The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1871-05-29
NEW YORK.
A Railroad Leased.

"H SNoi NOh' poly S>
perpetual lease Of the Rennessaler ant
Saratoga railroad on May 18th. Thi
road extends from Albany and Troy t.
Lake Champlain and Rutland, Yer
mont, including the old Schenectad!
and Saratoga branch, from the former
place to Ballston. The Delaware anC
Hudson Company has the receipts O
the road from May 1st, and pays the
running expenses of the road from the
same date. The length Of the road
without the sidings and turnouts, is one
hundred and e;ghty-one miles. The con
ditions OF the lease are the payment oi
seven per cent. on a capital of six mil
lion dollars on the first year, and eight
per cent. thereafter, and interest charges
on the debt Of S203,Sl6 per annum.
The arrangement affords to the Della.
ware and Hudson Canal Company a
continuous connection by rail from its
mines via the Albany and Susquehanna
road, already leased to the Lake Cham
plain and North road for the distribu-
ton Of coal in one direction and trans
portation of iron in another.
Marine Hospital at New York.
The Supervising Surgeon, Of the
United States Marine Hospital service,
has recommended to fthe Secretary
of the Treasury that marine hospitals
at the port Of New York be abolished,
and that the services Of the present su-
perntending surgeon be dispensed with,
his place to be filled by a physician Of
recognized ability and professional
standing, and proposing to place all sea-
men requiring hospital attention in To-
cal institutions, and to invite bids for
their care from each of the principal
hospitals in this city and Brooklyn.
The Archbishop DarbOy Canari-
The Associated Press Denounced.
The Tribune is enraged at having
been entrapped into publishing the AS
sociated Press sensational dispatch
yesterday, about the murder Of Arch
bishop Darboy and the Paris priests,
md denounces the Associated Press
service as authority absolutely un
trustworthy. The writer says the
doubtful rumor Of the massacre OF the
Archbishop Of Paris and fifty priests,
which we published yesterday with
many misgivings, is confirmed to-day on
so absolutely untrustworthy
hat we positively reject the whole story
altogether. These vendors of horrors
seem to have no better use for priests
han the Communists themselves;
orthwith wanton disregard and of hu-
nan life, this new character adds ten
o the number of the slaughtered clergy
Seriously the painful story is unworthy
,f credence. The confirmation relegrsd
,latcd Press evening papers of vester-
lay, partially confirming the first dis
patch, both Of which are without the
slightest shadow of truth.
Prize Fighters Sentenced TO the Pen.
itentiary and Fined-The Umpire
also Arrested.
Judge Bowling to-day sentenced the
he prize fighters, Collins and Edwards,
10 the penitentiary for twelve months
each, and TO pay fine of one thousand
dollars, the sentence to continue in de-
fault OF the fine for another twelve
months. The umpire, Thomas Nc
Alpine, who was arrested last night,
plead guilty and was sentenced to SIX
months Imprisonment and fine Of
$500 The court was crowded when
Collins and Edwards were being re-
moved and demonstration Of sympa-
tby was evinced but soon suppressed.
A Dcelarntory Article to Accompany
the Treaty.
4 special from Washington says: 1t
IS understood that in the executive ses-
sion of the Senate yesterday, a declara-
tory article to accompany the treaty was
suggested, and a debate ensued upon its
This occupied the entire
time. This declaratory article is to
determine what claims are to
be adjusted, in sections making provl-
sion for indemnifying British claimants.
II is stated the sentiment in favor Of
such an article is very strong, and that
il was only defeated by motion to
adjourn. The Senate will have this
matter under consideration again to-
Iav inasmuch as there were only thirty
Senators in the city last evening, some
of whom expressed their determination
to leave the city last night in prospect
Of a quorum. Now that the treaty has
been ratified, attention has been called
ia the probability that the House may
revive discussion upon this measure, in
accordance with the tenor Of Mr.. Beck s
resolution, when called on to enact
legislation, or to make appropriations
TO carry the treaty into effect. When
the latter occasion arises it is stated
that Messrs. Banks, Butler and others,
TO whom the treaty does not give salts
faction. will insist that under Mr.. Beck 5
resolution the House will have the right
to amend the treaty as it may see fiji.
II is also stated that they feel confident
that by the time Congress assemblies
next December, the treaty will be better
understood than at present, and what
they deem its defects will be formally
subjected to criticisms. Mr.. Beck 8
resolution. which is an exact resolution
Of one introduced in the Fourth Con,
gress BY James Madison, when the
Celebrated Jay treaty was under con-
sideration, was passed with a view to
provide for just such an emergency as
will then exist.
Father Murders His Son.