The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1869-10-02
THE NEWS.

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indicate that an effort will be made to
place ex-senator A. o. P. Nicholson on
the track for Senator, In opposition 10
Johnson, with view 10 carry of any
Democratic strength now used In favor
OF the latter. It Is thought that this
movement is the most damaging to
Johnson's success that eau be made, as
Mr.. NIcholEon's popularity 10 said 10
be very great with the incoming AS
sembly.
President Grant has sent a telegram
to Hon. John Covode, chairman OF the
Pennsylvania State Republican Com
mlttee, notifying him that It will be
impossible for him 10 attend the
Agricultural Fair at Allentown.
The Chairman OF the Executive Com.
mlttee OF the Irish Republican Assocla.
tion, officially contradICts the reported
call Of q meeting Of the Committee In
New York on the SOth Of October.
General Sherman has Issued an order
that all clerks In the War Department,
whose residences are In the States Of
Ohio, Pennsylyanla, Indiana and Iowa,
who desire to 60 home to vote at tho
approaching election, without dIstInc-
ton OF party, should be granted leave
ofabsence for that purpose.
A special dispatch from Nashville,
says that the Legislature, which meets
on Monday, will positively refuse to
ratiiy the Fifteenth Amendment, and
that Andrew johnson Is certain to be
elected to the Senate. This is to be fol.
lowed by q call for a Constitutional
Convention TO enfranchIse every dis
franchised man in the State. ri
Senator Spencer and Colonel John G.,
Stokes, Of Alabama, had a lengthy in-
interview with the President Thursday
afternoon, on the subject Of tho CON-
plete restoration Of law and order In
the South. The result Of the interview
was highly satisfactory and compli-
mentary to the people Of the South and
their intentions. The president hopes
to visit the South this winter.
An Internal revenue assessment Of
$500. 900 (legacy tRx) has been made on
the Corcoran Art Building, In WASH
ington City, valued at a million and
donated to public uses by Mr.. CO. but
Acting Commissioner Douglass has Or
dered that the collection OF the ASSESS
ment be deferred until Congress as.
semples, when the assessment will pro.
badly be remItted. The city exempts
tho institution from taxation.
1t Is reported that Governor Ashley,
ofMontana, Is not as Radlcsl his he was
that In fact he has been saying this ls
"a white mans Government.'
Ex-Governor Lowe accepts the mis-
sion to China.
The National Bank OF Norwich. Con>
nectlcut, was entered by burglars
Thursday night and $4,000 stolen. The
loss to private individuals Is immense,
but the amount is not known. q
A commission Of fifteen deputies to
the Cortes has been charged with the
duty Of reporting on tho various can
didates for the throne Of Spain.
AT the Indianapolis Fair, Thursday,
the attendance was the largest ever
known-over 1000 gate tickets being
sold. The Telegraph reports dread.
ful casualty there, yesterday, 1t being
the explostlon Of a boiler on lhe ground,
whereby many were killed and very
large number injured.
The news from New York, Indicates
continued improvement in the general
feeling. The public funds have risen
frem two to three per cent. above the
lowest point and other stocks, and
have recovered good deal OF their late
depressions.
The published report that the delega-
ton Of iron and steel manufacturers
now In Washington, representing the
iron men Of Pennsylvania, New York
and New Jersey, went there for the
purpose, OF obtaining recommends datlons
from the Secretary Of the Treasury for
q revision Of the tariff on the manuiac-
ture Of iron, Is denied. These men do
not desire an increase OF tariff, nor
any evasion thereof. They have been
asking an increase for several years
but they are now convinced that II the
present tariff IL collected, It will be
quite Sutilclent Tor their protection,
They complain OF the frauds which
have been practlced by importers In
the matters of differentiation. This Is
done by placing less value on the ar
ticles imported than they were worth,
and thus defrauding the Customs, and
lpjuring the home producers. A dele.
CATION Of importers will be there In q
day or two, In opposition to the interest
represented BY the gentlemen already
there. They claim that 1t Is a mere
matter OF the Interpretation OF the law.
The Cuban legation in Washington
are In ecstasies at the confirmation OF
the news that the Hornet has got 10 sea
as a Cuban privaIeer, and they predict
all kinds Of important results from her
cruise. The case OF the Hornet has
received the attention OF our authors
ties. II she is on the high seas under
the Cuban flag, che will be regarded as
a pirate, and II she comes into our
harbors will be doubtless seized. The
Treasury department has given orders
to refuse her supplies. The Spaniards
claim that II she is out she is an Amerl.
can pirate, but when she was seized at
Philadelphia at the request OF the
Spanish Consul, he would furnish no
evidence whatever that justified her
detention, and she was allowed TO sail
for Halifax with regular clearance
papers. There she was thoroughly ex-
amined by the British authorities, and
no evidence being found against her,
she sailed with regular papers.
The flrst cargo OF the new crop OF tea
from China arrived In London yester-
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