The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1873-07-04
BY TELEGRAPH H.
Exclusively for the Register.
BY tho Pacific and Atlantic Line.
Offiee, l1O Main street.
WASHING TON.
WASHINGTON, July 8,
The Louisiana Duel

An official telegram from new Ors
leans says: Kellogg called upon Gov.
Powers, o. Mics, to prosecute parties
who left this State on Monday last and
participated in duel which resulted in
Cooleys death. These parties were put
under bond Monday not to fight in
this State. Kellogg has directed the
Attorney General OF the State to Grim.
inally prosecute the guilty parties un-
der tbe statute making issuing or car
rying a challenge peniteutiary offense.
The community is profoundly shocked.
Elopements fn High Life.
Considerable scandal has been created
in east Washington in consequence o.
the elopement of General Sherler OF
militia fame with a well known widow
employed in the treasury department.
Sherler leaves wife and two grown
daughters.
In the same street, and nearly at the
same time, occurred another elopement
which greatly increased the scandal and
excitement. A handsome coachman
succeeded in winning the affections OF a
beautiful girl belonging to the upper
tendon. lie seduced her, married her,
and after living with her three days lett
for parts unknown, taking various arti-
cles OF value.
Pacific Ocean Soundfngs.
The instructions to Commander Belk-
nap, commanding the Tuscarora, rela>
tive to line OF contemplated soundings
from San Francisco to Yokohama, were
sent to that officer to-day. The gene
raj instructions were from the Secretary
of the Navy, and were accompanied by
detailed plan of operations prepared
by Commodore Ammen, Chief OF the
Bureau OF Navigation. The entire
absence Of anything that might be
called soundiugs OF the Northern Pacific
has been a source of great embarrass-
meut in every enterprise looking to the
establishment OF telegraphic communi-
cation by means of submarine cables
between our. own Pacific shores and
the populous Asiatic countries oppo-
site. 1t is now proposed, on the part
of the government, to employ one OF
the vessels of the Pacific squadron on
this duty. During the summer there
will be two lines OF sounding. That
on the outward voyage will follow the
arc of the great circle, which would
carry it as far north as latitude fifty
degrees, in the vicinity of the Aleutian
Islands, and land on the Island OF
Yessc, OF the Japanese group. Another
line will be sounded on the homewsrd
voyage, in about latitude forty degrees.
The Tuscarora will sail from San Fran
cisco about the beginning Of August.
The data she will bring back will be oi
great value to the government, and
will throw some great light upon the
possibility OF the trans-Pacifc SUBJ
marine cable projects, which have
been before Congress regularly every
session for the last few years.
A Sktrmish.
4 telegram just received from the
Governor Of Wyoming is as follows;
EvASsroN, Wyoming, July 2.
To Hon. Columbus Dciano. Secretary Of
Interior:
1 spent yesterday at Rawlins, and
found, 10 relation to the trouble with
the Ute Indians, that on the 9th, a boy
with a team came into Rswlins slightly
wounded, and reported that he had
been shot by the Indians. A party OF
Ten citizens started in pursuit, and on the
morning OF the 2Sth they overlook
about TWENTY-FIVE Indians, from whom
they demanded two horses which they
recognized as belonging to citizens.
The Indians refused to give them up,
and a fight ensued. The party return
ed to Rawlins with eleven ponies and
eight rifles captured from the Indians OF
whom they reported several killed and
wounded. None of the whites were In
jured.