The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1868-08-08
New York Items.

New YORK, August I'm the Court
of General Sessions, yesterday, John
Rae, the murderer of late Officer
Smedeck, of the DIST Precinct, was ar
raigned to plead to the indictment. He
pleaded not guilty, and was remanded
for trial, which will probably take place
at the October term of the Court of
Oyer and Terminer.
The Schutzenfest in Brooklyn was
concluded yesterday, the Austria eagle
being shot down, and the King of the
Shooters crowned with all honor.
At meeting of the Republican Gen.
eral Committee, yesterday the follow.
ing resolution was received with such a
storm of Kisses that the mover at once
withdrew it:
"That His Excellency Governor
Fenton be respectfully recommended to
appoint Horace Greeley to the office OF
City Register, made vacant by the sud
den death of General Charles &. Hal
pine; that the salary of the uneXpired
term may be paid to his widow"
The celebrated Appleton divorce case
came before the Supreme Court yester-
day on motion for a stay of proceed
iuRS bhO appear wv bhO SouiO va
last resort from the general term decis-
ion setting aside the order granting ali
mony to the defendant. The Court re-
served its decision.
The three burglars, Jas. O'Brien, JAS.
Reilly and another, who burglarized
five thousand dollars worth of billiard
cloth and balls on the 29th ult., have
been arrested and nearly all the prop
erty recovered. They were bsund
westward.
John Hasset was found yesterday ly-
ing on the sidewalk on Broadway, suf-
fering from the cholera. Margaret Muir
ply, aged 60 years, of No. "a Hudson
avenue, Brooklyn, was yesterday fOnnd
ut the corner of South and Oliver streets,
suffering from cramps. A driver of u
Fifth avenue stage was yesterday taken
to the Bellevue hospital, having been
found on the top of the stage suffering
with cholera John Willen, aged 60,
was yesterday taken i'll with cramps in
Centre street. They were all taken to
the hospital.
The Quartine grounds ut Staten Island
were yesterday sold ut private sale by
the State authorities to Messrs Short
man and others for S220,00O.
Bill Conner and Tom Mcintyre, two
short-boy plug uglies, fought twenty
three round prize fight, this morning,
for fifty dollars side, near Sheep Head
Bay. Mclntire won.
1t is stated that at least five thousand
barrels Of fish oil have been received
here from Canada containing, sealed,
five gallon cans of llennessy brandy,
and also that many thousand barrels of
flour containing similar cans of brandy
have alse been smuggled here from Can
ada. The Custom House detectives are
investigating the affair.
number Of negro sailors from the
frigate Vermont had q riot in Laurens
street last night, In cndeavorinr to
Quell it Officer Garrett was nearly muir
dered, but the rioters were finally dis
persed. Three of them were arrested
and to-day held to bail. Garrett SHOT
one of them in the knee.
The freight train from this city for
Boston, which left last evening, on the
New Haven Railroad, ran off the bridge
at Norwalk, in consequence of the draw
bridge being open through the careless
ness of the Waterman. The engine,
tender, and five heavily laden freight
cars, are piled on top of each other in
the water, a perfect wreck. Some half
a dozen brakemen were injured slightly,
but none seriously. The loss of freight
is heavy, being mostly dry goods.
1t is announce that Samuel Sloan,
Chairman ola committee of Open Board
BrokersShas disappeared with deficit
of over fifty thousand dollars.