The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1870-03-02
News, Of tie Day r!T.'

. The Public Debt Statement, isstlM yes.
tCrlay, shows reduction during Februla-
ry of $6,484S11.75. The decrease since
March 1st, 1860, Is $97, 7,134,7S9.S4. The
coin in tie treasury Is 500, ,4OO, ,7SO'07i
currency $10, $50 y2S5.B8. ,.r All. ID.
The latest foreign mail brings details Of
the opening Of tho ftlmous Morlaunt di.
vbrcc case, in'whiCh the Prince Of Wales
Eappeared on the stand. Witnesses were
quite emphatic as to tho insanity Of the
defendant, and some Of the most cxtraor.
dinary evidence over given in q court room
was Gliclted on the occasion. irh
Orders hive been given TO rcinstate hall
Of tic discharged workmen ut the Char.
lesion Navy, Yard Mass They resumed
work Tuesday. laa, .,atl b.. ,,g,,aH Il
Tho Northern Railroad Elevator at 70.
ronto, containing I25, 900 bushels ofgrain
md 5000 barrels bf flour, was destroyed
by fire Tuesday morning. Loss estimated
al. .$25O0OO. .53.j
Last Thursday Il small party Of intoxi.
Gated Kaw Indians came to q rancho
twenty miles from Helena, Montana, md,
their demands for whisky being denied
destroyed most Of. the furniture about the
promises and Left. The three white men
bRrricadcd against the Indians, who re-
turned In d short time, but, unable TO en-
ter the house, stole fifteen head Of horses.
The whites recapturcd the horses the next
day. The Indians threaten further yio;
lGnCe. Z
The Bank Of Holland has reduced the
minimum rate Of diScodHtI to per cent,
Tic opinion Is general that other CONT!
mental banks will follow the example.
It is rcportellsthat,Js Med DeerY, Brown,
Secretary Of the Chinese Embassy ut St.
Petersburg, will be appointed to thcplaCc
made JVNCaDt by the death Of Anson Bur
IingaTne.i ~ u bf't tkti ~
7 The German colony that left Chicago IL
short time since under charge Of Col.
Walstcn, started from theend OftlIc Kansas
Pacific Railroad yesterday, Tor their llcsti-
nation atJXetp9Qi 9Qitaip rEsllgy,l eooEado.
Incenliaries made another attempt to
burn the Courier printing office Mt Madi-
son, Indiana, Monday night, and the Low
or Seminary. Tho fires in both places
were cxtinguisllGd without much damage.
For the first timS since 1850 thehpdltCC
permitted the wearing Of masks in the
streets Of Rome during tho carnival yes.
terday. No disturbances occurred. The
weather Is unElvorablc and tkere Ia little
animation in festivities.
President Grant, Secretaries Fish and
Boutwell,, and several Congressman yes.
terdAy attended the marriage Of Winfield
Scott Smith, n prominent newspaper CDR
respondent, with Miss Dupont, Of Wash:
ington. u.,.r. ,.,..
The Navy Department has nothing by
which 10 relieve or allHy the terrible suS.
pensc Of those most interested in the par.
ticularsyOr the disasteF. + A letter was re-
cCiycd here by Collector T'ullOck from Ills
soli,S Paymastcr TGlloek, OF tic Oneida,
dated january 28rtl, In which he mch.
toned that tho Homo Pcnnant had been
hOistcd and ,iilrcwGlls made with their
friends nf the squadron, who were 10 re-
main on the station. Admiral Porter
says the present complement ofthe Oneida
viii not fall much short Of 1850 souls.
Tho carpenters at Albany, yesterday,
struck against u reduction of wages
The Cincinnati and Southern Railroad
bill was defeated in tllc Kentucky Senate
yesterday, bya yotc. .of29 to 49, 'as f il,
A fire at Thornton, Ind, Monday night,
destroyed tho large Touring mill Of Nc.
Kcnzie & Co. u, L0ss 100000. insured for
$4,000, ten thousand Of which Is in tho
underwriters Of Now York. Ia ttH 4
In the PFusslan. IGiclieratt yesterday;
Count Bismark rnadea long speech against
the abolition Of the death penalty. lie
declared the adoption Of such d measure
would be fatal TO the new Code The
RCicheratt, however, voted in favor Of the
abolition, by majority or37. s.,.5.