The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1867-10-23

NEW YORK, Oct 22-The Fort Cans
WORT property belonging 10 the city
was sold at auction to-day in lots. The
figures realize S34, 600. The prices OF
yesterday aggregate half million
There will be additional sales Thurs
day.
Collector Bailey still has his men in
charge of the whisky establishments
seized on Friday and Saturday, but has
surrendered the bonded warehouse, on
demand made by Collector Shook,
The sanitary superintendent of the Met
ropolitan police has submitted "A report
relative to the recent fatal boiler eX-
plosions, in which he recOmends the
district Attoruies OF New York, and
Kings county, 10 take proper action
therein.
The funeral of the murdered police
man, McChesney, took place to-day, in
Brooklyn, and was attended by II large
number of his comrades and friends.
The Government steamboat inspec-
tors commenced the investigation of
the cause of the collision between the
Vanderbuilt and Dean Richmond. 1t
will be very thorough.
A plot of the prisoners to escape from
the Tombs has been discovered and
frustrated. There were outside accom-
plices who were not secured.
Three burglars named Jos, Dunlear,
VIM. Mills and Jas. Higgins were
IhOhuhy hlkllN AAAE W
of Hobby 81 Son, South. street, and were
heldIfor trial on u charge of an attempt
to steal quarter of a million dollars
worth of goods.
Commodore Vanderbilt's Mountain
Boy trotted mile yesterday, at Fash
ion Course, in 2:22A.
VIM. Ward, proprietor of u Broad
way saloon, was knocked senseless and
robbed of a small amount of money,
early this morning. The alleged rob-
beers have been arrested.
The Times says, in reference TO the
reported defalcation in a banking insti-
tuition on the East side: The amounC
involved was not very lArge-say S25,-
900. The money has been traced to
certain parties, who, as officers or d.
rectors, were behind hand in one OF the
small National banks up town. and
who, to cover their retreat, started
still smaller bank on their own account
under the banking law of New York.
The money in default has since been
paid to the National bank from which
these enterprising spectators had Sc
coded.
The British steamer Amsterdam,
from Malaga for New York, went
ashore, on Sunday night, near Mon
tana. She lies among the rocks. The
cargo is fruits, and is said to have been
sold, and is probably insured.
A Buenos Ayres letter of Sept. l4th,
says: Cordova had experienced an
other revolution but it was promptly
Quelled, after "A short fight.
The Minister Of Foreign Relations for
the Argentine Republic has resigned,
on account, it is rumored, OF the imPos-
sibility of defeating the Paraguayans.
Gen. AsbOth, United States Minister.
is still very low.
The Presidential election takes place
in January, and the most influential
papers in the country have nominated
Larnemento, present Minister at WASH
ingtOn, for the position.
Advices from Peru to the end of Sep
TENDER state the city OF AIequipa en-
tirely in the hands OF the revulutionists.
Being fortified, their programme is
the overthrow OF the administration of
Prado and the restoration of the con-
stitution of 1854, reformed in 1860, and
the recognition OF Colonel Conezo as the
constitutional head OF the republic.
The clergy, people and troops in and
around Arequipa are said to have fra
tsrnized with the revolutionary forces.
The loyalty to PradO of Gen. Busta-
ment, who Is sent TO suppress the move
ment, is questioned. There were many
arrests AZ Luna of suspected persons
and the opinion is growing that Pardo's
days are numbered.