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The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1870-11-07


The Reported AttcIupt,t 0. ASsRSSinate
Col. SwNnn--AaCnrtl from Him on
the Subject. 5its 5H
From The RuR0irhd journal.
To correct lllse statements nlaliciously
put in circulation, We present letter from
Col. T. b. Swami, giving the lNcts in tue
recent attempt tn nssasSlnatG HIM AS
CuARLESrOS, UCtoler2s, 1870. !.
Eos. JouRNAL,-On the night of lie
95th instant, was sitting with Mi j, Il.
EcnnN, NJ " window in tho library Of my
house, below stairs and fronting tho street.
The window was up hut tho blinds were
closed. Tho house iS-sOMe fifteen feet
from the sidewalk Aud S0nie thirty feet
from the middle OF the street, which was
lately pavC,l by n coating u sand thrown
over the rocks. The house is ono hundred
feet from any other house, and One.llalf
milo from business circles. We were en-.
gagged In preparing bill Of Review.
We SIT close To the window. Mr.. Ken.
M was writing, and the lamp llad been
placed on the window sill. Just before
eight o'clock | heard tho rapid shutlllng
OF feet, nv OF more than bnc person, in the
middle al tho street, and Immediately n
hall struck near my head II was Il pls-
tOl ball, ami must hive been fired Clnso
by. Tie lamilynp stairs was so alarmed
tllat nothing mUrc was heard b. me. Il
WIS very dark. The next dag The bullet
mark Wpnn the brick wall, some four
inches from tho window facing and two,
Tea abOve the window sill, where ] sat 81
tho tlse Of the firing, was shown 10 nIes
The bali glanced upward and passed
through tho 'vln,lnw OF the room immG.
diatcly above thslibrary, and through the
curtains, and was Iallnd the next tlay on
the upper door, bya laGy who occupied
tho room, but who was OUT al the time Of
the firing, The ball fitted, When, placed
in tue hole inthe brick wall B6lIy stairs,
Tie fIInily up stairs recognized two re-
ports Of firing. Only one ball has bes,l
found This answers your questions us
fully us can do SO,
Yours, truly, I. B. SWAMI.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1870-11-07

John ROeIner Il Go.
COMPETITIONNOT TOBEFOUND.
WE HAVE JUST RECEIVED.

Pieces Heavy Black GFO Drain six At tsS
7 iicecu Hack sIlk q 30, ttSO, SaD
70 Patterns Irish POplna 81 Is.
10 riuCra ValOuF P0Dln1 81 .
20 Picecn MON Hack M0haiT G.uaHFA ~ cts
80 Pieces FRGnch MeFlnO 40 cts.
An EndlcsH Stock Of Plaid 81 70, 81, 50, ", 20,
81 NJ. 81 60 8p
10 Pieces Waterproof at q co.
All kinds ni Domestic Goods sold II Now York
Wholesale rFlree 80 take notice.
! yard Wide BlCaGh6d Muslin 10 eBnlB f
yard IlFQyp huAlu 10 CantA, n in @34
Glngh1nA lath1 II eeHtG 9It t@9 t8s
LAliC0eRG ., "a 10 and II cent?. ~ q -
All beat mBkcs AUTrlmnck, CoChCeO and
Spngues l9k cents.
We have the Agency fut the celebrated 0Aui'
polls Jcans.
Fiannrls Of al kinds al 20, q. 80 and S7H cts.
ShAWlGOf every make; and EylOA GOrn N Ct"
BORliVaFd Skirts 81 Is 10 $500
BalmOnl Skirts 76 cents
Sl per cent thAthAs played out. rlfsIgI,
W0prOp0ae 10 keep an itlraolIS6 OslG liIshnOnt,
and not mere repOsilnSy shop for old unsaleAblr
aud Questionable goods, but comprises an I'm
limited stock Of tho most beautiful, dcSlTAllA
aud recherche article 10 bS found In tho manu-
factories Of
LONDON, PARIS. VIENA, MERLIN.
And other great part, Of Ruropo, IS we'll IS the
choicest specimens OH American Skill. InduRtTy
and Taste, which have come N The hands Of aFHl
class houses.
SO give NJ . eau II Jon want to ssa a large
stock Of Dry Goods u prices that can't MIMI.
and don't forget Tho AaGle. .,i%er,sN
E+5' JOHN HoENER tl:CO.,' =
NO.3I 4 81 Main Strelt, d =,
OctiT fisttGais - Below Stone Ddafb'
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THE LATEsT ANp CHOICEST,

7 Vie --LATEST AMI CtIO4GEAl M.
SRA MOSS FARINE-sald d very Ane for
Desserts and an elegant aud dainty
dish for tho sick.
COX'S SPARKLING GELATlNE-An old a.
VoFiie With tho ladies' for lplIlpS--
bright, clear and hcantiidl.
SHERRY WINRs-JHSt the arllCle
to use with Co.'s GUlAtinE-uf rich
and luscious flavor.
BAKERS COCOA-WRFFahlcd Pure, delicious
and nutritious beverage.
HECHER'S RARlNA--P PREPARED especially for
invalIhs and children. III,
ASGUSTURA RITTERS-'ThC gcnllns article
E4uI for indies and children In feeble
health.
WINE OF PRl'SIN-''rhG most perfect remedy
q. for indigestion and dyspepsia, .
CORN STA llCll --For PuddlnGR and CnstaFds
splGNdld dessert, either alone or
With Berries. lt fnt l
Al LAtCjfItjEN, SMITH s Co,
luulI Wholesale Druggists. Main St
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RICH TIMES IN NORTH CAROLINA.
Bonds, Cnrpet-BuRRerH, and Natives-The |
LeRtnlaInre intervene.

BOndS Ir,sI%sn %nd
WILMINGTON, N. c., March 12.-Before the
war there were n large number of men In this
State who were Old-line Wings. Among them
was q speculator in merchandise named George
Washington Swepson. After the war was
up, 'in the course of human events" Swepson
gained notoriety as q lobbyist. He cultivated
the friendship of man named Littlefeld, who
had come from Philadelphia, and whose ances-
tors were among those of the Pilgrims ances-
tors who came from New England TO the Quaker
metropolis. Littlefed had known w. w. Holden
when he was in mediocre circumstances, and
when Holden was the sole editor of the Raleigh
Standard, radical Republican paper published
in North Carolina. When Holden became Gov
enor he ostensiby sold out to Littlefed. Hol-
den, who controlled the State Legislature, Sc
cured the State printing for Ltttleaeld, and
Holden went ''snacks" on the profits of the
State printing, which was an agreeable proceed
ing for them. Swepson and Littleheld en-
braced, and then they took in w. j. Hawkins.
The trio formed ring. Sixteen million dollars
in bonds were issued for proposed railroad en-
terprise. The ring got control of the DISPOSE
tion of these bonds. Only 81 800 900 of the
bonds has been accounted for satisfactorily
Swepson has fled the State. The State Legisa-
ture has issued the following
The General Assembly of North Carolina do
enact, That all acts framed at the last session
of the Legislature making appropriations to
railroad companies be and the same are hereby
repealed. That all bonds of the State which
have been issued under the said acts now in the
hands of any president or other officers of the
corporations be Immediately returned to the
Treasurer
That the moneys in the State Treasury which
were levied and collected under the provisions
of the acts mentioned in section one of this act
are hereby appropriated to the use of the State
Government and shall be credited to the coun-
ties of the State upon the tax TO be assessed for
the year 1870, in proportion to the amount col
lected from them respectively.
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BRIGHAM YOUNG'S MINES.
The Forbidden Wealth of Utah.


Salt Lake City letter contains the following
An argument of the Mormons and the one on
which they lay the greatest stress, is that they
found this country wilderness; they have irri-
gated and otherwise improved it, and now it is
a garden, etc, etc. Now compare the progress
of the Territory of Utah with that of any of the
Western States or Territories settled since
nearly all of which have had similar average
population. Regard the opportunities afforded
for coming money given by the repeated floods
of emigration to the West through this Terri
tory; the facilities enjoyed and improved for
pickiHgs by Johnson's army of occupation in
1858, and then consider the fact that Utah is to-
day the richest mineral district in the United
States.
The president has for years discountenanced
not only mining but prospecting through his
domains. Up to last June the few who went
out on such errands did not return and have
not since been heard from, or have been warned
Off which means great deal here. Since that
time placer digging has been going on at Bing-
hams canon, some twenty miles from here and
Notwithstanding the lack of water, over $3.50 600
in gold dust have been bought by the two bank
ing houses here, and it is estimated that three
times that amount has been sent to San Fran
cisco for assay and coinage.
The silver mines of Cottonwood and other
canons are now attracting the most attention
One firm has shipped three hundred car loads of
ore to San Francisco in the past four months,
some of 1t bringing $3.50 ton in silver, aside
from forty per cent. of lead, which covers the
freight and other expenses, but the average
yield has been about $50 ton.
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Philadelphia Trade Report.

THURSDAY, March 17.-The Flour market continues
to be characterized by extreme dullness, and for
common grades particularly, and prices are droop-
ing. There is little or shipping demand, and the
home trade only operate from hand to mouth. About
500 bushels changed hands, including superhDe at
s4'25@4o0 % barrel; extras s4'62K9475; North
western extra family at s59575; Pennsylvania do.
do. at s5@562; Indiana and Ohio do. do. at $3.50
5'65; and fancy lots at higher figure. Rye Flour
sells slowly at s462H. Prices Of Corn Meal are
nominal.
The offerings Of Wheat, although small are in
excess of the demand, and prices are weak. Sales
OF 1900 bushels Pennsylvania red at S123@1 25, and
white at 81 40. Rye commands 95@97c. Corn is in
fair request and 1000 bushels yellow sold at 90c IN
store, and some white at 93c. Oats move slowly;
sales Of 5000 bushels at 55c for Pennsylvania and So
@53c. for Chicago No. 2 No sales Of Barley or
Malt.
There is a fair demand for Cloverseed, and 15O
bushels sold at SS@Sl2H. In Timothy and FlaXseed
no change; some sales Of the former at S5
Whisky-There ID not much demand; small sales
OF wood-bound packages at 81, and iron-bound
at 81 '01.
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This Mornings Quotation,
FROM NEW FORK.

Detention OF Mnils-The temperance Con-
ven,iOn.
ALBANY, March 1.-THE Western mails are
all behind time this morning. owing to the
distractions caused by the snow.
The State Temperance Association adopted
platform embodying their principles, and de-
claring that they would seek the nomination for
political positions of those only who will en-
dorse their principles, and will vote for no
others. They also adopted resolutions calling
on the Legislature to repeal all license laws to
sell liquors, and to pass law allowing the peo-
pie in county, town, or city to decide by ma
jority on the license question; also, against the
encouraging of sectarian schools by appro-
priating the peoples money to their support;
also, recommending the organization of tempe
rance voters in every school district; prevailing
on each voter to sign pledge that he will vote
only for prohibtory men.
The storm In New Yorik-Trains Delayed.
BINGHAMPToN, March 1.-THE snow in this
section of the State is the heaviest of the season.
Five trains on the Erie Railroad are here and
cannot proceed westward. The passengers are
from New York. The Syracuse and Binghamp-
ton road is impossible at present, but trains will
be started this evening or tomorrow morning.
Trains of the Delaware, Lackawanna, and
Western road were behind yesterday, but will
pe on tlme thls aIterhoon. Inc same Is reported
of the Susquehanna and Albany trains.
New York Money and stock Markets.
NEW YORK, March 1T.-Stocks weak Money
easy at per cent Gold, 112A. Flve-twentles,
1867, coupon, no; do; 1854; do., lO9; do. 1868,
do. 1866, 1O9 1O4Os, 1867; Virginia S. new
20; Missouri 6s, 91%; Canton Company, 6OK Cum
berland preferred, 27; Consolidated New York Gen.
tral and Hudson River, 97% Erie, 252S Reading, s69
Adams Express 61A Michigan Central, 49,;
Michigan Southern, S6h; Illinois Central l4O |;
Island, 11s& Pittsburg and Fort Wayne 1885 West
ern Union Telegraph 32A.
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LIVELY MILL.
How n Female Book Agent Fought.


The Chillicothe (Ohio) Tribune, of q recent
date. says:-"An interesting scene occurred at
the Browning House on Wednesday morning,
which drew together a considerable concourse
of witnesses. 1t was nothing less than the
spectacle of a woman cowhiding two men. 1t
seems tLat Mrs. Gray, an agent engaged in SELL
ing Mark Twains book, The Innocents Abroad
has been stopping at the Browning House for
some time. For some reason or other, the pro-
prietor notified her. few days since, to leave
the premises as he would not board her there
any longer She accordingly left, but returned
on Monday morning to pay her bill and take
and, in the course of conversation with the pro-
prietor, took offense at something he said to her
and struck him several times with her weapon.
He bore the strokes with considerable forti-
tude for while; but finally, getting tired
of them, he struck hersin the face, and at the
suggestion of the clerk pushed her down the
hall stairs. Arriving at the front door in this
hasty and summary manner, she got her eye on
the clerk, who was about mounting to go to the
cars, when she went for him with renewed
vigor. Selling him by the coat-tail as he was
climbing TO the drivers seat, she pulled him
back and lashed him furiously over the face.
For time he attempted to evade the blows
then he undertook to rush up to her, in the
hand; but she piled the weapon so vigorously as
to keep him at bay. At length, however he
succeeded in approaching her. threw her down
on the pavement, and gave her a few kicks by
way of emphasizing his earnestness. He then
retired from the field. The woman gathered
herself up from the ground. put her cowhide
under her arm, and coolly walked off down the
street. The parties were Immediately arrested,
taken before the City Recorder, and fined.
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THE EOUINOCTIAL GALE.

Cellars Filled with Water and Houses Blown
Down-The Tracks of the Long Island and
Flushing Railroads Washed Away.
The storm of wind and rain of yesterday
morning, and which may be set down as the
second of the series of equinoctal storms, did
much damage. The wind blew gale from the
east and the rain fell in torrents, flooding the
Streets washing away the snow, and overtlood-
ing the sidewalks, in many instances doing
much mischief along the docks and in the lower
part of the town. The tide in the North and
East rivers and in the Bay was very high, aud
along Greenwich and South streets the cellars
were nearly all filed with water
Early in the morning the gable wall OF the
three-story brick building on the northwest
corner of Thirty-frst street and Fourth avenue
was blown down by violent gust. The house
was occupied by two families but no one was
injured.
THE EFFECT IN BROOKLYN.
In Brooklyn the streets were miniature rivers.
The huts at Hamilton avenue point were com
pletely swamped, and the foundations of several
buildings in Fifteenth street and portion of
the sidewalk on Fifth avenue were washed away
by the flood. In the upper districts number
of houses were unroofed.
RAILROADS WASHED AWAY.
In the vicinity of Hunters Point much
damage was done. The track of the Long Island
Railroad at Dutch Hills was washed away, and
the Flushing Railroad was also injured at the
same point about five rods of its embankment
being carried away. The early trains rom
tluSnlnS passed over, out as Lne o 'oU train az
tempted to pass the track gave way. settling
about four feet. The rails being connected held
together, but the cars uncoupled, and the patent
steam-brakes stopped the train almost instantly,
neither the engine nor any of the cars going off
the track. The train arrived safely at Hunter s
Point, and the track was repaired by the middle
of the afternoon.
The low land along the roads was covered with
water, and for time it was thought that New
town bridge would be swept away. The roads
leading to Calvary Cemetery were inundated,
the ferry boats to New York did not run regu-
lary, the passengers had to wade through mud
and slush two and three feet deep who came in
by early trains as far as the break, and, last of
all, hire conveyances at enormous rates to carry
them to Hunters Point.
TROUBLE IN NEW JERSEY.
In New Jersey the storm was equally violent.
The flats were inundated, and the people living
in the shantes located there fled for their lives.
frame building in Jersey City, just finished,
was blown down, and dwellng-house in Grove
street was completely unroofed. Trees came
crushing down in the streets of Bergen and
Hudson City, and for time it seemed as though
many houses would be prostrated, but the fierce
gale abated fortunately, without injury to life
or limb.-N. Y. World to-day.
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farmer, Mr.. Matthias Hummel of Freeburg, was
unhurt, but the other occupant of the vehi lie.
his aged relative, Mrs. Gracer, had both limbs
broken below the knee, and received severe in
ternal injuries besides. She was at once removed
TO proper quarters and surgically attended to-
In the event of her death there will be, of
course, a legal investigation of the circum-
stances attending the accident and 1t may then
be learned who If any one, is to be blamed. 1t
is not an unusual occurrence for trains to cross
Broadway without the ringing of the engine
bell; but persons who were present on this occa-
sion say that in this instance the bell was rung,
and that the watchman, the conductor, and the
brakeman on the train shouted out TO Hummel
and in time, to keep back, but that he paid no
attention to the warning. Apparently he failed
to understand it.
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HEAVY FORGERIES.
Wall Street Frnuds-Baniks Victimized to n
Large AmOunC-How it was Done.

Large AmOunC-HOw it was Done.
Some important forgeries have just been dis
of Wall street. New York. committed, it is said,
by the aid of patent ink erasure by which
figures and words were blotted out land others
substituted in their places the whole being so
neatly and carefully done as to escape detection.
A check drawn by Messrs, Fisk & Hatch on the
Fourth National Bank, for $56, was altered,
after certifcation, to $4,000; another drawn by
Vermilye 81 Co., for $50, ON the Bank of Com
merce, was changed to $4,000.
Another on the St. Nicholas Bank, for $50,
was altered to $4,000, but the attempt at fraud
in this case was discovered in time to prevent
its success. The checks were altered after being
certified and then deposited by the payer with
the National Mechanics Banking Association,
the money against them being subsequently
drawn out by the depositors before the fraud
was discovered. The forgeries were first dis
covered at the Clearing House. and there is
quite a dispute between the banks as to where
the loss shall rest
altered and successfully negotiated, the forger
realizing very large sum, but the officers of
the banks were very unwilling to give informa-
tion, while the firms who gave the checks were
equally reticent and no definite figures could be
arrived at. Mr., Vail, Cashier of the Bank of
Commerce, when asked to give the particular
names OF the parties, amounts, etc., said:-"l
will not; with all due respect to the newspapers,
we can attend to our own business. We do not
wish any Interference" The same spirit pre-
vailed in all the other banks and Offices where
information was applied for in regard to this
matter, although in other places the replies were
made in q more polite and mild form.
it is rumored that the successful forger has
bagged and escaped with over hundred thou
sand dollars, and that the matter is being
hushed up and smoothed over to prevent the
true state of things coming before the public.
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A DESPERATE SUICIDE.

An Insane Man Takes Strychnine and then
Cuts His Throat with n Razor.
The Louisville Journal of the 14th instant
says
Vass, and who says he is from Danville, Va,
arrived in this city and stopped at the boarding
house of William Balmer, on Market street,
between Fifth and Sixth. Saturday night he
talked and acted strangely, but no one paid any
attention to him.
Early yesterday morning, as one of the SER
wants was passing the door of the room occu-
pied by Vass groans were heard. The pro-
prietor proceeded at once to the room, and
found Vass lying upon the bed bleeding pro-
fusely from wound in his throat and groaning
as If in great anguish. He stated to Mr.. Balmer
that he was tired of living and wished to die
and had taken strychnine and then cut his throat
with n razor. DR.. Rogers was Immediately
called in and autidotes administered, and the
wound in his throat, which was about two inches
long and half an inch Deep dressed.
He says that during the war he served in the
Confederate army, and was member of the
18th Virginia, Colonel Robert E. Withers; that
he lost his property and relations during the
war, and that about two years ago his wife died,
since which time his mind has been affected.
Sometimes for days together he is perfectly
rational, but at other times he becomes insane,
and while in this state he is seized with an un-
comfortable desire to take his life. This, he
says, is the third attempt he has made at self
destruction. Two weeks ago, at Bowling Green,
KY, he twice took strychnine, but each time 1t
was discovered in time to save his life. He says
that yesterday mornin , after the poison he had
taken began to take effect, the pain was so in
tolerable and the spasms SO severe that he tried
to cut his throat to put end to his life but the
frequency of the spasm prevented the successful
accomplishment of the deed. When rational he
seems sorry that he attempted to take his life
but says the moment reason begins to totter on
her throne he is unable to resist the desire TO
commit suicide. He says he believes that If he
could get employment, SO that his mind would
be diverted from the sad past, his mind would
recover its balance. From his manner aud con-
yersation 1t is evident that he has seen better
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NOBODY writes with more gushing earnest
ness than M. Victor Hugo Madame Garcia, wife
of DIR. Garcia Minister of the Argentine Con-
federation at Washington, having written book
on the Pampas, sent copy TO NJ. Hugo, who
replied as follows:-
Madame: Your book has captivated me.
i owe II good and charming hours.
You have opened me new and unknown world.
You write an excellent French, and 1t is really
charming to see your American thoughts expressed
in our European language.
In your novel there is both drama and land
scape
The landscape is grandiose, the drama is ex-
ceedingly touching
Il thank you, Madame, and lay at your feet my
homages VICTOR HUGO.
This is all very proper; but if we had writ
ten a book, we should have preferred a criticism
upon it just little less palpitating And, more
| over, we should not care to be called 'charm-
! ing" twice in one short note. We should wish
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FROM THE SOUTH.
Attempt to Destroy n Vessel.

NORFOLK, March 17.-An attempt was made
early this morning. by an incendiary, to destroy
the barque Aphrodite, lying at the dock. Fire
was communicated to the forecastle, but was
extinguished by the watchman before much
damage was done. The barque is loaded with
cotton, but the cargo received no damage.
St Patrick's Day.
The st. Patrick Societies of Norfolk and
Portsmouth paraded the streets in long pro-
cession to-day. The celebration of the day
will close with banquet tonight in Ports
mouth. The weather is clear and pleasant.