The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1868-11-30
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NEW YoRK.
NEw YoRK, Noyember 2s.

| NAM 4Ohhg HON6AAbeE 20
Early yesterday morning, VIM. Ar
kansaw, keeper of y bagnio in Greene
street, having some difficulty with VIM
Hall, who Is baTkeeper in similar es
tablishmenti just opposite, procured {
shot gun and shot his enemy in thu
arm, completely lacerating It. Arkan
saw was arrested and committed.
The Democratic Union Executive
Committee, at Masonic Hall last even
ing, nominated Frederick A. Conkline
for Mayor, and Richard o. German for
the Corporation Council, in place oi
| John Kelley and Abraham r. Law.
renee, declined.
| The Constitutional Convention also
nominated Mr.. Conkling.
Schuyler Colfax, Vice President elect,
Is now soiourning in this city: He
spent Thanksgiving day In Brooklyn,
the guest of Benjamin w. Delawater.
In the evening an entertainment was
given in honor of the Speaker and his
wife, in which large number ofprom-
tnent citizens assisted, and the gen.
tleman received many CONGRATULATIONS
ON two of the events Of his life, viz: his
marriage with Miss Wade and his cleo.
tion to the Vice Presidency. Mr.. Colfax
will leave for Washington to-day. z
A correspoGent has had q copversa.
ton with Congressman Boutwell,, who
in answer to Inquiries, statnd that he
should advocate the exaction Of more
stringent measures of reconstruction
in Virginia, Mississippi and Texas than
bad been required from the other States.
he believed that specie payment can be
hastened only by advancing prosperity,
and not by legislation. As TO the snf-
frage question he. was of the opinion
that Congress had the power to declare
who may vote for Presidential electors,
Senators and congressman, IL notIhe
power to regulate the entire questiono Of
Buffragein the States. ltEl 81 81. I'll
The Tunes Poughkeepsie dispatch
says IL has been now ascertained that
the victim of the recent mysterious
roadside murder Is Mrs. Smith, wife of
Mr.. Jacob Smith, of Wurtzborough,
Sullivan county. He started from
home on Saturday morning, In
wife, protesting to taxs her to Olive, in
Ulster county, to visit her daughter,
who he professed to her had been badly
hurt and wished her Immediate
presence. BE returned to Wurtz-
borough on Sunday, stating that his
horse had given out, and that he had
sent his wife on to his daughter Ia
children to take them to the same
place. He left again on Tuesday with
the children. After he left his house
was entered by citizens, and it was
found that he had carried of every
thing in the house except an old trunk,
which was opened, and in 1t was found
a remnant OF a piece of goods which is
exactly similar to a dress found on the
murdered woman. Since Smith left
with his children nothing has been
definitely heard of them. The children
were those OF his wife by former hus-
band. - ~. - 9
The governors of the New York
Hospital have determined to remove
that institution up town, one reason
for the removal is that property has
became SO valuable, and the COVER
nors are unable TO pay the assessment
upon 1t,
iCrnment to-day, brought S5aS6 1-100.
The Attorney General, EVarts, has for
warded to the President his opinion on
the operation of the eight hour law, in
regard to the compensation OF ofemployes
he says, the law being silent ON the sub
lject of compensation and that the gov
ernment officials are at liberty to use
their discretion in the matter, but that
the law of equality which heretofore
regulated the wages of government
employees required that they shall
receive the same compensation for
the labor, as 1t is paid in private estab-
lishments in the vicinity. The law Of
1858 does not fix the wages, nor does 1t
require the government to pay ten hours
wages for eight honrs work, Ifcilizens
adopted such q course the government
must do the same. AS the law now
stands it is left to the option OF the gov
ernment officials to pay the same wages
as when men worked ten hours a day,
portion in reduction Of the hours OF la.