The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1871-12-30

| OIL
Court oil oyer and Terminer is owing to
the ring Influence, the object being to pre-
vent the finding of further indictments by
the General Sessions Grand jury. The
Oyer and Terniner jury has been occu-
pied long time in the investigations, and
has spent many days over the case OF
Fisk, Jr., but thus far without any practi.
cal results
Tweed's hiding place does not vet ap,
pear to be known except to the Sheriff and
few others Tweed was yesterday in
/ communication with the Sheriff, and it is
said that letters were sent by him to the
members of the Tammany General Com
mittee, urging them to be present last
night at meeting which he had directed
to be convened, the subject of which was
to consider the reorganization of Tamma-
ny. This statement, however, appears to
be improbable.
There are ten more indictments against
]. ID. Miner, who has just been acquitted
for counterfeiting, and it is the intention
of Government to try him upon these at
an early day
FISK BUYS UP MANSFIELD
Fisk is reported to have secured the
suppression of his correspondence with
Helen Josephine Mansfield, aud the dis
continuance OF the suits, by the payment
of $56! !OOO.- .r.t s-- ~
The uptown portion O. the city is not
yet fully supplied with gas. 1t is expect
ed there will be enough to meet the re-
quirements in few days.
At meeting of the Emigration Com
missioners yesterday, the committees re-
port was adopted declaring that the suf-
ferings of passengers on board the steam
ship Franklin was due to insufficient ven
tilation and the want of proper water
cnndensing apparatus. The Commission
ers have u large number of unemployed
persons on hand who want to go South.
One OF the chief causes of disaffection
among Tweed's bondsmen is said to be
due to their unwillingness to stand an
examination by the reform lawyers, and
that the property of some of their real
estate has been purchased from the city
at prices much below its real value
A Herald reporter says he is informed
that Tweed was yesterday negotiating
with the agent of F. 4. Scott for the dis
posal of his property
A fire in Maiden Lane last night dam
aged the building occupied by VIM Estes
for inspection, to the extent of $4,000.
Another fire on East Twelfth street dam
aged the Jaw mill building of Rodman &
Hepburn tp the amount of about $4,000.
The lumber firm OF Derby S Snow, and
Prentice & Rommelsleidt, brewers, both
OF Jersey City, have failed. The liabilities
of the latter are reported at over four hun
dred thousand dollars.
Another fraud in the tax commission
er's office has been brought to light The
taxes of Messrs. Iden amount to $4,000
and marked dismissed on false afiidayits,
the amount paid the city being $4,000.
Fires occurred this morning in the oil
refinery of Lambert, Ayres & Co, foot of
West 65th street Damage about $25, 200
TWEED COMES OUT AND sURRENDERs,
AND IS RELEASED ON NEW BAIL.
Tweed surrendered to the Sheriff, and
his son Richard was accepted as surety
in place OF Farley.
q. w. Van Mort has been appointed
Commissioner of Public Works by the
Mayor, who has received Tweed's resig-
nation
Quite an excitement was created by
Tweed's formal surrender of himself to
the Sheriff this morning. But few per-
sons were present in the Sherifts office
when Tweed walked in. The necesSa-
~ requirements were quickly complied
with. and the Sheriff at once certified to
the release Of Farley as surety on Tweed's
bond. Tweed ihereupon went to his Of
flee of the Department of Public Parks,
where he introduced his successor, Mr.
| Van Mort. to the clerks Tweed states
that bis resignation was sent to the May
or last night: that be was ready to resign
two months ago, if he could haveIgot his
an'appointed Inthis, however he did not
sncceed. Van Mort, who is reported to
he Republican, he considers very SUIT
ob1a man The general belief is that
Tweed will not have courage to go to
Albany to take his seat in the Senate
TTnon being questioned on this question
to[dav he replied, II am a Senator ;"
He r;dicules the reports of his flight
The examination of his suretles IS still IN
progress L.,,,
the case of Yeaton Us. The Tobacco Man
factnrers Association placed on the caien-
Jsr of the Supreme Court Tweed
sweeney and Horace Greeley are SAID to
ba Interested in the concern
In addition to Farley, Gould and Hast
inga have been released from Tweed's
b99,d Messrs. Cornell and Richard n.
Tweed SON of the aBoss," taking their
nlaces. - VI 7=s
An elevator gave way at the Filth Ave
mo Hotel this afternoon. and four servants
were seriously injured
Mavor Hall has not sent his resignation
60 tbe Union Club, but it is expected that
he will do so at the next regular meeting.
Rev. VIM Taylor, of Liverpool, has
accented call to the Broadway Taberna-
Gle Church, in this city.
Connolly was not able to perfect ban to-
day owing to the withdrawalof of the lady
Who had offered to go on his bond for
siTT;fi T6is afternoon, G. Van Mort wss sworn