The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1866-04-21
BY Telegraph.
aIlseeIlnneous News.


NEW York, April 20.-The Tribune's
Il ERstport special says: rf
/ There is no border war and has been
none; no fights occurred at Calais, nor
had the Fenians captured any English
| flag. There is no excitement on this
side of the boundary. The presence OF
a few fenians, organizing circles, cou-
| pied with prominent confederation
| schemes, is the foundation of the sensa-
tion, and the special dispatches TO the
New York papers have been villainous-
ly false, and they have drawn hither
| many strangers, who came TO join in
the strife. Gen. Meade. who arrived
this morning, Will officially explode
the bubble.
| A grand demonstration took place
last evening in Cooper Institute in aid
of the American Bible Society fund, it
being the anniversary of the signing
of the protest by Martin Luther and
his associate reformers. The occasion
was referred TO in strong and impress
sive Language by the several speakers.
The strike of the car-drivers IS ended.
They are to receive 81 for ten hours
service.
From the British West Indies we
have advices from Anhijua, March, 24th
and Hamilton and Bermuda, the 10th
of April. The vessels of the English,
North American and West India squad
Halifax and the Islands, and ships were
expected from England with marines
and war supplies. The Colonial Parlia-
ment met in Bermuda on the 10th of
April. Mr.. Bayne is to assume the
government of Grenada. Maj. Mundy
Is appointed Governor pro. tenn. of
British Guyana.
Breadstutfs and provisions had ad-
vanced in the Jamaica market.
The Tribune's Washington special
says: Detective Baker has made very
voluminous report in reference to the
bounty jumping frauds perpetrated
under the calls for troops. He traces
the Jumpers from the time of being
sworn in till their reaching the field.
He shows that of the five hundred
thousand men called out and sworn in,
only 16s, 900 reached the field as soldiers,
although thousands of others received
their bounties. This wholesale system
of fraud is shown to have been perpe-
trated in nearly every loyal State.
The Senate Committee on Commerce
to-day agreed to report in favor of e.
p. Parker as Surveyor of the port of
New Orleans, and reject Gilmore us
Collector of Mobile, on account of his
participation in tie rebellion.
All payments of naval prize money
upon which no sums have yet been
paid, have been suspended for the pres
ent, until certain rules for their pay
ment shall have been determined by
the decision of the Supreme Court, be-
fore which several cases are now pend
ing.
The concurrent testimony of the Gus
toms officers stationed on the Canada
frontier shows that Notwithstanding
the predictions of many, smuggling
operations have decreased since the ter
mination of the reciprocity treaty.
The Worlds Washington special
says: The Ways and Means Commit
tee have finally overcome the obstacles
which presented themselves relative to
imposing tax of per cent. on cotton.
The bill was agreed upon to-day and
will be reported as soon rs it can be
arranged. The difficulty has been in
regard to collecting the tax, but this
has been obviated. The general tax
bill, with all its reductions and moditi-
cations, will not be ready to report be-
| fore the first of next week. 1t is u very
elaborate bill and has cost the commit
tee a vast deal of time and trouble and
it is made as near perfect us such
measure can be.