The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1872-08-16
NEW YORK City.


+ men by yellow fever. 10 ,7is7ls1t59 %
The British ship Cathedral, from Pen
:. saeola for Liverpool, put in here lookiDi
Q badly, with nine feet Of water in her hold
The Times has theRffldavitot Thomal
. J. Connolly, formerly an Internal Revenu
inspector, annexing the letters which MI
> Connolly swears were addressed TO hin
BY Senator Doolittle in the latter part o
1884, ID which an agreement was made 4
/ give Doollttle, at the latter's suggestion
, one-foWthl of the proceeds Of the sale @
] 10000 bales Of cotton TO be sold BY Con.
molly, after having been seized from the
rebels while General Banks was in com
mand at New Orleans. It Is also claimed
In these letters that Conuolly's position
was obtained by Doolittle for this purpose
The Tines says It has the original OF these
letters In Its possession. .Al
There were twenty three cases Of sun.
stroke In this city yesterday, i've Of
J which were fatal, and seven In BROOKLYN.
The Sun says that n. Mayoja, Agent
General Of Cuba, states that the report OF
q Cuban tlllibustering expedition being
formed 10 Canada Is false. ....... -
I Jas. H. Iugersoll, the notorious Ring
chairmaker, was discovered on Sixth
avenue last evening by q detective and
arrested. There are two indictments Of
forgery against him. He was taken this
morning before the Court OF General Ses.
sions and bailed for trial In the sum of
s., 900 on each, After being bailed in the
above cases, he was Immediately re.
arrested on q civil suit, similar to those
against Tweed and others, and . half mil
lion dollars bail demanded. He expects
to get this amount before the sunsets.
The heat to-day was again excessive,
but cooler BY 1--we or six degrees than yes.
terday. The thermometer In doors to-
day ranged at 90, and in the extreme
shade at 80. :. LaG ~ I ,isl'L's hlA.' ~.
The argument in the case Of Rose Nc.
Cabe, of the Blooningdale Asylum, was
concluded TO day. -
| The Sheriff received notice to-day,
from the Attorney General, not to arrest
Andrew Garvey in the civil suits pending
against him. Vouchers for work perform.
ed at the Department OF Public Works,
amounting to $4,000, have been lost In
their transit from the Comptroller Cen
eral to the Auditor. iDiligent search is
being made for them, n- >. a... .
Alderman McMullin telegraphed to
Maces friends In this city this afternoon,
suggesting New Orleans as the place OF
fighting. An answer was made that the
proposition was to meet in Erie and 20 TO
Canada to fight. McMullin replied that
he would name the time and place TO.
night ~ 2 7'I''dH1'if
The Treasury Department has ordered
Supervising Inspector Lowe, of New
York, TO examine into the case of the
steamer Bristol and report the result
Several sunstrokes to-day. Weather
cool and pleasant this evening. 'a =
II is thought all but three Of thetwelye
sailors who have the yellow.feVer at the
quarantine hospital will soon recover.
William Page, the well.known artist,
was stricken with paralysis this morning
at his studio;he islnot expected to recover.
The German bark, John Frederick,
which arrived last night, left Savanna,
LIE Mar, Stelliu, with a crew of six,
all Of whom died prior to Au.
gust 7th, since which time the YES.
sci has been drifting along the coast from
Hatteras with one seaman, and he took
sick with yellow fever. She was fallen in
with off Sandy Hook yesterday by pilot
boat and towed into the lower quarantine.
Her passage has been one of horror.
The brig Liberty, Capt. Deveraux, ar
arrived last night from Maracaibo, having
lost but one man on the voyage. There
were three sick on board. The hospital
doctor has no doubt the sickness is yel.
President Grant left for Washington
last evening. iHr.-As -a&aas
James II. Ingersoll furnished bail this
afternoon in the sum Of $500,O00. Messrs.
Lorin lngersoll, father OF the defendant,
and VIM. 81. Watson, merchant, No. 70
Park avenue, became his bondsmen, each
justitying in full the amount. -Ss
The Pennsylvania Railroad Company
will issue excursion tickets to the Pitts.
burgh Convention.
aThe debate between VIM. N. Saunders
and Rev. Fl. 81. Garnett, on the Presiden.
tial question, occurred tonight at Cooper
Institute. There was large audience OF
colored and white people present. John
]. Soule (coloreO was madeI President.
The colored persons present were largely
in favor Of Grant. s,, M. -7.. ..1o41
MIR. Saunders commenced the discus.
sion in favor Of Greeley. He said Greeley
had been for thirty.tlve years Republi.
can, and had been lifelong advocate oil
the freedom OF every race. The Cincin.
natl platform had plank in favor OF
equal rights, while at Philadelphia the
Republican party adopted Grantisms.
MIR. Saunders was frequently interrupted
by laughter, Kisses and hootiDg.
MIR. Garnett speaking in favor Of the
reelection Of Grant, said it required q
great deal OF brass for an orator 10 adyo-
cate before black men a party who mur-
dered their wives and children and hung
them to lamp posts in New York. He
said million of black voters were salts
fed with Grants administration the past
four years and would re-elect him. Gar.
netts remarks were received with great
applause by the colored portion OF the au-
dtence, Saunders rose to reply, when a
scene OF great confusion occurred and
hundreds Of colored people left the hall.
The meeting broke up amid q great up.
roar. 80
A fire broke out this evening in the
press.rooms OF the Christian Union,
Henry Ward Beechers paper, underneath
the Park Hotel. Fears were at first en-
teftained,tltat the hotel would catch fire.
Inc tiremen, however, were promptly on
hand and the flames in the. pfess.footn
were prevented from extending. Dam
age to presses and folders about $4,000.
Tho cause OF the fire Is unknown, The
premises are said TO be fully insured. Q
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