The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1867-02-21
From New York.

NEW YORK, Fe0- 2O.-Ihe Fenian ex-
element in this city is shaping into
kilograms were disbelieved, and yolun-
teering was brisk. The O'TooIe, Tara,
St. Laurence and other circles, held a
meeting during the evening. Mayor
Hoffman being invited to address u
Fenian meeting, he declined in a man
ner which showed he did not approve
of such demonstrations. I'D"
The depot of the Morris and Essex
railroad at Drakereth, Nj, was burned
yesterday morning early. The agent
of the company, Mr.. Francis Bryan,
and wife, who slept in the house, mar
rowly escaped with their lives from the
burning station. Two of their daught-
ers We're severely burned. Nothing in
the building was saved.
The Herald's Richmond correspon-
dent says: a man named Marsey was
attacked by gang of rebels under the
leadership of a sheriff named Davis, at
Waynesboro, n. c., recently. he was
fired upon 40 times without being in
jured, and returning the fire, he injured
a man named Underwood. He then
escaped, but the sheriff says he will
call out the county to take him. AIarsey
was engaged during the war in passing
recruits through the lines to the Union
army, and stands indicted for the Of
fence. This was the cause of the attack.
The Tribune special says the Senate
Finance Committee to-day had under
consideration quite a number of nom
nations of revenue officers, Collectors
and Assessors, from New York Penn
reported back adversely, which is vir-
tual rejection.
The Senate Military Committee have
had under consideration the military
nominations and have passed thus far
but very few. Chances are that large
DnU1 har nf them will ha
The committee are instituting rigid
enquiry into the character of those
made by the President, against the wish
es of Secretary McCulIoeh; and unless
their record Is good they will be reject
ed.
There is no probability that anything
will be done with the the proposition
which was referred to the Ways and
Means Committee, to report bill pro-
viding that there shall be no further re-
duction during the present year.
Alta meeting of the Southern Repub-
lican Association, held in Washington
on Monday evening, Governor Hamil-
ton, ofTeXas, offered the following:
Resolred, That in any action of the
Congress of the United States touching
the condition of the States lately in re-
beIlion, il is essentially necessary to
the protection of the lives and property
of loyal men to the erection of loyaI
present State Governments be abroga-
ted, and the loyal men of all races be
enfranchised, and at leasta portion of
the rebel disfranchised, and the organ
ization of a legitimate State govern
ment confided toleyal hands. They,
therefore, respectfully but earnestly
ask Congress 10 apply the bill known
as the Louisiana bill, reported by Mr..
Eliot, of 1.-THE House of Representatives,
to all the GinsurrectionRry States not
now represented in Congress, and we
do disapprove of the bill now pending
before the House of Representatives,
known az the Military bill, as passed
by the Senate of the United States.
At a meeting of the Cabinet to-day,
the Post Master General remained in
conference with the President for some
time after the departure of the other
members, and when he came out he
did not look like an official who was
threatened wi h decapitation.