The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1869-05-08
BYAAIL.

The President, on Thursday, wrote
| to General Candy advising that the
election in Virginia be held on the last
Tuesday in June or first Tuesday in
July, and the probabilities are that it
will be ordered on one ofthOse days. 1t
has not yet been decided what parts of
the Constitution shall be submitted for
| a separate vote, and the President in
tends taking the advice of his Cabinet
| before issuing instructions on this
point. Most OF the Radical Republicans
of Virginia will vote for the whole Con-
stitution, but some of its most proscrip-
| tive features are sure to be defeated.
The Dyer Court of Inquiry ad-
iourned sine die. and a conclusion was
reached Thursday afternoon written
out and delivered to Judge Advocate
General Holt, who will make brief of
it, and then pass the whole thing over
to the Secretary of War. Tho purport
of the decision has not yet been made
public. The officers who constituted
the court will at once leave for their re-
spectiye commands. The report of the
court will shortly be published from
the War Department.
1t is believed among the friends of
Russell Jones that the President Will
reappoint him to the Belgian mission
within a few days.
The resignation OF Minister Hale,
at Spain, does not take ,:l.1; ,ill the
fl rst of July, and the President said,
Thursday, no appointment OF success
sor would be made at present.
w, II, Hartman left Adams, H.
linois, in 1859 for tho gold regions Of
the Rocky Mountains. In 1868 he wrote
home that he should start back with Il
certain train, since which time nothing
has been heard from him, and 1t was
ascertained that the train was captured
by the Indians. Ofcourse It was con-
cluded that he was dead, and his estate
went into administration. On Wednes.
daY OF last week he turned up at his old
home, fresh from White Pine. he
found his wife still bearing his name.
Fisk, Gould 81 Co., of the Erie Rail-
way, having undertaken to manage
everything else under the sun, have
now attempted to relieve Mr.. Creswell
of his duties and manage the Post Office
Denartment. Jay Gould has notified
the Postmaster General that unless the
Department increases the pay for the
Erie Railroad service from $3.50, ,OOO to
$3.50 900, he shall refuse TO carry the
mails. The Postmaster General has
notified Mr.. Gould that this exorbitAnt
demand cannot be acceued TO. Inc pay
now received by the Company IS the
same per mile per annum as received
by the Central and other roads.
1t is stated that the French Atlantic
Cable Company will land their shore
end at point on the beach nearly
fronting the new Stockton Hotel, ut
Cape May. From the Cape three main
lines will deviate, one running across
the bay to Lewes on to Washington,
another direct to Philadelphia, and the
third along the shore north of New
York. The steamer having the cable
on board will sail from France in July.
-Four women are to be appointed,
at salary OF twelve hundred dollars
each, to search ladies arriving at New
York from foreign ports. Over 700 ap-
plications have already been made for
the positions.
"A Constitution for the Cuban insur-
gents has been prepared in Washington.
1t provides for republican form OF
government in the Island, and looks to
annexation to the United States.
A Mr.. Hurd, of Keene, n. H., has
been tried for setting fire TO his house,
aud was found guilty. His property
was attached for debt, and out of spite
he set fire to the buildings.
Dennis Callahan, of Hartford, on
account of having voted the Repu blican
ticket last fall has met all sorts OF ABUSE
from the Irish Democrats, and when the
flood was at it's height the other day, he
was assaulted in boat by John Tral-
nor and thrown overheard where the
water was deep. and it was with diff
Guilty that he saved his life.
The party consisting of ex-GoTer-
nor Ward, of New York, and others,
who started on Southern trip two
weeks ago, have returned to Washing
ton. They went as far as Florida, stop
ping at the principal cities and towns
on the way. All concur in the report
that the industrial prospects have i'm
proved. The negroes are working bet
ter this than last year, and the whites
generally seem to be more industrious.
The crops look well. The people are
anxious for northern immigration, and
millions of acres of good land are for
sale, and great inducements offered to
capitalists. The party were every
where we'll received.