The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1866-10-16
OUR NEW YORK LETTER.

rIbIe disasters at sea...Destructlon OF
saint PatrIck's CathedFRI."Opera
House matterS1..Inereased sRIes Of
tickets in the Crosby opera House
Art Observation-Disclosures report
OF the common school SyStem.-.
Cholera...YeII0w Fever At Boston,
RWiIl milk nIsanee...HOrAce Gree.
ley draws n prize for n mammoth
squash, and SqHaSheS ThuFIOW
weed In n political bout...Libel SHit
against the Round TRble.s.s The
Father Matthew Temperance SOcie.
ties.
Editors Inteligencer: .H.
The Fenians have seen Santa Anna,
and Santa Anna has seen the Fenians.
This Interesting interview took place at
Pavilion Hill, Staten Island, on Mon
day afternoon. The battered Mexican
general came out strong In his insignia
of office, a majectlC plume floating from
his cooked hat, honorary medals hang:
ing in ribbands from his breast and
the sash Of historic fame suitably ar
ranged on his heroic person. Tho aud
Ience was not large, but 1t was enthn-
siastic, and Santa Anna made a vtgor-
ous speech in the Spanish language,
which was, OF course, listened TO with
earnest attention. 1t Is something un-
usual, to be sure, for an orator 10 make
use OF language which none
of his hearers could understand,
bnt perhaps the novelty Is not grenter
than that of the meeting itself. Few
people can trace any connection be-
tween Ireland and Mexico, nor IL II
eaSy TO see how President Roberts eX-
pects TO help his cause by these tactics.
ReforO the st. Patrick Circle on the
same evening, Col. Roberts said that his
object was to enlist everyone on the side
of ireland, and II Santa Anna were
ready TO support him they ought not to
show him II cold shoulder. All oil
which is very plausible, but IL never
theless quite another affair than whnt
IL attributed to the recent intercourse
between these two leaders. Tho public
has hitherto been led TO suppose that In
ihe new movement about 10 be initinted
in MatAmOras, Gen. Sweeney was to he
present with large Irish cOntin'
gents. and that in some OBJ
scure way this was to lead to
Irish independence. In the spirit oi
this idea SANTA Anna called the atten,
ton OF his picnic audience TO the thcI
that there were Irish soldiers III inc
Mexican army during the war OF lSI0,
IL IL really n strange muddle, RS mighI
naturally be anticipated, when FoniHn'
ism and Mexico are mixed together,
Alexander r. Stewart has concluded
TO siVnnlize himself under new role
that OF philanthropy. HO proposes tC
expend a million Of dollars In tho build
inr OF model tenement houses after the
system adopted In London. These
Eouseg will be rented at very low
rates. and tho proceeds, after paying
for expenses, are 10 be expended III
sIIll further erectiOns. Mr.. Stewart hni
already asked the Municipal Govern
ment 10 furnish land for tho project
and MS tho city has II large extent o.
prOperty In the upper pnrt tOf the island
Il IS QuIlo probable TINT the proposition
NJ the millionaire may bG accepted. Ht
certainly can afford TO initiate Mr.. Pen
body In this way, us any one iHmlliHl
with city incomes can testify.
The terrible series Of disasters by sen
have filled tho community with gloom
md startled tho Board OF Und0rwrlteri
ont or their serenity. Tho Santiago d'
Cuba, compelled 10 put bnok IN II sink
ing condition, tho Daniel Webster ant
Queen Victoria laundering AT sen, tht
Sunlight ioullng on BarneRat Soutl
ShOnls. the North Star from ASplnwAl
SlIlI unhearlI from; and Inst bnt chief
eSt tho Evening Star sinking under thu
fury OF tho storm with over two hun
dred and seventy passengers on board
n large proportion OF whom werI
women. These certainly Afford MI up
pallIng CntnlOguel
Tho public, by tho wny, Rrc not gon
orally aware that ROInO ninOty'hvl
OF these unfOrLunatOS werO girl
from ilTtGOn to twenty-five whom In
owners OrdisrCputablO houses IN Nov
Orlenng had recently gathered up II
this CILy nnd were carrying with then
for the winter campaign. The pnssen
ger list In full Of tho nnmGs Of these un
Rnppy females, all Ot which nrC o
OOIirGO nSsumed, since few girls VIII
have fallen IN virtue rOtlln tho nnlnG
Of their Innocent days. There Ia some
thing peculiarly painful In tho though
of these Jilto do jOio dying ~ suddonl.
and In such terrible ClrGumHt thnCeS
Wa had great IRE OH Saturday III
0lh, Instant. Il. PatrIck's Cathedral, Il
tho lower pnrt Of thO city, was bnFne
In n few hours 10 tho ground, tho roc
having hU0n ignitDd from sparks an
oIndorN that How from GunlhUrH III
warehouse on Broadway, WhlOh wa