The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1871-08-12
NEW YORK CITY.
Murphy Buys the Irish Republic.


Union held meeting yesterday afternoon
: and discussed the question, enlolning by
y legal steps the dOings Of the Board OF EV.
aminers provided under the license law.
! They have set on foot movement to Sc.
cure the repeal Of this Objectionable act.
OPERATIONS OF THE QUARANTINE RING.
The morning THJuHe presents de.
tailed statement Of the transactions of the
quarantine officials, and charges the
Health Officer, DR.. Carnahan, with hav.
Ing prostituted his official power by pill.
fering practices for the enrichment Of him.
self and the quarantine ring, and to dam
age commerce at this port. II says; "Fivc
hundred and odd vessels were driven
from our port in single year by the OK.
action Of quarantine by this officer and
his colleagues. Forty.four thousand dol
lars were plundGred from few score of
merchants whom we can name du.
ring four quarantine months by single
items, such as stevedOring, unnecessary
tightening, Coopering. Many thousand
passengers have been most unnecessarily |
put to inconvenience Of transferring them.
selves and baggage in Lower Bay, and
then compelled by threats of detGn. |
tion to pay four dollars and llNy cents
to FIVE dollars each for transportation Of q |
y fdistance less than l2 miles. While at the
same time a tug Is maintained by the
State at extravagent rateS 10 do this very
work free of cost, A passenger boat has
been employed rs IA pleasure boat by
Health officers. Private mails and ship.
ping merchants have been detained until
they consented 10 pay for their transpOr.
tation by the quarantine boats, at the
rate Of one hundred fold higher than that
for which the United States Postal DE.
partmenl does The same work, Other
cargOes oi valuable and pcrishahlc goods
are SAid IN have been ordered by the
quarantine officers To warehouses distant
from the business part Of the city, in
order that those who take hribes might
reap the benefits Of large commissions
illegally charged.
LOCAL P0IITICs-ANTG TAMMANY MOVE.
MENT
Local Democratic organizations are al.
ready discussing the course 10 be pursued !
In reference to the lall campaign, The
prevailing opinion is that strong anti.
Tammany delegation will be sent to the :
.September State Convention for the nOmi. ;
nation of State officers, which will this
year he reinforced by representatives from
German and Irish bodies and those Amer. !
cans who have been long hostile to the |
present city ring and that, II possible,
concert of action with the Republicans '
will hc had to elect nti.Tammany legis.
lators from the city districts. The Tam.
manyitGs are already showing great aCtivi-
ty, by the organization of local clubs and
making vigorous campaign preparations.
VANDERBILT MAKES AN EUROPEAN LOAN. r
There are reports that W. II. Wander.
bilt the COmm0dore's son, Inns negotiated y
in Europe, where he now Is, n six per cent Il
loan TO retire Central scrip. The compa.
ny will take II In At par and pay the pres. g
ent six months dividend. This arrange. o
ment will make the Central q 10 per cent q
stock a
THE wEsTFTEID INQUEST.
The inquest this morning on the West. u
field murders developed no new iActs.
Ward b. Hart an engineer, testified that
he thought the Westneld's boiler capable
Of carrying 30 or 40 pounds Of steam, and u
that the wages received by him arc 300 II
q month, the Staten Island Ferry COmpa.
ny pay but SS0.
Statements have been made TINT
general attack Is to be made on the Ital.
ian procession on the 25th, hut they are not
credited in police circles. The assertion r
that armed organizations Of Hibernians n n
would interfere to prevent the parade, Is q,
also believed to have no foundation in ii
fact The police authorities however, v,
though they do not anticipate any breach II
OF the peace will make al the necessary r
arrangements for the preservation Of or. al
der. .. ~
Notice has been served on the Captain :.
Of the Enmet Guards, an Irish military J.
in Jersey City, that the per.
mission accorded them Of using tho City
Armory by the Common Council last
year, has been revoked by the present CT
Common Council p
Henry Rawley, the owner Of steam rr
boiler, was arrested to-day on complaint h,
Of Capt. Rule, Of the Sanitary Company, ii
for employing manas engineer who had &C
not certificate rs prescribed by law. nj
He was brought before Justice Hogan &
and subsequently admitted to bail IN
At a meeting Of the bricklayers last
night It was resolved to demand an In.
crease from "a 90 10 81 10 per day
wages after the 21st inst.
Great quantities ol Bartlett pears are
now sold In the streets. A produce tner. ri
chant arrived few days ago from San dt
Francisco with 800 baskets, which he
1uickly disposed Of
A number OF seanen lately attached to "
The ship Sardi2, Of Boston and the Mary p
Blame, Of San Francisco, who have Just
arrived here say that reign Of terror was
carried on by the officers on hoard these
ships on their last trip, which was by the 80
iormer from San Francisco IL Liverpool, sc
IN tue beginning Of the year, and by the
latter from nan Francisco to Hong Kong,
In the spring The crews Of both were
most Crllcly maltreated while on the yay,
On the Mary lIilane four men were fOully
At the government investigation Of
the WCsLileld disaster, Erastus W. Smith,
A practical engineer for thirty.hve years,
and the designer Of the engines Dauder. ia
berg, Metropolis and other well known en-
steamers, testified that he had found the dc
Westfeld's boiler Of inferior iron, cracked in
nearly through in consequence Of made. to
luatC support, ono. Of the saddles having 81
been removed and never replaced, and nc
evidently well supplied with water at the ly
explosion Mr. Smith pronounced The
lydroStatc pressure no proper test Of the m
boiler. pl
Geo q. Sewell, United States Engineer e2r
Testified that he had examined the boiler ia
Of the Westfeld, and found the iron OF =
which she was made Of the most worth. !
less character. The iron had not been
boiled thoroughly, and IN some places the
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