The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1873-07-25
NEW YORK CITY.

NEW YoRK, July 24-At u meeting o.
the Directors OF the Pacific Mail com
pany, to-day, legal advice was taken L
the right of the company TO issue bonds
1t was the opinion OF the counsel that un
der their charter, and the revised statutes
the company has full power 10 issue
bonds for completing the contract fol
building steamers, &C, or for other con-
tracts that might be necessary hereafter.
Measures were taken 10 raise money iol
current expenses, and President Bradbury
was appOInted special commissioner as 10
the amount Of bonds and the mode OF is
suing them and to'report to a future
meeting. -. ......r-
The first batch OF rumors are circulated
with reference to the Pacific Mail, one
being that negotiations Tor q loan OF 800. ).
600 on the company's real estate In San
Francisco, were OIL at least for the time
being. The lawyer to whom has been
referred the matter OF general mortgage
bonds on the cOmpany's entire property,
will give bis opinion to-day, when the
Board of Directors will meet 10 take
action.
Tho counsel who seek the extTaditiOn Of
Carl VOgt, the alleged Belgian murderer,
etc, intend, It Is said to obtain man.
danluS. from the United States Court, 10
test the question whether the Attorney
General has power TO release the prisoner
after the ,IudRes commitment. II this
does not hold, they will procure another
civil order OF arrest from the State Ceurt,
so that he ,Bhal not, escape.
Notwithstanding every effort is being
made by counsel for VIM. J. Sharkey,
who Is sentenced to be hung on August
18th, there is doubt as to whether he will
secure d stay Of proceedings. No Judge
Of the Supreme Court has been found who
would listen to the argument. Governor
Dix has been appealed to for executive
Clemency, but every effort in this direc-
ton has failed 10 elicit response.
The warden of Sing Sing prison gives
a complete denial to the sensational
stories recently published ofspeClal taVors
being granted the convict Wslworth. He
says young WAlworth Is treated just tho
same as other prisoners. When 1t was
known he was coming application was
made by those having charge Of the shoe
shop, as they wanted man in their OIL
fee who was not common thief, and l
sent WalwOrth AS to-his refusing food
he has been suffering fora few days from
sickness brought about by confinement
and change Of mode OF life. He has seen
his molher and no one else and her but
three times. His cell is furnished the
same as the others and he receives no
better treatment or attention than any ot
the other prisoners,
Michael Buckly, who was convicted
with TIVE Others, for the murder OfJacob
Young, the 17th ot last March, has been
to bail, 1t being shown that he
did not inhict the wound.
The work oil demolishiDg the Oblec-
tionable booths on Washington street was
completed to-day by 100 lsborers, pro-
tected by double that number Of police
men, The market. and nctghbnrhood was
then disinlected,
There were ten bids for government
gold sggregating $2,G35OOO at 1891 to
1861
A desperate fight took place last even
ing in Lion Park between the police and
Knights OF Columbia, who were holding
their festival. The former used their
clubs, and the latter dubbed muskels, In
hall an hour tho police proved the victors,
and marched six OF the Knights to the
station house. The fight was recon.
nenced when on board oil the street
cars, when the police again triumphed,
securing the principal Rssailants. The
row was caused by the band refusing to
play longer than the contract called for
without additional pay,
Specie shipments today $45O,0O0, Of
which $3.50, 900 was gold coin.