The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1869-09-28
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THE NEWS.

discussed at great length. No new
course has been decided upon, and It ls
believed no immediate action Is de-
manded upon any questions connected
with the subject.
Two Nlrglnlans, prominent In the
politics Of the State, had n consultation
with the President Saturday, In refer.
enCe to the election OF Senators at the
approaching session Of the Legislature,
during which the gentlemen, who are
both Radical Republicans, asked the
President If he had expressed The hope
that General Robert Williams would
be chosen as one OF the Senators. The
President replied that lie had express.
ell preference for none OF the candi-
dates, aud that he should not interfere
In tho matter. lie desired, OF course,
that Republicans should be elected but
hc should not state his personal prefer.
enoes. II he had any. sod.
Prince Arthur and, the Governor
General Of Canada visited Buffalo yeas
lerday, and drove about the city and
lunched with ex President Fillmore.
The official returns OF passengers ar
rlvlng in the United States during the
quarter ending with June, shows an
extraordinary increase. The whole
number Is 1852, Of whom nearly
G6,0OO were females.
In pursuance of All act Of Congress,
The property OF the United States at
llarper's Ferry and Vicinity is 10 be
sold on the Both Of November.
Secretary Boutwell, has ordered the
sale OF one million OF gold every Tues.
day and Friday, and the purchase OF
two millions OF bonds every Wednes-
day until November,
The Washington Republican OF yes
terday contains an authoritative denial,
made at the Presidents request, OF the
story that member Of the firm OF Jay
Cooke Il Co. called on him Friday and
begged him 10 order Boutwell, to sell
gold, and that he aCceded TO the de-
mand. The story was started by o
New York evening paper.
The time for the election In MIsSIs-
slppI has been extended one day. It
will commence on Wednesday, Decem.
bGr /.
About 0 O'Clock yesterday morning
a fire broke out ln The Hope cotton
mills, Allegheny City, owned by A. Il.
Childs & Co. The buildings were de.
stroyOd entirely. Loss about $3.50, OOO;
insurance $4,000. almost oil In East
erm companies. About three hundred
employees thrown out OF work.
DR.. Hall, OF Cincinnati, brings among
the results OF his five years. residence
In the Arctic regions, most interesting
intelligence In regard 10 the death OF
Sir John franklin and his companions
and conclusive proof that none of them
ever reached Montreal Island. He saw
natives who were the last 10 look upon
Cro2ier and his party. The Doctor also
brings with him the remains ofa young
man who belonged to that ill-fated band
OF ex plorers. He has prepared report
addressed TO his friend Henry Grlnnell,
Of New York; which will soon be given
to tho public through the press. DR..
Hall Is by no means tired of explora.
tIon. and proposes next Spring 10 start
anew, and push his journeying to the
North Pole He regards his experience
OF the last ten years as invaluable to
him, rs n preparation and aid In future.
AT big row In the ofIlce Saloon, In
Dayton, John and Charles Stout, two
brothers, were stabbed fatally, It is
feared. Six men foremost In tho affray
have been arrested.
On the 22d, seventy masked men
rode Into Gloucester, Garrard county,
Kentucky, and took a colored man
from the jail and hung him. The same
regulators, few nights before, cow
hIded two men named Walter b. Sutton
and Mr.. uutChison.
Reports from the interior OF Pennsyl-
vanla show that q heavy storm pre-.
vailed Saturday night and Sunday.
The Schuylkill river al Reading has
risen iour feet. ....
The steamship Tradewind was lost In
the gulf on the 2lLh inst, the passen-
gers were saved but part Of the crew
missing,
Steps are being taken 10 form an in.
dependent organization OF orangemen
In America.
Many iinanclerB believe that II the
statement OF the Gold Exchange Bank
shows a favorable condition OF affairs,
there will be renewal Of the specula-
ton In New York.
In the case growing out OF the loss oil
the steamers United States and AmerI.
ca, Of Cincinnati, Hon. Geo. E. Pugh
and John F. Follett, counsel for the
underwriters Of this city, have started
for Louisville TO take depositionB In the
case at that city.
Saturday, everybody In Washington
was laughing over the published letter
Of a candidate ior the Mayoralty In
place Of Mayor Bowen, written 10 q
colored friend in the city from Cape
May, directing him 10 buy oil and paint
a transparency, hire a band, and give
him a 'spontaneous' welcome on his
arrival. The laugh Ia louder from dis.
covering that this colored man, not be-
ing able to read, took the letter to
Mayor Bowen. bitter enemy OF the
writer, TO get 1t read.
A most distressing accident occurred
Rt CrestlIne, o., Saturday night, result
ing In the death OF Mrs. David Cassell,
an estimable young married lady. She
was at her home alone, with Two little
children, awaiting her husbands re-
turn from work. The Oldest child was
sleeping In an adjoining room, and the
babe was playing beside her. The babe
In Some way upset coal oil lamp near
them on the table. In the mothers
anxiety 10 shield her babe the contents
OF the lamp scattered over her, and In
an instant she was enveloped in flames.
Her only thought was the safety OF the
child, which she threw from her and Il
escaped the fire entirely. The neIgh-
bors were soon attracted by the blazing
light In the house, but II was some time
before an entrance was effected, as Inc
timid mother, alone with her ChIIdran