The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1870-04-02
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II Cincinnati.
The Metairie spring races, at New
Orleans, commence 10 day.
Private adyices indicate an early re-
tarn to the United States of the dag
ship OF Admiral Poor.
The Dayton, Ohio, Holly Water
Works we've publicly tired on Thursday
md pronounced success.
benjamin H. Warren, well known in
financial circles throughout the South,
died at Augusta, Georgia, aged seventy
four years.
Mr.. Bot,rord, who shot and killed
Lieutenant Mason, ut Camp Bailiug,
was tried Thursday. The jury return
ed a verdict of not guilty.
Daniel Kennedy died at st. Louis on
Thursday, of apoplexy, fifteen minutes
af cr coming ont IF the air chamber OF
the eastern pier of the bridge.
The steamer Minneapolis left Cincin-
natl yesterday for the foot of Lake
Pinen, with some prospect OF getting
through aud reaching st. Paul
Lynch, the ringleader Of the riot on
the steamer Dubuque last fall, arrived
at ST. Louis yesterday from Arkansas,
where he vas arrested He will be IT,.
ken to Rock Island for trial
The Jefferson Fire Department of
New Orleans had their last celebration
and parade Thursday under the old
order. HrucrfOTth jeff grs1n City will
be ;he Sixth District of New Orleans.
The Avondale mine will be worked
Monday for the first time since the dis
astcr of September last. Thorough ar
rangeue1ts for ventilation and 10 Sc
cure the safety of the miners have been
made.
On the departure of the steamer,
Thursday, conveying the remains of
General Thomas, the English frIgate
Jealous fired minute guns aud placed
her flags at half mast.
Lorence Muller, a young man of 26
years of age, was pushed into the
washer at Fair Grove Paper Mill, at
Hamilton, OHIO, on Wednesday night
by some boys with whom he was quar-
reliug, and instantly killed.
Stephen Preston, Minister Plepipoten-
tayy, from the newly elected President
Saquet in Hayti, 10 Washington, ar
rived at New York Thursday. with his
family, in the steamer City of POrtau
Prince, fr-m Port au-Prince.
The colored peop'e of Terre Haute,
Ind celebrated the ratification of the
Fifteenth Amendment by salute of
one hundred gus on Thursday evening
They will have grand celebration Of
the event in few days.
The American Anti-Slavery Society,
of which Wendell Phillips is President.
has resolved to hold its last meeting, u
commemoratiOn jubilee, in Apollo Hall,
New York, April 9th. The Society will
be dissolved on the evening of that date,
Private advices from the Hiawaian
Kingdom state that one of the first
measures TO be brought before the Leg
iSlature by the Government will be a
bill granting subsidy TO the mail service
between San Francisco, Australia and
Honolulu.
General Lee left Augusta, Ga, yes
terday morning for Savannah. In &C
cordance with his earnest solicitations
there was no public demonstration. He
was visited at the Planters Hotel by
large number Of citizens. His health
is improving.
The Association of the Army of the
Cumberland, General Rosecrans, Presi-
dent and General Hooker, Vice Presi-
dent, met in New York yesterday and
adopted resolutions of sorrow and
ha fpnaro1 of Gnnnra1
Thomas in body.
The revenue officers at Cincinnati
were greatly surprised at the state
meuts telegraphed from that place to
the American Press Association, con-
cerning alleged astounding frauds there
aud elsewhere. Thev have no informa-
tion concerning the matter.
In consequence of the exhaustion of
the appropriation Of Congress for the
construction department, fOnr hundred
wOrkmen were discharged from the
BROOKLYN Navy Yard on Thursday even
ing. This reduces the number of en-
ployes at the yard to l4OO-
A terrific boiler explosion occurred al
the factory of the New Haven Folding
Chair Company yesterday. Two per
sons were killed and seven wounded.
A part of the building was torn down,
and the boiler was thrown over thirty
feet. The bodies have all been recoy-
cred from the ruins.
A discussion of the woman's suffrage
question took place at Peoria, H.,
Thursday evening, between Miss Susan
B. Anthony and Prof. L. c. Hewett, of
the Illinois Normal University. The
discussion lasted two hours. The Pro.
feIsor is said to have come off second
best.
The steam sloop. of-war Severn, which
left New York in October last, broke
the bed plate of her engines while tow
ing the monitor Dictator, which mishap
will necessitate her return North, under
sail, for repairs. She will probably ar.
rive at New York in the course of o
couple Of weeks.
Collector GriLnell of New York, will,
in few days, take steps to reform many
of the abuses which now exist in the
system ef examination and sppraising
Of the luggage of emigrants arriving
at Castle Garden, He has already ap-
pointed new superintendent OF the
customs department at that depot.
Haytien advices state that Message
Saquet was inaugurated President of
Hsyti for four years on the Goth ult., at
Port-au. Prince. He was inducted into
office with imposing tropical ceremo-
MES. The Picquet rebellion is not yet
subdued. The rebels are still before
Aux Cages. Mr.. weinsr, United
States Consul at Jsrimie, has bean
seized, and is held as = hestege by the