The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1866-11-08
New York NEWS


NEW YORK, Nov. 7.-Havana adj
vices of the LIST state that Lersundes'
successor was expected daily. : Ier-
sundes himself had determined to leaYe
the Island on the 10th, whether the new
Captain General had arrived at that
time or not. .E
Dispatches via Havana confirm the
report OF AIaximflian's sudden de-
parture for OFiZaba.
The wife of an ex-polfceman named
Towers was found dead at her residence,
Fourth street near First Avenue, yes
terday morning, under circumstances
that indicate that she had been muir
dered. Her husband, John Towers,
was arrested and locked up for exam
ination.
The Herald's Washington special
says: We have it upon good authority
that Secretary Stanton never has been
requested to resign. The report that he
and the President have had misun-
Outstanding in relation to the new APP
pointments in the regular army is to-
tally untrue. The President has fully
concurred in Mr.. StantoIi's action in
regard to them.
at the Cabinet meeting to-day all the
members were present, Including Mr..
Seward. 1t is understood the Mexican
question was fully discussed.
have 1t on good authority that the
President will, In his forthcoming mes
sage to Congress, lay before that body
an amendment to the Constitution sim
liar to the one passed at the last session
Of Congress, with few notifications.
The West requires the removal of Com
missioner Rollins.
The headquarters of the Department
OF Tennessee have been removed from
Nashville to Louisville.
The President to-day appointed Jas.
y. Williams, of Iowa, register of the
Land Office at Fort Dodge, Iowa, and
LII Bedford, of Nebraska register Of the
Land Office in Nebraska.
The returns received at the general
head office from the local office at the
Falls of st. Croix, were that 7,2OS acres
of the public lands were disposed of
during October, of which 4, 600 were for
amounted to S7,OO5.
The Trtbune's Washington special
says that James Gaylor, the well known
special agent of the Post Office Depart
ment, is here at the head of a, commit
tee of special agents for the purpose of
revising the regulations and arrange
ments relative to registered letters. The
agents have been in consultation with
the Postmaster General nearly all day.
At present registered letters do not
differ much in appearance from
any ordinary letter, and can
be opened by a skillful thief without
oeCectlon. Inc system of records and
receipts has been found useless, It is
confidently expected that the new plan,
when fully matured, will give much
satisfaction.
The Times Richmond special saws:
The further consideration of the Roths.
child tobacco case is postponed until the
10th inst.
st. Louis dispatches, from st. Joseph,
say that Gen. Loan Is surely elected
to Congress.
A party of miners arrived at st.
Joseph to-day with 500, 900 in treasure.
Osher parties are coming down the riv-
er with nearly one million and halfin
dust.
New YoRK, Nov. 1.-THE Great Re-
public, the first vessel of the Pacific
Mail Steamship Company's new line 10
China, will bellaunched at Greer Point
probably tomorrow morning. This
steamship Is the largest and one
OF the finest ever built in the United
States. She registers 1000 tons, meas
9res over 5000 tons, and is unusually
strong and symmetrical.
A large meeting of the Protestant
Episcopal Clerical Association was held
this morning in the Bible House, in
this city. The organization is COM
posed OF ministers from all parts of the
country.
The seventh annual meeting of the
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was held ut noon to-day in the Church
of the Ascension, in this city. The at
tendance was large, about $50 clergy
men being present.
Jay Cook, Esq, the banker, presided.
A paper states that there is to be an
other great fight for the championship
OF the English prize ring, tho combat
ants being Baldwin, called tho Irish
Giant, who recently fought for and won
the belt, and n man who has been Sc
lected by Mace, the eN-champion, but
whose name has not been allowed 10
transPire. 1t is however to. be made
known at least two months before the
in what is called London District, on
the 9TH OF April, 1867. The necessary
articles of agreement have been en-
tered into and the stake Mt issue will be
E2O side and the championship OF Eng
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