The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1869-05-25
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NEWS SUMMARY.
BY TELEGRAPH.


Gold closed IN New York yesterda,
at l4ls.
Seavsr's straw factory, Milford, Mass.
bnrned Sunday. Loss $40, 900; insured
The country along the Chateangusy
river, Canada, is badly flooded, render
ing many bonses uninhabitable.
Yesterday was observed throughout
the Dominion of Canada in homer of the
50th birthday of Queen Victoria.
A row-boat containing Is men was
capsized Saturday in the river below
New Orleans, and 8 mon drowned.
Alta fire in New Orleans on Saturday,
eight firemen were severely injured,
and several more slightly hurt by fall
ing walls.
Negotiations are pending for the sale
of ali that portion Of Florida lying west
of the ApalachioUla, to Alabama, for one
million in Alabama bonds.
The body of Chas. Mclean was found
ia the woods near Peekskill on Sunday,
with a bullet hole IN his head. lt Is
Supposed he was murdered.
A locomotive boiler exploded on the
New York Central railroad yesterday, at
Rochester. destroying the locomotive
and five freight cars. No lives lost.
Cant. Carliu and others of the steamer
Salvador, have arrived at Key West,
Fla. from Nassau, and report success
ful landing of troops and ammunition IN
Cuba.
The cargo of the steamship Missis
sippi, lost of Martinique, consisted OF
nearly $4,000 bales Of coffee, together
with sundry Brazilian produce, in all
valued at about S3OO,OOO in gold. The
cargo was insured but the vessel was
not.
1t is stated that early in April last
United States Assistant Treasurer Van
Dyck, at New York, rendered his resig-
nation, and temporarily retained the
place at the request of the Secretary OF
the Treasury until suitable successor
could be found.
Yesterday morning, at Scranton, Pa,
an ANONYMOUS notice threatening death
work, was found posted at the Oxford
mine. 4 wild and most unreasonable
panic rapidly spread among the miners,
and in all but four mines the men re.
fused to work.
Thomas Alien, President of the st.
Louis and Iron Mountain railroad, has
received dispatch from Charles Ander-
son, President of the Memphis CONNER
cial Convention, informing him that the
people will subscribe the million acres
of land asked for the extension of tho
Iron Mountain railroad to Memphis.
4 dispatch from Richmond, dated yes
terday, says: Fifty. six army officers
are ordered to report to General Candy
to be assigned as registers. A revision
of registration is ordered for June l4th.
10 esntinue ten days, The regulations
issued by the Commanding General for
the election are the same as heretofore,
except that not more than four hundred
shall vote at any one poll. No pIovis-
ION is made as heretofore for the whites
and blacks voting at separate polls.
4 dispatch from Helena, Montana,
saws from $50 to 600 Santee Sioux at
tackled o settlement at Muscle Shell on
May Sth Seventy whites in the settle
menr remained in tn stockade, and
sixty, sailed out on the Indians, when q
desperate fight ensued, lasting seven
honTs. Thirty Indians were killed, IN.
riudinR one renegade balt-breed, and
thirty scalped, the remainder escaping
by swimming the river. One white
man was killed and another badly
wounded. 1t is reported that rein
forcement of two or three hundred
Santee Sioux are coming mp TO attack
Muscle Shell again. The whites are
prepared
On Saturday night an armed band of
disguised men stopped the train from
Louisville To Memphis, and attempted
to murder Internal Revenue Officer
Holm, who bad prisoner on board ar
rested for running an illicit distillery.
An assistant of Mr.. HOhn's, whose name
.s unknown, jumped from the train, was
Ered TpOn by the band and was seen to
fall Mr. Holm fired into the gang,
killing one of them. The others poured
4 yOlley into the train, fortunately
without iuiuring any one. The train
WAS Immediately put in motion, and the
last seen Of the band they were break
ing toward the woods bearing their
comrade. The band is supposed to be
long to gang engaged in Illicit distil-
ieries extending from East Tennessee to
Mississippi.
A dispatch from New Orleans, dated
Yesterday, says: About 400 delegates
TO the Commercial Convention have
been registered, representing Ohio, In
diana, Illinois, Missouri, Kentucky,
Wisconsin, iowa, ArkaDsas, Tennessee,
Virginia, North and South Carolina,
Alabama, Florida, Delaware, New York,
District of Columbia, Texas, Mississippi
and Louisiana. The press is largely
represented. Among those present are
General William Vanderves, of Iowa;
x-Maysr Wiley and Van Zaudt, of ST.
Louis; Governor Anderson and Thomas
Richesou, OF Kentucky; Governor Foote,
of TenneSsee; General Joe Wheeler and
Generals Ruggles, Jackson aud Maury.
Steamers have been provided to take
The delegates TO the m nth of the river
on an excursion. During the trip the
committees will prepare reports.
TENNESSEE Radicalism is going to