The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1866-06-01

| NEW York, May 31.-United States
| Marshal Murray has seized on the
steamer General Sedgewick, from Gal
| weston, 5000 rounds of ammunition and
| so revolvers, consigned to the Adjutant
General of the Fenian Brotherhood
From correspondence which fell into
| the Marshal's hands, it appears that
| the property was stolen from one OF
the federal camps in Texas.
| Morning papers have the following
specials from Washington:
1t is now authoritatively stated that
the Government will not be prepared
| for the trial of jeff Davis ut the APP
preaching June term at Richmond, the
| inference from which is that the trial
cannot come off earlier than October.
The Lieut.-General and Mrs. Grant,
accompanied by General Dent, of the
staff, will proceed from West Point TO
st. Louis, to be absent two or three
weeks. The General expects to visit
Nashville, Corinth, Memphis and in
termediate places before his return.
AT meeting of the Union National
Club this evening, n resolution insist
ing on the application of the Monroe
doctrine and the endorsement ofthe pro
posed Mexican loan, was discussed but
laid over under rules.
Letters Just received here from high
authority mt Paris, state that Napoleon
is earnestly trying to maintain peace in
Europe. He wrote very important
letter TO the King of Italy, in which he
declared himself in the strongest terms
! against his (the Italian) war-like prep
arations.
ambassadors from England and Rus
STA unite their efforts to arrange in some
way, settlement of present difficult
ties.
The French government has declared
itself ready to act upon some concilin-
tory grounds, but took the position
| that il was impossible to assemble any
conference that would not be a general
one of the representatives from all the
great European powers and German
districts.
A preliminary convention would be
Immediately held composed of France,
Russia and England. The questions
likely to be submitted TO general
congress, would be drafted and consid-
cred. This does not absolutely assure
Il peaceful solution of the threatening
European difficulties, yet it is deemed
very important rs showing the posture
of the French government, and how II
is possible, if not even probable, that
at the very verge of war, collision
may be avoided by interference of neu-
trail powers.
A military commission has been con-
yened by order of the President, at
Memphis, to investigate the causes
which led to the recent riot III lhat Guy
The proceedings will be conducted with
closed doors, and the evidence will be
submitted directly to Gen. Grant.
Governor Parsons, of Alabama, has
addressed n letter to Gen. Howard
urging the necessity of the Bureau con-
tinuing its distributions of rations. BY
IL recent census of that State, AZ out OF o.
counties return 81, 92l destitute persons;
and he averages the starving poor at
81, 900. During the war Alabama lost
40, 900 men, over one-half of them heads
of families. There are 10000 white
widows and orphans. They could raise
no crop last year, on account of the
presence of the armies, and the legisla-
ture at its recent session, authorized
the issuing of State bonds for the pur-
pose of procuring food, but they have
failed to make them negotiable. ana
the Governor purposes coming North
to put them on the market for provis-
ions. The citizens who are able, con-
tribute freely, and the mortgaging OF
farms and crops, TO raise food, is al
most universal. Feeble women and
decrapit old men walk miles to obtain
rations. The Governor urges the num-
Der of rations for June increased to 80,
600. Their wheat and potato crop,
which will come in daily, will give
great relief, and it is believed the num-
Der of rations' after August, can be ma
tcrially reduced.