The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1869-07-14
NEWS SUMMARY.
BY TELEGRAPH.


The Woman's Rights Convention Is
in session at Saratoga, New lorA' h''
Anthony is temporary chairman
Satisfactory arrangements tor the
Immediate erection of a bridge over the
Missouri river at Leavenworth nave
been completed.
Several vessels with yellow fever Oh
board have just arrived at lower osy'
New York. They hail from Rio Janelro
and Cuban ports.
party of forty distinguished rail-
road men left Leavenworth on Monday
for the West, by special train on the
Kansas Pacific road.
The Paris crew will row at the Re-
satta az Toronto on the 9Th OF August.
a Montreal and Ottawa and an Ameri-
can crew are also entered.
n Colburn, President of the Toledo
A. Wabash railroad, has been arrested
in New York for violation of an lnJunc'
tion. but was released on bail.
The assets in the New York Sn6- Treas,
ury have just been counted. Inc goi9
coin was counted dollar after dollar anu
the loss weighed. The whole footS up
SlO2,727 ,64S.29.
The Toronto Daily Telegraph says Hon.
Mr.. Rose is about TO retire from the Cab
met. and Sir John A. Mcdonald or Sir
Geo. f. Cartier will succeed HIM as
Finance Minister.
1t is stated an expedition of over 2OO
men with large quantity OF arms ana
ammunition, successfully sailed from
some point on Long Island, yesterday
morning, for Cuba.
A dispatch to the New York Telegram
saws the French cable was successfully
landed Yesterday morning at st. Pierre
and the splice made with the shore ca
BILE connecting with the land offices
there.
The Orangemen celebrated the l2th
by grand gathering at st. CatherlneS'
Forty lodges Joined in the procession:
Hon. j. II. Cameron, Grand Master, and
others delivered addresses. Everything
passed off pleasantly.
sharp riot occurred in the Bowsry,
New York, on Monday evening, be-
tween some Orangemen, who had been
celebrating the battle of Boyne, and
some Catholic spectators. The police
stopped the proceedings. Between
twenty and thirty persons were injured,
none seriously.
The New York State Temperance Con.
yention met at Saratoga yesterday, and
passed resolutions urging the temper
ance men to vote for none but temper
ance men for office; and that they
should demand of the next Legislature
law allowing the majority OF voters
in any city or town to prohibit the sale
of intoxicating liquors.
John Reach, in the eNploy of Mr..
Harrington, shoemaker, on Staten ISL
and, while in freuzy of drunkenness,
entered the chamber of Emma, beautl-
ul daughter ofMr. Harrington, aged 10
wears, and cut her throat from ear to
ear, causing her death in a few mo-
ments. He the fled to the shop, where
he cut his own throat, expiring lmmedl-
stely.
An unseemly contention like that
which occurred at Montreal took place
Yesterday, between the different ma
tional societies at Quebec. In the pre-
sentation of addresses to the Governor
General, the President of the st. Jean
Society claimed precedence. Others
objected, but offered to draw lots. This
was refused, and the Governor, hearing
of the dispute, refused to receive any OF
them..
Two or three deserters from the couii
maud of Colonels Ryan and Courier, en-.
cauiped on GaTdner's Island, have be-
come discOntented aud returned to New
York They say that they have been
generally enjoying themselves on Gard.
ner's Island, but that an i'll feeling has
been engendered between Col. Courier
aud portion of the recruits from Nlr-
gnia, owing to the colonels' political
sentiments. Ryan and Courier secreted
themselves at night aud placed guards
around the island to warn them of the
approach of suspicious vessels.
4 Baltimore dispatch of yesterday
says: There was u general rehearsal
this morning ut the Maryland Institute
by all the societies, preparatory to
concert tonight at the same place.
over seven thousand persons were en-
gagged in singing tonight. After the
conclusion OF the prize singing last
night u number of entertainments aud
city, in honor of the visiting societies.
Thes Germanie Mannerohor Of Balti-
more gave banquet at Raen's Hall, at
which the societies from Richmond,
Columbus, New York and Cincinnati
were present. The judges of the prize
singing last night, appointed by the
Executive committee of the Sanger
bund, wefs: Professors II. Ensehow,
Tilmau, Szewelenqui, Rosewald and
Mueller Thew decision and award is
not yet made public.
Koopmsu Shoop, from San Francisco;
arrived Mt st. Louis yesterday morning
and left inahe afternoon TO attend the
special convention at Memphis. Mr.. h
is Hollander by birth but he is an old
resident of California, where he has
performed an important part IN that
State during the last ten years, IN the
importation of Coolie laborers from
Asia TO the Pacific coast. In that time he
has bought over $4,000 Chinameu, who
have settled in different portions of
California He also supplied about ten
thousand Coolies TO the Central Pa
ciGc railroad company. He says that
Cinnamon who are now on the Pacific
coast are receiving as much or more In
the way of monthly wages as they can
hope TO get in the Southern States, and
that the demand which the Memphis
Convent on is about to inaugurate must
be met by new importations of coolies
direct from their Asiatic homes. III the
wages fixed upon at Memphis be salts
factory, he will engage to enter at once
ana largely into the business of bring
.HS them across the Pacific Ocean and
'"'nce direct to Southern lands.
U'Vernor elect Walker, of Virginia,
p pAs had lengthy interview with the
' 'es'usuI' during which the President
i, eSSou himself satisfied with the re.
suIt OF the election in that State and