The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1866-04-04

Miscellaneous News.
NEW YORK, April 3.-The Tribune's
Washington special dispatch says that
the President informed gentleman
that he would send to the Senate on
Wednesday the nomination of a Col
lector for New York City.
The House Committee on Foreign
Relations are nearly unanimous against
the proposition to endorse the Mexican
bonds to either $50, 900, 600 or any olhel
amount. There are in all probability
less than twenty members in the House
who dare vote for any such measure
and all stories set afloat by interested
parties are entitled to very little credit.
The lobby engaged upon it nre persis-
tent in the buttonholing of members
and making huge promises, but 1t is o.
no avail. sEyga
The President yesterday issued an
order to the various departments tc
WITHHOLD all advertising patronage
from the Chronicle. 1t is understood
that all papers that fail to sustain the
reconstruction policy of the President
will be treated likewise and the adver-
Using will be given to Democratic pa
pers. ~
General Grant, in general orders yes,
terday in announcing the death of Gen.
Seth. Williams and Col. Theodore s.
Bowers, lately his Adjutant General,
pays an eloquent tribute to their mem
cries as men and soldiers, and directs
that all officers of the Adjutant Gener-
ais Department wear the usual badge
of mourning for 80 days.
Judge Ingraham has delivered his
decision as to the motion made before
him to punish Mr.. E. A. Stansbury,
President of the Morris Insurance
Company, for contempt of court for not
being sworn and producing his books
before the referee appointed by Judge
Barnard. Tie decision is averse TO
Furnishing Mr.. s; for contempt, as that at
gentleman could not be supposed to
know which of the two orders he was
compelled to obey, The action OF
Judge Barnard, in appointing Mr..
Hackett referee in place of Mr.. SLAMS
bury, is laid down as perfectly valid
The former gentleman, however, haY-
ing resigned, Mr.. Cyrus Curtis has been
appointed to the position.
a mass meeting of laboring people,
composed of men and women, was
held in Tompkins' Square yesterday
afternoon, to consider the rent question.
Addresses were delivered in English
and German, and resolutions passed,
calling upon the Legislature for II rem
edy against extortfonists and rapacious
house owners and agents.
The Herald says: A larger quantity
of money than had been received for
some time, came into the O'Mahoney
Fenian headquarters yesterday. The
Irish Fenians who had to fly to this
country, held a convention yesterday
at 267 Bowery. They We're interrupted
by officials from Union square, who
were disposed of by the police. The
convention sent a committee to ask the
Killian- O'NIahoney leaders what they
are doing with the immense sums re-
ceiyed for war purposes. The Senate
meets on Monday, April 9th.
The Herald's special says u strong
effort Is being made in the interest OF
the delinquent tax payers to abolish the
revenue detective system which has
been so successful in discovering the
The fact that some of these parties who
had been detected by those officers in
irving to defraud the Government were
discovered in this movement has de-
feated the scheme, and has not left any
too good an impression in regard TO
those assessors and collectors who lent
themselves to the scheme in behalf oil
the delinquent tax payers.
Nathan Sargent. Commissioner of
Customs, has been informed OF the seiz7
ure, few days since, of seventy thous-
and valuable cigars by the collector at
New Orleans, which were being SNUG
gled into the United States at that port.
Both the regular and open stock
boards will adjourn to-day, after the
morning session, out of respect to the
memory of the late Mr.. John Ward, an
old member of the Stock Exchange,
who died yesterday.
Late news from Mexico via Browns
Vile, to March 18th, are received. I'm,
portant accounts give highly coloreu
details of the efforts making to open
the roads from Matamoras into the in
snF TaJrf ion . & To-.
Gen. Jenningns had occupied Mon
terey, and Gen. Donay held Saltllo,
while Durin was in possession of Vic
toria. Gen. Jenningns encountered
some forces of the Liberals whom he
drove from his route and reached Mon
terey without loss. Practically these
marches have done no good, the Liber-
as the Imperial columns had passed, and
so INSTRUCTED the roads as to render
travel into the interior impossible. The
Matamoras Merchants had given up
all hope of reopening trade with the In
terror. i -El 49, M
The announcement that the Condora
rebel cavalry had proven n failure, is
confirmed, and the eXiles are abandon
ing Carlatta for want of Imperial pro-
lection from the Mexican guerrillas.-
st, Domingo advices state that the
government of President Baez had
hardly been inaugurated before an eff
fort was made to overturn and destroy
it, A revolt had taken place in the
province of San Cristenal and various
towns, headed by General Cabral.-
Congress which was in session prompt
ly voted the men and means to sup
press the revolt, and by few vigorous
blows Baez had defeated and routed the
rebels and obtained the mastery in the
reyolted districts. The rebel leader,
General Cabral, who had been promi-
nent In placing Baez in the Presiden-
tial chair, bad asked permission ito
leave the country.
The Times Washington special says
the President will appoint Collector
for the port of New York in day or
two.
Prof. j. D. b. De Bow was before the
reconstruction committee yesterday
and gave his testimony on the status OF
the South. His account is said to have
been substantially that the Southern
people are in a fair condition for recon-
one of the two expert, professors OF
chemistry, to whom the Secretary OF
the Treasury referred the investigation
as to the combustible or non-combusti-
blequality ofpetroleum, has responded.
His opinion is unQualifiedly that that
commodity is combustible within the
meaning of the law, and consequently
special licenses for transportingit must
be taken out before it can be carried by
passenger vessels. The other expert
has nos yet responded.
VIM. T.. Hamilton, who WINS arrested
in New York and taken to Washington
under the belief that he was the noto-
rious rebel guerrilla Qunntrill, has been
released from custody by order OF the
military authorities.
The Worlds Washington special says:
The Joint commission between the
IInifsfI States and the government of