The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1869-11-27
THE NEWS.


TALLY agreed upon the leading points Of
the bill they will present to the House
as soon as 1t meets. 1t provides for the
appointment by the President, on ad
Vice and consent of the Senate, of n
Commissioner Of the Ninth Census,
whose Office shall expire IN three years
from tho date of his Commi ission. He
IL 10 have rooms In the Interior De.
partment, and be subject TO the general
orders OF the Secretary thereof. The
Secretary on his nolnin alton shnll ap.
point one Deputy Commissioner Tor
each Congressional District. These are
10 report to and receive orders from the
Commissioner at Washington. The
census Is to be taken during June next,
and solely by the Deputy Commission.
ers and such persons m they may en- :
gage In the various towns and cities To
help them. The committee Is 10 meet
again next Saturday, to consider the
details OF the bill, aud determine upon
the schedule for adoption.
Richmond papers say the contract
Tor the completion Of the Chesapeake o
and Ohio Railroad from Richmond 10
the Ohio river has been let. II Ia aacer-
tained that among tho New York
nnanciers, Mr. Huntington aud Messrs.
Fisk Il Hatch have subscribed two
mllllon dollars each, aud Messrs. Lowe,
AspinwRll, Bliss, WinSlnw, Stewart
aud Wainwright ono million each. Ten
per cent OF the money subscribed IL TO
be paid on Lhe first OF January next, and
and the work Ia TO be pushed forward
with vigor.I
The revenue officers OF Utah Terrific.
ry have sent In the assessment papers
against Brigham Young's church pro.
perty, nnd they have been filed In the
Internal Revenue Bureau. Brigham
objects 10 paying taxes on this proper
ty, and the case comes up for nd.
judicatlou. 1t Involves several nice
pOints Of law, and missioner De-
lanO Will probably refer the matter to
Congress for definite legislation.
The National Capital Is excited over
II row On the school question, and 1t is
whether u child with One-eighth negro
blood shall be allowed 10 40 to school
with white children. The whole cIly
government is Ht ears about the matter,
Superintendent OF public schools and
President OF the Board OF Trustees hold
NhhN WV lANb kuo Sullu GduuOl
enter, while Mayor Bowen takes the
opposite view. The child had seat In
the; school room Thursday, but was not
recognized by the teacher. The question
at issue will 20 to the corporation Mt
torney, aud probably into the city
councils.
Commissioner Uapron, OF the Agrl>
cultural Department, has returned
from tho Georgia State Fair. lie says
the people down that way are alto.
gether too much absorbed In raising
cotton, and don't pay enough attention
to other crops.
The trial of Ike Berry, Simon Berry,
Edward Berry, Matthew Mcfarland,
Robert Butler and Charles Daily, for
the murder OF Henry Pratt, deputy
Sheriff OF Tazewell county, on the 3Olh
of July last, was commenced at Jack.
sonvllles Illinois, on Thursday. The
prisoners escaped from the Tazswsll
county Jail At the time, and Pratt was
shot dead by one OF the party while he
was trying TO arrest them.
Allhopes for the safety OF the schooner
]. b. Weston, OF Milwaukee, are given
up. She was last seen on the 1lh en-
tering the straits. and had time to get
Into Lake Huron before the guile struck
her. She had on bonrd ten persons
from Milwaukee,.
The stockholders OF the Chesapeake
& Ohio Railroad met at Richmond.
Thursday. The receipts for the fiscal
year were S6Gl, ,277, and The expenses
$i77 ISL. An OtTer was received from
parties In England TO take SS0, 900 OF The
company's stock, but no action was
taken.
Four murderers are under condem-
nation In Pennsylvania, all To be exc.
cuted next month.
A Washington telegram asserts that
the fact has been ascertained from un.
denlable authority, that 80 far from the
statement being true. as frequently
published, that the Supreme Court, ut
Its present session, would decide upon
the constitutlonality OF the Legal Ten.
der Act, the Court has, In reality, not
considered the subject In any form, and
will not consider II at the term lust
closing.
The Supreme Court has adjourned
until Monday, 10 give the Judges time
TO consider cases that have been argued.
No argument will be heard during the
present term after Tuesday next.
The present income tax law will ex-
pire by limitation June. 80, 1870.
The Iumor that Spanish fleet of six
or more war vessels has been ordered
10 rendezvous In New York harbor,
creates deal OF comment In Washing.
ton. The presidential order for two
iron-clRd monitors to cruise In the
same harbor was made because U, s, @,
don't know just what the Dona mean,
Mrs. Margaret Perry and her daugh.
ter Ida, OF Carollton, ILL.,, have been
held In five thousand do liars bail, each,
on u charge OF iutAntioide In the mur.
der OF an tllegitimate child OF the lat
ter. Mrs. Perry is daughter OF the
late Gov. Carlin OF that State, and Ida
IL grand daughter. She IL possessed
ofmuoh beauty and always up to this
occurrence maintained n excellent
character.
The investigation aud counting OF the
sheets Of money and coin In the Bureau
OF engraving and printing at the
Treasury Department, which has been
In progress the past three days was con.
cluded Thursday and a report sat.
isfactory has been submitted 10 Secre-
tary Boutwell,.
Bishop Morris Of the Methodist
Episcopal Church, called at the White
House, yesterday, In company with
Rev. DR.. Newman, OF Washington, and
paid his respects to the President.
All the members Of the Cabinet were
present at the regular session yester-
day.
b. D. sprague, Of Buffalo, New York,
was arrested yesterday on n requlsI-
tion oi the Governor OF Connecticut,
charged with perjury In late divorce
suit. He left In charge Of detective.
Claude Erent, the young man accl.
ltntRlly shot by friend at Buffalo
Wednesday forenoon, died yesterday
morning.
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