The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1869-10-08
THE NEWS.


A new impetus seems seems 10 have
been given TO the story that Don Cam
eron Is 10 be called 10 the head Of the
War Department, by q report tele
graphed from Harrisburg that General
Porter, the Presidents private secre'
tary, had been there that morning, and
had a long interview with Mr.. o. Nc
intImatlon on the subject comes from
the Executive Mansion, and the I'm.
preston still prevails at Washington
that there will be no appointment to
tho place until after tho meeting oi
Congress.
The novel question whether sweet
potatoes are fruit or grain came up In
the Internal Revenue Office Wedues.
day. The question came up from Vir.
ginla, where these potatoes are being
used 10 manufacture whisky. II they
were regarded as fruit, the product ol
distillatIon by small factors would be
exempt II held to be grain, the full
tax would be due. The Commissioner
decided that, for purposes Of dIstIlla-
tlon, this vegetable was grain.
The Supreme Court had a session
for the first time Wednesday. Justice
Grler declares that h Q has no Intention
whatever Of reslgnlng.
John TussIng, aged los, died at War
saw, Indiana, Tuesday evening, OF old
age. He had personal acquaintance
with George Washington, for whom he
cast his first vote, and he voted at
every following Presidential election
down 10 Grants, In whose favor he cast
his last vote. He was born In l7Gl, In
Rockingham county, Virginia.
A Washington paper says Secretary
Fish has received dispatch from Eng.
land and France informing him that
Instructions have been given TO the
English and French Squadrons to sink
the Hornet and hang her crew rs pl.
rates; but as foreign governments are
not In tho habit OF communicating oil.
oial dispatches TO our Secretary OF
State, the paragraph In question proves
TO be u canard. Such is Secretary Fish's
answer to an inquiry as 10 lts truth.
Reporte from Nashville continue 10
strengthen tho probability that a party
by the name Of johnson will be elected
U.S.. Senator.
Mr.. Frederick Dent, the father Of
Mrs. Grant, celebrated his S4th birthday
Tuesday by dinner party at the Ex.
ecutive Mansion.
Contrary to previous statements, the
Cuban pirate Hornet has not been re.
leased by the authorities at Whining
ton, but she Is detained, and the right
to detain her is being Investigated by
the courts. Tho State Department has
nothing to do In conducting the trial.
Upon the representation OF the Spanish
Minister here to Ministers Of foreign
Governments, that this vessel had SAIL
ed fully armed and manned under
Cuban colors, instructions were for
warded to foreign squadrons about
Halifax and in Cuban waters to treat
the Hornet as pirate, and use all
means 10 capture her. 1t now appears
that although the Spanish authorities,
when they entered complaints against
the Hornet at Philadelphia, could pro-
duce no evidence to substantiate the
charges they made rs 10 her character
that nigh officers in our navy were fully
aware Of the plans OF those in COm-
mand, and acquainted with the chief
officers who had been agreed upon for
the expedition.
The tunnel disaster at Minneapolis, =,
Minnesota, will prove to be OF a very
serious character. A mass Of the river
bank, two hundred feet long by twenty
wide, has caved In, through which
water runs into the tunnel at a fearful
rate. Az the under stratum Ia soft
sandstone, easily washed, serious ap-
preheuslons are felt. The volume OF
water rushing Into the cavity OF the
whirlpool and thence into the tunnel,
has been checked by masses OF trees
and sand bags, No damage TO the
mills reported as yet. Huge bonhres
light the men at work. Al last accounts
the piers Of the new Golfer dam, to en-.
close the hole, were nearly completed.
The people have been excluded from
the island, and the work goes bravely
on. The hole Is alxty feet long and
twenty broad-depth not known. It is
full OF trees, sand sand bags, otc.
Two cases OF breaking into show
windows occurred about one o'clock
yesterday morning In Cincinnati, ono
on Main and ono on Fourth street.
One thief got no goods. The other OBJ.
tained several pieces Of valuable cloth
from the show window OF BorwIse d
King, on Main street, which the police
captured with the thief, whose name Ia
John Harris.
The Bullion In the Bank OF France
decreased during last week $500, 900
francs.
A letter from Calais, Me-, says the
damage 10 vessels and buildings there
Is very great. EasIport Is reported
nearly demolished. .g...
Mosby the guerrilla has challen gel
Col. Boyd, Sheriff Of Fauquier county,
Virginia, and formerly q United States
army officer, on account Of an attack
by the latter, recently made on him.
The Steamships Lafayette, Bellona,
Manhattan and England from Europe,
arrived at New York, yesterday.
The breaks on the Erie and Hudson
River Railways have been repaired,
and trains are running regularly.
Dougherty and Mara, charged with
the attempted assassination OF officer
Brooks, have been taken from New
York to Philadelphia, Judge Mcounn
having discharged the writ OF habeas
corpus In the case.
The Union Pacific Railroad COM