The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1870-02-26
NEW YORK CRY.
NR,w, ;YonlK. Feb.. @,

The Supreme Court Of Philadelphia,
Chief Justice Thompson presiding, yester-
day, rendered II decision in fhvor Of tho
proposed lease Of the Atlantic, d Great
Western Railroad to tho Eric Company,
which percniptorily dismissed tho. bill Of
exceptions, that hGd been filed by tho first
mortgage bondhOldes, and other oppos-
ing parties. The parties opposed to tho
lease being ordered to pay tho costs. The
lease was exempted accordingly, and the
Eric Company Is now IN. possession ! 6f tho
line from Salamanca to Cleveland and
through to Cincinnati!
The Tammany Theatre collapsed yes.
terday, the managers arc ont Of town, the
company are unpaid, and tho doors arc
closed. This makes the third flAscoin the
amusement business this week. su.l
OrdOrs laye been received from the
Minister Of Marine requiring the return
10 tile peninsula Of tho Spanish men-Ot-
war VictOrie Le Altad, Naya Dcltolisa,
Cindalli, Cadiz, San Quintin, Vasso,
Nunez dc Balboa and the UllaO. They are
to return in February, as the Delamater
Vunboats render the presence Of those
large vessels unnecessary in waters Of the
Island Of Cuba. The Spanish mAn-ot-
war .KalatOpa was takGn into the Brook
lyn Navy Yard yesterday. - : -
Il Is sid that the officers Of the Brook
lyn Navy Yard have invited Capt. Com
lnerell. and the 'ofilGers Of Her Brittanic
Majcsty's steamer Monarch to a grand
ball and supper, to be given within the
precincts Of the Brooklyn Navy Yard,
md TINT Capt ComnlGrcll and his officers
have accepted. ts
The gunbOat Yantin lclt the Navy Yard
Yesterday to take III her powder at the
Battery. to go from thence to the West
Indies on an expedition to take soundings
between the different islands for the pur'
pose of laying cable. I
The Alumni Association OfrDickinson
College held their. first reunion in this
city Gt tue AstOr House last evening. Pho
committee OF reception OF Hon. Wm. II.
Seward arc to meet that gentleman at tho
Astor tbs evening at six o'clock, and learn
his wishes rs To the time when tho pro-
posed banquet shall take place.
Jay Gould, VIM. II. Vanderbilt, Horace
F, CLARK and others were before the Leg
islativo Railroad Committee yesterday, TO
givo testimony inrolatiOMltO the sleeping
and drawing room cur business. Wander
bilt testified that he ,had no interest in
these cars; that no efforts were made by
the railroad company to induce pasSen:
gers 10 ridciJin thNnS that he regarded
tlieiin ~ ain Injury 10 The road on account
Of their great weight In proportion to the
number Eof passengers they Carried, Nbtt
that they were compelled 10 permit them
OH the Central and Hudson River roads in
order to compete with the Pennsylvania
Central and other roads. Jay Gould tes.
tilted that the palace cars on the Erie
road wGro runby an independent cOmpa-
nv, llaying no connection with the Eric
railroad company and Whose President he
did not even know by name.
Assistant Treasurer Folger, OF New
York, wrote to member of the House
Committee on Appropriation, saying that
the. Legislative bill OnlY appropriated
100000 for tho n6xt fiscal year, for clerks,
nortes, detectives, &C., fol, his Office, and
that $l59N00 were needed to keep the
office going with its present force. II the
necessary appropriation ii not made n
number Of employees in the Sub-Trcasury
will soon be discharged, ~
II Is stated that tho Eric Railroad Com.
pany has offered 100000 for the ground
On Which the Protestant Episcopal Theo-
logical Seminary stands, on 9th Avenue,
with view to erect u monster railroad
depot on the property. The Eric cars II
il stated also, arc intended to cross the
river iIom jersey by running under the
bed Of the river In q gigantic tunnel.
Tho Captain Of the CunOrder Calabrte,
expresses his opinion that there Is no Oc.
casion for alarm relative TO the city Of
Boston. The CalabriC and other vessels
lately arriving, report continuous eastcrly
winds, against which disabled steamer
can make hut small hca1wHy. %,
One OfOur Fire Insurance. Companies
has resolved on the payment of mortgages
and Indebtedness made To them previous
TO 1869, 10 receive only tho currency Of
the country, and not todemand or receive
gold. This subject Is to bo discussed at
the general meeting Of all the companies
next Monday. d. ,'.! ~
The National Tobacco Association To-
div, adopteda resolution cOndemning in
many respects the internal revenue laws
on tobacco, cigarS and snutT, and mcmor'
alIzing Congress to restore the old duty
on imported cigars, viz: - per- pound,
and so per cent advalOrcm.