The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1870-03-18
NEWS SUMMARY.
RY TELEGRAPH.

The crew of the wrecEed steamer
Golden City has arrived at San Fran
cisco.
St. Patrick's day was appropriately
celebrated at Indianapolis, lnd.' yes
terdSy.
The celebration of st. Patrick'o day
=, San Francisco was the grandest oi
m. kind ever seen there.
A, immspss structure known as a
,riII sbed. at Toronto, fell "Wednesday
night from the weight of snow.
At special meeting of the Finance
committee of the Cuban League, New
York. Wednesday, it was resolved that
the League will not solicit pecuniary
aid from persons who are not members
OF tic organization
the Irish population of Nashville,
Tenn. were ont in large numbers yes
tarday morning in honor of st. Patrick's
d,v whilst the Hebrews were equally
salons celebrating the festival OF
Pnrim, concluding with charitable
euttr a'nment'
The Rhode Island Democratic Con-
yeption nominated Lyman Pierce, ot
Proyidsnca, for Governor; Charles X
Cntler. of Warren, for Lieutenant Gov
ernor: William J. Miller, of Bristol, fol-
Secretary Of State; George w. Bliss, OF
East Providence, for Attorney General;
Philip Ryder, OF Newport, for General
Treasurer.
A feud betwG on two families in Sum
msr county, Tenn, of long standing
eliminated Wednesday in tight at Gal
latin. James Harrison on one side was
killed and Mes,r5. Exon and Preston on
the other side were wounded. A negro
hystauder was also wounded slightly.
James Branham received several shots
through hi4 clothes. The parties were
rested and bound over for trial.
The report so generally published, to
the ,ffact that Mr.. Charles Burt had re.
signed his position as agent OF the Etle
Stockholders Protective Committee,
was entirely with foundation, and was
denied Yesterday morning by the New
York Tribune, which says: Mr.. Burt
has not been dauntsd by the difficulties
in his wav, and he has 60 idea OF giving
IN bis work he has undertaken. There
has been no failure in serving the nee
essarv papers upon Messrs. Gould d
Fisk and English. The shareholders
NAV depend upon Mr.. Burts energy
and porsistCncy in prosecuting slatest
effort to protect their interest.
A Vienna correspondence gives the
speeches made by some of the first dip
loMatists in the world, at the Washing
ton birthday banquet of Mr.. Jay, IN
Vienna. Baron Buest, while he per-
fectly appreciated the difficulties in the
way of Austrian progress, said: 81
trust that the motto of the Great Re-
public across the ocean, Unity and
Freadom,' will always be aud remain
ours. Unity and freedom, the first as
the only element of strength the last as
the great principle of progress" 1t is
noteworthy that at the banquet the
ambassadors of all the chief powers OF
Europe uDites in compliments to Amer
icl.
A Rochester, New York, dispatch of
Yesterday says: The storm continues.
The snow is wet and nearly packed. All
trains due yesterday morning arrived
this morning with almost famished pas
sengers. II is believed that all trains
will be running on time by tomorrow
evening. The roof of carpenter shop
on Green wood street was crushed by
the weight of the snow to-day; one OF
the walls fell upon an adjoining dwell
ling, crushing it and burying in the
ruins an old lady, Mrs Loap; her lDJu-
ries, it is supposed, will prove fatal. A
man named Doody had leg broken and
was otherwise injured, but not fatally.
Several barns and other buildings were
crushed by the snow.
The Irish citizens of ST. Louis cele-
brated st. Patrick's day yesterday on a
Vrander scale than for many years.
The various benevolent, temperance
and other societies, citizens on horse
back, in carriages and on foot, formed
in procession about 9 A. NJ, and paraded
several prominent streets, with music,
flags and banners, stopping at st. Pat
Iick's church, where mass was performed
and an eloquent pansgyric pronounced
by Rev. P. F. O'Reilly, after which the
procession re-formed.a extended their
parade. The weather was clearer and
much warmer, and the line of march
was crowded with spectators. The
Knights of st. Patrick gave q grand
banquet at the Southern Hotel, and one
or two societies gave ball.
The New York Times Havana CORE
spordent writes that the correspondence
Of General RolOff has been captured near
Villa Clara. The documents contain a
great deal of interesting information
about the insurrection, proving beyond
q doubt that Fredericko Caplda has
gone to Csrragay to assume she CHIEF
generalship of the Cubans, and also that
arms aud ammunition, and especially
clothing, are very scarce; but an item
of the highest Importance is contained
in the letters of Antonio Hurtadode
Vale and General Storm Hernandez, tc
General Carlos Roloff, announcing thai
they have Termed independent clubs fol
opposition to annexation. 1t appears
that they are to oppose annexation tc
the United States under any circum'
stances.
The Lower House of the Missouri
Legislature on Wednesday passed bill
providing that whenever any county
city or town issues bonds for public i'm
pIovements, &c, all proceeds of State
and county taxes, except that for school
purposes, derived from the increased
valuation of taxable property over the
assessment last made prior to the crea.
ton OF the debt, shall be applied fol
ten years - the payment of ipteres,
ana principal of such debt; these take.
TO De collected through the ordinary
machinery paid into the Stata ,roos,ry
ana the State treasurer is to pay inter
est on such debts in the same manner
rs ne pays interest on State bonds. NJ
county, city or town or principal town
ship is hereafter permitted to incur any
debt which shall exceed ten per cent. O
the assessed value of taxable propert.