The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1871-10-18
NEW YORK.
The IngersOll Case.

Court to day. The defense claimed
that the case should stand over till Fri
day, as one Of the defendants counse
was absent. The plaintiffs counsel
objected. Judge Ingraham made an
order denying motion OF counsel to va
cate the order requiring Ingersoll to
produce his books and papers; but if
the defense chose to appeal to the Gen,
eral Term against the decision, he would
grant stay of proceedings. He also
made an order directing the eXamina-
tion OF 1ngersoll to 60 on, subject to the
same appeal, without further action.
Adjourned till Monday next.
The StOkcs-Fisls Case.
In the case Of Stokes against Fisk,
Jr., application was made in behalf Of
Fisk, in the Supreme Court for the sup.
preston Of certain afiidavits on the
ground that they contained matter I'M
portant to the issue and so scandalous
as to he unfit to be laid before the pub
lie or placed upon the records OF the
Courts. Judge Ingraham decided to
suppress them entirely and granted the
plaintiff two days time in which to put
in new aflilavits minus the scandalous
matter aforesaid.
Board of Supervising Irspcctors of
Steamboats,.
Mr. Boole, Chairman of the Local
Board. OF Supervising Steamboat In
spcctors, returned from Washington
this morning, where he has been in at
tendance OF the extra session OF the
Board of Supervising Inspectors, called
together by the Secretary of the Trea.
sury to rescind certain of the proceed
ings at the last regular session, which
interfered with international regulations
regarding steamer lights. The pro-
ceedings referred to gave our steamships
the privilege Of changing their lights
under certain circumstances, and III
several OF the Objectionable clauses was
rather ap inadvertency and was likely
to create confusion on the steamships OF
the different nations, it not productive
of great damage. Therefore, the Sec
retary of the Treasury would not ap,
prove the proceedings Of the last meet
ing until they were amended, which was
done.
Seizure Of the Schooner sE. a. 7EOr-
toE'-A Grave Question To be Set
tied.
A HeralTS dispatch from Gloucester,
Massachusetts,, states that great excite
ment has existed there for the past few
days since, the schooner E. A. Hor-
ton was taken from tie harbor of Guys
boro, Nova Scotia, by party of men
who, it is believed, were sent for the pur-
pose from Gloucester, and the vessel is
now due at that port. 1t is now said
that a British gunboat was sent IN
search OF the schooner and had arrived
off Cape Ann yesterday with the inten.
ton OF recapturing her and taking her
back to Nova Scotia.
4 telegram to the Charlestown Navy
Yard resulted in the sending of an
American gunboat to Gloucester, which,
after taking several United States otli-
cials and the owners OF the schooner on
board, started last evening on a cruise
20 prevent the schooner from being mo-
Tested by British vessels in American
waters. Several officials and citizens
of Gloucester have gone to Boston to
interview President Grant upon the
subject. The affair is believed to be
an. ~ gravity
The City Frauds Again.
The Times states that the report o!
sub committees on the city frauds has
been finished, and will soon be made
public. Their report is said to fasten
conviction at last upon the thieves who
have robbed the citizens.
The same paper also states that the
fact has leaked out that the laborers on
the public parks and the boulevards are
undergoing course Of military drill Tor
any emergency that may arise in the
coming election. The police, however,
know nothing about it. A movement
is also on foot for a mass meeting OF Cit
izens to be held at Cooper Institute, to
make arrangements for a general sus-
tension OF business for one day, and the
parade Of the committee OF 5000 citizens,
who shall wait upon Mayor Hall and
demand proper safeguards for the purity
OF the election in November
Miscellaneous Tic,ms.
lanes Snowdcn murdered Charles
Cooley last evening with razor
Cause, jealousy. Both were colored.
Mrs. Seguin, performing in Parepa :
troupe last night, was taken with par
oxysms of grief and removed TO her
hotel in consequence OF the announce
ment that her daughter, Miss froud-
sham, was killed at the Chicago fire.
Boerce IL Bros lace establishment,
in BROOKLYN, was robbed last night Of
one thousand dollars worth of laces.
No arrests yet.
4 match has been arranged between
the American Girl and the gelding
,Judre James Fullerton, for two thou
sand dollars, in mile heats, at Fleet
wood Park within fortnight.
Over five thousand dollars were sub
scribed tor the sufferers by the Michigan
fires, yesterday. :,
James Feeley was fatally injured by
Thomas Carey in a political row in the
Twenty second ward last night. Carey
was arrested.
The steamship Colorado, from Liver
pool, has arrived.
The New York Zinc Works having
been.iniured by using new patent fur,
mace, will stop work, throwing 2oo
workmen out of employment :.
A number of Chicago refugee ladies
are at the Newsboys' Lodging House.
The Gold Board Yesterday elected W.
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