The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1871-11-24
NEW YORK.
Experiments with Steam Boilers.

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NEw YoRK, November 23.-A series
OF experiments are now being made BY
the united railway companies of New
Jersey, at Sandy Hook, in order to
determine the best means OF obtaining
greater safety in steam boilers. Yes
terday two boilers were experimental
on with satisfactory results. Inspector
Mathews yesterday applied the by.
draulic test to new boiler of the Staten
Island ferryboat Westfeld. He pro-
nounces the boiler perfect in every par
tlcular and able to sustain much greater
pressure than forty pounds. But thirty
pounds of steam will be carried, ten
pounds less than the inspector will
allow, the superintendent Of the com.
pany ordering Mr.. Mathews TO set the
Government safety valve at that pres
sure.
Additional SubpscriptiOns for the
Sufferers by Fire.
The Chamber of Commerce has Ie-
ceived additional subscriptions for the
relief Of the sufferers of Chicago and
the northwest, amounting to SIG, ,90l. .78,
making the total amount received by
the committee S906,3l067.
rendered His Resignation.
General William M. Tweed, jr, it is
understood, has rendered his resigna-
ton as Assistant District Attorney, to
60 into effect January lst.
The Excitement Mt the Savings Bank
The excitement at the Guardian and
Bowling Green Savings Bank, has sub
sided. The clerks are arranging their
accounts and will make their report OF
the condition of the bank in a few
days.
Relief for tie widow Of Sergeant
Wyatt.
The Tweuty.Second Regiment yester
terday gave a check for s63O025 to the
widow of Sergeant Wyatt. Sergeant
Wyatt belonged to the Ninth Regiment
and fell on the twelfth of July last, in
vindcation of American principles
The Heirs OF Sir Francis Drake.
A meeting OF the heirs of Sir Fran
els Drake, was held in Taylors Hotel,
Jersey City, yesterday afternoon. Over
200 persons claiming to have descended
from the brother of the great navigator
attended. They were almost exclusively
from New Jersey. The estate to which
these persons lay claim is situated in
the county of Devon, England, and it
said to be worth Sl00,000,000. The
meeting was held with closed doors.
Mr.. Jas. S. Drake presided, and Mr..
Beckwith was appointed Secretary. An
association was organized under the
title of "the Society Of the heirs of Sir
Francis Drake" 1t was resolved that
any person claiming heirship should
be admitted on payment of ten dollars
entrance fee. Committees were ap-
pointed to obtain and disburse money
in the enforcement of the claims ofthe
joint heirs.
LoriIIard's Yacht Enchantress
sails tomorrow for Marseilles with a
select party, who will winter in France.
The German Fat Mems Association
created considerable amusement today
by parading the streets preparatory to
a picnic. The Association comprises
seventy-two members, and the whole OF
them collectively weigh over five tons.
Grand Duke AIexis-The Object OF
his Visit.
A dispatch from Washington to the
Herald says that there is reliable in
formation Of the real object Of the visit
of the Grand Duke Alexis to the United
States, and reports that he is charged
with a mission Of an important and
delicate character to our Government,
being nothing less than a proposal for
an alliance offensive and defensive be-
tween the two nations. A European
war is appreh ended, and Russia believes
that with the active aid Of the United
States, or assisted by an extensive
privateering fleet under Russian letters
of marque, she could defy all Europe.
North Carolina.
A Raleigh dispatch says that nearly
two hundred Ku-Klux will be tried at
the term OF court commencing on the
9th inst. All Of them confess, many
making conflicting and ridiculous state,
ments. A more demoralized set could
scarcely be found anywhere. One OF
them swears that he was sworn into tne
order by q Methodist preacher, who IN
formed him that Plato Dunhan, a de-
feated candidate for Congress, was the
chief; Josiah Turner, editor of the
RALEIGH Sentinel, was Grand Chief ot
North Carolina; Wade Hampton was
Grand Chief OF South Carolina; n. b.
Forrest was Grand C,clops for the
Southern States, and Frank Blair was
Grand Cyclops for the United States.
Il will be claimed at Court that the
order is purely political.
Message OF the Governor.
A dispatch from Raleigh says that
the Governors message, which was
sent in Yesterday, shows the debt OF
North Carolina to be thirty-four million
e;sbt hundred thousand dollars. The
neop,e ~ are unable to pay the interest on
This sum. The Governor recommends
the sale of the railroad interests OF the
State to prevent repudiation, and at the
same time says that no financial Poicy
shonld be determined upon until the
facts connected with the debt is ascer-
tained in order that some conciusien
NAV be reached as to the disPoel'ion
Of oft the liabilities Of the State. After the