The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1870-06-10
FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.
A Terrific COnhagratiOn at Constan.
tinOpIe-25O0 Persons Said 90 Have
Perished, Etc. 4rs


tinOple-25O0 Persons Said 10 Hay
Perished, Etc. -.
/ COSsTANTINoPLR, june 9,-The grea
fire in the Peru district has been sub
dued. Over seven thousand building
of all sorts were destroyed, many of tn
best in the city. The loss Of life hal
greatly exceeded the estimate mad,
some days ago The remains Of ont
hundred and fifty human beings hav,
been discovered; it is supposed that this
number represents one-half. The &C
tual loss caused by the fire is computed
at twenty five million pounds sterling
The English underwriters suffer heavy
losses. The archives of the British
Embassy were saved. The American
Church of Immaculate Conception was
on fire several times, and is considera,
bly, damaged, but the Gobelin tapestry,
gift Of the Empress Eugene, with
which the church was decorated, was
saved unharmed.
CoNsrANTNoPLE, June 9.-The loss
of life by the confagration here is
frightful. At some points whole fami-
lies were hemmed in by the flames and
perished in full view of the spectators,
who were unable to rescue them. The
panic among the people is terrible, and
many have lost all presence of mind
and are unable to save themselves
Others in despair made no effort to
save themselves and were lost. Some
of the Turks in the spirit Of fatalism
peculiar to their race and religion, shut
themselves up in the burning houses
and refused assistance and met death
without a murmur. Twenty-Five hun
dred persons were burned to death or
killed by the falling walls. Many
others are missing.
LONDON, June 9.-The cable between
England and Ireland is not yet repaired.
There seems to be no doubt that the re-
ported loss of the DOcie was concocted
in America by designing persons to in
fiuence the market price OF the new
West India cable shares. The insur-
ance on the Docie and cargo is 10000
pounds sterling.
Dispatches were received here from
the United States, inquiring the truth
Of the telegram that the steamer Chief
tain recently sailed hence for Cuba, in
the interest of the insurgents After n
dilligent inquiry no Que could be found
who had heard of the occurrence
The alarm among the farmers con-
tinues. The dry weather almost
amounts toa panic.
FLORENCE, June 9.-The insurrectiOn
at Lucea, which was summarily quelled,
was not formidable. The disorder was
confined to "a ruffians, who seized the
arms belonging to the military school.
The whole party were soon after cap
tured.
BOMBAY, June 9.-The cholera is
making dreadful ravages in different
parts of India, At Madras the disease
is particularly virulent.
Communication with Bombay by the
new cable is complete. Dispatches
from India Of today's date have already
been received.
Right Hon. ThoS. f. Hogan Lord
Chancellor of Ireland, has been created
Baron o Hogan
The female masqueraders, recently
arrested. have been indicted for felony
1t is said that Disraeli is about TO re-
tire from politics and be raised TO the
Peerage.
The Morning Telegraph reports that
Douglas, the owner OF the Sappho, de-
clines to compete for the Prince Of
Wales Cup on the oath inst, the Cam
bria having been entered.
The American dollars brought by the
steamship Scandinavian, sold at jS3 per
ounce.
MADRID, June 9.-The question Of
the future monarch occupied the session
of the Cortes yesterday A motion was
made that the king be elected 10y di-
rect vote of the people After debate
the motion was rejected \ proposition
requiring the candidate to receive ma
iority equal TO half the whole number
of deputies was carried-l3S to l24
This was regarded As utterly destroying
the chances of Montpensier as well a.
all other candidates thus far named
None of these got l19 votes, the num-
Der required by the resolution. There
i> much excitement among all classes.
Mr.. Prim made a personal eXplana-
nation. He quoted from a dispatch OF
Philadelphia correspondent Of the
London Times, relating his connection
with the proposed Cuban loan, and pro-
nounced the dispatch malicious in
vention. There had been no negOtia-
tons between him and the American
Government or between him and Eng.
lish capitalists.
LONDON, June 9.-lnformation at the
Colonial office fully confirms the news
of the victories over the rebels in New
Zealand.
There was Il fine race yesterday be-
tween the yachts of the Royal Thames
Club. The course was from Gravesend
across the channel to the coast of Hol,
land and return. The first three arrived
back in the following order: Gloriana,
Egeria and Cambria Time of the win,
ner, ) hours, 40 minutes The Prince
of Wales, Prince Teck and the Grand
Duke of Mecklenburg Strehtz were
among the guests on the yachts.