The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1873-10-13
BY TELEG GR APH.
Exclusively for the Register.
Ry,the Pacific and Atlantic Line.
office, llO Main Street.
WASHING TON.
WASHINGTON, October IL.

A dispatch was received from Gene
raj Pope at headquarters to-day, stat
ing that the trouble with the Cheyennes
near Publeo is all over and that the
statements telegraphed about the dep
relations committed are absurd exsg-
geratlons.
Ex-senator Pomeroy Shot.
Ex-member of Congress Conway, of
Kansas, attempted to kill Ex-senator
S C. Pomeroy. OF Kansas. at 230 Pm,
to day on the corner of New York ayen-
ue and l4th street. Conway fred FIVE
shots, one OF which struck Pomeroy in
the breast, but it failed to penetrate be-
youd the skin. Conway was arrested.
The affair creates considerable excite
ment in this city.
1t appears that Conway faucied he
had some grievance against Poneroy
and had been on the lookout for him
for sometime previous TO the shooting.
Conway, who boards on the northwest
corner OF New York avenue and Four
teenth streets, esped Pomeroy entering
real estate office in the same building
in which he Conway boards. ARM
ing himself with Smith u Wesson re.
volver, Conway came out on the street
and took q position where he could see
Pomeroy when he came out OF the office.
Pomeroy started to come out OF the real
estste office, and when in the doorway
Conway backed few steps into the
street, raised his pistol and, without the
least warning, fired three shots. The
first shot passed through his hat, the
second struck the building and tie
third and last ahot passed through the
lappels of his coat, his vest and shirt,
penetrating the skin and striking a rib
glanced Off When struck Pome roy
fell and his assailant Immediately
walked away. A carriage was hailed
and the wounded man with the assis-
taoce OF his friends placed in it and
driven to his residence on K street, near
Fourteenth.
Conway Wac soon oyertaken by two
citizens, one OF whom said to bin,
stop, sir, stop! You have shot man
aud must give some reason to- it.
Conway at once handed bim his pistol
and SAID, "Sir. that man has ruined
NY wife and family" He then sur
rendered himself.
The wound of Mr.. Pomeroy ia not
considered in the least dangerous.
There are many rumors shoat to night
as to the origin Of the difficulty, but the
friends of both parties, who are in po-
sition to know the facts, agree thai
Conway had 70 sort Of pro7ocstion
against Pomeroy. Conways friends
admit that he is not OF sound mind and
hes not been so considered for some
time. tie Was for long time Consul
at Marsallles. At the time he lett the
country Tor his post Of duty he left his
wife here and it was reported at the
time that he had sbsn loned her, and
some OF his friends procured the assist
ance Of Senators Sumner, Wilson and
Pomeroy to get Mrs. Conway appointed
in the Treasury Department.
Drawing on the Reserve.
WAsHINGToN, Oct 1.-THE Secre-
tary of the Treasury, owing to the
falling off in the receipts from GUS
toms and internal revenue, is being
compelled to draw upon the social
ed reserve. Thesum of two hundred
and twenty-four thousand dollars
was taken to-day from this source,
and so far three million six hundred |
and thirty-two thousand three
hundred and twelve dollars and
ninety-two cents have been added to |
the regular circulation. The receipts
come in so poorly that it is proba-
bic that eight or nine millions OF
this reserve will be needed during
the current month.
Water Lines TO the S"uthwsrd.
1t is stated that the Senate Com
mittee on Transportation have
agreed to report in favor of three
general water routes-One Northern,
one Southern, and one middle. The
choice OF the location of each route
has not been determined The canal
propositions from the extreme South |
come up i'll so unsatisfactory shape |
that the committee will probably |
confine itself to recommending q
short canal around the mouth Of the |
Mississippi. The preference of the
committee is reported to be in favor |
of the James River and Kanawha |
canal for the central route. The
Northern interests are so conflicting
that the committee are much per-
picked how to make choice be
tween them. Such are the reports |
in circulation, but it is probable that
they embody the present drifts OF
views of the committee, and not any
final determination. In respect to
personal examination by the COM
mittee, it is still incomplete, and it
is not likely that they will finish be-
fore November.
The Presideut's Views On the Finan-
c,ni Situation.
President Grant, yesterday, in con-
versstion with the agent OF the Ameri-
can Press Association, did not hesitate
to express his mind freely on the fnsn-
cjal questions OF the day and to reiter-
ATE some OF the opinions on this sub
ject whicn be had occasion to express
to some OF the leading fnanciers OF the
country during the prevalence Of the
financial panic. "In the first place"
said the President, "the panic generally
throughout the country differed essen