The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1869-05-05
MAIL.

The Dyer Court of Inquiry met
Monday morning to begin hearing ar.
puments, but counsel on both sides, af-
ter consultation, agreed to submit the
case without argument, and this course
being acceptable to General Thomas and
his associates, was taken, and the Court
thereupon closed its doors for dellbera-
ton. The decision will probably reach
the Secretary of War by to-day or to-
morrow at furthest, and be promulga-
ted in the course of a week or ten days.
Judge Advocate General Holt Is to fur
nish a brief of the evidence, and an
opinion. The conclusion OF gentlemen
in his office, says correspondent OF the
Pittsburg Commercial who is friendly
to Gen. Dyer, who are conversant with
the testimony is that there is no cause
for further action, and that the Court
will do nothing more than mildly CEN
sure General Dyer for certain mistakes,
while it may perhaps acqu1s him or all
blame in the premises.
"A st. Louis husband put his wife's
head under the hydrant for few min
utes, recently, ITO satisfy the neigh
| bors."
The case of Lafayette G. Baker and
others against the City OF Washington,
for the reward of twenty thousand dol
| lars offered for the arrest of Booth and
| his associates, was some time ago oe~
cided by Judge Olin, who held that as
Baker et. al. were officers of the Govern
ment, they could not share In the
award. The case has now been appeal
ed to the Court in bGTac, and Will be
heard again this month before the full
bench.
| in the counties of lower Virginia,
the cultivation of the peanut has been
commenced on quite large scale, and
| in some places is actually taking the
place of the TOBACCO as more valuable
crop.
Secretary Boutwell, has issued bis
| new regulations, twelve in number ior
! the government OF clerks in his Depart
ment. They differ from former regula'
tions in that they mean business IN
stead of loafing. One of the rules is
that neither smoking nor the use OF IN,
toxicating liquors will be tolerated %
during business hours, which are 10 oe
from nine to three, instead of nine to
four, as heretofore.
| "A female Custom House officer at
New York recently examined portly
and dignified lady, who had just re.
turned from Europe, and found thai
81, 100 worth of point lace had much to
c1o with the graceful rounding out oi
her figure.
Judge Conover, of Delphi, Ind, Is
four feet two inches high. five feet one
inch around, and 400 pounds IN welght'
An examination of the books in the
United States Treasurer's office shows
that the public debt reached its maxi
mum in August, 1865, when 1t was
50. .757, ,6S9. .57l. At present 1t Is S2.529,,
i57. .SS5. a decrease in three years ano
eight months of S22S. .53l. .6S6. In August
1865, there were out but 81 ,25l 600 OF Ia
cific Railroad bonds, while there are
now $50. .S52, 900, so that the decrease o.
the debt, exclusive OF these railroad
bonds, is S2S4 ,125. .6S5r being at the rate
of nearly eighty millions per year.
The latest prophecy OF the Second
AdventAsts is thus stated by the Rush-
viIIe IInd.) ,JuckSoniGn: "Gabriel will
toot his konk op the 10Th of July"
Secretary Cox has informed parties
asl,ino MIN to authorize the extension
of the Atchison Branch OF the Paclnc
Railroad with full subsidy OF bonds anc
lands. that he will not decide the maj
ter. but will call attention to 1t in Gapl
net meeting. The petition and atnda'
Wits fled with the Secretary snow tna
the additional distance for Whlch Suo! SUI
sidv is asked to be about two hun9reS
and fifty miles instead OF one hunJi n,Shsi
and tifty as reported. The bond suosl
dy asked is sic, 900 per mile' anu A"n'
grant l., 600 acres per m1le'
The Government is preparing tn
instructions of MIR. Nelson, our nev
i, Minister 10 Mexico, and he is to leaY
for that country in about three weehs
"A young man named Finley, a
Springfield, Illinois, who was bitten o:
a dog in 1868, has just developed symp
r toms of hydrophobia.
t Marshal Brown, celebrated as tn
Il owner OF remarkable pups, return
80. 900 income: ..