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The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1871-07-04
BOnner's Fast IIOrses...DeSter Out.
done.

from the New York Sun Of Saturday.
Mr.. Bonner's flyers, Startle and Bruno,
did the most wonderful trOttinG on record
Yesterday on Fleetwood Course Stephen
H. knapp, Geo. l}. Alley, and Major
Morton, Of Ncwburgh, acted Ms Judges.
They timed Bruno II hall mile 10 saddle
in i.5I Johnny Murphy rode Him. This
il the fastest half mile trotted by any
horse, any way rugged, and sends Bruno
to the front Ul the list Of trotters. Startle
trOticd the fastest mile made by fOnr.
ycarOld, namely, in harness, mile, driv.
en- by Carl Burr, who weighs 203 pounds,
the first quarter in 30 seconds, half mile
LII making the mile in 220i, carrying
81 pounds over the rules Of the track
Any one who has tried TO hold out n
jpound shot bag Mt arms length will
appreciate this fact. Some Of the
shfewdest turfmen Of the country claim
that twenty-five pounds of extra weight
il equal to distance in trot,ing horses OF
one mile. In running horses II Is estima.
ted that seven and n halfpounds are equal
TO distance in a fOur.mile heat. Startlc
has not been feeling well since he LEFT
Long Island, and this gives another dil.
ference in his favor, showing that he is
the hest four. year.Old that has ever APP
peNrcd on the turf. Startle and Bruno
have filled the full measure Of glory,
They are entitled 10 their wellearned
aurcls. Which ia the finest horse Of Mr..
Bonncr's stable II Is hard to settle, for
they ARE all trOtters Of meitle,
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CINCINNATI.
CINCINNATI. InlY 8.

CINCINNATI, July 3.
The Heath Zouaves, of Pittsburgh, are
expected 10 arrive this afternoon, and will
have a challenge drill tonight with the
Cincinnati Zou0ves.
The Old Red Stockings are in their
original positions, except Harry Wright
and Sweeney. They play q game to-day
with nine from the Boston Club.
There was al extensive fire in the west.
ern part oI the city today, In which the
tannery oil Rudolph & Wachtlcar and the
furniture mandatory of MIR. Lawrence,
were injured, and eleven dwelling houses
destroyed. Total loss about SEQ OOO;
insurance In Cincinnati companies. The
fire is supposed TO have originated from
a flre.crackerwith which boys were play.
Ing In an alley near n stable. Twelve
families are made hopeless.
Joseph Myers, aged 90, attempted TO
outrage the person Of n little girl four
years old. The fnther of the girl pursued
Myers, and brought him to the station
house.
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CHICAGO.
CHICAGO, July 3

CHICAGO, July 3.
Messrs. Hitchcock, Dupee and Evarls
u law firm having been requested by the
Chicago Board OI Trade to give an Opin.
ion upon the questions likely 10 arise in
the practical operations Of the acts re.
Gently passed by the Illinois Legislature
concerning warehouses and railroads,
they have done 50, and il is published
this morning. rheyhOld that the ware
house act Is constitutional, and thai all
provisions regulating receipts, storage,
delivery ana inspection OF grain are valid,
the principle governing ul all such cases
being that the use nj private property
and the exercise Of u pursuit must he
subordinate Ia u proper protection of
the rights of the public. They also hold
that the law Is applicable to warehouse
corporations existing before the passage
of the act. In regard to railroad acts
they hold that the Legislature has the
constitutional power To make regulations
relating to receipts, transportation and
delivery OF grain, The power of the
Legislature 10 fix the maximum rates for
storage and carriage Ofgrain is held to be
subject to the prior consideration that
such rate he questionable for the services
rendered substantially, These gentlemen
sustain the COnstitutiOnality OF the entire
railroad and warehouse legislation.
Mr.. Hitchcock, the senior member of
the firm was u member and President of
the Convention, which formed the present
Constitution Of the State and this udg.
mGnt Of the firm will have n good effect
In settling the issue and IN giving praCti.
cal effect To the laws.
The anniversary of American lndCpen.
dence will be very generally celebrated
In the vicinity Of this city, but no general
recognition Of the day will be made in
this city. All business will he suspended
and the city will be decorated. The
papers will all issue Wednesday
but the evening papers will sus.
pend tomorrow. Our board Of trade ad |
j0urnod from Saturday until Wednesday.
"A special from Keokuk says u terrible
rain storm, accompanied with hail, pre-.
vailed over the CnlirG center Of Iowa on
night and Sunday, doing great
damage to the growing crops, especially
wheat.
A severe storm prevailed in Omaha aud |
vicinity, extending rs far west rs Cheynne.
At Pine Bluffs, Wyoming, houses were
blown down.
About three hundred soldiers will be
discharged from the Department of the
Platte, under the recent order reducing |
The army TO thirty thousand
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The Internal Improvement Schemes
What the N. Y. World Thinks Of H.

The Internal improvement Schemes.
What the N. Y. World Thinks Of Il.
From the N Y. World, Of Saturday.
There Is something of an agitation in
West Virginia in favor of a convention to
revise the State Constitution, the pro.
motcrs being chiefly persons who desire
such changes IN that instrument as will
authorize the extension of the State aid
TO internal improvements. Considering
how decidedly the popular sentiment,
wherever evoked since the war, upon that
subject llaS manifested hostility to State
aid, It is quito curious to sec this attempt
in exactly the opposite direction. State
aid, meaning simply taking money from
n thousand men in order to give it to one
man to enable him to build II railroad or
canal for his private cmolumcnt, Is not
altogether an honest doctrine, and this
West Virginia attempt to galvanize it in
to renewed existence we are happy to
lecl assured will fall
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CHEERFUL RELIGION.
The Way They DO at plymouth
Church .- BcGCher'S Last Summer

The way They do Ht plymouth
Church .- BcGCheT'S Last Summer
Sermon.
From Saturdays N, Y, Sun,
Mr. BeechGr olllciated yesterday lor the
last time previous 70 his summer vaCa.
tiOn, and consequently the Plymouth
prayer meeting was unusually well al.
tended. Mr.. BGeclGr lGCturcd on his own
preaching, which, he said, was based on
tho principles O love and hope. lie re.
Ierrcd to. The lart that he had been pastor
orPlymOuth Church for nearly quarter
Of century, md added thai he supposed
he was an old man now,
When Mr.. BecchGr's lecture was over,
the congregation lell 10 relating how
much good the reverend gentlemans
preaching hnd done them A tall gentle
man, with u particularly noble brow, rose
and gave his experience In early life, he
said, he had abored under u profound
melancholy. This trait Ol his character
he had inherited from his mother. Under
Mr.. lICechCr'sministratlOn he had become
gay and hopeful A tall young man de
Clared that Mr. lieecher had soltcned his
temper, which was once very bad. IT any
one didn't believe il, they might Hsk bis
wife.
Another gentleman told how hi
brother had heeIl converted BY reading
Mr., BeeChers sermons A short, elderly
gentleman spoke next, but he didn't think
Mr. BclCher altogether perfect lie
thought love and hope all very well, but
little severity was sometimes desirable
At this, upiumped II hale, vigorous old
gentlemen with bald head, lie said
thai Mr.. BecCher preached ~ the Lord
inspired him.
"Whrn the organ plays" he said, tive
know II isn't the organ that IL giving ns
the music, but Uncle John who Is playing
on ii. And when Mr.. BeechCr breaches,
II Is the Lord that IS playing on him, If
they don't like II, they can go and listen
to some Of the hundred other Instruments
which the Lord Is plying on in this city"
Another gentlemen sprang to his feet
at the upper end Of the room
"Mr, Beecllcr," hc snid, "dO you remem
balcony and cried, "Beecher, Il your din
nerS are ~ gWu as your sermons, IA like
10 60 home and dine with you,
"Ahl but he didn't get my dinner" said
Mr.. BCeChGr, smiling.
Al this junction the Organist rose and
declared that the organ be played on was
the best IN Brooklyn.
Mr. Beechcr related many little anec.
doles Of the good which his sermons had
done, and said he received many letters
thanking him for them lie could never
got up, however, to his own ideal Of
preaching.
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NEW YORK CITY.

New YORK, Jnly3.
There were the usual number of rows
and murders At the rum holes Of the city
and suburbs yesterday.
The COlored military organization will
parade tomorrow, and he reviewed with
the other troops.
Rev. Henry Ward Bcccher preached
his last sermon previous TO u summer va.
cation last evening,
Alta late hour Saturday night Capt, p.
J. Gleason, publisher OF the Long Island
CHy NerS, was arrested by United States
officers charged with having an Illicit
distillery.
A great conCOursc Of people visited the
Irving bust yesterday afternoon. The
crowd was so large that at times il was
difficult for new cOmcrs 10 get glympSe
Oiit
A heavy thunder and rain storm passed
over the city lastnight.
Judge Cardo2o to-day suspended till
Wednesday the sentence Of VIM. O'Kill,
the broker convicted Ol having had in his
possession and sold some bonds stolen
iIom the Norwalk Commercial Bank.
Ex-senator Grimes, of Iowa, vino re.
turned from Europe yesterday, will spend
the summer with his family In New Eng.
land, His health is nearly restored.
United States Judge Bendcl, of Brook.
lyn, to-day sentenced six Illicit distilles 10
the Albany penitentiaIy; the principals TO
eighteen months and two years rcspec.
lively, and the laborGrs TO four and six
months-hnes in addion Of $1,000 and
", 900 each was also imposed on the prin.
cipals, and 300 on the employees.
John Leo tColoredl pleaded guilty at the
general sessions to-day orstabbing another
colorcd nan in the abdomen, and having
laughed while Judge Bedford was com.
mentlng seriously on the offence, was sen.
fenced to nine years and six months in
the Slate prison
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BY TELEGRAPH.
ASSOCIATED PRESS REPORT.
Exclusively to the IntellIgeucer.
by The Western Union Line,
Oiice Northwest cor. OF Main and Monroe sts
EUROPE.
FRANCE.
FRANCE.

PARIS, .Iuly2.
The elections passed off without dis.
turh ance, and little excitement was aI'-
parent throughout There is a perfect
calm tonight No idea Of the result can
be formed till morning. There il no
doubt of the election OF Gambetta in the
department oi the lower Seine, No re-
turns have been received from other DC.
partmcnls.
NEW York, July3.
The various rrmOrs which have been
circulated concerning the saiGty0fvNluable
contents of the National Library in Paris,
are satisfactorily disposed of by u CORE.
spOndent of the Tribune, who has visited
the building and made the necessary in.
Quiries. Strange to say, the Commune
did not destroy any of the treasures OF
the Library, but ContentCd themselves by
ousting the officials, and leaving the
books and works untouched.
PARIS, July3.
The returns indicate the election of tiG.
teen moderate Republicans, GambGta is
returned. The Siecle states that the army
did not vote, RoChefort IL pronounced
insane. A long interview has been held
between Thlers and FabriCS, tho German
administrator Of civil affairs in France.
The wOrkmen all voted for Gambetta and
Hugo who are the candidates elected for
the first section Ol the seventh arrondlssG'
mcnt of Paris. The returns for SCcaux
are favorable u the government candi.
date. The election Of Gambetta, Wal.
lOwski, Zouviet, Pernolet, Pressvuh, Cis.
soy, md Andre is certain The returns
are still meagre, but isprohablc that the
Partisan Press Union has succeeded in
electing ilf(een Of its candidates ol the
radical list. GamhGtta alone Is issuCCessfill
In many districts Onlya twothirds vote
was pOlled.
PARIS, Julya
The Assembly Is now considering the
bill requiring the deposit Of caution
money by newspapers.
NJ. Pouyer.Quertier Minister Of Fnan.
ces, has remitted one hundred million
francs on account of the war indemnity
to Count Walderse, tho German Ambas.
sador.
The candidates pledged solemnly 10 the
restoration Of the integrity Of France,
have been successful in several districts.
The mail train On the Northern Rail.
way ran OFT the track to-day near Clar.
mont. Six persons were killed and 90
injured
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The Murder of "Per IIals,eaa.

NENi l"hNI buIS ~
The murder Ol Pet IIalstcad in the
bedroom Of his mistress, by her lover,
causes intense excitement In Newark.
The murderer, Bolts, expresses no regret
for the deed, After lie was arrested he
said he expected he would have a poor
Fourth OF July, but Halstead would have
II poorer one; he was satisfied to be strung
up on the first tree he came to, but had
oil the satisfaction he wanted. The tragic
end Of the long and eventlul career of
flaIstead will once more revive in the
memories,of the thousands of people who
were in Washington during the war,
many amusing "reminiscences Of ono who
was the best known man of that time.
Ex.C Chancellor HAlstead and Mayor Geo.
B. Halstead, father and brother Of the de.
ceas ed, were both at the scene Of the
tragedy yesterday, waiting the Coroner's
permission 10 take away the remains.
Tho funeral will take place on We'd
nesday from his late elegant residence,
corner of Broad and Parkhurst streets.
The grief Of Chancellor Halstead on
hearing Of the murder Of his son Pet
llaIstead, yesterday, was intense II Is
hardly possible he can survive. He was
last night, incapable of being consolcd
ana wandered from room TO room in his
house moaning plteously. Bolts has EN-.
ployed General Runyaf for his counsel
The prisoners friends claim he Is worth
$4,000, having realized from $50 TO 800
q week from his business. On the other
hand 1t Ia stated he has no real estate and
cannot have saved any large amount ol
money, for the reason he has been neglect.
ing his business and furnishing about SEQ
week TO Mrs. Wilson.
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MEMPHIS.
MEMPnIs, LnlY 3.

An attempt was made this evening Ia
burn the PHdlic Ledger office, by setting
fire 10 mattresses in room in the build
ing. Fortunately, an attaChe returned
ere the fire had gotten under headway.
AT Little Rock the preparations lor
celebrating the Fourth are confined
principally 10 the COlOred citizens.
An important decision to-day in the
Second ChanCery Court, in reference 10
county bonds issued by the county court
in 1872 to support the wives and children
Of Confederate soldiers, was rendered.
The Chancellor decided the bonds were
illegal, being beyond the scope Of the
powers of justice, and were intended for
illegal purpOses-lor lcvying war against
the United States.
The AULaHchC'S Oxford, Miss, special
tonight says In the Ku.Klux trial there
to-day, ROsanA Darkins, (cOlored) step.
daughter OF the murdered man, corrObo.
rated the testimony Of her mother as to
the murlerers entering tho house, and
after tying Pages hands, carried him OIL;
she never saw him again; on Monday Joe
Davis tCOlOred) informed her that hO had
found the body buried In the woods, four
miles distant; she identified Th0s. Malone,
Ben. Lumpkin, Addison Roberts and
citizen Of Oxford as having been present,
In disguise, in the house on the night of
the murder.
Henry Hatch, colored, testified that he
was called out of his house OF late hour
on the night Of the murder by Andrew
and Whitfield Pope, who asked him If he
was in favor OF tho Ku.Klux. On reply
Ing in the negative he was ordered TO
follow them, and was put on horse he.
hind one Of them and furnished with
fantastic dress. A short distance down
the road they were Joined by n band sim.
ilarlarly attired, numbering about twenty
five, who proceeded 10 Pages house,
forced the door, seized Page and carried
him II few miles out intOthG woods, where
he saw one Of the party strike the de-
ceased with stick, and while in charge
OF the horses he was called upon TO
help bury Page, who was laying dead
on the ground. lie said that he observed
In the party that night, Plumner, Willis,
Andrew Crosby, John Porter and Whit
field Pope, Thos Malone, Steve Crosby
and VIM. Walton of that number. Only |
Willis, Malone and Walton were on trial,
the others being under guard. When
asked to point them out he only identi
fled two of the prisoners in the audience
MS being present in the house But 1t was
proved that they were not within two
hundred miles Of Monroe county that
night. This closed the case for good.
IN rebuttal, the defense called Col Rey-
nolds, one of the counsel for the defense,
who testified that Hatch to-day told him
IN the presence Of several gentlemen on
the train coming from Oxford, that he
knew nothing Of the Ku.Kluy killing Of
Page, and that he never saw u Ku.KluX
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Report Of the West Point Board Of
Visitors.
WAsnINGToN, July 3.

WAsnINGToN, July3.
The Bourl of Visitors 10 the West
Point Military Academy have presented
II report to Secretary Belknap. In addi'
ton to the corps Of cadets, the Board eX.
amined ninety applicants for admission t0
the Academy, oi whom ten were rejected
for physical disability, aud twenty-five
for defective scholarship. Among the
recommendation Of the Board are the
following: That the office Of Chaplain
to the post be made distinct, and limited
to four years. each denomination to take
lis turn in filling the position; that more
prominence he given Spanish In the
COURSE that the preparatory course be
the one year method, and the standard Of
admission to which be the SAINT, and
an academy to be established. No person
Is to be admitted to the academy who
does not pass n satisfactory examination
in studies in the preparatory department
and Is eighteen years old, and that the
ProfesSOrship Of ethics and belle.lettres be
selected from civil life, and that the Pro.
fessors Of ethics, law, and engineering be
retired with provisions for their COmiortH.
bic support in view Of long and faithful
service, and prOlessOrships Of drawing be
abolished and this study hereafter he
restricted to mathematical drawing and
consolidated with engineering, and that
stricter discipline, Of twenty years ago, he
resumed. On this point the Board say
the Superintendent and Commandant
Of Cadets should always be officers
of high rank and who by their
age and military distinction can com.
mand not only the respect, but i'm.
pliCit obedience Of the cadets. In con.
nection with the subject Of discipline
reference Is made to the rigorous disci
pline Of West Point twenty-five years
ago, when the officers and the ca.
tlets stood In relation TO each other as the
officers and soldiers nj any military point
when the cadets only visited tho officers
quarters on Saturday afternoons, and sci.
dom then, because Of the distance main
tanned by their superlors. All this, II Il
stated, had a tendency 10 put the sons o.
rich and poor men on common footing
The present condition Of affairs, resulting
from the great influx of fashionable life a
the post, Is commented upon among othel
things as causing relaxation oirules AM
tile former rigors Of the Academy.
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A Trade Union Decided Illegal aud
Conspiracy.

NEW lORE, July .
A Adispatch states that the Massachusetts
Supreme Court has Just made u notable
decision in suit instituted by stone cut
ter TO recover y certain sum of money,
l$5OO) levied as fine by the Bay Trades
Union to which he belonged, because he
was cutting stone in manner contrary 10
the rules Of the Union, The court ruled
that the demand was illegal and that a
combination and threat to prevent work.
men from being employed was illegal and
n conspiracy,
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GheQnteItiqstrf
More PTOgTess.-DemOCTatiC Alice.
tiOn for Common Schools,

1t Is very encouraging TO see the Regis
Ter come out so strong for the free public
school system Of the State. Some appre.
hensiOn has been felt, and Judging the lu'
ture by the past, we have in some degree
shared it, that the Democrat party of the
State would Cmbarass and discourage
rather than promote that system. All
the history Of that party in Virginia was
hostile to free common schools. Under
its domination Virginia built up and en-
dowGd splendid schools for the rich, but
made no provision for the poor, II the
Democracy Of this State are such warm
friends of common schools Il is strange
that no common school system ever exist
ed in Virginia till another party came in
to control. W0.must conclude that this
affection Is n plant Ofrecent growth. And
it is in this view Of the case that we feel
encouraged. There is little ODE admired
or initiated in the past course Of
Virginia Democracy in its treatment
of matters affecting the mental devel.
OpemGnt and progress of the COM
mon people; and IL the Democracy
Of this State, inheriting alike the history
and faults of It's Virginia ancestry, Is now
so heartily devoted to the education and
intellectual improvement of the plain peO-
pie as the Register leads lis To believe, II
shows that the world does move. For
tunately the Registers testimony Is
strengthened by that of State Superin-
tendCnt LEWIS, who snatChed little time
the other day from his arduous lab0rs in
behalf Of convention to make Il speech
to the teachers at ltavenswOOd, wherein
he hepr0tesled even more strongly than the
Register the undying affection Of himself
and his party for the Common School
system of West Virginia. Accepting these
ntteranCes:as representing the whole par
ty las doubtless we are expected to dO)
we congratulate ourselves and readers thAt
Free Schools have Yanquished all their
foes No party, 1t seems, dare rest under
the imputalion of hostility to them. This
shows that the Democratic party man.
ayers believe at least that the schools are
strong with the masses and that that par
ty Is compelled by the logic Of necessity
to move forward.
The disposition generally manifested to
take the new departure, to accept as ire
vesiblG the amendments which secure tho
negro the rights off man and citizen, IL
another hopeful sign, showing that even
the most bigoted and obstinate preludices
yield at last to the steady pressure of Just
and enlightened ideas.
We have no doubt we shall yet live To
chronicle other signs of improvement aud
progress In the Bourbonism that had
learned nothing Of human rights, or tue
nobility Of human nature, In fifty years.
The Republican party has placed the live
coal on the back OI this old, inert tortoise,
and the astonished creature begins 10
stick ont Ills head and reach forth his legs
in tlmid, hesitating way, not knowing
Just what direction to take, hut feeling
kccnly the necessity of moving.
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SAN FRANCISCO.
Large Papal Demonstration.

SAN FRANCIsCo, July ..
About $50 men, women and chill.
dren, and 404 vehicles were in the Papal
procession yesterday. The following was
telcgraphed to Rome:
"75 Ills Holiness Pins LNM, R0mc.
"Finy thousand Of your devoted chill
dren celebrate here today, with enthu.
siastic Joy, the 2jtll anniversary of your
Pontifcate, and wishing your life pro.
longed to see the States Of the Church
and your freedom restored, and knecling
for your Apostolic benedction.
(Signed) ARCHBISHOP OLEMANY."
The Pontiilcate celebration to-day was
n grand affair The procession was OveI
two hours passing n given point The
representatives of3t nationalities were III
the line, military and civic organizations
with music md banners, marching
through the streets all day The process
sion numbered from 10000 TO 10000.