The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1869-07-31

THE NEWS.

telegram says at the special Cabinet
meeting, Thursday, 1t Is known that
the question Of applying the lron.clad
oath TO the Virginia Legislature did not
come up for discussion.
Numerous charges OF fraud upon the
Customs revenue have recently been
preferred against tho Collector Of New
Orleans. As the Collector, Mr.. Casey,
Is the Presidents brother.ln.law, the
subject becomes one somewhat delicate
TO handle. Secretary Boutwell, says
the charges shall be imparLIally Inves-
tigated and Collector Casey dealt with
accordingly. ,HT
Delegates were appointed by the New
Jersey Temperance Alliance, Thurs.
day, to represent that State In the , .
tional Temperance Convention at Chi.
olgo. on the lst Of September.
The suspicion that the PresIdent is In
sympathy with the Mississippi Dent
movement Is dissipated by statements
OF persons at Washington. They say
tae President holds that there Is no an
alogy between this movement and the
Walker movement In Virginia, and In
q few days will take action that no one
can misunderstood. The Dent men
already see what is coming, and both
the Washington evening papers hint
that Dent will probably decline the
Conservative nomination for Governor,
on the ground that to accept would be
detrimental 10 the interests OF the Re-
publican party.
The report that Ames would be re.
moved from command In Mississippi Is
denied, and It is represented that the
President Is entirely satihed with him.
oficlal information has been received
at Washington that the through North
ern and Eastern mails which left New
Orleans on Monday last, together with
the through mails sent from points be-
tween New Orleans and Clarksville,
Tenn, were burned In the Memphis
railroad disaster.
Isaac Toucey, Buchanan's Secretary
OF the Navy, who oontrlved to have the
American Navy scattered In different
seas when the rebellion broke out, died
at Hartford Friday morning.
It's thought at the Treasury Depart.
ment that the reduction In the public
debt this month will be about ten mil
lion dollars. The statement will be
out on Monday.
A new set OF Office seekers are appear.
Ing in Washington. The Walker Re-
publlcans In Virginia want the Offices
now held by the Wells Republicans.
Secretary Boutwell, will probably 90
TO Massachusetts on Monday.
The record Of the Yerger case 10 In th
War Department. It cannot 60 to the
President till brieFsd by the Judge Ad.
vocate General. The finding will not
be announced till acted on by the PresI.
dent II 1t be death, 1t must await the
action OF the Supreme Court.
The latest Washington report Is that
Judge Dent emphatiCally declares his
intention to accept the nomination for
Governor of MississIppi, rendered him
BY the Conservatives OF that State. The
opponents OF Dent are very active with
the representatives or the AdminIstra-
ton at Washington, and It Is said that
several Federal Office. holders In Mis-
sissIppl who favor Dent, are to be re-
moved.
In the Superior Court 'of Chicago,
yesterday morning, Judge Jameson
Informed the counsel In the Cheney vs..
Bishop Whltehouse Injunction case
that he should not be ablo to render his
decision before the early part OF next
week, probably Tuesday. The Eccle.
siastical Court has consequently ad-
JouTned until that date.
In some sections of Georgia no rain
has fallen for four weeks, while In
others there has been too much.
Mr.. Sanders, OF Davenport, Iowa,
chairman Of the committee recently
appointed by Mr.. Filley. Of St. Louis,
to carry out the nstructIons OF the New
orleans Convention, has announced
that Keokuk, Iowa, has been deter
mined upon as the place Tor the hold
Ing Of the next Commercial Convention,
but the time has not yet been desIg-
mated.