The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1869-05-03
-Er- sanator Wada,s friends are h.

-Ex- Senator Wade's friends are in
dignant because he did not receive an
! appointment as one of the Pacific rail-
road commissioners. HewAs urged for
the place, and his friends declare, that
he had reason to accept it.
General Sickles will probably re.
ceive his appointment to the Spanish
| mission early next week:
The Marine Band commenced their
usual entertainments in the Presidents
grounds Saturday. They play in the
grounds adjoining the Executive Man
son Saturdays, and in the square east
of the Capitol Wednesdays. '
There has been quite wild animal
excitement at Carmel, Putnam county,
New York." The rhtnoceros of Van
Amburgh's menagerie escaped, and
seeing Peach Pond, concluded to try a
bath. The animal cost about $4,000,
and the keepers were aghast at the
prospect of losing that sum In the per-
son of the huge and intractable beast.
| The dog Jack" of the menagerie, WAS
sent into the water after the monster.
The rhinoceros Immediately d1sap.
peRred under the water and remained
some time, but finally came up some
distance of. The dog. Immediately
made for him, and he for the dog. The
dog lodged and got the rhinoceros by
the ear. A sharp wrangle ensued. the
rhinoceros believing like a bull calf.
For many minutes the combat ragged
furiously, till finally the huge beast
neared the shore, where he was shared
with ropes and led back to his cage.
General Robert E. Lee is in Wash
ington, the guest of Hon. Montgomery
Blair. He has been invited and is ex-
pected 10 call on President Grant for
consultation respecting affairs In Vlr-
ginia.
Among other things considered at
the cabinet session, Friday, were the
instructions to be given to Minister
Motley. It Is understood that it was
decided that the best policy would be
for Mr.. Motley to leave for his post at
officially informed OF any action on the
part of the British government in rela-
tion to the Alabama claims.
Capt. John Bridges, of Maine, SUI
perintendent of the crypt at the Nation
al capitol, has resigned his position, to
take effect June 30lh. AS Congress
abolished this Office at its last session
on the ground that 1t was a mere sine.
cure, the resignation would seem super
tluo1s. This was the individual IN
earthed by Butler in his subterranean
researches last winter.
Mrs. Betsey G. Sargent died at
Windham, Connecticut. last week, aged
92 years. She was never sick a day in
her life, never wore thin shoes, went to
bed between nine and ten O'Clock
almost every evening for rs years, and
always lived by an open fire. w.
Mr.. Kirk, who has resumed his
place as Minister to Buenos Ayres, used
10 be Speaker OF one branch OF the Ohio
Legislature, and he lived four years in
the Argentine Republic. Mcmahon,
whom the impetuous Webb so arraigns,
Is a fine young fellow from New York
city, about thirty.five years old. He
was an Aid.de-Camp to General John
Sedgwick. t--.
The Hon. John G. Hale, Minister
TO Spain, telegraphs Senator Sumner
by Cable as follows: "The attack on me
by Perry in his letter of March 2, is
false. have the documents to prove
it, and in few days will send them to
you." 1t will be remembered that the
letter above referred to, charged that
Hale had used his Ministerial franchise
for commercial purposes.