The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1870-08-16
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Gold closed in New York yesteria
at III. -."l-
Governor Seward left Chicago for Sar
Francisco and China yesterday morning
General Spinner has so far recovere,
that he was attending 10 business YES
terday.
John Heisei was found drowned il
Mill Creek, at Cincinnati, Ohio, yester
day morning,
There seems no doubt that under thu
act oflS66 Admiral Porter will succeed
Farragut as Admiral.
Hon. W. c. Gooloe, late Judge al
Lexington, KY, died Sunday al home
OF softening OF the brain.
Hon. Lewis +. Wigiall, of Texas,
fornerly U. s. Senator and afterwards
Confederate Senator from that State
sailed for Europe on Saturday in the
steamship England.
President Grant, Vice President Col
lax, Governor Palmer, General Logan
= and party of friends visited the Elgin
watch factory yesterday, going in an
elegant train rendered by the Pullman
car company. President Grant leit
Chicago Yesterday afternoon at o clock
Tor the East via Cleveland.
Contracts for building four revenue
steamers have heen awarded As follows
An iron propeller Of $50 tuns, Pusey,
Jones n Co, Wilmington, Delaware,
for $1,000; two iron propelers, each
80 tuns, David Bill, Buffalo, for So
uuO each one iron side-wheel steamer,
80 tuns, Dialogue X Wool, Camden,
New Jersey, for $4,000,
At Portsmouth, New Hampshire,
the flags at the navy yard and all over
the city were at half-mast yesterday
The Masonic fraternity, of which Adj
miral Farragut was member, has been
invited to attend his funeral The Odd
Fellows have also been invited The
body is being embalmed. All business
will be suspended there Wednesday.
The New York Trij,mc SAYS that
President Payne, Of the Liberian Re
public in Africa, and his private Secre-
Iarv, who arrived by the steamer Pal
lnyria, applied for admission at several
we'll known hotels in New York city,
but were not permitted TO enter on ac-
count OF their color, and were conveyed
"a Il coach To the Office Of their agent in
Wall street who succeeded in having
them cared for in private house.
An Havana correspondent writes that
a rumor was in circulation there last
week that an expedition from the United
States, commanded 10y Venezuelan Aris-
emendi and Francisco Die, formerly a
broker of Havana, had landed west OF
Neuyitas. The cholera, which has been
devastating the Spanish ranks, has
passed over the insurgent camp.
Among the recent victims was Don Ma
riano ,Ieminese, Lieut. Governor Of the
Trinidad District -.l
The National Labor Congress con
yrred at Arbeiter Hall, Cincinnati,
Yesterday morning, and was called 10
order by Mr. Trevellick, President Of
the National Union. \ committee on
Credentials was appointed, consisting
OF William j. Jessup, New York;
Charles McLain, Boston; Larkin Nc
Hugh. Cincinnati; Mr.. Cogswell, Hi
mois, and Amos Sanford, Kansas.
Little was done in the morning, besides
Il call OF the list OF delegates.
A general order from the Navy De
parument provides that on the day oithe
funeral OF Admiral Farragut the ma
1iomal flag be displayed at ali navy yards
aud stations, and on hoard all ships OF
the United States now in commission,
and that seventeen minute guns be fired
at noon from each navy yard. The
commandant OF the navy yard at Ports
mouth will furnish proper escort and
rav the honors due the deceased All
The officers of the marine corps will
wear Grape on the left arm for thirty
DAYS.
The American Normal School AssO-
citation commenced its sixth annual
meeting at Cleveland yesterday morn
ing. After the usual preliminarieS,
Prof William F. Phelps, Principal
OF the State Normal School, Winona,
MINI, read az essay of the course of
study for normal schools. This essay
was the report of the committee ap.
pointed for the purpose at the last
meeting. After the reading Of the re-
port a discussion on il ensued. The
morning session was largely attended,
about Two hundred members of the
Association being present. In the after,
noon the discussion Of the report was
continued. In the evening Hon. j. L,
Pickarl, Superintendent OF the Chicago
Schools. delivered an address on The
human hody-a study for teachers