The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1869-05-08
NEW YORK.
NEW YORK, May I

NEW YORK, May Z.
The steamships City of Boston, Penn
sylvania and Caledonia, from Europe
have arrived.
Mr.. Allaire, a reporter, stases that his
pocket was picked last evening, in q
horse car, of g, 600 and gold watch.
In the Court OF Common Pleas, yes
terday, Francis Walland recovered q
verdict of sc, 800, with interest, against
John Livingston and his sureties. Liv-
ingston is q lawyer and was admins
traitor of the deceased husband OF the
was guilty of frauds of such ia
grant character as to call for severe
rebuke by the court, who pronounced
Livingston disgrace to his race, coun-
try and profession.
The attachment case of Cushing and
others, owners of the American ship
Sonora, destroyed by the Alabama.
against the proceeds OF the prize steamer
Wren, owned by Laird, the builder of
the Alabama, came up to-day in the
U. s. District Court, Mr.. Mallory, e1-
Confederate Secretary of Navy, ap-
pearing for Mr.. Cushing, and the Dis
trict Attorney and Mr.. DOckey for
Laird. The discussion is looked for as
important and as forming precedent
with regard to private actions on the
Alabama claims.
The World says private dispatches
from New Orleans stating that the
blockade runners Peru and Lillian are
engaged in carrying filibusters from
New Orleans to some point contiguous
to the Cuban coast, have landed at the
island of Grand Inoqua in the gulf,
some IL hours by steamer from the
Florida Keys, and the hlibusters have
gone into quarters and are waiting for
reinforcements. The World also incites
that the Arago did sail for Cuba with 42O
men and eX. officers and Gen. Jourdan.
Among the officers were Brig. Gen.
Charles May, Lieut.. McGill, of British
artillery, Lieut.. Edward Berre, French
r. 1. infantry, Capt. l.. G. Bailey, for
merly OF the 9th U. s. cavalry, Lieut..
Thomas FitzRibbons, quartermasterr,
Mai. E. B. Martin, of the 10th Pennsyl-
vania cavalry, Col. Warren, Col. Chas.
Reid. and Col. Chas. Lester. The
World says four other vessels sailed
within three weeks, the first under Col.
johnson, taking 552 men; second un-
der Gen. Spinola, with 800; third with
600, and the fourth under Gen. French,
with $50 men. The World says within
the last 33 days we have positive Intor-
nation that 5000 men have left the
cities of Charleston, Baltimore and New
Orleans, tor a point adjacent to the
Cuban coast, ami for the island itself
$500 have left the city of New York.
and five hundred more are now waiting
TO get off.
The steamship Rising Star is to take
the place of the Arizona, which has re-
turned to port in disabled condition,
the cargo of the Arizona being tranfer-
red to the Rising Star to-day, which ex-
poets to sail tomorrow.
The IeLegrdpHer states by authority
that the reduction on cable dispatches,
for some time under consideration, has
been decided that upon and after June
Ist ten dollars in gold will be charged
for messages not exceeding ten words,
exclusive of address and signature, and
one dollar in gold for each word addi-
tional. A discount of fifty per cent. on
these rates will be made on general and
political news dispatches to the PRESS
but cipher and commercial news dis
patches will be charged full rates.
A convention of the Theta Delta Chi
Association was held at the Astor
House to-day. About one hundred dele
gates and "a large number of visitors
were present. 1t was resolved to re-es-
tablish the Southern Chapter, which
were broken up at the commencement
of the war. The association dined at
the Astor House this evening.
1t is said Marshal Barlow has received
a dispatch from Secretary Fish instruc-
ting him to use every precaut1on to
prevent the departure Of any expedition
TOR C,lho FrOT1 fbio mort