The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1870-04-01
NEWS SUMMARY.
RY TELEGRAPH.

Gold closed in New York yesterday
at llli.
Five hundred workmen have been
discharged from the Charlestown, Mass,
navy yard.
WilgSs Brothers store, at lthica, New
York, was robbed Wednesday night OF
5000 worth Of SILKS.
Ths color Sd citizens of New Orleans
fired oae huadred guns over the Fit
tuen'h Amendment proclamation.
The bark Cricket, with cargo Of
5000 bags of coffee from RIO Janelro,
was wrecked off Cape CHARLES. The ecrow
was saved.
A fire broke out at 9 o'clock yesterday
evening in the wholesale dry goods
store OF harrington, Mcmillan q Co.,
DstrOit. IL waS u total loss.
In the Supreme Court yesterday At
torney General Hoar made brief argu'
ment 10 show why The legal tender
decision should be rsopened
A salute of one hundred guns was
fired Yesterday by the colorcd citizens
",
Fifteenth Amendment Proclamation.
The Peabody tomb at Salem, Mass,
was entered by burglars Wednesday
night, who stole the silver plate and
bandl 8 from the caskeJ. Tie theve
were arrested and the plunder recovered.
The Connecticut Republican State
Committee authorizes the statement
that the Presidents Proclamation Is too
| tie for the colored men to comply with
the provisions of the registry law at
the coming election.
The President, with General Sherman,
will attend the funeral of General
Thomas, at Troy, n. Y. Several MEM
be.s of the Cabinet will also attend,
with distinguished officials, including
Senators and members OF Congress.
At one o'clock yesterday mornisg the
fruit packing factory of j. b. Glenn q
Co., Cleveland, was burned. Their loss
is 5000; insured for $4,000 in the Home,
of Albany, and San Francisco. The loss
to the building, owned by 4. d. Stone,
is $4,000; insurance unknown.
A quiet movement is understood to
be in progress at New York and in
Washington, looking to the removal of
Collector Grinnell and the appointment
in his place of ,ex, Senator Thomas e.
Murphy. The moveiheht ~ said toll
have considerable strength md to be
aedeDtly championed by General ButTI
ltr., Marphy has not heretofore been
supposed to be such a specially devoted
friend of General Grants as be has
been Of E. D. Morgan.
Advices from Connecticut show that
about 100 colOred men have made ap- |
plication fer registration, and accord |
ing to the laws of the State the Boards |
Of Registration can decide on their
claims on the morning of the election,
so that the announcement Of the adop. |
tion of the Fifteenth amendment on
Wednesday will secure the right to vote
to at least One-half Of the above number
of colored men. Both Senator'S Ferry |
and Buckingham were expected home
yesterday.
Judge Underwood, of Richmond, Va,
Yesterday granted an injunction re-
straiuing Ellison from acting as Mayor.
He also refused an appeal on the ground
that the Injunction was temporary, 1t
being to continue only till next term.
Elnson's counsel gave notice OF their
intention to disobey the oTder CT the
Court in order for cause to arrest Eli
son, and then to bring his case before
the Supreme Court on writ OF hdbeds
corpus. The Judge, in his decision, de- |
Olares the enabling act passed by the
Legislature unconstitutional, which |
decision affects nearly all the officers OF
the State.
In the Ohio Legislature, yesterday, |
the Joint resolutions relative to General
Thomas, providing that the flags of the
State House be displayed at half mast
during the remainder of the session and |
directing the Governor to forward a
copy to Mis- Thomas, were unanimously |
adopted by the Senate, after the deliv-
cry of eulogy by Senator Jones. The
House bill relieving Supreme Judges
from Circuit duty, if they think best,
passed tie Senate yesterday. In pur-
suance of this act the judges have de-
cided to remain iu session in Columbus |
during next summer. A bill also passed
the Senate repeating the law of last
winter providing for the payment CT
the Morgan raid claims.
Late Havana correspondence states
that two battles have been fought in
the Los Tunas District, both of which |
resulted in the defeat of the Spaniards.
1t was thought that General Jordan
commanded in the last fight. The re-
port of these Cuban victories was net |
credited in Madrid Wednesday. The
text Of the address of the Spaniards in
Cuba to the Spaniards at home, a men
tion of which has been made by tele
graph, is published. 1t opposes re'uc-
tautly the transfer of Cuba to any for
eign power, and concludes with this
declaration: The Spaniards who are in
Cuba shall remain Spanish or we will
abandon her when converted to ashes.