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The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1872-01-06
THE COMING WAR WITH SPAIN.

Preparing the War Navy for Sea.
WASHINGTON, January Commander
A. Z. r. Penham is ordered TO the com
mand oi the Cononicus, and Commander
]. II. Gillis to the command of the Ma.
hopoc. The Cononicus is an iron. clad, al
League Island, is of fourth clsss, mounts
two guns, and is oi50O tons burden. The
Mohopoc, OF the same class and capacity
lics at Washington Navy Yard. Other
vessels will soon be placed in commission
and arrangements for that purpose are
now being made at the Navy Depart,
ment, while il is not admitted In official
quarters that there Is an exigency
for these preparations. 1t Is well
known that the North Atlantic fleet
is to be present. The force will BE-
sufficiently large TO guard the American
ships from molestation and illegal search
on the high seas by Spanish cruisers. A
month ago the force onlthat station consist
ed OF ten ships, mounting seventy guns
One Of these, the Shawmut, will probably
be relieved. She Is destined Tor the South
Atlantic, but Others will supply her place
Care is taken in the selection Of com
manders, the utmost confidence being
placed in their competency to fully carry
out the orders Of tile government while
the utmost caution is enjOined that the
policyof protection will be carried out.
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Howard in a safe PInce.

AUBURN, N. Y. January 5.-The ne.
nro, Howard, who committed an outrage
on white girl in Rochester, has arrived
in this city and took his place in the State
prison, under sentence for ten years. He
was very happy to get safely within the
walls-putting his thumb to his nose and
making a fan ol his fingers to the crowd
outside rs he went up tho steps to the
main hall.
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MISSOURI.
Democratic Address Forthcomrup.

Democratic Address Forthcoming.
ST. Louis, January "a dispatch from
Jefferson City today says that the Demo.
cratic Central Committee will meet there
next Monday. They will issue an ad.
dress to the people Of the State, endorsing
the passive policy, and earnestly recon.
mend it TO be declared tho voice Of the
people of the State in the coming contest.
An address will be signed by nearly
every Democrat in both branches of the
State Legislature and Congress against
a further reduction in the tariff on lead.
Messrs. Corwin, of Chicago. and Hop.
kins, of Cincinnati, have been invited 10
visit st. Louis to confer with committee
on the subject.
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MASSACHUSETTS.

Inauguration of Gov. Washburne.
BOSTON, MASS, January 5.-Governor
Washburne was inaugurated to-day. His
message shows that the total of the funded
aud unfunded debt Of the State is SEQ.
69OS64. The Governor thinks the pro.
hibitory liquor law repealed four years
ago was the best ever enacted for the
suppression of the liquor traffic, and
would like TO see it restored. The mes.
sage refers to the questions affecting the
interests Of the commonwealth, and closes
with suggestion against special legisla.
tion and in favor oil short sessions.
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ACCIDENT TO CONGRESSMAN DAVIS
Weomitted to mention last week that the
above named gentleman received a very
severe injury in Baltimore, on the 2lSt ult.
lie was passing telegraph pole on the
Corner Of Howard and Camden streets,
when laborer who was sometwenty five
feet from the ground making some re.
pairs, let an iron clamp fall which struck
Mr.. Davis on the head inflicting n rather
severe wound. His head was dressed i'm
mediately by physicivn and he started
for home that evening where he arrived
the next morning. He endured a great
deal Of suffering loTtwo or.three days, but
he is now well and will return to Wash
ington the latter part OF this week.
CldrkSbug telegraph.
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ALEXIS.
His Departure from ChicagO--.He
Gives IS, 900 to the Chicago Poor.

His Departure from Chicago.-.Ie
Gives IS, 900 to the Chicago Poor.
CHICAGO. January.5.-The Grand Duke
and party left this city for st. Louis this
morning. Previous TO leaving, His In
perlal Highness handed to Mayor Medill
five thousand dollars for the benefit OF
the poor. lie also passed over to the
Mayor some thirty or forty letters which
were received by him while here. All
were from females asking for assistance
in some shape. One young lady, from
Western New York, begged through six
closely written pages for Sun,. to enable
her TO marry widower, whom she loved
dearly. They were both so poor they
could notdo it without the money. The
Duke instructed the Mayor that if he
found in the letters any appeal he deemed
worthy, to honor it in in q moderate way
SPRINGFIELD, Ills, January 5.-The
Grand Duke Alexis passed through this
city on his way toSst. Louis at4P. N. to.
duy,
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The Snow Blockade on the Pacific
Railroad.

The snow Blockade on the Pacific
Railroad.
CHEYENNE, Wy, January 5.-Four pas
senger trains, carrying about eight hun
dred passengers, arrived here this morn,
ing from Ogden, which pace they left
December 2lst, 22d, Esd and 2sth, re-
spectively. They have been between
here and Larimie (56 miles) since Monday
morning. There is little trouble on the
road west OF Medicine Bow, but the trains
were detained between Ogden and that
point week, and from no other apparent
cause than the lack Of proper under.
standing and information on the part oil
the company's officers The greater parl
of that time was spent on side tracks
where it was almost impossible to obtain
meals, and the passengers suffered consid.
cradle inconvenience, subsisting on crack.
ers and dried meats. Between Larimie
and Cheyenne the road was impossible
except with the help Of large force oI
men working night and day. The snow
is deep and constantly drifting. On one
part of the road, near Sherman, the trains
made only four miles in twenty.toul
hours.
II the weather should continue as ia.
vorable as ii Is now, the road may be
kept clear, but winds or more snow will
again block 1t up in the same place where
the recent troubles have been expert
enced. ft.E .ta.
The time from San Francisco OF the
first passenger train here this morning, is
seventeen days,
OMAHA, NED., January 5.-Trains from
the west, leaving Ogden on the 9lst, 22d
25th and 2sth, arrived at Cheyenne this
noon, and arc now on their way cast o
that point. Two additional eastward
bound trains have just arrived at Chey,
enne, having left Ogden on the Cd and 81
inst They start east Immediately. Thest
six trains will be due at l Z. NJ. tomorrow
to connect with the westward hount
trains. Two trains bound for the west
that left Omaha on the Goth and 3Oth O
December, were at Medicine Bow Station
at 0 o'clock this morning. Two others
leaving Omaha on the lst and 81 inst ,ar,
now at Cheyenne, and will start wcs
from there this afternoon. The road n
present is reported clear OF obstruclions
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River News.

NBNNA
CAIRO, January b. -Arrived-The vii.
liam Cowan, from St, louis, at9P. NJ:
ldlewild, from Evansville, at Or NJ.
Molllc Ragan, from Evansville, At II p
NJ; Kate Kinney, from Evansville, Al O
Am; G. d. Church, from New Orleans
at OA. Nj; the ], l.. Hyatt passed up The
Ohio at lOA.M.; in. Kellogg, from New
Orleans, at lOA. NJ; Minneola, from Gin.
cinnatl, at II A. NJ; Illinois, from St.
Louis, at noon. Departed-Kate Put.
nam, for Pittsburgh, at 0 u. NJ; Idlewild,
for Evansville, at II p. NJ; Colorado, for
picksburg, at o a. Nj Kate Kinney, for
New Orleans, at 10 A. NJ; G. b. Church,
for Cincinnati, at 10 A. NJ; William Cow.
an, for St. Louis, at Ham. Cloudy and
cool.
EvANsvnLE, January 8. = Weather
clear and cold this morning; mercury, 80
degrees; partially cloudy and moderating.
The river has risen six inches and Is sta.
tionary.
LouIsvrLLE, January 5.-River rising
slowly; feet inches in the cannal, and
Q feet 0 inches in the chute. Weather
clear and cool. Business moderately brisk.
Last night one of the cabin boys OF the
steamer Nat Williams was carelessly
handling shot gun, and accidently shot
a son of Orville Adams, an engineer,
through the right jaw, The boy arrived
on the boat to-day in a precarlous condi-
ton. Hc is about fourteen years old.
RCArRo, January 5.-Thc river has risen
over feet. Weather cloudy and warm;
mercury "A degrees.
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VIRGINIA.

The Funding g.SuspensiOn Resolution
Passed..-COmmittec on the Debt
Raised.
RICHMOND, January 5-The House to.
day, by a vote Of sS 10 81, passed a reso.
luton stopping the funling OF the public
debt over Gov. Walkers veto.
A resolution was then unanimously
adopted to appoint special committee
Of fifteen 10 consider and report on the
question of payment Of the debt. The
resolution was subsequently passed in the
Senate.
A better feeling prevails, and the friends
Of tue States credit arc hopeful Of much
good from this action.
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The Illinois Legislature Endorse.
Summers One-teTm Amendment.

sPRINGFIELD, January 5.-Ths follow.
ing resolutions endorsing Senator Sum,
ners one.term amendment passed the
Illinois House of Representatives to-day,
amid considerable excitement and ap.
plause, both Republicans and Democrats
voting for them: - t.sHt -
ResolUed By tic House Of Representatives.,
the Senate concmring. That our Senators
in Congress be instructed and our Repre-.
sentatives requested to favor by their in.
fiuence and votes the immediate submis-
sion 10 the States for their ratification the
proposed amendment to the Constitution
of tue United Statesnow pending in Con.
gress, which provides that no person who
has once held the office of President ol
the United States shall thereafter be eli.
gible to that Office.
ReSolueCl, That the Governor furnish as
soon as practicable to each Of our Sena.
tors and Representatives in Congress a
copy Of this resolution.
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CINCINNATI.

CINCINNATI, January 5.-A number oil
prominent mem bers of the Chamber OF
Commerce arc desirious thata convention
should be held here in favor of the i'm.
provement Of the Ohio River, so as to
make it available for ordinary commerce
throughout the year, and to this end in.
troduced a resolution on Change to-day
asking for a call of such body composed
Of representatives Of commercial and
municipal organizations interested in such
improvement. Action will be taken by
the Chamber on the 18th inst.
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FOREIGN.
ENGLAND.



LONDON, January 5.-The Tines fearl
Tweed will escape Justice, and thinks biz
ballisfixed too small, and that the amount
will enable him to flee. 1t warns Amerl.
cans not to permit robbers to escape pun.
ishment.
Gen. Andrew Parlie, formerly of the
United States Army, died at, Paris yester.
The total number of deaths from small.
pox during last year was So; the average
number of thirty-one years preceding Is
GOO. The medical journals call attention
to the alarming increase Of the disease.
They warn the public to take necessary
precautions, and appeal to the Govern.
ment TO interpose rigid sanitary regula.
tions, establish special hospitals and care.
fully quarantine infected districts.
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The Famine in Persia.

NEW York, January 5.-The Times, Of
India, just received, says OF the Persian
famine that the starving people are left to
look after themselves, and such as can
leave the country do so; such as cannot,
must die, unless relief from some unex-
pected quarter reaches them. AS is usual,
disease has appeared in the districts to
complete what the famine had begun.
Letters from Yezd and Bunder Abbas
intimate that the cholera is committing
sad ravages among the population. 1t is
stated that the children Of some five hun.
dred cholera patients who have been
quarantined, were impounded to defray
the expense Of transit, aud detained until
a party of gentlemen paid the funds re.
quired.
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ynchers Indicted in North Carolina.

Lynchers Indicted in North Carolina.
= New York, January ga special
from Graham, Alamance county, North
Carolina, states that the Grand Jury found
o number of indictments against the par.
ties who hung the mulatto outlaw IN
February. They have all fled. Eighteen
others have fled, for whom Indictments
were found. AS soon as it became known
one Faucet turned States evidence.
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FRANCE.

PARIS, January 5.-Monseigneur Du.
panloup, the Bishop oil Orleans, insists on
his resignation as member OF the Acade-
my Of Francs. The Academy refuses to
accept it.
BERLIN, January 5.-The trial of the
hostages for the murder Of the German
soldiers in France, the perpetrators of the
crime not having been delivered up, will
commence next week.
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RUSSIA.

NEW York, January GA st. Peters.
burg letter says that tho unfricndly feel.
ing towards Germany has Quieted down
in Russia. The sympathy for France too
has greatly died out. This said he, is partly
due to the feebleness Of Theirs govern.
ment, and partly to the conduct of tho
French themselves in the execution oil
Rossel, which created an unpleasant i'm
preston in Russia.
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PHILADELPHIA.
Iron CIads Fitting Out for sea-The
Presidential Visit.

Iron Clads Fitting Out for Seattle
Presidential Visit.
PHILADELPHIA, January 5.-The iron
clads Canonicus, Manhattan. Wyandotte,
Sargus and Ajax are now fitting out at
the Navy Yard, 1t is supposed, for Cuba
President Grant is enjoying a quiet
visit here. This afternoon he called on
Horace B,nney. He dimes with ]. Gilling.
hamIell this evening, and will afterwards
attend a private reception at A. E. Borie'S
residence. The formal reception take:
place tomorrow at Commerce Exchange
when Secretary Boutwell, win deliver hi:
views on direct importation. -
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NEW ORLEANS.

NEW ORLEANS, January 5.-The third
annual representation oi the Twelfth
Night Reyellers this evening was magni-
flcent. The streets along tue line Of pro-
cession were thronged with spectators,
and every available place in the windows
doorways and galleries was occupied.
The subject illustrated was English Hu-
NOR, represented in statuary, led by types
OF humor.
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SENATOR FOREMAN is entitled to the
thanks of the INTELLIoENcER for a copy
Of the Agricultural report for 1870.

THE publishers Of the New York Sun
have favored US with a copy of their
Weekly. 1t is large double sheet filled
to the brim with news, literature, agri,
cultural articles and everything else that
goes to make up flrstclass weekly jour
nal. ut shines for all" and is sold for
the low price OF 81 a year. How the
publishers can do 1t is more than we
can sec.
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CHICAGO.

CHICAGO, January 5.-The Grand Jury
today brought in new bills OF Indictment
against ex-Aldermen Montgomery, Walsh
and McCauley, for offering to receive from
certain citizens, named sums varying from
$4,000 TO 5000, for putting their pet
schemes through the Common Council
More are to be served likewise.
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THE history of the rise and progress
OF smallpox in Philadelphia for the last
six months is something remarkable.
ln July there were but five victims, in
August there were but sixteen, and even
in September 1t had reached but eighteen.
But in October Il had shot up TO 23G; in
November 10 5G2; and in December the
appalling number Of deaths conceded was
1904, and it seems 10 be suspected that
the real number has not been reported.
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INDIANA.

TERRE IAUTE, January 5.-This aller-
noon, q brakeman on the Indiana & St.
Louis railroad, named F. A. Briggs, was
struck by the pilot ota locomotive and
injured so that he died in few minutes.
The accident occurred near Greencastle.
Briggs had been sent out TO flag train,
and fell asleep on the track while on duty.
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Foreign papers say that the Alabama
Arbitration Commission was organized
on December 18th, by the election Of
Count schlopes. as President, and Prot.
Farrot, Secretary.
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Crime In DELAWARE.

WILMINGTON, January 5.-Aman nam.
ed Clark was committed to jail today
charged with committing rape on two
females and a,temptingit on three others,
One OF the victims was a coIored girl ID
yearsof age, and another q married wo'
man.
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The barometer will probably continue
to fall from the lower lakes to the Middle
and Eastern Atlantic, with increased
cloudtness Saturday. Pleasant weather
will continue on the South Atlantic coast;
a falling barometer and rain will extend
northcastward into Missouri; rising
barometer with clear weather will extend
eastward into Michigan. Dangerous
winds are not anticipated for any of our
stations tonight.
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A LITTLE boys grief upon being re,
fused permission 10 attend the opera
house was in part assuaged by the as.
surance from his mother that if he would
dry his tears he might 60 up street in the
afternoon and see his father have tooth
pulled.
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The Steamer Floridn.

New York, January 5.-The steamer
Florida is reported to have arrived yester.
day Oft Charleston. An account ol her
treatment will be sent at once to the
Secretary Of tho Navy.
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PAPA" said bright.Naired boy,
how could the military fly from the
field Of battle when they had only one
plume apiece, and both wings of the army
were thrown into great disorder? Say,
papa, how could they ily?"
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GREELEY's LAsT.-To make beet.root
sugar, take only those -beets which grow
upon the topmost branches boil them in
tepid solution of New Orleans molas.
ses, and when dry the sugar will fall of
OF its own accord. ..#s3
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STOCKHOLDERS NETTING.

WHEELING, W. Va, Dec. %, 1871.
The Annual Meeting OF the Stockholders OF
the Wheeling and Belmont Bridge Company will
be held at the office OF the Company on Monday,
the Sth day of January, 1872, between the hours
nh q ! and ~ o'clock +. H., for the election OF
Nihe Managers 10 serve during the ensuing year.
uecz3 jos. LAWSON. 4ec,Y
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POINT lace neck-tics distinguish New
York Tops from sane people.
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SURE way to turn peoples heads-Go
late TO church.
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-TOTICE.
PIRsT NATIONAL BANK


OF WHEELING.
The annual meeting of the stockholders of this
Bank, and the election Of Directors, will be held
a. the Banking House OH TUESDAY, January
Ninth, 1874, between the hours OF Ten 4. N. and
-Four +. n.
dec9S GEORGE ADAMS. Cashier.
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.GhegetelIiaetteer.

CLAnRsBuRo is soon to be lighted with
gas
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NrAT1oNA1pANIU On 1upen ".

NATIONAL BANK OF WEST VA.
In WHEELING, December g. 1871.
The annual meeting Of the stockholders OF this
Bank and the election OF Directors viii be held
at the Banking House on Tuesday, January 9th,
1872, between the hours Of / and O'Clock P. Y.
decS JOHN WAGNER, Cashier.
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NOTICE.
NOTICE.

orFIoE WHEELING HINGE Co.,
December %, 1871.
Tho stockholders OF the Wheeling Hinge Con.
pany will meet Rt the Office Of Gaid Company on
THURSDAY, January 25, IS72, at 2 O'Clock r.
for the purpose of eleclInH directors 10 serve iot
the ensuing year.
dec27w A.G. ROBINSON, Pfes't.
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NOTICE.

IN -,
oPPlcE RTNA FIRE AND MARINE INS. Co,
December %, 1871.
The regular Animal Meeting OF the Stock.
holders OF the RtnG Fire and Marine Insurance
Company Of Wheeling, W. Va, for The election
OF Directors for the ensuing year, will be held At
the Office OF the company, No. 2 McLure House.
on MONDAY. January 8, 1871, between the hours
deer J.R. MILLER, Sec.
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The Weather To-Day.

WAR DEPARTMENT,
OFPTcE OF THE OHIEF SIGNAL OPPICER,
WAsHINaToN, D, c., Jan. $3.50 p. n.
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The Carterltes Denied Access 10 the
State House.