The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1868-01-27
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4 SVFFelD0NdeHce Wheettn0 1nteAt0encer.
NEW York, Jan. q, '6s.
4 When we hear of the cholera raging
In HRyana at the present season, We are
not SO much surprised, particularly
after being informed that they are en-
Toying heat of IS degrees, Fahrenheit,
but to have the cholera in the immedi-
ate vicinity of New York in the middle
of the winter aud with almost enough
Ice in the river to walk on 1t from the
cityto Brooklyn or Williamsburg, is
certainly most extraordinary occur
renee. Still suchis the fact, but never
theless ltneed not worry your readers
nor prevent them from making their
nspal business or pleasure visits to the
metropolis. for the cholera has been
kept within all the emigrants of the
4 Quarantine bnildipgs TO which all the
/ emlgfants has been lremoved whose
Il ltves had been spared during that
4 l,dreadtul voyage of the Hamburg ship,
Ltbrietz, to this port. The scenes
which appear to have occurred ON board
OF her while in the open sea, baffie ali
deaerip ptions, and The authorities Of
the port of Hamburg, but more es-
Il Epeeially the owners of the emigrant
| ship, have loaded an everlasting re.
| proach on their shoulders by allowing
| lyRsYessel with almost five hundred pas
sepgeEs to leave the port without any
medical attendance whatever being
i provided for. YonEreaders are proba.
| bly, already aware that one.third of the
same number have found an untimely,
5horrible death ,sthrough the Careless
ness and d'aYariciousness,o of the freight
ers, and we notice with much satlsfac.
Ition that the Board of Commissioners
and ISmigrat ton appointed to investi-
Egateland report about the real statefof
a11ta5trs, have not only given due pub
lieity to this outrageous act, but also
| taken the necessary steps for fhe
renees. They have forwarded their re-.
ports to Europe and there is little
doubt that they will have a salntarvi
IIehect on the concerning authorities.
and thattno other large emierafik yes.
sci will be allowed to leave the morris
there without being provided with the
necessary medical assistance. with.
the opening sof the spring season.
Tor shipping matters, it will, anyhow,
be necessary that many improvements
be made for the comfort and health Of
the passengers. MANY steamers are
overloaded in proportion TO their size.
land itsome accident should happen IL
would be utterly impossible TO provide
for their safety In life boats and other.
Instruments used for saving life in an
extEene case. The shipping business
sppssgs 70 be the only one al. the pres
ent time yielding any profit, for we
hear almost all the leading business
mem of the city complain about the
slowneSs or entire absence of business
and, notwithBtanding, when Won walk
through the streets of New York and.
see the thousands OF indiYiduals rum
99ing to ana ITO, more especially in our
down town streets, you would not be-
lieve that there was really any ground
for complaint. Business appears n, M.
on every body's brain, and still everv-i
body complains of want of business.
AS your correspondent walked up'
8sfoadways lately, ne noticed some of
those new stands which the soldier
messengers are authorized to
erect In different parts of the citv.
Ghey are buut of wood, iron and
glass and present quite a pleasant
appearance. Two Veterans are found
paper, etc., the other for carrying
letters and bundles which NAV be- en-
trusted to his care. The fine arts have
been somewhat neglected this season
ana the New York public would proba-
ply nave to do without operatic enter
taluments If it;was not for the exer-
uons of Mr.. Max Strakosch, whose
Italian opera troupe has lately'inaueu--
rated the fine new building known as
Pike's Opera House. Madame La
Grange, the favoEite of the New York
public, has been the star of the evening
in eyeryiperformance during the pres
ent season. She Is asfirst class artist
and her talents are highly appreciated
by real ecQpnoisseurs of good music. \
Within the short period which has
elapsed since the opening of the opera
house as much aa eight of the best
known Italian and German opeFas
have been performed. The rate
of Violeta in ',LG 1raVidtdn
for instance has never been performed
as well by any artist in this country.
as by Madame La Grange, and, as
litsNorma," she Is known by those-to
excel who have heard that artist in
former years. The well known tenor
Brignoli, will appear on the estage again
met with a slight accident, which has
Kept him confined to his room until
now. There are no other records of
musical matter at present, for the dan.
cling and masquerade seRson being Just
now In full blaze, il would appear ias II
every person had made his mind to
make the best of their time and to de-
vote themselves to balls and parties.
which are we'll patronized this Season,
and the fashionables can be found
every night at the entertainments Civ
en- by our wealthy citizens.
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New YoRK MERoHANTs.-The Inter.
nal revenue reported on the amount of
sales for 1867, shows the following ae.
gregate amount Of business done dur
ing the year by the leading business
houses of New York: 81. B. Claffltn q
Co., $40, 120, ,914; A, T. Stewart 81 Co.,
Wholesale department,l $50, OBS, 600; 3.
9. Jafray q Co {, 1884 500; Lathrop,
Ludington q Co., 81, SIC, 500; Anthony
q Haul, 80, 100, 500; George Bliss q CO.,
/, $8 612, 500; Geo. "A. NRicks q Co.. "a, ,65O.-
500 S.iB. Chtttenden q Co, 81, sos, 500;
VIM. 1. Peake & Co., 6,923, 500; q. |
Brewer q Co., 81. 286 900; Hoyt, Sprague
q Co.. 1882, ,000i Bankard a Dutton,
s., ,272, 500. These sales are said to be
much smaller than those of the prevf.
GUS year.
THE ITALIANs at Florence are aston
ished at the severely of the winter
there. A correspondent writes that the
mails have been interrupted for two
days. The railways are stopped By the
snow. In Florence 1t has showed as it
only SHOWS two or three times in
century. Men of forty had never seen
anything like it Nearly avfoot Of
snow! Halfthe city remained within
doors. The cabs aud omnibuses left OF
running. Nearly all the shops remain