The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1872-03-11
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Saturdays Dispatches
NEW YORK.
rhe Car.Hook Murderer.

Nav YORK, March 9.-In the case
a., william Foster, the convicted car
hpuk rnur,lrrer, sentenced to be hung
~ ..c I'd OF this month, the counsel
10 dav made application to Judge Bar,
re,, in the Supreme Court, for a stay ol
,-.cre hn,s, pending the decision oi
,hr Court of Appeals. The counsel
made the point that Judge Cardozo, in
,.Igr,ing The jury, said they must find
- ,,rtj,, ~ murder in the first degree
for man>Iaughter, to which counsel
took exceptions, believing the Judge
had deprived the prisoner of the benefit
oi the doubt in the minds oil the jury as
10 the degree Of murder and virtually
depriviug him OF the right of trial by
AIRY Decision reserved.
The Small Pox
is decreasing in the city to such an
extent that free vaccination al the
station houses will soon cease. Only
twenty-four deaths have been reported
this week.
Rifle Practice.
A committee, consisting OF Major
Generals Smaller and Woodward, Col.
William c Church, Captain George w.
Wingate, and several other leading
members of the National Rifle Assocla
ton, will visi, Albany on Tuesday next,
tor the purpose Of conterring with the
Legislature and Governor in regard to
lhe passage o. an act for the promotion
u' rife practice among the National
Guard and 10 secure the official adop-
ton of the manual prepared for the
association a, a text book for instruc-
Ions.
Nertiug 80 - Merchants.
This afternoon large meeting Of the
oil merchants and retiners, was held in
the office of Macy, Front street. The
proceedings were strictly private The
object was, however, to take action on
the proposal Of the Southern Improve
ment Company, to. buy out or lease the
oil rehneries OF this city, or to give
them stock interest in the new combi-
nation that was about to be made. The
committee was formed to report on
what was best t1 be done for the inter
ests OF the trade, and TO report plan
Of permanent organization for the re-
hners and receivers of oil.
Reduction of the Price Of Gas.
In response to the call issued BY the
Council, Van Mort, the leading repre-
sentative of the various gas companies,
met to-day in the Department OF Public
Works, to confer in relation to reducing
the price of gas furnished in the city
lamps. The companies have agreed
through their representatives to reduce
the price from fiity-three to forty-two
and a halt dollars, for each lamp, on
condition that their old bills amounting
10 S943, 900 be paid, this will reduce the
annual amount about Sl55,OO0 year.
The Tammany Ring.
William II. Cooke, one Of those who
vas concerned in the voucher robbery
and also in the Tammany ring frauds,
II reported to be on steamer bound
from Europe 10 New York. 1t is
thought he comes here TO turn States
evidence, as Garvey has done. Garvey,
1t /. reported, will not be arrested, at
least not for the present The suit
brought by the Board of Supervisors
against members OF the ring included
Garvey in the names Of the defendants,
and tue corporation counsel has, there
tore, served him a copy of charges, but
a. none of the ring will probably ever
be Prosecuted on this suit, service Of
The charges viii amount to nothing
Canadian Annexation.
\ Quebec dispatch states that at
mass meeting OF the National party on
Thursday the administration Of Cana
dian affairs was strongly denounced by
the speakers, two Of whom advocated
annexation to the United States. The
Government directed it's civil service
employees to absent themselves from
this meeting, the objects of which was
10 meet the favor oil the general public