The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1868-06-26
EVENING SESSION
NEW YORK..

NEW York, June 25.-After the boat
race yesterday, Brown was taunted by
the members Of a rowdy boat club,
who had bet upon him, with selling the
race, and a disturbance arose. In which
the club were only prevented from
roughly using Brown by the lnterven-
ton of the police.
Mr.. John w. DevereauX, an affidavit
clerk of the Commissioners of Emigra-
tion, at Castle Garden, recently re-
signed his position, and has filed with
Richard o. German, chairman of the
Irish Emigration Society, several very
serious charges of the mistreatment of
emigrants against the Commissioners.
Three alleged lottery dealers were
arrested yesterday on charge OF vto-
lating the laws of the State against lot
teries. They were held to bail in g, 900
each.
The Master Masons held another
meeting yesterday afternoon. A num-
ber of resolutions were unanimously
passed, all tending to resist the eight
hour system sought to be introduced.
They invite all other master mechanics
to join in opposition. a more perma.
nent organization was perfected, and
the Executive Committee VIII meet
every evening until the strike is ended.
In the case of Sedgewick, assignee,
against James r. Place, and others, a
motion was made in the United States
Circuit Court to set aside the assign
ment of the defendants property, and
that the assignee be compelled to ac-
count and be restrained from the fur
the execution Of the trust. The motion
was denied.
Ferdinand Sulzberger, Geo. Strauss,
Charless Hietman, Jacob Fletchrimer
and William Silver were convicted in
the New York District Court, on Mon
day, of defrauding the revenue. Silver
was never arrested, and the other de-
fendantB were out on bail. When the
Jury rendered the verdict Of guilty the
prisoners were not found, nor has any
trace of them been discovered.
NEW YORK, June 25.-A heavy hail
storm in Broome county, in this State,
Yesterday, materially damaged the
corn fields, fruit orchards and gardens.
Some of the hail stones were as large
as hens eggs.
AT the inquest held over the bodies
of the victims of the late disaster in
Bowery, an extended testimony was
taken, and that of the most practical
engineers and machinists examined
went to show that the engine was un-
doubtedly defective-that the valves
were out of order and the boiler rusty.
Isaac C. Applegate and Joseph Chap
man were arrested recently on the
charge of killing a man named
O'Rourke, in Fe.dnandina, Florida.
They were yesterday discharged by
Justice Dewlipg, as the Florida author
tiles had failed to take any action in
the matter.
A call is TO be issued for an interna-
tional convention In Portland, Maine,
for the purpose of attracting attention,
n possible, to the harbor OF that city,
as u point for the expectation OF Wes-
tern produce, and the advantages OF a
direct line of Railroad across the conti-
nent uniting Halifax, Portland, Buffa-
10, Detroit, Chicago and San Francisco
by one connected chain of Railway.
The Convention Will be held on Tues
day, August 4th.
NEw YORK, June 25.-A Washington
dispatch to the Telegram says consid-
erable interest Is felt here from indies
tions that the leaders of the Soldiers
and Sailors Convention, to be held
here on the Bird of July, strongly insist
on the nomination OF Hancock.
NEW YORK, June 25.-Gov. Seymour
addressed the jackson Central Associ-
alton this evening.
Hartman, convicted OF a conspiracy
to remove whisky illicitly, was to-day
sentenced to fne of 5000 and ten
days imprisonment.