The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1866-10-18
'TEtE6kAPHic NEWS.
NEW YORK NEWS
nestrpctiye Fire i'm West s'reet---Loss
a3oO. 0OO-..Mndam Risieri---Races
-FuaeruI of Hon. John VIM Buren,
r.-r;bIe Hurricnne.

n~.srprs;re Fire i'm West s;rect---Loss
asoO. consolidation Ristori---Races
pvseruI of Hon. John ynn Buren,
Terrible Hnrricnne.
Nrw YORK, Oct. IA fire broke out
last night about ten o'clock, in the ship
chandiery warehouse of j. c. Baxter IL
Son. No. sos West street, which spread
RAPIDLY to the adjoining buildings, and
communicated With q large storage
house at;Nos. sos aud $40 Washington
street. in which was stored large
ouantitv of cotton and other Iiertcnan-
die. The houses adjoining the chan-
dlerv store and storage hosuewere occu-
med Nv moor families, some twenty-five
Of whom were temporarily dislodged.
The amount of losses or insurance
conld not be readily ascertained, but
the damage will, in all probability,
amount to S300,000.
There was not a single case OF cholera
reported yesterday.
Thelate terrible hurricane ragged In
the vicinity of the Bahamas with the
most destructive effect, the wind being
more violent than during any previous
gale, wrecking many vessels, blowing
down houses and doing immense DAM
are. Large quantities of wrecked ma
terials floated ashore, and several dead
i, bodies drifted on the beach. Many OF
the Islands had not been heard from,
but it is supposed that when full ac-
counts come in the loss of property
0 will be great.
Ristori, for thirteen nights in New
York. one matinee and three nights IN
BROOKLYN, has received for her personal
share nett S26, 9lo, upon which the rev.
enue tax has been duly paid.
% Yesterday, on the Fashion Course,
Lady Emma defeated George Wilkes in
three straight heats-time, 2:27, 2:27t
and 2:2Si.
The funeral of John Van Buren, will
take place on Friday, commencing at
10 o'clock, A. NJ. All the Courts We're
adjourned yesterday in respect for his
q memory.
J Governor Fenton has ordered a COM
mission to examine the latest improve
ments in breech loading and other mill
tary arms, with the view of supplying
the National Guard of the state with
the best patterns.
At the Hoboken races to-day, in a
dash of one and quarter miles, Rich
mond beat Lady Dan. Bryant. In a
one-mile dash, Richmond beat Knight
hood, Ulrica, Lady Dan. Bryant and
Eclipse FLY time lao. In the two
mile race, Aldebaran won both heats,
beating Luther and KnighthoOd. Time,
$50 and BAL.
THE SYNOD of the Presbyterian church
of New York and New Jersey, com
menced to-day before large clerical
and lay assemblage. The Evangelical
Lutheran Synod re-assembled this morn
Ing in this city. Over sixty cOngrega-
tions were represented by their pastors.
Q The session was devoted mainly To the
consideration of the proposition to sep
arate from the General Synod GIL the
ground that the latter favored innova-
tons in the doctrine against the princi-
pies of the Aug,burc confession. .
Theodore Dwight, y well known eltl-
zen, died mt his residence i'll Brooklyn
yesterday, from injuries received from
ieaping from q car in jersey City, while
in motion.
Last Monday four new cases, and -four
deaths by cholera yesterday on the hos
pital ship are reported.
The steamship Costa Rica, from this
port for Kong Kong, encountered heavy
gales on Sunday, receiving considerable
damage, and has put back to repair.
The ship Marmion, which sailed on
the 18th for San Francisco, has returned
leaky and her pumps choked.