The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1873-06-09
NEW YORK.
Jerome Park Races,

,fl Jerome Park Races.
= NRw YORK, June 7.-Probably nc
n day since the opening Of the jerome
3 Park, has larger or more brilliant
!. company assembled on this celebrated
! coarse than to-day. The road to the
pard was perfectly black with carriages
OF all descrip ptions. The weather was
splendid. Betting was brisk and heavy
sums changed hands.
All Right.
The missing steamer Cromwell, Of the
Cromwell and New Orleans Steamship
Company, has been heard from and is
perfectly safe. The company here have
received dispatches via Key West, ssy-
ing that on the 2lst day OF May when
four days out from this port she broke
her cylinder rod and had to proceed
under sail. Oa the 25th OF May she
reached the Bay of Abaco on the Ba-
hama banks, and is ct present anchored
there awaiting assistance to be towed 10
either New Orleans or New York. A
steamer has been detached 10 the as
sistance Of the disabled vessel.
The Exodus 10 Europe.
The tide oil first class passengers this
year TO Europe is heavier than any
previous year, no doubt owing to the
attractions Of the Vienna Exposition.
The steamers ssilng to-day, were City
OF Paris, city OF New York, the Greece,
India, Celtic aud Almira. Among the
passengers were Bishop Tebau, of Nash.
vile, accompanied by several Priests
bound for Rome; Eugene Kelley a
banker; number OF theatrical celebri-
ties; Senator Nye OF Nevada; Hon. L.
w. Dorsey, Of Washington D. c.
SuIcidc.
John Empoil, an Englishman aged
10 years, committed suicide to-day by
hanging himself at his boarding. house,
No. 205 Fifth street.
Carl vogt.
A civil suit OF considerable magni-
tude is likely to arise out OF the Carl
Vogt case. That person. as is well re-
membered, brought large amount OF
property from Belgium, which he hand
ed over to his counsel. The wife Of the
prisoner has commenced legal pro-
ceedings to recover it.
Pacific MaEy.
From the report Of the Executive
Committee of the Pacific Mail Steam
ship Company, which was presented ct
meeting of the Board Of Directors
yesterday, it appears that the amount
of cash aud bonds on hand is estimated
at S30S, 600, but the company owes for ,
ship supplies, &c, $4,000, leaving a {
net amount OF S206,S0O cash on hard: !
In Inc . PSESsF sss-.Is of the company are
bU Panama shares.
The waIworth Tragedy.
The Herald to-day, on the subject of
the Walworth tragedy, says; "Ihe
confession Of Frank Walworth Of yes. !,
terlsy was extraordinary" The comr =
mepts made are not at all favorable to
the prisoner. The opinion is now al :
most universally expressed that young
Walworth came from Saratoga with
the express purpose o'killing hls father
trusting that society would justify him
He had evidently become prey 70 NE
real or tsncied wrongs ard had become
90 worked up with them that he lmsS-
ined any one else would take the same
view ofthem as himself. The prisoner
hears himself in his usual cool manner
and eats regularly and smokes almost
necessarily. He receives all OF his IN
innate friends who call, bu' says no'H-
inc about the murder. acting in this re-
sppct according to the advice OF ms
counsel. If the case goes before the
Grand iury tomorrow and true bi!i be
found against the prisoner, 1t IS iikeiy
he will speedily be brought to trial;
Mr., Morris Phillips, Of the Home
Journal, to whom Mansfield Tracy
Walworth dedicated his book on the
Life Of Chancellor Wslworth, his father
GAYS he has been astonished at the
e,tent of the defamation Of the dead
authors character. Since his murue'
it has been charged that Mr.. "alwoF'h
was an Incorporate man, yet outl"e
their long acquaintance he hss oHeh
noticed and spoke OF his abstinence.
The author has been welcome euee'
in his family circle, but never mani
tested the slightest inclination Tor drinh,
b;s opIy beverage was glass OF beer
daily. Instead of being extraTasant
with his money and lewd IN his desires
he did not practice the common Amer
;can habit OF saying What will you
tekeP" nor did he wear jewelry or make
auy display in his apparel not oecom-
ing to q refined gentleman.
| Dead.
The celebrated manu- 'acturer OF oi-
lard tables, ". II. Griffith the Oldest
man in the trade in this city, died Friday
evening. He had been i'll for two years
and was fify-one years old.
Destructive Fire.
About $50 this morning one OF the
most alarming and destructive fires ,ha'
has occurred for some time in New
: York, broke oat ia the bakery oi the
8 New York Pie Company, 81 Sullivan
street the bnilding of the company
in the form o. a letter IL" has 'front.'
are on Sullivan street OF % feet, and
E sep,h OF $50 feet towards Clark street
q and extends $50 feet in the resr OF Noe
70 "A IS, IS, so and 50 Sullivan street.
Alter the first alarm the firemeu set tc
work in mos. praiswortby mannsr,ou'
| despite their exertioDs the flames con-
t;nreJ N snread. apd the third alarm