The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1872-04-12
NEW YORK CITY.


not attempt to 60 through the process q
removing them, but that they win be put
upon trial as the most practical Of way oI
dBposing Of their cases. 5as G-a q ,f'5
AT the charter election In jersey City,
Mr. Aldridge (colored) polled the next
Mghest vote cast, and Is one Of the four
Justices Of the Peace elected, This d the
tlrst colored Justice ever elected In Jersey
City. 80 - ,SiS
AT a meeting Of the Central Club of the
sh.American Reform Leagues held last
evening, measures were taken to organize
throughout the city. The special object
OF tne League Is to lurther the nomination
Of Horace Greeley:for President. ila
John Avery has been found guilty at
Hackinsack, Of the murder Of Jacob Erbe
on the 9th Of February last.
The Tribune says nothing that has been
said in favor Of the Cincinnati movement
mas oeen more cordial than the language
OF kev. MIR. Beecher at the Grant meeting
last evening. The masses applauded but
tho managers looked aghast. He said
Like the Moablte King 70 an impractical.
bic prospect, i took thee TO curse mine
enemies; behold thou hast blessed them
altogether.m llH ~ -SNf ~ !
There was heavy preponderancc in
the election OF anti Tweed candidates at
tne Iammany primaries yesterday. % y
Inc Georgia Legislative Committee re.
sumed to-day the investigation Of the al.
legged frauds Of Gov. Bullock in Georgia
State bonds. II. 1GE
A committee Of citizens yesterday
waited on the District Attorney to see
what caused the delay in the proceedings
against Jacob Vanderbilt and his engineer,
under indictment for the Westfeli man!
slaughter. l50 EuGl5 IA -
There were twenty.six bids for gold.
amounting To $3,S13,5O0 at from 10OS6
to 1000. Amount advertised for sale
II 10000, and II sold will go al from
110.3S to 110.50. 50-7l,--s.-s 2 n
The wool and packing establishment Of
Hitchcock u Freeze, at Jersey City, was
damaged BY fire this morning to the ex-
tent Of $4,000. - % -
Gen. Sickles states that he has received
information that the recent suits against
Jay Gould and Lane were filed to pre-.
vent the Company from compromising
with and releasing them from future liti:
CATION, but no complaint was entered and
the counsel for the Erie Company con.
siders such action untenRble. The report
that seVen-eighths Of Erie stock il
owned by the Bischotheim party Is dis.
credited by Sickles, who states that the
new American Director, Mr.. Green, owns
$lO,OOO,OO0, and a number Of other
Americans as much more, and that other
parties In Germany, Russia and Holland
are associated In the new movement to
the amount Of $28O0O,OO0. Mr.. sickles
states that the Heath and Raphael party
have failed to obtain majority Of the
stock, and have abandoned all attempts
TO control the road. 7a'7 &c =
General Devin, Vice President Of Erie,
Is virtually president, other duties of Gen.
Dix claiming his chief attention.
The shareholders Of the collapsed Bos.
ton d Erie Express Company to-day
agreed to accept the offer Of 10 cents on
the dollar made by the Erie Railway
Company. III 80 r-,-a.,
At meeting Of the New York Metho.
dist Episcopal Conference to-day the only
business done was to order that all the
dwellings given superanuated clergymen
shall, at their death, revert to the Confer
ence. s,se s &
Emma r. Couch, the alleged black.
mailer, was brought before Judge Bedford
to-day on bench warrant. Miss Couch
was not represented by counsel and on
application Of the District Attorney was
committed to prison to await trial.
In the Court OF Common Pleas to-day,
the suit Of Mary Mcclure for $4,000
against Madam Won Buskirk came up
for hearing. The plaintiff states that she
was sednCed by DR.. Palmer, whose sister
took her to Madame Won Buskirk, and
that the latter attempted by force to com.
nit abortion on her. ~ ,#.8.g tr
The Stock exchange to-day ordered the
Reading railroad stocks stricken from
the list, and prohibited dealing in It by
the Board.
The tug boat Davenport, having in tow
four canal boats, exploded a boiler when
opposite the Cunard steamship docks,
jersey City. s. Dexter, engineer, @. sny
der, Jas, Coulfeld, and a boy, were killed.
Several others were injured. Capt Jay
Cox, OF the Davenport, is missing, and is.
supposed to DO killed. ~ f5F .
The cook, named Garret Stratten, and
another boy, name unknown, was also
killed by the explosion of the tug Dayen-
port. Jay Cox xwas not hurt. -
AT the session OF the Judiciary Com.
mittee VIM. Belden testified to the pay.
ment otfilty thousand dollars by ex.Judee
Fullerton to James Fisk, Jr., and in con.
sequence the discontinuance OF the suit
against the Union Pacific Railroad.
Involuntary petitions in bankruptcy
hays been filed in the U. =, District Court
against the Yonkers s. New York, the
Fulton, the Manhattan and the Excelsior
Fire Insurance Companies OF this city X
Amotion has been made in the Court
OF General SESSIONS to quash the indict.
nlent against Anthony P. Jones for arson,
on the, ground that he had no insurable
interest in the burned goods. Decision
reserved. ~, ". ,.5 --a.. s5 80 - Il III
"A grand soldiers meeting will be held
in Cooper Institute on the Goth In aid Of
the erection of al monument to General
Thomas and to secure funds for monu.
ment over the four! thousand Union dead
in Cypress Hill Cemetery. F" &c., I'D, !.
The famous speculator Henry Meigs has
sent from Lima to persons here 0,8s2 In
| payment of certain outlawed notes Of his,
with Interest in full to February 90 last. :
The Commercial has q report that the
arrest Of Gordon at the instance Of Jay
Gould Is only the beginning Of suits and
counters rsuits against the new management
OF Eric, which will involve at leasthall d
million dollars. ETFFT.sfI nj. .
L. B. Schuster, who has served several
years 'ot his term Of imprisonment Of
seven and a hall, for passing counterfeit
money, has been pardoned. for good be!