The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1867-04-26
FROM NEW YORK.

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Red northumberland Cent Dam
sses Mobile - surrast- Intornal
Revenue.
New YORK, April 25.-At special
meeting of the Board Of Aldermen last
night, preamble.was adopted, reciting
that the Legislature had passed bill
transferring the duty Of issuing licenses
to theatres, junk shops, intelligence
offices, cars and car drivers, from the
Mayor and City Council to the Board of
Police Commissioners, for q partisan
purpose, when such duties had hereto
fore been faithfully performed by the
municipal authorities, and a resolution
accompanying the preamble was also
adopted, repeating all ordinances rela-
ting to such theatres, junk shops, &C.,
for the purpose Of defeating the object
of the bill referred to.
In the Board of Councilmen this pre-
au,ble and resolution was also adopted.
The Herald's Vera Cruz correspon-
dent says: Marqueza escaped from
Queretaro and has arrived here from
Mexico city at Peubla, with fOur thou
sand men. After its capture by the
Liberals, a fight ensued, in which the
Imperialists were defeated. The situa-
ton of the Imperialists at Quertaro
was very blue. They held only two
streets Of the place. Macmillan was
still there. Persons who went out Of
the city to get food were shot down.
The HeraId's correspondent says: The
red revolutionists were in council in
Brussels, General Prim appearing as the
animating spirit ofa great revolutionary
caucus, attended by representations
from France, Spain, Italy, Rome and
Ireland. The plans of the immediate
republican movement IN Rome, Spain
and Great Britain were discussed.
The two suits against General Wool
for false imprisonment, during his
military government at Baltimore, in
1861 and 1862, recently pending before
the United States District Court in that
city, have been decided by awarding
both plaintiffs one cent each as dam
ages.
Four thousand citizens of Mobile held
q public reconstruction meeting in that
city, on the 10th inst, at which Judge
Bustead presided.
The Herald's special says: 1t is prob
able the trial of Surratt will not COM
mence soon, as the impression prevails
among the advocates of the administra-
ton that his mother was innocent of
the crime for which she was executed,
and the trial of theson would only make
the fact more apparent.
The Times special says: The Internal
Revenue receipts are now averaging
about 100000 per day, and for the
month of April will reach about S15,-
100000. The aggregate receipts for the
present fiscal year to date are 1925, OOO,-
900. ..,......-..
During the war the pirate Florida
captured from U. s. Mail steamer SO
600 worth of U. S. postage stamps. These
finally found their way 10 Canada, with
the hope of realizing on them, but the
Government has succeeded in putting
an injunction upon their sale.
The case, as reported, will probably
be brought before the House of Lords,
when the whole subject of privateering
viii be decided upon.
The Tribune's special says: The Pres.
ident and Attorney General have de-
cided that the Postoffice Department
can, under the tenure of Office act, send
special agents to take charge of post
Offices left vacant by the Senate.