The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1870-09-28
WASHINGTON.
The Alaba1na Claims.

ton. Inquiry In the proper quarters
shows that Motley has at intervals con.
tinued correspondence during the Sum-
mer, and has given It tensr more in &C
cordance with the views contained In
Senator Summers speech In the Senate on
the subject, than in the line in which 1t
was conducted last year. Whether that has
had anything to do with his removal Is
yet to DO developed. The claimants who
suffered from the depredations by the
Alabama and Shenandoah, have been
pressing the Government lately to push
the correspondence to some conclusion,
but it Is no nearer a solution than 1t was
Immediately succeeding the rejection Of
the Clarendon Johnson protocol Indeed,
the proposition made last spring TO con.
duct negotiations in future in Washington,
has not been positively decided on. Minis
ter Morton's commission has been made
out, and his instructions will probably
follow 1t sometime next month.
Letter from Egypt.-The Future ofthe
.. Country. uJ0 NbI
An officer at the War Department, yes.
terday, received an interesting letter from
Cairo, Egypt, from an American officer
now in the service Of the Khedive. The
writer was formerly an officer in the
American army. Hewrites very encourg-
ingly ofthe future prospects Of that coun.
try. Tho Khedive is expending vast sums
Of money in reclatming the desert lands
by the introduction Of tho waters Of the
Nile by means of inlets and canals. He
Is also building railroads and making other
vast internal improvements. The writer
states tint American officers are treated
with the greatest consideration, and that
by their energy the army will soon be
brought to complete organization in
artillery, infantry and cavalry, and that
the best of discipline prevails He'sayS
that it Is the country for officers leaving
our army to emigrate TO- u ~" '--
The writer further states that the only
drawback Is tho manner in which the
women are treated. Americans have re-
peatedly urged upon the Khedive the ne
cessity of 4 reform in this particular,
They have urged that the only thing now
wanting was the proper influences OF the
women. Their introduction at court and
in society; their thorough education, and
tho abolition OF the hareuls, To this tho
Khedivc and tho officers Of his Govern
ment object, and answer that when the
barriers that now surround tho women of
their country are broken down the next
thing that will ensue will Be that they
will want the right to vote and hold office,
and that frcc.lovc institutions will be at
once established as they now prevail In
England and American. '@
Excursion to Colorado.
An excursion party which included nu-
merous capitalists interested in silver
mining in Colorado, left this city yester-
day evening, for tho purpose Of spending
few weeks in prospecting in that region.
The party will receive additions at Chi
cago and other points, and will reach Dem
veT in time to witness the Territorial Fair
in that city. The trip will occupy several
weeks, which will be spent by tho eXcur-
sionists in prospecting in the neighbor-
hood of Georgetown Centre, on tho silver
mining interests Of that region, and in
hunting and fishing, for which the season
is now favorable. Several ladies, and also
numerous members Of the press, will &C.
company the party.
Estimate of the Cotton Crop.
An officer OF the Revenue Department,
fresh from an inspection Of the cotton re-
gion Of the South, estimates the growing
crop at not less than S,900,000 bales, q
larger crop than has been produced since
1860. He also brings tho cheering intelli-
gence that the quality will be superior TO
any crop ever raised In tho country.
SANDER Suit by the Superintendent of
tho Methodist Book Concern.
In the action Of Samuel Goodcnough
against John Lanahan, commenced In the
Superior Court OF this city TO recover
damages for IN alleged SANDER uttered
against the plaintiff in reference to his
conduct while employed as SuperintGn'
dent Of the printing department of the
Methodist District Book Concern, the de-
iendant has filed his answer, reiterating
the charges and alleging that he intended
TO justify them. .'
The White Stockings Bent the AIu-
.. q tuals. .GG
The game between the MutuAls of New
York, and the White Stockings Of Chica.
90, on the Union ground this afternoon,
resulted as follows: White Stockings, go;
Niutuals II. The match was witnessed
by over ten thousand persons, q The first
part Of the game was much moresharply
played than the closing innings. The
White Stockings completely out-batted
the Mutuals In every inning, and the Mu.
tuals failed to show good fielding as they
did in most Of their late games At the
close of the fourth inning the score stood
seven TO six in favor Of the White Stock
ings; In the tiilh inning, Myerle made
q clean home run, sending the ball into the
right field. Attwo other times he made the
third base on splendid hits to. centre field.
In the sixth and seventh innings the
White Stockings made eighth runs 10 the
Mutuals four. The last two innings were
not played with any spirit by the Mutuals.
Treacy took two balls, one from Eggler
in the sixth inning and the other from
Walters in the seventh In splendid style,
gaining tho applause Of boti parties. In
the ninth inning tho White Stockings
battled powerfully for six runs, while the
NIutuaIs went out in one, two, three order
without seeing the first base. y '' Il,
Moro Farragdt Funeral. T-i
General Webb, Of the Common Couu-
Gil committee, making preparations for
Admiral Fartagufs obscqule1, issued q
request to store keepers 70 close and
drape the front Of their buildings on the
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