The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1870-10-03
TELEGRAPHIC SUMMARY.
Gold closed in New York Satarda
at ll35. &

pOiu CIOocu III NrW 1OTh odluTud
at ll35. &
The total registration of the coloret
vote in Maryland is $1,000. II
The Maryland delegates to the South
.ern Commercial Convention at Cinein
natl left Baltimore last night. 3
In the matter of the oyster trouble II
the Eastern Shore, Md. Governor Boris
has directed the Attorney-General tc
take immediste action, and has writ
ten to the Governor requesting him to
release the parties arres, ID.
A Galveston, Texas, dispatch of yes,
terday SAYS: The total deaths to date
from yellow fever are three One new
case is reported to-day; six cases are now
under treatment. The city is still quar-
antined against New Orleans.
A soldier at the Newport barracks
convicted OF desertion and sentenced to
one years Imprisonment, undertook %
escape yesterday by swimming the
Ohio. About eighty shots were fired \
him by the garrison, producing great e.
element among the by-standers that
lined the banks. He was not hit -
finally gave himself up.
A fire broke out at midnight Saegf:
day in paint shop connected with ti'e
repair shop of the Providence Railroad
company, at Providence, R. l., and DE-
stroyed the engine house, in whica
there were seven locomotives, and the
car house, in which there were only
three passenger and two baggage cafS
and machinery. The locomotives wers'
damaged to about half their value. y
The Acting Commissioner of Internal
Revenue rules that an export bond can
not under any circumstances he can
celled on proof of the destination of
bonded goods anywhere or by any
cause before their arrival at the foreign
port designated in the bond. The tax
cannot be RENTED and the bond can
celled without proof of the landing of
the goods at such point.
The British brig Nancy from Cow
Bay for New York has been already
reported lost Her Captain, Putnam ,
writes from Halifax that he was picked
up after floating in the water on a plank
thirty-six hours by the schooner Ocean
Wave and taken to Yo Hove In ad-
dtion to his wife and child and crew
mother and seven children who were
passengers from Cape Bretan for New
York were all lost
The manager ofthe New Orleans and
Galveston steamship line has telegraph
ed to the Postofiice Department, that
the health officer at Galveston, has
agreed to permit the landing ofthe maiIs'
from New Orleans, ply weekly, duy.r 4.
the quarantine and that they would rr-'
commence their trips on Monday. The
temporary contract of the Mallory line,
tocarrv the mail from New York to
Galveston, will cease after that date.
The Mutual Base Club has issued
a general challenge to all the clubs in
the country to join in a grand tourna-
ment on the Union grounds, at Will
liamsburg n. Y, beginning October
18th, for the championship gold ball or
flag, the club winning two out of three
games to be declared the champions
of the country. The Red Stockings,
White Stockings, Atlantics and Ath-
lctics are particularly invited. Upon the
acceptance of any three of these, ar
rangements at once will be made for the
plav. The entries will close Oct. 10th.
A convention composed of delegates
from all the western and northwestern
States is to he called at an early date,
for the purpose Of considering all ques-
tons pertaning to immigration, with a
view to such action of Congress as will
secure to the immigrant his full rights
and protection under the laws Of the
United States while in transit upon sea
and land. The call for the convention
will be made by the Governors of all the
western and northwestern States. Gov
ernor Fairchild, of Wisconsin, and
Governor Austin, Of Minnesota, are now
at Milwaukee, making arrangements.
The Buckeye races at Cincinnati
closed Saturday with a good attendance.
The first race. mile and three-quarter
dash, purse 5000, was won by A. Keene
Richards Mary Edith" beating Hunt
Reynolds "Metalla by a neck Me
talia' was the favorite 800 to so,
even on the home stretch Time, 3:4l!.
Second race, Consolation purse for beat
en- horses, mile heats, was won by D.
Swigerts ch. IN. "Witchcraft," beating
D. W. Carter a. Co. $ b. c. Steve Atche-
son. Time, l:4Ia, LAO. Third race,
four mile heats, for all ages, Morgan
Scout" walked over the track, having
no competitors.