The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1866-04-19
BY Telegraph.
miseeIInneons News.

NEW YORK, april l6.-1ue SITlhe Ol
the city railroads continues with una
bated Inconvenience to travellers. II
the forenoon of yesterday, the old hands
on tho Sd avenue went to work, will
the understanding that their demand!
would be complied with, but held NJ
again on hearing such was not the com
pany's intention. On the other lines o
railroad, traffic was more or less irregu
lar and ceased altogether at 8 p. NJ.
A riot took place last evening in the
neighborhood of 30th street and ID ave,
nue.. Arrests were mnde and the riot.
ers separated without doing much in,
jury.
in the Continental Hall, at which en-.
thusiastic speeches were made and sub
scriptions raised for the assistance Of
the strikers.
Judge Ingraham has decided relative
to the claims of Morris, Ketchum s
Co. on the New York and New Haven
Railroad Company, as to the latteIs re-
sponsibility for the fraudulent issue OF
| stocks by Robert Schuyler. The decis-
ion is, Judgment for the defendants
| against the plaintiffs for SIO0, ,576 Is,
with interest on S54, ,S34 66 from April
| 10th, 1866, and costs.
/ Col. O'Mahoney visited the Germania
| Assembly Rooms, where the fair of the
Fenian Sisterhood is being held, last
on the progress of the work.
| The Tribuhe's special says: Prize
lists for the crews of the following
| Union vessels are in process of adjust
ment mt the 4th Auditors office, of the
| Treasury Department, and will soon
be ready for distribution: Owasco. Hat
teras, Alabama, st. Lawrence, Two
Sisters, Pursuit, Restless, Flag, Nine
ola and PenobscOt.
Treasurer Spinner yesterday received
| from Il Federal Surgeon, at Bowling
Green, KY, the sum of Sl99 in u S.
currency the property of small Po'S
patients in the military hospital ut that
| point, and which he Cthe surgeonl
deemed injudicfous to allow to go into
circulation. The infected money which
was securely sealed, was burned by
| General Spinner, who, on his own re-
| sponsibility, forwarded the same
amount in greenbacks to the Bowling
| Green Hospital.
The Tribune says that the supreme
council If Free Masons of the Southern
] Jurisdiction met again yesterday at the
remplars Asylum. Among the visit
ing Inspector Generals were Brothers
Hiar, of New Hampshire and Paige, OF
Massachusetts. A long report of Broth
er Rockwell, of GeOrgia, was read on
the conflicting claims of the two bodies
ut the North, each claiming to be the
supreme council of TINT jurisdiction.
1t was shown thar under the Constitu-
tion of 1888 neither body numbered
among its original number majority
of those previously recognized by the
Northern jurisdiction as members of
| its supreme council, and that conse-
quently neither one is legitimate. "A
reunion of the legitimate thirty-third in
each council is recommended US the
only way to heal this difficulty. Last
evening n magnificent banquet was
given Mt the Metropolitan Hotel by
Martin Collins, of st. Louis, to all of
the thirty-third in the city. Before It's
close there was display of Masonic
friendship by the brethren from almost
very Ssate in the Union, some of whom
were not very long ago opposed to each
other in arms.
The Tribune's Washington special
says that the New York CollectOrship
continues to be the theme of varied
though generally complimentary re-
marks. a Senator stated Tonight that
Mr.. Smyth would be readily confirmed
but that the Senate would probably
postpone action upon it for some time.
True men in all the States commend
the Presidents courage in breaking
clear of all mere partisan pressure, and
making an appointment in the sole in
terest of the commercial c1nss.
The Herald's special says that the
| flying naval squadron, for duty in
the Eastern waters, has finally been
determined on, and is to consist of the
side wheel steamer Desoto, nine guns,
as flag ship; the iron-clad Miantinmah,
four guns; the edOuble-ender, Shamrock,
seven guns; the double-ender, AshuI-
lat, seven guns; the side wheel steamer,
Augusta, nine gus; the double-ender,
Winooski, seven guns, already enroute
for Eastport, Me-; and steamer, Don,
seven guns. The squadron will be
commanded by an officer OF the rank OF
Acting Rear Admiral. The squadron
is to leave for her rendezvous by the
Both inst, and will remain at that place
until the Fenian excitement there is at
an end, after which it will proceed to
the Gulf OF st. Lawrence, Bay Chalur
and other points on the British
North American coast, to protect the
American fishing vessels.