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Show notlier BVctlan!ler. Albany, 15. Chas. II. Pbelps cashier in the treasury depart-m ent o State,' was arrested :ii -JcrE'W dy and brought here ehargfol with, rob bang the State treasure of an ivmouni estimated at $"00,000.' ' Phelps lef his post a short time ago. when Stat1 "treasurer Raines1 inform'.! dam h-1 h-1 was aU'iit to i)C,Mi au ''Xiimio it;oii o I 1.:- I a , f.'iMi.ie' Jersey City, admiit'mg the Ineo; i.a- ncss of his account-, but promised if not arrested to make good ail or nearly near-ly all his deficits. Coun-el on his behalf had suggested a compromise. Implicit eoniidenco ivMipbiui.! in Phelps. ! Albany. I. ..Phelps was arraigned I in the "police, court this afternoon, but his trial was poM pined tdl to- , morrow. He was committed without bail. It is feared the amount of his cuibeulement will e:feeed s:Ji tOjiOO, :tjid it ij 0"W ud the Slate will lose tiie Whole amount, as "I) inks arc not liable. Phelps has been spccutatiiig, but in what manner he refuses to state. |