The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1868-01-20
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The great excitemsnf Of tie 55daydn
2pr City q the late action taken by
the ssnAte and the reinstatemsnt oi
Secretary Stanton at the War DEPART
iment. The NationalF Capital con1d
hsrdly be more Ati irted hy the ibSoi itical
leyentg whieh AXE placeT there thansthe
lpop1lRa on Of thIs stnet tropoiis. 2 Wall
street especially presents aninterestina
sight. 5ApSi6us Loo king tnaIYiduais are
seen seen running =. e, and from The telegraph
ohces as II the yationlof 1.-THE country
depended onSheir being hourly posted
about the Occurrences and fths moSet
mentsof high odlctal PERSONS In WASH
1n9ton. One will prophesy that Reare
All rushing towards a general ruin
another tells you that we are already
ruined, third Is elated over the sue.
cess, cess OF O congress, and a great many will
ahfqg thetr shoulders- and make per-
maps &the most appropriatei remark ot
/ all by saying that we must wait and
see how matters will develop them
selves bafore any sound Judgment can
pc formed In the impending. case. The
nnanclss iSsorl q may possibly h6more
anected than the people generally by
thene'Es.f FROM Washington, inasmuch
as theysWilp pahe6t the price. .ofeold and
make stock and exchange business irl
IFegulqr. and 5unsettl led 9 There Is not a
'weekand hafdiy day passing by,withl
SsIs out hP15,nElps e siigss some whole
dlipg audrit may, safely. be said
thar bth6ssoc6 oc6nFtenees 6fieinata In the
loose and careless way in which the
tmAJority of these eeStab ablishments are
conducted. "A young clerk wen recom1
!nsRaea g the 5ank, or perhap q rela4
his coptsol millions OF dollars. every
day, and With a salary Of d lfew hun
dred dollars a year, Keeps fast horses
lttves IN an elegant houseS andde delfvers
nimseh GO every ye1tfavaRancy gimaPinl
able. When questioned by his emI ]
ploy lha BayH EhAtlhe has been lucky
in late speculatiQps, thus he goes or,
until he finds himself head over heels
In trouble and windH up by ruTIi1nsi
away tWtthoai few hundred th6usana
dollars. The,late CITY Bank defalca-
aon assumes g rather rstrange cha faoter
sbss ana ss5 Siss t9 new talk appears
l
The track of the runaway teller, Lever
Iieh5 has deem lnformed that his seryi-i
oes were no longer required, and that
the bank was in hopes of soon discoyl
srlngh lsWheEeapouts, The detectives
draw the conclusion that the bank Of
hoials. must be informed OF = Lever
ich's hiding place, but do not
desire his arrest. In orr CITY Il il the,
duty of the police in such cases 10 c6nl
tinue with the Investigation, and to see
to such defaulters of public money be-
ing properly punished in spite OF com.
promises which may be made between.
the bank directors and khe family 1of
these Swindlers. The business of for0-i
ing checks is likewise en- Vo0ue to ouite
an extent In our city, and only yester.j
Jay man by the name of 8. I. Curranl
was secured, whoThad put numberof
false checks In circulation. THE names
OF more than. twelve New York Arms
have already been discovered, who are
the e1sntterersS from this swindlinRf OBJ :
oratl6n. 49, sftA5gzA gzsr Bsfsei So Il = 4
q license has just, been granted by,
f92Stmaster Kelly. to 120 persons for
selnnS postage stamps. Whatever
may pc said against thisysystem! II
must be iacknow wledg ged that the pn bio
VIII thereby be benefited, especfAiiy.
those persons whose business Is not I'M
the. immediate .neighborhood of. the
Post sOmee or one OF the stations
1faSeIlngai about the .oitya and, to7the,
suburbs Is still made under difhcnlties:,
the slippery streets covered with inst
enough snow to- make walking
uncertain, are crowded with n dSSeE Er;1rSi
which ind 4t dIfhenlt 10 tpfbceedI with
the weight of sixty or seventy persons
upon them, packed rlikeso many her
or WILLIAMSBURG Is voyage to nndSr-I
take, the icein the river offering serious,
lobstructtOnH to;the regular kfIns OF IlIal
ferry boats. Nevertheless all places Of.
amusement are well patronized, at the
Present time. Fixes Opera House is.
the chief attraction of the hour and so,
tar the, selection; of operas madeyby. the
smanager4 has -,56eenR yery sliieIvl
and attracted a fashionable audience.
Madame Rtstor earns her lauFels at
present in Bropk klyn, where she has;
Deen giving number of performances.i
The season for concerts has also arrived
anq besides the FhAlhREnlon onie Society,
who VIII this week commencs with the.
rehearsals5 for their third concert.
Messrs. Mason and Thomas will give
their second musical isoifee' 'at Irving,
Hall, and II Is. to be hoped, that The
iandable Efforts Of these gentlemen for
ilntIrodncing CLASSICAL music, will be
to the attractionA of the BALLROOM find
ample opportunity at present to
gratify ttheiEsl tastes. q Thus :, we
may in addition to- the f1merous
private parties of our uptown fashion.
abless mention among fothers, the bal
10 be given by the Young MEMS Ro.'
man Catholic Assoei ihtion.1 Tor the ben
ef1t OF the New York Orphan Asvlufn.
EnteFtainments thus given FOR charita.
BILE purposes are generally success In I
our city, and shonId be encouraged in
preferenee- TO other Famusements ofya,
similar description. We also heard Of
masqusEades, spoken of especially
among The foreign part OF our fp6puIa. )
ton. Germany and Italy are the
cpuntrie where masquerades are prob
ably more eiipogite than anywhere else,
and ifweare well Informed, the German
Society, .Arion," is preparing q lfancy
ball, which is expected. to outShihe
verything of the kind which has been
seen inthis city. Thus our
Us Presents,a pretty gay eteatuFe. AS
Tor business 1.-THE prospects are noTiuuiIe
so gays but the hope for. better times
Keeps up the courage of the young, and
the old the richand-t the poor OF whom
our large community Is composed of.
,TsffPERs0NNi..
Ir,t.,t.ss, -, 4 I - (. fEz-rk 5 g113 n
---Mhlles Memmingerl was SecretaFy&0f
the Rebel Treasury, the joke went
round that he had sal the debt amount
ed to $500 90Q, 600, or 81 ,j060, 200, ,000-he
tOfROtfNTntc1. Eaisf sgI