The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1869-05-03

merely Of courtesy and of short dura.
ton. Minister Motley was present.
The strike among the printers at
Montreal still contin ues, and the morn.
ing papers advertise for girls TO set
type. Four hundred and thirty French
Canadians left on Friday for Boston.
Dispatches from Schuylkill county,
Pa, report heavy snow storms there on
Saturday.
The printers of New Haven, Conn.,,
are on strike, demanding from 40 to
as cents per thousand. Tho employers
refused 10 pay the scale.
BY MAIL.
Mr.. Clay, colored. of New Orleans,
who declined to be Minister to Liberia,
has anSincome of $4,000 year.
within less than six years 25, ,0O0, 900
forest trees have been planted in Iowa.
| The overland westward travel is in
creasing rapidly as Spring advances.
Large crowds of emigrants are daily
arriving at st. Louis, en- route for the
Platte Valley and the Pacific Railroad
line.
| The report. of Chauucey H. Snow,
| of Washington city, one OF Andrew
Johnson's Pacific Railroad officials, is
| Ludu6 EouO" SdyS Iue oohcA o1
Superintendent of the Union Pacific
line don't know anthing about his busi-
| ness, and will not have anybody around
him who does know anything; that the
road is badly built and extravagantly
managed; that the contractors are
swindling the Government, and that
things are going to the bow vows gen.
orally.
Tie action OF the late Conservative
party Convention at Richmond ensures
pretty active canvass in Virginia
whenever. the election'is ordered. The
Radical Republicans support Wells for
Governor, and are for the Underwood
Constitution without amendment.
Moderate Republicans support Wal
ker for Governor and want the test
oath and the additional test oath and
the stringent disability clauses cut out
| of the Constitution. The So called new
| movement men go with the moderate
Republicans, and further insist that
other clauses shall be left out of the
Constitution. HardheAded Democrats
are down on reconstruction IN any
form. The work of these four factions
will make lively times.
The Commissioner of Internal Rev
enue has promulgated his decision that
the money used by brokers is liable to
tax of one-twenty.f fourth OF one per
cent. as capital. It will bring In from
ten " lHeuLS y ~ VA
an income.
Our Government is advised through
the British Consul at Havana that the
Spanish authorities have fired into and
sunk a British vessel, and through
another source that they have estab-
lished regulations which require all
commercial transactions to be submits
ted to inspection. The feeling Is grow
ing in official circles at Washington
that such acts as these will ultimately
compel Governments like those of the
United States and Great Britain to call
the Spanish Government to account.
The Brazilian Mission is again un-
settled. Washington dispatches dated
Friday night say that Schurz regarded
the appointment of Blow as certain up
| to the meeting of the Cabinet, Friday,
but it now appears that strong influen-
ces have been at work to secure a
chanReiin the President,s purpose re-
garding Blow, and it was then thought
| In official circles that the place may not
be given to him after ALL Besides MI.
Blow there are seventeen candidates
TOR this mission; one from Massachu-
setts, three from New York, two from
| Kentucky, two from louisiana, three
from Ohio, two from Illinois, two
from Iowa, and two from West Vir-
Rinia (Carlile and Nat Harrison.) =.
There is said to be continued
| stream OF app1lCdllOuS " anu
sions with the President for iudgeships
under the recent Judiciary bill. He
now informs all who calls upon him for
that purpose that he shall not make up
his mind or give any promises upon
| the subject until next winter, when he
| ia ready to make such nominations as
are provided tor in the law. He will In
the meantime receive any suggestions
or recommendations that may offer,
and from them make his selections. 1t
is most likely, however, that Attorney
General Hoar will play very impor-
tant part in making these nominations.
George Shivers was an inmate OF
| the rLunatic Asylum at Columbus,
when burnt, last fall. Since then he
Hickman, of Coal Run, Washington
tcounty, Ohio, aud has usually been
verv Quiet, but afraid of every body.
About five weeks ago he ran away to
the woods, and after several days dil1~
gent search he was found in an old to-
bacco house, and had nearly perlshed
with cold and want OF food. On the
18th inst. he ran away again, and every
effort to ascertain his whereabouts has
been unsuccessful, although liberal
reward has been offered.
-About year ago Senator Summer
bought a house on the corner Of Latay-
cite square and Vermont avenue, In
Washington, for $50. 1000. Within the
last three months Mr., Corcoran has
bought ON both sides of Mr.. Summers
lthouse, and is building a largo ho:el
making it important for him to have
Mr.. Summers corner, tor which sum-
ner has refused $G0, 600. He will proba'
bly, get $50. 900. an ..5.i,gIL4s s.s,..zs
THE Hon. George w. Pascha1 has
nnbIisbed a pamphlet addressed to the
people of the State of Texas, announc-
inc himself a candidate for the United
: States Senate. Among other things he
declares in favor OF ratlhcation OF IN
now constitution by the people; tn
election of none but Republicans TO tn'
state offices and to Congress; the e4ec
Of Andrew J. Hamilton as Governor
and the removal of the disabilities
every friend of the General Govern
ment.
Mr.. Marble, OF the New YorI
World, following in the wake OF Mr
Orange Judd, has united his Fllth axe, AYE
nue. residepce with the Park row otltc'
bv telegraph, so that he can direct IN
affairs Of the World withou leaving M
chair. Mr.. Judd does the sans INN
with the Agricaktatrfst from his nome II
i Flushing, l.. I. ,,.G, 81.
-Vice-PresidenG Oolfaxt 1t IS salo
was very instrumental, in the Order Q
Odd Fellows, in procuring the creatlol
j of the Degree of Rebekah for the WlVe
: of members "a ttt.a4 lfEA ,!S1lF. =
It MISS Ida Lewis, the heroine of New
Y port harbor, Is to be initiated Into tn
. ~.o5 H1onUlafa next waek.