The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1876-04-19
PROBABLE ESCAPE OF. WINSLOW.
The Charges Against Major Merrill. O
South Carolina Notoriey.
iHE CURRENCY QUESTION AGAIN AGITATED.
THE -REcUsANT WITNESS CASE.
FROM OUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT.

WASHINGTON, April Is. 1870
QUE ExrnADrrroN TREATY WITH ENGLAND
REFUSAL OF THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT TO
SURRENDER wINsLow EXCEPT ON CERTAIN
coNDITIoNs-ATTITUDE or THE UNITED
STATES or THE GENERAL QUESTION: NEW
TREATY pRoBABLE-THE CASE OF THE
swINDLER WORMS.
1t Is known thai dispatches received hero from the
British government announce its determination to re-
fuse surrender the forgcr Wnslow unless this gov
gives It's obligation that he shall be tried only
for the offence for which he would be surrendered 1t
will also refuse surrender any other persons for
whom claims have been made and IL Is believed there
are not less than twenty such persons now In the
British domnions who wanted here, and in whose
cases cxtradtion IS thus refused The decision OF the
British government must, or course lead to q new
tradition treaty, and as there is dispute between
the two governments to the terms Of suck treaty
IL cannot require much time to arrange It.
Secretary Fish, while asking that tho terms Of the
Ashbur,on treaty shall be literally fulfilled while It is
In force and refusing recognize the authority Of
act OF Parliament to limit its terms, would not proba-
bly, consent to treaty which should not contain
such guards and formations would require the trial
Of extradtcd person Tor the offence for which
bis extradition was demanded This has been
tho policy OF tho United States In all cxtradition
treaties concluded in recent years, 1t not in
Ill made the Ashburton treaty, and there have
when the United States refused to conclude
an cxtradon treaty because another government de-
clined to accede TO such limitations The American
people would not consent, for instance, to seeing
person extradlted from our shores TO France,
Spain England, on charge of robbery and then
tried for political offence
During the French Empire Great Britain was very
careful to word her ex,radtion treaty with France in
such way prevent the apprehension and extra
dtion OF French political fugitves in England any
plea OF another crime II the British government
adheres to it's present resolution, as 1t prob
ably WILL DR.. Worms, captured In Montreal
last January, charged with having, by means OF q
forged contract for Indian supplies robbed credulous
victim OF So, 000 will be the last surrendered
under the Ashburon treaty. He was given up to-
day. Worms pretended that to get the contract he
obliged TO pay this sum to the President and &C
tually found man, named Newman, silly enough to
give him the money, which he pretended to put into
envelope directed TO the President
General Grant took special interest in the cap
ture OF Worms, and instructed the officers who
sent after him 10 spare no pains to get him He
indicted in Philadelphia and win there tonight
and pc tried at an early day. When Worms was
arrested Montreal he pretended that he had actually
sent the money the President and that he ready
70 take his trial in the United States but no has
since been struggling get away and he had money
three OF the abcst lawyers Canada who have ever
since January been busted in measures to prevent
his extradtion and have raed only after carrying the
through several courts. 1t tho officers
after Worms whose resemblance gave rise to the
rumor that be had been seen in Canada