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The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1871-05-10
NEW YORK CITY
NEw YoRK, May ..

l'at.a NEw YoRK, Mayo.
A posse Of the Police Of the 18th pre-
cinct early this morning made decent on
the gaming house OF Sl9 Broadway
known as the combination game, owned
by John Morrissey, John Mccormack,
Wm. Gage, John Fortune, George P.
Sweeney, Wm. Waldron, Jno. J: lmere,
alias January, and three Others, inmates,
twenty-five in number were found hidden
in various out Of the way places. Among
them were three proprietors, Gage, Swee-
ney and Waldron. ALI were locked up.
A warrant WAS issued by Justice Dowl-
ing on complaint OF Arnold. SieVers OF
the Prescott House, who swears that on
March, o, he lost two hundred dollars at
faro at that place.
The Labor Reform League are holding
their annual meeting to-day in Steinway
Hall. The audience in attendance at the
morning session was about four hundred
persons, chiefly ladies. Mr. ]. T. Sargent,
Of Boston, presided. A. N. Powell read
letter from Mr.. Sumner, regreLting that
lie could not attend the meeting, and re-
commending Americans to give up the
war dance around San Domingo. The
annual report dealt with the South, In
dian and Chinese questions, and recorded
the movement inaugurated by Julia
Ward Howe, for the promotion Of peace,
by summOniDg a Congress Of women TO
London. Wendell Phillips spoke nearly
an hour. He chiefly dealt with the
Southern labor question. He approved Of
Summers San Domingo policy, and re.
GREETED the insult offered him. lie said
there was still q state Of war with the
South. Let Gen. Grant lay ba9ds on the
leaders in the South-men who count their
acres by thousands, and you will never
hear ku.kluX again. (Applause.) On the
question Of labor, he advised the Repub-
licans 10 adopt labor reform In their plat
form. lie spoke of the Corruptions Of
Judges and city officials and tie lessons
the cowardly Shylocks who dip their.
hands into the private fortunes Of the city
arc teaching tho men with bludgeons, and
said the next time the Bowery boys have
u riot they may take 1t into their heads
not to hang negroes to lamp posts, but in
dulge in millionaires.
Among the other speakers were Mr.. W.
]. Linton, Of England, Mrs. Cora Tappan,
Julia Ward Howe and LucrCtia Mott.
The meeting Is considered n success.
Ina game Of base ball to-day between
the Athletics, of Philadelphia, and. the
Eckiords, of Williamsburg, the former
were successful. Score 10 10 4. aEsF|
The New York Presbytcry met yester-
day, and elected Rev. Charles II, PaysOn
Commissioner 10 the General Assembly,
which meets in Chicago next month, and
Rev. DR.. Hatfield alternate Commission
or.
1t Is reported that Bancroft has resign
ed his post rs Ambassador from the Uni
ted States to the German Empire. Cause
not stated. -.l-y .a'T-. tl e'.
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GENERAL NEWS.

The Internal Revenue Department Is to
dispense with Tlce's spirit meter.
The Italian Chamber Of Deputies has
agreed to the first five clauses Of the
Papal Guarantee bill, in the shape In
which 1t recently passed the Senate.
Gus EARLY and four children were
drowned in the Mississippi river, near
Louisiana, Mo-, last Friday, by the up.
setting Of a skif.
Tho ship Young Eagle, Capt. Per.
kius, from New Orleans, bound to Liver.
pool, has been abandoned at sea. The
crew were saved and have arrived at an
English port.
The corner stone Of the smithson
Educational College at Logansport, Ind,
was laid Tuesday, under the auspices Of
the Masonic fraternity, being one of the
grandest public affairs ever witnessed
In this city. The procession was over one
mile.and-a.halfln in length.
The Students University Of Pennsyl.
vania, with the approval Of the faculty,
have established Two boating crews, who
had their frst contest en- the Schuylkill,
Monday.
The butchers and brewers OF Phila.
delphla are making great preparations for
the German celebration Monday next
"A dispatch from Ashland, Pa, says
the miners Of Centralia Colllery went TO
work Tuesday morning.
The House of Delegates OF Massa.
chusetts has passed bills forbidding the
employment Of minors or females more
than 10 hours a day, and for the appro.
priation of fly thousand dollars to Pro
fessOr Agassiz' Museum.
The work of pumping the iron
steamer Hercules, at Georgetown, has
been suspended until the freShet subsidies.
The Potomac is very high.
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ENGLAND.

LONDON, May 0.
In the House Of Commons, NiScount
Enfield, under.Secretary for Foreign AT
fairs, announced the receipt Of n cable
dispatch from Earl De Grey, advising the
Government that the treaty between the
American aud British Governments had
been signed by the High Commission at
Washington, hut said that he was unable
to disclose its conditions.
Mr.. Mall, the member from Brad.
ford, moved for the diseStablishment
of the Church Of England, and sup.
ported his motion in a speech Of great
elooucnCc. Henry Austin Bruce, Home
Secretary, disputed the motion, and said
that the disestablishment Of the English
Church was corollsry to the Church OF
Ireland, and expressed the opinion that
the agitation Of the question was untime'
", Rounded Palmer defended the Church
Of England from the assault Of the mem
Der from Bradford
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DIABOLICAL ATTEMPT AT
WHOLESALE MURDER.
Plot TO Throw a Passenger Train
from the Erie Railway.
NEW YoRK, MAY 0.

a NEW i DIRK, May U.
A special dispatch says IN attempt was
made on the night Of Sunday, April 80,
to throw the express train, No. IL, on the
Eric Railway, Off the track near Deposit
The train was descending the summit
grade and approaching the station, when
at Sward's crossing 1t ran into an obstruc-
tion. It's weight and speed, however,
overCame the resistance and the danger
was escaped. The track man on duty,
alter the train had passed found broken
ties on the track and fire on one side Of
the track, which had been kindled during
his absence. Two green hemlock ties
had been placed on end In o cattle.guard
across the track, and above these heavy
oak tie had been placed in such a posi-:
tiOn that the front truck oi the engine
would partially mount 1t and raising 1t
from the track. The weight Of the engine
had fortunately been 50 great that hem
lock tie broke short of, and the oakenties
that had been relieved, shifted around,
letting the wheels drop again. The watch
man at once commenced removing the
distractions, when pc was asSailed by
shower of stones from the. wood on one
side Of the road. BE was compelled to
abandon his work, and procure assistance.
Train No. 12 on this night, was more than
usually heavy, and contained the Direc-
tors car, upon which were Gould and
Fisk, and several division Superintend-
ents, who were on their way to the city,
TO assist in arranging 8 new time table.
II the effort had been q success, Ii would
have been attended with great loss Of life.
The grade here Is fifty feet 10 q mile, and
the speed Of the train is from 40 to so
miles an hour. The matter has not been
made public before, as It was hoped q clue
to the perpetrators could be obtained.
An armed patrol Of men have watched
the road from Deposit TO Susquehana
since the affair to guard against repeti-
tion Of the attempt.
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Financial and Commercial.

CINCINNATI, May 0.

CINCINNATI, Mayo.
CoTToN-Firm; middling uplands,
14tc.
FLoUR-Firm at SO 35a6 so.
GRAN-Wheat-Firm at 81 9Sa1 10.
Con-Steady at 57c. Rye-Firmat 81 90
al 03. 0ats-Dull; No. 9, 52a55c. Bar.
ley-$1 15a1 IS.
GRoCERIEs-Demand good. Sugar
New Orleans, 9ial1tc.
0Ls-Linseed oil, declined, at 0TaOSc.
Lard oil, 90a0Sc.
EGGs-13fR14c.
BUTTRR-Dull; fresh, 24a26. ,
CHREsE-Demand good; factory, 15c.
PRovrs1oNs-Pork-Firm at $17 STA
II so. Bulk Meats-Advanced; sales Of
shoulders at 6ic; sides, &c; clear rib, SIC
here; Sc at Maysville, Ky. Bacon-Un-
settled at Z, 6A0bc; held tate higher
for shoulders and bacon sides, clear
Lard-Unsettled; 109c offered; lie asked,
HoGs-Steady at s. 0Oa5 so.
CATTLE-Steady at 81 60a6 25.
ToBAcCo-Firm. ar .fe--.. p.
WuTsEY-SSc. G.1a Fle = l4t
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Weather Report.
WASHINGTON, May G

WASHINGTON, Mays.
Synopsis for Pat 7tcenty;t0ur Hours
The weather remains unchanged on the
Pacific coast. Tho low pressure which
prevailed Monday evening in the lower
Missouri valley has moved south and east
into Tennessee The barometer is high
est in Wisconsin, and has risen on all
the lakes; it has risen only to fall again
on;the Gulf and South Atlantic, Brisk
north winds are reported from Lake
Michigan and Illinois elsewhere they
have been fresh and light, Cloudyweath-
er and light rains have spread from tue
Ohio valley eastward TO the Atlantic.
Clear and partially cloudy weather has
prevailed on the lakes. .,Ff
PrObabRitiSs-It Is probable that rain
and clouds will, on Wednesday, advance
along the Atlantic coast, with clear, cool
weather on the lakes, and cloudy and
clearing weather In the interior.
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New York Dry Goods Market.
New YoRK, May 0

SNnW 4bIdNt uAhy "
No particular change in prices; all
staple COttons held with much steadiness,
and the tendency of woOlens Is toward
higher rates. Printing cloths scarce and
held above their real value. Printed cali.
Goes therefore held firmly at lie for the
best brands, and 1Oa10Ic for poor to good
madder work. Nous delalnes steady and
on limited demand at 1Sc for leading
makes on select work. Heavy brown
drills arc steady at 1eia19c for best makes,
the latter price is an extreme; for plain
brown and bleached cottons there Is q
limited inquiry, and best brands keep
well sold up at uniform rates. Pacific
percales and lawns In moderate request at
the opening rates-22tc for the former,
and 14al6C for the latter,
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A Kansas Town Sued. for.

ST. LoUEs, May Q.
Dr.. Il. II. Porter, of this city, has
brought suit In the United States Court at
Topeka, Kansas, for recovery of the
ground upon which the town Of Council
Grove, Kansas, stands. He claims 1t un.
der tho law Of Congress which permits
mail carriers TO establish mail stations In
the territories TO which q section of land
can be attached. Council Grove was one
OF these stations. The property ls now
valued at halt million.
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CITY COUNCIL.
Second Branch.

The regular monthly meeting of the
Council was held last evening. In the
Second Branch, President Forbes occupied
the chair. AT roll.call the following
members answered: Messrs. Altmyer,
Baird, Clator, Caldwell, Crawford R.,
Hazlett, List, Logan, Lancaster, Nc.
Adams, 0'Brien, Phillips, Steger, Smith
]. g., Smith P, Simpson, Salisbury, Shep-
pard, Viewig, Weisgerber and Water
house.
The minutes Of the last three meetings
were read and signed.
The bond Of ]. N. Warden, collector
elect, in the penalty Of $50 900, with John
Handlan, Christian Hess and John Reid,
Sr., securities, was presented. The securi.
ties came forward and answered aftirma-
lively the usual questions. The bond
was thereupon approved and sent to the
First Branch.
The First Branch having amended a
resolution submitted by the Committee on
Streets and Alleys at the last regular
meeting in reference to setting cur6stone
from Zane to Clay street, by inserting
"lrom Zane street to Vine Alley" the
subject came up as Unfinished business.
The Second Branch adhered to It's origi-
nal action and asked for q committee Of
conference. aa
REPORTS.
Report Of the Superintendent Of the
Water Works for the month was received.
Bills amounting to $5O953 for labor, &C.,
were ordered to be paid. Adopted.
The Committee on Water Works re-
ported in favor OF paying bills amounting
10 $2S0.29. They also reported in favor
OF allowing August Matthews a reduction
Of $3.50 on his water tax Of 1859; also,
that John Heron be allowed d reduction
Of $500 on his water tax OF the same
year; also, that John G. Robinson be
allowed reduction Of $500 on his water
tax for the same year; also, that the com.
mittee be authorized to advertise for
making and delivering sufficient 10-inch
water pipe to lay from Market street, on
John, to Fulton street, and report bids to
next meeting.
1uG SOIululblCC LCpuItCu uuNBEoGly Ou
petitions of W. S. Buchanan and Chris.
Heinold. Adopted. ...
Report OF Committee on Accounts was
received. The Committee reported in
favor OF payment Of bills amounting to
$3.50 A. Adopted.
Report Of Committee on Fire Depart
mcnt was received. They reported in
favor ofpaying bills amounting to $l9S IA;
permitting the Belmont Nail Works 10
make attachments to water plugs In case
Of fire in their vicinity, subject TO control
Of Chief Marshal; authorizing the Com.
mittee to purchase 1000 feet OF a inch
gum hose, at Q cost not TO exceed 81 90
per loot and also necessary couplings; di
recting the Committee TO contract for
new floor In United Engine House at a
cost not exceeding $500; directing the
Board OF Control to place q reel Of hose
at some convenient point in the Seventh
Ward. Adopted.
The Committee on WharveS reported
the following resolutions: ReAOlrud, That
the Street Commissioner be instructed at
once to make the necessary repairs under
the direction Of the committee.
ReaolrSd, That MesSrs, John Porter q
Co. be requested to remove their railway
from the city wharf, between I'd and Sd
streets, Centre Wheeling, as II appears TO
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Another Flood at Harper's Ferry.
: WASHINGTON. MAY 0.

The following dispatch has beeireceiv.
ed from Harper's Ferry, dated the 9th {:
The freshet is very high here. All tenn
porary bridges on the Winchester & Po-
tomac branch ol the Baltimore & Ohio
railroad are weighed down with cars
loaded with coal 10 keep them from wash.
ing away. The water IS receding slowly,
and by night VIC will bo able to see the
amount OF damage done. The trains arc
stopped on he Winchester 81 Potomac
branch.
Yesterday morning the temporary sup.
ports under the railroad bridge across the
Potomac were knocked away by the drift
wood floating on the strong current Of the
river. Travel across the bridges Is sus.
pended, y 1i.. -tl. - u ~ ts.'
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New York Money and Stock Market.
NEW YoRK. Mave

Gold dull and firm at 1114. Loans 1a2
per cent. Clearances $19OOO,OOO. Ex.
ports to-day, $527,000. The foreign ex.
change market is strong, and to-day prime
bankers advanced their rates to 11i4 for
sixty days sterling, and 11O9 for sight.
Governments unchanged. Stocks firm
this morning, principal dealings in Erie,
New York Central, Reading, Rock Island,
Ohios and Pacific Mail, at the close Of the
market were firmer; Rock Island and
Reading reaching the highest point Of the
season. Western Union, steady and
strong; Express shares dull. Central Pa.
cifc bonds were actively sought after by
the German bankers for shipment to El-
rope. Money steady at 4a5 per cent
State bonds dull. Sterling exchange
q
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Three Children Burned to Death By
Fire WorkS...A Lady Shocked to
Death by the Sight. '.'l- -At l
AUBURN, Nav 8,

. Three children burned to death in this
city, yesterday morning. They were at
play in an clubhouse where there was q
barrel OF fire works which exploded. It
is presumed that they with matches set
fire to the barrel. Two Of the children
was probably instantly killed. The third
fingered some hours. Theyoungest child
age four years was a son OF Mitchell A.
GIlden. The others were children OF
Mccartney Of the Capitol Store where
the accident occurred. A lady named
Higgins, alter visiting the scene Of dis.
aster was so shocked by the horrible sight
that she died at ten o'clock the same
evening. ,.---t -.
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WASHINGTON.

g%tH WASHINGTON. Mayo
The President returned to Washington
last night. A Cabinet meeting was held
to-day, oil the members were present ex.
cept Secretary Robson and Belknap
Gentlemen in high official positions feel
confident that the Washington treaty will
be ratified by the Senate. Advices from
North and South Carolina state that 1t Is
extremely hazardous for revenue officers
to travel through that country without
protection.
Subscriptions to the new loan to-day
arc $4,000. -
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Railroad Accident in East VirglRiay !
-. WASHINGTON. MnvA.

The heavy rains OF Friday night under.
mined the track ol the Orange, Alexan.
dria & Manassas Railroad one and half
miles south or Glasgow Station, but It
being apparently all right, the southern
bound freight train Saturday was running
over 1t, when suddenly the enhankment
gave way, precipltating the engine and
two cars down the bank, badly ipjhring
the engineer and fireman.
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Chicago Market.
CHICAGO, May 0.

FLouR-Firm.
GRAN-Wheat-No. 9 spring at 81 97t
al 29 cash and seller May; this afternoon
dull at 81 27i. Corn-No.ss2 mixed firm
and ta1c higher, closed at CSC cash and
seller May; this afternoon dull at 54t6
55fc cash and seller May. Oas-No. 3
tlrmer at 4sta4sic for, fresh; 47ta4Sc for
regular receipts. Rye-No, 9 ats9ia9Oc.
Barley-Sprfng No. 3 dull at 83c. .
Ho9s-Active at a 75a5 10.
CATTLE-Falrly active at a 50a6 80.
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A Singular Claim Against the Gov
ernmenI.
NEW York. MayO.

The 7fibun6s Washington special says
Judge Tabor, fourth Auditor OF the Treas.
ury Department, received u letter from a
man in Florida, who says he has a claim
against the United States for labor per
formed in the Florida Navy Yard in the
winter of 1851, by sixteen Of his slaves,
whose names he gives. He will DO in
formed that the day has passed when any
master can collect IRON the United States
any money for labor done by his slaves,
but that II the men themselves can prove
that they performed the labor their claim
for pay will be good.
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GERMANY.
BERLIN, May 0.

BERLIN, May D, q
The Reichs.ag.are to-day in committee
debating the bill for the Incorporation OF
Alsace and Lorraine into the German en-
pire. One article Of the bill, which grants
immediate citizenship to the Alsatians
and LorrainerS, has already been adopted, !,
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WHEELING BREWERY,
a GARD.

Amer thorough renovation OF my old.eStab.
lIshed Brewery, late In possession Of MeSsrA.
Reilly, Barnes & Hobbs, l have again resumed
my old business Of Brewing and mailing, and
With the aid Of my old OpRatiyea, hope to
produce such quality Of Rennett, Champagne
and Fresh Ale, as l formerly made.
lwlll be prepared to supply my friends and the
public with FreSh Ale this week, but would Ad-
wise any wanting Stock Ale or Porter to apply To
my predecessors, AessrS. Reilly Barnes & Hobbs,
being convinced that they can supply them a
good article.
l wish also to intimate that have no cause or
disposition to interfere with the interests Of my
Brewery, yet win eRdeavor TO be prepared 10 sup
ply all demands for Ale, such ai formerly pro.
dGced.
myS GEO. W. SMITH.
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BAITnoRR, May Q.

tI ia-.. BALTIMORE, May Q.
FLouR-Demand good; western family
at 81 25aS 90.
at 81 coal 85. Corn firm; mixed west.
ern at 7sa74c. Oats at 62a68c.
Provisions Mess pork steady at $1s 80.
Bacon-shoulders OF 7tasc; sides 04aI0c;
clear rib 10ta10ic; hams 1GAl7c. n
WHHEY-92fc. 2 .a
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Tom Scott About TO Buy the State
of New Jersey.

~ HS" SNAuS'
NEW YORK, May o.
The lease Of the united railroads OF
New Jersey to the Pennsylvania Railroad
Company, which has for u month been
uppermOst in the minds OF railroad men,
capitalists and politicians Of Now Jersey,
was submitted 10 the United Board oi
Directors, at Trenton, yesterday. The
committee 10 whom the matter has been
conhded had n meeting Saturday last, at
Philadelphia, In conjunction with u sim.
liar committee from the Pennsylvania
Company, and alter eleven hours debate,
all the provisions of the lease were finally
agreed on. Their work waS approved by
the Directors Of the New jersey com.
panies yesterday, only q few verbal alter
atiOns being made, and the meeting nd.
lourned TO give the committee time to
make the required alterations. The Di.
rcctors will then have another meeting,
aner which the lease will be submitted
directly to the stockholders. Before the
meeting adjourned yesterday an offer was
received from another powerful company,
which II is not necessary TO name, sub.
hitting a proposal equally favorable 10
those made BY the Pennsylvania, and Of
tering in addition bonus OF nearly one
million dollars. This offer will, Of course,
affect materially the negotiations now go.
Ing on, but although the security offered Is
Of first.class description the matter will
not rest with the stockholders. If the
lease to the Pennsylvania company Is re.
Jected by them the second offer may re.
ceive consideration. Since the amount Of
property to be transferred Is Of the value
OF forty millions, embracing railroads and
canals that cover II out Of the 81 counties
Of the State, no event will be watched
with greater interest to New jersey. : {
HF4 ~. E#4N 3
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CINCINNATI.
CINCINNATI, May

OLNCLNNATl, AIAy "
Theodore Kecketer was to-day appoint.
cd Eco Commissioner, by the Common
Pleas Court
A lad named Hermann, employed In
the Mil Greek Planning Mills, was caught
in the machinery and fatally injured, yes.
tarday.
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New York Market.

NEW YORK, May 0.
CoTToN-Steady, middllng uplAnds 154c.
FLoUR-Dull, 80 05a6 80 for shipping
extras.
GRAIN-Wheat heavy, 81 55a1 90. Rye
81 10a1 19. Corn and Oats unchanged.
LARD-Dull, seller May 114c.
EoGs-Unchanged
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Philadelphia Market.

a.. PHILADELPHIA, May 0.
GRAIN-Wheat, red western 81 65a
81 90. Corn steady, mixed western 74a
70c; yellow 77a79c. Oats G2ta84c.
oILs-Petroleum, crude 174a17fc; re.
fined, 24c.
WHtsKY-At CSC.
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THE CONNECTICUT ELECTION.
il,S 500 .' --l s4.-i.t i~-s
Election of Jewell Conceded.

The Legislative Committee, who were
examining the vote ofthe 4th Ward, have
spent day taking the affldavits Of the
men who voted for Jewell. At nine
O'Clock this evening, the number Of affi.
dnvits reached $50, wanting only 10 Of
the number claimed for Jewell in that
ward. It is generally conceded that
Jewell has been elected Governor. &