The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1870-02-23

for tho corresponding week last ycal
Business is exceedingly brisk, and there
scarcity Of those classes Of goods mos
in demand, with consequent upwart
tendency in prices. Buyers arC numerou
and find difficulty in obtaining goods 70
immediate dCliYory.i ~ t.eHNs g.'
TIM Fricdensvillc zinc mines, ncal
Bethlehem, Pa., annually yield "a, 900 tom
, ofore Of all grades. The opening, or pit
Is now 90 feet deep, and embraces an area
Of about five acres, with levels running
from II In every direction and extending
underground for miles. H.f, !
IT said that there Is a tremendous cal
concealed under the meal Of The bill in,
troluced in tho Senate by Mr.. Fenton, 10
make a proposed submerged tunnel under
tho North River post route. By an In.
gcnious reference 10 certain New York
State laws,it Is believed that IL this bill
becomes u law it will give the company
named in it The right TO tunnel New York
city ut tany point and to construct under.
ground railways. '5 h'''.''t.
A BILL is now pending in the New JGr-
sey Legislature requiring all companies
running or operating roads in that State to
find cars and carry all manner Of freight
delivered to them at their depots or depot
grounds, ut their regular and lawful freight
tNriti, to the place consigned by tho ship
per, without any delay, utter notice having
been given to their agent of the delivery
Of such freight, If any company shall
neglect tOdO so, Il shall be liable for all
damages caused by the delay, and the
shipper may collect the amount Of such
damage In any court having Jurisdiction
II any company shall charge any person a
greater or higher rate than Is allowed by
It's charter, II mny be prosecuted, and in
case Of conviction, shall my to such per-
s0n three times the amount Of the over.
Charge. ,p9.N.n. ..f ~. 3rr
THE total shipments Of specie from San
Francisco since Janaary /, amounts to
sG,1l2OO0, including $l.NO1 900 sent to
Now York BY the Union Pacific Railroad.
TllE Illinois Central Railroad Is now
carrying more freight tIIan at any time
since the war. ,a.Y @
NEGOTIATIONS are now pending be-
tween the Mexican Congress and the Min.
lister Of Public Works relative to the
Tehuantepcc Ship Canal scheme.
TIE programme Of tho Committee Of
Ways and Means in proposing to reduce
the customs revenue $9O,OOO,OOO, and the
internal Tux $3OOOO,O 900, MS already men.
toned, Is not construed MS affecting un-
lIvOrably the value Of Governments; al.
though Il would have the effect Of limit.
Ing the purchase Of 6.20s by the Treas
ury. It appears 10 be generally consider.
ed that this largo relief from fiscal burth-
ems would so fir improve the business Of
the country as to prove an adequate offset
for tho Curtailment Of the Government
withdrawal Of bonds from the market. A,
TnE Sub. Committee having in charge
the River and lIarbor Appropriation bill
in the House have begun work OIL that
important measure. Tic amount asked
for, especially by tho West, is very largc.
One million dollars is asked for Hell Gate;
and there Is also bill asking o lnrge sum
of money for the improvement Of Port
jefferson harbor, and for the erection OF
several lights and lighthouses In thcvicin-
ity Of New York. The committee pro.
pose to allow as much US possible, consist
emily with the condition Of the country.
THE Special Committee on the decline
ofthe navigation interests Of the United
States, on February 18th, submitted to the
House of Representatives II report, togeth-
er with the testimony taken and the re-
commentators of the ship builders, ship
owners aud merchants Of the principal Al
lantiC ports. The committee, after IL con.
0Cnsed statement of tho liiCts brought 10
its attention, asserts that the shipping Of
the United States llas declined absolutely
and also relatively with that ofothGr coun.
tries; that the carrying trade not only be-,
tween foreign countries, hut between the
United States and foreign ports, is being
rapidly transferred to foreign vessels, and
that the prestige Of the United States US u
maritime nation Inns been destroyed by al-
lowing other nations 10 take possession Of
the most important lines Of steam naviga.
tiOn. This decline of American shipping
is attributed by the committee to the Incl
dents Of the rebellion. According 10 care.
fully prepared tables 9l0,4GB tons Of
American shipping disappeared from the
registry during ihc rebellion, Of this
amount 1lO, lG3 tons. were destroyed by
"Anglo.C Confederate pirates" while s0S,-
3O3 tons were sold to foreigners, or passed
nOminAlly into their hands to obtain the
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