The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1868-09-02
New York Items.

NEW YORK, September IA number
of whisky distilleries in this city which
had suspended operations by order of
the rev enue officers for the last few
months, recommended business yester-
day under the new law.
Judge Michael Connolly, i'll a pub
lished letter, goes back to Tammany
Hall.
The Soldiers and Sailors National
Executive Committee met at the Aston
House to-day. Present - Chairman,
General II. A. BarnuN; General n. =.
Chapman members, General j. j.
StaMdart, Vermont; General A. Dawson,
Maryland; General J. w. Fisher, Penn
sylvania; General j. +. Rushing, New
Jersey; Colonel Hiram Appelman, Con-
necticut; Colonel A. III. Grimshaw, Hi
nois, aud several prominent soldiers
from ncighbOring States. A grand
monster Mass Convention of soldiers
milton of the hospitality extended to
soldiers and sailors during the war
by Philadelphia, that place was desig-
mated for the Convention. The meet
ing will last two days, October 1st
and ID. All the organizations of Boys
ia Blue and other Republican organi-
cations, and soldiers and sailors gener-
ally. are invited. Arrangements were
made TO extend special invitations to
the leading soldiers and sailors of the
war who support Grant and Colfax.
Governor Curtin was requested to in
vite, on behalf of the committee, the
loyal war Governors who were his CO.
temporaries, and Governor Geary was
requested to invite all the Republican
Governors now acting. At this Con-
vention it is expected that $4,000 SOL
diers will be present, making it one of
the grandeSt demonstrations since the
war. The details of the arrangements
are placed in the hands OF General Cal
lis, Chairman, and General Russell, Sec
of the Soldiers and Sailors Elk.
ecutive Committee, and General Owen
on the part of the Boys in Blue in Phil
u delphia, n member of the National
Executive Committee of Pennsylvania.
An address will be prepared and sub
mitted to the Mass Convention.
The Herald's money article says the
terms proposed by the representatives of
the Atlantic and Great Western Com
pany 20 the Erie Company are briefly
the Erie Company for the sum of $780,
164, 200, and the Buffalo extension for
the further sum of 81 ,3S2, 900. The Erie
Company is to pay for the same by as
suming all the divisional bonds of the
Atlantic and Great Western Company
to the amount of Sl2,s9l, 900, and by
issuing preferred stock for divisional
stock of the Atlantic and Great Wes-
tern Company TO the amount of SIG, l69,-
2I6, and common stock to the amount
of ST., OS2, l25. The Erie Company is,
moreover, to pay one dollar in gold on
each pound sterling for the interest
past due on bonds of the Atlantic and
Great Western Company, in order to
take the latter out of the hands of the
receiver, paying him at the same time
fees to the amount of SIPS, 200.
Melville Foster and Monsieur Ru-
dolph, the mysterious Frenchman,
played match at billiards last night of
eight games. Foster won six of the
eight.
The German machinists and metal
OF this city are about forming
a protective association.
A Frenchman living in Pearl street
claims TO have invented flying ma
chine, 10y which he can be propelled
rapidly and safely against any current
of air.
Robert Collyer preached in Boston on
Sunday III favor of women and the
reqisition of the rights they claim for
themselves, through few representa-
tlves. He was not sure the office of Pres
ldent of the Cnited States could not be
better filled by woman than by n
man.
Ex-Gov. Thomas III. Seymour, of Con-
nectieut, Is quite i'll. The disease at
first taxing the shape of nervous fe.
vor has now assumed typhoid charac-
ter.
George Powell, a butcher, has. been
arrested for completely in the Susappab
Latin abortion case.
The losses to the American marine in.
surance company for August, amounted
to S94S, 900, and for the first eight
of the year to l0,600,50
The body of a man was found near
one of the boilers of the Bremen steam
ship Deutschland, in remarkable state
Of preservation. Nobody on board the
ship ever saw the man alive. He is sup
posed to have struggled himself aboard
It Bremen Corners. A verdict of dea tn |
vas brought by suffocation.
The Express says warrants were issued |
~ United States Commissioner Gutmen |
or the arrest of prominent revenue Off
ials, 1T instance of Solicitor Binckley,
# the Treasury Department. Excel
ector Smith is in custody and under