The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1872-02-20
NEW YORK.
rho Excitement Subsiding.

1Tlohne speclal ifoih "ooni"Ss
that the furry over the Alabam
claims is subsiding. 1t is authorlta'iVel
announced that no letter has yet bee
received from the English Ministry o
any other facts been transmitted
either from Gen. Schenck or Engi!sl
Ministers, 10 the State Department
with reference to the subject, other thai
these already published. Earl Gran
ville's letter cannot reach here before
the Goth instant.
Arkansas Matters.
Intelligence has been received here
to-day that call has been made by
the acting Governor of Arkansas fer a
force Of State troops 10 be stationed IN
Chicot county.
Died.
Mrs. Josephine S. Grifiing, well
known in auti-slavery circles and later
as an advocate of woman's suffrage, in
this city, died on Sunday morning.
The General Order Business.
A Washington special to the Times
saws the reform OF the bonded ware
house and general order system is pro-
cecding as rapidly as details eau be
arranscu,. The rates of carriage and
storage has been fully revised by three
commissioners of the Chamber OF Com
merce. Custom House and warehouse
men and Collector Arthur reports that
these rates which have been agreed on
are about - or % per cent in advance
Of those fixed in 1867. The advisory
civil service board has almost completed
arrangements for carrying into effect
the new civil service rules in their full
extent. The examining boards for
various departments have not yet been
designated by the President. The
operations Of the general plan are
somewhat narrowed if Congress shall
refuse to make an Appropriation.
Vincent COIyer.
The resignation OF Vincent CoIyer'
az Secretary of the Board Of Indian
Peace Commissioners, did not occasion
his retir,ucut from the board, OF which
ne is still member.
The Joint Select Committee
will to-day, Monday, make report on
the condition OF affairs in the late In
surrectionary States. The report treats
with minuteness on the occurrences In
South Carolina, Georgia, Mississippi
and Alabama, grouped together, for
the purpose of showing the existence
Of the Ku-Klux Klan. The review OF
the affairs OF the various States Is a
most exhaustive document, and con-
cludes with a report OF the election laws
of the various insurrectiouary States.
Foster, the Murderer.
On Wednesday Foster, the car-hook
murderer, was re-sentenccd to death
1t is believed an application will be
made to the Court of Appeals as his
last resort for say of the proceedings
as apart from the Governor cIemency
this is the only cause which can pre-
vent the execution OF the sentence.
In response to the suggestion O
Archbishop McClusky, many Catholic
clergymen are endeavoring to induce
the leaders OF Irish societies not tc
parade on the approaching anniversary
of St. Patrick's day, being anxious to
prevent any collision between the
Catholics and Orangemen on that day
The steamships Cleopatra, from Ha'
vana; Egypt, from Liverpool, and John
Gibson, from Washington, D. G., have
arrived.
While at work to-day on the steamer
Idaho. pier No. 46, North river, NJ
Connolly, Henry Cornell and Jamc;
Dobson, fell through a hatchway
Dobson died in a few minutes and the
others were severely hurt.
The funeral services OF the wife o'
VIM. B. Astor, were conducted al
Grace Church to-day by Bishop Putin.
Mayor Hall appeared at the Court Of
General Sessions, to-day, and asked an
immediate trial on the charges preferred
against him for misdemeanor. The
Attorney General and Prosecuting
Attorney stated they were not ready fol
the trial, and after some discussion il
was set down for the Goth.
Articles OF agreement were signed to
dav between the Biglin Brothers, o
this city, and Coulter and Cobat, o
Pittsburgh. Distance five miles; stakes
$1,000. John Morrissey is the stake
holder.