The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1871-06-15
NEW YORK CITY.
Movements of the President.

NEW YORK, June Il.
The President left for Long BrancL
last evening.
SINGULAR AND FATAL HORSE DISEASE.
The singular and unaccountable horse
disease, which made its appearance hert
recently, has not abated. 1t battles the
skill Of the veterinary surgeons. The
disease is very rapid in its results, gene
rally producing death within twenty.louI
hours, Yesterday the Third Avenue
Railroad lost thirty animals, Second Ave
nue. twenty, and the other lines proper
tionately large numbers, The superin.
tendent of the Broadway and Seventh
Avenue line estimates the deaths so fur at
not less than 200 animals, ..
Capt. Halls Arctic expedition steamer
has arrived here from Washington.
The second trlGnnial reunion OI the So,
cicty of the Army Of the James will be
held in this city July 10th ut Apollo Hall,
An grafton will bG delivered by Major
General Terry and an original poem re-
cited by Col John Hay, A large number
of prominent officers connected with the
Society will be present,
The Polaris arrived from Washington
this morning, aEer tine passage Of four
days. She hauled into the navy yard,
Brooklyn, where she will remain until
ready To start north. Those who accom-.
panied tho former expeditions speak Ell.
Enthusiastically Of the preparations of Capt.
Hall, and hopefully OF his discovery OF the
Northwest passage. The Polaris will
take in supplies to last to a point in
Greenland, where she will await the
common storeship Supply with additional
provisions. The reception to Captain
Hall and his officers, to DO rendered by
the American Geographical Society, will
come oil next week.
Assistant Secretary Ol the Treasury
Richardson, with Mvssrs. Bigelow and
Prentiss, OF the Treasury Department,
sailed on tho Java for Liverpool to-day,
for the purpose Ofpromoting tho disposal
of the new government bonds, and also
bearing dispatches to Minister SChenck.
The party take out several millions of
the new registered bonds, In u safe made
expressly for their use by the Treasury
Department. .."
Collector Murphy, BIessrs. Latin,
Clews, Morton, and many other proni.
nent citizens, accompanied the delegation
down the bay Harry Palmer and Max
Strakosch, also Agnes Ethel, are among
tho JavAs passengers.
The Viaduct Railroad directors held
second meeting this p. NJ, for the purpose
Of definitely deciding upon the route to
be adopted. A public meeting Of the Clti.
zens vii be heidi n the Chamber Of Com.
merce, Friday, TO favor the extension of
the ViAduct Road to South Ferry, and the
erection of q new custom house.
Foster, the Putnam murderer, Is re.
ported very hopeful Of new trial, for
which his counsel Is making IN effort
Rev. DR.. Tying visits him frequently, and
his wife passes tho most of her time in
his cell. None Of his relatives have WIS.,
tied him since the murder.
Senator Morton arrived in this city, to.
day, en- route for Long Branch.
Henry Ward BeCcher will deliver an
address of inauguration Of the bust Of
Washington Irving, NJ Prospect Park, on
the oath inst
In October 1864, the citizens of New
York and Brooklyn, ind 1t may DO said
the whole country, was Mortified at the
discovery OF five bundles ut intervals and
apart in these waters, containing the mu.
tilated body Of some unfortunate man. 1t
was supposed ut the time that the body
was that Of II soldier named Joseph Smith,
Of Danburry, c., who had deserted from
his regiment. lie visited New York
city and soon after disappeared and WIS
never heard Of moro. lie was seen lrc
quently before he disappeared IN company
with dlssolute men and was himself given
to drink. After lapse Ol seven years
comes news from Sydney, Australia,
which removes tho vail and gives tho SO.
Cret out at last. Some time ago Tree
fight occurred in these parts between sew.
eral men, in the course Of which one OF
the parties was fatally wounded The
guilty ones crGnrrestGd, and while In Jail
one Of them implicated himself and TEL
lows in the murder of Joseph Smith. lie
stated that they had been drinking and
and, being out Of money, deter.
mined to rob Smith Of $500, which lie
had obtained by the jumping of boun.
ties. They took him into coach
factory on Prince street, where they first
killed him, and then cut him up. They
then took II C0aCl, and committed the re.
mains to the river. The man who killed
Smith Is dead, but his companions will
probably suffer the extent Of the law in