The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1870-02-08
NEWS SUMMARY.
BY TELEGRAPH.

Gold closed in New York yesterday at
40.
Caorge M, Wharton, a distinguished
LAWYER. died at Philadelphia Sunday
evening.
Peter 7. WashSurne. Governor of
Vermont, died at Woodstock, in that
S.ste, yesterday.
Intelligence from Governor Reed, OF
v,oridl. SAWS that the effort to impeach
him has been defeated, and that his ad-
minis,Tatiou has been sustained by two
thirds of the Hsuse.
Owing to a freight blockade at Chat
tanooga, Tenn, no freights for points
hsyopd that city will be taken by the
Nashville 4 Chattanooga railroad for
the present.
Judge Bedford, Of the Court of Cen
pral Ssssious. New York, yesterday de
nisi the motion 10 transfer the trial Of
Mcfarland TO the Court Of Oyer and
T.rmiaer. The trial will commence on
Monday, March, 7.
Collector Williams, of Dayton, Ohio,
-eiled 4 quantity of whisky for the non.
p,ymept Of tax. Arnold and Dobbins'
di,tillrry refused to pay, for the purpose
OF testing the legality of the forty
eight hour fermentation rules.
Edward Wise, late book-keeper at
Crsirhead. Brest & Gibson's, Nashville,
committed suicide yesterday morning
by taking laudanum. No cause is as
signed. aud his friends believe that he
took an overdose uninteltionally.
4 fru broke ont yesterday morning
IN fIame tenement house belonging to
James Shorter, in the alley between
Main anl Walnut and Fifth and Sixth
streets. Cincinnati. The prompt action
Of the tle department saved the ada
cent valuable property. Loss not over
$1,000.
At o recent business meeting OF the
members of Plymouth Church, 1t was
determined that committee should be
appointed for the purpose of revising
the article of faith, many OF the mem
hers demanding that they should rest
upon broader basis. Mr.. Beecher said
he approved of the proposition to revise
the creed of the Church, bat that mas
much "a committee for that purpose
was to be appointed, he himself would
ask that little time be given him TO
make the proper selections. This was
granted.
J. Mel. Brown, of the Chinese EN-
bas,y, expects to join Mr.. Burlingame
ia ST Petersburg, where the embassy
will remain until the negotiations with
Russia are completed, and go to Brus-
stls and Belgium. Mr.. Brown says he
saw the correspondence which passed
between Mr. BurlinGame and Count
Bismarck; that the same policy was
adopted with Prussia which has been
adopted with America, England and
France, VIZ: 4 policy of forbearance
aud consideration toward China, and a
c1r sent to abstain from the use of force
in compelling China to adopt measures
for which she is not at present prepared.
The Mormon Mission is being pushed
forward with al the vigOr and energy
pusN ,sed by its leaders. In the vicinity
ui FrceIoIt, I, Ptchocue, Rockville Cen.
tie and II emps'eaG, Long Island, dur
,ug the earlier part of the week, the
uo,' favorable accounts were received
ol C-ncral BurtOn's work. Meetings
art }rracbiDg are held three hours
day q aid the mission. Mors preachers
have been sent from Utah. They are
ioJk.G for laiiy. Elders and priests are
tIayrtins and preaching in every vii
laGe aud town situated within circuit
q! seventy miles of FreepOIt. At Viii.
ham>hnrg, on Sunday, Elder Jackson,
Of Cuh, preached to large congrega
Inn