The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1868-08-18
NEW YORK.

! NEW YORK, Aug. 1.-Two officers OF
the sd precinct were conveying pTis-
oner to the station house, Saturday
night, when they were set upon by a
gang of rowdies and the prisoner res
| cused. An hour after the officers ar
rested the ringleader of the gang, and
were again assaulted, but being rein
forced they made good the capture. The
two officers who reinforced them, how
ever, were seriously Injured. FreRr,
the prisoner, was held IN $1,000 bail.
An attack on the police was also made
by rowdies in Brooklyn. The roughs
are said to have declared they would
clean out the whole police force before
November, and taken in connection
with these and bloodier assaults COM
mitted not long since, it seems probable
they are at least trying II on.
The funeral of Sewall Fisk, high
official of the Order of Free Masons of
this State, took place from st. AIMS
Church on 18th street, yesterday with
grand Masonic demonstrations.
The pest sloop Four Brothers, seized
by the revenue officers, has been tied
to a wharf in this city. where thous-
ands OF passengers are landing daily.
There is great complaint about this
way ofdoing things, and it is requested
that the board of health look 10 this
matter Immediately, as yellow fever
and smallpox have been on board the
infected slOop,
The bricklayers' strike still continues
and the much talked of compromise
has effected nothing. The new COM
mittees appointed by the journeymen
held conference with the Executive
Committee of the employing masons'
association last week. Thus far the
journeymen have had an abundance OF
money. More than twelve hundred of
the eight hour men at work are taxed
two dollars each to sustain the strike.
The sentence of John S. Allen, impli-
Gated in The Callicott whisky frauds, Is
understood to have been commuted by
the President. He was sentenced to
the Kings County Pehitentiary for one
year. and TO pay fine OF g, 600. The
imprisonment has been remitted, but
the fine still remains to be paid.
Rev. Stephen h. Tying, Jr., and other
clergymen, with city congregations,
preached open-air sermons in various
parts of the city yesterday to generally
we'll behaved and numerous audiences.
Mrs. Com. Vanderbilt died this
morning.
Captain Comstock, formerly of the
Collins steamship line, died yesterday.
The colored people OF this city, at
meeting Saturday night, completed ar
rHngemenls TO a demonstration in
honor OF the late ThAd. Stevens.
AT meeting of the master masons
10. day, Mr.. Conover stated Ee had been
threaIed with assassination. II these
threats should be carried out the result
would be the abolition of every trades
union in the United States. The gene
raj expression OF feeling WAS in favor
OF standing firm against the strikers
and Tor ten hours work day.
w. p. Mellen, formerly treasury
agent at the southwest, writes letter
10 the Post defending Gen. Grant from
the charge of giving permits to trade.
There were two cases of AsiaIic chol-
era at Sing Sing.
Five thousand dollars has been voted
by the vestry of the Trinity Church for
the northern diocese fund, conditional
on the whole amount needed-$4O, ,0OO.
The National Unitarian will be held
in this city Oct. 6th.A discussion of the
best methods for christianizing the
masses will principally occupy the at
tention of the conference.
Erastus Corning is candidate for
the Democratic nomination TO Congress
in the lst District OF this State.
Suspicious have been aroused that
the recent death of EEs- Sarah j. Gam
BILE, of Clarkstown, Rockland county,
New York, was caused by poison, and
the body has been exhumed and u rigid
investigation is progressing. She lett
a large amount OF property to her hus-
band. and was, though catholic,
buried in the Greenwood Cemetry un-
der an assumed name.