The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1868-04-10
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NEWS SUMMARY.
BY TELEGRAPH.

L. Tseld ,s5e4 closed yesterday in New Yorl
The residence of Perry ii. Romlsv
at Syracuse, n. Y, was burned Wed.
nesday night, together with adjoining
buildings. Loss $4,000, Partly in.
The Loniee Of JIG. abbott. 4 Law.
yer In Lowell, Mass, was entered on
Wednesday evening and robbed a
10000 worth OF stock certificates
bonds, &c. ~ b s55,-'s y it1ST'S 2
The Nevada Republican State Con.
Tention met at Carson, Wednesday,
De!egetes 70 the Chicago Convention
were appointed. Grant was the unani.
NOUS choice for next President. Reso.
lutions were adopted approving M
feconstruction measures OF CONGRESS,
and impeachment. %. -!
"A joint resolution has been passed
by the Pennsylvania Legislature re-.
questing the President to give Orotec.
lion TO all persons engaged in the gu.
ano trade; and to cause the government
OF st: Domingo to restore the island OF
Alta Yela, In the Caribbean Sea, which
was torcibly wrested from our citizens.
The joint resolution Will be dispatched
to the President at once Jerry Black
Is at :he bottom of this business.
The Connecticut Legislature will
probably be nine Democrats to -tweive
Radicals In the Senate, and the Honse
Will stand los Democraticto to 100 Repub-
lican members. according to the pres.
ent calculation. The final returns in
the legislative ticket are quite likely to
change the figures slightly In favor Of
the Democrats.
The Times Richmond correspon-
dent says of the new GoVernorof Vir-
gtnia: "He is an able lawyer, quiet
and unostentatlOus citizen, easy and
graceful In his manners, amicable in
disposition. scrupuously correct and
moral In his habits, in every sense of
tne- Iii9 word a gentleman, although he
dlu not nave the good fortune to be
born i'll Virginia. General Wells
came TO Virginia with the United States
army as the Major of Michigan
regiment, hailing from Detroit, al
though as l learn, he was born in New
York." a5fLF5 ETiJ = =.
The steamer Saxouy from Liver
pool, arrived at New York yesterday.
Tho strike of the West Albany
workmen has ended.
Mr.. Tonence, vlce-President of the
New York Central Railroad, has an
nounced that the following advance OF
wages had been granted Carpenters.
25 to IS cents; truckmen, 12L cents:
ttnsmiths, 25 cents; blacksmiths, l2H
cents; painters. 25 cents; wood machine
hands, 25 to 3S cents; machinists, %
cents. z ap r.
Rev. Mr.. Henry Green, D. D., was
unanimously elected President of the
College of New jersey, to I'LL the va
cancy caused by the late resignation of
Rev. DR.. Mclean. DIR. Green, who is a
nephew of Hon. Henry Green, lately
Chancellor OF New Jersey. is n professor
in the Presbyterian Theological Semi
nary at Princeton.
The New York East Conference of
the Methodist Episcopal Church, in
session at the Summer1ield NJ. E.
Church in Brooklyn yesterday, passed
resolutions urging the Legislature to
pass the pending bill with regard to
immoral publications.
The Senate resumed the Impeach-
ment trial. yesterday. The case was
argument by Judge Curtis. Mr.. Butler
on behalf of the Managers introduced
additional testimony, and closed the
case on behalf of the prosecution. Mr..
Curtis will conclude to-day.