The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1868-09-07
New York Items.

New YORK, September 5.-George
French, negro, one hundred and six
years of age, died at Poughkeepsie yes
terday.
The steamship Ocean Queen, from AS
pinwall, arrived this morning.
William S. Pennington, son of the late
DR.. Pennington, and Secretary OF the
Legation at Paris, under President Lin
coin, died yesterday at his late residence
in Newark.
At the stated meeting of the Ameri-
can Bible Society, held on Thursday
last. n grant of books were made to the
Freedmen's Aid Society of the Protes-
tant Episcopal Church; to the Ameri-
can Bible Union, for distribution by
Rantist missionaries in Minnesota; to
the marine AGENT of the New York So
cietv and to the Brooklyn Bible Socie-
~ fnr distribution on vessels for for
eion ports: Spanish Bibles and Tesla
ments for distribution in Western Mex
leo, and various appropriations of
money we're made for printing and
binding the Scriptures in Florence and
Natal. The entire number OF volumes
granted was 5034. and OF money appro-
priated $4,000.
The heavy storm ceased here this
morning, and the weather now is clear
and warm.
The CITY and its suburbs were thor
oppbly washed with heavy rain yes
terday. Several cellars were flooded in
the lower part of the city, but no dam
are was done. In Brooklyn, however,
more serious consequences followed the
shower. A number of small houses on
the outskirts were subm erged and the
occupants had barely time to escape
with q few articles of clothing. Por-
tions of the city railroad track and OF
the newly graded roads in Gowanus
were washed away.
The investigation into the internal
revenue case, in which ex-COllector
, Thomas Z. Smith is accused eff consplr-
acy with Commissioner Rollins and
Others to defraud the Government, was
resumed before Commissioner Gutman,
in the United States District Conrt,
: Yesterday. Objection was made TO Mr.
Buckley, the Solicitor of the treasury,
prosecuting the case against his suPe-
rior officer, but the Court overruied II.
! Mr.. Courtney read letter showing
: that Secretary McCullOch was cognl-
zant of the proceedings having been
Instituted and did not discountenanee
them. The investigation, after the ex,
| animation of one witness, was postponed
until Monday.
General Rosecrans and Horatio Sey-
mour had an interview at the Astor
, House to-day.
Six robbers entered the house of 2.
Butler at Grassy Point, on the Hudson
river, this morning, took away safe,
i carried it to IA boat and across the river
S where it was burst open and robbed ef
G 5000. They were traced to this city
q but have not been captured.
Deaths for the week 500.
: The Albion of this city denies the
report that Seward is in correspondence
= with the British government on the
subject of the revival of the Canadian
reciprocity treaty.
A Boston merchant to-day caused his
IS daughter to be sent to reformatory Ill
stitntion here until she becomes of age
she having run away from home las
May to lead Il life of shame here.
: No new cases of cattle disease are re-
{ ported. The usual precautions are be
ing still exercised, without causing any
DGGNItSS uSIdy W SdJblC AL li"hSiV' 4 ~
= herd OF sixteen which was quarantined
1 at Kings bridge have continued in per,
] feet health, and was by permission sold
at the last Bills Head market.
Councilman Scanned and Joe Coburn
e cot into fight in notorious bar room
G in Houston street last night. Scanned
drew knife and seriously stabbed Co.
burn about the head and neck.
George Boyer and Henry Wilmot
r charged with stealing S2l 600 worth Of
Is bonds from Mr.. Morris, a broker, O.
=. Wall street, were this morning dis
II charged. $50, -,
IL Counterfeit two dollar bills on The
Mutual National Bank of Brooklyn
D, were put in circulation last evening.
II is estimated that the late storm
caused damage to the amount of $50,
u OOOin Williamsport, principally through
It flooding of cellars and damaging o
: foundations.