The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1873-01-24
NEW YORK.


meeting OF the Samana Bay Company
yesterday, Mr.. Vincent stockweil was
elected President and Paul n. Shatfer
Vice President. The report OF the
Commissioners was read. 1t states that
the General laws Of the republic regu-
lating corporations are little kno~n
beyond our own limits. The Commits
sioner insisted on making the treaty
express in the usual form Of such regu.
lar charter or act of corporation as
would be granted by the participants
or the Legislature of this State, TO cor
poration authorized to carry on ordi-
nary business operations in all partlcu-
lars, with regard to the company, power
of its Board OF Directors and rights and
liabilities of individual stockholders.
After the Executive Convention the
Commissioners were handsomely enter
tanned by President Bsez at State
ball. During the period OF their 80
iourn they were treated Hospitality.
After the reading of the report the
Directors adjourned until Friday.
Anxiety for the Steamer alaska.
Considerable enxiety is felt at the
office of the Pacific Mail Steamship
Com pany here over the nou-ar rival OF
the steamer Alaska at Hong Kong
for which port she sailed from Yoko
hama. The sailing time is seven days,
but the Alaska has now been out eleven
days.
new phase was exhibited in the
Jumel trial to-day. which is damaging
to the plaintiff. NJ. n. Devine, OF the
law firm of Devine & Smith, testified
that in 1866 he visited Providence, r.
l., to hunt up heirs to the Jumel estate
and in an interview with the plalntlf,
Bowen, the latter declared that he was
in no way related to MSdame Jumel,
that his mother died in 'his infancy and
her name was not Betsy Bowen.
The Coal Combination.
There are few new developments, to
day, regarding the combination to con-
troll the coal market. Many contra
dictory reports are afoat. Among
other rumors, tbs said English capital
ists are interested largely in the new
combination. The middlemen here are
still much exercised regarding the move,
and some assert that coal will reach
higher figures during the coming season
than Tor ten years past.
Tweed's TriaI.
Tweeds trial Was resumed to-day.
Garvey was again on the stand and ex-
amined by Peckham in reference to his
departure for Europe. GarvY stated
that he went away under cotnpulsion,
that he was visited by friends of Tweed's
and told that be would come to grief If
ne did not 20 awav, from which be
understood be would be assasinated.
His further examination was OF no i'm
portance.
John Garvey, a brother Of Andrew
J. Garvey, was then sworn. John
Garvey testified that in the spring OF
1870 he received a package from lnger-
soil to go to Albany; the package con-
tanned money; he took it to Tweed; on
his way to Albany, q person represent
ing himself as a messenger from the
Street Commissioner office, gave wit
ness two or three similar packages Tor
Tweed; these be also gave to Tweed.
John Garvey testified that in the fall
OF 1871 he went to Tweed to collect a
bill of $4,000; Tweed said he had
paid for all the Greenwich items; wit
ness was the person who settled with
Connolly; be also made settlement
with Fithian and received in cash and
receipted bills between $4,000 and
$4,000, and his brothers checks for
$4,000. The witness was cross-ex-
amined at length, but his direct testi-
mony was not shaken.
Flags at HaIEMasL
Flags on the City Hall were hung at
half,mast this afternoon, out OF respect
to the memory of Hon. William Cas-
sidy, editor Of the Albany Argus, who
died to-day.
The Repeal Of ss. The Franhins Priv
The New York Evening Posfs Wash
ington special has the following: The
action OF the Senate in amending the
House bill abolishiug the frauking
privilege, by adding an obnoxious Sec
ton, is much commented on BY the
friends OF reform in Congress. There
is, however, a disposition on the part OF
the mem bers of the House Committee
on Postofice and Postal Roads, TO re-
commend q concurrence with such
amendment. This will take the matter
out of the control of the Senate, and
thus disappoint that body, which evil
IDENTITY does not expect the House to
concur ip their action Of Yesterday.
The Public Lands.
The House Committee on Public
Lands bad an important meeting TO-
day, and by a vote Of FIVE to four de-
cided not to report favorably on the bill
offered last session BY Ar. Slater, pro-
viding that public lands on either side
OF the line of the Portland and Salt
Lake Railroad Company for ter miles
be sold to actual settlers at g 80 per |
acre, and the proceeds given to said
railroad to aid 10 building. The dis
cussion OF the bill in com mittee was
quite animated,
The House Iudiciary Committee
held . meeting and considered the bill
providing for the disbursement OF the
Geneva award, but came to no conclu-
sion.
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