The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1869-02-17
NEW YORK.
New YORK, February 16.

NEW YORK, EeOruary 10.
An Havana special to the Herald,
under yesterdays date, says a thousand
more troops arrived from Spain.
The Gazette assures the public that
no disturbances are likely to occur
from the amnesty.
A municipal decree defines disloyal-
ty thus: "High treason, rebellion, in
surrectiOn, conspiracy, harboring reb-
els and criminal communication with
the enemy, coalition OF lourneymen
laborers, leaguing, seditious cries,
propagation of alarming news, mani
festations, allegerous and all that leads
to a disturbance of peace and order.
The Vase dc Cuba says that it ad-
vised dictatorship, and recently the
supreme authority has confirmed 1t.
On board the United States steamer
Contootook, Protestant service was
held on Sunday. There was an i'm
mense attendance, including the Gov
ernor, who said he hoped to respond
in month favorably to the demand
for free worship.
Charles Ii. Ludlaw, of Marcy avenue,
Brooklyn, died OF hydrophobia yester-
day. About q month ago little dog
which he owned bit him on the hand,
but the usual remedies were applied at
the time and the wound apparently
healed. On Saturday, however, unmis-
takeable symptoms OF hydrophobta ap-
peared, and he died in gl eat agony yes
terday. Two children near Flat Bush
also died last week from the same cause,
and several more cases are reported in
the vicinity OF Brooklyn and on Long
Island.
The names of the lunatic murdered
at Blackwells Island was Margaret Nc
Laughlin, and the insane murderess
Catharine Shay. A coroner's verdict
Yesterday was given in accordance with
the facts stated in yesterdays dispatch.
The Pardon of John Devin, OF Brook
lvu, who was convicted OF whisky
frauds about a year ago, has been
signed by the President and will prob
ably be issued to-day.
A man in Patterson, New Jersey, who
| was bitten by his own dog on New
Years. day, died of ofhydrophobiay yester-
dav. The bite was a mere scratch at
Charles Van Hover, of st. Louis,
while on the Cincinnati express train
for this city, on Sunday, made several
insane attempts TO jump off the cars.
he was secured and is now at the po-
was enroute to Germany to take posses
sion of a large fortune lately left him.
His wife and family are in st. Louis.
The mass meeting last night Of natu-
rallied citizens; appointed the following
gentleman to proceed to Washington
anu Lu6 "
I A. Okey Hall, Horace Greely, John
McKeon, Judge Charles P. Daily, and
Edward L. Garry.
The treaty made by Gen. Cushing
with the Government of Columbia,
conceeds to the United State exclusive
right to construct an inter. oceanic canal
across the Isthmus of Darian at any
point which may be selected by the
United States. The Columbian Gov
ernment cedes six miles on each side OF
the canal, one-half for its own benefit,
the other for that of the party under
taking the work. The canal is to be
under the control of the United States,
who,will f. the tolls, and is to be freeto
all nations in the time OF peace. Tho
canal will cost $4,000, 900, 600.
The Pneumatic Dispatch Company
have been busIly tunneling under
Broadway for about three weeks, and
no one outside the Company was aware
ofthese operations until a day or two
since. The progress is very slow, being
only about ten inches day, as the
earth is not dug out but forced ahead