEN.
The Graphic publishes an interview with
Henry O. Bowen on the subject of Rev.
DR.. Geo. B. Bacon's attempt to have his
name dropped from the Board OF Trus-
tees OF the American Congregational
Union. The DR.. Bacon referred to is a
son of DR.. Leonard Bacon, OF New Ha-
ven. MIR. Bowen said he had retired
from the meeting Immediately after he
saw that Mr.. Bacon dissented from the
majority report. 1t had been limited to
him that Bacon would make this effort,
and he desired to take no part in the
discussion.
The entire unanimity with which he
was reelected was to him a pleasing as
surance that Mr.. Bacon does not repre-.
sent the sentiment of the Congregations
alists towards him. He had been con-
1iected with the Union since its organiza-
tion some twenty years ago, and had
contributed thousands of dollars tor the
help and support Of its churches in all
the principal cities of this country, n orth
and West. Mr.. Bacon's father is per.
sonal friend of his and regular contrib
utor to the Independent. Young Bacon
is a contributor to the Christian Union.
He has no unfriendly feeling towards
Bacon, and his course was TO him mex
plicable. He would beg leave to with
draw from the Union, as he had little
time to devote to it, but didn't propose
to take any hasty action to please Mr.,
Bacon. hlt.s.i la.-. 49,, .4Dii .,1s},
He had aided in establishing almost
every Congregational Church in Brook
Ign, and had probably. subscribed more
money TOR that purpose than any other
man. He was one of the three persons to
buy the property on which Plymouth
Church stands and had given more money
to build. and sustain that church than
any other Individual. He had also
worked hard to secure Mr.. Beecher as
its pastor at the time Park-street Church,
in Boston, was endeavorfng to secure
him, and had raised $4,000 to pay Beech
er's debts in indianapolis and his eX.
penses to come to Brooklyn.
THE NEW ENGLAND SOCIETY.
A meeting of the joint committee OF
officers and members of the New Eng
land Society was held yesterday, when
it was decided that the excursion party
to Boston to participate in the centen-
NAL celebration OF bunker Hill would 60
by the steamer Providence, of the Fall
River line, with the Old Guard, on the
: night of Friday, June 10Th. 1t is ex-
pected the party will number about $50
persons, and that the Old Guard, in-
cluding musicians, will number 100.